Favourite Christmas Colour Combo & WHY

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This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Christmas Colours (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:

Annette

I'm not a great lover of gold, green and red, but I do like non-traditional colours at Christmas. I've opted for my two favourites, aqua and purple, a choice which just so happens to mean that I can also use my favourite Christmas paper pad, Snow Princess from Nitwits.

Samantha

using: sketchy holly mistletoe

I am not one for fussy or fancy and the more I craft the more I realise
that C&S is my thing, Also when we decorate our house for Christmas I really
love clean and simple for that too and this holly digi stamp just shouted at me to use traditional colours of Red and Green so I guess this is my favourite.  

Brenda
using Winter Rosie Set

If I was forced to choose a favourite Christmas color combo, I guess I would have to go with the traditional green, red and white.  I think these colors bring back fond memories of Christmas as a child.

Elaine
Cute Robin Chicklets

This is one of the toughest choices for me. I love so may colour combos. I like to make my Christmas cards with different colour themes. Today I was in a red, blue and green mood because it is nice frosty feel and yet a cosy warmth with the red.

Kat

I have a few favourite colour combos for Christmas depending on the style of card I am making and any image I am using.  However, I do find myself choosing blue and brown more often than any other as I think it looks elegant yet cosy all at the same time!

Lori
using Sketchy Penguins





Lorraine
Using Bert Christmas Set
This was a difficult choice for me. I love alternative colours like pink and white or blue and lilac for Christmas but the traditional colours of red, green and gold just called to me for this sweet image, so here's 'Bert's Christmas', isn't he adorable?

Mojca

I love traditional colours and motives and what's more traditional than red-nose reindeer and green/red colours. They are so warm and really remind me of Christmas. 

Sarah

I used to be a traditional Christmas colours kind of girl, however, the last few years I have favoured different colour combos so have gone with soft purple and aqua green. 

Squirrel

I had to think long and hard about this one as I like lots of colour combos for Christmas cards, but for an actual Christmas at home I don't think you can beat the traditional warmth of red, green and gold.

Wilma
Cute Polar bear
Besides red and green, blue is also one of my favorite colours to use on a Christmas card. I love winter and the colour blue makes me think of cold weather and snow. 

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Christmas Colours (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
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Do you prefer Old or New stash (and WHY?)

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This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project telling us (and showcasing) whether you prefer using Old or New Stash (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:

Annette

using Bently Christmas 
We all like new stash (often there's stuff we just 'have' to have), but there's also the satisfaction when we rediscover a lost gem that we have had a while and forgotten about.  I've had this bunny image and the pretty winter backing papers for years and love them both. But I've also recently discovered the Wishes text die from WPlus9 and I'm really loving it.  I love that the new die has given fresh ideas for using my older items. For me therefore, it's a mix of both old and new. :0)

Brenda
I love adding to my stash.  There are so many fun images and papers and mediums for us to play with.  I also love digging around in my old stash finding things I have never used or even forgotten I had.  For this challenge I am choosing to go with goodies from my stash.  I couldn't pass up the opportunity to use this cute new digi from our very kind sponsor, DigiStamp Boutique.  This is from Rosie Collection 1 and I love her!

Elaine
Cute Pup set

I love to use both old and new stash and I have plenty old. Saying that, I love new stash  because it is always inspiring. This cute puppy just hit the spot, I knew exactly what I wanted to make with it. A crafter cannot have too much in the store cupboard.

Kat

I absolutely LOVE having new stash to play with as it always inspires me to try new things such as this double z-fold card design.

Lori

I always love getting new stash! Who doesn't?? This cutie pie image from Digi Stamp Boutique is adorable and I will be sure to use it OFTEN! Thank you so much for the awesome image! xoxoxo

Lorraine
Using Sketchy Flower Frames

I love new crafty stuff don't you? But I also have plenty of old stuff too. After crafting for ten years you tend to accumulate lots of things over time. I have used papers from an old
First Editions pad called Boho Chic and an old Spellbinders Wavy Border Die. My image is a new to me though which came as a set of four, head over to my blog and see what I did with the others.

