On the farm

   This week's theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is 'down on the farm'.
    I matted blue card onto white card. On top of this I stuck green card which I had cut to form the edge of a grassy field. Using a die from Tattered Lace's winter scene set I cut trees from core'dinations cardstock and used them to edge the field.
    I coloured the digi image 'mare and foal' (number 18012) using Promarkers, fussy cut it out and attached it to the card using glue gel.
    Using a walk in the countryside edge die from Tattered Lace I created a fence. I again coloured it using Promarkers and attached it using glue gel. Finally I used the Little Bo Peep die from tattered Lace and cut out three lambs which I coloured and fixed to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - animals
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - down on the farm
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   One Stitch At A Time - anything goes with dies
   Sweet Stampin - outdoors
   A Gem of a Challenge - animals
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
   Kitty Bee Designs - all about animals

Summer rose

   Today sees the start of a new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. The theme is summer. I have used several copies of the same design from Hunkydory's Little Book of Flowers and decoupaged the image. I then matted and layered it onto core'dinations cardstock and white card. I used two of the 'waste' leaves to embellish the bottom of the card and cut the sentiment, using Tattered Lace dies, from other bits of waste.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - flowers
   Scrapping  4 Fun - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with flowers
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - summer florals
   Creative Moments - anything goes

Puppy

   This week the challenge at Crafting From the Heart is being sponsored by

and I have used their digi image puppy paws on my card.

   Sometime ago I printed the design paper for another project and the left over piece has been lying in my stash box but it seemed ideal for this card. I matted and layered it onto core'dinations cardstock and white card to form the base for my design.
   I tiled a small image of the digi, coloured it using Promarkers and matted it onto a strip of core'dinations card strip and attached it as a border to the lower part of the card. I coloured a larger image also using Promarkers and cut it out using a Tattered Lace pearl square die. Whilst it was still in the die I lightly dusted some blue distress ink onto it. I then attached it to the card using foam pads. Finally I attached a satin bow to the corner of the image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - to use your dies
   Crafty Calendar - punches and/or dies
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   The Paper Shelter - ribbons
   A Gem of a Challenge - animals
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with dies/punches

Fly me to the moon

   The theme for the challenge this week at QKR Stampede is up up and away.
   I have a lot of children's birthdays occurring in the next two weeks and this card is for one of the boys.
   I sprayed core'dinations cardstock with Crafter's Companion iridescent spray and sparkle and matted it onto white card after which I outlined it using narrow gold peel offs.
   I drew and coloured using Promarkers the earth on part of a circle and attached this to the bottom right hand corner of the card.
   I coloured the image 'rocket day' (number 12404) using Promarkers, fussy cut it out, slightly shaped it and attached it to the card using glue gel. The stars were also fussy cut out and attached.
   Using Tattered Lace dies to cut out I matted the sentiment  'to the moon' (number 11801) to gold mirri card and attached it to the top left hand corner of the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - glitter and glitz
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - all that glitters
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Seize The Birthday - bold and bright
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
   As You Like It - your trademark style (Veering towards CAS because firstly I like colouring and secondly most of my cards are posted and fussily decorated cards would increase the cost of postage)

Snowman shaker

   A new challenge begins today over at Send A Smile 4 Kids the theme of which is Christmas in July. It is being sponsored by two generous sponsors:

The Cutting Cafe (offering three sets of digis or cutting files

and

Kitchen Sink Stamps (offering $25 gift certificate).

   I have used the Snowman Shaker card files from The Cutting Cafe, cutting by hand, to create a shaker card. I coloured the pieces using Promakers and filled the shaker container with sequins.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - cute or anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - Christmas in July
   Kitty Bee Designs - Christmas in July
   Inky Chicks - Christmas in summer

On the beach

   The theme for this week's challenge at QKR Stampede is by the seaside.
   I have used beach frame (number 5601) from Eureka Stamps for the frame of my design. I coloured it using Promarkers and then after cutting a circular aperture using a Spellbinders die I dusted the background of it using distress ink. I then mounted it using foam pads onto card which I had already coloured using distress inks. I cut out a parasol and attached this by the mermaid.
   I remember donkeys on the beach when I was a small child so I used the image donkey (number 15413) from QKR Stampede which I coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut as the central image to my design.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - seaside, sunshine or summer holiday
   Passion For Promarkers - summer days
   The Paper Shelter - holiday time
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   One Stitch At a Time - anything goes with elements of nature

Congratulations

   There is a new challenge beginning at Creative Corner today. The theme is congratulations.
   I began by matting a strip of heart paper from my stash onto card from Crafter's Companion Party Paws collection and adding a narrow strip if red edged with gold ribbon down the left hand edge of it. I then matted this onto white card and edged it with narrow gold strips of peel off.
   I cut two champagne glasses from gold mirri card using a Tattered Lace die and matted them onto matt gold card. After cutting them out I attached them to the heart paper. I then attached the topper from Crafter's Companion and added a bow beneath it.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - add bling
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Animal Friends - animal plus dies
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's  Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes with ribbon and/or bows
   Alphabet - j is for jungle animals

Fifty

   For the challenge this fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers we would like you to bling it up. I have used several pages of the same image from Hunkydory's The Little Book of Milestone Birthdays and decoupaged the image. I then matted and layered it onto black card, grey glitter card and finally white card. Lastly I added Stickles to the stars in the night sky and to the 50.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - bling, gems or glitter
   Allsorts - one for the boys
   Brown Sugar - monochrome
   Scrapping 4 Fun - birthday
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Paper Creator's Craft - just for men

