The festivities continue

It is the midway point of our Festivities challenge at Path of Positivity. I hope you manage to find time to come and join us. The challenge is open for another two weeks.



Materials used:Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Ava and Deacon Merry Christmas
X-Press It card
Silver mirri card
backing paper from stash (I think I used Distress Oxides to make it)
Copic pens
A5 card blank
snowflake stickers
white paint pen
glitter glue

The coloured image is matted onto silver mirri card. The home-made backing paper is used to cover the card blank.

The snowflake stickers are covering the snowflakes on the design.
With Christmas just around the corner this is the ideal theme to show off your Christmas makes as they would certainly fit the optional theme. As an extra incentive there are prizes from our wonderful sponsors up for grabs too!

A $12 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch.

A $20 gift certificate from NS Designs for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.

Thanks for popping in. Take care.

Pippa

Scribbles Designs welcomes you to the North Pole

I am cheating a bit here because I freely confess I completely forgot that today is the start of the new challenge at Scribbles Designs. This time we are off to the North Pole. Because of my memory lapse I have used an ATC I made with the practice image from the Santa's Coming to Town day of the Carol challenge.



Materials used:Scribbles Designs -  Santa's Coming
designer background paper
X-Press It card
black card
Copic pens
gel glue

Santa has been coloured then fussy cut. The ATC base is made from a snippet of black card with a mat of designer paper also from the snippets box. The image is slightly embossed and attached with gel glue to give a bit of dimension.

I do hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this month. Since The North Pole is such a special place for the Brrr family, they would really like your creations for this challenge to include an element that might be found in the North Pole (fantasy version of course). Examples include: elf type images, Santa, Mrs Claus, presents, toys, images that have a sign for the North Pole in them, penguins of course, reindeer, polar bears, etc.

The Brrr Family will actually be adding their votes to the Top Picks for this challenge so you'll definitely want to do them proud!


Also while I am here just a reminder that there is still time to enter our Christmas Carol Challenge. There is a different task each day relating to carols (card making optional for one task). Hopefully if you click on the badge it should take you to the final day of the challenge where you can find links to all the other days.

The closing date for entries is not 5th December but the 5th of January so you still have time to play along.

Next year Scribbles Designs is 5 years old and we have a DT call for some additional team members. If you are interested or want to find out  more about it then click here and it will take you to the post with all the details.

Thanks for swinging by. Take care.

Pippa

Sleeping Bag for Cats?

The progressive challenge at Limited Runs is almost over so I have just time to sneak this one in.



Materials used:Limited Runs Stamps - Progressive Challenge Image
designer paper from stash
silver mirri card
silver glittter
acrylic greeting stamp
black archival ink
Copic pens
X-Press It card
A5 card blank
foam pads

I can't hang around to chat today as I need to get this done and pack ready to leave the country!

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Limited Runs Progressive Challenge #10 (Facebook)
SUYP Challenge #25 - Furrything Goes/Meowy Christmas

Jolly Holly Challenge

The theme for  Mari Ko Creations challenge this time is Jolly Holly which allows for anything Christmas related. I have used the optional challenge image for this one.


Materials used: 
Mari Ko Creations - Holiday Petals Unicorn
greetings light string acrylic stamp from stash
black archival ink
gel pens
Copic pens
white paint stick
snowflake stickers
First Editon Silent Night paper pad
X-Press It card
A5 card blank

The front of the card is covered with a piece of paper from the Silent Night pad so that the glittered tree is in the right place. The string of lights is stamped straight onto the card front and coloured with gel pens.

Holiday Petals is printed on X-Press It card, coloured with Copics and fussy cut then attached to the card with foam pads.

Finally the stickers are added to the light string.
I decided to make my unicorn brightly coloured against the muted background paper. The string of lights was an afterthought having found them in my stash when looking for a suitable greeting stamp. They mirror the lights around Petal's horn.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:Mari Ko Creations #3 - Jolly Holly
Crafting With Attitude #34 - Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #71 - Anything Goes
A Gem Of A Challenge #209 - Anything Christmas Goes

A Bit More Chaos

Another day another challenge in the Bugaboo Holiday Chaos week. Today would be our usual focus on some of the older images but this time we have added a colour twist.











