Countdown to Christmas 2 - Plaid Baubles

Hello and Happy Monday!  Today I'm sharing another quick and easy card, one that would be easily massed produced.  All you need is patterned paper, a circle die and some string or ribbon.

Using scraps of patterned paper from the Memory Box "Christmas Plaids" 6x6 paper pad, nesting circle dies and gold thread, I've created an abstract Christmas Card.  I thought the circles could be hanging baubles.

The sentiment is from a magazine Freebie and has been heat embossed using fine detail gold embossing powder.  The gold gems are from Kat Scrappiness.  Each circle die cut has been popped on craft foam for dimension.  This is a good way to use up those scraps...I don't know about you but I cannot part with even a scrap of patterned paper and I need to use them some how.

That's all for today.  Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Happy Little Stampers Dies

Cupcake Inspirations

Double Trouble

Dream Valley

Outlawz Monday Greetings

A Place to Start

613 Avenue Create

Sparkles

QKR Stampede

Ally's Angels

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Dare 2B Artsy

Harley Claus

 Hello and Happy Saturday!  With 5 days till Christmas, I realized I hadn't made Hubby a Card and the dilema was....what to create for a 60+ year old Biker?  Then I stumbled across Harley Claus by Dr. Digi's House of Stamps.

This was definitely the image I needed for Hubby's Christmas Card.  I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, used designer papers from the Memory Box "Christmas Plaid" 6x6 paper pad, a pair of decorative edge scissors to cut around focal panel and a die cut that was gifted to me in a swap. I backed the die cut with card so I could pop it up on foam pads.

No bells and whistles on this one as the Hubs isn't a sparkly and glittery kinda guy.  Fun image to color up and I know he will like this one!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas

Di's Digi Designs

Gem of a Craft Challenge

A Bit More Time to Craft

QKR Stampede

Creative Crafting Uncles

Cardz TV #130

Let's Craft and Create

Jan's Digi Stamps

Creatalicious

Bugaboo's Holiday Chaos Day #7 - Color Inspiration

 Hello and Happy Friday!  Today is the last day of Holiday Chaos at Bugaboo's Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.  It's been a fun week of challenges and inspiration using Bugaboo's adorable stamps. Today's challenge is Color Inspired and to top it off....it's also FRIDAY FREEBIE!  

For my project today, I created a 6" square card using the Kidz Reindeer image which I colored with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers.  

The papers are from the Memory Box "Holiday Plaids" paper pad, gold mirror card from my stash, sentiment from a stamp set that was included with a UK papercrafting magazine that was purchased at JoAnn's, the ribbon was purchased at Hobby Lobby on clearance last year.

For a final touch, I added accents of white with a Gelly Roll Pen, Gold Gems and Glossy Accents to the Lights. What a wonderful way to end a week of fun than with this cute little guy dressed in his reindeer suit....reminds me of Aunt Clara's Bunny PJ's. 

I hope you've had an opportunity to join the fun and will join in today with your Color Inspiration project.  Starting tomorrow, 19th of Dec through the 1st of Jan, the Bugaoo Design Team will be on holiday break.

Have a wonderful weekend and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna

**Challenges Entered:

Polkadoodle

Cardz TV #130

C.R.A.F.T

Creative Knockouts

Cute Card Thursday

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper

DL Art

Scrapping4Fun

Di's Digi Design

Red and Gold Christmas

Good Sunday Morning to you.  Today's make and share is a Christmas card featuring die cuts, heat embossing and hot foil transfer.

I enjoyed the process of creating this card.  I die cut snowflakes and heat embossed Gold powder on them 3 separate times which gave them a thick, enamel like appearance.  I then heat foiled the sentiment using Gina K. Designs/Thermoweb Foil-Mates Holiday Cheer.  These are pre-printed ink toner sentiments that are run through a laminator.  The foil them adheres to the toner and you have a foiled area.  I found a couple packages of the Foil-Mates on eBay for a great price.

The papers are from the Memory Box "Christmas Plaid" and the Echo Park "A Gingerbread Christmas" 6x6 paper pads.  Lastly, I added  Gold Gems for that finishing touch.  

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Donna  

**Challenges Entered:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Pixies Crafty Workshop

Corrosive Challenge

Chocolate Baroque

Dragonfly Dreams

Gem of a Craft Challenge

Christmas Card Throwdown

Creative Knockouts

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Creative Fingers