Sketch - My 31st. Christmas Card

 It's the beginning of the month, so it is Sketch time at 52 Christmas  Challenge Throwdown - the sketch is below, please pop over to the blog to see the wonderful creations from the Design Team. For my card, I decided to go with some lovely designer paper for the background. One of my favourite stamps - Fun  Stamps - Lyndsay Mason - Skiing Penguin. I added a few punched snowflakes, with crystal gems.

I am also entering this, my 31st Christmas Card ready for 2014, please check out my annual count tab, into the following challenges. 

 ABC Christmas  Challenges - I is for Ice

Scribble and Scrap  Challenge #17 Always Anything Goes

My Perfect Life - #17 Penguin ( A personal challenge like mine).

Quirky Crafts - Something Beginning with S - Skiing.

Completely Christmas -  #10  Anything Goes
Christmas Stamping All year Long #10 Anything Goes

Guest DT at Quirky Crafts

I was delighted for my Under the Sea Mermaid project some weeks ago to have been chosen 3rd in the Top 3, at Quirky Crafts.  I was invited to join this week as the Guest Design Team member, provided with an amusing digi stamp via Bugaboo stamps. Their challenge for this week is Christmas in August, with an additional twist of choosing three triangles from Lyn's wheel. 

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For my three triangles I chose

Blue = Use a Bugaboo Image

Red - Add a Christmas Charm - an angel hanging from the tree

Green - Make a Scene.

Coloured with Promarkers - the snow edged with DI Broken China

Have fun everyone - another Christmas card ready in the box. 

Guest Designer at Quirky Crafts

I was fortunate to have been chosen as winning the second prize on a new challenge blog for their #2 challenge for Silhouettes, over at Quirky Crafts  I was delighted when they asked me to be a Guest Designer for this week's challenge. My prize was a digi stamp, to fit for the new challenge. ~~~~~~
 Love Story with Ribbons and a Dangling Charm.  ~~~~~A cute digi stamp. As thrilled as I was, anyone who knows me and my blog will know I rarely do cute, and have never used a digi stamp. However, there are times when we should push ourselves and jump out of our comfort zones and this was one of them. I would like to thank everyone at Quirky Crafts for their faith and support, for I actually had a great time creating this card. The digi stamps were easier to use than I thought, though I coloured them with Promarkers, and maybe the ink wasn't dry enough from the printing. I have added the ribbon and there is a heart charm dangling from the ribbon. Please pop over and have a look there are some lovely cards to see.
Also entered into the challenges:-
Dream Valley Challenges    Valentine
The Squirrel and the Fox Valentine's Day

Quirky Crafts - Silouettes

Thank you Quirky Crafts for the challenge of Silhouettes,  it's been a while since I had a messy play. For me the two go together. I have had a great time, blending the inks, splashing on water, throwing on salt. Then when dry giving a few sprays here and there to add more shimmer and colour. I then choose some recently purchased beautiful long stranded stems to stamp, using Memento Tuxedo black. The Stamps are by My Paper World, a very good price from a craft shop within a garden centre. The love birds are from an E bay purchase. I have only recently found your challenge blog ladies, and plan to visit each week, I will be joining in whenever I can.