Materials used:  
Bugaboo Stamps - Tree Bench
Bugaboo Stamps - Ava Christmas Sitter
Bugaboo Stamps - Deacon Elf Sitter
First Edition Christmas Wishes 6x6 paper pad
X-Press It card
white fun flock
silver liquid pearls
iridescent glitter
Copic pens
square card blank folded to make a twisted easel card

The three images are arranged to make up the scene then printed out and coloured with Copics. The fur on the children's hats is covered with fun flock, glitter is added to the snow to make it look frosted and silver liquid pearls used on the star.

This project had two challenges for me! Once all the images where combined there were a couple of places where it was difficult to tell which image went where! Also the specific colour palette was tricky.

I hope you have been enjoying the week of Christmas Chaos and have found some time to join in. For details of how to enter and the prizes on offer click the badge at the top of the page and it should take you to the blog where you will find all the information you need.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #71 - Anything Goes

Made it to the end!

Today is the last day of the Scribbles Designs Carol Celebration and I am pleased to say that my sample for today went so much better! I am back on familiar ground with the Copics out and inky fingers.



Materials used:Scribbles Designs - 3 B Trio
designer paper from stash
X-Press It card
Copic pens
A5 card blank

The greeting on the card is typed on the computer and printed on card. The backing paper has a very faint musical score design printed on it which ties in with the singing penguins.

For details of how to enter the challenges and what prizes are on offer click on the badge at the top of this post and you should go to the blog.

Thank you for visiting. Take care.

Pippa

Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #71 - Anything Goes

A Day of Disasters

Ok so today for day 4 of the Scribbles Designs Christmas Carol Celebration the image is a sentiment. I had a few ideas, eventually, on what to do but they all failed, miserably! So my sample was very much a twelth hour affair after a lot of hair being pulled out!



Materials used:  
Scribbles Designs - 0153 Let It Snow
First Edition - Silent Night 12x12 paper pad
Bearly Mine - Winter Swirls 18 (no longer trading)
printer card
silver mirri card
white snowflake sticker
A5 white card blank

The Let it Snow stamp is printed out with the Bearly Mine paper behind it then trimmed and matted onto silver mirri card. A snowflake sticker has been added to the top left-hand corner.

For the background image I have just taken a scene from one of the sheets of card in the Silent Night collection. The glitter frosting in the bottom right corner is part of the paper design. It is a very subtle card!

I really did think I would never get this one done! I hope you are joining in with the Scribbles Designs Christmas Carol Challenge. To get to the blog for all the details of how to enter and the prizes just click on the badge at the top of this post.

Thanks for dropping by. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #71 - Anything Goes

Let the Festivities Begin!

Today is the start of a new challenge at Path of Positivity and the theme for this month is 'Festivity'. So this is a good one for showing off any Christmas makes you have been busy with!



Materials used: 
Kitten Scraps - Winter's Playground
A4 printer card
A3 printer paper

I have kept it simple for this one, using a character image from the set to make the wrapping paper design and then using the same design for the little gift box. The tag shows the character as it comes.

This is a fantastic set from Kitten Scraps and as I now have a new phone with a better camera on it I plan to take more pictures over the Christmas period and make up some scrapbook pages. So look out for more from the set in the new year!

I hope you will come and join in with the challenge at Path of Positivity. All the details can be found on the blog. As an incentive here are the prizes up for grabs.

SPONSOR & PRIZE INFORMATION:

• A $12 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps, one of our guest sponsors this month, for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch.


• A $20 gift certificate from NS Designs, the second of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.


• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Christmas Tree Bling

Today is the third day of the Scribbles Designs Christmas Carol Celebration. I hope you have been playing along with the challenges. Today I have some festive trees to share with you, all blinged up in their finery.





