Aud Sentiments Challenge - 17 January 2013 - BINGO board

Today is the day for a new challenge over at the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.

Die Cut	“Thank”	“You”
“Happy”	Embossing	Charm
Flowers	Ribbon	“Love”

 This fortnight the challenge is "Bingo board" so you need to pick a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line across the board and use those elements on your card.  Please remember that your card MUST include a sentiment.

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by Robyn's Fetish this fortnight.  Here is a little bit about Robyn's Fetish:

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.  Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to award 5 digital stamps of the winner’s choice to the winner of this challenge.

For my card I have used a Robyn's Fetish images called "A little birdie told me".  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers.  I decided to go with the middle column of ""thank", embossing and ribbon".  The backing papers are from my stash.  I am determined to get these papers used up more in 2013.  I have used a Tonic Die to cut out a decorative square and I have inked the edges.  The chipboard corners I must have had for 2-3 so I have coloured them with a pink Promarker and added some pink gems.  I have finished the card off with a Craftwork Cards sentiment and a brown bow.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - For the birds

Card Mania - Oh so girly

Paper Pretties - Ribbon
Whimsical Wednesday - Anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 14 January 2013

Over at the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge this week the topic is "monochromatic".  I have used this gorgeous little girl image from Whoopsi Daisy - and in the weather we are having at the moment lots of us could do with a coat, hat and muff like this!!  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and highlighted the fur with Stickles.  The red backing papers I was given.  The image has been mounted on a Marianne's Designs clock die.  The card has been finished off with ribbon (some of which was made into a bow and this came from a box of chocolates 1-2 years ago), Craftwork Cards sentiment and pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon

Totally Gorjuss - Spotty

Bunny Zoe's - Anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Monochromatic

Paper Makeup - Winter

Make my Monday - Die-cuts/punches

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Everybody Art - Girl

Crafty Sentiments - Winter fun

Papertake Weekly - Baby it's cold outside

Divas by Design - Make it girlie

I love Promarkers - Layer it up

Paper Pretties - Ribbon

New Challenge Blog Coming .....................

There is a new Challenge Blog starting up soon.  As I love anything glittery but hate using glue and glitter I fell in love with Stickles some years ago so this Challenge Blog, "All that Stickles" is perfect for me.  The challenge starts on 2 February 2012 but they are having a giveaway at the moment.  Make sure you pop on over to the Challenge Blog and have a look.

Kenny K's Challenge - 13 January 2013

I keep forgetting to get my son to look at my camera to find out why my images seem blurry so I apologise for that.  This week over at Kenny K's the challenge is "gothic".  I have used the Kenny K image called "Devastasia" and coloured her in with my Promarkers.  The baacking paper is from the Debbi Moore Twilight Queen 2 CD.  I have finished the card off with a sentiment off the computer, square gems, lace, spotty ribbon and homemade flower with button centre.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon
Totally Gorjuss - Spotty

One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes

Bunny Zoe's - Anything goes

Kenny K's Krafty Krew - Going gothic

My Craft Spot - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

New Baby Cards

These two new baby cards have been made with the Best of La Pashe 2012 CD and Bearly Mine Designs Spring Surprise backing papers.

For the baby girl card I have stamped some of the backing paper with some baby See D's stamps and Versamagic and Memento ink pads.  This card has been finished off with some raffia ribbon, sentiment off the computer and some pearls embellishments.

For the baby boy card I have stamped the word joy onto card with a Versamagic ink pad.  The card has been finished off with a sentiment off the computer and little tiny metal feet charms I've had for ages and ages.

