Christmas comes very early!

The new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers has the theme 'go green'. I thought I would add to my Christmas card makes. I used Tattered Lace's charisma holly CD ROM and die. I attached the die cut decoupage to green cord'dinations cardstock and matted and layered this onto paper printed using the CD ROM and green card. I then outlined the cardstock and printed paper using narrow silver ribbon and glued silver card candi over the joins of the ribbon strips.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - florals
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with recycle (ribbon) or upcycle
   CD Sunday - punch it out
   Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with ribbon or twine
   Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas
   Kitty Bee Designs - flowers
   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes
   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - winter time

Happy birthday bear

   This week the theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is anything goes with the option of birthday cards.
   I used the digi image birthday bear (number 9603) and coloured it using Spectrum Noir pens after which I matted it onto yellow shiny textured paper.
   I matted red crinkle crepe paper onto white card and then added a strip of textured shiny bronze paper. After attaching the image to the card I added three card candi.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Digi Designs - include an animal
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inky Chicks - happy birthday
   Through The Class Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Sweet Stampers  - add a sentiment

Love birds

   A new challenge begins today at Crafting From the Heart with the usual anything goes theme. This time it is being sponsored by

   I began by attaching squares of textured paper to opposite corners of white textured core'dinations cardstock and wrapping narrow ribbon round the two corners. I then matted this onto white card.
   The image from Ppinky Dolls called love in the air was coloured using Spectrum Noir pens. efore matting this onto textured white core'dinations cardstock I dusted the edges using distress inks. After attaching it to the card I added Liquid Pearls to the berries and bows to the ribbons.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - no patterned paper
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - love/romance
   Allsorts - anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - love is in the air
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - favourite colour combination
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   Glitter n Sparkle - ribbon or lace
   The Cutie Pie - simply love
   The Paper Shelter - be my valentine
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with ribbon or twine
   Paper Creator's Crafts - love is in the air
   Scrapper's Delight - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   House of Cards - love theme and/or colours
   As You Like It - favourite (ribbon because of the variety of available colours)
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - favourite colour combination
   That's Crafty - I heart you
   The East Wind - love and romance
   Ike's World - anything goes with nature
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   Make My Monday - birds

Spring bunny

   Send A Smile 4 Kids has a new challenge beginning today the theme of which is Easter or spring. It is being sponsored by 

Bugaboo who are offering 4 digis

and 

Tonic Studios who are offering 8 drops.

   I have used Bugaboo's digi called garden bunny which I coloured using Promarkers. I then matted and layered it onto shiny paper and white card. I cut a circle in the centre of paper that I had printed several years ago and matted this on top to form a frame. Finally I added black peel off words to form a sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   Allsorts - anything goes

   Digi Designs - include an animal

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Sweet Stampin' - flowers

   Open Minded Crafting - flowering in February

   Ike's World - anything goes with nature

   Sweet Stampers - add a sentiment

Roses

   This week the challenge at QKR Stampede has the optional twist of adding bling or sparkle.
   I have used the digi image roses (number 23301) and after colouring it using Promarkers I matted it onto pale brown card. Using the largest Tattered Lace lacy layers square I cut a frame from silver glitter card and attached it to the brown card. I added three rows of narrow satin ribbon to each of the lower corners and then added the bows and sentiment. Finally I attached the whole to a blank card base.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - die cuts
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - no patterned paper
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - heart and/or flowers
   Incy Wincy Designs - love
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with ribbon or twine
   Kitty Bee Designs - colour challenge
   Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - fantastic florals
   Make My Monday - shimmer and shine
   Open Minded Crafting - flowering in February
   Ike's World - anything goes with nature

Penguin

   This fortnight the theme for the Creative Corner challenge is winter wonderland.
   My son is a huge fan of penguins so I have made this card for him for next Christmas! I matted paper from my stash onto black and then white card. After decoupaging the image using several pages from Hunkydory's Little Book of Winter Wonderland I matted it onto black card and attached it to the card at a jaunty angle. I then added a sentiment.


