Birthday girl

   Another weekly  anything goes challenge at QKR Stampede begins today.
   I have used the digi birthday girl, colouring it using Promarkers and matting it onto layers that match the colour of the balloons and adding a sentiment on a die cut label.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with use a die or punch
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Seize The Birthday - anything goes with rainbow
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Lilies for you

   This digi called Lilies for you is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy. I coloured it using Promarkers and used a die from Tattered Lace's A moment of calm die set to create a frame for it. I then outlined it using gold edged pink peel off strips. The top and bottom borders are made from washi tape and I used further Tattered Lace dies to cut the panel and letters for the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - just for girls
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with dies or punches
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Cupcake Inspirations - pink, teal, cream
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with sentiment or greeting

Banjo picking

   There is a new QKR Stampede anything goes challenge today.
   I cut silver mirri using Tattered Lace's moroccan trellis die and attached it to a forest design printed using a My Craft Studio CD ROM and then matted and layered it onto blue then white card. The image, called banjo picking, was coloured using Promarkers, fussy cut and shaped slightly before attaching it to the central mirri window using glue gel.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with dies or punches
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - happy birthday
   The Crafter's Cafe - birthdays and/or buttons
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything
   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with boys and men
   Fabrika Fantasy - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - digital image
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Seize The Birthday - anything goes
   Kitty Bee Designs - birthday
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   House of Cards - use patterned paper and/or given colours
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes with music
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with add a sentiment or greeting
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Marigolds

   I coloured this image from Twinkle Lane Designs using Promarker and Chameleon pens and matted and layered it onto various coloured card each cut using a Tattered Lace pin dot circle die. These were then matted and layered onto a square of black then white card. I enmbellised the card with pearl flourishes and a die cut bow.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - anything goes with optional CAS
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Sweet Stampers - summer
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Fabrika Fantasy - anything goes
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Pattie's Creations Design - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Card sharks

   This fortnight the Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge has the theme of humorous or slime. The theme came about because one of the challenge's regular players interchanged a couple of letters when promoting the challenge and instead of writing smile wrote slime.
   I find the House Mouse images humorous so I chose to use this one called 'card sharks' which is a favourite of mine. It was coloured using Promarkers and cut out using a Tattered Lace pearl rectangle die. I then matted it onto black card. The design paper was printed using La Pashe's CD ROM called 'The Wrinklies' and this was matted and layered onto black then white card. I added a strip of black card across the middle and attached some pearls to it.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   House Mouse and Friends - anything goes with optional stitching
   Stamping Sensations - current favourite stamp
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - animals
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - punches and dies
   Animal Friends - mice
   Dream Valley - animals

Astronaut

   Another Friday means another QKR Stampede challenge the theme of which is as usual - anything goes.
   I have used the astronaut digi and coloured it using Promarkers. I matted and layered it onto silver mirri, black card, cloud mirri and finally white card. The cloud design mirri, although it appears dark in the photo, is in fact paler than the coloured image. I cut a black circle and an oval of mirri to make the 'planet' on which to put the peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   The Crafter's Cafe - birthdays and/or buttons
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - animals
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Fabrika Fantasy - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Seize the Birthday - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Jo's Srcap Shack - anything goes
   Kitty Bee Designs - birthday

Warming up

   This image from QKR Stampede called warming up made me chuckle so I had to use it sometime for my DT design for their challenge. I coloured it using Promarkers and cut it out using a pearl rectangle tattered Lace die. It is matted and layered onto paper printed using a House Mouse Design CD ROM and blue card. Before matting it onto white card I wrapped ribbon round the layers  adding a bow and a peel off sentiment to it.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Incy Wincy Designs - ribbon and/or lace
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Christmas At Sweet Stampin' - anything goes
   Creative Inspairations - holidays
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door  - anything goes
   LeAnn's World 101 - anything goes
   Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes

Owl on a branch

   The theme for this month's challenge at Dragonfly Dreams is monochrome and is being sponsored by Oddball Art.
   I have used the digi Big Eye Owl on a tree branch, coloured it using Promarkers and framed it with card cut using the Tattered Lace botanical bouquet floral frame die. The peel off sentiment was coloured using a permanent marker pen.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - wild things
   As You Like It - feathers (I love listening to their song in the early hours of the morning)
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
 

Quilted three

   Firstly I would like to thank all the sponsors and all those who took part in the Send A Smile 4 kids blog hop and for all the lovely comments. The random winner from my post is 

Stephanie Johnson

 Please go to https://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/anything-goes-4-kids-challenge-and.html 

for information on how to claim your prize.

   The new challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids beginning today has the simple theme of anything goes. I like these quilted numbers with the differing animals from Beccy's Place and thought the design paper with the stitching on it was just the thing to go with them.
   The digi image was coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut leaving a narrow white edge before attaching it to the paper which was matted onto green and the white card. The pink sentiment was cut using a die from a Tattered Lace magazine.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - spots and/or stripes
   Crafty Calendar - dots and/or stripes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun -  anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Catch the Bug - anything goes
   Craft Rocket - anything goes
   House of Cards - use patterned papers and/or given  colours
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with stitching
   C.R.A.F.T. - use numbers
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   That's Crafty - animal magic

Birthday Bear.

   Today sees the start of another challenge at QKR Stampede. I have used the digi called birthday bear colouring using Promarkers and cutting it out using a pearl rectangle die from Tattered Lace. I matted and layered it onto paper from my stash and pink card and wrapped ribbon round one corner before adding a bow and matting it onto white card. I cut a rectangle using a smaller die from the same set and added a glitter peel off sentiment to it.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - lace/ribbon
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - anything goes with the option of Christmas
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   House of Cards - use patterned paper
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Make My Monday - hand coloured image