 

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Flourishes - Something new

Creative Craft - New beginnings

Digital Tuesday - New beginnings

Crafty Creations - Something new

Crafting for all Seasons - Something new

Crafty Ribbons - New beginnings (on the baby girl card I have used some raffia ribbon)

CRAFT - Colour combo (baby boy card)

Cute Card Thursday - Beat the blues (baby boy card)

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon (on the baby girl card I have used some raffia ribbon)

A Gem of a Challenge - New beginnings 

2 Sisters - Celebration

Quirky Crafts - Something new with pink (baby girl card)

Joanna Sheen Challenge - New beginnings

One Sweet Challenge - January 2013

Here is a card I've made with my favourite Sweet Pea Stamp by Caron Vinson called "Blue Fairy".  I have coloured her in with tones of blue Promarkers, highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen and then stamped with a See D's scroll/dot stamp and a blue Versafine ink pad around the edge.  The sparkly glitter backing papers were some that I won in candy.  They are gorgeous - too nice to use really - but a nightmare to photograph!!!  I have used a Martha Stewart lattice punch on some holographic card for some extra sparkle and shine.  The flowers were all white but I have coloured one in cool aqua and one in grey to go with the One Sweet Challenge topic this month of "blue, white and silver".  I have finished the card off with a Marianne Designs die-cut, Craftwork Cards sentiment, butterfly charm, jump rings, old button, sparkly white wire to attach the charm to the button and some tear drop shaped gems I won in some candy.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

One Sweet Challenge - Blue, silver and white

Lady Anne's Nana Vic's Monthly Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - Sparkle and shine

Tuesday Throwdown - Shiny and new (new papers and gems)

Party Time Tuesday - Sparkle, glitter and shine

Use it Tuesday - Make it sparkle (the item I am using up is my holographic card which I've had for 2-3 years when it was "in fashion")

Inky Chicks - Anything goes

Little Red Wagon - Bring on the bling

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Brown Sugar - Butterflies

Allsorts - Dies and punches

One Stitch at Time - Anything goes

Corrosive Challenge - Out with the old (my old item is my holographic card)

Stamps with Fun - Favourite stamp
Card Mania - Oh so girly
Make my Monday - Die-cuts/punches
Bunny Zoe's - Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Happy New ...... (papers and gems)

The Paper Shelter Challenge - 9 January 2013

The topic this week over at The Paper Shelter is "flower extravangza" so I thought this card I made would be perfect to enter the challenge will.  The image is from The Paper Shelter and is called "Gothic Girl".  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers and have gone with a different colour scheme - yellow and turquoise.  It's certainly bright!!!  The backing papers I have used from my stash and I have made the flowers with punches out of the scraps of the backing paper and the scraps of yellow card.  I have finished the card off with a Tonic die-cut doily which I have rubbed over with a yellow Pan Pastel lace which I have threaded a yellow ribbon through and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter - Flower extravaganza

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Charisma Cardz - Happy birthday - Happy 4th birthday to Charisma Cardz

Moving Along with the Times - Floral delights

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration

One Stitch at a Time - Anything goes

Allsorts - Dies and punches

Cards for Men Challenge - 7 January 2013

The challenge over at the Cards for Men Challenge this time is "men at work".  I thought this card made using the Best of La Pashe CD fitted the bill as it is a farmer hard at work in his fields.  The backing papers I have been given and have edged them all with a brown Promarker.  I die-cut some card with a Nestabilities oval scallop and edged both of them with a brown chalk ink pad and laid it under the image.  I have finished the card off with some garden twine, Craftwork Cards sentiment, flowers and a very old button (it was one of my mum's and could be about 40+ years old as she used to sew for a living when I was very young and accumulated loads and loads and loads of buttons).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cards for Men - Men at work

Craft Your Passion - Vintage/shabby chic

Unstampabelles - Use one or more die-cuts

Shopping our Stash - Use your old buttons

Papercraft Star - Photo inspiration

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - For the birds

2 Sisters - Celebration

Delicious Doodles Challenge - 11 January 2013

Over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge this week the topic is "anything goes using your favourite colors".  For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles image called "Goth Guy".  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and kept to lots of different tones of blue and distressed area with Tim Holtz's Broken China and Faded Jeans distress inks.  The backing papers I was given and they are Papermania Happy Hour.  I have used my Splodge Away mat to edge one paper with Tim Holtz's Broken China distress ink and the other with Tim Holtz's Faded Jeans distress ink.  I have finished the card with a die-cut circle with star edges which I have distressed with the same ink pads.  I cut various cogs using a set of X-cut dies.  These are fab but my mistake was thinking they'd come out of the dies easily - they don't - so next time it will be the wax paper treatment for them.  The sentiments are both from Debbi Moore Twilight Queen 2 CD.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's - Celebration

