High Hopes Projects

Last week's High Hopes challenge was to make a Gift Box/Bag gift card holder.  Daring Cardmakers challenge is to make something with a "fun element". 
To meet both these challenges I made this Advent card which has a little container to go with it containing the 24 decorations for the tree.  The card is a thank you to my work colleagues for my wonderful leaving gift of a Cricut machine.  As you can see I used the Cricut for the card and the little baubles with the High Hopes image gracing the pot to hold the baubles, which all have sticky foam on the back ready for attaching to the tree.

My second project is just for the High Hopes challenge - a gift box I made for Mum to choose for one of her gifts.  She has lots of people helping her out these days and this box holds a lovely scented candle in the shape of a pine cone.

The Box

The Lid

Sides 1 and 3

Sides 2 and 4

Thanks for looking.  Hope you are having a great weekend and enjoying the Christmas preparations - Happy Advent.

Janine

Week where life takes over?

Have you ever had a week, I am sure you have, where life takes over?  The last few weeks have been very odd but the last 10 days even more so.  Both my Mum and my Mother in law have been unwell and dealing with 2 other people's issues on top of your own just blows any plans out of the water.  I did, in a quite spell on Monday, manage to get this card made but it didn't make it to my blog.
I planned to enter the card for 3 challenges - Daring Cardmakers Colour challenge which closed on Friday, VLV November Week 1 (the first time in months I have made the card in week 1!) and this months Penny Black challenge for Cute Christmas.  At least it can still go into 2 challenges.

There is glitter on the stars and moons but it does not show on the card photo.  The image is from Penny Black and the sentiment from Verve. Paper is from My Minds Eye.

Daring Cardmakers - Let There Be Light

This is another last minute card made for the Daring Cardmakers challenge - Let There Be Light.  I have used the lamp from the recently released set by Marks Finest Papers called Poinsettia Blooms.  I chose to emboss the lamp with pewter powder, but would not do it again!  The yellow was sponged with distress ink and the rest was coloured with Copics - although the paper surface wasn't too great with them!  I used a Spellbinders die along the bottom and wove the ribbon through it for TLC401.  The sentiment is die cut with a Cheery Lynn die.  The background paper is MME.

Thanks for looking and hope your Friday goes smoothly.

Daring Mojo

OK so the card is not very daring but it is for a colour challenge on the Daring Cardmakers blog and also uses the Mojo Monday sketch. 

The stamps used are from Verve and I have used both Memento and Adirondack inks.  I embossed the part white circle with a Spellbinder M-bossability folder, used dies to cut the other circles and sponged them both.  The butterfly is coloured with Copics.  The lovely rusty brown ribbon was from my stash.

My husband has been out to football, his team won 4-1 so he should be in a good mood when he gets home.  It is World Cardmaking Day today and so far this is my only card!