Vintage Birthday card

Hello everybody!

Finally, some nice weather here in the Netherlands! We spent Mother's Day in the garden and on the playground, a great way to spend the weekend :)

I have a vintage-style card to share with you today, I made this for my aunt's birthday. I used up some more Graphic 45 paper scraps, my aunt really liked it!

Challenges:

* Crafty Cardmakers (Add a Sentiment)

* Ooh La La (Something Beginning with B) Banner, Blue

* The Crafters' Cafe (Birthdays)

* Creative Craft Cottage (Three of a Kind) 3 yellow and 3 black pearls

* Glitter 'n Sparkle (One for the Ladies/Mother's Day)

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Birthday card

Good morning all!

I'm back with a card share this time, I made this card last night for a good friend who is turning 39 this week, using up some of my Graphic 45 papers.I used a mask on the frame to create the brown stains, really looks quite authentic in real life! I love how the white card stands out from all the vintage-style papers :)

Challenges:

* Create and Makes (AG, optional twist: Make it Vintage) 

* Cute Card Thursday (Celebrations)

* Words to Craft By (Proverbs & Blessings)

* Incy Wincy (Happy Birthday)

* Scrap & Craft (Celebrations)

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Vintage Scene

Hello all!

This time at the Pinspirational Challenge, we have such a lovely inspirational photo, you can go so many ways with this!



You can use theme or colour scheme, you can take it very literal or just use the concept.....I loved working with it! My only problem was picking what I would take from the photo. Eventually, I spotted some postcard paper and a postage-themed stamp set, so decided to take the vintage theme for a birthday card for my dad, who is celebrating his 80th birthday on Boxing Day. Unbelievable....time flies!

I tried to really make it look like a postcard, with the stamps in the right place (I was also careful not to cover up the word Post-Card in any way), and it feel like I pulled it off ok. So how will you interpret this photo for your own project? Come on and join the fun! Our sponsors this fortnight are Elizabeth Bell and Kitty Bee, so why not take a change and try for a win?

Challenges:
* Dream Valley (Winter Birthday)
* Get Creative (AG)
* House of Cards (Lots of Layers and/or Colours)
* Ooh La La (Vintage)
* Scrap 'n Challenge (Autumn Colours)

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Five GOOOOOLD Rings!

Hi all,

Do you have that special crafty stash that you don't use, but just look at? Yep, me too; I have several  Graphic 45 retiring lines' pads that I bought on special but never got round to using as I kept taking them out and looking at the lovely images and felt bad for even considering cutting  it up. But not anymore, dear readers! I have actually made a card with one of my pads and I once I got started I thoroughly enjoyed myself :) I've used the Twelve Days of Christmas pad; I kept singing the song as I was crafting. As a matter of fact, it's still in my head! I am sure people who walked by our house this week were a bit puzzled to hear a Christmas song over and over again, as I didn't quite realise I left the window open....... Anyhow, my other Graphic 45 pad are for the chop now as well, no more hoarding ;)

Materials:
* Graphic 45 Twelve Days of Christmas DP
* Reflections Black CS
* Vintage Berries Candi
* Nellie's Multiframes Circles
* MS Ribbon Threader border punch
* Marianne Design Stampfairy sentiment stamp
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* The Squirrel and the Fox (Inspired by a Song or Movie) The 12 Days of Christmas
* Bloggers Challenge (Christmas in July)
* Christmas Card Challenge (Anything Goes)
* Creative Card Crew (Christmas)
* Sentimental Sundays (Christmas in July)
* Sparkles Forum (Christmas in July)
* Crafting for All Seasons (Christmas in July)
* Lexi's Creations (Christmas in July)
* Cute Card Thursday (For the Birds)
* Craftin Desert Diva's (Christmas in July)

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For My Mum

Good morning everyone,

It's Mother's Day today in the Netherlands and of course I made a card for my mother to send to her. I decided to revisit my old crafty stash and delve into all the decoupage books I have that never got used up. I found this adorable image with matching DPs that seemed just perfect for the occasion. Together with lots of embellishments I have found in my stash, I made this card. It doesn't open like a regular card, but you need to slide away the front to reveal the message inside. I made a double bow to bulk up the ribbon a bit, but it's still a dainty bow to me. Anyway, my mum should have received this card by now, so it's safe to post it here as she is a loyal follower of my blog and I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Let's hope she likes it!

