Sall the Crafty Baker

Well I do like a Christmas theme, well as long as it doesn't involve yet another ***** Christmas Card I do. On that note it's probably obvious why I made an art journal page for the  Ikes Aart Challenge .  All images can be found in the  Ikes Art Store .

Welcome to anything with a bow at  International Art and Soul .  There was only one way I was ever getting a bow onto a creation and that was with one appearing on an image.  I've chosen Snow white from  Ikes Art  to make an art journal page.  

 Welcome to anything with pink in December at  International Art and Soul .  Pink, I mean why? What on earth?  It really isn't my colour.  I had to work VERY hard to get the bits to make this.  I've tried hard to keep to pink but had to use black, silver and white as I just didn't have enough shades of pink to make it stand out.  I've used a die cut tree and a winter jumper style embossing folder.

We are midway through the challenges at  Ikes World  and this one, well I know it's supposed to be a challenge BUT really white?  What kind of crafter can keep their page white? It goes against everything I have ever done when crafting.  This was almost impossible and I had to add some colour. SORRY! I've used the bridal images from  Ikes Art .

International Art and Soul  have a theme of Grattitude for their challenge this fortnight.  There are lots of things to be grateful for and my first instinct was the Thanksgiving image from  Ikes Art  but when I sat down to create I just wasn't happy with it on it's own so I added a couple images from  Hobby Art  as well. I am entering this in the  Crafty Calendar Challenge

 I've been making an effort when crafting now to include an hello card for a friend who needs a smile or just because I haven't been in touch for a while.   For this card I have used the Star of Bethlehem stamp from  Hobby Art  and coloured them using  Derwent ProColour Pencils .  I've fussy cut them and used  WOW Earth Glitters  to decorate the details.   The Die Cut Hello is from really large die cut letters and the dies came from Amazon.  I've used gems to decorate the letters. I am entering my card into the following Challenge: A bit more time to craft

 This is a really simple card I made using the quilted hearts 3d embossing folder by Sue Wilson, a thank you die from Britannia and a stamped image from Hobby Art.  The person who received this had noticed I needed a helping hand and offered it.  I couldn't have been more grateful and their help made things immeasurable better for me.   In keeping with becoming braver and more confident in sharing my craft I am entering this in the following challenge: Crafting Happiness Challenges