Another Christmas Card

With Christmas just two days away, I thought I would post one last Christmas card that I did, not that I sent out any this year! Not even one, but we just didn't feel we should with our mum passing away last month. As for the decorations at home, we just put out the crib and baby Jesus and that was all.

Anyway, onto my card, which I should have posted last week btw.. but to tell you the truth I was struggling with the theme , and then I was so busy at the office that I just didn't manage it! So today I thought that it's better late than never... and so here it is!

The image that I used is Holy Night from The Paper Shelter.

I colored it with my promarkers and used three different DPs from two different paperpacks. Two are from a Dovecraft paperpack and the striped one was a freebie in a magazine. There's also two different ribbon, ponsietta die cuts and also a recycled sentiment from another card.

Some exciting news now as I was the lucky winner at the ABC Christmas Challenge and won a fabulous die from their sponsor Wild Rose Studio. yippeee :)

Entering my card in these challenges today.

Crafty Creations 305 - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Gals Corner 51 - ANYTHING GOES

Card Mania Challenge 75 - CHRISTMAS

Passion For Promarkers 326 - CHRISTMAS

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Cardmakers and More 54 - SNOW

Sweet Stampin' - MERRY CHRISTMAS

Thank you for looking

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

xx

Anything Goes

Hello everyone and a good morning to all. Hope you are enjoying your week. We had a public holiday here in Malta yesterday and it being a Tuesday, me and hubby took Monday off as well ... so coupled with the weekend that was four days off from work yay : ) Big happy smile :D We went to Valletta shopping and in the evening on Monday we had the staff cocktail party, which was really nice too. I also managed to buy me a really nice dress last Saturday, spent more than I was planning too, but aww who cares... you only live once !!!! .. and I can wear it for the New Year's Eve gala dinner party we are planning to go!

Anyway, back to today.. a Wednesday, back to work boo hoo : (  .. but back to blogging and sharing my new DT Card for this week's new challenge at 

I ♥ Promarkers

With Christmas just round the corner, and everyone being busy with Christmas preparations and all, the theme for this week is an easy peasy

ANYTHING GOES

Being an anything goes challenge I have of course made a Christmas card! For my card I decided to use this really cute clear stamp of Humprey's Corner from Crafter's Companion. First time using it and it was a lovely gift from my dear friend Pam. I colored it with my promarkers and then made some clouds in the background with ink and a clouds die.
The gorgeous DP, three different ones in fact, are from two different paperpacks which were free in the Quick Cards and the Cardmaking & Papercraft magazines.

We are this week sponsored by 

Dr Digi and the prize for this week is 2 digi images of the winner's choice.

I am entering my card in these challenges today:

Come and Get It Challenges - MERRY CHRISTMAS
Glitter and Sparkle 166 - ANYTHING GOES
Pile It On 98 - CHRISTMAS / WINTER
The Ribbon Girls - ANYTHING GOES
A Gem of A Challenge 159 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES
Card Mania 75 - CHRISTMAS
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - ANYTHING PATTERNED PAPER


Thank you for looking
xxx

Christmas with Crafty Friends

Hello again, and a happy Saturday to all. Hope you're enjoying your weekend and have some nice things planned. As for me this morning I have a dentist appointment  :( but then I am going shopping as I need a dress for next week to go to our staff Cocktail Party. I was planning to wear something that I had bought some time ago, but hmmm trying it on again I decided that I wanted something different... so addio housework that I was planning to do after dentist.. and hello shopping :) hoping that I find something quick and nice he he :)

Anyway, it's time for another new challenge at  

Crafty Friends 

and the theme for this fortnight is

CHRISTMAS

so another Christmas card from me for this week!

To do my card we were so lucky to have an image from our sponsor Pink Gem Designs and I chose this cute image Polo in Scarf. I colored the image with my promarkers then made up my card with a DP from my Dovecraft paperpack and finished it off with a star die cut, sentiment, bow and some Christmas trees embellishments.... very simple, just perfect for those quick Christmas cards.

The prize this time is two digi images of the winner's choice from our fabulous sponsor  

Pink Gem Designs 

Hope you will be able to join us this week.

Entering my card in these challenges today.

