Kinetic Christmas Card

 Hi Crafters,

I thought I would share a special card that I made using a 'new to me' internal moving mechanism that I saw on Pinterest and You Tube. I like making kinetic cards and although this mechanism is quite simple it is very effective when you open the card.

This is the front...

Inside...

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year.

See you in 2026!

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #802 - Spots and or Stripes

 Hi Crafters,

I'm back again this week for another new challenge at Passion For Markers.

This week we would like to see your coloured images and projects with the theme of

SPOTS AND OR STRIPES

I have made a shaker card ( I really do love making them) using this sweet melting snowman image from our sponsor this week - Polkadoodles

they are offering 3 digi images to the lucky winner.

I coloured him using Copic markers and was going to add some glitter but then I decided to make a shaker card so I added the teeny-tiny snowflakes inside the window instead. Both pieces of spotted and striped patterned papers were off-cuts from my scrap mountain! Does anyone else have one of these? Ha, ha.

The silver border and shaker frame were cut using my Tonic Scalloped Square and Circle dies, the glittery, foam snowflakes are from The Range and probably the ribbon too but I have had it for so long that I cannot remember where I purchased it.

I am determined to use up my craft room stash that has been hoarded, no collected :o) over the years plus this is my 2nd Christmas card made this year ( I am so far behind!).

Anyway, back to the challenge...why not pop over to the challenge blog HERE and take a look at the other Design Team makes to get you started and then come and join us for a fun challenge, who knows the winner could be you!

See you soon,

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #764 - Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

It's been a few months since I was last here but I'm glad to be back again sharing my cards with you for Passion For Markers.

Our new challenge theme this week is...

CHRISTMAS

Recipe

Image - Santa Merry Christmas Banner from Polkadoodles

Coloured with Copics

Tonic Studio Scalloped Square and Oval Dies

Papers and Ribbon from stash

Glitter Foam Snowflakes - The Range

Challenges I'd like to enter

Allsorts Challenge - #805 - Magic of the Season

Polkadoodles - Wk44 - ATG

We are sponsored this time by Polkadoodles who are offering 3 digi images to the lucky winner.

Come and join in the fun with us this week for your chance to win this fabulous prize. Pop over to the challenge blog HERE to enter your project.

Take care,

Lorraine

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #125 - Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

It's July 1st and that date means a new challenge is starting at Crafts Galore Encore. You have a whole month to create up to three different projects with an Anything Goes theme, so nice and easy.

Here is my card....

This is my first Christmas make of 2024! I am so behind, I usually start making my Christmas cards in January but this year seems to have been very challenging for me. I will have to get cracking on the rest of my festive cards soon otherwise I will never be ready for the Big Day.

I have layered two papers from a collection of Christmas 12 x 12 papers, not sure what make they are as they were purchased in a mixed bundle a long time ago. I cut an aperture in the top paper being careful to cut around the sweet swirls to create a 'window' for my Gingerbread Couple. This sweet digital image is called Decorations - Gingerbread Holly and I have coloured it with Copics. I added some glittery enamel dots to the centre of each sweet swirl and added the sentiment which is a Creative Expressions Die.

Our sponsor this month is Polkadoodles who are offering the lucky winner a prize of 3 digital stamps.

The Design Team have been busy creating their inspirational projects for you, check out their makes here.

I hope you will come and join in the fun this month.

See you soon,

Lorraine

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Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #117 - Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

We are here for the start of the November challenge at Crafts Galore Encore. We are always an ANYTHING GOES challenge so get those supplies out and wow us with those makes!

Here is my card using a fabulous image from our sponsor called 'For Santa'.

I have created a full fronted shaker card where the acetate covers the whole front of the card and not just a window. This is the first time I have created one like this and I was quite pleased at how it turned out.

Recipe

Pre-Coloured Image and Background 'For Santa' from The Paper Shelter

Square Stitched Die by Cottage Cutz

Pom-Pom Trim

Shaker mix

Sentiment Die - Creative Expressions.

As you will have guessed our sponsor this week is 

The Paper Shelter

who are offering 3 digital images to the lucky winner.

So now it's time to get out those supplies and start creating for a chance to win this fabulous prize. If you are stuck for inspiration please take a look at the Design Teams creations here.

Have fun!

Lorraine

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Christmas In September at Passion For Markers

 Hi Crafters,

It's challenge #706 at Passion For Markers and we would like to see your CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER creations this week.

Recipe

Image - Joyous Angel from Colour of Love Digi's

Coloured with Promarkers

Papers are Carnation Crafts Downloads

Sentiment Die - Tonic Studio

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #213  ATG

Unicorn Challenge - #91 Layer It Up

Crafty Calendar - Sept. ATG

We are sponsored this week by

Colour of Love

...who are offering 3 digital images to the lucky winner.