Mojca

I actually like both, but who doesn't love playing with new stuff, right? This stamp is a brand new one in my collection and I made a lovely hanger for anniversary with it. 

Squirrel

 I love playing with new stash stamps and dies, I get inspired by what I can do with them, and excited by the possibilities but I mix it up a bit with old stash papers as I have such a hoard of them.  I love new papers too, but by the time I have finished stroking and sniffing them, they have turned into old stash

Suzette

I love cute and whimsical, with lots of expressions and this image tick those boxes.

Wilma
I love to play and experiment with my new stash. These cute little bears was a present from my teammate Annette and I love them. I used my new  paperpad from Fawn Lawn (perfectly plaid): gorgeous colours. 

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase your Favourite Old or New Stash (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
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Your Trademark Style (and why)

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge. 

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#64  Meg




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#108 Tonya OD



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#23 Celine




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So, onto our next challenge

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This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
Your "trademark" style - what defines your style (& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Here are the beautiful creations made by our Design Team to get your mojo flowing:

Annette

I'm not really sure what mine is anymore actually.  It used to be fussy and fancy, with lots of fluff, but I'm also loving the CAS look.  I guess the things that I think I do a lot, and therefore might suggest I'd be recognised in a line up are; (1) Cute critters, (2) Chalked sky, (3) My "go-to" CAS layout.  I've also managed to sneak in some penguins, glitter and ribbon, as well as purple which is one of my 3 favourite colours.
I've used Cute Penguin set from DSB

Samantha

My favourite trademark is definitely C&S
I love the image to speak for itself and also I don't like a lot of frill and fuss.
using Jolly Garlands

Brenda
I have no real style. I love trying different techniques and my style can vary from CAS to grungy, to shabby chic. It just depends on how I feel that particular day.Using Millie Mouse All Occasions

Elaine
It's hard to define my trademark. I love different styles but I do incorporate dots and spots often on my projects. Using Winston All Seasons

Kat
My trademark has to be my stitching, which is all done by hand!
No matter what style of card I am doing it is very rare for it to have no stitching on it as I love the subtle detail it adds and the way it seems to 'finish' the edges of the papers. 
It's also quite therapeutic doing it!



Lori
My *trademark or style* is hard to define...I like to make CAS cards but I also like cards with layers and crisp, clean lines.... using Dinky and Flowers

 Lorraine
Using Billy Turtle

Although I have tried and loved many styles whilst creating cards for a multitude of customers with differing tastes and requirements my favourite and therefore trademark style is definitely CUTE!

I just love cute images and whether the card ends up clean and simple or full of frills and details it's always the cute images that draw my eye.

Mojca
Using Valentine Nell


Those of you who have been following me for a longer period certainly know that I almost always use an image on my cards and this is basically my main trademark :) Why? Well I just love the colour, it really relaxes me ... I just regret that I can't draw myself :) And my trademark would also beads and glitter which I just can't refuse using on my cards :)))

Sarah
Using Pip so Special

My "trademark" is somewhere in the middle. Not quite CAS because of my love for patterned paper and not quite fussy and fancy because usually my decoration is subtle!!

Squirrel 

I think everyone knows by now that my trademark is my CAS designs, I love being able to see the image I have spent an age colouring up, it still feels like magic turning it from a line drawing into an almost living thing.

Wilma
My trademark or style is Clean and Simple. I love cards with a minimum of frills and embellishments. It is not always easy to make CAS card because I am always tempted to add embellishments. Using Sketchy flowers

So now it's over to you.
We hope you will join in our challenge, show us your style and 
showcase
Your "trademark" style - what defines your style
(& why).

You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.

Good luck, and happy crafting.
Hugs from the AYLI girls.

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