52 {C}CT April Theme Challenge

Hello again, my friends, and welcome to another 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown challenge. It's the third one this month and that means it's time for a Theme challenge. Our challenge hostess Deborah of Deborah's Gems has picked a great one for you ... a familiar and timeless carol: Twelve Days Of Christmas.

We also have the lovely Pat Couder showcasing her stunning creations this month. Please stop by and take a look at her creation. Pat always has something amazing to offer.

You can pick any day or two or all from the Twelve Days for your festive creation. My card is all about the First Day of Christmas: A Partridge In A Pear Tree.

Absolutely no patterned papers or patterns of any kind on this card.
Keeping it simple with just some stitching to frame the focal image from
Chocolate Baroque's Christmas Song set. What better way to soak up 
the elegance of that image!

I coloured the pears and the partridge with Caran d'Ache Suprasoft
pencils. To finish, some red and green bling. 

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Song set.

You'll be seeing the Partridge at these challenges:

CHNC Extra: April AG Christmas
Christmas Card Challenge #20: Colour - Red, Kraft, White
The Glory Of Christmas #31: Music - Christmas Carol
Sparkles Christmas Challenge #39: Inspired By A Carol / Song - 12 Days Of Christmas
Christmas Fun Challenge: For A Man / AG
Addicted To Stamps & More #91: AG

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's challenge: 12 Days of Christmas. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge theme and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, 25 April. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

For ideas and inspiration, visit the rest of the 52 {C}CT crew:
Mynnette * Ruth * Jacqueline * Louise * Deborah * Patricia * Danielle * Gill * Fabiola

Thanks for stopping by today, my friends and have a Happy Easter.

Porque Cristo ressuscitou, celebramos um Deus vivo que vive para todo o sempre. Uma Santa Páscoa para todos.

Beijinhos.

Chocolate Baroque April Release - 3: EASTER!

Hello, my friends! Its's almost Easter and you really should have all your cards made, if not sent, already. I readily confess I have not! And if you, like me, thrive on the thrill of living on the edge here are some last minute ideas.

Today I want to show you 2 cards I made using Chocolate Baroque's Springtime Edges stamps from the April release collection and the Easter Traditions set.  You can see the original post on the Chocolate Baroque DT blog. Here, I will give you details of the inks, paints and techniques used to create these cards.

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No patterned papers on the first card.  Using Spellbinders Classic Oval die, I cut out a window on some green CS and ran it through the Bog Shot with a Darice Checkered Folder. Then I made a frame using the Scalloped Oval for the window.

I stamped the Daffodils and Snowdrops from the Springtime Edges with VersaFine Olympia Green. I coloured the Daffodils with TH Distress Inks Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade. Then I fussy cut and adhered it as a border with some of the leave over the window. I stamped the solid Snowdrops in VersaFine Olympia Green.  The Cross is from the Easter Traditions set, which I stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black and coloured with TH Distress Inks Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo for the wood and Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge and Spiced Marmalade for the sunflower in the middle.

Then I fussy cut the Cross and adhered with foam tape over the stamped snowdrops. Finally the windowed card front goes up on some more foam tape! 

By setting the solid image behind the foam-mounted cross and adding a coloured border in front, I'm creating a perception of depth and distance. Here's a closer look at the Springtime Edges in action.

On the inside, a beautiful sentiment perfect for Easter, from the Easter Traditions set.

Challenges for this card:

Fab n' Funky #212: Flower Power
Cuttin' and Stampi' #14: Easter
Loves Rubber Stamp #99: Easter
Sweet Stamps: Combo AG + Embossing - Easter + dry embossing

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My second Easter card features the Primula border from Springtime Edges with the tall Daffodil and sentiment from Easter Traditions.

For this card, I painted a faux plaid background directly on the card base using watercolour and mounted the image with some foam tape.

I coloured the flowers in traditional Pascal colours using Promarkers. I first stamped the Daffodils using TH Bundled Sage as the background and adhered the fussy cut primula border in the foreground. The sentiment is from the Easter Traditions set, stamped directly on to the background.

Here's the inside, with another round of Daffodils in TH Bundled Sage.

Challenges for this card:

Word Art Wednesday #128: AG with Uplifting Sentiment

Delightful Challenges: Bloom

Country View Challenge #14: New Beginning - Easter

4 Krafty Girlz #16: AG

There you have it - 2 Easter cards a couple of days before the big day. Cutting it a bit fine, wouldn't you say?! Keep an eye on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog for more fun ways to use your newly acquired April release stamps. 

Thank you for stopping by. It's going to be a hectic few days for me. We have the entire fam and some very dear friends from Norway popping over to spend the holidays with us. With 15 people turning up for Easter lunch, I'm in a bit of a state... our table seats a maximum of 8! Any suggestions? Leave the country, perhaps?! LOL.

Have a Blessed Easter, my friends & Uma Santa Páscoa para todos.

Beijinhos,

Tuesday Throwdown #191: Vintage / Shabby Chic

Welcome to another  Tuesday Throwdown and this week we are sponsored by the good folks over at Really Reasonable Ribbon. They have a HUGE variety of ribbons, twine, seam binding, hemp cording, ric rac trim ... even buttons!

The theme for this week's challenge is: "Vintage / Shabby Chic". Here's my offering:

The patterned papers are from Prima's Botanical collection.
I distress the edges, inked all around with TH Antique Linen
and finished with some sheer brown ribbon tied in a bow.
The birthday greeting is from Clearly Besotted's Tag Along,
stamped with TH Vintage Photo.

