Party boy!

   A nice quick card this time. I coloured the image from Dragons Lair Designs using Promarkers. After cutting it out I matted and layered it onto paper from DCWV, black card and white card. I then cut the party phrase from the paper and glued it to the background of the image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - use the colour blue
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Creatalicious - guys/male themed cards
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with b (boy, blue)

Garden bear

   Our new challenge today at Eureka Stamps has the theme pets and animals.
   I have used Eureka Stamps digi number 1402 (garden bear) for my design. I coloured it using Promarkers and cut it out using a Spellbinders classic square die. I matted it onto yellow core'dinations cardstock which I had cut out using a Spellbinders leafy square die. I used similar smaller dies for the sentiment. For the background of the card I matted and layered sunflower paper from my stash onto yellow core'dinations cardstock and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - lots of layers
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   A Bit More Time To Craft - anything goes
   Catch the Bug - photo inspiration (sunflowers)
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Vintage Stamping - use a die
   Pattie's Creations Design - fall

Cupcake jump

   When I saw this House Mouse stamp called 'Cupcake Jump' from Stampendous I could not resist it. These characters are so cheeky!
   I attached a thin strip of pink core'dinations cardstock to paper from Wild Rose Studio's pack called Icing on the cake. I then wrapped two rows of narrow satin ribbon round this before matting and layering it onto pink shiny paper and white card.
   I coloured the image using Promarkers and cut it out using a Tattered Lace oval die making sure that the mouse was outside the die. I thought this would emphasise the mouse jumping onto the cake. I then matted this onto pink core'dinations cardstock and attached it to the card.
   Finally I coloured a peel off sentiment and stuck this between the two rows of ribbon.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - pretty in pink
   Passion For Promarkers - lots of layers
   House Mouse and Friends - in the pink
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - pink
   Ribbon Girl - pastels
   In the Pink - pink ribbon
   The Cutie Pie - pretty in pink
   Crafty Boots - pink
   Pile It On - fabric, lace or ribbon
   Crafty Gals Corner - ribbons and/or flourishes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with 'b' (birthday)
   Alphabet - r is for ribbon

Autumn tea break

   For our challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More this time we want you to use autumn colours.
I attached a cake decorated strip from my stash onto brick paper (also from my stash) and then matted and layered this onto red core'dinations cardstock and white card. I used the Tatty Twinkles stamp Coffee with friends coloured it using Promarkers and cut it out. I then attached it to the left hand side of the card using glue gel. Finally I matted the Happy Birthday sentiment onto white card and attached it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - warm autumn colours
   Stamping Sensations - colours of autumn
   Fab 'n' Funky - make it square
   One Sweet Challenge - use fall colours
   Wags 'n Whiskers - fall colours
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with autumn colours
   As You Like It - colour  because they can cheer the place up
   Suzy Bee's Bloomin' - anything goes with autumn colours
   Crafty Creations - don't be blue

Halloween night

   Our theme for this week's challenge at Eureka Stamps is halloween.
   I chose to use digi image number 10103(431), Halloween border. I extended the image by adding the reverse of the first pumpkin to the end of the row and then coloured the image using Promarkers and distress inks, trying to create a glow of light behind the pumpkins. I also printed three additional bats and decoupaged them in the sky. I then matted it onto white card and surrounded it with silver peel off.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - halloween
   QKR Stampede - make your own background
   Crafty Calendar - halloween
   Dragon Lair Designs - halloween
   Digi Designs - halloween
   Glitter n Sparkle - halloween
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with halloween
   Animal Friends - halloween
   Through the Purple Haze - halloween or magical
   The East Wind - halloween

Snow queen

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

and as always our theme is anything goes.

   I have used their digi image Snow Queen Portrait in my card.

   I matted and layered blue silver patterned paper onto blue pearlescent paper and white card. I coloured the image using Promarkers and cut it out using a Tattered Lace oval die, matting it onto blue pearlescent paper before attaching it to the card. I added colour to three flowers and attached these along with a bow to the base of the oval using glue gel. Finally I added a Happy birthday peel off to the top of the oval.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes

Celebration Cards

   For our new challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids we want you to make celebration cards. Again we are being sponsored by three generous sponsors:

The Paper Shelter (3 digis),

DRS Designs ($10 gift certificate)

and

Fred She Said ($10 gift certificate).

