Traditional Christmas at Try it on Tuesday

What do Traditional Christmases mean to you, well, that's the current challenge at Try it on Tuesday this fortnight.

I decided to make a few more wreath cards and after watching a tutorial from Jo Rice I came up with these variations, still using traditional greenery and various shades of green sponged round the masked centres.

Another short scheduled post as we should have arrived back last night and we're picking the twins up from nursery at lunch time, I can't wait to see them.

Have a great day and I'll catch up with you later in the week.

Avril xx

Favourite Colours at Stamping Sensations

Time for a new challenge at Stamping Sensations and this time we'd love to see your Favourite Colours and there are two sets each of A5 stamps from Highlight Stamps for two lucky winners. 

For my card I've chosen Granddaughter Lucy's favourite colour - PINK, this will be her Christmas card.

I've used my new fairy Starr from Lavinia along with the new Christmas tree and small pine trees and of course lots of pink glitter.  It's an 8" x 8" card so I used two different shades of pink, which in the first photo look completely different to the actual colours, my second photo shows the pinks, but the card looks rather dull.  I've also added a good sprinkling of Chunky White embossing enamel for the falling snow.

The rest of the Design Team have some lovely makes to show, so please pop over to the main blog  where you will also find all the challenge details.

This is another scheduled post as hopefully I'm enjoying some winter sunshine and a much needed rest, I'll be very upset if the weather is anything like the scene on my card!

Thanks for calling in, I'll catch up with you soon.

Avril xx

Traditional Christmas at Try it on Tuesday

Traditional Christmas is the new challenge at Try it on Tuesday and we would love to know what it means to you.  For me it's the reds and greens and putting up the Christmas tree.  I also love a Christmas wreath on the front door.

With those things in mind, I've made quite a few cards featuring festive wreaths, building up the design with small stamps and on these two cards the stamps are all from Lavinia.

 The rest of the Design Team have some lovely inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog where you will also find all the challenge details.

This is a scheduled post as we're away, hopefully enjoying some winter sunshine and having a much needed rest before the excitement of Christmas really kicks in - I'd forgotten how good the bribe of Santa not bringing presents to naughty boys and girls is!

Thanks for calling in and I'll catch up with you soon.

Avril xx

November mid month inspiration at Stamping Sensations.

 We're halfway through the month of November and its mid month  inspirations time at Stamping Sensations where we're getting Ready for Christmas.  The DT have some fabulous makes to show, so please pop over and you will also find all the challenge details.

I've used one of my new Lavinia stamps Fairy Catkins to make a wreath along with some of the smaller individual stamps. I've also used the Winter magic verse, stamped and heat embossed with gold EP and for an extra sparkle, I coloured the Catkins with Twinkling H2Os in Gold.

I am going to  join in the fun at Allsorts with their Christmas challenge and also

Inkspirational  where the theme is Seasonal

Thanks for calling in, I know it's a busy time of the year,

Have a lovely weekend.

Avril xx

Baby it's Cold Outside at Try it on Tuesday

 Baby it's Cold Outside is our new challenge at Try it on Tuesday, so another opportunity to make a Christmas card.

I've used a selection of Tim Holtz stamps to create my winter scene, it certainly does look cold outside.

The rest of the team have some great inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog for all the details.

A busy day today, I'm picking the twins up from their first full morning at Nursery - their visits went well, so fingers crossed everything is OK.

Avril xx

Get Ready for Christmas at Stamping Sensations

Morning, can you believe it's the beginning of November already and the countdown is on for those Christmas cards and to help you along, we're Getting Ready for Christmas is the new challenge at Stamping Sensations and this month there are two prizes from Penny Black.

I decided to stamp this large Poinsettia from Tim Holtz, first stamping onto my base card and then again onto water colour paper.  My base layer was coloured with Tumbled Glass before stamping the script  with Brilliance Iridescent Olive (which is a dark gold colour), I then stamped the music script and greeting and heat embossed with Gold EP. I fussy cut the poinsettia and water coloured. I also added a few extra leaves.

The rest of the DT have some gorgeous inspiration for you, so please pop over to the main blog, where you will also find all the challenge details.

Thanks for calling in, have a great day.

Avril xx

 

Sparkle All The Way at Try it on Tuesday

 At Try it on Tuesday the new challenge this fortnight is Sparkle All The Way, so lots of Sparkle.

This jolly snowman was a magazine freebie and I've used Lavinia 's Berry Wreath adding lots of Liquid Pearls and a generous sprinkling of glitter to the holly and my snowman's scarf.  For extra sparkle, the    blue layer is a patterned glitter card.  It's just a shame all the sparkle is difficult to see in the photo.

The rest of the Design Team have some gorgeous sparkly creations to show, so please pop over to the main blog where you will also find all the challenge details.

Thanks for calling in.

Avril x