Here come's Santa Claus...

Well Messy Rabbit in Santa suit which is near enough as long as it's craft stuff in those parcels! Wonder why he's delivering presents in a room where the calender says it's only half way through December? I'm got a degree in worrying about tiny details like this!!

Materials used:

• Messy Rabbit Santa by Joanna Sheen
• bedroom room backing paper is from backing paper pad also by Joanna Sheen
• silver mirri card and blue pearlescent
• Fiskars Shapeboss to emboss holly border on card
• rub on white Christmas sentiment
• tag cut using Spellbinder tag die
  
• gem and ribbon from stash

Challenges:

• Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Merry Christmas - Happy Winter
• Pile it on - rub ons
• Everybody's Art - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers

and of course Allsorts Challenge Blog (and I have so enjoyed entering cards for this - ends Saturday - what am I going to do?) - Christmas Songs or Carols. Today's song is 'Here comes Santa Claus'.

Have a great weekend everyone - see you on Monday for the Pink Elephant Challenge.

Ann xxx

Stunning lady...

I don't usually like large A4 cards, but when I saw this glamourous lady A3 decoupage sheet at the Kanban outlet shop I just couldn't leave her behind. You can't tell in this photo, unfortunately, but she is decoupaged and both her dress and the tree in the background are embellished with gems and I added some Sakura Stardust to her skirt which is subtle but in real life looks really glitzy.

Due to the size of the card the sentiment was a bit of a problem. Sometimes, and maybe you do this too, I make the whole card and then can neither think where best to put the sentiment or what would fit best. On this occasion all the peel offs I had were just too tiny! Thank goodness for Keith at Wath market - what would I do without him? Not only did he have the right size (or the best fit I could have got), but it was in a box where all the peel offs were 5 sheets for a pound! Don't you just love it when that happens?

Materials used:

• Kanban A3 decoupage sheet
• gold sparkly card, red and black card
• gold border and sentiment peel offs
• gems from stash

Challenges:

• Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge - Winter ladies (check out the beautiful ones Fab has on display that have been created by Vince)
• Everybody's Art - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
• My Time to Craft - Very Vintage
• Winter Wonderland - Christmas with no stamps or papers
• Crafty Ann's Challenge - Black white and one other colour (sorry I didn't enter last time Ann, but I'm here now!)

and last but not least (I really can't resist entering this one yet again - just so much fun)....

Allsorts Challenge Blog - a Christmas song or Christmas Carol - I think with this glam lady my song has to be 'Mistletoe and Wine' by Cliff Richard which is I remember rightly has a romantic feel to it and this lady certainly looks like she's heading to a romantic 'mistletoe and wine' night out.

And lastly but really importantly Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. Yeah - hope each and everyone of you has a fabulous day.

Messy Rabbit's Christmas Pudding...

This is one of my favourite of the Messy Rabbit Christmas stamps - having said that I have a new favourite each time I use one from the set.

Materials used:

• Messy Rabbit Pudding Stamp set by Joanna Sheen
• sentiment stamp (not sure who by - sorry!)
• holly patterned mirri card, silver and green mirri card by Kanban
• tags cut using Sizzix die
• holly punch
• ribbon and border peel off from stash

Challenges:

• Everybody's Art - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
• Creative Card Crew - Favourite Things (Messy Rabbit rubber stamps - well any stamps actually)
• Kraftin' Kimmie - Happy Christmas
• Allsorts Challenge Blog - Christmas Song - 'Feed the world' - click on link to hear song!

and last but not least the Daring Cardmakers challenge which is ...

Put 3 things on your card that begin with the first letter of your name.

Now I would not have dared to do this, but after commenting on Irene's blog yesterday about pushing my luck and entering the challenge with...

A ribbon, A patterned paper and AN image

Lythan commented on Irene's blog ' And as for Ann... go on push your luck!' so I did!!!

I do hope I don't get banned from the DCM challenge as it's one of my favourites.

Oh and before I forget YORK was just brilliant and even better news we have booked a holiday flat and will be going for a whole week's holiday next year with muskateer number 3 - Max - yeah - watch out York here we come.

Ann xxx