Materials used:Scribbles Designs - Festive Trees
Dovecraft paper pack - Twelve Days of Christmas
X-Press It card
Copic pens
A5 white card blank
gems
sparkle gel pens

The words have been printed onto a piece of the designer paper then used to cover the front of the card blank having first been trimmed to be slightly smaller. The green edge is made with a Copic pen.

The trees have been coloured with Copics. I have used three images and layered up the trees to different depths. The photo is taken on a slight angle to show the layers which is why it looks out of alignment.

Each of the three trees has been 'blinged up' differently. The far left is a mix of different colours of gems. The middle tree is red, purple and white pearl with little red and purple stars hanging off the bottom and the far right tree is coloured with the sparkle gel pens. All the top stars are coloured with a silver pen.

This was a fun card to make although the part that took the longest was sticking on all those gems, the small ones were really fiddly and kept pinging out of the tweezers!

To see the challenge for today on the Scribble Designs Challenge Blog click on the badge at the top and hopefully it should take you there.

Thanks for popping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #71 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #379 - Anything Goes
Crafting With Dragonflies #95 - Christmas Card All Glammed Up
Come And Get It - Christmas
613 Avenue Create #204 - Anything Goes/Christmas/Winter
Stamping Sensations December - Winter Trees and Flowers
Crafting From The Heart #186 - Anything Goes

Christmas Bells

Today is the second day of the Christmas Carol Celebration at Scribbles Designs and this time it is all about the bells. Casting Crowns, among others, arranged a poem of Longfellow's as a Christmas song. I have used the original poem on my card.


Materials used:Scribbles Designs - Bells
designer paper from stash
printer card
X-Press It card
Copic pens
A5 white card blank

I was really fortunate to find some backing paper that worked with my image because I never plan for the finished card! I confess the colouring in is what I enjoy the most which is probably why my cards are CAS and tend to be similar in design!

It would be lovely to see you at the challenge. All the information you need can be found on the blog, if I have got the technical 'stuff' right then clicking the badge below should take you there.


Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #379 - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #71 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #132 - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place - December Anything Goes
Crafting - With - Friends #56 - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack FFC #217 - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Challenge - Winter Holidays
Simply Papercraft #53 - Anything Goes
Come Andnd Get It - Christmas Challenge
613 Avenue Create #204 - Anything Goes / Christmas/Winter
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge #12 - Anything Goes

Holiday Chaos at Bugaboo

It's holiday chaos time at Bugaboo and to start the ball rolling the theme is Merry and Bright.



Materials used: 
Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Circle Sentiments Merry Christmas
Bearly Mine - Christmas Memories Digi Paper (out of business)
X-Press It card
Copic pens
purple ribbon
flat-backed pearlised gems
Ice Crystal pearlised paper
15cm square card blank folded to make an easel card

As always the image is printed on X-Press It card and coloured with Copic pens. The backing paper from Bearly Mine is printed on the Ice Crystal paper which gives it a bit of shimmer, not really visible in the photo.

All the challenge details are on the Catch The Bug Blog which you can get to by clicking on the image below,


Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - December Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #379 - Anything Goes

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

It's the first day of the Scribbles Designs Christmas Celebration with challenges every day for the next five days. These are a little different as they do not involve making cards! Today's challenge is: Santa Claus is known by many different names around the world. Send us an email letting us know how Santa is referred to in FIVE different countries? Along with the different name for Santa, also be sure to let us know the country you've chosen. Examples, could be France, China, Finland, Great Britain, Russia, etc.


Materials used:Scribbles Designs - Santa's Coming
acrylic greeting stamp from stash
First Edition Christmas Wishes paper pad
black archival ink pad
Copic pens
A5 white card blank

Santa is coloured in and then fussy cut. I used two of the designer papers to make a mat and layer then attached the image with foam pads to give a little dimension. The sentiment is stamped along the bottom of the card with black ink.

I hope you will join us at Scribbles Designs for the fun and there are prizes on offer. As always all details can be found on the Scribbles Designs Blog.