   I hope you will join us.

   For my first card I matted paper printed from My Craft Studio's Charisma Peony CD ROM onto deep mauve core'dinations cardstock. I then wrapped two layers of washi tape round the lower half of this before matting it onto white card.

    I coloured the image from The Paper Shelter called 'Patissier in distress' using Promarkers and then cut it out using a Spellbinders circle die so that the image was just escaping the edge. I then matted this onto deep mauve core'dinations cardstock. I stuck the black peel off sentiment onto white card and also matted this onto some deep mauve core'dinations cardstock.

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

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes

   Craft Your Passion - anything goes

   Whoopsi Daisy - hand coloured image

   Crafty Catz - anything goes

   A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes

   Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes

   Crafty Creations - don't be blue

 

   For my second card I used paper from Wild Rose Studio's 'A robin's Christmas' paper pack and matted and layered it onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I coloured the digi image from DRS Designs called 'Winter buddies' using Promarkers and after cutting it out I used a punch to round the corners. I then matted it onto blue core'dinations cardstock before attaching it to the card. From white card I cut two sprigs of holly using a Tattered Lace mini holly die. I coloured these using Promarkers and then matted them onto green core'dinations cardstock and attached them to the corner of the image using glue gel. Finally I added a Happy Christmas peel off.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   ABC - t is for two
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - for a child
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

A special gift

   For this weeks challenge at Creative Corner we want you to have three embellishments on your creation. We are being sponsored by A Day For Daisies and I have used their digi image 'A special gift'.
   I wrapped ribbon round paper from Wild Rose Studio's Xmas Bella paper pack and then matted and layered it onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card. I coloured the image using Promarkers and distress ink and then cut it out using a Spellbinders blossom die. This was then matted onto more blue core'dination cardstock before attaching it to the card. I then glued a yellow star onto the image and randomly placed silver stars onto the background. A bow was added to the ribbon strip and three card candi to the bottom left hand corner of the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - pretty in pink
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - use some pink
   In The Pink - use pink ribbon
   The Cutie Pie - pretty in pink
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   ABC Christmas - u is for unusual Christmas colours
   Alphabet - r is for ribbon

Boy with pumpkins

   Today our theme for the Eureka Stamps challenge is pumpkins.
   I matted green design paper from DCWV onto purple pearlescent paper and white card. I then took a strip of purple paper with the same design as the green and attached this to the lower half of the card. On both of the long sides of this I fixed gold bordered orange peel off.
   The image is digi number 21901 (boy and cat with pumpkins). This I coloured using Promarkers and cut out using a Tattered Lace oval die. I matted this onto purple pearlescent paper and attached it to the card. I then outlined it with gold bordered orange peel off. Finally I added four orange card candi.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Calendar - halloween
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Digi Designs - halloween or harvest related
   Scrapping For Fun - pumpkins
   Catch the Bug - fall
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes with bring in the harvest
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with use two different patterned papers
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - falling for you
   Creative Moments - anything goes with autumn colours
   The Crazy Challenge - orange, purple and green

Christmas bells

   This digi saying is from Dragons Lair Designs. I cut it out using a Spellbinders large decked rectangle and while it was still in the die inked the background using distress ink. I then drew round the outside of the die on dark green core'dinations cardstock which I then cut out and used as a matting.
   The background of the card is paper from Wild Rose Studio's 'A robin's Christmas'. I attached narrow gold ribbon to this, weaving the horizontal and vertical strips before matting and layering it onto dark green core'dinations cardstock and white card. The bells were cut from gold mirri card using the Tattered Lace die Florentine bell. I matted this onto some more dark green core'dination cardstock before attaching it to the card using glue gel.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   The Glory of Christmas - green and gold
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Circular

   Our theme for the new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and More is for you to make a circular card.
   I layered the following onto a white circular base card, which I had cut using a die:
light pink mirri card cut using a Spellbinders petite scalloped circle die,
darker pink mirri card again cut using a Spellbinders petite scalloped circle die,
paper printed from Tattered Lace's Charisma Peony CD ROM cut using a Spellbinders classic scalloped circle die
and
mauve core'dinations cardstock cut using a Tattered Lace half circle die.
   To this I attached a decoupaged Charisma Peony, a triple bow, three card candi and a peel off sentiment which I had coloured using a permanent marker.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   CD Sunday - bloomin' marvellous
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Everybody Art - circles
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Leaves

   We start another challenge at Eureka Stamps today, the theme of which is autumn leaves or colours of Fall, so plenty of choice.
   I used digi number 22041 (Jump into a pile of leaves) and laid it over digi number 10402 (Open oak leaf). I coloured the leaf using Promarkers and then outlined the phrase using copper coloured peel off. I matted and layered this onto black and then white card and outlined with more copper coloured peel off. I then printed a number of smaller oak leaves, coloured them using Promarkers and cut them out. Using glue gel I stuck them randomly at the bottom of the card to form a pile of leaves. Finally from black card I cut out the letters HAVE FUN using dies from Tattered Lace's alphabet circus set.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - autumn leaves
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   QKR Stampede - anything goes
   Allsorts - nature
   Papertake Weekly - autumn colours
   One Sweet  - use fall colours
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - autumn is in the air
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   The Stamping Boutique - no designer paper
   Pattie's Creations Design - fall or halloween
   A Gem of a Challenge - autumn
   Creative Moments - anything goes with autumn colours
   Crafty Creations - falling for you
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Little foxes

   Another Monday and the start of a new challenge at Crafting From the Heart. This week we are being sponsored by

   My card uses their digi image called Little Fox.

   I matted and layered paper from DCWV onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card. I took a green rectangular piece of paper from the same pack and matted this onto green core'dinations cardstock and then attached it to the left hand side of the card. After colouring the image using Promarkers I matted it onto brown core'dinations cardstock and fixed it to the card. I coloured a white peel off greeting using a permanent marker, fixed it to brown core'dinations cardstock matted onto green core'dinations cardstock and attached it to the corner of the image. Finally I added three card candi which I had coloured using Promarkers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   Craft Your Passion - anything goes

   Digi Choosday - use something new (digi image)

   QKR Stampede - anything goes

   Allsorts - nature

   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes

   Catch the Bug - anything goes

   Inspiration Destination - anything goes

   Pile It On - recipe (1 image, 2 design papers, 3 card candi)

   Simon Says Wednesday - anything goes 

   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

   Sami Stamps - anything goes

Early holiday wishes

   The theme for our new challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is early holiday wishes. We are again being sponsored by three generous sponsors:

Bugaboo (7 digis)

Deedee's Digis ($15 gift certificate) and

One Happy Cut ($15 gift certificate).

So come, join in the fun.

   My first card uses Deedee's digital image Carolling Snowman, which I coloured using Promarkers. I added Stickles to the falling snow and then matted the image onto purple core'dinations cardstock.
For the background I matted and layered Christmas paper from Papermania onto purple core'dinations cardstock and white card. I also added a strip of the core'dinations cardstock across the lower portion of the card before I attached the image. Finally I added two card candi to the strip.

   For my second card I wrapped three rows of ribbon round Christmas paper from Jennifer Ellory's Berry Merry papers before matting and layering it onto red mirri card and white card.
   The digi image is ornamental bear from Bugaboo and again I coloured it using Promarkers. I cut it out using a Tattered Lace oval die and rubbed distress ink over the background before matting it onto red mirri card. I then added Glossy Accents to the red bauble. Finally I added a bow which I had got from some packaging.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   QKR Stampede - anything goes
   Crafting Musketeers - Christmas with a ribbon
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Little Claire Digi Stamp - Christmas
   Fab 'n' Funky - anything Christmas
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with b (baubles, bear, bow)

Playful mice

   Our theme for the Creative Corner challenge this week is Boooooo! I could not resist these mice jumping out of the pumpkin. I can just imagine them going boo as they jump on the larger one.
   The image is from Joanna Sheen's 8x8 Cardmaking Collection of House Mouse Designs. I cut out the three small circular images and fixed them over the corresponding mice in the large image. The background for the card is made from purple and green core'dinations cardstock and I used a gold bordered orange peel off between the two colours. The letters for the sentiment were cut using a Tattered Lace die and then separating the letters. Finally I added three card candi.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   House Mouse and Friends - fall and halloween
   Scrapping 4 Fun - pumpkins
   Creatalicious - halloween
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Animal Friends - halloween
   Through the Purple Haze - halloween/magical
   Eclectic Ellapu - halloween