Circle Card

Just when you thought it was safe - I make another Christmas card! This time I'm following a rather lovely sketch from The Sweet Stop. I've used Dovecraft Let It Snow papers both 12x12 and 6.5x4.5 sizes. The sentiment is from a 99p Studio G acrylic set.


The snowman is a digi image from Zlatoena Designs and he's been coloured with Promarkers plus a little glitter glue. I've added some ribbon where the different papers meet and also to hide the rather messy and nasty glue from trying to stick the icicles to the card - yeah, they look great but are a right bu**er to glue! That will be why they are actually for decorative purposes and not cardmaking! The tinsel that came off the icicles has also been added to the card.

A bit of inking, faux running stitch and liquid pearls and the card is complete!

And if you've not already popped over to the Fetch A Sketch pre launch party - please do so but be quick as it ends on Sunday 26 June! Some candy on offer to two lucky commenter's plus some extra prizes along the way! The Fetch A Sketch challenges launch on Monday 27 June at 9am!

I'd also like to enter the card into the following challenges:

Bah Humbug: Scarves and Mittens
Crafty Creations: Let It Shine (Sparkly Things)
Creative Craft World: Christmas in June
I Love Promarkers: Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments: Monochromatic

• Papers: Dovecraft Let It Snow
• Image: Zlatoena, coloured with Promarkers
• Sentiment: Studio G
• Everything else: My stash
  

Get Funky Challenge 16 - Sketch

Can it be the first of December already?! What happened to the year?!! And with it being the first of the month, its the start of a brand new Get Funky challenge! If you want to know who won last months challenge and receives a £20 voucher to spend on Funky Hand products - its all revealed on the blog!

This month we have a sketch from Kathy: I've not completely followed the sketch - can you see what's missing?! I've used papers from Dreams Come True for a slightly alternative coloured Christmas card and I've kept it quite plain and simple.

I've used one of my nesties dies for the centre and added a snowflake that I bought from Matalan in the January sales which should be a parcel sticker thingy, but they are way too good for that, hence me using them on my cards! Big blingy gem in the centre is from a sheet of various sized gems from the pound shop (bargain!)

And the icicles? Well, they do look nice, but I can tell you that they are a right pain to glue down as they want to twist up! In a previous life they were also Christmas decorations and again, way too good for that, so I'm using them!

Bit of corner rounding and inking and the card is complete! Apologies for the colour cast on the photo but, well, the weather is not helpful to getting balanced photos!

We hope you can join us this month - the challenge is open until 31 December and the only rule (apart from following the sketch) is to use a Funky Hand product. Easy peasy lemon squeezy as Jacob would say!

Good luck!

• All papers: Dreams Come True from Funky Hand
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Everything else: Random Christmas decorations