Bouquet of happiness

   This fortnight the theme for the challenge over at Crafty Card Markers is thankful.
   I have used one of the new Holly Hobbie stamps from Crafter's Companion called a bouquet of happiness. I coloured it using Promarkers and cut it out using a Tattered Lace mini ruffle square die, colouring the ruffles using Promarkers. Using a larger die from the same set I cut a square from darker green card and positioned this at an angle under the image.  The chequed design paper was printed using a My Craft Studio CD ROM. The card was finished with a little square thank you note.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes with easel
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes

Going for a spin

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

As usual the theme is anything goes.

   I have used the Dr Digi image called open top Olive and after colouring it using Promarkers cut it out using a circular die and matted it onto black card. The background paper has been in my stash for sometime and I believe I printed it using a La Pashe CD ROM.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with girls must have fun
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

Poinsettias

   I printed this poinsettia digi out twice. After colouring the first image using Promarkers I matted and layered it onto green mirri and white card. I coloured the flowers of the second image, cut them out and used them to decoupage the first image. I used Liquid Pearls on the flower centres. Finally I added a red peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Beccy's Place - anything goes

   Addicted to Stamps - anything goes with flowers

   Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas

   Crafting By Designs - get ready for Christmas

   Less is More - stamp layering

Hiding

   This week the theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is anything goes with the twist Halloween. I thought of the animals and decided to use the digi hiding which I coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut leaving a narrow white margin around it so that it would stand out from the dark background. This was dark textured navy paper which I matted and layered onto orange mirri and white card. I added a portion of a web cut from black card using the Tattered Lace large spider web die. To this I added dots of Stickles to look like droplets of water. The image was added last.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - autumn/halloween
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - halloween or halloween colours
   Allsorts - halloween
   Brown Sugar - orange, brown and green
   Digi Designs - halloween and/or harvest
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Sweet Stampers - autumn or halloween
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - halloween
   Creatalicious - anything goes with halloween
   Kitty Bee Designs - halloween
   Inky Chicks - animals
   My Time to Craft - halloween or cats
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with halloween
   Deep Ocean - halloween
   Make My Monday - halloween or thankyou
 

Snow woman

   I have been asked to be a guest designer for Scrapbook Stamp Society (http://addicted-to-stamps.blogspot.co.uk) and this is what I created.
   It is not often that you come across snow women and this one has a rather fancy hat! The digi is from Scrapbook Stamp Society and after colouring it using Promarkers I rounded the edges using  a punch and matted it onto red card. The background paper is from the Berry Merry paper pad by Jennifer Ellory and I matted and layered it onto red followed by white card. The decoupaged die cut flowers were created using the Christmas Rose Tattered Lace die and again coloured using Promarkers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - cute
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - anything goes
   Winter Wonderland - Christmas flowers
   Addicted to Stamps - anything goes with flowers
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
   Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   ABC Christmas - u for unlimited and v for vibrant

Ghosts

   This is the front of my card I made using the ghost digis from Scrapper's Delights. I matted and layered halloween paper printed from a My Craft Studio download onto black mirri and white card then attached two of the ghosts.
   Inside my card I made some pop up letters and attached three more ghosts playing among the them. I used more of the printed paper as a background.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - autumn/halloween
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - halloween
   The Crazy Challenge - halloween
   Crafty Calendar - halloween
   Cupcake Inspirations - ghouls and ghosts
   Digi Designs - halloween and/or harvest
   Sweet Stampers - autumn or halloween
   Creatalicious - anything goes with halloween
   Crafting By Designs - halloween
   Kitty Bee Designs - halloween
   Paper Creator's Crafts - simply spooky
   Scrapper's Delights -anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   My Time To Craft - halloween or cats
   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - halloween
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes with spook it out
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - picture inspired (halloween)
   Deep Ocean - halloween
   A Gem of a Challenge - spots and/or stripes or halloween
   Make My Monday - halloween or thank you
   That's Crafty - spooky
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Popcorn with balloons

   For this fortnight Send A Smile 4 Kids would like to see celebration cards for their challenge. The sponsor for this challenge is Repeat Impressions who are offering a $15 gift certificate as their prize.

