Alpha/Dictionary Challenge

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge

Happy Boxing Day!!

Did you have a good day yesterday..

get lots of goodies.......eat too much....

me too!  Think it will two laps of the 

sea front today........... Thankfully it

is a lovely, unseasonably warm, day..

Well, I've kept you waiting long enough 

and here is the last, the very last, letter

in our challenge

The letter is, of course you know what

the letter is..................

P

Karen Gist has created more magic:

You all know the rules I'm sure so I shall let

you get on and create your masterpieces

The link will be open until midnight on

Sunday, 4th January 2017 and the winner

will be announced on the following Tuesday

Good luck everyone and I look

forward to visiting with you all

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx

An InLinkz Link-up

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

Today we have Hazel Harler

with her gorgeous Christmas Card

just for you:

 "For my Christmas card I used a cream square card blank

Some of the Kaisercraft papers that I used

I distressed the edges of the green script paper 

and turned it over to sponge 

peacock feathers distress ink on the edges

I turned the paper back over and sprayed frost Color Bloom over it

I wrapped some bakers twine round the paper and made a bow 

then I glued the paper to the card blank. 

I tore the edges of the corrugated card and dry brushed some gesso over it. 

For the bauble I embossed some white card and die cut the bauble 

with a Memory Box die, I coloured the raised areas 

with peacock feathers distress ink. 

I die cut the holly leaves with a Sizzix holly branch die, 

for the other leaves I used a Sizzix thinlits die and gold card, 

I used a punch for the berries. 

I glued everything to the card and put stickles on the holly leaves,

 berries and round the edges

 Here is a close up showing the stickles on the leaves

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas"

Supplies

Cream square card blank.
Kaisercraft Christmas papers.
Peacock feathers distress ink.
Frost Colour Bloom.
Gesso.
Memory Box bauble die.
Embossing folder.
Sizzix Thinlets dies.
Sizzed Hollly Branch die.
Small round punch.
Stickles.

Merry Christmas to you too Hazel

and I look forward to working with you in 2017

See you all tomorrow with the final letter in the 

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge for 2016

Mickie xx

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

It's the night before Christmas

and all through the house..........

I've always loved that rhyme!

I used to like 5pm on Christmas Eve

too.  That was when all the shops

would be shut and "what was forgot

was done without"!  

Nowadays, there's always a shop 

open somewhere.................

Reminiscing over, we have a

beautiful card from Helen Chilton

today and here she is:

Here's a card to wish you all a Happy Christmas!

Here's how I made it:

Mask off the snowy layer at the bottom and sponge some

 VersaMagic Sunflower Yellow and Mango Madness onto the sky

Using Direct to Paper method, rub on some Sea Breeze 

and then add Night Sky round the edge

With the snow mask still on, stamp some branches in the distance 

using Whey and Aspen Mist.

Start to stamp the birch trees in Eggplant, 

quickly adding Stampendous Frantage Shabby White 

embossing enamel while wet

Remove snow mask and stamp the foreground trees

Rub some Eggplant lightly onto the snow to give it dimension

Stamp the greeting from the JOFY set in Eggplant -

curve it to fit round slope.

Finish by adding foliage, pine cones and robins.

Here's a close up of my double sided card.

Stamps used:

Card-i-o: Tall Trees, Festive Tweets, Festive Fir Cones
PaperArtsy JOFY 06

Other Materials:

VersaMagic inkpads: Sunflower Yellow, Mango Madness, Eggplant, 

Aspen Mist, Sea Breeze, Night Sky, Whey

Stampendous Frantage embossing enamel: Shabby White

Truly a card for someone special Helen

thank you very much and on behalf

of all of us

Merry Christmas to you

Mickie xx