ADDICTED TO STAMPS AND MORE - #483 BIRTHDAYS

It's our birthday challenge this week at Addicted to Stamps and More and I've used a little stamp from Bipasha BK from Aall and Create.

The background was made with the gel press and I added various word stamps stamped off to just give a background.  I added washi tape to the sides and made the actual bird stamp into a tag to fit on the card.  

This is our last challenge before Christmas so I wish you all a very happy and peaceful season. 

CREATIVE ARTISTE MIXED MEDIA

Welcome back to Creative Artiste Mixed Media and our final challenge for this year.  

My husband had cut out a few slices of wood and wondered if I could do anything with them.  Oh yes!!! I've turned them into some tree decorations using Tim Holtz goodies. These are just a few of the ones I've made and I'm showing you both sides of the one decoration. All products are Tim Holtz apart from the gold which is Pebeo Gilding Wax. I love how they turned out and they are becoming quite addictive. 

Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Festive Season and look forward to seeing your creations next year. 

THE MALE ROOM CHALLENGE #193 - ANYTHING GOES

Didn't that year go quick! - They seem to fly by the older we get.  Here's our December challenge for you at The Male Room and to make it easier on you at this busy festive season we have the theme of Anything Goes.

I still went with a winter theme for mine and turned to the lovely new stamps by Alison Bomber at Paperartsy for my wintery card and tags.  This card is actually for my older brother who is a bit of a grinch when it comes to Christmas so I thought a winter card would suit him just perfectly, especially with the lovely Christmas Carol of In The Bleak Midwinter added to it. 

My backgrounds were made with the gel press and I added lots of Alison's stamps.  I even found an old stamp of the queen on a very old envelope which went with Alisons stamping.  As a nod to Alison I added a piece of dried grasses to one of the tags. 

Thank you for being with us all year and I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Festive season.  See you next year.

INSPIRATION STATION #68

Welcome back to Inspiration Station and our final challenge for the year and I hope you are inspired by our lovely image. 

I actually found the little gingerbread die in my stash and didn't even know I had him - so that was a great find.

I used a stamp by Creative Expressions for the background - colouring it with different coloured inks and then spritzing it to give a watercolour effect when stamped.  The burlap is a new find and is actually adhesive and I'm loving using it.  The mug stamps are some very old favourite ones from Gina K called Season of Joy.  The little candy cane is a wooden embellishment from my stash.  The greenery is from Tim Holtz.

Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Festive Season and looking forward to seeing you all again playing with us next year. 

PEARLY SPARKLES - #102 - CHRISTMAS

Welcome back to our last challenge of the year at Sparkles and it just had to be Christmas.  

I created a wreath with some stamps from Tracy Evans Boutique Designs and added some cut out poinsettia flowers to add a bit more interest.  There is some background word stamping on the far side of the card.  The little robin is also from Tracy and I drew my own little branch.  I added lots of sparkle with Stickles glitter and liquid pearls and also used the pearls for the snow on the branch.  

Wishing you all a very happy Festive season and see you all next year.