Fuchsias

   This week the challenge at Crafting From the Heart is being sponsored by 

   I used Sheep Ski Designs image called Fuchsias and coloured it using Promarkers. I then cut it out using a Tattered Lace pearl square die and coloured the borders. The image was then matted and layered onto core'dinations cardstock and white card. Using the ornate best wishes die from Tattered lace I cut a sentiment from core'dinations card stock and attached it to the card. Finally I added Stickles for the pollen grains.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - something beginning with f (fuchsias)
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - clean and simple
   Crafty Calendar - punches and/or dies
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - flowers
   Scrapping 4 Fun - birthday
   Creatalicious - anything goes with clean and simple
   Pile It On - use your favourite colours
   As You Like It - favourite markers because I find I can blend the colours more easily
   Crafty Creations - clean and simple
   Digistamps4Joy - anything goes with dies and/or punches

Ta-da!

   I matted sky paper from DCWV onto black card and white card having cut the paper and black card using Tattered Lace notched square dies. I then overlaid the lower part with another paper from DCWV. The image  Ta-da is from Scrapper's Delights and I coloured it using Promarkers. I then cut it out using a Tattered Lace notched square die but allowed one foot and hand to go over the die. This I then matted onto more black card.
   I typed the sentiment and cut it out using a Tattered Lace notched diamond die and again used black card for the mat. The card was finished by adding five black card candi.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - birthdays
   Ooh La La Creations - something beginning with f (frog)
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - birthday
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Scrapper's Delights - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Animal Friends - dies/punches
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Old ship

   This week's challenge at QKR Stampede has the theme transportation. I used their digi ship (number 21705) and coloured it using Spectrum Noir pencils. I matted it onto grey core'dinations cardstock before attaching it to the card.
   The papers and sentiment used on the card were printed using From A Man's Point of View - The Golden Years CD ROM from My Craft Studio.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes
   Catch the Bug - anything goes
   Paper Creator's Crafts - just for men
   Pile It On - vehicles
   Pattie's Creations Design - make a splash

Lilac fun

   It's a while since I made a House Mouse card and these little mice look as if they are having so much fun that I had to use it to make my step daughter (who has three daughters) a card.
   I matted paper from Papermania onto pink core'dinations cardstock and white card. After decoupaging the mice image I matted it onto green card before attaching it to the main card. I selected part of another paper from Papermania and matted that onto green card also to form my sentiment. Using one of the dies from Tattered lace lavish blooms - poppy set I cut three 'flowers' and glued them to the corner of the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - birthdays
   Crafty Friends - pink, green and white
   House Mouse and Friends - female birthday
   Fab 'n' Funky - two or more design papers
   Gruffies and Guests - anything goes with summer
   Animal Friends - animal plus dies/punches

 

Zombie kitty

   This month's challenge at Dragonfly Dreams is being sponsored by Aurora Wings and the theme is anything goes.
   I matted core'dinations cardstock onto white card. Using distress ink and an Aurelie masking stencil I stenciled fish bones onto white card which I matted onto black card before attaching to my card.
   The digi image is Zombie kitty from Aurora Wings. I coloured this using Promarkers and matted it onto black card. Before attaching it to my card I wrapped grey ribbon round the base of it. I then added a grey bow.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - ribbon/twine
   Crafty Ribbons - animals
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Alphabet - i is for ink it up

G for birthday girl

   There is a new challenge starting today over at Send A Smile 4 Kids and the theme is clean and simple. It is being sponsored by two generous sponsors:

A Day For Daisies (offering a $12 gift certificate) 

and 

Die-Versions (offering $15 gift certificate).

   I have used G is for Girl from A Day For Daisies. After colouring it using Promarkers I inked the edges of the design using a Promarker pen and then matted it onto pink card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - birthdays
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with clean and simple
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps and More - birthday cards

Christmas carousel

   Christmas in July is the theme for the challenge beginning today at QKR Stampede. I have used a digi image from their sister company Eureka Stamps called Christmas carousel (# 16804). I printed it out twice and coloured the images using Promarkers. I cut out the horse from the second image, shaped it slightly and glue gelled it to the base image.
   The papers used on my card are from a Kaisercraft Christmas Collections paper pad. After attaching the decoupaged image to my card I outlined it using maroon gold edged peel off strips. I then cut three holly embellishments using a Tattered Lace mini die and coloured them using Promarkers. Once I had attached them to the card I filled the centres of the berries with Liquid Pearls.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Christmas All the Year Round - anything goes
   Crafty sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas
   Pile It On - vehicles
   Digitally Sweet - travel
   Inky Chicks - christmas in summer

Merry Christmas

   The theme for the new challenge stating today at Creative Corner is cute and cuddly and is being sponsored by Scribbles Designs.
   I chose to use their digi image Snow kisses. After colouring it using Promarkers and Stickles I matted and layered it onto red core'dinations cardstock and white card. Using the ornamental merry Christmas die from Tattered Lace I also cut the sentiment from core'dinations cardstock.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes
   Open Minded Crafting - seasons/holidays
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Christmas at Sweet Stampin - warm winter clothing
   Creatalicious - anything goes with clean and simple
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Winter Wonderland - snow much fun
   The Crafter's Cafe - things with wings
   Inky Chicks - christmas in summer