Winter Church

Good morning from snowy Northern Ireland! It's absoultely beautiful looking here this morning....I just don't want to go out in it!! Anyway, my boots are at the door ready and waiting!
I had to upload a winter scene card !
This one features Winter Church which is one of my Christmas images over at A Passion for Stamps.
I made a frame from the negative left from a Marianne Creatable die and Cuttlebug corner dies. I added lots of Papermania glitter glue to the Swiss Dots embossing but I'm not sure if they show up too well in the photo.
I'm entering it into the following challenges..
ABC ...I is for ice/snow
Alphabet ...E is for embossing
Crafty Catz ..Christmas
Crafty Creations Christmas is coming
Digital Tuesday  ....Let it snow
Passion for Promarkers Old and new.....(old, Swiss dots folder and new, Marianne Creatable die)

See you soon, Ruth :)

Columbine in Pastel

I suppose it seems a bit odd to make a card with a Columbine on it in the middle of all this snow....but I made this for a group challenge over on PapercraftPlanet and while I don't always add them to my blog I thought I'd upload this one for a change. I haven't made this shape of a card for a while but it was needed to suit the challenge.
The image is Columbine from A Passion for Stamps and is still selling well despite the weather!
I've used Papermania Regency paper and Marianne Creatable dies along with Cuttlebug corner dies and Woodware flower punches. The flower is coloured with Promarkers.
It also suits Everybody Art ....shapes
and Papertake ....Cut it out!

Baby Boy

Back again! This time to show you a card I made for friends who have just had a beautiful baby boy called Zac.
I used my own digi again ( Sailing boat from A Passion for Stamps ) and got a little bit carried away adding bits and bobs. I love gingham for baby cards and because I wanted to add so many little "things" I kept the colour scheme simple. It's not that often I'm really happy with a finished card but I loved this one in real life!
I used Blue Pearl and Powder blu Promarkers for the boat and water and paper pieced the sails to match the background paper.

I wanted to personalise it so I used Monde de Blonde Sizzix alphabet dies in my Cuttlebug and added the letters to some hand cut "bunting".
It suits some challenges so here they are...

Stampavie.... monochrome
Alphabet .... D is for Doodling
Crazy4Challenges ....Circles

Get Well Soon, Iris

 

I've taken a little break from making Christmas cards to stock up on Get Well cards. I always try to keep a box of them handy but because I haven't had much time to make cards lately, my little store has dried up!!
I've also been wanting to join in with the Fairymoon challenge so I used their sketch this week. The challenges over there are just getting off the ground so nip over and join in if you get a chance!
The image I've used is "Iris"  (one of my own from A Passion for Stamps ) and suits Get Well , Happy Birthday, Thinking of You and even Sympathy cards etc.
The other challenges I'm entering are
Crafty Catz.... Get Well Soon
Daring Cardmakers ...."We 3...."  Diamantes
Stamp with Fun ....Square

A little update for those who've been asking...my brother has had his operation and has been very sick this week with complications and he has an infection now. He has not been well at all but is feeling a bit better today. He will have a long road to recovery but we pray that he will soon be on the mend and back home again.
Ruth

AQUAMARKER WINNER

......And the winner of the Letraset Aquamarkers is....................

Yes!!! That's you..............Angie!!!
Congratulations!! You really don't know how much I'd have loved to have kept these!!!
Please email your address to hamiltonarch@btinternet.com   and I'll pop them in the post asap.
Thanks to all who entered .You never know, I might have another giveaway soon, Ruth :)

AQUAMARKER GIVEAWAY!!!

 I have a GIVEAWAY of 12 Aquamarkers very kindly suppplied by Letraset which I'll give to someone picked by Random Gen on Wed 17th November. These look fantastic and I only wish I could keep them!!!

