Green bauble

 Hello lovely crafters

I've just realised that this is the last day of November. It certainly looks like November outside, grey and murky but with some gorgeous Autumn colour. 

Luckily the sun is always shining where I'm going!

I've made this card entirely from snippets so I'm off to the playground. Where the challenge is (almost) always - Anything goes with Snippets. 

The green is from a left over Gelli plate print. I die cut the bauble and then, after gluing it to the print, I cut round it. I die cut the square green frame and added a few stamped boughs behind. 

I managed to make gold splatters with a drop of liquid pearls and some water to dilute it. Then just a gold bow to finish. 

There didn't seem to be any room for a greeting so I'll add that on the inside. 

I just need a few more Christmas cards and now I have the green square from the inside to use up in a similar way. Who has finished their Christmas stack? 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x

Twinkly lights

 Hello lovely crafters!

I'm sure I'm not alone in finding Christmas a bit of a trial at times. However I do love all the lights and decorations. I find it quite distracting to drive around in December seeing houses lit up with fairy lights. 

I chose lights for this new challenge at Shopping our Stash. 

# 484Shine Bright Like a Diamond  - Bling it up and/or use something which gives light (candle, light bulb, sun) 

From my stash I've used a Leane Creatif stamp set for lights and leaves, Giotto glitter pens for the lights (gift I've hardly used, naughty) and gold Liquid Pearls. Woodware greeting. 

Then right at the end I went in with a small blending brush and a little yellow ink to add a glow. I could have ruined it but I was gentle and it worked ( I think). 

Hop over and see what my teammates have come up with this time and join in with our challenge. It's perfect for Christmas if you need a few more cards. 

I'm also taking this over to Stamping Sensations where the theme this month is Christmas Celebrations.

 

And also We Love Stamping where the theme is also Christmas. Thank you Brenda for pointing that out. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x

Golden snowflake

 Hello lovely crafters

While searching for inspiration today I found some papers I'd forgotten I had. I know every single one of you reading this will identify with that (for papers also read - stamps, dies, inks, stencils, pens, ribbon, gems, glue, paint and I could go on).

And that is the point of the Shopping our Stash challenge. Let's use what we have!

This week we are asking you to use: SOS #483 - Buttons and bows and...

'Little things mean a lot! Dig deep into your stash and create with old-school favourites like eyelets, brads, ribbons and/or buttons.'

The first thing I found was this snowflake. Previously die cut and then embossed in gold. I added some of the rediscovered papers, gold ribbon, a button and some gold thread. A simple old favourite greeting and it's done. 

I don't often use papers to create with, preferring to start blank and create with ink so it begs the question, why did (do) I buy them? Answers on a postcard...

Lets see what you've been hoarding. Join in our challenge which runs for the next two weeks. Come and see what the rest of the team was inspired to create. 

I'm also hopping over to the Snippets Playground for a run around and maybe a sneaky drink in the treehouse. 

Everything I've used here is snippets or stash. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x