Finale for A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge with LeighSBDesigns!

 Sadly I haven’t been able to play anywhere near the amount of time I wanted to spend on this lovely Hop and Challenge hosted by LeighSBDesigns with sponsors including Ike’s Art and Lawn Fawn (A big Thank you to the sponsors and Leigh!). But onward looking I must be as I stare down a brand new year and with that in mind here is my Winter Wishes card to all! —

I used the oh so pretty Elegant Snowflake Layered Make a Card SVG Cutz by LeighSBDesigns!  I had some leftover papers from the Elegant Snowflake Ornament Stand and all that glitter just had to go into another snowflake project.  Plus I have a huge pile of negative cuts from the Ornament Stand that includes snowflakes and stars galore!  I did a very simple card with the outer card, inner card (pale lavender) and the outline layer of the snowflake cuts.  I added a sentiment from A Charming Christmas Compendium of Festive Sayings by LeighSBDesigns and free handed a cut around it adding those pretty snowflakes from my stash!  I love it!  This is my final project for A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge adding in the challenge as it is all Leigh’s designs! 😊. Thanks for another fab hop and challenge, Leigh and Val!  

Also playing at The Outlawz Challenges Monday Greetings and Twisted Thursday using the option of Snowflakes/Water Droplets!

 

Dec. 28th A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge with LeighSBDesigns!

I finally got the paper I wanted and some time to work with the awesome Elegant Snowflake Ornament Stand by LeighSBDesigns!  It is a treat to work with and my Cricut was in a happy Christmas mood so all went sooo smooth! 

I made four sections and used the mat and top layer to make my ornament stand and I made two of the large snowflakes for the ornament gluing the mats to the glitter top layer and gluing the two together.  I absolutely love it!  Noel saw me taking the photo and said she loved it so I gave it to her for her pink desk!  Perfect!  I tried to take a video of the ornament gently spinning but I realized I do not know how to edit a video for my blog so that was that! Check out all of Leigh’s A Charming Christmas Winter 2021 Collection HERE!  And of course this one is headed to the Challenge portion of the Hop + Challenge!  All the details and linky party are HERE!

I am also entering this at the Outlawz Twisted Thursday Challenge where the theme is anything goes with an optional twist of Snowflakes/Water Droplets and I went with Snowflakes!

The Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes Challenge

The poem we are getting our theme from this fortnight is titled New Years Wishes and I choose to take my theme for my card from the first line “ What shall I wish you?”  Out sponsor this month is Alex Syberia Designs and I just love this gorgeous pine cone and holly frame!

I used pastel cardstock for my layers and printed the image out on blue.  I colored the image with Copics and added the sentiment from a wreath by Alex Syberia Designs!  Check out all of their delightful images HERE! I do hope you will join us at The Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes!  You have until January 8th to play!

I am also playing at The Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge using the theme Christmas!

I will also be adding this card to A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and linky party are HERE!

More Christmas Hop Fun!

I have been lost in the Christmas preparations!  Noah will be working for Christmas and Christmas Eve so we had our Christmas this past week so we could eat, sleep, watch movies and play with the new PlayStation 5!  So I have realized I made two projects and forgot to blog them separately for Leigh’s A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge!  Not to be defeated here they are!

 

This was a design team make for the Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes Challenge and is using an image by Alex Syberia.

I took two Scribbles Designs and made a Warm Winter Clothing project in Procreate!  I love creating snow piles and snow swirling through the air!

And of course I am entering these two for one deals at A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and linky party are HERE!

A Charming Christmas and Winter Fantasy!

 I had the pleasure t.A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge presented by LeighSBDesigns and all the details and linky party are here!  Ito work with Ike’s Art’s Snow Deer last weekend and was going to blog it for Leigh’s A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge and the Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge Tuesday when it was scheduled for Ike’s World Challenges!!!  What a lot of talk to say I totally forgot to schedule this blog!  So here goes!

I had such fun frosting up this lovely scene with tons of snow glitter!  This one goes to A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge presented by LeighSBDesigns and all the details and linky party are here!  It also goes to the Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge in the Winter Fantasy category!

Merry Christmas from Ike’s World Challenges!

 I cannot believe it is already  December 21st!!  Where does the time fly away to??  But it is and it is time for the midway post for Ike’s World Challenges #151 Anything Goes with an Option of Fur/Feathers!  I finally got to play with Ike’s Art’s lovely, gorgeous Snow Deer!  The background image and each deer come in separate jpg and png format and an image of the whole scene is included.  So lots of ways to use this wonderful set and I intend to use it a whole lot!

I colored and cut the mama and baby deer out and just barely dusted the sky area of the background with a Prismacolor colored pencil.  Before popping the lovelies on with foam tape I splashed glue wildly about and then came a flurry of glitter snow!!  It is the closest I ever get to snow so I play with abandon in my imagination!  I did spritz the back layer of light blue cardstock and the background image (before glittering!) with some Distress Oxide Spray.  The sparkle factor on this one is amazing in real life!! 

