Monday and there's a new week heading my way!

Morning readers,

Hope you enjoyed a good weekend. Me? I was working on yet MORE Christmas cards! I decided it was time to use some of my older (and not recently used) stash .......

My card

And a closer view of my image

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White A2/C6, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of deep green card which I trimmed to mat
• The Stamping Bug wreath (I couldn't see a reference on this wood mounted image and I've had it sooooo long that the store I bought it from went out of business, became a bed shop and is now empty again!) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to add colour
• MFT sentiment (from SY01 Holiday Penguins) stamped using Versafine Clair nocturne ink
• Mod Podge dimensional gloss and diamond stickles use to bling up the image

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Chrimbo Crackers - challenge No. 195 - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES
2. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 367 - ANYTHING GOES
3. Colour Crazy - challenge No. 40 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Winter Wonderland - October 4th challenge - ANYTHING (Christmas) GOES - 2nd entry
5. Happy Little Stampers - October's Christmas challenge - ANYTHING GOES + (optional) TWINKLE ... stickles all over the wreath, that's my twinkle!

And now for an ATC - deploying some elderly (yet NEVER inked) stash!!! This is for a "SPORT" themed ATC swap

My Artist Trading Card

And a closer view of the image

Materials used:

• ATC blank
• Snippets of card in white and DCWV textured blue 
• On the white snippet I stamped the Papermania image using Versafine Clair nocturne ink and the sentiment using Versafine Clair morning mist ink - both image and sentiment were from the same set ....PMA9073002 "Stamping for him" and, to my shame, had never previously been inked despite being in my collection for (it must be all of) ten years!
• Faber Castell polychromos pencils used to colour image and background
• Kaisercraft silver glitter gel pen - for the golf club!

I'll be entering the above for the following challenges:-

1. Crafting With An Attitude - challenge No. 56 - ANYTHING GOES
2. Paperbabe - challenge No. 104 - MOVIE NIGHT (Caddyshack)
3. Creative Fingers - challenge No. 172 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Pixie's Crafty Workshop - challenge No. 363 - USE SNIPPETS
5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - challenge No. 115 - ANYTHING GOES

Recently, hubby and I spent a very pleasant few days in Barcelona, want to see some pix? Scroll down then ..

Heading for the open top bus tour

View from the rooftop of our hotel! What you can see is the roof of the adjacent Gaudi museum

The AWESOME La Sagrada Familia - more pix in Wednesday's post

Got a little windswept on the bus tour!

Stop back on Wednesday to see some pix of the AWESOME La Sagrada Familia