Christmas Card Club Challenge - #3 Stars on Your Card

Hi Crafters,

February has begun and we are marching on through the year already. It is our third Christmas Card Challenge this week and Sylvie has asked us to use 'Stars on our Card' - I hope that this special star will count?

I have made two versions using the same Apple Blossom die brand called Nativity Scene.

I have made similar cards before as I find this die so versatile. The background papers are from a discontinued LOTV paper pad. I have paper pieced the star back in using glitter card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Fab n Funky # 466 Christmas
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #542 Christmas
CHNC Every Saturday - #475 ATG Christmas/Quick & Easy
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - #124 Winter Blues

Thanks for popping by, the other ladies in the group will also have some fabulous Christmas inspiration for you so why not take a look at their blogs listed here.

Lorraine

xXx

Christmas Card Club Challenge #2 North Star / Any Stars

Hi Crafters,

Our second Christmas challenge of the year is underway at the Christmas Card Club and Maureen has chosen 

North Star / Stars

Recipe

Creative Expressions Dies - Christmas Scene & Swirling Stars

Crafters Companion Embossing Folder - Reindeer Forest & Corner Dies

Spellbinders Alphabet Dies

Mirri Card

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I had a lot of trouble with glare from the mirri card on this one, if I angled the card to stop the glare from the silver frame then I had a shine on the stars and vice-versa, so this was the best I could get.

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Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Creations - #333 ATG

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #399 Christmas

Moving Along With The Times - #37 Swirls / Curls

Brown Sugar - #234 ATG

Creative Fingers - #123 ATG

CHNC Every Saturday - #317 ATG Christmas

CHNC Challenge Extra - January Challenge

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I hope you have a wonderful Sunday and I will see you again soon,

Lorraine 

xXx

613 Avenue Create Challenge #133 - Anything Goes / Use a Moon and/or Stars

Hi Crafters,
Another fabulous challenge has started at 613 Avenue Create, you can join in with either the Anything Goes or the Moon and Stars theme.
 

Recipe

Owl Image - Drawn With Character

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Night Sky - Distress Inks and embossed stars

Branch Die

Sentiment - Woodware Stamp

Challenges I'd like to enter:
TTCRD - ATG
Sister Act - #115 ATG

As always our sponsors have some wonderful prizes lined up for the winners...


 

Bugaboo Stamps




Drawn with Character

All the details are on the blog , come and join in the fun.


Bye for now,

Lorraine

Christmas Card Club Challenge #9 - Stars

Hi Crafters,

Hope you are all having a great weekend.

Thank you to all my visitors here recently for the lovely comments left, I really do appreciate you popping in and saying Hi!

 

So on to why I am here today...  ...two weeks have whizzed by again and it is time for another Christmas card challenge with my bunch of crafty friends. This time it was Valerie's turn to choose a theme and here is my card for the 'Stars' theme.

 

Recipe

Embossed Cardstock - Limetree Crafts

Merry Christmas Die - Joycrafts

Mirri card

X-Cut Star Die

Silver Christmas paper - Anita's Classic Christmas Papers

Bows - Scribble & Scrap Store (now closed)

 

Gosh, white and silver cards are very difficult to photograph, the glare from the mirri card was a tricky one to overcome but this is the best I could do.

It was quite a simple card really, just matting and layering the beautiful star embossed card on to the mirri and cutting out the stars and sentiment die in mirri also. Then I cut the same size stars from the silver Christmas papers and scored them at each point so I could fold and make them dimensional. Then I adhered them to the mirri stars. A piece of silver cord and a bow to finish.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

ABC Christmas Challenge - H is for Happy Holiday

Brown Sugar - #143 ATG

Sister Act - #103 ATG

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas Ornaments
CHNC Challenge Extra - April

 

Well that's another one for the box, it's filling up quickly and I'm confident that I will have enough Christmas cards made now to alleviate the frantic making session I had a couple of years ago when December crept up and bit me before I knew it. If you want to join in with our friendly challenge each fortnight just get in touch with Margaret who will tell you the ropes.

I hope you enjoy your Sunday, I am going to a Christening today so I will be round to comment later in the day.

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine