Crafty Ann's Challenge - 26 October 2012 - Christmas in October

Today is the start of another challenge over at the Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog this fortnight. The topic this fortnight is "Christmas is coming".

It is frightening how quickly Christmas seems to be coming upon us this year.  I have made twenty 4x4 Christmas cards.

The backing papers are all from Crafty Ann's Shop and I have matted and layered them in Craft Artist Professional. I have used polished stone and poinsettia papers.

All the toppers I have used are available at Crafty Ann's Shop and includes various styles of baubles, sentiment frame, Christmas tree globe and poinsettia.

 All of the toppers have been cut out and added to the cards.

The cards have been finished off with peel-offs, Crafty Ann's ticket sentiments, Papermania Glitterations, peel-off sentiments and Crafty Ann's poinsettias which I printed off and cut out last year (in hindsight I think I cut out enough for maybe 2-3 years and not just one!!!)

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft - Anything goes

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

Pile it on - Holiday, any holiday!

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Cards Galore Monthly - Anything goes

Bearly Mine Designs

Just a reminder that there is a Spooktacular Sale over at Bearly Mine Designs:

There are also three new Christmas Digi Kits available in the Bearly Mine Designs Shop:

 Christmas Traditions

Festive Fun

Pastel Christmas

Pop on over to the Bearly Mine Designs Shop to have a look at these digital kits and all the other wonderful kits that Donna has designed.

Aud Sentiments Challenge - 25 October 2012 - Storybook

Time for another challenge at the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.  This time the topic is "storybook".

This fortnight we are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs.

I have used the Sassy Studio Designs image called "Pirate Penny" as I decided to go with a pirate storyline - well what children don't like pirates and treasures even if they are girls???  The treasure map is from Delicious Doodles and I have coloured it with Pan Pastels.  The backing paper I made myself with a "That Special Touch" Mini Compass Mask which I have embossed four times and coloured over with a brown Pan Pastel.  The image of Pirate Penny I have coloured with my Promarkers and distressed the edges.  The card has been finished off with a "happy birthday" sentiment, flag from a decoupage sheet, some shells, skull and ship's wheel.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers - Don't worry be happy

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

The Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

My Time to Craft - Just sepia

Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

Stamptacular Sunday - No rules

Last Halloween Card

This card has been made with a cute bear image from Stamp Fairy.  He has been coloured in with Promarkers and areas highlighted with my Sakura Stardust clear pen.  He was then die-cut and then I had an idea or use Pan Pastels through the waste of a star peel-off - slight snag there as I always pull off the waste so I can see what images I've got left on a sheet - but thankfully I found a star that I could take the centre out so I used my black Pan Pastel through it and at random on the checked backing paper.

The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Happy Hauntings.  The card has been finished off with paper flower which I have added black Promarker stripes to, brad, spider ribbon (only one small piece of this is left now so I'll have to keep a look out for some halloween ribbon for next year), Raindrop Echo sentiment, skull charm, black clips and buttons with black twine through them.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Craftymess - Halloween

Sweet Stampin' - Boo it's Halloween

2 Sisters - Cute n creepy

Just Some Lines - Happy Halloween

The Squirrel and the fox - Use a ribbon

Pan Pastel - Animals - hope this bear is OK

Robyn's Fetish - Halloween

Come and Get It - Halloween

Tammy's Scrappin' Corner - Trick or treat

Kaboodle Doodle - Trick or treat/fall projects

The Pink Elephant - Halloween

Cards Galore Monthly - Anything goes

Digital Tuesday - Halloween/spooky

LEJ Designs - Trick or treat

Tuesday Throwdown - Halloween

Everybody Art - Purple or orange

Top Tip Tuesday - Halloween

Party Time Tuesday - Trick or treat

Use it Tuesday - Use orange (my "use it up" item is the clips which I bought in a Stamp Addicts sale 2-3 years ago)

Scrap Creations - Halloween

Sassy Cheryl - Trick or treat

The Paper Shelter - Halloween

My Mum's Craft Shop - Spooky

Divas by Design - Use some orange

Crafty Creations - Halloween spooks

Inky Impressions - Fall or Halloween

Penny's Paper Challenge - Ribbon and/or buttons

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Halloween
Moving Along with the Times - Too cute to spook
Papercrafting Journey - Ribbon or twine
4 Crafty Chicks - Happy Halloween
Milk Coffee Challenge - Time for Halloween

Christmas Fairy

Please excuse the awful photos I've taken lately.  I think I must have changed the settings by accident but need my husband sometime to look at the camera to see what I have done wrong!!!  

The backing papers for this card are Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Traditions.  The image is by Whoopsi Daisy and is a gorgeous little fairy which I have coloured with Promarkers and added clouds with Pan Pastels.  The card has been finished off with a sentiment off the computer, card candi, lace and holly made with a Memory box holly die. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Christmas 9 weeks and counting

Pile it on - Holiday, any holiday!

