Crafty Ann's Challenge - 23 November 2012 - Birds or animals (but NO people)

Today is the start of another challenge over at Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog.  The topic for this fortnight is "birds or animals" but NO people are allowed this time.

For my card I have used Crafty Ann's bird on a blossom branch digital image which I have coloured in with Promarkers, die-cut and used a chalk ink pad around the edges.  The backing papers I have used are Crafty Ann's brown polished stone and Crafty Ann's yellow abstract 2 backing papers.

    

I have done lots of different layers and different shapes and punches out a decorative edge with a Martha Stewart lattice border punch.  I have inked some die-cut flowers (Tim Holtz die) with yellow, orange and brown distress ink and put together with a brad for some dimension.  I have finished the card off with Papermania Glitterations, die-cut sentiment and ribbon.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Mark's Finest Papers - Make it pop

Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything goes

The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything goes

Pile it On - Orange, yellow and brown

Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

Whoopsi Daisy - Die-cuts and punches

Creative Card Crew - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Ribbon or pearls or both
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Make sure you pop on over to the Crafty Ann's Digi Shop as there is now a FREEBIES Section where you can grab something for free.  Whilst you are there make sure you check the rest of the shop as some kits have been reduced in price.

Aud Sentiments Challenge - 22 November 2012 - BINGO Board

It is time for another challenge over at the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.  This time we have been challenged to use the BINGO board below.  You have to pick a column, row or diagonal and use the three items in that row on your card/creation.  If for example you use the diagonal "ribbon-bling-snow" you must also use a sentiment as we are a sentiments challenge.

  

This fortnight we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and the lucky winner will win a $20 gift certificate to spend in their store.

For my card I have used a backing paper and pre-coloured image of Santa and his reindeer.  The backing paper I printed off three time so I could decoupage the corner pictures.  I've edged the paper with a green pan Pastel - certainly easier than ink blending.  I have fussy cut around the Santa and reindeer.  I have finished the card off with some pearls, Stickles glitter glue, Craftwork Cards sentiment, peel-off corners, gems, raffia ribbon and a little wooden star embellishment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Use something more than six months old (well I think my peel-off corners I've had for maybe 4-5 years fit!!)
The Crafty Pad - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration

One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

Pan Pastel - Red and green
Sparkles Monthly - Christmas is coming
Papertake Weekly - Ribbon or pearls or both
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - Christmas is coming
Delightful Sketches - Red and green
Nadia's Challenge - Christmas with traditional  red and green

Clean and Simple Christmas Cards

Here are two cards that I have made using the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Nikki Burnette called "Neva".  I have coloured the image with Promarkers, highlighted areas with Stickles glitter glue, tore the edges and distressed with a chalk ink pad.  The papers I have used for both cards were given to me a few years ago.  The cards have been finished with a Crafty Ann's poinsettia, sentiment off a House Mouse decoupage sheet (first card), pearls (first card) and a die-cut sentiment (second card).

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Sweet Pea Stamps Blog - Show us your blog

Craft Punked - Anything goes

Lisa Somerville - Birds of a feather

Incy Wincy - Hip to be square

Party Time Tuesday - Red, chocolate brown and kraft (first card)

The Kraft Journal - Holiday cards (first card)

Paper Pretties - CAS
Nadia's Challenge - Christmas with traditional red and green

Christmas Cards

These are two cards that I have made using patterned papers from Debbi Moore magazines from earlier in the year.  The images I have used are both from Kenny K.  The first image is called "Xmas Hottie" and the second image is called "Mrs Claus".  Both images have been coloured in with Promarkers, die-cut and the edges distressed with a chalk ink pad.  

The first card has been embellished with a Marianne Designs corner and hearts, lace, sentiment from a Debbi Moore magazine, pearls and Craftwork Cards sentiment.

 

The second card has been embellished with a Marianne Designs Anya corner, ribbon, buttons, pearls, Craftwork Cards sentiment and some Crafty Ann's poinsettias.

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Craft Punked - Anything goes

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - Sassy Christmas

Cards for Men - Merry Christmas
Kaboodle Doodles - Buttons and bows (2nd card)

Crafty Creations - Christmas is coming

Crafts and Me - Circles (buttons, pearls and die-cut sentiment)

Bearly Mine Designs - 20 November 2012 - Snowflakes

Another fortnight has whizzed by and it is time for another challenge over at Bearly Mine Designs.  This week the topic is "snowflakes".

The sponsor that we have this fortnight is I am Roses and they are giving the winner a $35 gift certificate to spend in their store.

I decided to make an easel card.  The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Light.

The image I have used is from a CD which I got free with a magazine last year.  The gorgeous image by Margaret Sherry.  I have printed the image out three time to decoupage up a bit and added some Stickles for some sparkle and shine.  I took some scraps of brown card and embossed one with a dotty embossing folder and the other with a Sheena Douglas ivy embossing folder which came with the Crafter's Companion first Inspiration Magazine.  I have finished the card off with some lace, brown ribbon bow (yes it is a dark brown and not a black as per photo but this is the best photo I could get with the flash reacting with the glittery Stickles!!!), sparkly snowflake peel-offs, sentiment off the computer, snowflake charm and gems.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter - Christmas Easel Card

4 Crafty Chicks - Winter wonderland

Creatalicious - Winter

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Feeling blue

Stampin' with the Dragon - So cute

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Ribbon and lace

Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything goes

Little Claire's Challenge - Christmas

The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything goes
Christmas Card Challenge - Double embossing (dots embossing and ivy embossing)

The Crafty Pad - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

CD Sunday - Layer it up (using a Margaret Sherry CD that came free with a magazine last year)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Winter

Moving Along with the Times - Seeing stars

Cute Card Thursday - Starry starry night
Sparkles Monthly - Christmas is coming
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Ribbon or pearls or both
Scrap Creations - Winter

House Mouse Christmas Card

This is a House Mouse card I made for my aunt and uncle.  I had 20+ years when they were not in my lives and now I only have to go a couple of days before we speak.  I have used various House Mouse images that have been decoupaged.

On the first page and third page I designed a backing paper myself using various See D's stamps.  I love these and would love to have as I find them so useful.  The other papers are from my stash.  The image on the front page and the sentiment on the third page has been mounted onto a 6x6 embossed frame.  I have used a holly die to make the holly embellishments.  The front page has been finished off with some ribbon, pearls, large poinsettia flowers, sentiment off the computer, metal sentiment and some gingham bows.

On the second page the page has been adorned with some 3D baubles and a Christmas tree.  The third page has been finished off with some Marianne Designs Creatables corners, Hunkydory sentiment which I got for Christmas last year, holly, pearls and a little metal gingerbread man.

The final page of this 8x8 card has been finished off with a Marianne Designs Creatables corner die, holly, pearls and sentiment off the House Mouse decoupage sheet.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Cold and frosty

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Winter
Crafty Sentiments - Christmas

Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes

Craft Room Challenge - Punches and die-cuts

Let's Craft and Create - Getting ready for Christmas

4 Crafty Chicks - Winter wonderland

My Mum's Craft Shop - Winter wonderland

Creatalicious - Winter

Winter Wonderland - Oh baubles

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything goes
Incy Wincy - Hip to be square
Paper Playtime - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Let's have sparkle
Sparkles Monthly - Christmas is coming

Birthday Card

 This is a card I made using Debbi Moore's New York CD.

 I made a box using the Crafter's Companion boxer board.

 I have used many different images off the CD, some toppers and some decoupage.

 The card has been finished off with die-cute sentiments,lots of different gems and peel-offs.

I am entering this card and box into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

One Stop Craft - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Pastel Christmas Card

This is a card I made using a Whoopsi Daisy image coloured in with Promarkers and kept to the colour scheme of baby pink and baby blue.  The backing papers are Bearly Mine Designs Pastel Christmas.

