Beside The Seaside

I hope you are all enjoying the Jubilee Celebrations, despite the English weather! We are hoping to have a picnic tomorrow with lots of red, white and blue!

The card I am blogging today is my beach huts card, made using a new stamp from DoCrafts based on work by Michael Powell. I stamped the image and used Promarkers to colour it in. Then I stamped and coloured another set of beach huts and decoupaged them. This fits perfectly with the theme at Allsorts this week which is I do like to be beside the seaside.

Other Challenges I am entering :
Amuse Studio - Anything Goes
The Squirrel and The Fox - Winter or Summer
My Sheri Crafts - Summer Lovin
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes

Beginning to feel like Christmas!

I had to share this picture with you. While I was working on the computer in the study this morning, this friendly little robin popped onto the windowsill! He often visits us most days and he is so tame!

The project I am sharing with you today is this one. I used House Mouse Decoupage to create the card which made a change from stamping! I added glitter to the fire and ribbon to decorate.

Challenges I am entering are :

Joanna Sheen -Christmas Wishes

Bah Humbug - Cute Critters

Fairytale Challenge Blog - Christmas

Glitter Geeks - Decoupage

Old Fashioned Christmas

I made this card for a magazine cardmaking competition (fingers crossed!), but I thought you would like to see it. I used Sheena Douglass' Little Bit Sketchy Christmas stamps that were released last year and her new Paint Fusion Holly and Ivy stamps. I used Distress Ink and Promarkers as the colour mediums. The leaves I then decoupaged onto the front and added bakers twine and glitter to decorate. I stamped the snowflake around the card with Versamark and WOW embossing Clear Sparkle Powders. The inside I decorated similarly.

I am entering this card into the following challenges :

Scrapbook Sisters - Leaves

Samuel Taylors Crafts - Christmas Stamp. Sam has an amazing giveaway on the blog of 4 Prima 6 x 6 Paper Pads! Ends this week.

Winter Wonderland - Tag Card

Winter Wonderland's challenge this week was Tag Cards, so this is my entry. Its a decoupaged tag card which I have put together and decorated. The kit was designed by Avril at Avril's Crafting Corner and can be purchased here.