Cupcake Craft - January blues

Haunted Design House - Macabre Monday Freakers Free for all - hope this is OK

The Pink Elephant - Celebration

Celebrate the Occasion - Boy's birthday and use the colour blue

Papertake Weekly - Happy New ............. digital image and cog die-cut set 

Divas by Design - Anything goes

Inky Impressions - Add a sentiment

Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes

Delicious Doodles - Anything goes using your favourite colours - well as seeing as I'd used my favourite colours of lilac/purple on the previous card I had to go for blue

Forever Night - Steampunk/anything goes 

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Moody blues

Kenny K Challenge - 6 January 2013

This is a card I've made using backing papers from my stash and this gorgeous nurse image from Kenny K which I have coloured in with Promarkers.  Not sure I'd want to see a needle of that size!!!  I have used a new die square which I thread raffia ribbon through.  The card has been finished off with some paper flowers, Papermania Glitterations and peel-offs.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Kenny K - Anything goes

Platypus Creek - Anything goes

Pause Dream Enjoy - Use ribbon

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers

Ruby's Rainbow - Smile

Nutcrafters - Flowers and lots of them

Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes

Moving Along with the Times - Floral delights

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Sweet Pea Stampers January Challenge - Clean and Simple but NO embellishments

Today sees the first challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog for 2013.  We had a wonderful selection of entries for the December challenge. Make sure you pop on over to the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog next Friday to see details of the winners.  This month the topic is "clean and simple but NO embellishments".

I have to admit I went "yikes" when I saw this topic but I soon had an idea of using glitter paper for some texture and different embossing folders for texture.  The image I have used is   "Aloha" and is a Sweet Pea Stamps by Ching Chou-Kuik.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers kepping to tones of blue and added clouds with Pan Pastels.  I have used two different embossing folders and highlighted the embossing with two different Pan Pastels.  The card is finished off with a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Anything goes

Allsorts - CAS

Pan Pastel - Anything goes

Cupcake Inspiration - Photo inspiration

Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes

Dream Valley - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes

Make my Monday - Dry embossing

Platypus Creek - Anything goes

Cupcake Craft - January blues
Lexi's Creations - Anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Lady Anne's nana Vic's Monthly Challenge - Anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - Anything goes

Divas by Design - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Inky Impressions - Add a sentiment

Papercrafting Journey - Anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Moody blues
Wags n Whiskers - Celebrations
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Beat the blues

CD Sunday Challenge - 6 January 2012

Over at the CD Sunday Challenge the topic this week is "Art Nouveau".  For my card I have used an image from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique CD.  It's one of her earlier CDs might I often go back to this one for various images.

The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Shabby Vintage and I thought they went with this image perfectly, as if they had been made for it.  I have finished the card off with some Kort and Godt flowers, various die-cut shapes from Marianne's Designs, ribbon, butterfly and pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
2 Sisters - Anything goes
CD Sunday - Art Nouveau
Bunny Zoe's - Celebration
Ooh-la-la-Creations - Happy birthday
Craft Your Passion - Vintage/shabby chic
Pause Dream Enjoy - Use ribbon
UnstampaBelles - Use one or more die-cuts
Lexi's Creations - Anything goes
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Flowers
Kaboodle Doodles - Vintage
The Pink Elephant - Celebrate
Lady Anne's Nana Vic's Challenge - Anything goes
Let's Craft and Create - Anything goes
Frilly and Funkie - Follow your muse
Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

Bearly Mine Challenge - 8 January 2013 - Sketch

Today sees the first Bearly Mine Challenge for Team B for 2013.  This week the challenge is the sketch below:

The sponsors that we have this week are The Paper Shelter and The Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.

  

The Little Darlings Rubber Stamps are offering the winner one stamp of their choice.  The Paper Shelter are offering another lucky winner $20 gift certificate to spend in their store.  Aren't these wonderful prizes???