The card has been finished off with various die-cut elements, flower made from a book and coloured with Promarkers and a brad centre, twine sewn around the image, sentiment off the computer, Stickles glitter glue and gem stars.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Cute and girly

Stampin' with the Dragon - Christmas but no red or green

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - Pastel Christmas

Christmas Card Challenge - Snowmen

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Joanna Sheen - Cold and frosty

Forever Friends - Use ribbon/twine

Whoopsi Daisy - Pastel colours

The Pink Elephant - Punches/dies

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas

Craft Room - Punches and die-cuts

My Mum's Craft Shop - Winter wonderland

Divas by Design - Anything goes

Crafts and Me - Untraditional Christmas colours

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Stampin for the Week-end - All stitched up

Anything Goes - Stitching - real or faux
Moving Along with the Times - Seeing stars
Cute Card Thursday - Starry starry night
In the Pink - Punches and/or die-cuts
4 Crafty Chicks - Winter wonderland
Creatalicious - Winter

Christmas Card

This card is made with some Hunkydory card that I got for my birthday last year from a friend and came with the gorgeous pattern on it.  The image I have coloured in with my Promarkers and Sakura Stardust clear pen.  The image is called "Mistletoe" from Kenny K Downloads.  I have finished the card off with glitter snowflakes, Papermania Glitterations, lace, decorative pin, buttons, organza ribbon, large gem and a Hunkydory sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - Sparkly snowflakes

Pile it On - Make it sparkle
Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas cards

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes Christmas

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and option of Christmas project

Whimsy Stamps - Traditional Christmas colouring
Crafts and Me - Reds

I Brake for Challenges - I brake for holidays

Delightful Sketches - Let it delightfully snow

Paperplay - Snowflakes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Cards for men - Anything goes
One Stop Craft - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - For a man or boy
A Gem of a Challenge - Ribbon and lace
Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes

Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - November 2012 - Make a gift

Today sees the start of another challenge over at the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog.  This month the topic is "a gift".

Remember that there are two winners each month.  One is picked by Random.Org and the other is picked by the Design Team.  The stamp for each of the winners is donated by Sweet Pea Stamps.  It's a good time at the moment to pop on over to the Sweet Pea Stamps Shop as they have a sale on and some wonderful bargains.  They have also started selling digital images so these are a bonus for people who just can't wait for the post to come!!!

Just to reiterate the rules for the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge:

• Please use a stamped image on your project you MAY use a digi stamp.
• Please DO NOT link back to old projects- only new cards and project are considered for the prize.
• Although we would love you to only use Sweet Pea images it is not compulsory.
• Please do not enter the challenge more than 3 times.

I decided to turn a boring white canvas into an altered calendar for 2013.  I normally would start off using distress inks on the canvas but I always struggled to get a good coverage.  Instead I tried my Pan Pastels and how easyyyyyyyyy was it to cover the canvas.  The image I have used is "Purple Comfort" by Ching-Chou Kuik and is available at Sweet Pea Stamps and if you hurry it is one of the stamps in the sale and is down to $2.00.  I have coloured the image with my Promarkers, distressed the edges and inked with a chalk ink pad, highlighted areas of the image with my Sakura Stardust clear pen and finally added some waves of clouds with my purple Pan Pastel and some paper torn with a tearing ruler.  

  

The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots and Bearly Mine Designs Floral Breeze.  The calendar has been finished off with various flowers, a gorgeous glittery feather, calendar tab, flowers with Stickles added for some extra sparkle, ribbon bow, pins, Tonic die-cut daisy shape and some gems.

I am entering this canvas calendar into the following challenges:

Sweet Pea Stamps - Show us your blog!

Sweet Stampin' - All that glitters

Crazy 4 Challenge - Anything but a card

The Crafty Pad - Anything goes

Pile it On - Make it sparkle

Kaboodle Doodle - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra of Christmas

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Natalie and Amy - Colour me happy - ie favourite colour combo - purple of course for me!!!
Papercraft Junkies - Things with wings

Digital Tuesday - Fantasy
Penny's Paper Challenge - Lots of layers
Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - Cute and girly
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Pearls and flowers (black pearl ends to my pins and lots of flowers used)
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Crafty Ann's Challenge - 9 November 2012 - Tic, tac, toe

It's time for another challenge over at Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog.  This time it is "Tic-tac-toe" where you have to pick a line horizontally, vertically or diagonally from the following:

Gems         Ribbons      Flowers
Glitter         Fibres        Tassels
Lace           Pearls        Charm

For my card I have used the Crafty Ann's digital iris image and coloured with my Promarkers and highlighted a few areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen.  The backing papers are from the Crafty Ann's Purple and Black Collection and I have just done some simple matting and layering.  