Materials:
* Create & Craft Pastels CS
* Studio Light image, DP and sentiment (it says I think of you in Dutch)
* Vintage Photo Distress Ink to blend the edges
* Pearls, ribbon, brad and flower stickers from stash

Challenges:
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Pink with Ribbon)
* Emerald Fairies (Flowers, Ribbon and/or Lace)
* The Squirrel and the Fox (Mother's Day)
* Diva's by Design (In the Pink)
* Sister Act (Anything Goes)
* Alphabet Challenge (G for Gorgeous Gowns)
* Tuesday Throwdown (Special Lady)
* Sassy Studio (Happy Mother's Day)
* Charisma Cardz (Mother's Day)
* Mema's Crafts (May Flowers or Celebrate Moms)

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Tea for One

Hi all!

I hope you all had a nice weekend, mine was lovely having spent it visiting my parents and enjoying each other's company. It's always a tiring weekend, as I need to travel for several hours to get there and back, but worth it!

As usual, another challenge is starting today @ Ooh La La, themed "FOR A SPECIAL LADY". I used this challenge to make a Mothers' Day card for my MIL, as the UK Mothers' Day is coming up soon; in the Netherlands we don't celebrate it until May. I managed to use up a last bit of lace I had lying around, always so satisfying when that happens, don't you think?

Materials:
* Ooh La La Teatime image & DPs from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* K&Co Ancestry DPs, edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* CartUs Scalloped Oval die
* Hot Off the Press You're Tea-rrific sentiment stamp
* Lace from stash

Challenges:
* Cute Card Thursday (Girls, Girls, Girls)
* Rhedd & Rosie's (Aged/Distressed) I've used Distress Ink
* Polkadoodle (Mum's the Word)
* Bearly Mine (One for the Girls)
* Card & Scrap (Ribbon and/or Lace)
* Seemacraft (Something for Mum)
* Cupboard Trilogy (Mothers)
* Freshly Brewed (Sketch or Photo Inspiration) I've used the photo to inspire the card's theme
* Gem of a Challenge (Mother's Day/Female Birthday/Special Lady)
* Ladybug Crafts (Anything Goes)

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Get Creative with Doilies

Hi all,

This is my last week at work before Christmas, can you believe it? There's so much I still need to do before the holidays, it can't be around the corner just yet! Oh well, I suppose time doesn't wait for any (wo)man.....

That also means there is a new challenge over @ Ooh La La and this time I'm the host! Our theme this week is "USE A DOILY DIFFERENTLY".

Doilies are really popular in the crafting world right now and I can definitely see why; they really add a little something extra to a project, especially vintage-style projects. Of course you can use them as is, but I want to challenge you to think outside the box a little bit and alter your doily. Cut it, stamp it, colour it, emboss it, fold it, do whatever you feel, as long as you don't use the doily straight out of the packet! The DT girls have incorporated fantastic ideas in their project to share with and inspire you.

Here's mine, I've used a doily to create a border:

Materials:
* Ooh La La Pretty as a Picture image and DP from the Passion for Fashion CD
* Kars Wedding DP
* Dovecraft Cupcake Boutique Paper Lace Doilies
* MS Doily Lace edge punch
* Memories Direct Flowers
* Vine peeloffs from local store (Xenos)
* Anna Griffin Letters and Border stamp set
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Brad and gems from stash

I'm curious to see where your creativity will lead you :)

Challenges:
* Crafty Creations (Anything but Christmas)
* Creative Moments (Anything Goes/Vintage)
* Allsorts (Anything but Christmas)
* Crafty Girls (Anything Goes)
* Delightful Challenge (You're a Gem)
* Rhed and Rosie's Challenge Blog (Use Your Old Stash) --> Everything but the image and matching DP is at least 1 year old
* Pile It On (P is for....) Punch, Pink, Portret
* Scribble & Scrap (Anything Goes)
* Creative Fingers (Anything Goes, Optional Easel)
* Avenue 613 (Anything Goes, Optional Calendar)

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Christmas Cookies

Good morning everyone!

