Two For The Price Of One

After a whole week of not crafting due to a combo of work, not feeling well and trying to make a start on the Chrimbo shopping (don't remind me lol!), I finally managed to sit down yesterday for a really good craft session .... and it made me feel really as if I'd got my mojo back :-)

It's now getting to that time of year when panic starts to set in as I haven't made anywhere near enough Christmas cards; so when I get out a stamp, particular colours of pen and papers, I try to make two cards while I'm there. The general idea is that it doesn't take anywhere near twice as long to make two similar cards ... though yesterday's effort must have been the exception that proves that rule as it took me the best part of 4 hours to make these two! It was great fun though :-). I also made two cards so that I could enter both this fortnight's Wild Orchid Crafts challenge of brown and blue, and also a number of other Christmassy challenges that are around right now.

Both of the following cards have pretty much the same materials - the main differences are the sentiment and the fact that I have followed two different sketches.

Here's my first card.

Stamps: LotV "Shine A Light" and Christmas Sentiment Circles;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; glamour dust on coat and snowy ground;

Papers: My Mind's Eye "Holly Jolly";

Supplies: seam binding ribbon and flower from Wild Orchid Crafts; lace from Crafts4U2Do; pearls from The Hobby House.

Challenges:

Lili of the Valley #121 - A Christmas Card for Someone Special

CES #62 - Snowflakes

Moving Along With The Times #125 - Let It Snow

Craft Your Passion #84 - Let It Snow

Fab 'n' Funky #99 - Baby It's Cold Outside

Charisma #45 - Lace and Pearls

Bunny Zoe's Challenge #18 - Anything Christmas With Pearls

Deep Ocean #12 - Vintage

Sparkles #25 - Vintage Christmas
Challenge Up your Life #57 - Music (on the backing paper ;-) )

Southern Girls #32 - Embellishment Bingo

(lace, 3 patterned papers, glitter)

A Gem of A Challenge #34 - Sketch

... and here's my second card.

All materials the same as above except my sentiment is a Whimsy ticket stamp, with a peel off greeting coloured with Promarkers.

Challenges:

Wild Orchid Crafts #36 - Brown and Blue

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Women Only

Sketch Saturday #182 - Sketch

That's all for today - I'm off out to brave the shopping crowds as I guess I can't keep putting it off forever!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend whatever you're doing. I'll be back tomorrow with a very different card - a very simple one for Less Is More :-)