Allsorts Challenge #654

Hi everyone,

The weeks are now flying by as we get into December and Christmas approaches .. hope your Christmas preparations are on track. I managed to post all my Christmas cards yesterday but I still need to make a couple of special ones plus a batch for the neighbours and my husband’s workmates .. so no pressure!!

Anyhoo, it’s Saturday already so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week Ellie has chosen the theme and it is

Wings and / or Tails

... so we would like to see one or more creatures on your make that have wings and / or tails … could include angels, fairies, butterflies, animals with tails, birds or whatever you can think of!!

This week we have two great prizes on offer that tie in beautifully with our theme - 2 winners will each win one of the following Woodware Stamps.

Here's my card for this week.

When I saw this theme the first thing that sprung into my mind was dragons!! … or more specifically, Lee Holland dragons. I’m not a big user of digis but I do love this range, even though I’m still not very confident with my marker colouring so wouldn’t yet tackle some of the more complex images. As I’m still in Christmas card mode and Lee has had a sale on Christmas images this week 😍 I nipped online and ordered 3, and here’s the result with one of them - I just love this baby dragon celebrating by scoffing Christmas pud and mince pies! His wings are fairly teeny tiny though, so I’m not confident he could fly away when weighted down by all that Christmas pud .. though he could of course set light to it!! 😀🔥

I coloured my image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers, and mounted it simply. I try to keep my cards flatter for postage nowadays but I couldn’t resist adding a small holly die cut and some pearls for festive berries, plus a sprinkling of glamour dust to represent snow underfoot. 

Stamps: Lee Holland “Dragon with Christmas pudding” (digi); sentiment - LotV set 5 “Circular Sentiments - Christmas";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; Glamour dust;

Papers: LotV Nitwits "'Twas the Night";

Tools: Tattered Lace holly die;

Gems from my stash.

Challenges I would like to enter:

As You Like it - Favourite Christmas Embellishment and Why

(As I mentioned in my previous entry I love everything sparkly ... so you can't go wrong with Glamour Dust in my world)

Country View Challenges (December) - Anything Christmas Goes (4th entry)

Crafter's Cafe #279 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Crafty Calendar (December) - Christmas (2nd entry)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #572 - Anything Christmas Goes with option Quick and Easy

I ♥ Promarkers #449 - Anything Goes with option Christmas

Passion For Markers #621 - Anything Goes

Sheepski Designs #57 - Embellish It

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Uniko Studio #68 - Celebrate with option of reds and greens

Hope you can make time in this busy pre-Christmas period to join us, and I look forward to seeing your entries this week. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the team. Thanks for visiting.

Hugs,