   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with cute
   Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - anything Christmas
   ABC Christmas - c is for creatures, d is for dimension
   Do Al(l) Kreatives - winter time

Coffee time

   Another challenge begins at Crafty Cardmakers today. This time we would like you to add some texture to your project.
   I have used a favourite Tatty Twinkles stamp called Coffee with friends. I paper pieced the chair back, Tatty's clothes and the table using varying textured papers. The non paper pieced parts were coloured using Promarkers and I added Liquid Pearls to the flower centre. I used handmade paper to frame the image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - friends, love,wedding, romance
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Crazy 4 - food/dining and use some red
   Everybody Art - for girls only or valentine
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
   Penny Black and More - use your favourite stamp

Snowy cabin

   This week the QKR Stampede challenge has the theme anything goes with the twist of embossing of any kind. I decided to make a start on my Christmas cards and used the digi image snowy cabin (number 13807) colouring it using Promarkers and Stickles.
   The frame was made from core'dinations cardstock embossed with fir trees and then sanded. Before attaching it to the image I wrapped green ribbon round the lower edge and added a bow.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - clean and simple
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with add some ribbon
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Inky Chicks - clean and simple
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   As You Like It - favourite ribbon because there are so many colours and types from which to choose
   Christmas At Sweet Stampin'  - anything goes
   Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes

Recuperating

   The challenge starting today at Crafting From the Heart is being sponsored by

As always the theme is anything goes.

   I have used a digi from Dr Digi called recuperating Rita and coloured it using Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens. I then matted and layered it onto black card and then white card. I then added a sentiment. 

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Catch The Bug - anything goes

   Inspiration Destination - anything goes

   Inky Chicks - clean and simple

   Addicted To Stamps And More - make your mark

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   Crafty Creations - anything goes

   Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes

Hearts and flowers

   The theme for this month's  Dragonfly Dreams challenge is hearts and flowers and it is being sponsored by Wild Orchid.
   For my card I cut out an image from Hunkydory's Little Book of Springtime Moments and pasted it onto black card which I had already cut out to fit behind a gate cut out using Tattered Lace's flourish gateway die. I then attached this to a folded base card. I cut out two butterflies using a die from Tattered Lace's botanical bouquet butterflies embellishment set and attached them to the gate.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - girly
   Scrapping 4 Fun - friends, love, wedding, valentine
   Catch the Bug - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with add some hearts
   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - add a butterfly
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Dies R Us - hearts

Little chef

   It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids.  This time  the theme is for the girls and the challenge is being sponsored by:

Paper Nest Dolls who are offering 3 digis to their winner

and 

Die-Versions who are offering a $15 gift certificate to their winner

   I have gone for a cookery theme on my card. I matted cupcake paper from my stash onto blue core'dinations cardstock and then white card. The image called Chef Angeline  from Paper Nest Dolls was coloured using Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens and then cut out  using a Spellbinders floral oval die. I then used the same die to cut out blue mirri card. After cutting out the centre I stuck the border to the image to create a frame.
   I cut the sentiment from mirri card using Tattered Lace dies and the little cupcake topper was from an old card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - girly
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Kitty Bee Designs - anything goes with something new (Digi)
   Art By Miran - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Addicted To Stamps and More - make your mark
   Alphabet - x marks the spot
   Creative Moments - anything goes

I love you

   This week's theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is anything goes with the optional twist of valentine cards.
   First I matted and layered black card onto red and then white card. I cut out the sentiment called 'This much' (number 15116) using a Tattered Lace heart die and matted it onto red mirri cut out using a Tattered Lace pearl pin dot heart die. The rabbit digi also called this much (number 11707) was coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut before attaching it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - all about love
   Cute Card Thursday - be my valentine
   Passion For Promarkers - all creatures great and small
   The Crazy Challenge - romance
   Scrapping 4 Fun - friends, love, wedding, valentine
   Creatalicious - anything goes with add some hearts
   Paper Creator's Crafts - love is in the air
   Inky Chicks - clean and simple
   House of Cards - love theme and/or colours
   Tuesday Throwdown - love notes

Cat and dog

   This fortnight the Creative Corner challenge has the theme perfectly pink and is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.
   I unearthed some pink striped paper from my stash and cut it out using a Tattered Lace pearl square die. Before matting it onto white card I wrapped two rows of narrow pink satin ribbon round it.
   The image from Bugaboo is called winter cat and dog. After colouring it using Promarkers I cut it out using a Tattered LAce pearl circle die and then dusted the edges with spun sugar distress ink. I added a bow and a black peel off sentiment to finish the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - cute critters
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - all creatures great and small
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - lace and/or ribbon
   In The Pink - with love
   The Cutie Pie - winter warmers
   The Paper Shelter - winter
   Through The Craft Room Door -anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - pets corner
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes