Dare to Get Dirty

I have worked my socks off on the DTGD challenges this week completing 34 of the 49.  My teeny little craft room looks like a whirl wind has hit so I really need to tidy, clean and sort out.  I have had tremendous fun with all the challenges and made a lot of Christmas cards.  Thanks to all the wonderful Splitcoast hostesses.

I am sorry there are a lot of photos but here goes - which is your favourite?

VLV May Week 4

Sorry if you have felt bombarded with posts today but I wanted to get all my May VLV cards posted in time to meet the challenge deadline. 

Another anniversary card for week 4.  I used a Gina K stamp with some 2nd generation ink and a perfect pearls mist to make the background which I then embossed with a Spellbinder m-bossabilities folder.  The sentiment is from Verve.

Thanks for looking - enjoy the rest of the week.

Butterfly Thanks

Sorry I am on a butterfly thing right now so my second card today also contains a butterfly.  This one uses stamps from Gina K (retired I think) and a butterfly from Penny Black. 

The card uses today's Jugs sketch and is for that challenge as well as Sentimental Sundays 139 from last weekend which is a Thank You card challenge.  The papers are from Stampin Up and Memento Inks and Copics were used plus some ribbon and gems from my stash. 

6 Collaged Doves

This week's JUGS challenge is to use collaged stamping.  When you do something like this and it just happens it is one thing, doing it for a challene when you have also decided to make another 6 Christmas cards is another!  The first one I came up with is not pictured but here are the 6 using GinaK stamps that I ended up with - all slightly different but based on a theme.

I am also posting a close up of the front one so you can see that I really did layer the stamping.  Spellbinders dies were used apart from the corner element on the back card which is from Memory box.

6 Times the Snow

Sorry to those that have snow and have had enough of it, because I have 6 snowy cards to share today.  I have used VLV Jan2012 week1 sketch with a GinaK stamp and an Inkadinkado sentiment.  I have tried to use colours to fit with CC357 but I swapped the flower for a snowflake or two.  The cards are quite simple but if I don't go mad I can get some Christmas cards done each month and still do others and not panic later in the year - well that is the theory.
Thank you for looking and have a great Friday and weekend.

Text Me

The Jugs challenge this week is is to get out a variety of text stamps and make a collaged text only background or focal point for your project.  Now I did this but I also did a cheat and used the lovely new Woodware stamp and some Cranberry and Gold embossing powders on the other card.

The challenge card on the right uses stamps from Woodware, Verve, Penny Black, Gina K, Inkadinkado and Waltzingmouse with a selection of Memento inks plus antique linen Distress ink.  I did add the cross to my background so Christ is at the heart of Christmas.