Make sure to enter with a new project, link back to the challenge blog and use your Markers to be in with a chance at winning the prize.

Take a look at what the other ladies on the Design Team have made by visiting the challenge blog HERE.

Have a lovely week.

Lorraine

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Christmas Card Club Challenge #3 - Christmas Night Sky

 Hi Crafters,

It's time to share my Christmas makes for the Christmas Card Club. This week the theme is

CHRISTMAS NIGHT SKY

I managed to create two cards this week. Yay!

Created from a Hunkydory kit with Joy Craft die cut snowflakes and Creative Expressions Sentiment die, plus using up some of those old peel-offs that have been in my stash for quite a while.

The second card is a CraftsUprint download which makes a lovely fold back fronted card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

I hope you have time to visit the other ladies in the team, their links are in my sidebar under the CCC tab.

Have a great Sunday

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #705 - It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

Well we are in to December already and as the title suggests...

It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

...so that is our theme this week at Allsorts and I have created an easel, shaker card.

These are my favourite style of card to make, I love a kinetic card and the added bonus of a different fold also appeals.

The design is a download from CraftsUprint but I have cut out the centre part of the frame and created a shaker. There were lots of tiny elements to this design which took a lot of fussy cutting but I think the end result was worth it.

We have 2 prizes this week of Card-io stamp sets for 2 lucky winners.

To be in with a chance at the prizes just follow the theme, link up to our blog with your new project. There is a full explanation of the rules on the challenge blog HERE.

I am at a craft fair today and have two more Christmas fairs in a couple of weeks time, then I can relax and start my Christmas preparations at home. Christmas card sales have been very good which is a surprise as I thought the increase in postage coupled with the strikes this year would put folks off. Needless to say I haven't finished my own Christmas cards yet to send out so there'll be no slacking in my craft room just yet.

See you soon,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #704 - Wings and or Tails

 Hi Crafters,

We have a fun challenge for you this week at Allsorts - we want to see your creations including 

WINGS and or TAILS

I have used an image from Ruth Hamilton Designs called Robin and Birdhouse which I have coloured using Promarkers and Polychromo Pencils.

I used a lovely sheet of designer paper from a Woodland Winter paper pad by Studio Light, two Lea'bilities Fir Tree Dies and a decorative edged circle die. A little glitter was added to the snowy elements in the image.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

We have 2 prizes again this week - an ALL & CREATE stamp set called Follow Your Own Path 

and also 3 Digital Images from Ruth Hamilton Designs

I hope you can join us this week, the Design Team have been busy creating some gorgeous projects for your inspiration, take a peek at them HERE.

Bye for now,

Lorraine

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GDT at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #659 - Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

I was lucky enough to win at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge a few weeks ago and was asked to join in as a Guest Designer for challenge #659, thank you Jo. 

Their theme this time is CHRISTMAS

I have used this cute digital stamp from one of their sponsors StarStampz, called Polar Bear Pup and coloured it with Promarkers and Polychromo Pencils.

The background paper is from 'Snowy Daze' paper pad from The Works and I have used Carnation Crafts 'Pretty Shabby Circle and Square Dies for my edges and a Marianne Designs Icicle Die. The sentiment is an LOTV stamp - 'Set 75 Christmas Wishes' which I hand cut in a banner shape. I have also added some Crystal Aurora glitter to the little girls fur trim on her coat which sparkles beautifully in real life.

I hope you can join in at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge, check their challenge blog for sponsor details and entry rules.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

I hope you have a lovely day, I'm getting ready for two craft fairs this weekend so it's rather busy in my craft room today :o)

See you soon,

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #656 - Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

Today marks the start of a new challenge week at Passion For Markers where we would love to see your CHRISTMAS creations alongside using your Markers.

The DT were given some sweet images from our sponsor this week Lili of the Valley Stamps and I used 'Robin Cracker' for my card.

Coloured with Promarkers and using freebie papers from a magazine this card came together very quickly, I love it when that happens - often I sit at my desk and Mr Mojo just laughs and walks off.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC Every Saturday - #609 ATG Christmas

Colour Crazy Challenge - #34 ATG Colouring Challenge

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #139 Sentiment as Main Focus

Please take a look at the other lovely makes from the DT HERE.

To be eligible for the prize of 4 Digital Images from LOTV 

you must use your Markers on your project and follow the theme.

See you soon,

Lorraine

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Phew! In the Post

 Hi Crafters,

I have just put my last Christmas card in the post box today, phew!

Although I make Christmas cards all-year-round these go on to my stall at markets so everything else is made after that but it is done now and I can relax somewhat.

