May all your Christmasses be bright

Hello, crafting friends!

It's another Tuesday and another great challenge at CAS Colours and Sketches. But today is a bit special for me because this is my first month hosting at this challenge! It means I've come up with all the colour palettes and sketches for October and I really hope you'll be inspired by them :) Today is colour week and I've deliberately chosen a bright palette that could work for any occasion:

I decided to use the colours to make a Christmas card - and, talk about Merry and Bright, you may want to pop on a pair of sunglasses now!!

This is a quick no-stamping card. I used a snippet of an old Stampin' Up paper to represent stylised snow, topped it with a die cut wreath from Stampin' Up, a die cut sentiment from Hobbycraft and some berries punched out of card stock and given 'shine' detail with a white Posca acrylic paint pen.

Right, now it's your turn! Do hop over to the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge site to see all the amazing cards my teamies have made to inspire you. You'll find the Linky Tool at the bottom of the post so that you can share your own creation too. I'm so excited to see how you were inspired by my colour palette!

CHALLENGES

I’m linking this card up at The Snippets Playground where the challenge is to make cards using snippets and off cuts.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

I’m not staying to chat today as I’m at the seaside with Eva and my daughter :) Photos coming soon...

Sending hugs,

A thrifty Christmas

Hello, crafting friends!

Does anyone else like to root about in second-hand and thrift shops, antique emporiums and boot sales? They're good for books and for decorative items for the home, and I love the idea of recycling items and the thrill of hunting for something unique. These shops are not usually the place to find crafting supplies but the other day, I spotted an unopened Christmas stamp set. I'm sure you can imagine the excitement - not just a new stamp set but also a bargain!

I used the snowflake image for this card, using my stamping platform to stamp it evenly four times across a card panel in various shades of aqua ink.

I added a little colour to the snowflakes with metallic coloured pencils and embellished with silver liquid pearls. When the panel was dry, I trimmed it and attached it to a card base.

The  card was finished with a bright red die-cut sentiment from Hobbycraft and some lovely sparkly silver sequins.

Here's a photo of the stamp set for anyone who's interested. I did a little sleuthing and it's a Christmas set, designed by Jennifer Ellory, which came free with Papercrafting Inspirations magazzine in 2017. There are some beautiful images in the set and I'll certainly enjoy using them :)

CHALLENGES

Kim's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches set me off making this card so I'm linking up there; I'm also joining in at Rudolph Day where the challenge is to make a festive card between the 25th and the end of each month; and also Merry Little Christmas where Anything Christmas Goes.

AND IN OTHER NEWS

I was walking Eva on the fields behind our house last night and on our way back up to the house I saw two shadowy creatures running across the field away from us, one large and one small. Eva didn't spot them but I wondered what they were. I saw them in daylight today - it's a  Muntjac deer and her baby. Eva, who would have given chase when she was younger, totally ignored them!

Enjoy your weekend,