I don't very often use sketches but I really enjoyed this one.  The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Floral Dreams and Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots.  I have also used some of the Bearly Mine Designs freebie flowers that Donna gave out on her blog last year.

  

The image I have used is from Meljen's Designs which I've had for some time now all coloured in and not made into a card.  I can't see it on their website any more but there are lots of other wonderful creations there.  The image has been coloured in with Promarkers.  I have layered up the backing papers following the sketch.  The image I have sat on a doily.  The card has been finished off with the Bearly Mine Designs freebie flowers and quite a number of gems - well it's nice to have bling sometime.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Paper Pretties - Bling

Stampin with the Dragon - Anything goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

2 Sisters - Anything goes

Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes

Dream Valley - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Crazy Amigo - Pink and blue
Everybody Art - Pastel colours
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes

Birthday Wishes

This is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps digital image by Meredith Dillman called "Fanciful Notions".  This is a perfect image for any lady but is also especially perfect for someone who likes sewing.  I have coloured the image with Promarkers, cut around the edge and then edged around with a Blue Pearl Promarker as I hate to see white edges around images.  The backing papers are from Papermania and called Happy Days which I was lucky enough to get in some blog candy that I won.  The card has been finished off with some lace, some handmade bobbins with twine wound around them, decorative pin, Craftwork Cards sentiments and lots and lots of pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything goes
Sweet Pea Stamps - Show us your blog
Penny's Paper Challenge - Use your favourite embellishments(lace, ribbon/twine and pearls)

Shelly's Images - Show us what you got

Stampin with the Dragon - Anything goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

2 Sisters - Anything goes

Robyn's Fetish - Anything goes

Dream Valley - Anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
Platypus Creek - Anything goes
Craft Your Passion - Vintage/shabby chic
Lexi's Creations - Anything goes

Dilly Beans Challenge - 4 January 2013

Over at the Dilly Beans Challenge this week is "snowmen".  I bought one of the Dilly Beans collage sheets and this is the last snowman left to use on the sheet.  This is an economical way to buy these coloured images and it helps when making lots of Christmas cards as these images are pre-coloured.  

    

The backing papers I have used are from Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Light and the tiny snowflakes have been punched out of a scrap of paper from the Bearly Mine Designs Festive Fun set.  I made some faux snow hills and edged them with Stickles glitter glue for some texture and sparkly.  The card has been finished off with lots of punched tiny snowflakes and a Stamp Addicts "Merry Christmas" sentiment stamped onto a die-cut scrap from Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Dilly Bean Challenge - Snowmen

Card Crafter's Circle - There's no business like snow business

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Kaboodle Doodle - Anything goes

Paper Pretties - Create a winter creation

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Santa has gone into hiding

Have a frightfully good birthday

This is a card I have made with papers I have been given including some Basic Grey.  The focal point of the card is a Sweet Pea Stamps Ching Chou-Kuik digital image called "Halloween Trio".  I know she's meant to be for Halloween but I thought she'd make a perfect birthday card as well.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers/Flexmarkers and finished off the sky with a black Pan Pastel and white coloured pencil.  I have finished the card off with a Marianne Designs die-cut, lace, lime green brads (I've had these for years and years and never thought I'd use them and they are too small for me to colour with Promarkers), homemade flowers, card candi and a sentiment off the Debbi Moore Twilight Queen 2 CD.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:  

Papertake weekly - Anything goes

Sweet Pea Stamps - Show us your blog
Forever Night - Inspiration from a horror movie/anything goes
Creative Inspiration - Celebration
2 Sisters - Anything goes
Basic Grey - Anything goes (using the Oliver paper pad)
Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Stamping with the Dragon - Anything goes
Paper Play - Celebration

New baby

This is a card I have made using a Delicious Doodles image called "A Mother's Love".  I have coloured the image with Promarkers.  The chevron backing paper I over-stamped little ducks using a See D's stamp and Tim Holtz's Spiced marmalade distress ink.  The glittery backing paper is from a Forever Friends paper pad and I have used an Inkylicious brush and Tim Holtz's Mustard Seed distress ink pad to turn the paper a glittery yellow.  The card has been finished off with flower from my stash including some ones with sparkly gems centres, little feet charms, stamped "new baby" from the See D's set, die-cut, ribbon and lace. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - New