ABC Christmas - X is for 4 X 4

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - STARS
Crafting for All Seasons 115 - BRRR IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
Simon Says Challenge - LET IT SNOW

Inky Chicks 60 - MERRY CHRISTMAS
Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES
Tuesday Throwdown 272 - CUTE and CUDDLY

Thank you for looking

xxx

Winter

Hello everyone, another week gone by and we're already in December now, so close to Christmas day already. ... so for this week's DT Card I decided to do a Christmas card as it fits perfectly our theme WINTER for this week at

I ♥ Promarkers

 

To make my card I used this gorgeous image from Mo Manning, which I of course colored with my promarkers, two different DP from a paper pack which was free in the magazine Cardmaking & Papercraft and then finished it off with a sentiment, a red and gold glittered bow, and red glittered reindeer and snowflakes die cuts. 

... nearly forgot... I also added three green gems on the snowflakes.

We are this week sponsored by Marianne Design and the lucky winner will get this lovely prize.

Entering my card in these challenges this time.

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas 257 - DIE CUTS or PUNCHES

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - PATTERNED PAPERS

Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES

Crafting From the Heart 88 - ANYTHING GOES

Crafty Sentiments - WINTER

Hiding in My Craft Room 227 - ANY HOLIDAY

Sweet Stampin' - SPARKLE and SHINE

Hope you will join us this week.

Thank you for looking

xxx

New Home

Good morning everyone. It's not an easy day for me today and hasn't been since the beginning of this week as unfortunately my mother in law passed away suddenly on Monday. She was 83 years old, but still well and fine, so it was really unexpected, as was my mother's, who also passed away this year in January. We lost both mothers in the same year, so not a good year for us unfortunately. May they rest in peace.

Anyway, so am doing a quick post today to share my DT card for this week's new challenge at

I ♥ Promarkers

The theme for this week is

NEW HOME

 The image that I used to do my card is from our sponsor for this week Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps and they are kindly offering a lovely a $10 voucher for the lucky winner.

To do my card I use two DPs from two different packs, one was a magazine freebie, while the smaller one on the side is from Dovecraft, Sugar and Spice paper pack. I then added gems, flower dies, punch the border on the side with a Martha Stewart punch and finished it off with a nice large red  bow and a sentiment which came with the digi.

At difficult times like this, I really appreciate my hobbies and it was good spending some time making this card to put my mind off from the day.

Entering my card in these challenges:
Through The Craft Room Door - ANYTHING GOES
Craft Your Passion 289 - ANYTHING GOES

I also found out that my card was chosen as one of the DT Favouorites
at the Crafting With Friends Challenge.

 

Thank you for looking
xxx

Traditional Christmas

Last week I mentioned that we were planning to go to the beach if the weather was still nice and sunny ... well we did go but we did not swim as the weather wasn't that nice :( In fact, it was cloudy and a bit windy too, so we just had a picnic by the beach, which was still nice. We had lots of goodies to eat and we really enjoyed each others company. Well, it looks like I will have to wait for next year .. and in the meantime we are already preparing for Christmas and making Christmas cards. In fact the theme for this week at

I ♥ Promarkers 

is

TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS

It's the first Christmas card I made for this year and I really enjoyed making it and getting out all my Christmas stuff.  Love the traditional Christmas colors.

The background DP was a freebie paper pack in a magazine, as was the 'Joy to the world' sentiment and the large 'NOEL' banner is recycled from an old Christmas card. I love it when I recycle something or use up something which I've had for quite some time...  like the Christmas tree here to which I added two bells and a bow. 

We have two sponsors this week.
The first one is the Stamping Boutique and the image that I am using today is from The Stamping Boutique. Prize is 2 images or 3 images if the entrant has used a Stamping Boutique image. 

Our second sponsor for this week is Letraset and here is their prize .. these fabulous new promarkers that have gone on sale in UK and Europe!!! Wow, I'd love that too !!

Some exciting news now as I just found out that I was the lucky winner at Kenny K's Krafty Krew challenge with my card from last week. Looking forward to more Kenny K digis to add to my every growing collection :)

     

Entering my card in these challenges today:

Inky Chicks 59 - SILENT NIGHT

Papertake Weekly - LET IT SNOW

Crafty Sentiments - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking 

xxx

Food and Drink

It's Wednesday again, and a lovely sunny day here in Malta. In fact it's been like this for these past few days and if, as predicted, it will still be nice and warm, we were thinking of going to the beach on Sunday. So fingers crossed for Sunday :) I'd really love to go!!