It has been an intense card making session over several days to get finished but all my Design Team friends should have received or will receive their cards in the next day or so.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me a card also, I know what goes into making them and really appreciate the time taken. I keep all the handmade cards that I receive in a memory album to display them.

This card was for a swap partner from the Gecko Galz and as she has received it today I am safe to share.

Recipe

Mixed Media Background - Distress oxides, Trellis and Star Stencils, Texture Paste, CE Enigma Stamp

Image - Lindsay Mason Designs Stamp - Winter Wonderland Snowman

Decoupaged and Coloured with Promarkers & Copics

Die-namics Stitched Scalloped Basic Edge Dies

Marianne Designs Sentiment Die

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC Every Saturday - #572 ATG Christmas

Country View Challenges - Christmas ATG

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - #131 Non Traditional Colours

Christmas Craft Creations - Make a Scene

Ally's Angels - #53 ATG

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Cold As Ice

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #620 - Christmas Critters

 Hi Crafters,

The panic is setting in at the realisation that I don't think I'm ready for Christmas :o/

I've been making Christmas cards all year and only have a handful left after my two markets last weekend, I still have all my family and friends to make for yet! I feel a few all-nighters coming on in order to get them done in time :o)

Anyway, this card below can be a start, I have someone in mind who will love this and it is also my DT inspiration for Passion For Markers this week. Our new challenge is ....

CHRISTMAS CRITTERS

Recipe

Image - Mo Manning's 'Snow Pals'

Coloured with Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Markers

Backing Paper - The Works

Tonic Scalloped Frame Die

Creative Expressions Sentiment Die

WOW Glitter

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Sparkle Mode

Make My Monday - #162 Cute Christmas

Dream Valley - #260 Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - ATG

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #619 Winter

Crafty Catz - #574 ATG opt. Non Traditional Colours

Colour Crazy Challenge - #47 ATG Colouring Challenge

Mo's Digital Challenge - #309 #ATG with  Mo Image

Our sponsor this week who are offering a £15 voucher to their shop is...

Clearly Besotted Stamps

For a chance to win this prize you must follow a few simple rules for the challenge ie. use your Markers on your project, tell us in your post where you have used them and follow the theme.

Well that's all from me today, I hope you have a great day,

See you again soon.

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #618 - Anything Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

It's lovely to see you here again, I hope you like my card I have to share with you today for the new challenge at Passion For Markers.

ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

I've used this gorgeous digital stamp from Power Poppy called 'Mittens and Merriment' for the main focal point of this card. I have coloured it using my Promarkers and Spectrum Noir Triblends. The paper is from Hunkydory's 'A Sparkling Season' paper pad and the dies used are Tonic Deco Fleurs Layering Frames, Tonic Religious Baubles Set for the sentiment and two Marianne Designs Corner Dies. Glitter & Ribbon from my stash.

Here's a close up of this lovely stamp.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #169 ATG

Dream Valley Challenge - #259 ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge - #45 ATG Colouring Challenge

CHNC Every Saturday - #568 ATG Christmas

Creatalicious Challenge - #223 ATG opt Use Ribbon / Twine

Unicorn Challenge - #71 Christmas/Winter

Our sponsor for this week who are offering 2 digital images to the lucky winner is...

Leann's World 101

We love to see all your creations, you can make anything you like be it a scrapbook page, card, gift box or bag etc. as long as you use your Markers and follow the theme.

I hope you have fun creating your projects for this weeks challenge...

see you soon.

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #650 - Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

Christmas is only 6 more Saturdays away!

That's a bit of a shock to the system, I knew it was getting close but counting it up on the calendar gave me a bit of a turn - I'm not ready!

I have started to buy some presents and thankfully I don't have too many to get so that can easily be achieved but although I make Christmas cards all year round I always find that I am still short of some and then there's a scrabble to get enough made to cover everyone. Perhaps I should have made a card instead of these Christmas ATC's but I wanted to enter a swap with them and these are also my design team inspiration for the new challenge at ALLSORTS this week for their Christmas theme.

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for the background and dies for the reindeer and fir tree. I heat embossed some Shabby white embossing powder on to the background to resemble snow. The sentiment has also been heat embossed in gold and the mini gold glitter pegs have been in my stash for years. I thought each reindeer deserved a jingle bell so added that with a piece of shimmery twine.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #617 Christmas

Aud Sentiments - #287 ATG Christmas + Sentiment

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - #93 ATG

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - #68 Merry Christmas

We have two great prizes for the lucky winners this week...

Christmas Ribbons and Embellies

and

3 images of the winners choice from...

Ruth Hamilton Designs

Please take a look at the rest of the Design Team makes here for more inspiration. 

