Cat and dog

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   This using card was made using Giordano Studio stamps 'With Love' from Joanna Sheen. They were coloured using Promarkers and then the design was matted and layered onto blue mirri and then white card. The sentiment  was a peel off which I coloured.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La - add something green
   QKR Stampede - critters
   Inky Impressions - cute and cuddly
   Cupcake Inspirations - cute critters
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - clean and simple
   The Paper Shelter - animals
   C.R.A.F.T. - clean and simple
   As You Like It - clean and simple (Like it because image is the main focus and card remains flat for ease of posting)
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark

Loving message

   For this challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More we would like to see stripes.
   I matted and layered some striped paper I had in my stash onto pink paper and white card. Another piece of striped paper was also matted onto the pink paper and then attached horizontally to the card.    My images are from the Tatty Twinkles stamp set called 'Message' and I coloured them all using Promarkers. I cut out the main image leaving a narrow margin of white around it because I thought this would make it stand out from the background a little more. I shaped it slightly before attaching it to the card using glue gel. The butterfly was also fixed to the card using glue gel. I palced the sentiment message just behind the envelope.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper -anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - for the girls
   Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - spots (on bow and butterfly) and strips ( papers)

Birthday daisies

   Another week and another challenge at Eureka Stamps. The challenge this week is to make a birthday card. I have used digis 9201 (Daisy bouquet) and 15003 (Have a sunshine day) to make a feminine birthday card.
   I coloured the image using Promarkers, cut it out using a Spellbinders scalloped oval die, brushed the edges with distress ink and then matted onto card which I had cut out by hand having drawn round the die. The sentiment was dealt with in the same way, although I did not brush the edges of this. I then added some glitter to the flowers.
   The background paper is from Papermania and was shaped by drawing around the edge of the scalloped white card onto which I matted it.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - floral delights
   My Craft Creations - anything goes
   Allsorts - the colour purple
   Crafty Calendar - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with the twist use a die

Punches and/or dies

   It's the third Saturday in the month and another challenge over at Send A Smile 4 Kids. The theme for this challenge is 'punches and/or dies' and there are three very generous sponsors:-
   Flat Friends Boutique  (6 digis),  The Paper Shelter (3 digis) and Sassy Studios (4 digis).

   For my first card I used Bathtime from The Paper Shelter. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted it onto black card. I had some paper which I had printed off a few years ago in my stash and I used this for the background of the card. The flying birds were cut from Core'dinations cardstock using a Tattered Lace die. I also used tattered Lace dies to cut the sentiment from black card.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   ABC - D is for die cuts
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with the twist use a die
   A Gem of a Challenge - children's playtime

   My second card uses the digi beach time from Flat Friends Boutique and is again coloured using Promarkers. I decided to use different textures in this card. I have used Papermania paper for the sky, shimmering paper for the sea ( this was cut using a Spellbinders long classic rectangle die and layered) and core'dinations cardstock for the sand. The latter was torn to create the water's edge and sanded. The sun was cut using a circular die from gold mirri card. I layered all the pieces together and then cut them as a whole into a rectangular shape which I then matted and layered onto black and then white card. Finally I added some transfer letters to form a wavy 'Have Fun'. The coloured image was shaped slightly and attached using glue gel.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - add a little texture
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - a piece of paradise
   Clear It Out - theme is holiday & stash is gold or yellow things (sun and beach)

Ice Skaters

   Today we begin a new challenge at Creative Corner, the theme of which is 'Winter fun'.
   I matted some pink designer paper I had lying around in my stash onto grey card and wrapped two rows of navy organza ribbon round it. I then matted this onto white card. I coloured the image, skating friends, from Lili of the Valley using Promarkers and matted it onto navy core'dinations cardstock which I had previously sprayed with sparkle. After attaching it to the card I attached a bow and words which I had cut out using Tattered Lace dies.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   In The Pink - cute
   Penny Black and More - anything goes except a digi
   Dream Valley - favourite colour combo (pink, navy & grey)
   Whoopsi Daisy - pretty in pink
   Catch the Bug - girls just wanna have fun
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Fantasy Stampers - pretty in pink
   A Gem of a Challenge - children's playtime
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - for the girls
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Birds of a feather

   The theme for this week's challenge at Eureka Stamps is 'Birds of a feather'. I have used digi numbers 28506 (Bunch of chicks) and 14507 (From all of us) to create my card.
   I coloured the image using Promarkers and cut it out using a Spellbinders label 10 die. Keeping it in the die I rub distress ink around the edges. I then drew round the die on yellow card, cut it out and matted the coloured image onto it. I applied flower soft to one of the chicks and added a card beak to it.
   I scored and folded cream card to form an easel card and matted and layered pale yellow card and paper from Papermania onto the base of the easel. I cut out the sentiment, distressed the edges using distress ink, matted it onto yellow card and attached it to the card using foam pads to form the easel stop.
   I coloured two lengths of organza ribbon using Promarkers, wrapped them round the lower half of the easel and tied them together, afterwhich I attached the image. Finally I tied four pieces of ribbon together and attached these to the corner edge of the easel stop.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - to someone I love
   Winter Wonderland - for a child
   Brown Sugar - use a bow and a die cut
   Lacy Sunshine - things with wings
   Suzy Bee's Bloomin' - anything goes with the twist add a bow
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option of a shaped card
   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Senior love

   The challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More this time has the theme love. I thought what better than the love between two of the older generation and made this anniversary card.
   The image called 'Flirty Seniors' is from Make it Crafty. I stamped it onto watercolour card but coloured it using Promarkers. It wasn't so easy to blend the inks as on the usual card that I use but it seemed to work as long as I was careful at the edges of each section. I then matted it onto black core'dinations cardstock, wrapped ribbon round two corners and then matted onto cream card. The words were cut from deep red core'dinatios cardstock using tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - Je t'aime
   Penny Black and More - anything goes except a digi
   Ooh La La Creations - love
   ABC - c is for cupid
   Allsorts - love is all around
   Winter Wonderland - KISS (keep it sweet and simple)
   The Paper Shelter - be my valentine
   Stamp and Create - all you need is love
   Addicted To CAS - hugs and kisses
   Little Miss Muffet - all you need is love

All is love

   The theme for this week's Eureka Stamps challenge is 'All is Love'. I have used digis 18302 (Heart bouquet which I coloured using Promarkers) and 28505 (I bring this basket).
   I matted red card onto pink and wrapped pink organza and narrow satin ribbons round the bottom, after which I matted it onto white card. I also matted the image and the verse onto pink card before attaching them to the card. I then added a bow made from the two different ribbons.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - valentines day
   Ooh La La Creations - love
   Creative Inspirations - love is in the air
   I Love Promarkers - lots of love
   Allsorts - love is all around
   The Crazy Challenge - love
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - include a heart
   Digi Designs - include a heart
   V's Sweet Ideas - red, white or pink
   Glitter n Sparkle - love is in the air
   Fab 'n' Funky - hearts and/or flowers
   Pile It On - use a bow
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the optiion thinking of you/valentine
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - red and pink
   Lacy Sunshine - have a heart
   Make My Monday - valentines
   Dragonfly Dreams - love is in the air
   Creative Moments - anything goes/love
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - valentines/love
   4 Crafty Chicks - hand coloured image
   Buckwells Crafty - love/red

For the boys

      It's another Saturday and another challenge over at Send A Smile 4 Kids. The theme for this challenge is 'for the boys' and there are three very generous sponsors:-
   Squigglefly  (3 digis),  Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet ($10 gift certificate) and Fred She Said ($10 gift certificate).

   

   For this first card I used the image 'Pirate captain' from Squigglefly. I coloured it using Promarkers and lightly  dusted the edges with distress ink before matting it onto black core'dinations cardstock. The backing paper printed from a CD ROM sometime ago and laying around in my box of stash was also matted and layered onto black core'dinations cardstock and white card. After attaching the image to this I glued card candi onto the corners. Finally I fixed the best wishes sentiment cut from core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies onto the card.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

   Crafty Ribbons - nautical

   My Craft Creations - anything goes

   Papertake Weekly - anything goes

   Brown Sugar - anything goes

   Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

   Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes

  

   My next card was made using the soccer image from Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.

 

   Again I have coloured the image using Promarkers and distressed the edges with distress ink. The papers used were printed using the Popcorn platinum CD ROM from Crafter's Companion and everything was matted onto green card. I chose black with white spots card candi as the nearest I had to football colours.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

   Passion For Promarkers - one for the boys

   Addicted to Stamps - lots of layers

   Inspiration Destination - anything goes

   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   A Gem of a Challenge - lots of layers

   Open Minded Crafting - no pink and no red

Getting ready

   The theme for the Creative Corner challenge this week is pink and purple.
   I have chosen to use a Lili of the Valley stamp called 'getting ready'. I coloured it using Promarkers but added silver gel pen round the edge of the mirror and to the legs of the stool.
   I used the Die'sire die 'Christmas presents' from Crafter's Companion to cut out and emboss a 145 cm square of purple core'dinations cardstock and then distressed it. I placed this over the same size square of pink core'dinations cardstock and drew around the inside aperture and cut a slightly larger aperture from the pink. I then glued the coloured image behind the pink cardstock and glued the purple cardstock on top of the pink. The whole was then matted onto white card which was slightly bigger. To finish the card I added some pink and purple gems.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - anything goes except a digi
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Stamping Sensations - anything goes
   Digi Sketch - for the girls
   Winter Wonderland - keep it sweet and simple
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with the twist let's see some purple
   One Stitch At A Time - anything goes with the colour purple
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes

Flower Basket

   We have the start of another challenge at Eureka Stamps. The theme this week is pink and red. I have used digi number 3601 (flower basket) and coloured it using Spectrum Noir pens.
   I matted designer paper from Kaiser Craft which I had in my stash onto red core'dinations cardstock. The coloured image I matted onto red mirri card and rounded the corners using a punch. The greeting was also cut from red mirri card using a die from Tattered Lace's Christmas sentiment set. Finally I attached a flower from Wild Orchid.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Allsorts - flower power
   V's Sweet Ideas - red, white or pink
   Little Claire's Digi - open
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option thinking of you
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Through the Purple Haze - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle -anything goes