LOTV DT Card & Challenges.

Its Thursday and that of course can only mean a new challenge over at the LOTV Challenge blog. This week we would like to see a Christmas Card for Someone Special.

If I'm honest I'm not happy with this card, maybe because I didnt get to do any colouring. I was feeling a bit off colour yesterday, and today have woke full of cold (sneezing while I type - eek).  My mojo was not on form but had just recieved some new LOTV Die Cuts and was the perfect excuse to use one.The paper are DCWV Christmas Stack. I've added lots of Stickles, Pearls and a Viva Pearl Pen. The sentiment is computer generated and punched with an EK Success Ticket Punch.

In the meantime I need to get cracking with my Chistmas Cards and a few Family Birthdays. So if hubby moans, I'll threaten to spend all his money in Clintons LOL.
Best stock up on tissues first as I think I'm going to need them today!

As usual my teamies have make the most gorgeous cards and remember there is the 

LOTV Ideas To Inspire Blog to.

Enjoy the rest of your week and back very soon with another card.

Heres a few challenges;

Truly Scrumptious - Christmas Project with Pearls or Vintage

My Time To Craft - Take Two

Card & Scrap - Traditional Christmas Colours

Creatalicious - Christmas & Make Sure It Sparkles

Stamps R Us - Bling It On

IncyWincy - Tic Tac Toe (button,sentiment,metal)

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Two's Company

Whoopsi Daisy - Colours of Winter

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Punch It 

Christmas Card Challenge - Deck The Hall

2 Sister Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions

Pile It On - Traditional Christmas
Delightful Sketches - Bingo (patterned paper,punches/dies,flowers)
Crimbo Crackers - Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hugs

xxx

No Challenge, Just Another Vicky!

Its sunday, the sun is shining and I've a bit of crafting to get done today so will press on and show you this card.

Yes, I know, another Vicky, but I couldn't just print the one out and she is quite pretty! This is an A5 card as the image was a little larger than the last card. I've used paper from DCWV "One upon a Time" Stack. Coloured her with Copics, used lots of stickles to highlight area's of the paper as it was quite dark and added Prima Flowers. At the bottom, it says "Happily Ever After" which I thought blended quite well with the paper theme. 

I've chose to keep this card quite simple as I think over embellishing would take away the detail on the paper. Hope you agree!

No challenges for this one either, but I do often like to interpret my own cards, and for some reason, they are always so much quicker to make! Enjoy your sunday, roast chicken for us this afternoon!!!

Clairexx

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - DT Piece

Hello everyone, todays challenge over at the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is "At The Zoo" and has been chosen by the lovely Sue. I instantly new what stamp I was going to use for the challenge, its my ickle elephant from Spiral Whisper. I've not had alot of mojo this week and fancied thinking outside the box so after having a rummage I found a few spare calenders, and a bag of chipboard shapes, so thought another calender be nice as we are only just into 2009. Covered the handbag with paper from DCWV Blossoms and Butterfly Stack and paper pieced my Ellie with another paper from the same pad. The sentiment "Elephants Never Forget" just sprung to mind and thought it appropriate as its all about dates. If you click on the piccie you'll see a closer view. Used my SU punches to punch this out. Flowers from Hero Arts, Skeleton leaves and Rub On from my stash. Hope you like my interpretation, please go check out what the other DT members have made this week, and hopefully you'll be able to join us in this weeks challenge! Thanks for looking.
Clairexx

Penny Black Christmas Card

I coloured this image before christmas but never got round to making it up so this is last nights efforts. Yesterday I tidied my craft room. Well I say tidied, just cleared my desk, moved a few things about and discovered loads of new stash that I'd forgotten about including the papers for this card which are DCVW and the clear bubble sentiment which was a new pack laying in the back of a draw. Coloured the image with Promarkers and added some stickles. Edged with my Galaxy Markers, new they were around here somewhere! Dont think this meets any challenges but sometimes I like to make what comes to mind and at least thats another card made for this Christmas. Thanks for looking!

Sketch 7 Challenge

Made this card for the monthly challenge at Cardmaking Friends Forum. I loved the triple embossing so used that on the three tiles with my favourite Pearl Lustre embossing powders. Then stamped with an oriental stamp using Gold Brilliance Ink Pad and added another layer of clear embossing powder to seal. Went around edges of tile with Krylon pen. The papers are DCVW Far East stack and have distressed the top paper with Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Inks. Used a small leaf stamp over top of card. Tried out my Galaxy Markers for the first time on this card and think they are fab, have used them on the bottom right corner to highlight the tree and edged the ripped paper with black at the top and bronze at the bottom. Love the challenges, at times I have so many cards to do that my mind get bogged down with idea's and I end up all in a faffle and dont do any. At least with the challenges, your mind is set as to what needs to be done and I can just get on with it. So many more challenges I want to do this week, only time will tell! (LOL). I've taken this late at night so click on the image and you'll see a bigger picture.
Clairexx

Triple embossed ATC

After having a go at this last week, I decided to have another play and have made an ATC using the same set of Lustre Embossing Powders The papers used are from the DCWV Far East Stack.I have edged the chipboard and edge of ATC with my gold krylon pen. A very simple technique but think the results of triple embossing are fab!

Magnolia Stamped Card

Hooray, have finally manged to get back to some crafting after my break and decided I just had to try out one of my new Magnolia stamps. I loved the finished result of this card, so much so, I dont know if I can part with it (LOL). The papers are from a mega pack from purchased from QVC before christmas - think they're DCWV. Bazzill cardstock, DCVW adhesive ribbon, coloured the peel off corners with adirondaak pen. Watercoloured the image with Koi watercolours and stamped "Happy Birthday", then added 2 Prima flowers and attached with a brad. Cant wait to try out the other stamps too! The image has now been cropped and lightened a little.
Clairexx