  

The card has been finished off with a doily which I have inked with a black chalk ink pad, Craftwork Cards sentiment, gems, papermania Glitterations, lace and ribbon.

For the tic-tac-toe I have picked the left hand side column of gems, glitter (the image is mounted onto some purple glitter paper and I have used some Papermania Glitterations) and lace.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Come and Get It - Monochromatic Sunday

The Crafty Pad - Anything goes

One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes

The Pink Elephant - Favourite colouring medium - Promarkers

Kaboodle Doodle - Anything goes

Scrap-Creations - Use it digi

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra of Christmas project

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge - Lots of layers
Inky Impressions - Birthdays
Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes
Pattie's Creations - Anything goes
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - 8 November 2012 - Use the word "thank"

It's Thursday and it is time for another challenge over at the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. This time your card/project has to have the word "thank" on it ie thanksgiving, thank you etc.

This fortnight we are being sponsored by Di's Digi Designs and the winner will receive a $10 gift certificate for Di's Digi Designs.

For my card I have used papers from my stash drawer, some of which I think are from my beloved Tim Holtz paper pad my son bought me for Christmas a few years back.  The image is called "Fern the Forest Fairy" and is from the ever so talented Terri at Delicious Doodles.  I have coloured the image with my trusty Promarkers and highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen, white gel pen and some red Stickles glitter glue.  I tore around the edges to distress and then inked with a chalk ink pad.  The image has been laid on a piece of red mirri card which I have embossed and a Tonic  die-cut daisy square.  I have finished the card off with some lace which I have weaved red spotty grossgrain ribbon through, die-cut fence/bird house/bird which I have distressed with a brown chalk ink pad and a left-over sentiment from a Debbi Moore sheet from earlier in the year.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles - Embossing - heat or dry

Poodles Parlour - Thanksgiving or thank you

Sweet Stampin' - All that glitters

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Card depicting thankfulness of prayer

The Ribbon Girl - Add sparkle

Pile it On - Make it sparkle

One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes

Cutie Pie - Distress your card

Incy Wincy - Giving thanks

Scrappy Frogs - Give thanks

Paper Make-up - Thank you and digi

Kaboodle Doodle - Anything goes

Digital Tuesday - Fantasy 

Passion for Promarkers - In the garden

LEJ Designs - Use die-cuts or punches

Everybody Art - Embossing

Party Time Tuesday - Thank you

Scrap Creations - Do it digi

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra of Christmas project
Ruby's Rainbow - Birds
The Paper Shelter - Fairies and elves
My Mum's Craft Shop - Sentiments
Paper Pretties - Thank you cards
Crafts and Me - Reds
Papercraft Junkies - Things with wings
Penny' Paper Challenge - Lots of layers
Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes

Bearly Mine Designs Challenge - 6 November 2012 - Anything goes

Well we had a lovely array of cards/projects entered for last weeks' challenge over at the Bearly Mine Challenges Blog.  Today though sees the start of another challenge and this week the topic is the ever popular "Anything Goes".

This week we are being sponsored by the ever so talented Donna of Bearly Mine Designs and the lucky winner will win a £10 gift voucher for Bearly Mine Designs.

For my card I have used various Bearly Mine Designs papers from The Boys Zone, Gingham and Mini Dots.

    

I have used a Dilly Bean Stamps image called "#335 Girl and Butterflies" and I have coloured her in with my trusty Promarkers and highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen, white pen and added Glossy Accents to her eyes for some glaze.  I have finished the card off with some flowers with brad centres, lace, ribbon bow, die-cut butterflies, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment, Marianne Designs die-cut shape which I've added Stickles to for some sparkle, faux stitching and quite a number of gems.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

By the Cute and Girly - Twinkle, twinkle little star (star flowers and star brads used on my card)

Crafts and Me - Bling it up

CRAFT - Birthday

Dilly Beans Challenge - Anything girl

Crafty Catz - Add texture
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra of Christmas project
Kaboodle Doodle- Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes
The Crafty Pad - Anything goes