Stamptacular Sunday - No rules

Craft Your Passion - Fairies and fantasy

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Cards Galore Monthly - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - Fantasy creatures

I Love Promarkers - Christmas is coming

Whoopsi Daisy - Halloween or anything goes if using a Whoopsi Daisy image

ABC Christmas - U is up to you

Thinking of You

This is a card made with a Delicious Doodles image called "Poppy" which has been coloured with Promarkers, the background coloured with Pan pastels and black seed beads added to the centres of the flowers.  The image has been laid on card that has been embossed with an embossing folder and sanded.  The card has been finished with a decorative pin, mesh ribbon, seam binding ribbon, poppies cut from a backing paper, die-cut sentiment and pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles - Poppies

A Gem of a Challenge - Flowers

The squirrel and the Fox - use a ribbon

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - card that depicts peace or calm

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

Cards Galore Monthly - Anything goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
DYSU - Embossing - wet or dry
Papercrafting Journey - Ribbon or twine

Bearly Mine Challenge - 23 October 2012 - Easel cards

Today sees the start of another challenge over at the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog.  It's time for Team B to show their creations and the topic this week is "easel cards".

This week we are sponsored by Fred She Said and the lucky winner will win a $20 gift certificate for the Fred She Said Store.

Here is the easel card I have designed for this challenge.  I have used the Bearly Mine Designs Festive Fun (this card shows that the Festive Fun paper pack isn't just for Christmas)  and Bearly Mine Designs Gingham paper collections.

  

I have used a LOTV image of a cute little fairy.  I have added Stickles to her wings - well a fairy just have to have glitter doesn't she?  The flowers I have made using papers from the Festive Fun and cut them out with a Woodware punch and curled the edges and added brads to the centre.  The card has been finished off with some lace, faux stitching, feather, brads, gems, die-cut sentiment, buttons and ribbon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Natalie and Amy Challenge - Birthday bling

Penny's paper Challenge - Girls, girls, girls

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Anything goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Stitching

The Poodles Parlour - Anything goes

One Stop Craft - Anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - Bling it on

Craft Your Passion - Fairies and fantasy

Don't forget that there is a Spooktacular Savings Sale over at Bearly Mine Designs:

One Sheet of Toppers - Six Cards!!!

This is a sheet of toppers I was given.  It had six toppers and extra bits of cupcakes and I have managed to make six cards with it.

  

This card has been made with Bearly Mine Designs Happy Hauntings and Mini Dots and finished with a die-cut mount, two heart pins, die-cut sentiment and card candi.

  

This card has been made with Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Light, Christmas Package and Floral Dreams and has been finished off with a Tim Holtx clock die that has been coloured with pan Pastels, die-cut sentiment, Papermania Glitterations and card candi.

  

This card has been made with Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Light and Festive Fun and finished off with a die-cut mount, flower made from the same backing papers with a brad centre, die-cut sentiment and card candi.

     

This card has been made with Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots, Happy Hauntings and Yummy Delights and finished off with a die-cut mount, card candi, Papermania Glitterations and die-cut sentiment.

     

  

This card has been made with Bearly Mine Designs Gingham, Mini Dots, Summer's Lace Dreams and Patchwork Party and finished off with some Marianne Designs die-cut hearts, die-cut sentiment and card candi.

This card has been made with Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Light and Christmas Package and finished off with some teardrop pins, die-cut sentiment and card candi.

I am entering these creations into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Anything goes

Fat Pages with Attitude - Halloween/anything goes

Bearly Mine Designs Spooktacular Savings

Donna, Bearly Mine Designs is offering some Spooktacular savings which include:

15% of all digis

Save 20% off all digi sets (when you buy 5 or more)

Designer Extreme Disks (complete collection) for £25.

Pop on over to the Bearly Mine Designs Shop to have a look.

Second Halloween Card - Same Stamp

This is my second card made with the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching Chou-Kuik called "Exotic Halloween". For this card the image has been stamped with Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo distress ink pad, cut around the image and then the image has been coloured in with Lyra watercolour pencils.  I love my Promarkers/other pens but I still love watercolouring.  I have accented areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen.

  

The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs Happy Hauntings and Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots.  I have used a Martha Stewart lattice punch and an X-cut scroll punch for some interest.  The card has been finished off with some spider ribbon, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals flower cut from a book and coloured with shades of brown and green Promarkers and brad centre, card candi and Raindrop Echo Halloween sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sir Stampalot Challenge - Punch away
One Sweet Challenge - Halloween
Fashionable Stamping - Halloween or Halloween colours
Fat Pages with Attitude - Halloween/anything goes
Craftymess - Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday - No rules