Anyway, back to today's DT card for the new challenge that started today at 

I ♥ Promarkers

The theme for this week is

FOOD AND DRINK

This week we are sponsored by Just Inklined 

and the prize for the lucky winner is 3 digi images of the winner's choice.

We also were so lucky to get an image to use to make our cards and I chose this lovely wedding cake.

I printed the image twice and then cut out the lilies and popped them up with foam. I colored the image with my promarkers and finished off the card with gold colored peel offs, three little hearts and a ribbon, keeping the card clean. The background DP is digi which I found on the net.

Entering my card in these challenges today.

Alphabet Challenge - S is for SWEET TREATS

Crafting with Friends 10 - ANYTHING GOES

Cute Card Thursday 398 - FOOD AND DRINK 

Thank you for looking

xxx

 

Add A Charm with Crafty Friends

Last Wednesday I was saying that I made me a last minute Halloween costume without sharing any photos and rightly so, I was reprimanded jokingly for this ha ha :) ... Well here they are now...
the first one is with my friends who also were red devils and the second one is with hubby, wearing a costume which I had also made myself, but some time ago. Here we are on our front porch which we decorated for Halloween with bats and ghost and spider streamers and hubby even changed the front light to red :)  There's others stuff but they are not in the photo! Well now for the next Halloween party for next year.. I wonder what I'll be wearing :P

Anyway back for some crafting now and today I'm sharing my DT card for the new challenge that started today at
Crafty Friends 

For this fortnight the theme is to
ADD A CHARM
so we would like to see some charms on your projects.

For my card we were so lucky to get to use an image from our sponsors and I got to use this gorgeous image The Great Bow from Small And Round.

I colored it with my promarkers and then had a lovely time making up my card and adding all the stuff ... two different DPs, die cut, ribbon, lace, pearls, flowers, bow and of course a butterfly charm. I ended up not finding where to put a sentiment ha ha ... but still I think it's good.

We have two sponsors this time, so two lucky winners!

There is Beccy's Place offering 3 digi images or 1 digi set

and also Small and Round by Jerimiah Ketner, offering 5 digi images.

Two sponsors, so two lucky winners and two reasons to join in!

I am entering my card in these challenges today.
Allsorts Challenge 336 - RIBBONS AND BOWS
Crafting with Friends 10 - ANYTHING GOES
Creative Fingers 97 - ANYTHING GOES
 Southern Girls Challenge - TWINE, TAPE or RIBBON
Fussy and Fancy 151 - FLOWERS
Creative Moments 80 - ANYTHING GOES
Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES
Crafting from the Heart 84 - ANYTHING GOES


Thank you for looking
xxx

Music

Another week gone by and being so busy am not seeing the time going by... This time I was busy decorating our front porch for Halloween with hubby and the kids and enjoying trick or treating to the kids from the neighborhood that came knocking on our door .. but I also was busy making up a costume to wear for a Halloween party that we were going to on Saturday! The only problem was that I only decided on Friday afternoon, while going home from work, that I wanted a new one and not liking the costumes they had in the store, I decided in the last minute to buy the material and make it up myself!! A problem that I also had was that I could not find to buy red fish net tights that I needed to go with the costume, and so I bought skin color fish net tights and to try to dye them myself red!!! ... BUT we also could not find red dye paint, so hubby bought me some other paint!!!! .... THIS on SATURDAY afternoon by the way!! Anyway, believe it or not, we managed to get them red, after drying them in the oven, and ending up getting red all over me and everywhere I touched ha ha, it's so funny thinking about it now and I also managed to finish the costume in time too .. I was a red devil this year he he :)

Well better get back to the present day, and being a Wednesday I have my new DT Card for this week's new challenge at 

I ♥ Promarkers

The theme for this week is 

MUSIC

 We were so lucky to be sponsored by Kenny K images
 and the prize for the lucky winner is three digi images of the winner's choice.

