Time for another Christmas card!

Good morning all

Hope you're all well today- and looking forward to Christmas lol!  

Its time for another challenge at 

Christmas Fun Challenge blog

And the theme this time is 

Anything goes 

(with optional twist of a green Christmas tree)

I decided to go with the easy anything goes option and used a card I made last Christmas that has never been posted - anything for an easy life lol.  I haven't had a lot of spare time lately and the few moments I had this last week I decided to make the most of the good weather and get outside to enjoy it.  

I'm working a few extra hours to get things caught up - before I leave!!  I only have a couple of weeks left after working as a government employee for the last 38 years - a lifetime I'm sure you'll agree.  I've done all kinds of jobs over the years - from payroll to staff training, projects on an NHS specialist team and currently healthcare in the EEC.  I applied for early retirement at the turn of the year and was accepted - so here I am counting down the days, its an odd feeling after all this time - but I'll be glad to go - thats if I get caught up before I go or they might not let me out the door lol.  

So please forgive my absence around here - which will be followed by my holidays - but after that I should have more spare time than I've ever had in my life  and I intend to enjoy filling it with my hobbies and lots of other lovely things I haven't even thought of yet

Anyway back to my card

This is what I did....

Image - 4 Robins from Justinklined available here

Coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Mounted on silver mirricard

Ribbon - vintage seambinding from Crafty Ribbons

Crystal embellie - SIC from Prima

Sentiment produced in word

With anything goes as an option there's no reason not to join us - I won't accept any excuses lol - we all need to make Christmas cards and you know you'll thank me for this nine months from now!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - Christmas
Crafty ribbons - anything goes with ribbon

Hugs

Judith x

Christmas fun Challenge - babys first christmas cards

Good morning blog friends

I'm here with a reminder of the new

Christmas Fun Challenge

 that runs to the end of the month

the theme is 

Baby's first Christmas

I decided to use a cute digi that was a freebee from Wee stamps just before last Christmas  - Isn't this just the cutest bear you ever saw!!

I'm really happy to have made one more christmas card to add to the stash!  This is now number 5 this year - I'm more or less on target.

This is what I did

Stanmp - Weestamps christmas free digi

Colured with copics and prisma pencils

Papers - winterwonderland MME

Bow die - MME

Holly die - Marianne

Circles - spellbinders

Sentiment - computer produced

Pearls - from my stash
Distress ink - tea die - Tim Holtz

We'd lve to see your cute baby's first Christmas card this week 

Hugs

Judith xx

Non traditional christmas colours at the new Christmas Fun challenge

Good morning all

It's another two card day
(not a AnotherTequila Sunrise - sorry I'm a biggg fan of The Eagles sometimes the words of songs just pop into my head - you really should live in here its a very musical place lol)

I digress- what I really want to say is
 I'm so excited to be here with my first DT card for a brand new
Christmas challenge Blog

Christmas Fun is a fortnightly challenge that started on 1st January this year
 and this week its the turn of team B

The theme for the challenge is 

Non Traditional Christmas Colours

I found this fab image in the JustInklined digi shop 

its called Three Kings and is available here

and thought it would make a perfect card for this challenge

I  love this image its also perfect to celebrate Epiphany - which was just last week 

 when the wise men visited the infant Jesus 

I enjoyed colouring this in some totally different colours - mostly colours I don't often use.  Then i simply surrounded the image with gold stickles (it looks better IRL!)

So come on - join me in getting ready or next christmas - while you can still remember the pain of last Christmas when you hadn't made enough cards lol

This is what I did....

Image - the wise men from justinklined

coloured with copics and prismacolor pencils

Ribbon - Vintage seam binding in teal from crafty ribbons

Gem embellie and papers - Michaels recollections

Kraft - MFT

Glitter - gold stickles

Sentiment - produced in word

Hope we see your gorgeous Christmas creations this week  I'll be back later this morning with my GDT card for Crafty Little Fairies - don't forget to come back to see what I've got cooking!!

Challenges I'm entering with this card

ABC Christmas challenge - anything Christmas
Divas by design -  Ribbon
Digistamps 4 joy - glitter and sparkle
The glory of Christmas challenge - the 3 kings
Kenny Ks Krafty Krew - anything goes/use black(black gem)
Stamp'n'Doodle - use an animal

Hugs 

Judith x