Farewell Divas by Design!

A bit of a delayed post from me today... And a bit of a sad one, too! Rebekah, the owner of Divas by Design, decided to close the challenge blog... And this week is our last challenge on the blog! :o( Thank you Rebekah for giving me the fab opportunity to work with you and the great Girls, I enjoyed every moment of it!!! 

The last challenge is an easy one - Anything Goes. And the prize is a surprise! :o) You have until January 14th to join the fun, so hopefully you'll share your creations! 

My last make for the challenge blog was this birthday card... A very strict order in terms of the colours and details from the person who commissioned it... To be perfectly honest, it's not too much to my liking (the colour combo I mean), but one has to listen to what the customers want, right? :o)

Let me know what you think!

I will most probably not be back here before Christmas, hence I would like to take the opportunity and wish you all a fantastic Christmas and a happy (and very prosperous!) New Year 2015! I am certainly looking forward to the new year - this one has not been my best one for sure! So here's to hoping! :o)

M.

Another Christmassy Bear - in red...

Hello Everyone,

I can't believe it's been almost a month since my last post! A lot was happening - both good and bad - and I really had no time to post. I did craft a little, not as much as I would like to taking into consideration the Christmas season, but I did finish a few cards here and there... All in all - here's to hoping that the beginning of 2015 will be more crafty and blog-related! I feel quite sad that I had to reject so many commission requests this year, but on the other hand - I feel blessed & delighted that there were many people who wanted to order cards from me! :o) Once again (and I guess I will never learn that lesson!), I will need to try making more Christmas cards throughout the year, to have enough towards the end of the year! 

Today I am sharing another of my LOTV bear cards (sorry, that stamp has unfortunately recently retired!) - I just love this bear, and I think you will see plenty of cards with him in the future (I *might* have also purchased another stamp featuring the bear recently, wink wink)! The card was made for the DT challenge over at Divas - we want to see red this week! Hope you will join us! :o)

I am entering the card into the following challenges:

Inky Chicks - Winter Wonderland

Passion for ProMarkers - Mega Christmas Challenge (Diecut-Free-Glitter)

A Gem of a challenge - Anything Christmas
Runway Inspired Challenge - Balmain

I will be back before Christmas (I hope!), but just in case - I already want to take this opportunity and wish you a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year! 

M.

Photo inspiration

Hello Everyone,

Eeeek! Where is this time going, and why is it rushing so...?! ;o) I cannot believe it's almost mid-November, and my Christmas projects are still in VERY early stages! As usual, it appears that I am going to have lots of lastminute.com projects made for family and friends... Uh oh... I really need to have more discipline next year (and yes, I say it every December or so, LOL)! The good news is, however, that at least I have quite a few Christmas pressies sorted, and not many more to go, yippee! 

Today's card is a DT project, and this week we were asked to use the below photo as our inspiration. And boy did that picture make me feel all Christmassy! 

I took the golds, the reds, the green branches and the shimmer/lights out of the picture, and - hey presto - the below card got created! I am quite happy with the result. I love that LOTV angel image, pity that it appears to have retired already!

I am entering the card into the following challenges:

LOTV - Merry Christmas 

Love to Create - Anything goes

QKR - Let's talk Christmas

MAWTT - Sparkle and/or shine

Hope you join us over at Divas and share your creations inspired by this gorgeous photo. Our sponsor is the fabulous Dies to Die for, so it's certainly worth the try!

Hugs and stay warm (it's freezing in Dublin!),

M.