Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Stitching

Before I get on to this week's challenge card...we have some new DT members to welcome over at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: Vicky and Vicky...who have both been with us these last couple of weeks as guest designers...we loved having them on our team so much...we just couldn't let them go!

The theme this week, as set by Donna, is:

'Stitching'

I've opted for the 'faux' kind...as I'm really useless with a needle & thread! lol
The image I've used is a digi stamp by Hambo Stamps, and the papers are from the 'Cupcakes' pad by BasicGrey. I've kept it really simple, as there's so much going on with the papers and image...that it really doesn't need anything else.

Please stop by the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog, to help give our new DT members a warm welcome...and check out the fab cards by the design team.

ABC Challenge - N is for...

Our challenge this fortnight on the ABC Challenge is:

'N is for New'

We'd like to see you use some of that new stash you've been saving...or try out a new technique on your projects...maybe even follow Vicky's tutorial for 'Cracked Glass' effect for this month's challenge on the brand new ABC Challenge Tutorial blog.

For my card, I've used one of the images from our lovely sponsor for this challenge, Lauretta's Digital Stamps, called 'Epagneul Cocker'...which is one of my 'New' things. The paper I've used (from the My Mind's Eye 'Wonderful Winter' stack) is also new, and I thought I'd try a new style of card...which is an A6 card blank, with the image placed overlapping the fold at the top, so overall it kind of makes a square...not sure what you'd call it though! lol
The sentiment stamp is by Pollycrafts, and the ribbon is from Poppicrafts.

The rest of the DT have created some stunning cards for this challenge...so make sure you stop by the ABC Challenge blog to check them out.

Ho Ho Ho!

I'm back in Christmas card mode...and have combined two challenges on this card: Winter Wonderland's 'Santa Claus in Coming to Town' challenge; and Cupcake Craft's 'Christmas Card' theme. I don't have a Santa stamp (something I'm sure I'll remedy soon! lol), but found this cute Dustin Pike freebie digi stamp...which I watercoloured, then decoupaged a couple of extra layers (his moustache, nose and boots). I embossed some plain white card with my Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes' folder for the background, and added a simple sentiment cut using the Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alphabet.