Christmas in July

Good morning all!

Phew, it is hot out there! Hot in here too, at work it's almost unbearable sometimes but I can't take any holidays yet so I need to soldier on for a bit longer ;) It's funny with this hot weather that our theme this time @ Fab 'n Funky is 'Christmas in July'! Have you started your Christmas cards yet? I started in January to be honest, so that I can mix Christmas projects with other types of craft. That way I don't get bored with Christmas Trees, Tinsel and Baubles :) We are sponsored by My Creative Craftroom and Dilly Beans, the latter providing us with some great images to use in our DT inspiration projects. I really like the style of these images; not too neatly drawn, just like in life ;)

Materials:
* Dilly Beans Amalia's Christmas Lights, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Dovecraft T'Is the Season DP
* Co'ordinations Retro Mod Squad CS
* Afternoon Tea Candi
* Eline's Winterhuis Sentiment stamp
* Peel off corners from stash

It would be great if you can join us with your Crimbo projects, I'm very curious to see what you can come up with.

Challenges:
* The Squirrel & The Fox (Christmas in July)
* Crafty Hazelnut (Christmas Card Suitable for a Child)
* Card Mania (Christmas in July)
* Simply Create Too (Christmas in July)
* Dutch Card Lovers (Christmas in July)
* Always Something Creative (Christmas)
* Shelly's Images (Christmas in July)
* Stamp & Create (Christmas in July)
* ABC (Christmas in July)
* LEJ (Christmas in July)

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A Non-Traditional Christmas

Good morning all!

This week I'm hosting my first challenge at Fab 'n Funky, so exciting! I've chosen a theme that I am sure will appeal to you: "A Non-Traditional Christmas"! So use either an image or colour scheme that we don't traditionally associate with Christmas. Easy peasy right? We are sponsored by Stamp Fairy this week and I got to pick a couple of images for the DT girls to work with. I am using Santa's World 1 for my project, what a wonderful image to colour in! I think the colouring came out particularly well this time.

Materials:
* Stamp Fairy Santa's World 1, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Create & Craft CS
* DCWV Brights Glitter CS
* First Edition Spring Feast DP
* Digital Delights Winter Tickets sentiment, coloured with Promarkers & Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* MS Snow Men Border Punch
* Joy Craft Flower punch
* cArt-Us present charm
* Sew Easy Quick Sand Floss
* Ribbon & pearl from my stash

Hope you can make it to our challenge!

Challenges:
* Sparkles Christmas (Button or Bow)
* QKR Stampede (It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas)
* Crafts 4 Eternity (Christmas Chaos)
* 2 Sisters (Christmas Sparkle)
* Color Me Creative Classroom (Non-Traditional Holiday Colours)
* Sentimental Sundays (Non-Traditional Christmas Colours)
* Dream Valley (Non-Traditional Christmas Colours)
* Forever Friends (Glitter & Sparkle)
* Incy Wincy (Non-Traditional Christmas Colours)
* Ladybug Crafts (Sparklicious)

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Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

Happy Saturday my fellow crafters!

Yes, it's December, Christmas is coming soon! Do you have all your Christmas projects finished or are you still working on some? If so, perhaps you'd like to participate in our monthly challenge @ CCAYR, themed "Santa Claus is Coming to Town". I've taken a contemporary take on this theme, using up some of my SMIRK decoupage.

Materials:
* Create & Craft CS
* SMIRK Christmas Decoupage pad & mini topper from SMIRK Christmas Paper Pack
* Studio Light Christmas tree
* Numbers from local store (HEMA)
* Letters from my stash
* Eline's Winterhuis stamp set, stamped in silver and black ink

Where will you take this theme, will you also take it in a more modern direction or more traditional and vintage? There's plenty of options with the main man in red!

Challenges:
* Crimbo Crackers (Anything Goes)
* Dream Valley (Non-Traditional Christmas)
* My Sheri's Crafts (T'is the Season)
* Little Claire's (Christmas)
* SJ Paper Crafts (Christmas, optional Mix those Alphas)
* Sparkles Forum (Christmas is Coming)
* Wags 'n Whiskers (Christmas)
* Love to Create (Non-Traditional Holiday Colours)
* Lexi's Creations (Christmas)
* The Scrapbooking Queen (Christmas)

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