I hope to see you again soon, thank you for popping by,

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #612 - Use The Colour 'RED'

 Hi Crafters,

Well, it's my turn to choose the theme this week at Passion For Markers and I'm feeling in a RED kind of mood so I'd like you to use the colour RED on your projects. It can be in the papers/cardstock, embellishments or in the image. Please remember we are a colouring challenge so you must use your Markers somewhere on your project and tell us in your post where you have used them.

Recipe

Image - Garden Party - Sheepski Designs

Coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Triblends

Gingham Paper is from Dovecrafts 'Krafty Christmas' Paper Pad

Sentiment Die - Sue Wilson Creative Expressions

Glitter Embossing Powder

Kraft card and card blank

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Colour Crazy Challenge - #39 ATG Colouring Challenge

Di's Digi Stamps are our sponsor for this challenge

they are offering a $6 voucher for their store to the lucky winner.

Why not check out the rest of the design team makes HERE, there's lots of inspiration to help you kick start your crafting mojo.

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge #604 - Christmas in August

 Hi Crafters,

There's a new challenge starting over on the Passion For Markers blog with the fun theme of

CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST

Recipe

Image from Colour of Love - Rory Carolling

Coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noir Triblends

Paper - Snow Daze from The Works

Sue Wilson Sentiment Die

Xcut Snowflake Dies

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafting Happiness - #108 ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge - #31 ATG Colouring Challenge

Creative Knockouts - #413 ATG

Our sponsor this week is Colour of Love Digi's who are offering 3 digital images to the lucky winner.

If you'd like to enter our challenge just use your markers on your project and follow the theme. Take a look at my teamies makes HERE and come join in the fun.

Lorraine

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Holly Sprigs

 Hi Crafters,

Two weeks have passed and it's time to share my second Guest Designer card for the current challenge at

Christmas Craft Creations

The theme for the challenge is Heat Embossing and I have heat embossed everything on this card. The Holly leaves and sentiment are from the stamp and die set that I won from this challenge last month and the background stamp is by Paula Pascual.

Here it is again tilted to the light to show the embossing

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC Every Saturday - #547 ATG Christmas

ABC Christmas - L - Letters / M - Mistletoe

You still have plenty of time to enter the challenge so get those embossing powders out and have some fun!

Bye for now,

Lorraine

xXx

Heat Embossing

 Hi Crafters,

I won the challenge at Christmas Craft Creations a few weeks ago and was so pleased to be asked to join them as a Guest Designer for the month of June.

Their theme this month is

HEAT EMBOSSING

I thought I would use the prize that I won on that challenge to create my card as it was a lovely set of Christmas stamps and dies.

I have tried a CAS design this time.

Here it is again but tilted towards the light to hopefully show up all of the gold heat embossed details.

Everything has been heat embossed, the lovely poinsettia outline stamp, then I stamped again and used the dies to cut out the poinsettia layers. These have been coloured using Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon - #605 Make It CAS

Aud Sentiments - #276 ATG + Sentiment

Alphabet Challenge - E is for Easy, Simple Card

My Time To Craft - #458 Floral

CHNC Every Saturday - #545 ATG Christmas

Thank you for visiting, I will be sharing my second card as Guest Designer using these lovely stamps and dies in a couple of weeks time, hope to see you again.

Lorraine

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Passion For Markers Challenge # 581 - Use a Circle

 Hi Crafters,

We've just entered meteorological Spring and I'm here with a Christmas card! I can't help myself, I really love making Christmas cards. This one is for Passion For Markers and their new 'Use a Circle' challenge.

I have used this fun image from our sponsor called 'Roll-on Christmas'

Recipe

Image - Roll-on Christmas - Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Coloured with Promarkers

Background Paper - First Edition Christmas Wishes Pad

Carnation Crafts Tattered Square & Circle Dies

Paper Smooches Wavy Border Dies

Apple Blossom Spinner & Slider Die for the curved sentiment strip

Creative Expressions Snow Globe Sentiment Stamp 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Incy Wincy Designs - Work/Play and or big Hearts

Fab n Funky - #512 Christmas

SSS Wednesday Challenge - ATG

Colour Crazy Challenge - #8 ATG Colouring Challenge

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Something that Starts with 'E' or 'F' (elves)

Our Sponsor this week is

Dr Digi House of Stamps

who are offering 2 digital stamps tot he lucky winner.

To be eligible to win you can enter with any type of project, it doesn't have to be a card, but you must use your Markers - Copics, Spectrum Noir, Karin, Zigs and Promarkers etc. - tell us in your linked post what you have used and follow the theme.

The design team are looking forward to seeing what you create and will be visiting your blogs soon. For more inspiration please take a look at the challenge blog here.

Bye for now

Lorraine

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