Recent stitch finish

 Hi guys,

I have recently finished a cross stitch that will be given to my husband as a Christmas present :D. Therefore, I cannot share it anywhere except here - so i decided to share it with you all!

I stitched him on a pale blue marbled aida from Polstitches (as I am part of their aida club). I think it really makes the reds pop! This is Errol from Terry Pratchets books.

I would like to show this in:

MMM #155 Anything BUT a card

ikesworld #147 Animals (well a dragon is an animal!)

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

Christmas feast

 Hi guys,

I made a start on my Christmas tags as I had this decoupage in my stash for a while.

I simply used the decoupage as is - sticking the layers with Anita's tacky glue, but then I used some glitter glue to highlight accents.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Allsorts #637/8 Add some sparkle

CraftyHazelnuts #555 No stamp or digital image

MMM #155 Anything BUT a card

ChristmasCraftCreations - non-traditional colours

WinterWonderland - Christmas Feast

InspirationStation #12 Sweet Treat

Musical thank you

 I used some backing paper and peel offs to make this very simple, but I think amusing, Thank You card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

ikesworld #147 Animals

modsquad - thank you

AudSentiments #281 Anything Goes

For a boy @ I Love Promarkers

 Hi guys,

We have a new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers with the theme of For a Boy.

We are sponsored by Dr Digi's House Of Stamps for this challenge and I have used Joust in time.

I coloured the image using promarkers and then fussy cut. I cut some grass from green glitter paper and layered this onto a red base card (4x6"). I then placed the image on top of this. Finally I added a die-cut scalloped circle as a sun and added 'hugs' and 'kisses' peel-off to this.

I would like to enter this postcard into the following challenges:

ATSM #411 Make your mark

intaas #114 Mode of transport (horseback)

ikesworld #147 Animals

CuteCardThursday #691 Anything Goes

Fly away

 I made a card using a sketch and the theme of transport.

I used a wooden hot air balloon, some papers (fussy cutting an image from the top of the paper) and then sentiment peel-offs.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craftycalendar - Anything Goes

AudSentiments #280 Anything Goes

intaas #114 mode of transport

AHSC #432

And here is my first blueberry harvest - I need to go and harvest the second batch now!

Jam Packed with Creative Moments

 We have a new challenge starting today over at Creative Moments, and as always it is Anything Goes.

We are sponsored by the lovely Cute As A Button for this challenge and I decided to use the 'Strawberry Preserves' image as it is the time of year for jam making now - if you managed to get a good crop of fruit with this awful weather we have been having that is!

Prize to be awarded - 2 digital images

I coloured the image using Papermania watercolour pens, and some watercolour pencils too. I then folded a plain base card into an easel style and covered the base with pink holographic paper (with the light it looks much darker than it actually is). I used an off-cut from a previous die-cut to make the easel stand and added little butterfly gems to this. No sentiment was added as I thought this could be used for a variety of occasions. I cut the image square and then layered it onto the holographic paper, adding another couple of butterfly gems to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

CraftyCalendar - Anything Goes

dragonflydreams - summer fun (preserves are part of the fun of summer)

ATSM #411 Make your mark

I will finish with a photo of some pretty mint flowers :)

Summer fun @ MAWTT

 Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today over at MAWTT, and the theme is Summer Fun, chosen by Wendy.

I decided to go with a mermaid as going to the beach is definitely summer fun - and who doesn't want to see a mermaid.

I used a sea themed backing paper that was from The Range. I coloured the image using Chameleon pens and fussy cut the image. I then layered this on top of the base paper. I finished by adding a sentiment to the gap at the top.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

cutecardthursday #690 Summer

dragonflydreams - summer fun

digidoodlestudio #41 Fav season - Summer is one of my favourites as I love the warm weather

TheCardConcept #158 Long Summer Days

CRAFT #607 Summer

ThePaperPlayers #552 Beside the Seaside

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz