Christmas Cards All Year Round - May

The challenge on Christmas Cards All Year Round for May is to make 5 cards

with Flowers, Ribbons and Buttons

I thought I would have finished these earlier in the month but oops life got in the way again

So here I am with a few hours of May left putting them on my blog

Will try harder in June

The card at the top and the middle row left on have already been put on my blog as I made these earlier in the month

The next three cards all use pre-coloured images from Charmed Crafts

The one with Santa on using flowers made on my craft robo and sticky Christmas ribbons and Do Craft small buttons

The next two use normal ribbon and flowers from my stash with small Do Craft buttons in the centres

Papers all from my stash

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Oops No Posts Been Away

Sorry no posts this week, but I have been away for a few days with my mum

If anyone is near Cardiff I can highly recommend St Fagans we had a great day there, also at Slimbridge Wetlands which was fantastic.

I will try and catch up on some of the challenges soon

But I must finish my Christmas Cards All Year Round for this month so much for getting them done early lol

Thank You - Plus Freebie Available on Dotties World

This card uses the image of Madison from Charmed Crafts

I have coloured her using my pro markers

The papers I have used are printed from a photo

we used for inspiration on a challenge on Dotties World a long time ago

I have always liked it so decided to use it as the papers

Sentiment done on my labeller

If you play along this week on Dotties World there a free image so pop over and have a look

This card is for the following challenges :

Sketch Saturday - Sketch I followed

Dotties World - Thanks a Bunch!

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Christmas Kisses

This is my first ever 'Tent Card'

The image is from Sassy Studio Designs

Again coloured using my Promarkers

The hole and the image were cut using my circle nestabilities

The papers are from a new pad I got in sales at British Book Shop

Its a Papermania Pad called Deck the Halls

Poinsettia I made on my craft robo

Buttons from local craft shop

Sticky ribbon from Stash

Ribbon used to hang Christmas Kiss is a tie from one of my jumpers!

Little silver peg to hold card closed from Stash

Little Charm Christmas tree from a kit from QVC ages ago

It doesn't really show but inside is some green Christmas paper from same pad

This is my 2nd card in this months Christmas Cards All Year Round

3 to go to complete the challenge

This is for the following challenges:

Simon Says - A tent card with charms

ABC Christmas - K is for Kisses, extra is a shaped card

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Flowers, Ribbons and Buttons

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Love My Dog

This lovely image from Mo's Digital Pencil forum on Paper Craft Planet
Bella and Bronte are coloured using my Promarkers
The papers are all from my stash
Heart embellishments are cut from a magazine
Sentiment done with my Brother Labeller
Swirls are some stickers I brought ages ago

This is for the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Pencil - Love
Cute Card Thursday - Sketch I have followed

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Birthday Dragon!

For this card I used this delightful image from the DigiStamp Boutique called Harold

I have coloured him using my Promarkers

The oval was cut using my Nestabilites

All the papers came from a pad by DCWV

I have used blue gems in the corners

The edges were cut using my purple cow cutters

Buttons come from Docrafts

The card is for the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Fantasy/Mythology

Friday Sketchers - Sketch that I followed

Secret Crafter - No Patterned Paper

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Exploring!

This card is made using a Pre-Coloured image of Madison on Safari

from Charmed Crafts

As I am away this weekend and had left it until tonight to do this I thought I would take advantage of the pre-coloured image to speed up my card making

The image was cropped into a circle in word then cut out

Ribbons and Papers from Stash

Flowers from the Docraft Sunshine Pack
Sentiment was from a set I got from QVC ages ago

This card is for the following challenge

Dotties World - Sketch that I have followed

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Caught A Bug!

This card has been made using this delightful image from Bugaboo

He is coloured using my promarkers

Across the front of the jar I have stuck a piece of acetate to add shine

Papers are all from my stash

Flowers came from e-bay

I have used brads in the centre of each flower

The sentiment is in a metal tag holder I brought in a sale from the local craft shop

The card is for the following challenges

Secret Crafter - Metal

Sketch Saturday - Sketch I have followed

Pollycraft - Summer Blooms

My Time to Craft - Under the Weather

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Yippee I am winner

Yippee have just found out I am a winner of the

SIMON SAYs CHALLENGE

For I card my card Jens Exam

I made this to wish her luck as she sits her GCSE this month

I hope it brings her as much help as its brought me!

Lazy Days

This card I struggled with just because part of the sketch is on an angle!
Got there in the end
The image is from Karens Doodles
Coloured using promarkers
The papers are a mixture of bits of stash and some bits from the Docraft 'Its A Mans World' Pad
I added the sentiment and this was done in word

This is for the following challenges

Cards for Men - theme is 'Outdoors'
Friday Sketchers - the sketch I followed

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Ducklings

This image is from Pollycraft called 'Spring Things - Follow the Leader'

It is coloured using my Promarkers

The sentiment has been done on my Letterpress using Brilliance Ink

Flowers are from D0craft - Sunshine Range

Brads in my stash

Flowered paper from Forever Friends Parfait Pad

Yellow paper from my stash

This is for the following challenges:

Pollycraft - Sketch that I have followed

My Time To Craft - Tooooooo Cute!

