Traditional and not so Traditional

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The new stamp set I have just got my hands on from SU after my party last week lends itself to the traditional Christmas card and this particular design has been in my mind since I saw the set in the Ideas Book.  I love green and red as a Christmas combo and what can be more traditional than Christmas stockings.  I have popped up  one to add dimension and there are three little brads to act as pins.  The sentiment is from Sassy Salutations This is my card for St Luke's Charity Challenge -the final challenge. Sadly the challenge is ending but I've loved doing every one and sending some of my cards in to be sold to raise well deserved and much needed funds

Using the same stamp I them went for a more contemporary Christmas, this time for the Less Is More challenge.  It's a colour challenge this week and the colour is ....pink! I think many people will think of birthdays and flowers but I wanted to be a little bit different and so I thought'Christmas' and 'stocking' and here's my card

I used a white card blank and stamped the  stocking from SUs Open Sleigh set.  I stamped it again on some textured white, (can you see the texture in this photo?) and cut it out, popping it up with dimensionals.

 A small bit of matching pink bling acts as the pin to hold it up. I embossed the Christmas words using a Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder.  There lots of lovely white space on this card and with that little touch of pink I think it is probably more LIM than CAS.  Hope you like it!

CAS Squirly Tree

Now here's a Christmas card that for once has not been made for the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge - this time it's for  St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge where they are asking for Simple Christmas this month.  This card started out as something completely different when I stamped the green frame by using my Lucky Limeade ink pad as a stamp.  This has been the technique which I've been messing around with today, I just love it's simplicity and yummy texture.
Then, I came by this gorgeous Christmas Tree stamp, quite by surprise when I went round to a friend's house and she was having a clear out.  Wasn't I in luck? I double heat embossed it in gold and then added a few bits of red bling.  Done, one CAS Christmas card, I am rather pleased with it!

A Couple of Lovebirds

At last I found a little time to enter this month's challenge at St Luke's Charity Card Blog.  I do like to do this challenge as it's for such a good cause. Well, with one day to go here is my card featuring a couple of lovebirds. I first sponged the edge of my card with Lucky Limeade and then I stamped the little lovebird image and coloured them with my Promarkers.  I masked off the birds and stamped the cage from Nature Walk behind them. I doodled on the lines and added a green organza ribbon.  Finally I lined the inside of the card. The tiny sentiment is from SU's Outlined Occasion set and says 'Be Mine'

Card for Ellie

I made this card for my daughter, who is doing something very exciting at the moment and living away from home for the first time.  We are awaiting exam results in August so I'm getting ready -  and, no matter the outcome I am very proud of all she has achieved over the last two years.  As she is 18, this card also meets the criteria forSt Luke's Charity Cards Challenge, where they are asking for cards for teenagers.

I chose some of her favourite things (see the little shoe?) , and,yes, that is a real i-tunes card.  I popped it up on dimensionals after mounting it on some foil paper cut out into a big note shape using my Big Shot and matching lime green cardstock. The ribbon and bow are made from some beautiful SU organdy ribbon in Lucky Limeade and I stamped a little 'Well Done', which is a bit understated, but she doesn't like a fuss!
August 6th - just found out this card was a runner up in the challenge, I'm chuffed to bits!

Flowerpot Bunnies

I am trying a new style today...cute! I just love this Bunny stamp. We have a pet rabbit, called Teggs, who belongs to my youngest son. I have coloured these little fluffy bunnies just like him, although Teggs, who is so soft and cuddly, has floppy ears,being a dwarf lop.  Anyway, I heat embossed the outlines and used Promarkers to colour the image (my children call this 'Mom's advanced colouring technique') but then it has sat in my 'to finish' pile for the last six months! When I saw the theme on both St Lukes Charity Cards Challenge  and the Craft Room Challenge this month was our Furry Friends I thought that I should try and use these cute little rabbits. I've used a lime green and blue colour scheme and found some matching  stripey ribbon and a birthday banner. If you look closely you will see one of the little bunnies 'pops out' using some 3D foam pads - it's probably Teggs!

Mmm Strawberries

Over on St Luke's Charity Cards blog there is a challenge for one layer cards. Now, I'm not good at one layer..I'm much too messy and prone to splodging, but here is my card.  I embossed the dots and sentiment and then stamped the delicious-looking strawberry from SUs Fruit and Flowers, using my promarkers I added the green tops and shading.  A dotty ribbon and little bow along the edge and I added red bling 'hightlights' to the strawberries. Mmm good enough to eat!  I will be sending my card off to the charity so, hopefully, they will be able to sell it and raise a little money. St Lukes charity cards challenge