Here's a close-up of the image from Chocolate Baroque's Music Fanfare.
I coloured it with Graph It and Promarkers and finished with pearls in the
middle of each flower.  

The sentiment inside is from Clearly Besotted's Say It In Style.
I stamped with VersaMagic Tea Leaf, and again without re-inking.

A few challenges for this card:

Simon Says Stamps on Monday: Winged Things - bird
Through The Purple Haze #37: AG
Vintage Stamping #19: AG

Now it's your turn, my friends. Create a card based on this week's theme of "Vintage / Shabby Chic". For ideas and inspiration, swing by and take a peek at the of the DT member. Then, link up your project to the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge blog by 3pm PST / 11pm  GMT on Monday, April 22nd. And don't forget to have fun!

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to seeing you in blogland!

Beijinhos!

Christmas Card Club #8: Christmas Lights

Welcome to another Christmas Card Club make, my friends! It's my turn to pick a theme for our fortnightly challenge and it shall be "Christmas Lights"

Christmas lights never fail to amaze me. Streets, shops, homes, trees ... everything looks so enchanting when its lit up and the mundane is transformed into something quite magical. From twinkling fairy lights to flickering candlelight, from brilliant stars scintillating in the winter sky to the faint glimmer of lamps and lanterns ... they remind us there is hope even in the darkest days of the year.

I'm dedicating this post to the memory of my little Snoopy. A year ago today, she became star shining brightly in the sky. I was told time will heal but I'm not yet convinced that old adage is true. This candle is for my forever-puppy.

No patterned papers on this card either. I used little snowflake stamps
to create the background with VersaColor Baby Blue and Silver.
For contrast, a few dots of Royal Blue and White Opal Liquid Pearls.

The stamp is from Chocolate Baroque's Stamp n Stitch. I stamped the
image with VersaFine Smokey Grey and coloured it with Windsor and
Newton watercolours. I added Stickles for some festive sparkle. 

I layered the image and mounted the entire panel on some
foam tape.

On the inside I hung a couple of baubles from the CB's Hearth and Home.
The sentiment is from CB's Warm Christmas Greetings.

Some challenges for this card:

Completely Christmas #7: AG Christmas

As You Like It: Favourite Style Of Stitching - Real because it adds texture to the project.

C.R.A.F.T. #254: Christmas

Sweet Stampin': Flowers

CHNC Extra: April AG Christmas

Christmas Card Challenge #20: Colour / AG Christmas

Christmas Sweet Stampin': Glitter, Glitter Everywhere 

Before I go I want to leave you with a photo of my Snoops, taken on her last birthday with us. She was only a few months shy of her 9th birthday when she was so cruelly taken away from us. 

Taken on July 8, 2012, Snoop's 8th birthday.
We had a lovely day out on the bike... my baby
doll looking super chic in her pink helmet. 

Anyway, it's Palm Sunday today and we have a full and busy day ahead. And can you believe Easter is just a week away! Woohoo!  Here's a list of the rest of the Christmas Club sisters. Drop by and take a look at their festive makes:

Christine,  Karen B,  Margaret,  Valery,  Sylvie,  Zoë,  Rita,  Karen P,  Lizzie,  Maureen, Carol, Rachel,  Sue J,  Sue P,  Lorraine,  Hazel,  Mary 

I wish you all a blessed Sunday and thank you so much for stopping by.

Beijinhos!

    

52 {C}CT April Colour Challenge

Saturday at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown can only mean ONE thing : time for another challenge. This week it's all about Colour. Take a look at the colours picked by Deborah Frings, our super talented hostess for the month. We'll definitely be seeing some cool cards in the mix this week. You must use at least THREE colours in your project, but feel free to use more.

We also have the lovely Pat Couder showcasing her stunning creations this month. Please stop by and take a look at her card. Pat is an accomplished crafter - I guarantee you will be inspired.

Here's what I've come up with for this week's throwdown:

No patterned papers. Instead, I'm using Waltzing Mouse Stamps
to create my card. For the background I used the star stamps from
WMS Compliments Of The Season, stamped in Memento Sahara Sand.
In the middle of each star is a little blob of Bisque Liquid Pearl.

The focal image is one of the large ornaments from
WMS Vintage Ornaments, stamped in VersaColor Baby Blue.
All around the ornament I dotted some Baby Blue Liquid Pearls.
The greeting is from WMS Compliments Of The Season, stamped
in VersaFine Majestic Blue. To finish, some blue and white
Doodlebug twine 

For added dimension, I cut the WMS Vintage Ornaments 3 times with Spellbinders
2011 Heirloom Ornaments die and popped each layer on some foam tape. I cut out the
centres on two with Spellbinders Classic Oval die and stamped the greeting in on
the bottom layer to show through.  

The sentiment inside is from WMS Vintage Ornaments, stamped in
VersaFine Majestic Blue.

Hanging my ornament at these challenges:

Completely Christmas #7: AG Christmas
As You Like It: Favourite Style Of Stitching - Real because it adds texture to the project.
C.R.A.F.T. #254: Christmas
Sister Act Challenge #52: AG Cards only
CHNC Extra: April AG Christmas
Christmas Card Challenge #19: No Patterned Paper

Now it's your turn to create a festive card based on this week's challenge: Colour Combo. In order to be considered for Top Honour and Honourable Mentions, your new card must follow the challenge theme and you must link it to the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown Challenge Blog by 6pm GMT / 1pm EST on Friday, 18 April. And here's the most important rule: Have Fun!

Thanks for stopping by today, my friends and have a blessed weekend!

Beijinhos!