This is the card I made for the Challenge using an adorable Kiki image. The paper I used is by BoBunny and the button, ribbon and twine are from The Ribbon Girl. You have until the 3rd of October to take part in the Challenge. We hope to see you there!
I hope you have fun looking through my new stash, this is the 1st time I have got it all out and had a look at it! Now I need to find somewhere for it to live. If you want to see more desks, please pop over to Julia's for some What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday fun!
I used an adorable digi stamp by Lori Boyd which I bought from Die Cuts R Us. I coloured Lacie with my Promarkers in colours to match the papers and added glossy accents to her little apple. As a finishing touch, I added a lovely little spotty button from The Ribbon Girl. I adore this little digi image, Lori Boyd is so talented and I will definitely be treating myself to more of her lovely designs.
I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss some white card and stamped an Elzybells sentiment along the bottom of the embossed piece. I then layered it on to some red card and sewed around the edges. I used Cuthbert skiing, this image is adorable, printed him on to textured card and coloured him with Promarkers.
The images were stamped onto smooth card and coloured with Promarkers. I added glossy accents to the spots on the presents
The lovely little spotty buttons were a gift from a crafty Friend. The sentiments were cut out using a Nesties label die. As a finishing touch I added a little bow and some pearls.
I used a lovely image by Jane Beljo which I coloured in to match the gorgeous Echo Park papers.
The papers I used are by My Mind's Eye and I used a very simple layout with a bit of stitching.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and used a piece of American crafts paper from my scraps box.
It is my birthday at the end of September, the day before Ally Pally starts (guess where I will be spending my birthday money!!) and on that day, it will be exactly 2 years since I made my first card, I never could have imagined the fun I have had in the past two years and the friends I have made since I started blogging. I hit a blogging milestone today which is also something to celebrate as I wrote my 500th post earlier today!
I made the first book using the Tradtional download. You can't tell from the photo but I printed these letters 2 to a page so you end up with a mini size wordbook. I actually made this one into a card by sticking the N and O together and the E to the L. All the embellishments were from my stash. The twine is from The Ribbon Girl
I love these papers and colours! This book was made using the Trendy Wordbook collection. I used the very handy alpha-bits to spell out some of my sentiment and the snowflake is a digi from the All I want for Christmas download. The ribbon and charm were from my stash and the Twine and button are from The Ribbon Girl.
Hmmm, just realised you can see the mess under my desk from this angle...If you would like to see some tidier desks and some very inspirational work areas, please pop over to Julia's for some What's on Your Workdesk Wednesday fun!
Here is a close up of one of the Angels. I will be putting them in Sizzix Shaker boxes with an Elzybells Angel stamp on the top and a little poem inside.
I will share the finished boxes with you another time...
I used an image from Bugaboo and lots of silver. The ribbon was from my stash and the number are American Crafts which I double heat embossed with silver glittery embossing powder.
This cupcake image is part of a set by Jane Beljo and it can be used for so many occasions and can be coloured so it can be given to any recipient and let's face it...who does not love cupcakes?
I made this card using Ice Skating Princess by Revi Devi Paat . This little ice skater is so sweet and perfect for girlie Christmas cards. I used some lovely October Afternoon papers to create a scene for the little ice skater and stiched around the edges with my sewing machine. I stamped a sentiment and then added some gorgeous ribbon and a button, both are from the Ribbon Girl. I have recently treated myself to lots of lovely goodies from this wonderful shop, make sure you drop by and take a look if you haven't discovered them yet!
Both these cards use the snowflake digi stamp which is part of the download. In the first card I used two snowflakes and cut one up to add to the corners of the card. The sentiment is part of the download.
For this card, I cut out the snowflake and added pearls to it before covering it with glossy accents and lots of glamour dust to make it sparkle!
The next two are ATCs I created to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of the swap. Participants were given letters to spell out 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' and we had to decorate an ATC using these letters.
There are a few little packets strewn over my desk which contain lovely ribbons and buttons I ordered from The Ribbon Girl which I intend to use in my Project. When I was looking through them last night, I was so inspired by one little button, I made the card you can see on the desk! I love it when inspiration strikes like that!
I made this card a few days ago when I was having a tidy through my printed digis and stamped images. I couldn't resist glittering the cutie pie Merian's tail. I am a little bit addicted to glitter at the moment!Wonderful card! I like glitter letters and of course poinsettias!
The download includes some digi stamps, the sentiment I used above is from the set, I cut it out by hand and then added it to the card with foam pads.
This candy cane is also in the set, I cut it out, added glitter to the black stripes and then covered the candy cane with lots of glossy accents to make a lovely embellishment. Aren't those spots and stripes to die for?
For the last card, I coloured the trees in with my Quickie Glue pen and then covered them with glitter. The letters are from Papermania and My Little Shoebox and the pink buttons I used on the first and this card are by American Crafts and match the papers perfectly!
I made three flowers in different sizes to decorate the front of my card. All the papers used are BoBunny.
I added a touch of glitter to the centre of my flowers and then finished off with a couple of gems and some fabulous American Crafts letters.
The image I used is by Heather Ellis and I coloured it with Promarkers. I added flowers and ribbon from Emma's shop and the sentiment is by Hero Arts.
There is lots of gorgeous inspiration for you on the Challenge blog from the Design Team and our guest designers, Cathy & Marianne.
I used 'Jack - In the Game' from Pollycraft. I really love this image and have used it a few times already.
I used papers from the Dreams come True CD to cover a photo frame and then layered lots of flowers in the corner of the frame.
There are various other random items on the desk, some punched leftovers, my phone as I forgot to put it back after speaking to my Mum and Dad, my work badge and my hair/ribbon straighteners :-)
Oh yum. Thank you for the chance to win and inspiring me xx