A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge Blog - May 2021

Today sees the start of another challenge over at the A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge Blog.

The topic is always "ANYTHING GOES" and you are allowed unlimited entries into the challenge. 

This month are very welcome sponsor is "Fred She Said".

For my card I have used the image called "Afternoon Ride (Motorcycle)".

When you purchase this image you will get some black-and-white images for you to colour and some pre-coloured images which I can only say are fantastic!!

For my card I used the pre-coloured motorcycle.  I also took the image into Craft Artist and made my own backing paper.

I used a tyre stamp held in my hand so it did not print in a full straight line and instead was distressed.  I tore around the image and inked with Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo distress ink and then also added the tyre stamp around it as well.

I cut out various cogs and brushed over with silver and copper gilding wax.

I then used three layers of card die-cut for the name "Stuart".

I have finished the card off quite simply with a stamped sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CD Sunday Plus - Anything goes (I have used a digital image and used the digital image to make a digital background paper)
We Love to Create - Anything goes
Crafting Happiness - Anything goes with the option of bright colours
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Digi Choosday - Anything goes
Simon Says - Anything goes
Penny's Paper - Anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Krafty Chicks - Anything goes
Creatalicious - Anything goes with the option of wings
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Anything goes with the option for a child
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Love to Scrap - Anything goes
Love to Craft - Anything goes
Mix it Up - Anything goes with the option of layering it up
Crafty Calendar - Masculine
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft Extra - Anything goes
Classic Design Challenge - Anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge Blog - November 2020

 Today sees a new challenge over at the A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge Blog.

The topic is always "ANYTHING GOES" and you are allowed unlimited entries into the challenge. 

This month we are very lucky to be sponsored by Tracey who runs "Fred She Said Designs".

For my Christmas card I have used the Fred She Said image called "Kiss me Scottie"- oh isn't he/she so cute???  For this image you get pre-coloured images and images for you to colour for yourself.  I decided to use one of the pre-coloured images for my card.

The backing papers are from my "Here Comes Christmas CD" by Polkadoodles.

I have finished the card with some die-cut mistletoe (I have cut three layers to add some dimension), card-candi for the berries, sentiment from the Polkadoodles CD and a twine bow.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

World Wide Open Challenge - Anything goes

CD Sunday Plus - Anything goes

Digi Choosday - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Simon Says - Anything goes

Penny's Paper - Anything goes

Creative Fingers - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes with the option of winter

Polkadoodles - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with the option of cute critters

2 Crafty Critters - Anything goes with critters

Classic Design Challenge - Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes

A Bit More Time to Craft Extra - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper November Challenge - Anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge Blog - May 2020

 Today sees a new challenge over at the A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge Blog.

The topic is always "ANYTHING GOES" and you are allowed unlimited entries into the challenge. 

 This month we are very lucky to be sponsored by Tracey who runs "Fred She Said Designs".

I have used some images from Fred She Said Designs "Doodled Floral Corner 1 Digi Set".  The set is AMAZING value for money.  There is a pre-coloured version and also a black-and-white version just waiting for you to colour in yourself.  In both sets you will get borders, frames and sentiments to use.

As you can see above I struggled to just make one card as I loved these images so much so I ended up making three cards for upcoming birthdays!!

When I received the set to use I decided I wanted to use a pre-coloured version so that I can still do my beloved decoupage.

For all of the cards I took the frames into Craft Artist so that I could put two of the main images onto a piece of A4 card and also crop some flowers to use as decoupage.  I used the "Happy Birthday" and "Birthday Wishes" sentiments from the set as well.

 For this card I have used some papers from The Works and I have inked around the edge of the paper with Tim Holtz's Dusty Concord distress to darken the purple paper to match in with the image.  I have finished off this card with some Sparkles glitter glue to the centre of the flowers, Nuvo pearl drops and a dotty organza bow.

 Orange is one of the least colours I use on my cards but the orange colourway of this image just spoke to me as it was so bright and cheery so I had to use it.  For the backdrop of the image I have used two leaf stamps and stamped around the edge of the card.  I have finished this card off with Stickles glitter glue to the centre of the flowers, spotty organza ribbon bow and used a Viva Decor Perlen Pen in gold to add little dots around all of the scrolls and the centre of the frame.

 For my second purple card I have again used a paper from The Works and again inked it with Tim Holtz's Dusty Concord distress ink and then once dry I rubbed the card to make sure you could still see the foil detail on the card.  I have finished the card off with Stickles glitter glue to the centre of the flowers, added a decorative purple ribbon bow and added Nuvo Purple Rain Glitter Drops to the corners of the image.

 Here is another look at all three cards together.  As you can see I haven't done much to the main images as they are so beautiful in themselves and just added some minor embellishments.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges: 

World Wide Open Design Team - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes with the option of "April showers bring May flowers"
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Crafty Friends - Lace and/or ribbon
Allsorts - Add a bow
Crafting Happiness - Anything goes with the option of occupations
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Simon Says - Anything goes
Penny's Paper - Anything goes
Krafty Chicks - Anything goes
Creatalicious - Add some sparkle (Stickles glitter glue)
Moving Along with the Times - Flowers
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything goes
A Bit More Time to Craft Extra - Anything goes
Pearly Sparkles - Add a ribbon and/or bow (bows)
Crafty Catz - Anything goes with the option of sending hugs
Creative Fingers - Anything goes