Wow, the minute the clock is set back an hour, Autumn arrives! We are expecting a storm or at least very heavy winds, which I found out when I biked to the train station this morning, I hardly moved forward! But now I'm safe and sound inside again, I'm just dreading the return trip......

I have a Christmas card to share with you, it's getting closer and closer folks! I made this card for the new Ooh La La Challenge, which is "Food and Drink". I love this vintage image, it's from my favourite OLL CD, Yesterday's Memories. I've used up some of the scraps I had from this paper pad on the inside of the card, I can't bear throwing such cutoffs away, but you only need to many little paper strips right? What a dilemma......Anyway, hope you can join us this fortnight, it's a fun theme which is open for a lot of different interpretation, so I'm extra curious to see what you will come up with! Check out the blogpost to see all my teamies' creations!

Materials
* Ooh La La Baking Day from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Basic Grey Jovial & Dovecraft Let It Snow DPs
* SEI Christmas Mint Chiplets & Accents
* Gems from stash

Challenges:
* Paper Pretties (Eat, Drink and be Merry)
* Crafts To Challenge You (Christmas Festivities)
* Lisa B Design (Traditional Christmas)
* Basic Grey (Food and Drink)
* Aud Sentiments (Christmas Sentiment)
* My Heart Pieces (Anything Christmas)
* Pile It On (Embellishment Crazy) I've used chipboard and gems
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Anything Goes)
* Whimsy (Shabby Chic or Vintage)
* Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes)

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Step Back Into Time

Happy Monday everyone!

Oh man, it's hot! This really is too much for me, so I am spending my days primarily sitting in front of our fan downstairs. For obvious reasons, I can't take the fan upstairs to the crafty room, so I literally had to sweat on this card I am sharing with you today for the Ooh La La Challenge.

Our challenge theme this fortnight was my pick, being "STEP BACK INTO TIME"! So use a vintage image  and come and play along with us :) On the challenge blog you can see more examples from the excellent DT. We've had some new girls join us over the last month, so there's plenty of fresh ideas!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Spring Walk set from the Passion for Fashion CD
* Country Companions For Someone Special DP
* Forest Moss Distress Ink
* Memories Direct Flowers
* Wooden butterflies from local store (Xenos)
* Sentiment & Scalloped border from Studio Delight
* Gems & Pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Card & Scrap (Anything Goes)
* Emerald Fairies (Colour Challenge)
* Ladybug Ink (Something Floral)
* Delicious Doodles (Anything Goes)
* A Gem of a Challenge (Anything Pearlescent)
* Totally Gorjuss (Anything Goes with Pearls)
* Card Mania (Summer Blooms)
* Dream Valley (Summer Days)
* Cute Card Thursday (Anything Goes)
* Crafty Cardmakers (Recipe: 1 image, 2 DPs, 3 embellishments)

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Ebony & Ivory

Good Morning All!

Did you all have a good weekend? We had great weather all throughout Saturday and Sunday and we took full advantage. We had a great bike ride on Saturday and we had dinner in our back garden under the cherry tree, which is full of ripe cherries at the moment. I'd better come up with a couple of ideas to use those cherries up, as hubby isn't much of a fan of fresh cherries and I seem to have a slight allergy for stoned fruits. Cooked is okay though, so perhaps I will be making some cherry sauce or pie filling to stash in the freezer. 

