Christmas Card

materials: Magnolia stamp, Spellbinder Classic Scallop circle die, Spellbinder Oval die, mini star punch, Faber Castell watercolour pencils

Challenges:

• Crafty Steal Third Thursday challenge - make it in 15 minutes
• Magnolia Mania -  Christmas tree
• Crafty Little Fairies - not a square
• Time For Magnolia Christmas Challenge - Christmas but not using any traditional Christmas colour red,green,gold
• Time For Magnolia Challenge - use your favourite Magnolia stamp
• Winter Wonderland - die+punch
• StampArtic - Christmas
• The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is coming
• Live & Love Crafts - favourite Christmas colour combo
• Penny Black & More - anything goes

Gift Box

Image: Magnolia Tilda

Others: Faber Castell water colour pencils, Spellbinder Flourish Accent die, MF Flourish die, Martha Stewart Snowflake Chain punch, glitter glue, pearl, lace, bling, Scor-Pal score board.

Challenges:

• Magnolia Mania - box / bag
• MidWeek Magnolia - pearl,lace, glitter
• Magnolia-licious Challenge - fancy fold
• Simon Wednesday Challenge - thinking of you
• Tilda's Town - Christmas
• Inspiration Journal - happy holidays
• The Artistic Stamper - Christmas is coming
• Penny Black & More - anything goes

boo

Made this card using CC.Designs 'Witchy Willow' stamp. I coloured it with Faber Castell watercolour pencils.

Challenges:

• CC.Designs October challenge-halloween card using non-halloween colour ie black,orange,green,purple.
• Simon Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
• Penny Black And More - anything goes

Best Friends Always

Make this card using pre-printed sentiment and embossed the white card stock with butterfly motif embossing folder. Added some pearls and ribbon as embellishment. Done it based on Crafty Steal Thursday Challenge Sketch.

Challenges:

• Crafty Steal-sketch
• Simon Says Wed-anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Fun tag

Coloured another Magnolia stamp today. It is the tiny Edwin with plane stamp. This time, I chose black+white+blue scheme since it's a male them tag.
Embossed the backgroud with Sizzix Basic Grey 'Dotted Flower Rings' embossing folder and I swiped through a blue Prismacolor stick over the raised embossed area for some colour.

Challenges:

Time For Magnolia Challenge - black, white + 1 other colour

Bizzy Becs Store - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - tag

Christmas Tag

Coloured this Magnolia Tilda tiny stamp with Faber Castell water colour pencil  using only red and black. Pop up the image with foam tape on a punch out round red card stock before adhere to another punch out circle scallop white card stock. I embossed the tag with Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder.

Challenges:

• Time For Magnolia Challenge - black, white + 1 other colour
• Bizzy Becs Store - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - tag

Corner Bookmark

paper : Basic Grey, sentiment stamp : Unity Stamp

others: MS corner punch, MS Frond punch, daisy flower punch (x-small, small, medium)

Challenges:

• SSS Wednesday - anything goes
• Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
• Fussy & Fancy - words 
• Allsorts - favourite ( my favourite hobby is reading, thus making lots of bookmarks for myself and my kid)
• Penny Black And More - anything goes
• Bearly Mine - anything goes
• Natalie & Amy's Challenge - diecuts & flower
• ALBC - sew what (I faux-stitch on the sentiment label)
• Live & Love Crafts - stitching (I faux-stitch on the sentiment label)

Corner Bookmark

Image: Penny Black 

others: Prismacolor pencils, Spellbinder Beaded Oval die, Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border punch, heart & vine border punch, 

Tim Holtz Spun Sugar distress ink pad

Challenges:

• Penny Black And More - punch and die 
• Creative Card Crew - masculine
• Bizzy Becs - anything goes
• Simon Says Monday Challenge - start from scratch (I handmade the corner bookmark using leftover card stock)

Corner Bookmark

Image: Magnolia Tilda

others: Prismacolor pencils, heart border punch, Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border punch, Copic Multi-Liner pen for faux stitch

Challenges:

• MidWeek Magnolias - stitch or faux stitch
• Bizzy Becs - anything goes
• Tilda's Town - celebrate
• Simply Magnolia - pretty as princess and wearing a crown
• Simon Says Monday Challenge - start from scratch (I handmade the corner bookmark using leftover card stock)

Corner Bookmark

Image: Magnolia Mini Tilda

others: Copic, EK Success scallop circle and circle punch, border punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, Sizzix Ornate Swirls embossing folder

Challenges:

• Midweek Magnolias - stitch
• Tilda's Town - celebrate
• Bizzy Becs - anything goes
• Simon Says Monday Challenge - start from scratch ( I make the corner bookmark using left over white card stock and patterned papers)

A vintage style Christmas greeting card

Downloaded this printable image from Marianne Designs website. Sentiment is a clear stamp from Marianne Design Don&Daisy 'Winter Fun'. Using a blue ink pad for the sentiment.

Challenges:

• Marianne Design Challenge #107 vintage card with blue and brown colour
• Bearly-Mine Challenge - use digital 
• SSS Wednesday - anything goes

Bookmark for my boy

image: Penny Black

tools: Prismacolor pencils, Sizzix Heart die, EK Success Bubbles edge punch, butterfly punch

Challenges:

• Fussy & Fancy Friday - something with wings
• Charisma Cardz - what else can you do (non-cards)
• Simon Says Wednesday - anything goes
• Stampin' For The Weekend - anything goes
• Crafty Little Fairies - spots & stripes
• Bearly Mines - for the boys
• Penny Black Saturday - boy/man
• Penny Black & More - favourite stamp
• Allsorts - how does your garden grow
• Simon Says Monday - I ought to use this more (I used my Penny Black stamp which I hardly use since I bought it early last year)

Corner Bookmark

Image: Magnolia Edwin, 

tools: border punch, scallop circle punch, circle punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, Prismacolor pencils, patterned paper from my stash.

