2018 card challenge - December

Good morning everyone!

Sorry for the late start, I needed a bit of a lie in this morning, but I'm hoping you're all ready for this month's (final) design element prompt!

With winter and the festive season here, there was no way I wasn't going to challenge you to include a bit of...

SPARKLE

...on your card creations!

You can even incorporate a bit of smooshing, but think of all that glitter, sequins, shimmer from perfect pearls, gems, embossing powder, even a bit of tinsel for good measure, that you could use.

Endless possibilities allowing you to be as subtle (wink of stella anyone?) or over the top as you wish!

I don't really have any additional tips over on my blog yet, but I'm contemplating what sparkle I'm going to use...

Also I feel like I need one of those Glitter Duster thingies that Tim Holtz has been using of late... :wub:

The full instructions and details for this year's challenge can be found here in the January post.

And past prompts are all listed under the tag 2018 card challenge on my blog.

Also for those of you on Instagram, I'll be using the hashtag #2018handmadecardchallenge to share my projects there, so feel free to use this tag on Instagram as well!

Enjoy!

Thanks Nat, I’m sure we’ve all got some sparkly stuff lying around :lol:

Thanks Nat. Love sparkle
Ellie

Thank you I dont do as much sparkle as I should I think now the time to start :lol:

Lots of sparkly stuff here, need to think.

Enjoy adding a touch of sparkle! I've just realised that of the 30 or so cards I've been photographing today there's very little sparkle used except the odd bit of wink of stella, I may need to remedy this if I need to make any more Christmas cards! :o

Here’s two more tags I’ve made.
They have a bit of sparkle on, not very noticeable though
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And. Card I’ve made. Put some sparkle on the bough and leaves.
Ellie
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Those are lovely Ellie. :D

Very pretty Ellie, love the robin card with the sparkly bough and leaves. Great idea to add in the tags too.

Thank you ladies
Ellie

Those tags are great Ellie, love the yellowy one its an unusual patterned paper.
And fab robin too :)

Thank you Alison. The yellow one is actually gold stripe acetate over acid green stripes.
But it doesnt show up on the photo.
Here is a variation on a theme. :lol:
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That's another lovely variation Ellie, the little robin lends itself to all different styles and colours. I love the little snowflakes in the corners and the simple sentiment. I must see if I have a robin stamp, I'm sure I do.

That is a lovely robin stamp. Another great card x

I've actually found a scene stamp and glittered it, if this becomes a card it counts for last month's prompts:lol: and this.

A sparkle card. Not very noticeable on the photo, but it’s there.!
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That is gorgeous Ellie, I love the embossed background. I've just got an embossing folder which is gorgeous but apart from embossing it I've done nothing with it. The glittered part I've done I'll get a photo of because for the life of me I can't seem to make it work on a card. It is how the design is done.

Would love to see it
Ellie

Yes please show Susie
I forgot about sparkle this month I found that quote dont let anyone dull your sparkle and still going to do something with it
I just making a quick 60th card but its for a man so not sure if I can sneak some in I will but I just printed a photo of him he always doing silly poses in photos so thought it would make a nice card and I have a badge with 60 on
love your cards Ellie you keeping us going this month well done

I don't really do glitter ..... LOL. But I can cope with a bit of gleaminess in the form of Wink of Stella, even though it doesn't really show up in the photo!!!

Wendy

Love your cards Here be Dragons, really effective

I love those cards Wendy and just as I was scrolling through the site I was sing Deck the Halls. Well actually, if I'm to be completely honest I had changed the words, I was looking at our neighbour's skip and singing "Deck the skip with boughs of holly.":lol:

I must find that card front and take a photo to show you.

Here it is, a bit of a blurry photo (or maybe it's my eyes). Anyway, once I'd embossed it I didn't know what to do with it. I tried gold card behind it but nothing seems to work. It's the edges of the trees that throws me off.

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The sentiment is the same glitter it looks darker because of the angle I took the photo, it was leaning against something.

love your cards Wendy
:DDeck the skip Susie :D:love:your card too

Wendy, gorgeous cards, very tasteful. Great bauble stamp !
Susie, that is a lovely embossed scene, I’d cut out a rectangle up to the edges of your embossing and mount on a card, something similar to Wendy’s cards :)

Sorry, no cards from me at all, will try harder next month :lol:
Nat, are you up for setting another year of challenges ?

Susie, I see what you mean about the edges of the trees! Perhaps you could trim the image, but not too closely, leaving a white 'border' round all edges, them mat it onto a very narrow black mat? Then onto a white card blank.

Wendy

Hi all - just popping in to say I've scheduled the first prompt for 2019 over on my blog. It should be published in the morning, but I'm not sure what time I'll get the UKS post up tomorrow as it depends how tonight's celebrations go. ;)

But yes, there's a challenge coming your way in 2019 and I've mapped out most of the year already so hoping you'll enjoy playing along.

I've got a few new crafty additions that I received for Christmas so I'm looking forward to using those, but it's back to work for me on Wednesday morning so I'm not putting any pressure on myself to craft right now. I know from past experience that my creativity disappears if I force it and well, I'd really like to get back into the swing of things again. It was really fun having some big crafting sessions in October and November to get my Christmas cards made. :D

Have a great night all and here's to a crafty 2019!