   I have chosen to celebrate a birthday and have used a long forgotten Popcorn the Bear stamp called smile. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted it onto card using a punch to round the corners of both the image and the mat.

   The design paper was printed from the accompanying CD ROM from Crafter's Companion and after matting this onto card I wrapped two vertical strips of satin ribbon round it before matting it onto white card. Again a punch was used to round all the corners.

   I finished the card with a stamp of Popcorn's little duck friend, cutting this out using a Spellbinder's die and matting it onto card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   I Love Promarkers - birthday

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Passion For Promarkers - anything goes

   The Ribbon Girl - any image

   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes

   Crafting By Designs - anything goes

   Seize the Birthday - anything goes

   Craft Rocket - birthdays/pretty pinks

   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes

   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Old friends

   This week the theme for the QKR Stampede challenge is anything goes.
   I coloured the digi called old house mouse using Promarkers and then cut out the oval behind her. Behind the oval aperture I placed silver mirri and then matted and layered the design onto pink followed by white card. The sentiment which I also matted onto pink card is called best antique.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - anything goes
   Allsorts - think pink
   Digi Designs - add a sentiment
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   The Cutie Pie - think pink
   The Paper Shelter - make it square
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   CAS-ual Fridays - think pink

Happy halloween

   Halloween is the theme for the challenge this fortnight at Crafty Card Makers.
   I took a sheet from Hunkydory's Little Book of Autumn and matted and layered it onto navy textured paper and white card. I then outlined the edge of the image using orange gold edged peel off strips Using further sheets of the same image I then decoupaged the characters.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - autumn/halloween
   The Crazy Challenge - halloween
   Crafty Calendar - halloween
   Crafty Sentiments - halloween/fall
   Creatalicious - anything goes with halloween
   Paper Creator's Crafts - simply spooky
   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - halloween
   That's Crafty - spooky

Sunflower

   As usual the theme for the challenge at Crafting From the Heart is anything goes.
   I used several sheets from Hunkydory's Little Book of Autumn to create a decoupaged image of a sunflower. I then matted and layered this onto several different colours of card. Finally I added Flowersoft to the centre of the flower.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Little Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - orange, brown and green
   Scrapping 4 Fun - autumn colours
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Sparkles - autumn colours

 

Happy birthday pumpkin

 
   This week along with the usual anything goes theme the QKR Stampede challenge has the twist  pumpkins. I decided to make a card for an autumn birthday.
   I wrapped three rows of narrow ribbon around some spotted paper that I had in my stash.and then matted and layered this onto orange followed by white card. The image called thinking was coloured using Promarkers then cut out using an oval die and matted onto another piece of orange card. The pumpkins used as embellishments were cut from a page from Hunkydory's Little Book of Autumn. The sentiment was a black peel off.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - autumn/halloween
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - let's celebrate
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with use ribbon
   Scrapping 4 Fun - autumn colours
   Sweet Stampers - autumn or halloween
   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with autumn colours
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Glitter n Sparkle - fall/autumn
   4 Crafty Chicks - fall
   Catch the Bug - anything goes
   Seize the Birthday - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with autumn 
   Crazy 4 - a card
   Deep Ocean - colours of autumn
   As You Like It - ribbons or flowers (ribbons as they are less bulky than flowers when sending cards through the post)
   Sparkles - dies and/or punches
   Ike's World - anything goes with autumn
   Alphabet - p is for pumpkins

