Holly for Christmas

Good morning  it's my turn to share some more inspiration for our November stencils challenge over at Country View. For my first card I shared a snowflake card here. I used more contemporary colours of blue and silver

For today's card I have gone very traditional.
I love reds and greens and to me Holly epitomizes the spirit of Christmas

 I used one of Tim Holtz' traditional Santa stamps....to me this is the image of Father Christmas 😃 I added some colour with distress markers

 and used these Christmassy distress oxides for my background

I added holly stencilling...

I didn't want to cover up all the background so I kept my design very simple. The sentiment is also Tim Holtz' 

You still have until 30 November to enter our Stencils challenge...I really hope that you can join us.

Remember that you can enter as many times as you like and combine with any other challenges. Your make can be anything creative! You may even be the lucky random winner of the £20 CVC voucher.

 You will find all the details here

I would like to add my card to the following challenges;

Happy Little Stampers anything goes
We love to Create 3/3 anything mixed media
Crafting with an attitude 3/3 anything goes
Creative Artiste 3/3 anything mixed media
Mix it up 3/3 anything goes, optional stencilling
Noor UK Winter
The Ribbon Girl 1/3 November any card challenge
That's Crafty 1/3 stencils

Thanks for stopping by today, I have a very important date today with a special birthday girl....yes my darling granddaughter Daisy is 4 today and we are heading off to her celebrations...with my Frozen birthday cake...here's a sneak peek...

all will be revealed soon!

Bye for now,

Have a lovely weekend,

Jane x

Holly wreaths

I met my daughter in Gunwhalf Quays, Portsmouth, yesterday to get our Christmas shopping well under way. We had a very successful shop and she also brought with her my holly wreaths which are made by her local florist.
I always like 2 wreathes, 1 for the front door

and one for my studio

I love the natural elements they used and especially the Kraft coloured ribbon. I needed a quick card to get up to date with the Funkie Junkie Challenge and also for some of my other fun challenges I love to enter. I decided to use some "left overs" from my #6 FJ card; a kraft blank which had some embossing paste already on it using my TH knits stencil and a left over gingerbread man I had made for my #6 FJ card.
No process photos I'm afraid as time was limited.

The sentiments are LOTV. The dies are a mix of MB, Spellbinders and J Sheen.. The gingerbread man is a really ancient wooden stamp of mine. I white embossed him and then added a pop of red with my gingham ribbon.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

The Funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas #10 I was inspired by Linda's neutral colours, embossed snowflakes and her pop of red. If you would like to play along with this fun Christmas challenge please check out Linda's post here which gives all the details of the challenge requirements. The challenge is sponsored by The Funkie Junkie Boutique and you could even win one of the prize vouchers if you complete all 12 weeks.

The Ribbon Girl 1/3 December card challenge anything goes

Emerald Creek Dares 3/3  winter wishes

Simon Says stamp Ice inspiration

Winter Wonderland 3/3 frame it or night scene my gingerbread man is framed by my focal die.

Crafty Boots unltd Christmas

Let's craft and create 2/3 Christmas
Crafty ribbons Christmas
Happy Little Stampers untld anything goes with dies
Paper Creator 2/3 Christmas
WOW embossing powders December, winter
Fussy and Fancy 1/3  Christmas in tones or pastels

Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind comments you leave at such a busy time of the year for everyone. Take care.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x