Crafty Mess - Show some sparkle/bling

Bunny Zoe's - Celebration

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Your favourite things - flowers, using digital images, colouring, lace and ribbon

Forever Friends - Anything goes

Scrap Creations - Something new

Passion for Promarkers - New beginnings

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments - New

Paper Pretties - Bling

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything goes

Inky Impressions - Anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge - Use your favourite embellishments - Lace, ribbon and flowers

Simon Says - New something

Paper Play - Celebration

Crafty Ribbons - New beginnings

Shelly's Images - Show us what you got

Milk Coffee Challenge - New beginnings

Cute Card Thursday - Something new

Delicious Doodles - Sparkle and shine

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Stampin' for the Week-end - Anything goes

Crafts 4 Eternity - Something new

Stampin with the Dragon - Anything goes
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and girly

Totally Papercrafts - Something new

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes
Sparkle and Glitter the Rick St Dennis Challenge - New beginnings
Unique Crafters - New beginnings
Cards galore - Anything goes

Winter

Over at the Dilly Beans Challenge Blog this week the topic was "winter".  What describes winter better than cold, snow and snowmen/snow people?  For my card I have used a pre-coloured Dilly Beans image from the collage sheets.  These are wonderful value for money and great if you are in a rush/don't want to colour in.  

  

The backing papers I was mainly given apart from two which are scraps left over from another card and the light blue is from Bearly Mine Designs The Boys Zone and the blue spotty paper is Bearly Mine Designs Mini Dots.  I have finished the card off with some Papermania Glitterations and some glittery snowflakes.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Dilly Beans Challenge - Winter

Card Crafter's Circle - Anything goes

Crafty Mess - Show some sparkle or bling
Paper Pretties - Create a winter creation
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Cards Galore - Anything goes

Sparkles Christmas - Snowmen

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra - Anything goes

Birthday Card

This is a birthday card I have made using a digital image from Delicious Doodles called "Fairy Fae".  Isn't she such a beauty?  She was a dream to colour in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and areas highlighted with my Sakura Stardust clear pen.  The backing papers, dies I have used and that gorgeous pink flower are all new as I won in a candy.  Yes it was such a shame to use that flower but what is the point of keeping it??  The card has been finished off with some die-cut butterflies, pearls, gorgeous Prima flower and Craftwork cards die-cut sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Delicious Doodles - Out with the old (new is my dies/papers/flower)

Charisma Cardz - Monochrome

Paper Play - Celebration
Cute Card Thursday - Something new (new is my dies/papers/flower)

Simon Says - New something (new is my dies/papers/flower)
Creative Inspirations - Celebration

I Love Promarkers - Monochrome

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Scrap Creations - Something new (new is my dies/papers/flower)

Aud Sentiments Challenge - 3 January 2013 - Winter sentiment

Today sees the start of the first challenge for 2013 for the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog.  This is the last challenge for some of our Design Team who have opted to leave but we will be welcoming some wonderful new team mates very soon.  The topic for this fortnight is "winter sentiment".

 This fortnight we are sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps.

I have used the Bugaboo Digoi Stamps imaged called "Winter Birds" and I have coloured in with my Promarkers.  I have highlighted areas with Flowersoft snow white.

  

The backing papers I have used are Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Traditions and Bearly Mine Designs Festive Fun.  I have inked a Tim Holtz clock die with Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo distress ink.  I have finished off the card with a sentiment off the computer, Crafty Ann's poinsettia (which I have layered up four levels after cutting off the green leaves) and adding a brad centre.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Lady's Anne's Sentimental Friday - Anything goes

Paper Make-up - Anything goes

Kaboodle Doodle - Anything goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Anything Goes - Just good friends

Crafty Creations - Anything goes

Creative Belli - Winter/snowmen (and I have used a brad from a set I've had about 1-2 years and never used as the colours are so bright)

My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything goes

Inky Impressions - Anything goes