simply-crafting: November 2013

Have a Fairy Non-Traditional Christmas!

This card took a while to come together, I started with my fave contemporary Christmas combo of lilac and blue but it's too much of a favourite - I've no papers left in those shades :( Hints to Santa intended! Then I seemed to go off on a very traditional tangent. I stopped myself, threw the vintage feel I wanted out the window and went for this very modern Jewels Capsule Collection.

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I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Pile It On #47 - Non-traditional Christmas

Sketchy Colors #188

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge #65 - Anything Goes

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #204 Winter
Simon Says ,,,, Anything Goes !
Moving Along with the Times Girly - but NO pink!!
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #195 ~ Ho, Ho Holidays....
Creative Craft Challenge 24 - non traditional Christmas colours
Craftalicious Challenge #57 - Christmas Time

And here's the lovely sketch from Sketchy Colors:

Saturated Canary Winter Snow

A new craft magazine is always a treat, especially one which includes two CDs full of digital goodies. But I was jumping for joy when I opened my copy of Digital Crafting Essentials vol 1 to find 5 Saturated Canary images included! I'm a huge fan of Saturated Canary so you'll be seeing these new images featured on my cards in the near future.

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I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenge 70 - Clean and Simple

My Time to Craft Challenge #244 'Special Christmas'

Sweet Stamping - Celebration

Passion for ProMarkers Week 226 - In the Family
Charisma Cardz Challenge #46 - Christmas
Stampin for the Weekend Feeling Festive
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #105 Clean And Simple
Lexi's Creations Challenge 104 Christmas
The Corrosive Challenge #188 - Happy Holidays
Dolly Mixture Challenge - Winter

Forever Love Tag

A simple little project to get me back into the swing off things after a couple of weeks off from crafting. Between getting the horrible stomach bug that's been doing the rounds, decorating and then coming down with a nasty cold my crafting has taken a decidedly back seat lately. I've still to finish painting my stairs but I've decided to leave that for now. It's definitely time for a little downtime and some crafty catch up!

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I am entering this tag into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz Challenge #208 Tags & Bags
Crafty Hands Sparkle and Bling
Dynamic Duos #80
Through the Purple Haze Use your craft stash - all from stash
ABC Challenge Z for Zebra
Sketch Saturday Week #286
Make it Monday #168 Anything Goes
Divas By Design Challenge Use Some Red
C is for Challenge #11 - Ornaments
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Ribbon and/or Lace - Ribbon, flower and brad are very old

Here's the color combo:

And the sketch I followed, rotated:

Cheeky Christmas Reindeer

I'm not sure why this image strikes me as cheeky particularly but there ya go!

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I am entering this card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge V for Vixen
Color Throwdown #267
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #140 ~ Sketch
The Paper Shelter Challenge # 136 Winter Fun!
Totally Papercrafts Challenge #192 - Use Glitter
Winter Wonderland Challenge For a Child
Sweet Stamping - Christmas is Coming
A Creative Romance - Winter Blue's
C is for Challenge #10 - Winter is Coming
Cards for Men Challenge 23 - Merry Christmas

Gardening Birds

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I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenge #111 Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 77 ANYTHING GOES!

Papertake Anything Goes ! :-)

ABC Challenge Y for Yellow

Cielle Geek in Purple

I have no doubt you'll be seeing her in other colours too along with the rest of her friends from the Fredericka Mini CD Collection. But for the today she's sporting my fave shade purple.