Lili's Little Fairies...

...challenge blog.

The Lili of the Valley challenge blog has come to an end but before you start getting upset...Bev & Jacqui will be continuing the challenge blog under the new name of "Lili's Little Fairies"
The web address stays the same as the old LOTV challenge blog so you shouldn't have any problems finding the site.

To celebrate the new blog there is candy up for grabs - see the button on my side bar - so hop over there and check things out. You can even grab the new 'button' whilst you are there...so go on...go take a look.......................

Oh heck...

...where has the time gone.

Despite the countdown at the top of my blog I have still managed to find myself this close to Christmas with a load of cards yet to write, presents to buy, shopping to do.

I'm sure someone has been stealing the odd hour here and there - HOW can Christmas be this close???
I haven't even got the decorations up at home yet (the office is nicely decorated though...LOL).

The weather has turned really cold and damp which doesn't encourage a fun, light-hearted attitude when all you want to do in snuggle up somewhere warm and forget about the outside world.

Perhaps if I'm not too late getting home I might try and get some decs out or even write some cards. I'll let you know how I get on....................

Oh Christmas tree...

...Oh Christmas tree.

These little trees have been appearing all over the web - some have been left plain (like mine) others have been decorated in a mutlitude of different ways.

Why are folks interested in these?

They are quick, easy and everyone has the basic materials to hand - a magazine. Yep this little tree is created from a magazine and all you need to do is fold the pages...
My tree was made from two copies of a TV magazine - I used two copies placed back-to-back to give it a bit more bulk.
The folding takes a little while to do but is quite easy.
One of the good things with using a magazine is that it is already coloured so you really don't need to do much else unless you want to.

The Friday inspiration post over on Kerryanne English's blog for the "Simply Christmas" event shows lots of super ideas that folk have come up with - do have a look at all the lovely creations that are out there............................

Day 12...

...has arrived at "Catch the Bug".

Instead of 12 Drummers drumming the challenge is to create a card using a Christmas song as the inspiration.
This cutie of a snowman has always made me think of the song 'Frosty the Snowman' so I thought it was just right for this challenge.
Think I might have gone overboard with the stickles as you can only see 'Frosty' if you hold the card at the right angle LOL The lettering on the card has been done by hand using a silver Metallic marker.

Well that's it for the 12 Days of Christmas challenge over at Catch the Bug - it was fun taking part and great seeing what everyone came up with...................

Day 11...

...over at "Catch the Bug".

The challenge this time is to use plaid on the creation.
So here is my little elf from the Christmas Blocks collection of images.
Layered on a matt of red plaid paper from a very old stack that I found in my stash.
The image has been coloured with Copic pens and Letraset gold Metallic marker. A few areas have been highlighted with stickles.

Do pop by the challenge site to see what the DT and other folk came up with..........................

CDACPC8...

...the Progressive challenges are now up to part 8 over at CDAC.

The theme this time relates to how "animals hold our hearts" and this cute little dog was supplied by 'just some lines'.
The base card is black bazzill CS and the background matt is a piece of decorative CS from Kanban.
The digi image has been coloured using Copic pens and I have used the green Letraset Metallic marker to edge it so that it blends with the background.

Why don't you hop over to the CDAC site and see all the things they have going on over there..............................

Day 10...

...over at "Catch the Bug".

Rather than 10 Lords a leaping the theme for today is a masculine card.

Most boys will have played with toy soldiers at some time so I thought this image was just right - it is actually the Nutcracker from the ballet The Nutcracker Suite but I think he fits the bill.
A row of these images looks like a row of tin soldiers.
The images have been coloured using Copic pens and the Letraset Metallic markers in Gold. Each image has been mounted in its own panel and edged with the gold marker. Hope you like.....................