Inspirational Christmas

Good morning everyone! A lovely sunny day it seems, maybe time to sit in the garden for a bit.

It's the 1st of April and it's time for the new monthly challenge at Christmas Cards All Year Round! No joke, people! We have an inspirational photo for you to work with this time:

Isn't that beautiful? And so many details to choose for your card, I used the stitching and the colours for my card:

Hope you can join us, as usual you have the entire month to participate!

Materials:
* Scalloped base card
* Studio Light DPs, sentiment and Decoupage image (Sarah Kay)
* Peel offs from stash
* White gel pen to create faux stitching

Challenges:
* Paper Pretties (Use Bling)
* Pixie Cottage (Cuddly Critters - Kitten in the Front)
* Bearly Mine (3, 2, 1 - 3 strips of DP, 2 peeloffs, 1 image)
* Tuesday Throwdown (Outside the Box)
* Crafty Hazelnut (Get Sentimental)
* Totally Stampalicious (Critters)
* Party Time Tuesday (Anything Goes)
* Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes)
* Soutern Girls (Something to Say)
* Wishcraft (Waste not Wednesdays - The peeloffs have been a bit neglected recently)

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Another award and two new cards

Good evening all, hope you are all having a good week. Hubby was away for the weekend to take in a football game in Scotland, but is now back. Always weird to have a few days to myself, but of course I then don't have to feel guilty of spending all day crafting!

I received another top three award, this time from Cupcake Inspirations for my spring card! I can get used to this, great! :)

I also have another two cards to share with you. The first one uses a Sarah Kay image, I remember receiving birthday cards with these cute images on them when I was a child, soooooo cute. Here is the front:

And the inside:

Materials used:
* Studiolight image sheet (including sentiment, backing paper and inside border)
* Pale Yellow Nestability shape
* Brown pearls and ribbon from stash

I would like to submit this card to the following challenges:
* Polka Doodles (Chocolate)
* Southern Girls Challenge (Brads, gems and dew drops)
* DYSU (Anything goes)

My second card is an anniversary card, again with a nostalgic image. I really like that style of image and even though I like all those distressed nostalgic cards out there, I can never bring myself to purposefully tear backing paper. Silly, I know, but I guess backing papers are my crafty weakness.

Here is the front and the inside:

Materials used:
* Image and sentiment inside: Studio Light
* Backing paper: Blue Eline Old-fashioned Christmas (yes, really) paper, Pink Making Memories paper (can't tell you the extact range)
* Sentiment on the front: Eline Vintage Stamp Set
* Punch: MS Doily Lace
* Pearls from stash

I really like the little bird on the inside of the card, it was on the paper already but really finishes the inside off.

I would like to submit this card to the following challenges:
* Incy Wincy (Use punch or die)
* Cupcake Inspirations (Inspiration, I've used the blue tones and the swirls)
* Paperplay Challenge (Sentiments)
* DYSU (Anything goes)

Hope you like the cards, enjoy your weekend!

Love, Ciska

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