All you have to do is be a follower (or become one :) ) of this blog,add a comment saying which is your favourite of my NEW CHRISTMAS DIGIS and leave a link on your blog. or sidebar....quite simple really!PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME TO MR LINKY AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST

This post will stay at the top of my blog until Wed 17th November


 THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED

Christmas Eve

It seems to have taken ages to get this card posted on here as I've been adding a little to it here and there for a few days. It's featuring  Christmas Eve  which is one of my latest Christmas drawings. There is a selection of Christmas digi images available now on A Passion for Stamps so please have a peep if you have time..
I used plain coloured card stock and 2 Marianne Creatable die cuts side by side to form a frame behind the image. The Promarkers  used this time are Cinnamon and Burnt Sienna for the furniture; Cool Aqua and Turquoise for the bedding; Blush for the skin tone; Ivory, Vanilla and Pastel Yellow for the hair; Forest Green for the Christmas tree and Satin for the shadows.
The card is also for the following challenges;
Crafty Cardmakers .........Dry embossing
A Spoonfull of Sugar ......Snow /snowflakes
ABC ....  H is for holidays
Cute Card Thursday .....Anything goes
Stamp Something ....November digi day
Crazy4Challenges ....Christmas card

Don't forget to look at the post above and enter the Aquamarker GIVEAWAY, Ruth :) It ends on Wednesday!!

Below are the other Christmas digi images in my collection..

With Frosty

All wrapped up

                                                                        

Robin and Holly

                                                                           

Robin and House  

Santa

A Winter Window

                            
           

Winter church

All Wrapped Up

This is "all Wrapped Up" from my new digi release.  I've used the sketch from Mojo Monday and coloured it with Promarkers to suit some new paper I bought yesterday from Cleo Crafts near where I live.
I't's also for  Crazy4challenges     square card

Don't forget to look at the post above and enter the Aquamarker GIVEAWAY, Ruth :)

Crafty Calendar Challenge

It's time again for another Crafty Calendar Challenge and the theme this month is "a winter card with the option of adding snowflakes"
As I'm sponsoring the challenge again this month I have used one of my Christmas images now available from A Passion for Stamps. We'd love to see all your lovely Christmas cards so why not join in?
We are also looking for some new members for the DT so please come over and join in ...

I've added some new images to my collection and there will be some more very soon so pleased keep an eye on the blog.

Don't forget to look at the post above and enter the Aquamarker GIVEAWAY, Ruth :)

Now onto the challenges...
Stamp with Fun....All that can fly
CRAFT challenge    Dry Embossing
Caardvarks    Holiday Die cuts
Alphabet   B is for Birds
One Stop Craft Challenge   Embossing

Winter Window

Just a quickie...This is Winter Window ...one of my new release of digis from A Passion For Stamps which I've coloured with Powder Blue,Ice Grey 3, Holly and Forest Green ( Cinnamon and Poppy for the Robin) Promarkers and LOTS of Papermania glitter glue again!
I'll check back later to see if I can use it for some challenges!
Don't forget to look at the post above and enter the Aquamarker GIVEAWAY, Ruth :)


Update..
I found a challenge or two!
One Stop Craft Challenges...anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers....stitching

Frosty! and AQUAMARKER GIVEAWAY!!!

Hello again! Yes, I'm still here but just still not creating much at the moment. Thanks to all who took the time to send emails etc . I really do appreciate your kind words.
I've managed to get some Christmas digis ready and I've used one of them to make a card today. The image is called "with Frosty" and can be found HERE.
I've used Promarkers for colouring and LOTS of Papermania glitter glue along with Papermania Jesse Edwards paper,Cuttlebug corner dies and Marianne Creatables swirls dies. Hope you like it..
I usually make Christmas cards using reds and greens but just tried this combo and love it!

Now, I have a GIVEAWAY of 12 Aquamarkers very kindly suppplied by Letraset which I'll give to someone picked by Random Gen on Wed 17th November. These look fantastic and I only wish I could keep them!!!

All you have to do is be a follower (or become one :) ) of this blog,add a comment saying which is your favourite of my NEW CHRISTMAS DIGIS and leave a link on your blog. or sidebar....quite simple really!
PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT FOR THE GIVEAWAY ON THIS POST BUT ON MR. LINKY ON THE POST AT THE TOP OF THE BLOG WHICH IS ONLY FOR THE GIVEAWAY!!!!

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges.
.EverybodyArt....Non Traditional Christmas
Sir Stampalot    Christmas Traditions
StampArtic     Christmas with giltter
Stamp Something     Pink
Fussy and Fancy    Winter Wonderland
Totally Papercrafts   Bling it on