Entering this corner bookmark to the following challenges:

• Midweek Magnolias - use Edwin image
• Marvelous Magnolia - use punch
• Time For Magnolia Challenge - boy/man
• Dutch Magnolia Lovers - anything but card
• Magnolia Mania - emboss

Birthday cat

Coloured this Penny Black image with Faber Castell watercolour pencils. Other tools used are corner punch, MS Pinking Scallop punch, MS Frond leaf punch, handmade flowers and some old pattern papers from my stash. Done this card based on Papertake Weekly sketch. 

Challenges:

• Penny Black And More  - anything goes
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - favourite stamp
• Papertake Weekly - sketch
• The Artistic Stamper - in the garden
• Crafty Little Fairies - in the garden
• Stamp & Create - spring colours

Thanking Tilda

I paper piece this Magnolia Tilda with polka dot pink pattern paper on her dress and head bow. Coloured the image using Faber Castell water colour pencils. Handmade the crepe rosette and the flower. The leaf is a die cut. Punch out medium and small butterflies from glitter pink paper. Other items used: Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad and thank you stamp.

Challenges:

• Magnolia Mania - paper piecing
• MidWeek Magnolia - pink
• Dutch Magnolia Lovers - summer
• Marvelous Magnolia - butterflies
• Bizzy Becs - anything goes

Happy Christmas ornament

stamp: Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament

others: Memento Black Tuxedo, MS Snowflake chain punch, ribbon rose, water color.

Challenges:

• SSS Monday - big stamp
• ABC Christmas - H is for home (decor)

Altered note pad

I altered or rather re-decorate this small notepad using MD decoupage image and paper. Embossed the yellow background with Sizzix Basic Grey Dotted Ring Flowers embossing folder.

Challenges:

• Marianne Design Challenge #103 - yellow and green
• VSC Challenge - #22 Technique (I am using decoupage or layering technique) 

Birthday

Image: Penny Black "Stuck On You' transparent stamp. Handmade flowers using retro flower punch. Other tools: Faber Castell watercolour pencils, MS leaf punch, doily. Done this card based on Sketch-N-Scrap card sketch#23

Challenges:

• Penny Black And More - blossoms and bloom
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - cats and dogs
• Stamp And Create - spring flowers
• Sketch-N-Scrap - card sketch#23

Joy

Pre-coloured image from Mudmaven's blog, printed twice and fussy cut out one set for layering. Other tools : Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder, MS Snowflake Chain punch and bling.

Challenges:

Winter Wonderland - little robin redbreast

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

A Little Bit Crafty - birds and bees

Allsorts Challenge - birds and feathers

Robin and the deer

Printed this pre-coloured image from Cuddly Buddly and layered on each other for some dimensional look. A quick easy card. Other tools used: EK Success 1" circle punch and the leaves are diecut from green card stock.

Challenges:

• Winter Wonderland - little robin redbreast
• Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
• A Little Bit Crafty - birds and bees
• Allsorts Challenge - birds and feathers

Christmas Joy

image: Magnolia Tilda

tools: MS Snowflake chain punch, Sizzix Winter Words embossing folder,

Faber Castell watercolour pencils, EK Success circle punch

Challenges:

• Winter Wonderland - pink
• Mid Week Magnolia - frame it 
• Stampin For The Weekend - favourite stamp 
• Magnolia Mania - monochrome
• Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Easter Wishes

image: Doodle Pantry 'Easter Peeps' pre-coloured

sentiment: Doodle Pantry

tools: butterflies embossing folder, AC K/O 2" tag punch

Done this based on sketch by Sketch-N-Scrap #23card sketch

Challenges:

• Word Art Wednesday - challenge#128 anything goes
• Sketch-N-Scrap - card sketch #23
• The Rubber Buggy - challenge#18 soft pastel easter
• Art With Heart Challenge - april showers
• SSS Wednesday Challenge - animal antics
• SSS Monday Challenge - wings
• ALBC - birds and bees
• Doodle Pantry - anything goes
• ABNH - layers

Joyful Easter

Image: Digital Delights 'Easter Dumpling'

Sentiment : Doodle Pantry

tools: Butterflies embossing folder, AC knock-out 2" tag punch, Faber Castell watercolour pencils (on the bow and skin).  I digitally paper pieced the shell.

Challenges:

• Delightful Sketches - you'r egg-stra special (include easter egg/oval shape)
• Word Art Wednesday - challenge#128 anything goes
• Sketch Saturday - #305 sketch
• ABC Challenge - J' just as you like (anything goes)
• The Rubber Buggy - challenge#18 soft pastel easter
• Art With Heart Challenge - april showers
• SSS Wednesday Challenge - animal antics

Fairy love

Image: LOTV

medium: Faber Castell watercolour pencils

others: Spellbinder Classic Scallop Circle die, Ranger stardust glitter glue (on shoes and skirt)

flower punch, heart crochet (my new hobby actually), yarn, blings.

Challenges entered:

• LOTV - name that tune (Fairytale by Pointer Sisters
• Penny Black And More - make it sparkle (I added stardust glitter glue on the shoes, hem of skirt)
• Stamp & Create - love
• CCM - anything goes
• Loathian Craft - love using dies
• The ABC Challenge - flower
• Papertake Weekly - heart
• Crafty Little Fairies - teddies
• Stampin For The Weekend - flower
• Winter Wonderland - fairies