Cottage garden

   The theme for the new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers is 'explosion of colour'. I immediately thought of a garden when all the flowers are in bloom so I have made a card using a sheet from Howard Robinson's decoupage set from Joanna Sheen. After making up the decoupage I matted it onto pink core'dinations cardstock. The background paper was printed using My Craft Studio's CD ROM called Bloomin' Perfect and this was matted and layered onto core'dinations cardstock and white card. The greeting was cut using Tattered Lace sentiment dies. Each word was cut twice - one in black and one in green - and attached to give a shadow effect.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - birthday
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes

Warmest wishes

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

Oddball Art

   I used their digi called vegan chilli bowl and coloured it using Promarkers. I cut it out using a Spellbinders circle die and matted it onto core'dinations cardstock which I had cut using a Spellbinders classic scalloped circle die.
   The paper which I had in my stash was matted onto paler core'dinations cardstock and then onto white card. The sentiment was made from brown and orange core'dinations cardstock which had been cut using letters from Tattered Lace's elegant alphabet set of dies. The letters were arranged to mimic the steam trails and the orange ones were placed on top of the brown ones to create a shadow effect. Finally I coloured three card candi and attached these to the top right hand corner of the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the colour orange
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes

Let's Party

   I used three different textured papers (orange mulberry, paler  crinkled and white lacy) which I have had in my stash for several years cutting them to different widths and layering them onto white card. i then attached black peel off strips to the borders. The digi image called Honey Anime 4 is from Scrapper's Delights and after colouring using Promarkers I fussy cut it and attached it to the card using glue gel. The letters for the sentiment were cut from black card using Tattered Lace's elegant alphabet set.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - one for the girls
   Creative Inspirations - halloween/fall
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps - lots of layers
   Creatalicious -anything goes with halloween
   Scrapper's Delights - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the colour orange
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes

Moonlight spell

   This week's theme at QKR Stampede is halloween.
   I began by matting and layering paper from Tattered Lace onto black and then white card. After colouring the QKR Stampede digi called brewing (number 9201) using Promarkers  I fussy cut it and attached it to the design using glue gel.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - fall/halloween
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspiration - halloween/fall
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - halloween
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Digi Designs - halloween
   Creatalicious - anything goes with halloween
   Fab 'n' Funky - celebrate halloween
   Kitty Bee Designs - halloween
   Inky Chicks - too cute yo spook
   One stitch at a Time  - anything goes with halloween colours
   Make My Monday - I put a spell on you
   That's Crafty - halloween

Wine and grapes

   This card uses the wine and grapes digi image from Dragons Lair Designs. I coloured it using Promarkers and after cutting it out using a Spellbinders square die I matted it onto core'dinations cardstock which had been cut using a Spellbinders scalloped square die.
   The background paper is from  a Kaisercraft Christmas paper pad and I matted and layered it onto beige core'dinations cardstock and white card. The leaves are cut from crepe paper using a Tattered Lace die from their foliage set and the letters for the sentiment were cut using their alphabet circus die set.
   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Pile It On - food/drink
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   As You Like It - I like old stash because I enjoy the challenge of finding a new or different use for it (an example being the crepe paper used for the die cut leaves)
   Creative Moments - anything goes

Country crooning

   Wild west is the theme for this week's challenge at QKR Stampede.
   I have used the digi image Country crooning (number 24106) which I coloured using Promarkers and fussy cut. I then attached it to a background which I had created using the My Craft Studio CD ROM 'Setting the scene' and matted and layered onto black card and then white card. Finally I added a Happy Birthday peel off strip.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - one for the boys
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Digi Designs - add a sentiment
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Addicted To Stamps and More - anything goes
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Dies only

   Creative Corner would like you to use only black and white in their challenge this week. I have departed from my normal type of card and used dies only and no alcohol pens.
   I cut two black card squares and attached them in opposite corners to a large square of white card. The decorative ring was created by snipping into black and white card cut using Tattered Lace's rose posy die. I cut two of each colour using the second piece to decoupage the roses.
   I used Tattered Lace'd notched square dies to cut the centre squares and dies from their all occasions sentiments set to cut the greeting. The butterflies were cut from a Signature die from Joanna Sheen.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - die cuts/punches
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes