Beat the Christmas Rush April 25th

Christmas Card Tally 20

So, please tell me, where did April go? Beat the Christmas Rush has crept up on me this month and I only did these five cards yesterday! Ah well – luckily I already had them planned in my head. There are stacks of ‘shirt cards’ on Pinterest and this one is probably the simplest to make. I have a few men to send to at Christmas and it isn’t easy to find a suitable card for them so I am pleased to have these in my stock.

Why am I making Christmas cards in April? Ah … you won’t be asking that question in November when I have all my hand made cards done and dusted … see not so daft! I’m planning to Beat the Christmas Rush – our aim is to make up to 5 Christmas cards per month so you’ll have at least 40 stashed away! Why not join in our monthly linky? It’s not too late to start and you’ll be glad you did! I’ll publish a new link up each month on the 25th and feature my favourite card from the previous month’s entries …

One of my very favourite symbols of Christmas is the fat little robin that appears everywhere, so Karen’s cards from last month really caught my eye. Aren’t they just so cute?

The small print … please only link up new cards. Up to 5 links allowed per person per month. Mention my blog in your post(s).  It’s not necessary, but I’ll be thrilled if you join my blog as a follower. If you miss a month it doesn’t matter. Have fun.

UK Scrappers challenges

It was my team’s turn to set the weekly challenge on UKS and we asked people to

• use a musical title
• scrap an animal
• include circles

I have scrapped a couple of my favourite photos of Sophia and Ruby.

The other page I have to share is for the House challenge. We were given a recipe for the page elements:

• one word title
• two photos
• three patterened papers
• four blue elements
• five lines of journalling

The photos are of Michael on a beach somewhere in the west country. Thank you Susi for the cute little shells.

April Sketch Challenge

 

Here is my challenge for April … just use the sketch as the starting point for your scrapbook page. Please link me up to your blog or gallery via the linky thingy below and be sure to mention my challenge in your blog post or gallery text box and be nice and only enter new projects. I’ll choose my favourite and send the winner one of my crop kits you can see them on the page tab at the top of my blog. I have used Washi tape for my page, but strips of patterned paper will work just as well.

Such lovely pages were linked for last month’s challenge, thank you. My favourite was this one by ScribbleMonster …

Jen – please have a look at the kits on the page tab above and choose one from kits 4-15 for your prize then email your address to sue@suehr.fsnet.co.uk

Beat the Christmas Rush March 25th

Christmas Card Tally 15

 My cards for the March BtCR use some die cuts I bought from puzzled29 on Ebay. I’m really into silhouettes at the moment and I think these make quite an effective card that’s quick and easy to do. The sentiment stamp is from the Heard from the Heart Stampin’ Up set.

My lovely regular readers will know all about Beat the Christmas Rush – our aim is to make up to five Christmas cards per month so that we have all our hand made cards done and dusted come November if you link up 5 cards each month you’ll have at least 45 stashed away! So why not join in our monthly linky? You’ll be glad you did! I’ll publish a new link up each month on the 25th and feature my favourite card from the previous month’s entries … and of the February entries I loved these by Wendy not least because I have that paper pad and will be shamelessly pinching Wendy’s ideas.

The small print … please only link up new cards. Up to 5 links allowed per person per month. Mention my blog in your post(s).  It’s not necessary, but I’ll be thrilled if you join my blog as a follower. If you miss a month it doesn’t matter. Have fun.

For my dear dad.

 

 

A Baby Card for Joseph

There is great excitement in our family as my newest great-nephew came into the world on March 5th. He is Beth’s baby brother and his name is Joseph. She is so sweet with him. 

Here is the card I made …

Based on a card I found via Pinterest by http://pickledpaperdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/.

March Sketch Challenge

Here we go with my March challenge … just use the sketch as the starting point for your scrapbook page. Please link me up to your blog or gallery via the linky thingy below and be sure to mention my challenge in your blog post or gallery text box and be nice and only enter new projects. I’ll choose my favourite and send the winner one of my crop kits you can see them on the page tab at the top of my blog. I have used Littlegreen Kit 16 for my page available here.




Thank you for the fab pages entered for my January challenge. My favourite layout was this one by Elaine
Elaine – please have a look at the kits on the page tab above and choose one from kits 4-15 for your prize then email your address to sue@suehr.fsnet.co.uk

Beat the Christmas Rush February 25th

Christmas Card Tally 10

Here we go with February’s BtCR sorry it’s a bit late today. My February cards  for the children are a first attempt at using Dream Weaver paste and a template this one is by Tando.  Thank you to my dear friend Christine who gave me some pointers as to what exactly to do with the paste. It’s very satisfying to work with and I love the results. I picked up the Santas for pennies at The Works. They originally had a twirled pipe cleaner for the body which I wasn’t keen on so I pulled them apart and rebuilt with buttons for tummies.

So BtCR? What it’s all about? Our aim is to make up to five Christmas cards per month so that we have all our hand made cards done and dusted come November if you link up 5 cards each month you’ll have at least 50 stashed away! So why not join in our monthly linky? You’ll be glad you did! I’ll publish a new link up each month on the 25th and feature my favourite card from the previous month’s entries.

Thank you to the lovely peeps who joined me in January with some fab cards. It was a tough choice but my favourite was this stylish monochrome card by Scraps of Sarah…

The small print … please only link up new cards. Up to 5 links allowed per person per month. Mention my blog in your post(s).  It’s not necessary, but I’ll be thrilled if you join my blog as a follower. If you miss a month it doesn’t matter. Have fun.