cg says [something loudly]: December 2016

Sunday, December 25, 2016

Pilin' On Christmas

Merry Christmas! We're wrapping up 2016 at Pile It On with a Holidays/Celebrations challenge! We're sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. This challenge will run until January 7.

I used paper from this year's Graphic 45 Christmas paper collection along with a Pop It Up die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs to create this fun card for a friend whose favorite color is orange.

Inspiration/Challenges:

Crafting By Designs: Any Holiday

Creative Knockouts: #173 Christmas Delight

Die Cuttin' Divas: #297 - Santa or Reindeer + Die-cut
Dragons Lair Designs: Christmas Wishes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge : #86 Christmas Card

The Merry Christmas Challenge: Santa

Update: I was the lucky prize winner for Creative Knockouts #173!

Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting! Hope you'll join us at Pile It On,

Sunday, December 18, 2016

Flickering Lights with the UnstampaBelles

The UnstampaBelles December challenge is Flickering Lights with the twist of Include a candle. You can make whatever you like without using any stamps.

Usually around the holidays, I try my hand at more 3D projects. You may remember my sparkly gingerbread house I made for last year's UnstampaBelles December Challenge; This year, I used a cut file from SVG Cutting Files.

The string of lights is a free vector file, and I made the windows & candles in SCAL; I cut everything on my Silhouette Cameo. The wreath (Elizabeth Craft) & the bottom border (QuicKutz) were cut with my BigShot. The light backgrounds were cut from a shiny silver paper. The bulbs were cut from white cardstock; before removing the paper from the mat after cutting, I colored the bulbs with markers & painted them with glow-in-the-dark paint.

Challenges:
Lawnscaping: Christmas/Holiday
We Love 2 Create: Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Be sure to check out the fabulous projects by my teammates and hope you'll join us this month at UnstampaBelles!

Thank you for visiting,

Sunday, December 11, 2016

Pilin' On the Celebrations

We're wrapping up 2016 at Pile It On with a Holidays/Celebrations challenge! We're sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. This challenge will run until January 7.

I tried my hand at another Twist & Pop Card, this time using the instructions at Maymay Made It. This card is a regular A2 size and uses score lines rather than pencil marks. I used the adorable Reindeer Blocks digi stamp by Bugaboo Stamps.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Christmas Cards All Year Round: Anything Christmas/Holiday
Crafty Enjoyments: All About Christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra: Always Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Deep Ocean Challenge #143: Santa is Coming to Town
DL ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #194: Any Winter Holiday
Sparkle N Sprinkle: Use loose glitter, embossing powder and/or flocking
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up: Anything Goes with option of North Pole

Thank you for visiting & inspiring my crafting! Hope you'll join us at Pile It On,

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Christmas with Crafting with Dragonflies

Our theme this fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies is Christmas Cards.

I used a Fold-a-long die set from Sizzix/Jen Long to create this fun card.

The string of lights is a free vector file that was cut on my Silhouette Cameo. The bases were cut from a shiny silver paper. The bulbs were cut from white cardstock; before removing the paper from the mat after cutting, I colored the bulbs with markers & painted them with glow-in-the-dark paint.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Cuttlebug Mania: Light in the darkness + manual die-cut machine
City Crafter Challenge #341: Feature a Christmas Tree
The Stamping Boutique: Fancy Folds

Thank you for visiting,