Anyway, let's get back to paper craft: I have a vintage make to share with you. Our Challenge theme this fortnight @ Ooh La La is "Ebony and Ivory". When I was preparing for this challenge, I realised I really don't have that much black and/or white items in my paper stash, so I cheated a little and also used greys. I tried using more layers & embellishments this time than I usually do and I'm pretty happy with the result.

Inside/Bottom:

Materials:
* Ooh La La Wedding Day from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Echo Park For the Record & Kars Wedding DPs
* EMP Die Cut Paper (used for the base)
* Memories Direct & Prima Flowers
* K&Co Smitten Chipboard heart
* Eline Vintage sentiment stamp
* Pearls & Brads from stash

Challenges:
* CRAFT (Here Comes the Bride/Wedding/Anniversary)
* Fashionista (Wedding or Birthday)
* A Gem of a Challenge (Lots of Layers)
* Hobby House (Vintage)
* One Stitch at a Time (More than 1 Fold)
* ABC Challenge (Lots of Layers)
* Card Makin' Mamas (Monochrome)

* Crafts Too Challenge You (Choose a decade or an era + twist Anything Goes) I am guessing this image is from the twenties?

* It's All About Vintage (Black & White)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)

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Welcome Little One

Morning all!

How was your weekend, I hope you did some fun things! We certainly did, as we were in London for the weekend. Mainly to watch the Killers @ Wembley, but we also managed a shopping trip and a visit to a comedy club.

Today I have a baby card to share with you for the Ooh La La challenge, as this week our theme is "Welcome Little One".You will find more information and some lovely samples over at the challenge blog.

Once again, I used Ooh La La's Yesterday's Memories for my card, this type of image really reminds me of baby cards that were around when I was little, love it!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Storks image & DP from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Papermania Seet Nothings & DCWV Mango Frost DPs
* Crafter's Companion Christmas Embossing Board
* MS Doily Lace punch
* Personal Impressions Sentiment Stamp
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Dew Drop from Robin's Nest

Challenges:
* Frosted Designs (Polka Dots)
* CD Sunday (S is for ....) Storks, Spots
* Paper Nest Dolls (Animal Love)
* Bunny Zoe (Wings)
* Crafty Calendar (Things with Wings)
* Challenges for Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Emerald Fairies (Punches or Dies)
* Oozak (Anything Goes with a Sentiment)
* Crafty Catz (Anything Goes or Embossing)
* Hobby House (Anything Goes)

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A Vintage Christmas

Hi everyone,

Another month has come and gone, can you believe it? I was just trying to recap what happened in this month but with everything I thought of it was: No, that was the month before or before that. What DID I do in May? I really couldn't tell you, except that we have revamped our garden with new soil, planted a little fruit & vegetable garden and took out some old manky bushes that weren't very pretty and basically in our way. It's still an ongoing project, but it's already looking way better than before, so that we already have so much more joy from our garden then we did last year.

Anyway, I'm babbling now, let's get to the point shall we? A new monthly challenge is starting @ CCAYR, sadly this will be my last. But I'm glad I got to do this challenge, as the theme is :"VINTAGE". I am not a real vintage crafter, I love the style and seeing others' projects who are really going the whole hog, but when I craft I am giving it my own twist by keeping it fairly CAS (for vintage anyway). I love this little image, it's so incredibly cute!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Baking Day image for the Yesterday's Memories CD
* DCWV The Natural Stack CS
* Dovecraft Noel & Echo Park For the Record DPs
* Pebbles Chips Black Glitter Chipboard Swirl
* Studio Light sentiments
* Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Hope you can join me and the rest of the team for my last challenge!

Challenges:
* Alota Rubber Stamps (Childhood)
* Forever Friends (For a Child)
* Tammy's Scrappin' Corner (Vintage)
* Crafting by Designs (Anything Goes)
* Crimbo Crackers (Cute)
* Hobby Vision (Christmas)
* We Love Vintage (For a Baby or Child)
* ABC Christmas (Kept Safe) The Christmas paper with the playing children
* Kaboodle Doodles (Anything Goes)
* Shelly's Images (Show Us What You Got)

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Nostalgia

Hi everyone,

It's Monday again and its a bank holiday here in the Netherlands. Tomorrow our current queen is stepping down and her son is following in her footsteps, so that is earning us a couple of extra days off. Never a bad thing! Especially this week, as I have picked up yet another cold and snottery at home is a whole lot better than being snottery at work.

