2 months to Christmas Blog Hop Just for Fun

Hello to you all,
Hope you are doing ok.

Well as you can see from the title....I hate to remind you but Christmas is fast approaching!  Are you all organised! lol!

I am here today with a group of girls who make a couple of Christmas cards each month and so now we all hopefully have a few cards stashed away.

This month is a photo inspiration theme...here is the picture

My first card is the super cute Fizzy Moon and my inspiration is mainly the red and white 

The card blank is made from white card stock from The Papermill Direct.
The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils and then I have added some stickles glitter glue and liquid pearls to the centre of the Poinsettia.
I love colouring this little fella.......too cute!
Embossing folder for the background.
Ribbon from Hobbycraft and twine from my stash.


I have gone for the red and white again on this card and also the Christmas Wreath

Sorry about the photograph.....not very easy to take virtually all white cards :(

The wreath is a Tim Holtz die - Holiday Wreath cut from white card stock.  I have finished it with liquid pearls and stickles glitter glue.  The sentiment is from Craftwork cards and the bakers twine from my stash.

Hope you can join in our little hop and maybe pick up some inspiration for your Christmas cards

Here is the order

Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara 
Sally-----you are here 

Sandy

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hope you have a good day.

Hugs Sally xxx

4 Months til Christmas Blog Hop for Fun - Inspired by a Song

Hello everyone,
Hope you are enjoying the long Bank Holiday weekend :)

Can you believe what you are reading only 4 months to go!
This year has flown by again.  I can't believe that this time last year we were packing up and getting ready to move house.

So the theme for this months blog hop is    

Inspired by a Song.

My first card was inspired by the song Rockin Around the Christmas Tree


The image is a stamp from Ladybug Crafts Ink called Bless this Tree

Coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest It.
Sentiment - Woodware
Paper from stash
Twine - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

The second card was inspired by the carol - Away in a Manger

Image is from Wild Rose Studio coloured with Polychromo pencils blended with Zest It.
Sentiments - Sizzix Clear stamp
Paper from stash
Twine from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

This Months Blog Hop Order:

Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara 
Sally - thats me :)

Sandy

Hope you can join the blog hop and see what everyone has created.
Have a great day.
Hugs Sally xxx

5 Months to Christmas Blog Hop for Fun!

Can you believe the title only 5 months to Christmas!
So I am here this morning to share a couple of cards for the Christmas blog hop that I play along with each month.  


I must say that I think these are the quickest two cards that I have ever made.......   The thing is that I got confused with which month we were on and actually made these for last months challenge so for once this post has been ready and waiting to go live for a month!

So the theme this month was non traditional Christmas colours.

I have chosen Black and White which for me isn't a combination that I would usually go for but I quite like the way that the cards turned out :)

The first one is using an image from Penny Black called Snow Joy that I got from The Glitter Pot recently in the Sale :)  Coloured with Promarkers and Polychromo pencils

Paper from stash
Snowflakes Dies - Lil Inker 
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Liquid Pearls and Stickles
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Twine - American Crafts



The second card is a super duper speedy card......I must try harder next month girls.

The bauble is cut with Nestabilities
Spruce branch - Doohickey Die
Paper from stash
Card Blank - Craftwork cards
Twine - American Crafts
Stickles - Glitter Dust

Here they are together....  

So you now need to pop over to the lovely Sandy

Shari

Heather

Mary 

Sara 
Sally

Sandy

LeeAnn (Guest Designer)

Thanks for popping over today.
Hugs Sally xxx

6 Months til Christmas Blog Hop for Fun.....

Well where do the days keep going to.....I thought I would have lots of time to make the cards for this months hop when I got back from my week away but my MOJO had other ideas.  Isn't that typical that when you have the time to sit and play nothing seems to flow.
So finally on Saturday I made two of the quickest cards ever, I sat writing the post only to realise that I had made cards for next months theme......Oh dear so I was not happy at all.   I made two more in super quick time on Sunday to fit the theme for this month which was a photo inspiration.

I have picked up on the Snowman and the Red and White from the picture.

So here are my cards for the 6 months to Christmas blog hop

First up is a card using a cute Snowman Stamp from Stampavie - Penny Johnson

The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils and Promarkers
Stickles - Glitter Glue
Paper - Papermania Home for Christmas stack
Seam Binding - The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards


My second card is a shadow box card........ not a very good photo

Linen Cardstock - Papermill Direct
Paper - Papermania Home for Christmas Stack
Spruce Branch - Magnolia Doohickey Die
Bakers Twine - American Crafts

Here they are together 

Here is the list for the whole hop but you should now be heading to see the lovely Sandy

Shari

Heather

Mary

Sara

Sally 

Sandy 

Karen (this months Guest Designer)

Don't forget I have candy if you haven't entered yet! Not many people have :(  Maybe its not as some on other blogs but thought people might like some new stash to play with :(

That's all from me today.

