CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for May - Mid-Month Inspiration.

Welcome to our mid-month inspiration for CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra!

 

This is my card:

 

 

The card is made using a Lawn Fawn star-shaped die and I decorated it with a smaller star cut from pink cardstock.

The angel is from our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps, and is colored with Copics. The sign is made with a Paper Smooches stamp.

I opted for a pastel pink which matches well with some red touches.

 

Great cards are waiting for you on the blog, don't forget to have a look!

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 267 - Inspired by a Book.

This week the theme at our C.R.A.F.T Challenge is quite interesting: make a card or craft inspired by a book.

 

I myself had to think a while before having a good idea and, while looking at available images, I decided to be inspired by a series of books on cats adventures by Doreen Tovey.

 

This is my card:

 

 

I chose this funny cat from QKR: it is called "Hanging" and is available both as digi stamp and in rubber.

I mounted it on a paper by DCWV and punched some star from yellow stickers.

 

I think it's too cute!

 

QKR Stampede is one of our sponsors this week!

Check our challenge blog to see the list of sponsors and prizes and to be inspired by the wonderful creations from my fellow DT members!

I really look forward to seeing what you are inspired by!

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting at the Weekend Challenge # 3: Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenge: Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenge # 85: Inspired by a Movie, Song or Book
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge # 43: Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge # 33: Anything Goes

Starfish for Christmas?

A very quick post today to show you a last-minute Christmas tag I've just finished.

The inspiration came from Meljen's Design Challenge: Christmas Tags.

I checked my Meljen's Christmas digis and I couldn't find the right one for what I had in mind. I checked my other folders and... I found the perfect one in my summer digis: Starfish Buddies!

I cut it leaving the shells out and voilà a lovely couple of stars!

Here's my tag:

Aren't they super-sweet?

This is the magic of digi stamps!

This creation is for the following challenges:

Meljen's Design Challenge # 189: Christmas Tags

ABC Christmas Challenge: X for Out of the BoX - No Squares Allowed

CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for December: Anything Goes



Accidents...

Stupid accidents are sometimes very helpful!

The other day I was reaching for my ribbon box which is tucked away on a high shelf behind a couple of small containers full of drawers.

As usual, I was carefully removing the first container when four drawers fell down: thousands of tiny, medium and large colored star sequins got out of them towards me and down on the floor.

It was not the first time, hence my being extremely careful while moving it but maybe I was not careful enough and all of a sudden I found myself covered with colorful stars.

Luckily enough my daughter still has fun helping mom when she does these "disasters" so she helped a lot. All the stars were collected in a temporary plastic container before going each in its drawer (I'm considering to put them all in one drawer...).

Yesterday I was finishing a card with a Moon theme and I was using a paper full of stars behind my digi. I was thinking about putting some star rhinestones on this paper to embellish it when I realized I could use the fallen stars. They were there, on my table, easy to reach and perfect for my card! I'm sure I would have never thought about using them if they hadn't fallen on the floor...

Here's my card:

The digi stamp is from Pollycraft and it's colored with watercolor pencils and glitter for the wings. The star paper is a VERY VERY old paper from Sizzix and then, my little stars.

This card is meant for a dear friend and for a challenge: Pollycraft Challenge # 83. The theme is "Fly Me to the Moon" and I really wish I could fly my friend to the moon in such a delicate period of her life.

That's all for this rainy Sunday!