Today starts another challenge at Ooh La La, we are in the vintage mood this week. Please come over to the challenge blog to share your vintage/nostalgic projects, we'd loved to see them!

Here's my card, I have had my eye on this image for a little while now and this challenge seemed a great opportunity to use it:

Materials:
* Ooh La La Baking Day image from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Dovecraft Noel DPs
* Woodware Star D border punch
* Making Memories Vintage Findings Trims Cool Baking Twine
* Eline's Winterhuis Sentiment Stamp
* Festive Berries Candi

Challenges:
* Mema's Craft (Anything Goes)
* Sweet Stamps (Use 3 of Anything) I've used three candi
* Bearly Mine (Digi Days)
* Sarah Hurley (Projects with Character)
* Little Miss Muffet (Food, Glorious Food)
* ABC Christmas Challenge (Holiday Helpers) This little girl is helping her mommy with the Christmas baking
* By the Cute and Girly (Vintage)
* The Crafty Network (Anything Goes)
* A Little Bit Crazy Challenge (Anything Goes)
* Art Impressions (Layer It Up)

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Blingy Bride

Hi all!

I've got a non-Christmas card to share with you today, it was great fun spending some time away from Christmas trees, snow flakes and reindeer! I think I'm almost done with the Christmas crafting for this year, it's just two more cards and then I'm done! The challenge theme at Delightful Challenges this week is Very Blingy, which is a great theme for Christmas and non-Christmas makes alike. I've used this challenge to bling up a wedding card, using some of the glitter spray I bought ages ago. Really great stuff, I just need to take care and not spray so much on myself next time, I'm very blingy now too! I hope the glitter shows up a little on the photos:

Materials
* Scalloped base card
* Digital Delights Bride & Groom
* Digital Delights Wedding & Anniversary Sentiment set
* Kars Wedding & K&Co Earth Tones Solid Mat Pad DPs
* Crafter's Companion Iredescent Glitter Spray
* Brown ink & Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* Prima E Line Flowers Brown
* Sew Easy Quick Stand Floss
* Gold paper, button, brads, gold thread, ribbon & pearls from stash

We are sponsored by

 

this week, offering a 15 dollar gift certificate to their store!

Challenges
* Card Mania (Wedding/Anniversary)
* Eureka Stamps (Sparkle & Shine)
* Whoopsi Daisy (Use Up Your Stash) I've had the Kars DP since I got married more than 2 years ago!
* Sweet Stamps (Sparkle & Bling)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Use some Metal) Gold paper & brads
* Addicted to Stamps (Bingo: Glitter, Button, Favourite colours) I love vintage browns!
* Avadares (Anything with a Digi)
* Bunny Zoe (Celebration)
* Paper Makeup Stamps (Sparkle)
* Stamps & Fun = Creativity (No Christmas Cards)

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Ye Olde Christmas

Hi everyone!

I just realised, only 5 more DT cards to make before Christmas! It really is coming fast now, have to switch over from making Christmas cards to actually writing and mailing them now. We still need to take the tree down from the attic and make the house Crimbo-proof, I need to buy all the presents, I still need to think what to serve for Christmas dinner ....in short, I am not prepared!

Anyway, thankfully I am prepared for this week's Fab 'n Funky Challenge. Lovely Anne-Marie has set the challenge of making a Vintage Christmas project. Oh, I love vintage, but I find it bloody hard work to make it work! Perhaps I like being too neat and tidy. Here's my vintage attempt:

Materials:
* Floppy Latte Santa Sleigh Silhouette, coloured with Spectrum Noirs and Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* Dovecraft Noel, Basic Grey Jovial & Marianne Design Old-Fashioned Christmas DPs
* MS Presents Border punch
* Sakura Stardus Silver Glitter Gel pen
* Red & Green Ink
* Pearls, black squares & peel off sentiment from stash

Our sponsor this week are Crimson Cloud & Floppy Latte, come and join the fun @ Fab 'n Funky!