Pumpkin fun

   I made an easel card base from white card and matted purple card from Hunkydory onto the base of this. The image from the House Mouse Designs cardmaking celebration collection was also matted onto the same card before attaching to the front of the easel. The three circular stops were also from the same collection. The sentiment which I edged with orange gold edged peel off was from the Creative World of Crafts 'Sentiments from the heart' popper pad.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   House Mouse and Friends - halloween
   Crafty Calendar - halloween
   4 Crafty Chicks - easel card
   Inky Chicks - anything but square
   Do-Al(l) Kreatives - halloween
   Animal Friends - autumn/halloween
   Make My Monday - animal antics

 

Contemporary snowman

   The theme for this fortnight's challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is early holiday wishes. It is being sponsored by

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a $15 gift certificate

and

Dies R Us who are also offering a $15 gift certificate

   I have gone for contemporary colours for this Christmas card. I matted paper from Papermania onto gold mirri and then wrapped blue satin ribbon round it before matting onto white card.

   The image from Dollar Graphics Depot is from their Brrr It's Cold set and I coloured it using Promarkers in the main. I used a gold gel pen for the snowflake and Stickles on the snow. After cutting it out using a Spellbinders oval die I matted it onto purple card and then attached it to the card. Using a Tattered Lace die I cut five snowflakes from gold mirri and attached these to the ribbon.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - use dies
   The Crafter's Cafe - die cuts and/or punches
   Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Kitty Bee Designs - kiddy cards
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas
   Addicted To Stamps and More - make your mark
   Alphabet - o is for oval

Autumn leaves

   The theme for this week's challenge at QKR Stampede is autumn  leaves along with the usual anything goes.
   I cut an aperture from a piece of square card using a die from Tattered Lace's engaging elements circle frame set. Using the circle die from the same set I cut the leaves and after colouring them using Promarkers attached the around the edg of the aperture.
   The digi is called lady throwing leaves and once this had been coloured, again using Promarkers, I attached it behind the orange card using foam pads. The whole was then matted onto white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   I Love Promarkers - use dies
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Stamping Sensations - autumn glory
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with CAS
   Digi Designs - autumn
   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with autumn colours
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with use orange and brown
   Pattie's Creations Design - shades of autumn
   Sweet Stampin' - autumn
   That's Crafty - forever autumn
   Deep Ocean - colours of autumn
   Sparkles - dies and/or punches

Fancy folds

   This fortnight the theme for the Crafty Card Makers challenge is fancy folds. i have had Tattered Lace's pop and twist card die for some time but have never used it, so I decided it was about time that I did so. The above picture shows the card when closed, using a ribbon to keep it shut. Below is a picture of the open card.

   The images used were taken from Hunkydory's Third Little Book of Flowers and were matted onto paper taken from Hunkydory's Rainbow Radiance paper pad.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - ribbon and/or lace
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - let's celebrate
   The Crafter's Cafe - die cuts and/or punches
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   In The Pink - flower power
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   

Snowflake owl

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

   The theme as usual is anything goes.

   The digi used here is from 2 Cute Ink and is called snowflake owl. The wording is computer generated. I coloured the image using Promarkers and the letters using Stickles. I used Liquid Pearls for the snow on the branch and letters and on the snowflakes. After matting and layering onto gold mirri and white card I added a bow made from green and red ribbons.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - add an animal
   Winter Wonderland - anything Christmas
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - animals
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any card
   Crafting By Designs - get ready for Christmas
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Christmas at Sweet Stampin - anything goes
   Crafty Friends - ribbon and lace

A blustery day

   This month the challenge at Dragonfly Dreams is being sponsored by A Day For Daisies.
   I began by creating a see through leaf pattern design with faded edges and positioned this on top of the A Day For Daisies' digi called blustery day. On the right hand side I computer generated the sentiment. The image was coloured using Promarkers. I matted this card onto black card and attached it to a cream base card at an angle. Three mirri die cut leaves completed my card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - one for the girls
   Stamping Sensations - autumn glory
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with blue, green and brown
   Digi Designs - autumn
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Addicted To Stamps and More - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - autumn
   That's Crafty - forever autumn