Clarity calendar challenge - January

Well I thought that I would try to have a go at the calendar challenge each month just to challenge myself really.  This is my second attempt at it and I'm not especially pleased with it.  However, after reading Barbara's blog this morning I thought (JFDI) as she said.  So here it is, warts and all.

Clarity challenge 35 - Say it with flowers

I have entered this card for the Clarity January challenge - Say it with flowers.
I used the Clarity petals set to stamp the outline of the petals to make the flower shapes using Black Archival ink. 
Then I made Zentangle type patterns in each petal using a fine liner.
The sentiment is a Clarity stamp which I particularly like.
I used die cuts to finish off the card. 2 different Spellbinders circles for the flowers centres.  Rose creations and Layered poinsettias for the flowers.

White on white

I used the following dies to make this card.
Spellbinders - Rose Creations and  Foliage
Sue Wilson - Montreal
The embossing folder is Me to you one.
I covered the sentiment in Creative Expressions Iced Snow.

Little hats

These are all the hats I made for the Innocent Big Knit 2015.  I made 100 my biggest total so far!

Clarity challenge 33 Clean and Simple.

I would like to enter this card into the Clarity Challenge 33.

I used Stream Adirondack to make the outer circle.  I then stamped the nativity scene in Black Archival and lightly brushed over the sky with stream and created the background hills with espresso.  I mounted the whole picture on black card and some white card which I had coloured with stream.  I outlined the main picture with a black fine-liner pen. 

2015 Christmas cards

Pink flowers

I have used two dies by Sue Wilson - the smallest Provence ones and part of the French collection border as the corner.
The flowers are Spellbinders Layered Poinsettias and Rose Creations.  I cut the flowers from some silver card, pink card and a leftover piece of the background paper.