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Jens Exams!!

On this card I used this image from Mo's Digital Pencil

(its one of my favourites)

I have coloured her using my promarkers and then some highlights with a sakura white pen
The purple paper was from my stash

The paper I used for the strips is from a Cricut Paper Pad for tags and bags

The tag is from Docraft - Sunshine range

Flowers from some blog candy I won

This card is for my daughter who is about to sit her GCSE's

I have entered this card in the following challenges

Simon Says - the sketch I followed

Cute Card Thursday - Someone Special

Mo's Digital Pencil - It's All About Flowers

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Your Leaving!

This card using another image from Bugaboo

Coloured using my pro markers

The striped paper is from the procraft Mens Paper Pack

The flowered card is from the local craft shop
Sentiment came with image

3 buttons came from papermill shop

This card is for one of my friends at work who leaves tomorrow to go to her new job

This is for the following challenge

Secret Crafter - 3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image

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Cocktails!

This card uses my lovely new image of Scarlett from Bugaboo

I have coloured her using my promarkers

I cut her out using my large oval spellbinders

Then cut another oval for the mira card behind

The paper is from my new Tags and Bags Cricut paper pad
Sentiment was done on my letterpress using Poppy Red pearlized brilliance ink

Gems and flowers from my stash

The card is for the following challenge

Passion for Promarkers - Strawberries and Cream

Sketch and Stash - Sketch I have followed

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SOME GOOD NEWS!

Just a quick update:

Those of you who follow will know that I am being made redundant after 15 years working for the same company.

Well I wrote me first CV ever and applied for a couple of jobs, went for a couple of interviews

and I have now been offered a job.

Its a bit further away and slightly longer hours but it sounds interesting and more importantly its a JOB!!

Yippee!!

Its a really load of my shoulders now

Thanks for all your support though this time it really has helped

XXX

Thanks!

This card using one of the Charmed Digital Downloads

Coloured using my Promarkers

Highlights with me Satura Gel Pen

Flowers from Stash with a little green gem in each

Flowered paper is from Forever Friends Parfait Pad

Pink & Green card from Stash

The 'Thanks' was done using my letterpress and Pearlized Inks

This card is for the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Gratitude

Sketch Saturday - Sketch I followed

Dotties World - Flowers

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For Your Birthday....

This card covers a number of challenges

The sketch is from the Sketch and Stash Challenge

My new stash has been the Cool Grey Promarkers

Forgotten stash is the Digi Image of George from Charmed Craft

And the swirls and stars from some peel off I found in my stash!

The sentiment in the circle reads

For your birthday I thought you would like a home cooked meal and a glass of wine..

Inside it reads

so I called your Mother and she said Yes, Wednesday at her place, would suit her fine!

This card covers the following challenges

Cards for Men - Monochrome

Sketch & Stash - Sketch used

My Time to Craft - Swirls & Stars

Simon Says - Birthdays & Celebrations

Cute Card Thursday - creations for the Boys/Men

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I love being married...

This card using an image and sentiment from

Bugaboo Stamps - Gus & Stella

I have made this card for my DH its our 18th Anniversary on 16th May

(no we don't quite look like the image - yet!)

The background paper is from papermania

The strip are black paper that I sprayed using the Cosmic shimmers I won

on the Sketch Saturday blog a couple of weeks ago

This is my first attempt any hints on how to use greatly received!

I coloured the image using my promarkers

and cut the image and sentiment using my spellbinder dies

This is for the following challenge

Secret Crafter - Friendship

Sketch Saturday - Sketch by Maya

Chef Hands!

This card uses the wonderful image from Mo's Digital Pencil

'Big Guy Grilling'
He is so like a friend of mine who bar-b-que and always goes on about having Chef Hands normally just before he burns them lol!
He is coloured using my Pro Markers
The papers all come from the Papermania Pack - Sunshine
The circles were cut using my Spellbinder then cut in half
I am slowly practicing the technique's shared on the Passion for Promarkers Blog
I am a crafter rather than an artist so need all the help I can get with colouring

This card covers the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch by Claudia
Pollycraft - Here Comes the Sun
Mo's Digital Pencil - Masculine

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Red Christmas!!

I said was going to try and get my challenge cards for

Christmas cards all year round done early this month well here my first one !

The image I have used is from Charmed Craft as is Dottie at Christmas

I used my spellbinder dies to cut the circle from

some handmade paper I had in my stash

I made the poinsettia flowers using my craft robo

The image and the edges of the flowers have

been coloured using my pro markers

I used a piece of lace ribbon that a friend gave me

and the parcels at the bottom are a couple of buttons with backs cut off

I finished the card with a few gems and some glitter glue

This card covers the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Follow sketch & Make own flowers

My Time to Craft - Ruby Ruby Ruby

Simon Says - Buttons, Bow & Bling

Cute Card Thursday - Make Your Own

Dotties World - Stitching

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Flowers, Ribbons & Buttons

ABC Christmas - I is for Ice

Thanks for Looking