Thanks for visiting.

Hugs Sally xxx

8 Months to Christmas Blog Hop for Fun.

Hello it's time for another just for fun Christmas Blog Hop!
Can you believe its 8 months until the big day!

I haven't had much time at all for crafting recently so two very quick cards for the blog hop.  

The first one is using an image from ladybug Crafts Ink called Magnum and Lily Snowball Fun.  The image is coloured with Polychromo pencils as usual.  The stamps are on sale with 70% off so why not pop over and grab a bargain, there are plenty of fab stamps to choose from :)

Paper from stash
Card Candi - Craftwork Cards
Sentiment = Craftwork Cards
Stickles
Liquid Pearls 


My second card is very CAS! Using an image from Penny Black and coloured with Polychromo pencils.

If you arrived here from Tara then you are on the right tracks.  Here is the order of the blog hop

1.) Shari: http://sharispinkpalace.blogspot.com/

2.) Heather: http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.com/

3.) Mary: http://www.maryshappyplace.com/

4.) Sara: http://sarashobbyistapartment.blogspot.com/ 

5.) Kerry: http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.com/

6.) Tara: http://tarashomemadehappiness.blogspot.com/

7.) Sally: http://sallyastill.blogspot.co.uk 
8.) Sandy: http://shortandcrafty.blogspot.ca/

The next stop is Sandy

Thanks for popping over today and hope you can join in our little blog hop for fun :)
Hugs Sally xxx

5 Months til Christmas Fun Blog Hop and some Candy

Wow thats sounds quite a scary thought that we are only 5 months away from Christmas!!
I can't believe how quick this year is going..........
Hopefully I will have a few Christmas Cards ready for the big day.  Here is a fun little blog hope for you take part in and hopefully you will feel inspired to make some Christmas Cards.

Our little group has grown to 9 this month so hope you enjoy the hopping to visit us all.....I am first on the list this time :)  We all have two cards to share, one using a colouring medium and the other using some sort of die cuts.

This month I have a cute card made with a Humphreys Corner image called Christmas Wishes which is coloured with Polychromo and Prisma pencils blended with Sansador
Paper is Bo Bunny and the sentiment came with the image.
I have added stickles to the image for a bit of snowy sparkle.

The second card is using the Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge.
I cut the reindeer at 4.5" on the Blackout setting and then cut another 5" image to go behind it.  I have added glossy accents to the nose and used card candi for the eyes.
The Rudolph sentiment is from another Humphreys collection stamp set.
The twine is from Ladybug Crafts Ink.

Hope you like them....so next you need to hop over to see the lovely Tara

Here is the "5 Months Till Chrismas Blog Hop" in case you get lost. 
 
1.) Me.......Sally
2.) Tara

3.) Shari

4.) Georgina

5.) Tara

6.) Mary

7.) Kerry

8.) Heather

9.) Sara 

I have a little Christmas Candy for you too......just leave me a comment and I will draw the winner using the Random Number Generator on 29th July.

Candy:

Studio G - Christmas Rub Ons

2 x Kars Mini Clear Christmas Stamp Sets

1 x K & Co Holiday Adhesive ribbon - Green, Red and Gold

Thanks for visiting.

Enjoy your day.

Hugs Sally xxxx

7 Months until Christmas Fun Blog Hop

Can you believe only 7 months to go!!!
The lovely Shari from Shari's Pink Palace has invited me to join her monthly Christmas Blog Hop which happens on the 25th of each month...
Shari wants to get a bit more organised for Christmas and so asked a few friends to join her and have a bit of fun with a mini hop!
The plan is to make 2 cards......one card using a colouring medium and the other one using die cutting medium.
Here is the blog hop list.....I hope you can pop by and see what everyone has made..

Heather: http://princesspaperprojects.blogspot.ca/
Tara: http://tarashomemadehappiness.blogspot.ca/
Shari: http://sharispinkpalace.blogspot.ca/
Georgiana: http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/
Mary: http://www.maryshappyplace.com
Me - Sally: http://sallyastill.blogspot.com/
Kerry: http://mommakcrafts.blogspot.ca/

Next month will be 6 months until the big day and we will be offering some candy along the way :)

So here are my creations...
For my die cutting medium I have used Bauble nesties with some patterned paper added.
This was then matted onto red bazzil cardstock.
Sentiment is from Hero Arts and is stamped with Memento Black Tuxedo Ink around the image.
It is finished off with some twine and stickles.

For my colouring medium I have used a mixture of Prisma and Polychromo Pencils...

The image is from Whimsy Stamps illustrated by Crissy Armstrong and is called Snow Fun.

I loved colouring this image as it really made me smile.

Paper is from my stash

Sentiment - Hero Arts

Buttons and Twine from stash.

Well thats it from me....

Hope you have a great day and thanks for visiting.

Hugs Sally xxx