Scrap Your Christmas

Lou has a lovely project for you today as part of the Christmas Countdown at the Creative Craft World blog - a Christmas scrapbook page:

Check back again tomorrow for more inspiring Christmas Countdown projects. :)

 

Deck the Halls...

A little early perhaps to start decorating your christmas trees, but here's a little something you can start work on now, ready for when the time comes...

 

Today's offering in the Christmas Countdown at the Creative Craft World blog is a tree decoration project from Sarah M. :)

 

 

Don't forget to check the Creative Craft World blog every day in November for new festive-themed inspiration.

 

Black and White

The new challenge at One Stitch At a Time this week is to use a digi stamp.

 

For my card, I used this lovely heart-shaped image, part of a set called Vintage Valentine Set by Gingerloft Digi Stamps.

 

I kept my card really simple, using the digi image as the focal point. I kept the card all in white and used embossing to add texture and interest, adding my digi image on foam tape.

 

 

 

Wouldn't this be lovely for a valentine's card? Or a wedding card?

 

You can enter the OSAAT challenge using any digi you like, though obviously we'd love to see you use a Stitchy Bear image. Entries using a Stitchy Bear image will be entered into a draw to win a prize from our fabulous sponsor this week, Crimson Cloud. Entries not using a Stitchy Bear image will be entered into a draw to win a $3 gift voucher for the Stitchy Bear store. :)

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Monochrome
Eclectic Ellapu - Vintage
Gingerloft - No Colouring Allowed
Scrapper's Delights - Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Embossing

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer..

...had a very shiny nose....

 

Or so the song says. ;)

 

Yes, the Christmas Countdown continues over at the Creative Craft World blog and today it's Sue's turn to share a cute and quirky Christmas project.

 

 

Be sure to check it out! :)

Get your scrap on! :)

There's no festive project for the Christmas Countdown at Creative Craft World's blog today... because it's Scrap Map Day! :)

 

Yup, once again it's time for a new Scrap Map challenge. It's simple to enter - check out the sketch at the Creative Craft World blog and make a scrapbook page using the sketch as inspiration. Link up your entry to the CCW blog and you could be a winner!

 

Here's my page for this month's Scrap Map:

 

 

I chose these photos of my DD2 stomping around in the garden with her customary determined expression on her face! :lol: I teamed them with a lovely bright pink paper that was a perfect match for the pink of her t-shirt in the photos and cut long pennant strips from coordinating patterned paper. I also made my own bunting using more of the patterned paper and plain white baker's twine. The title is a mixture of alpha stickers and rub-ons and I added jounalling using a white gel pen.

 

Fun With FIMO

I like playing with FIMO. I think it takes me back to my childhood days of Playdoh. :)

 

But unlike Playdoh, with FIMO you can heat set your creations so they maintain their shape. Which means it's ideal for making your own embellishments! :)

 

So for my first project for Creative Craft World's Christmas Countdown, that's exactly what I did.

 

I used white FIMO and started off by working it well to get it nice and soft. I then rolled it out thinly on my craft mat.

 

 

Next up I pressed stamps into the rolled-out FIMO to add some texture. I used some snowflake stamps.

 

 

I then used a small star-shaped cookie cutter to carefully cut shapes from the rolled out FIMO.

 

 

 

Next, as a bit of an experiment, I added some glitter. You can mix FIMO colours by simply working them together (you can work them together completely for a solid colour or mix them partially for a nice marbled effect) so I thought I'd try working glitter into the FIMO for a nice touch of sparkle.

 

 

I stamped into the sparkled FIMO again and this time hand-cut out a star shape using a craft knife.

 

 

 

 

Then it's just a matter of baking the FIMO in the oven, as per instructions (no more than 30 mins at 110C) and leaving to cool before adding to your craft projects... like this:

 

 

 

 

This card was a very simple make - the background is made with Distress Inks and water, matted onto silver textured card. I added my FIMO embellishments and finished off with a stamped greeting, embossed with white embossing powder.

 

I also used up the remnants of the sparkled FIMO I'd mixed using some pretty push molds:

 

 

This is a very quick and easy way to make embellishments, which can then be used to great effect on your papercraft creations, like this simple monochrome christmas card:

 

 

 

Or this cute little notecard:

 

 

 

That's it for my Christmas Countdown creations for today. Don't forget to check the Creative Craft World blog every day for new inspirational projects. :)

Christmas Countdown!

Yup, it's November already. How did that happen?!

 

The clocks have gone back, the nights are drawing in, and the inescapable fact dawns upon us that Christmas is not very far away at all! And in celebration of this fact, Creative Craft World are once again hosting the Christmas Countdown at the CCW Blog. :)

 

 

Each day in November, members of the CCW Design Team will be taking it in turn to share a fabulous project to get you in the festive/creative mood. Today there is a lovely Christmas-themed project from Sue and tomorrow there'll be a fun idea from yours truly.

 

Keep checking the blog throughout November for lots more inspiration - and maybe even some prizes along the way!