Christmas Side Spring Card

Hello Folks, Very windy here in West of Scotland this morning and a biting cold wimd too.
This card was made using the template from NannyGee;s blog.  Simple to make and very appealing when finished too. The image is from JS CD rom "From the heart of the garden" by Jane Shasky, an absolutely brilliant artist. Sorry about the poor picture, daylight is bad at the minute and I can't find my light box.  I'm about to start the cleaning up later to-day and I may be away for a while, the dust is everywhere. Hope you all have a lovely week-end . Hugs Rita xxx

Thankyou for all your lovely comments as I appreciate them so much. x

Christmas Lantern

Hello Folks. Isn't it great what you get up to sometimes. I want to show you my lantern that was made using  the brilliant tutorial from Linda Hill. As most of you know Linda is a superb artist and creator of lots of arty/crafty things, but follow the instructions and you can make one of these in time for Christmas. Thanks Linda for this wonderful Tutorial. The little candles are led lights and look brilliant when lit. Go on give it a try. I really enjoyed making this. So sorry about the pictures as daylight is very bad here to-day and my light box is ??? Hope your all well and keeping busy. Still no finish in sight of the bathroom being finished for another few days at least ,then the whole house will need cleaned. Ugh.  Hugs Rita xxxx

Gold Poinsettias

Another download ,but I love this one too. Its from Card-downloads. Very easy to make and I just embellished it with amber gems and some gold stickles. Hope you can put up with cards like these just a little longer, and it won't be long before I'm back fulltime.  Thankyou for all your lovely comments, I so appreciate them all. Hugs Rita xxx

Mistletoe

Hello Everyone, hope you are all well and making cards. At last I managed to get a couple of cards made today, no stamping required. I cut out and decoupaged this one last night and put it to-gether to-day. Most of my crafty stash is not reachable at the moment, so good old printer and things left around and I manage to make a card.  Thanks for looking and I appreciate all comments .  Hugs Rita xxx

Get a Free Template

Sorry for not being able to show anything for the last week as the house is in such an upheaval due to the new bathroom going in. However, Card Carousel is giving away a free sleigh template that looks absolutely gorgeous.  Hope to get back to blogging at some point next week. Hugs Rita xxxx

Get a free "Santa's Magical Sleigh" card making template from Card Carousel.
Just visit www.cardcarousel.co.uk/free/sleigh.html

"Flippin Christmas"

Please don't be offended by the title. This was a Christmas image from LaPashe " The Big One" cd-rom. I was asked to do a christmas card for 3 children  and I thought they would love the fun aspect of this one. Its an 8X8 card and I used two matching papers from a Papermania pad. I matted the picture on to dark red card and then gold behind that.  The inside I cut a oblong from the side panel and covered it with acetate, added a frame to hold the front and back picture of Santa Claus relaxing after his hard day.  Really running out of time with all the other things I'm making at the moment. I'm also finishing a wall hanging for one of my daughters, cross-stitch finished ,just to back it and finish it off.  No time for mischief at all.  Hope you've all had a good day. Hugs Rita xxxx

Thankyou for looking.

Frosty the Snowman

Over the week-end I made this card for Bah-Humbug Challenge 43. It is the first card for months that I have done for those lovely ladies that give up their time every week to set up challenges for us cardmakers. I started 2011 off very well  doing all the BH challenges then come summertime and I lost it completely. So I thought I would give this weeks challenge a go and this is my card. The stamp is one from years ago by Rubber Stampede, but I think he is happy to be a snowman. The papers are from a Papermania pad and a snowflake embossing folder with a few snowflakes just to make him feel at home. Thankyou for looking at my card for this challenge, as always I appreciate your comments.  Hugs Rita xxxx

Popcorn Bear

Good Morning from a very Sunny Scotland. fairly cold mind you, but I'm not complaining. Today's card is from the Crafter's Companion CD-Rom " Popcorn the Bear". I needed a quick card for a child's get well card and I love teddy bears, so this is what I did. It is decoupaged, but the picture never seems to pick it up very well. I finished it off with a double bow in seambinding ribbon.  Hope you All have a lovely week-end.  Hugs Rita xxxx

Christmas Box

Well, I have had fun this afternoon making a box for "Joan's Gardens" Challenge blog. You can find the tutorial on the blog, but I follow Selma Stevenson's blog and it was Selma's tutorial that I used to make my box, and it was such fun to do and did not take me long at all. I used White Hammered card to make the box and matted and layered it with christmas backgound paper that I have had for ages, sorry ,but I cannot remember where it came from. I used white card again for the band and used a lovely red satin ribbon to add some colour. I made the embellishment with gold spellbinders dies, and some red gemstones. This was a fun challenge for me. Thanks for looking at my creation. Hugs Rita xxxx

Challenge:  Joan's Gardens.

A Christmas Carol

Well, after a good old rest I feel much better now. My card is a Digital Image by Mo Manning at (Digital pencil too ) that I bought back in May, and it was great fun to make up into a card. I coloured it in with promarkers. Then I felt that it needed to be aged and distressed a little. I then layered it on to Kraft paper and that was aged as well. Matted it and layered with gold & red card with some lovely backing paper, Easy card to create really. Hope you are all taking good care of yourselves and busily crafting for Christmas. Thanks again for looking at my creations and leaving your lovely comments. Hugs Rita xxxx

Challenges entered:
  Lothian Crafts ( Christmas )
  One stitch at a Time ( Christmas )