Last Week for Challenge at Unstampabelles for 2019

Merry Christmas Peeps!

Keep safe, keep cool (or warm) and keep ploughing on!

We are travelling well in Tasmania atm as the temp is only around the early 20's with some days getting to close to 30.  We have had minimal fires as well although it has been very windy.

Two day's to go until Christmas Day!

However, there is still time for you to make something for the 

current Challenge #96 at Unstampabelles

You have until Friday the 27th at midnight.

I needed another tag or three, and made this one up using a die from 

 Papertrey ink die set

Bethlehem Die

(contains three scene dies)

I used DP left over from Christmas cards; circle dies, ribbon from SU; and scraps of card

from the stash.

There is gold mirror card behind the stars and gold Stickles inside the biggest star

Some layered die cuts and a bit of white card behind it all for strength and so I can write on it.

I made another style for Bizzy Bec a few days ago (last post before this) and stamped that, but of course, no stamps for Unstampabelles. 

Cheers, and have a lovely day with family and friends on Christmas Day!

Bizzy Bec's December Challenge - second post

Hi to all my Peeps!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

This is the time of the year you are scrambling for tags for all those parcels. 

I know I am - so......

.....I made myself some using a Papertrey ink die set

Bethlehem Die

(contains three scene dies)

I used a circle die to make the big base (using left over DP from Stampin' Up)

 I didn't cut all round - leaving a small piece to form the top of an ornament

I cut a second piece at the same time in white card

I glued them together, with the gold string between the two pieces

I could use this then as a tag or as a tree ornament

I stamped the second die cut with black ink  using a sentiment from an old

freebie stamp set from a magazine I got back in 2017 - it was chosen for the size of the sentiment and that it fit the scene.

I used three dies to create the scene, cutting the first two in white card
and the last in white sparkly card!

Papertrey Ink Dies - Scene It: Bethlehem Die

Circle dies for base  lots of different ones available, try these

Bling and string from my stash

I used papers from my stash to complete the tag 

plus the sentiment is from a freebie set in a magazine. 

I cut a circle of gold card and glued it behind the first white one so the stars showed up.

I layered the three layers with dimensionals so they sat up from each other.

They are really quick to make once the pieces are all die cut - you can assembly make them easily.

Now, I got these and another set (Skyscapes) from Bec, ordered in September,

but I know they took a while to come.

They no longer appear on Bec's website but I am sure she will order them in for you.

Have a peaceful life before and after Christmas and enjoy the day with family and friends!

Starry, Starry Night: Challenge#96 for Unstampabelles

Hello Peeps!

Hope you are all travelling well?

I am seriously better now although still quite tired at times

My word being ill is not for Sissies, is it!

So, with my Big Girl pants firmly in place, I have entered the craft space again.....

The middle of the December challenge at 

Unstampabelles

Star Struck Starry Night 

TWIST Use Sparkle Pens and/or Glues

(or make it sparkly!)

is here and I have created a gift bag - one of a few I need in the next week or two.

Wonder why?

Do you ever get beautiful Christmas cards and think they are too good to throw away?

Each year I carefully cut them up and put them away until next year.

Every year I pull out last year's cards and wonder what I can do with them.....

Sometimes I recycle them into new cards.....

Sometimes I use them for tags....

Lately I have been using them on recycled bags for gift bags....

The white bag was given to me with a purchase at some time - 

it is a bit thin so I added a background gold card

before I added the reused card front

This card was so pretty and has so much gold embossed onto it I could not throw it away

I added some bits of bling, a die cut gold star and the ribbon tie

Then I remembered the TWIST

use pens or glues to create more sparkle

So I added dabs of Stickles to some of the stars and made it even more sparkly.

It will not take a big weight but it will handle a book or calendar or coffee mug.

What are you making for this challenge?

You have until midnight on the 27th to enter

Week 2 at Unstampabelles Challenge#96

Hello Peeps

Hope everyone is doing fine and keeping warm/cool and safe from fires and floods.

I have not been well for the last two weeks and on top of Christmas prep and cards, I have found life a bit of a struggle but I must say today is much better. Might be related to the weather too - we regressed to Winter for the last two weeks but today is Summer again with NO WIND.

I have had time to play in my very messy craft space today - and to do a bit of gardening as well!

The challenge over at Unstampabelles this month is to create a Starry, starry night

- the TWIST is to make it sparkly with glues or similar.

I cheated today and used glimmer paper.

I used some die cuts from last year's catty at Stampin' Up

Starlight Thinlets

I started with four small white tags

Using inks from SU and a sponge, I coloured them up

I used Seaside Spray, Terracotta Tile and Blueberry Bushel

to create a starry night sky and sprayed them with the water bottle 

to give a starry sky background.

I die cut four detailed stars from glimmer paper and four plain stars from gold

Using Tombow I glued the detailed star to the plain

I found the blue ribbon in my stash

 - from the various clothing pieces I have purchased I assume.

A small star sticker at the top finished them off.

I simply wrote on the back of them

They do look so pretty

especially in the sun!

What are you going to make for this challenge?

Remember, no stamps and you have three weeks to go!

Merry Christmas for Bizzy Bec

Hi Peeps - hope all is going well with you and yours

Today a new challenge opens over at Bizzy Bec's

It is as always 'Anything Goes'

but the TWIST is to be sparkly!

I used a stamp I have had for a while now, saving it for this month,from Penny Black

I used my Promarker's to colour - haven't used them for months but they were out so I used them!

I used Tim Holtz inks to create a moody background

Penny Black - Pointsietta Spiral

(If not there, ask Bec to order it in)

Tim Holtz inks - Stormy Sky and Old Paper

Coloured with ProMarkers

Front covered with Pan Pastel (coarse) white for shimmer effect

Stickles added for glitter effect

Other inks, gems and background paper from my stash

The poinsietta flower was stamped twice, coloured twice and then one was fussy cut

to be layered on top for some dimension

You can also in this shot sorta see the shimmer the white Pan Pastel gave the image

It is soft but lovely

I used old stash for background papers and some gems as well

The sentiment is from one of last years SU sets

I also painted on some Stickles (Icicle) to give some glimmer points of gold sparkle

It looks all soft and pretty

Happy Stamping!