Challenges:
* Card Crafter's Circle (December Celebrations)
* QKR Stampede (Holiday Cheer)
* Fussy & Fancy (I Love Christmas)
* Crafty Hazelnut (Deer, deer me)
* Lollipop Crafts (Happy Holidays)
* Deep Ocean (So This is Christmas)
* Top Tip Tuesday (Christmas)
* Aud Sentiments (Anything Goes with a sentiment related to the holidays)
* Shelly's Images TTT Challenge (Christmas is in the Air)
* Craft Us Crazy (It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas)

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Christmas Pointsettia

Happy Monday all!

Did you enjoy your weekend? I went to see my parents, due to teaching commitments I hadn't been able to go for quite a while so it was great to catch up and spend some time together.

Today I'm back in crafty mode. It seems all I am making these days are Christmas cards, I am amazed that I still have some new ideas for cards! This time I went with a more vintage-like style, using some Distress Ink and my trusty Distress Tool. The card came together pretty quickly in my head, I had already coloured and glittered the Poinsettia and the rest just came together naturally. Such a shame you can't make out the sparkle in the photo, but it ultrasparkly in real life! I made this card hoping to inspire you to participate in the new challenge over at PCD, themed "Christmas Flowers".

Materials:
* Scalloped base card
* Platypus Creek Digitals Poinsettia, coloured with Promarkers
* Crafter's Companion Iridescent Glitter Spray
* Basic Grey Jovial DP, distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Distressing Tool
* K&Co Christmas Cheer Tag Pad, distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* Eline's Winterhuis Stamp Set
* Ribbon & Gems from Stash

As usual, you have two weeks to play along, hope to see you there!

Challenges:
* There She Goes (Tag You're It)
* Crimbo Crackers (Anything Goes)
* Wags 'n Whiskers (Christmas)
* Addicted to Stamps (Christmas)
* Forever Friends (Glitter & Sparkle)
* Lexi's Creations (Christmas)
* My Sheri Crafts (Christmas)
* There's Magic in the Air (Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle)
* Sparkles Forum (Christmas is Coming)
* Passion for Promarkers (Distressing)

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Funky Bingo

Good morning everyone!

Another Wednesday, another challenge over @ Fab 'n Funky. My teamie Rachel has prepared a Bingo sheet for you, make any vertical, horizontal or diagonal bingo and use these items on your project.

Shaped card blank	Charm	Distressing
Lace	Vintage	Flourish
Twine	Embossing	Kraft card

 I used Vintage-Twine-Distressing:

Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage image & Sentiment
* EMP Vintage & Studio Light DPs, distressed with Chipped Sapphire & Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and DH Distress tool
* Sew Easy Floss (Quick Sand)
* Joy Flower Punch
* MS Doily Lace Punch
* Eline's Winterhuis Sentiments Set
* Snow Flake brads, pearls from stash

I'm not really happy with it, it looked better in my mind LOL. But never mind, you can't win them all, right?  Hope you can come and join us with your projects, see you there!

Challenges:
* Anything Goes Challenge (Anything Goes)
* Creative Craft Challenge 2 (Any Special Occasion but not Birthday)
* Card & Scrap (Christmas card)
* St. Luke's Charity cards (Last Challenge - Traditional Christmas)
* Oozak (Winter Vibes)
* Card Crafters Circle (Patterned Paper)
* Christmas Crafting (Decoupage)
* Alotta Rubber Stamps (Blue & White)
* Sparkles Christmas (Contemporary Colours)
* Desert Island Craft (Include 3 items on the list) I've used Vintage-Patterned Paper-Sentiment

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Vintage Christmas Cherub

Good morning all!