 I just love these images, they are all so fun and lively! To make my card I chose the image

Rock Chick which I colored with my promarkers. Digital background paper this time from Bearly Mine Designs which were freebies, stars, banners and arrow die cuts, card candy and a sentiment to finish it off. Well, I'm sure it will come in handy soon for a birthday girl soon.

I am entering my card in these challenges today

Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES

Get Creative Challenges 27 - BIRTHDAYS

 KennyK's Krafty Krew 206 - ANYTHING GOES or THEME

ABC Challenges - U for UNLIMITED

Sweet Stampin' - DIES and / or PUNCHES 

Thank you for looking

xxx

Circles

It's been two weeks since my last post as I've been to Cremona and Bergamo in Italy for a short holiday and to also participate in a half marathon. Not much time unfortunately was left for my card-making and blogging so I had to skip it last week.. but now I'm back with my DT card for the new challenge that started today at  

I ♥ Promarkers

The theme for this week is

CIRCLES

and this is what I came up with!

 Not one of my best this week, but at least the fun image makes up for that :) To do my card I stamped the background using clear stamps from Inkadinkadoo using colored ink and I also cut out the image twice to then pop it up with foamies.

We are this week sponsored by  

Yours & Mine Papercraft 

and the prize for the lucky winner this week is a $10 voucher.

I have some exciting news now as I was the lucky winner at The Ribbon Girls Blog with my card from last week and I won two fantastic prizes :) .. a voucher to spend at The Ribbon Girl shop and a rubber stamp of my choice from Lili of the Valley :) So exciting, I'm all smiles :D

Well I'd better be off now as I still got my son's birthday card to finish off and his birthday is tomorrow!!! ... ie today Wednesday, as this is a scheduled post.... Can't believe he will be 17  ... 

Thank you for looking

xxx

Anything Goes

Hello everyone, hope everyone is ok. Got loads to do at the office at the moment as will be flying soon, so really busy trying to get all the work done before I leave. Anyway, got my DT card for this week's new challenge at

I ♥ Promarkers

and the theme this week is an easy

ANYTHING GOES

Don't you just looove these challenges when you are tight with time :) ............

... and I had just done this card for a colleague and bingo it was perfect for this theme, so pleased :)

The gorgeous clear stamp image is from Wild Rose Studio, colored it with my promarkers, and it was also a freebie in a magazine, as was the DP. The small pretty flowers are a Martha Stewart punch, which I punched twice, inked and curled the edges and finished them off with a gem in the centre. 

If I'm not mistaken, the leaves die and the fence are Memory Box.. I remove the dies from the packages and then I forget what make they are :] .. In actual fact there are two of the leaves die and it has two birds as well, but I cut them off this time !

We are this week sponsored by Dr Digi stamps

and the prize is 2 digi images of the winner's choice.

Entering my card in these challenges today

Crafting from the Heart 81 - ANYTHING GOES

The Ribbon Girls October Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

 Wags  'n Whiskers 163 - USE A DIE CUT

Papertake Weekly - TWO BY TWO (two pearls / two clouds)

Thank you for looking

xxx

Anything But A Card

I'm not a big fan for the Anything But A Card challenges, I always chicken away from them, but this is what this week is all about at I ♥ Promarkers and so I definitely had to give it a go. Mind you, I nearly chickened away as well, but after much thought and struggle, I finally managed to make a calendar ... and I can tell you, I was so happy that I did it. Really loved how it turned out too!!

 

 Quite simple really it was too and it still has all the fun stuff ...  digi paper, die-cut flowers, border and butterfly and a bow as well to finish it off.

For an image I decided that it had to be a really cute one that would make you smile and you wouldn't mind seeing day after day, so I used this darling digi 'Thanks' from Mo.. here is a close up..

 

We are this week sponsored by Marianne Design

 

and the prize for the lucky winner is 

Entering my card in these challenges today

Mo's Digi Challenge October 256 - ANYTHING WITH A MO IMAGE

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper October - ANYTHING WITH DP

Simply Papercraft 14 - ANYTHING GOES
Crafting From the Heart 80 - ANYTHING GOES
Crafty Sentiments - ANYTHING GOES
Papertake Weekly - ANYTHING GOES

Thank you for looking

xxx