As you can tell I am so excited and a twitter with glee hoping you will come add your project be it Anything Goes (how easy is that) or show us some feathers and or fur!  We will stop our holiday merry making to dash through the snow to your blog and leave you some Christmas cheer!  We all hope you have the merriest of Christmas and happiest New Year ever!

The OutLaws Sunday Songs and Rhymes Dec. 12 - 25 🎄

 Christmas by John Betjeman is our poem for the next two weeks at the Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes Challenge!  The whole poem is on the Challenge page HERE and is filled with decorations and all the wonderful Christmas traditions we enjoy but points out the real meaning of Christmas for many of us.  I am using an image and sentiment by Alex Syberia Designs and I am such a fan of these marvelous images!

I combined one of the images from A Vintage Collection Warm Wishes and the sentiment from Christmas Tree 2 in Procreate.  Using Copics everything was colored and layered on cardstock and designer paper with some twine. I used some foam tape to give it some dimension.

  I do hope you will come play along with us at the Outlaws Sunday Songs and Rhymes!  You can use a single word or whatever the poem or song inspires in you!  

Scribbles Designs and Warm Clothing!

I haven’t played at Scribbles Designs Challenge is forever but I am back for #105 Warm Winter Clothing!  I used two freebies  #191 Snowboots and #F 104 Santa’s Hat in Procreate to make a digital frosty card!

I enjoyed the swish of cold that flew around in my head while working on this!  Not too much cold air down here and no snow ⛄️.   Oh well, for a few seconds I felt a shiver!  

I am entering this one at Scribbles Designs Challenge #105 Warm Winter Clothing or ATG! 

Dec. 3rd A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge with LeighSBDesigns!

After an extended no crafting break imposed by my back, I am literally limping into the first day of the December Hop and Challenge hosted by the lovely Leigh!  Today’s project was my last attempt at crafting in November and it is simplistic but sweet!

Ingredients:  Santa Whiskers and a spare snowflake and little shape that looked like a heart to me from my pile of negative cuts from the Slimline Elegant Snowflake Lace Cutz all by LeighSBDesigns! Wonky tag cut from cardstock, Nuvo Shimmer Pen, Copics, gold twine.  The sentiment is one I made in Procreate and I only had to do that because I lost the Meowy Christmas ATCoin with Leigh’s swap label in the computer disaster!  It is ready to print out with the sentiment with no sizing and playing around in Procreate which really only took a few minutes!  But there you go! You can do it either way!

I will be playing in A Charming Christmas Hop + Challenge this month at LeighSBDesigns Inspiration Blog!  😱 When I went to grab the link to the hop I realized it started on the 1st!!  I am already two days late….sigh!  Leigh has a sale going on at her Etsy Boutique so check it out at LeighSBDesigns!

Two fabulous sponsors for the hop!

It’s Val’s birthday!!!  Happy Birthday 🎈🎂🎁🎉 

 

The Outlawz Challenges Design Team!

This is my first post for the Outlawz Challenge’s Sunday Songs and Rhymes as a design team member!  I am super excited to be a part of the team!  This one is following inspiration from “Autumn” by Henry Behn.  I used two images by Makenna Kroulik combining them in Procreate.

I have been looking at some gorgeous red leaves that have fallen from some trees along the horse yard when I go out to feed her.  My back has been totally out of whack for almost two weeks so today was the first day I could actually bend over to pick some of them up!  The reds had faded quiet a bit but still oh so beautiful to me!  So in a vain attempt to hold on to the beauty and wonder of this season I glued some on some watercolor paper I had smushed a lot of Distress Inks sprayed with water on.  I added a coat of clear gesso just to the leaves and inked the edge with more Distress Ink.  When it was relatively dry (!) I popped it on foam dots to add to the back layer.  The fabulous designs by Makenna were colored with Copics and the panel edged with carved pumpkin Distress Ink.  I made the sentiment in Photoshop and printed it in deep orange and layered onto cardstock.  The image and sentiment were layered on the leaves with foam tape.  I hope you will come play the challenge with us at the Outlawz Sunday Song and Rhymes Challenge!  It will run through Dec. 11th!

Falling into Winter Hop with LeighSBDesigns!

 I made this faux letter to Santa using the super cute Donkey Mail + Text by Ike’s Art!  I could have used several different addresses like Amazon, Etsy, EBay…..you get the point! :)

You can find lots of great images at Ike’s Art HERE!

This “letter” is off to one of my favorite Santas who has lots of goodies and you can get them when you want to with no waiting!  I am talking about Leigh of course!  The Falling into Winter Hop + Challenge is going on now!  Details and linky party are HERE! 

Ike’s World Challenges November Midway Post!

 Time for the midway post for Ike’s World Challenges #150 Anything Goes/ Water! I went for a holiday theme that might be facing a whole lot of us this season!

This seems to be a message I am running into when trying to order presents!  I am always a late shopper so I am actually trying to shop early this year but no go!  I love Ike’s Art’s little donkey stamp and sentiment asking those dreaded words!  This little guy and his sentiment are Freebies on the Ike’s World Challenges blog.  Just click on Freebies at the top of the blog HERE!   Big NEWS!  You can shop for Ike’s  fantastic images at the new store Ike’s Digital Images!  There are so many awesome images and some freebies tucked away, too!

