Weekly Stash Challenge - week 11

 Who would believe that this challenge would still be going nearly 3 months on?  Lockdown is easing, so life is getting slightly more normal, but classes are unlikely to start up again for a while.  But we can still craft together!  Here is the sketch and tic tac toe for this week.  As before, you can use either or both as your inspiration.

This is my card this week.  I have pretty much decided that I am going to use this challenge to start my Christmas cards, so with any luck, I will avoid that mad panic at the end of November...

I did the centre line of the tic tac toe - Snow, Gems and Ribbon.  I used a scalloped edge base card and some paper from a Chloe box set for my background, I used a Hunkydory topper deck card matted onto rainbow mirri for my topper, a sentiment from the christmas set I used last week, and some red and white twine to make my ribbon bow.  Lastly, I used some silver star gems to go into the four corners of the card.

Have fun this week - and continue to stay safe....!

Week 10 cards

Here are the cards you made in week 10.

Jackie

Brenda

Chris S

Chris S

Chris S

Chris S

Lorna S

Lorna S

Lorna S

Lorna S

Pat P

Wendy S

Shirley

Weekly Stash Challenge - week 10

Wow, we are in double figures... week 10 is here.  I have included another tic tac toe this week, to give you some extra inspiration, if you need it.

And on with the next sketch - Week 10.

The tic tac toe...

I decided to make another Christmas card this week - every little helps, and it will be here before we know it, LOL.

Every time I go to a Create and Craft show I always buy a goody bag.  Sometimes the items are good, once, not so much.  All of the items get stashed away, however, and I found this Christmas kit from one of those bags in one of my drawers, so thought I would use it.  There are backing papers (50) sentiment sheets and a big pile of decoupage die cuts.  

This is the card I made.

I did the top line of the tic tac toe - ribbon (paper ribbon across front), shaped card (scalloped card base) and decoupage (the christmas stocking).

Everything on my card came from the kit.  I cut some base paper from one sheet, the triangular corner from another, and the paper ribbon was the top part of another, mounted onto plain white card before being stuck onto the card.

I cut a tag using a tattered lace die, and cut by eye a layer for it from my base paper.  From the die cut decoupage, I made up the Christmas Stocking, and stuck it onto my tag.  When I put the tag into the pocket made by the triangular paper, it didn't fit very well with the decoupage, so I loosened the foam pad on one of the layers, so I could push it partly over the top of the pocket when the rest was pushed inside.  It worked well...

Lastly, I stuck one of the sentiments onto white card and then stuck that onto the bottom left hand corner.

Two cards done for Christmas - only about another 50 or 60 to go...

Happy Crafting!

Week 9 cards

Here are the cards for week 9.

Jackie

Brenda

Chris S

Lorna S 

Janet B

Pat P 

Wendy S

Shirley H

Weekly Stash Challenge - Week 9

Hello everyone!

I thought this week we might ring the changes slightly, and add a little extra spice to the challenge!  

In addition to following the sketch, I am asking you to also complete a "Tic Tac Toe", i.e, take 3 items in a line from the chart below and include them in your card.  So you can have Ribbon, Decoupage and Patterned Paper (line across the top), or Ribbon, Christmas, Glitter (line diagonal L to R) or Patterned Paper, Christmas, Stamping (line diagonal R to L), etc.  You see how it goes...

The idea is to take the three elements from the tic tac toe, and include them in a card using this sketch.

Of course, if you just want to follow the sketch, that's fine.  Or if you just want to do the Tic Tac Toe - go for it!  This is supposed to be fun for you, and the extra element is just to add a bit of interest..

Anyway.  This is my sample card for this challenge -

As you can see, I went for the top row -  Ribbon, Decoupage (the poinsettia) and Patterned Paper, but it could also have been the middle line down - Decoupage, Christmas Layers.  

These are the supplies I used - chosen from some box sets, and some paper pads.  The patterned papers came from the paper pad, and the decorative items actually came from the Chloe box set.  The Sentiment in the centre was from the creative stamping box set.  

The card base was a standard 5 x 7, plain white card.  

I hope you enjoy this week's card - have fun!

Week 8 cards

Here we go.... all the cards from week 8.

Jackie

Jackie 

Brenda P

Chris S

Chris S

Janet B

Lorna S

Lorna S

Lorna S

Pat P

Shirley H

Wendy S

Weekly stash challenge - week 8

Wow, we are up to week 8 already!  It seems like five minutes since we started these challenges, to give us inspiration in lockdown.  Who knew back then that it would last this long?  I hope these weekly challenges are helping in these very strange times - and saying that, on with the sketch for this week!

And these are my cards for this week. 

 For a change, I decided to use a couple of my hunkydory pads, which largely sit untouched on the shelf!  And thinking ahead, one of them is my very first Christmas card of the year.  It occurred to me that if we make a Christmas card a week from now to December, we will have 30 Cards done!

My first card was made using the Twas the night before Christmas... pad.  A traditional santa topper, and a nice wooden background paper.

And the second card was a rare one for the men - I used the sporting life whopper topper pad for this one.  Everything on the sheet was just transferred over to the base card, plus some lime spotty card I had in my stash!

I hope you all enjoy this week's challenge - and look out for next week, because I am thinking of adding a little extra challenge for you in the shape of a tic tac toe as well!