Sunday 28 February 2021

Flower crescent


    I found a narrow circular shaped ring in my stash so decided to make use of it on this card which uses downloadable vignettes and the matching dies from Carnation Crafts From the heart collection, bending the leaves so that they followed the circle.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional Africa
   Allsorts - feminine 
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   

Thursday 25 February 2021

Dragon and bluebells


    Today sees the start of a new challenge at Aud Sentiments. The theme is spring and the challenge is being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps.
    About the middle of spring the bluebells in my garden and local woods start making an appearance so I decided to use this sweet digi from Lee Holland called 'Dragon smelling bluebells' - not at all influenced by my daughter who is mad about dragons and dinosaurs! - and coloured it using Promarkers. I used dies from various companies to cut out the diamond shapes. The surrounding bluebells were cut using Carnation Crafts bluebells die and downloadable vignettes and adding some additional colour to the leaves using Promarkers so that they matched those in my image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with in the garden
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - animal antics
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with birthday
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything goes with number option
   Incy Wincy Designs - animals and/or buttons
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Colour Crazy - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   As You Like It - favourite reason for sending a card (birthday as you can make the card relevant to the recipient which is not often the case with in store cards)
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes 
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   Alphabet - w for woodland flora or fauna
   A Perfect Time To Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Classic Design - anything goes

Wednesday 24 February 2021

Sleeping dragon


    This card is for my step daughter who is expecting a daughter shortly. The digi from Lee Holland called 'sleeping blossom dragon' was coloured using Chameleon pens and Promarkers. I used a Tattered Lace velvet ruffle oval die to cut the pale pink card and snipped out the central oval to form a frame for the image and used a ball tool to give the ruffles some shape. Finally I added a little bow and some pearls.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with in the garden
   Crafty Friends - animals/birds
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - animal antics
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with optional birthday
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything goes with optional number
   Incy Wincy Designs - animals and/or buttons
   Crafty Calendar - dies and/or punches plus ribbon and/or twine
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Creations In Pink - anything goes
   Get Creative - anything goes with red or pink
   Colour Crazy - anything goes
   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes
   The Paper Shelter - clean and simple
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes

Monday 22 February 2021

Piggy back


   The digi image on this card is from All Dressed Up. It is called 'Piggy back' and I have coloured it using Promarkers. The spotty background paper is from an old paper pad free with a magazine and has been in my stash for several years. I matted and layered it onto black and then cream card. The bow is also made from ribbon which came from an old magazine. The sentiment was cut from black card using a Tattered Lace die and matted onto cream card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional in the garden
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with birthday
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Allsorts - anything goes with a number option
   Crafty  Calendar - dies and/or punches plus ribbon and/or twine 
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with red, pink and/or white
   Get Creative - anything goes with use red or pink
   Colour Crazy - anything goes
   Digi Doodle Studios - include a sentiment
   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - birthday
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   LeAnns World - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - cards for teens/kids
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   All Dressed Up - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Thursday 11 February 2021

Seal family


    Today sees a fresh Aud Sentiments challenge which is being sponsored by Oddball Art and has the theme of anything goes.
   I have used digis from their Kawaii Seals set and coloured the seals using Promarkers. The backdrop was printed using a My Craft Studio CD ROM called The Golden Years from A Man's Point of View but using Promarkers to create the foreground rock. I matted this onto pale blue mottled card. The dark grey frame was cut using a die from Tattered Lace's Daisy Hill picture decoupage set. I cut a narrow black square frame and glued this behind the diamond cut work before attaching the frame to the card using foam pads.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with love
   Crafty Friends - animals/birds
   Creative Inspirations - animal antics
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Colour Crazy - anything goes
   Digi Doodle Studios - include a sentiment
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional kisses
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes

Sunday 7 February 2021

Tinkering with a car


    I made this card for my brother in law who spends a lot of time in his garage.
   I have used papers from my stash and dies and downloadable vignettes from Carnation Crafts as well as a Spellbinder die and a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional love, anniversary
   CD Sunday Plus - anything goes
   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with red, pink and/or white
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional kisses
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes 
   Crafty Animals - anything goes

Saturday 6 February 2021

Easter bunny



   The new Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge begins today with the theme of Easter or spring.
   I used a Di's Digi Stamp called Easter bunnies wagon and after colouring it using Promarkers fussy cut it and attached it to the card so that it walked along the organza ribbon. The sentiment was cut using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with optional love
   Crafty Friends - animals/birds
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - dies and/or punches plus ribbon and/or twine
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Passion For Markers - dies and/or punches
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Colour Crazy - anything goes
   Digi Doodle Studios - include a sentiment
   Createful Heart Cards - anything goes
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with optional kisses
   Fab 'n' Funky - anything goes
   Through The craft Room Door - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Animals - anything goes