Cross Stitch and more Snowy Pics

When I was having a bit of a sort out a little while ago I came across some very old cross stitch kits which I think belonged to my late sister. I did this one and mounted it into an aperture card.

I tlooks like it needs ironing a bit more in the photo but IRL it looks OK.

Now for some more snowy pictures. Those of you who guessed Norway were right but we were actually in the Arctic Circle and got to the most northerly point in Europe. It really didn't feel that cold, even though it was -14°C!

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Welcome to the last Happy Little Stampers Chrismas Challenge before the big day itself!

 

 As always it is Anything Goes with an optional twist, and this month it is Snow.

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 As usual I used the optional twist and the faux vellum technique. Instead of leavine the image on the Kraft card I cut the bauble out and added it to a cream die cut panel.

I have to say I love these Crealies dies with the open scallop edge.

 I hope you'll be able to join in the fun this month, and if you need inspiration make sure you check out all my teamies fabulous makes.

Butterfly Anniversary

At the card club I go to one of the ladies brought in a lot of stuff she wanted to get rid of. Among it were some rhinestone embellishments that took my eye, including this butterfly.

In my box of snippets and bits and pieces I found the white diecut and the turquoise embossed card. So I put them all together with some ribbon and a peel off and had an anniversary card for my son and DIL later this month. 

Challenges: 

Use your Stuff - Butterflies

Pixies Snippets Playground - Snippets

Snowy Layout!

I have promised myself that I will do more scrapbooking this year. I haven't done much in the way of paper layouts since the class I went to folded! But I have so many papers and 12 x 12 card to use and I see this as a way of using it and getting photos either out of boxes in the garage or off my computer. With this in mind I looked for some scrapping challenges to inspire me and what better than   "Lasting Memories" Scrapbook Layout challenge (sister site to Digitally Sweet) Fortunately their challenges now stay open for a month as otherwise I would have missed the deadline for this one. The theme was Spring or Winter and I chose to use a photo of the snow we had in January 2010. I can't decide whether I prefer the snow or this relentless rain and wind we're having. My heart goes out to all those people here in the UK who have been flooded and had to leave their homes. Fortunately the only thing that floods here (so far) is my garage and then only when the rain comes down so heavily that the drains can't cope with it. When that happens I have to make sure the freezer is unplugged or else I lose all my electricity as well! I plan on getting some sandbags to put against the inside of the big door to see if that helps.

However, back to the layout, I have used some blue 12 x 12 card (possibly Stampin' Up) a very pretty sheet of foiled paper from Papermania and some pearlised brownish card (DCWV I think).  Some gold spotty washi tape (SU), a last minute addition to break up the brown, glittery thickers alphas, a Martha Stewart snowflake punch  and The Festive Flurry stamp set and matching framelits from SU. I stamped the snowflakes in Versamark then heat embossed them with Pool Party Embossing powder Some stickles and a rhinestone finished it off. The journalling is on the tag underneath the photo.