I have been sitting on some news for the last couple of weeks and can finally divulge: I've been asked to join the Fab 'n Funky DT! I will be on the Funky team, which I think suits me best anyway ;) Today I am sharing my first card with you, the theme is "Anything Vintage". I decided to have a play with my decoupage stash and came across this lovely cherub and made a Christmas card with it. I hadn't done an easel card in ages, great fun to try a different fold once in a while :) Why don't you come and join us this week and share your vintage creations?

Materials:
* Create & Craft CS
* Studio Light Decoupage image
* Studio Light & Prima Sparkling Spring DP
* Joy 'Snow Flake' punch
* MS Snow Men border punch
* Eline's Winter Huis Christmas Stamp Set
* Black & Silver ink
* Pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Stamp & Create (Winter Wonderland)
* Ladybug (Halloween or Favourite Embellishment) I've used my face embellishment of the moment: pearls and snow flakes
* Creatieve Zebra (Anything Goes)
* Pile It On (Vintage/Shabby Chic)
* Fussy & Fancy (Easel Card)
* Little Claire's (Stand Up Straight)
* Crafty Pad (Vintage)
* Stampalot (Punch Away)
* Quirky Crafts (Magical Moments)
* Sentimental Sundays (Anything Goes)

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Sugar & Spice and All Things Nice

Hi everyone!

Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted for so long, it's a busy period at work and we had my parents over for the Easter weekend, so not much crafty time I'm afraid. But I have a couple of new cards to show you, so I will be posting more often this week I hope! Talking of which, Card Makin' Mamas new challenge starts today, the theme is "MAKE IT GIRLY". That isn't the hardest of challenges is it? I went all out with pink, glitter, butterflies, flowers.......I tried to make it as girly as possible! I also framed the vintage picture with some matt silver mirror board and aged it, so it really looks like an old photo. Well, I think it does anyway :) Come on and join us! We also have a DT call, our DT coordinator Jess is looking for some more crafty talent, so if you fancy it come and apply. She'd love to see your work :)

Materials:
* Studio Light image (used matt silver mirror board and Distress Ink to age it)
* First Edition Spring Feast DPs
* Making Memories Paperie Rouge Button
* Kars Happy Birthday stamp
* Butterflies, pearls, ribbon & flower shape from stash

Challenges:
* Crafts & Me (3D Embellishments - Butterflies, pearls, ribbon, button, die cut flower)
* Belli Challenge (Children)
* Flutter By Wednesdays (Birthday)
* Cheerful Stamp Pad (From the Past)
* Love to Create (Birthday)
* Ooh La La (Vintage)
* Moving Along with the Times (Shabby Chic and/or Vintage)
* Paper Play (Things with Wings)
* Crafty Ribbons (Things with Wings)
* Polka Doodles (Pretty in Pink)

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Pink Flower Congratulations

Good Morning Everyone!

What a lovely weather it is, such a pity the weekend it going to be awful again :( We went to the garden centre last night to pick up a few flowers for the garden and the house, so I will be putting them in pots today.

Talking about flowers, I made another vintage style card, this time using some paper roses I had in my stash for a while now. They are lovely, but sure do make it hard to get the card in an envelope! Worth it though :)

Materials:
* Studio Light Vintage image
* Prima Marketing Sparkling Collection DPs
* Eline Vintage Stamp Set
* Pink paper roses, plain pink paper and pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Paper Pretties (Use Bling)
* 2 Sisters (Spring is in the Air)
* Paper and Such (Spring/Easter)
* Craft You Passion (Monochromatic)
* Creative Stamp Friends (Spring)
* Mark's Finest Papers (Shades of Pink)
* Saturday Challenge (Shabby Chic/Vintage)
* CES (Inspiration Photo - I've take the pink colours and the flowers)
* Creative Inspirations Paint (Monochromatic)
* Prairie Fairy Fridays (Spring Fling)
* Milk Coffee Challenge (Throw On Those Flowers)

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