Thanks for visiting today. Take care

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra December - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #185 - Anything Goes
Create and Makes #17 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs #December - Anything Goes 
Creative Moments #132 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #357 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin November - Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Creations #355 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #151 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #739 - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place - December Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds #32 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations #42 - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore #42 - Merry Christmas!
CHNC Challenge Extra - December

A Tree-mendous Time of Year Part 2

It's the midway point in the current Scribbles Designs challenge. For my card this time I have had a play with my new Distress Oxides combining digital stamps and acrylic stamps in one image.



Materials used:  
Scribbles Designs - Fall Tree
acrylic leaf stamp
little bird acrylic stamp
various Distress Oxide ink pads in Autumn colours
Mememto Tuxedo Black ink pad
designer paper from stash
Copic pens
blending cardstock (not X-Press It)
DL card blank
designer card from stash

The Fall Tree image is printed on card and coloured with Copic pens. The leaves are stamped on it using various Distress Oxide inks. I used a damp paint brush to add some colour to the leaves, spreading it from the stamped images while still wet. Finally the little robin is stamped with black ink and coloured with Copics.

The front of the card blank has been covered in designer card from my stash, I think it may be Papermania but not certain.

I have not had much of a play with the distress oxide ink pads yet so this was a first experiment at using them to stamp. The colours are much more vibrant and do not muddy so much as the traditional Distress inks.

There are still two more weeks to go for this challenge at Scribbles Designs. All we need to see is at least one tree on your makes and although most peoples thoughts are turning to Christmas trees at this time of the year both my samples show that you do not have to stick to Christmas, any tree will do!! If you need a Scribbles Design digi stamp then Sandy  has provided a freebie you can use, check out the link above. There are also plenty of images in the Scribbles Designs store as well.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra December - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
Create and Makes #17 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs #December - Anything Goes 
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #357 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations #355 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #151 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #739 - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place - December Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds #32 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations #42 - Anything Goes

Chaos Warning!

Tomorrow on Catch the Bug the five days of Holiday Chaos starts. Today's freebie is a little taster of things to come.


Materials used:Bugaboo Digi Stamps - Deer DuoDovecraft paper pack - Twelve Days of Christmas
X - Press It card
Copic pens
glitter glue
pink and gold 'pearl drops'

This one was another lucky find with the background papers fitting so well! I have coloured them up as Rudolph and his girlfriend! You can pick up this image for free from the Bugaboo store just look for the Freebies and Sales tab.

Don't forget the Holiday Chaos fun starts tomorrow.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra December - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #185 - Anything Goes
Create and Makes #17 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs #December - Anything Goes 
Creative Moments #132 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #357 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin November - Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Creations #355 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #151 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #739 - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place - December Anything Goes
Creative Ladybirds #32 - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations #42 - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore #42 - Merry Christmas!

Cupcake Cutie

Another month starts today and so does the challenge at Love To Craft. It is always so busy this time of year with Christmas and a lot of design teams are doing extra challenges in the lead up to the big day. I hope that you will have time to join in our challenge for this month. I expect there will be a lot of Christmas cards around in the entries so I am doing a birthday one!



Materials used: 
La-La Land Stamps - Heart Cupcake Marci (link is for rubber stamp, digital only available as a limited offer from Kit and Clowder)
acrylic greeting stamp
black archival ink pad
Copic pens
pink and green card
X-Press It card
adhesive gems

This is another free image from the Kit and Clowder party celebrations. As far as I can see from the La-La Land Stamps website she is only available in the rubber version. If you are looking to improve your colouring skills then the Kit and Clowder site has a great range of classes and a free 101 class, it's well worth a look. Also the Kit and Clowder Facebook page has lots of giveaways, competitions and a very encouraging membership.

So hope to see you at the Love to Craft challenge. Remember we are an all crafts anything goes challenge so if you have been making anything for Christmas be it cards, presents, decorations etc they would be eligible to enter. So come on have a go, you may even pick up a prize for your efforts.

Thanks for dropping by. Take care.

Pippa

Entering the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #139 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft #57 - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra December - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #191 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart #185 - Anything Goes
Ikesworld Challenges #102 - Anything Goes/Cake
Little Red Wagon #422 - Foodie