Grab those crafty goodies and create some lovelies to enter the challenge this month!  We love visiting your blogs and commenting on your makes!

Challenge: Nov. 14th Falling into Winter Hop with Leigh!

 I made it into the Cricut room with the help of my old trusty walker today!  Boy, I really hated dusting that thing off but was sure glad of the help the seat gave me and the help pushing up to a standing position!  I was really happy with the Winter Snowman Rectangle Lace SVG Cutz file by LeighSBDesigns!  I intend to make this one again using all the fabulous cuts filed in for a stained glass look!  But he looks perfect in pink today!

I filled in some of the details with the negative cuts from the rectangle and added some pearls for a finishing touch!  This one goes to the challenge portion of the Falling into Winter Hop + Challenge hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  The Challenge is a new feature each month so check out all the details and linky party HERE! ☃

Leigh’s awesome new collection can be found HERE along with tons of designs past and present!

Falling into Winter Hop!

 I am well and truly sabotaged by my back again!  Today has been a can’t stand up day from start to finish!  Once again I am thankful for my iPad and Procreate!  I downloaded a bunch of really wonderful images colored and plain and thought the artist’s name was in the file.  It wasn’t and I can’t remember it to save my life!  If you recognize this pumpkin image please let me know in the comments!

I used the colored version of this delightful image and made a background for it in Procreate.  I added the quote thanks to Good Reads!

This fall project goes to the Falling into Winter Hop hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and linky part are here!

Challenge: Nov. 12th Falling into Winter Hop

 I love fall on the days it arrives down here!  A light jacket in the mornings on some days and back to short sleeves and shorts on other days.  We had some beautiful, colorful leaves last year but the hurricane stripped the trees almost bare in August so not much color this year.  I really am miserable in hot weather so I am drawn to all the lovely snow designs Leigh released in the new collection!  Christmas starts for me the day after Halloween and I made my first Christmas card today!

The little ceramic angle was made by my sweet Mama 💖

Ingredients:  Christmas Baubles Slimline Cards Make A Card Lace SVG by LeighSBDesigns.              Gold acrylic paint.                                                                                                                                             I painted the insert with the acrylic paint then glued to the lace cut front of the card.  This one is going to the Falling into Winter Hop + Challenge presented by LeighSBDesigns!  Details and linky party are HERE!

Leigh has a really great tutorial for the Elegant Snowflake Ornament Stand on the Inspiration Blog today! She takes it one step at a time with pics!  Check it out HERE and all the new designs and more at LeighSBDesigns HERE!

Challenge: Nov. 11th Falling Into Winter Hop!

 Today I had the joy of creating a page using some of the wonderful designs from A Charming Christmas Winter 2021 Collection by LeighSBDesigns!

Ingredients:

A Charming Christmas Compendium of Festive Sayings

Christmas Tree Charms Lace

Slimline Elegant Snowflakes

Papers from stash

Pearls

Glue

 I used the negative cuts from the Elegant Snowflakes adding some blues from another project cut.  I love seeing the bits leftover and using them!  No waste around here!  This is another one for the Falling into Winter Hop + Challenge hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  Details and linky party are HERE!

I am having to do all my blog work on my iPad due to back issues so I am hoping all the links are right!  Fingers crossed!

  

A little time left on the Sale at LeighSBDesigns!

Challenge: Nov. 10th Falling into Winter Hop ⛄️

 I finally got a chancthe Charming Snowflake Tage to play with some of Leigh’s fantastic new designs this afternoon!  My relationship with my Cricut is still not 100% and it failed in a few spots but I just trimmed it off and went on to finish my cute snowman tag!

I used the snowman from the Christmas Tree Charms SVG, the Charming Snowflake Tag and I cut the sentiment from A Charming Christmas Compendium of Festive Sayings!  I am loving the soft colors of lavender, soft blue and white so bear with me I may get really into them!  There is a huge sale at LeighSBDesigns on the new collection, fall designs and past Christmas and winter designs!

This is on its way to the challenge portion of the Falling into Winter Hop + Challenge hosted by LeighSBDesigns!  All the details and linky party are HERE!

Challenge: November 7th Fall Into Winter Hop!

 I have another Procreate project today.  I wanted this to look like a Polaroid snap shot and I wanted the baby to be my Noel’s first Christmas!  Yeppers, she had almost no hair for about a year!  I am sure she doesn’t mind me sharing this with you!😇  (My back is having it’s now oh so frequent out of order moments so I haven’t been able to do any hands on projects)

This adorable image is First Christmas and the sentiment is from A Charming Christmas Compendium of Festive Sayings by LeighSBDesigns!  Lots of Autumn, Christmas and Winter designs on sale now at LeighSBDesigns!

We are hopping and playing in the new monthly challenge at LeighSBDesigns this month with the Falling into Winter Hop + Challenge!  My project today is going to the challenge portion of the event!  One linky party just check out the details HERE for the new info on the challenge!

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Leigh’s brand new A Charming Christmas Winter 2021 Collection is HERE and on sale!