Robot

   My grand daughter enters robotic challenges with her father so i have made this card for her. The image called Robot Gage is from Scrappers Delight.  I have coloured it using Promarkers but picked some parts out eg screws, glasses rim, using a silver gel pen. The background paper was printed using My Craft Studio.
   The sentiment was stamped using a stamp from the Bebunni floral collection from Crafter's Companion. I heated embossed it using silver embossing powder and matted it onto silver mirri card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Scrapper's Delight - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   One Stitch At a Time - anything goes with embossing

Daisy swirl

   The theme for this week's challenge at Eureka Stamps is spring is in the air.
    I have chosen to use digi number 17403(539) (Daisy swirl) which I coloured using Promarkers. I then went over the design using a crystal clear Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen. I used Liquid Pearls on the dots in the design.
    The sentiment is computer generated and I used the crystal clear Sparkle pen over the words happy birthday. I matted the design onto white card and outlined it with narrow pink peel off strips.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - nature
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - swirls and pearls
   Digi Choosday - flower frenzy
   Passion For Promarkers - spring has sprung
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - less is more
   In The Pink - spring flowers
   Fab 'n' Funky - flowers
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Digitally Sweet - spring is in the air
   Sweet Stampin' - swirls and pearls
   Crafty Creations - spring fever
   Creative Moments - anything goes with spring has sprung
   Eclectic Ellapu - flora and fauna
   Crafty Boots - spring is in the air

Easter morning

   The theme for the new challenge beginning at Crafty Cardmakers today is Easter. I have chosen to use the digi image Easter Morning from Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.
   I coloured it using Promarkers and then painted Stickles onto the wings, after which I matted and layered it onto gold mirri card and white card. I then coloured some peel off letters and created the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - Easter
   Cute Card Thursday - Easter
   Digi Choosday - Easter/flowers
   Allsorts - Easter
   The Crafter's Cafe - Easter
   Addicted To Stamps - any shape
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - Easter
   Inky Chicks - happy Easter
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with Easter
   Sweet Stampin - Easter
   A Gem of a Challenge - Easter

He is risen

   The theme for this week's challenge at Eureka Stamps is Easter cards.
   I have used digi number 3802 (draped cross with thorns) to make a traditional Easter card. The sentiment is also from Eureka Stamps, number 3705.
    I coloured the image using Promarkers and then applied different colours of Flower Soft to the thorns. I then matted it onto cream deckled card and outlined it using wavy gold peel off strips. I finished the card by attaching a gold card candi to each of the corners.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting stories - Easter
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - Easter
   Digi Choosday - Easter/flowers
   QKR Stampede - add a sentiment
   Allsorts - Easter
   The Crafter's Cafe - Easter
   Addicted To Stamps - any shape
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - Easter
   Inky Chicks - happy Easter
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with Easter
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin - Easter
   A Gem of A Challenge - Easter

Horse and foal

   This week the challenge at Crafting From the Heart is being sponsored by Angie's Digi Stamps.

   I have used their digi stamp Horse and foal and coloured it using Promarkers. I then framed it with core'dinations cardstock from which I had cut an oval aperture. 

   I then attached wavy gold peel off around the edge of the aperture. I made the rosette from core'dinations cardstock cut using a small Tattered lace rosette die and adding two cardstock ribbons. The circular sentiment was from my stash.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspirations - nature

   Passion For Promarkers - child's birthday

   Addicted To Stamps - any shape

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   The Ribbon Girl - any image

   A Bit More Time To Craft - anything goes

   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

   Crafting With Friends - anything goes

   Sweet Stamps - anything goes

   Dragonfly Dreams - use a die cut

Good luck

   The designer paper I used here is from a Tattered Lace magazine and it was matted and layered onto yellow core'dinations cardstock and white card. I made the quarter arcs of the rainbow by cutting out white card using Tattered lace half circle dies and then colouring each arc using a Promarker pen. At the foot of the rainbow I created a sentiment using Tattered Lace dies and a gold peel off.
   The image is Clover from Sassy Studio. I coloured her using Promarkers and then after cutting her out I dusted the edges using distress ink before matting it onto yellow core'dinations cardstock. I added a die cut clover in the lower corner.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   V's Sweet Ideas - lady luck
   Glitter n Sparkle - use some green
   Creatalicious - St Patrick's day or use green
   Crafty Gals Corner - show some green
   Incy Wincy Designs - shades of green
   Make My Monday - lucky
   Open Minded Crafting - luck or St Patrick's day
   Dragonfly Dreams - use a die cut
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - ladies
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Cowboy

   The new challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is being sponsored by

Bugaboo who are offering 7 digi stamps to their winner
and
Crackerbox Palace who are offering 3 digi stamps to their winner.

The theme for the challenge is 'for the boys'.

   I used the Bugaboo digi called cowboy-fence and coloured it using Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens (for the sky) and then matted it onto silver mirri. The background paper is from We R Memory Keepers, which I have had in my stash for several years now, and I matted and layered it onto silver mirri and white card. I finished the card with a silver happy birthday peel off.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - all about birthdays
   I Love Promarkers - men at work
   Passion For Promarkers - child's birthday
   QKR Stampede - add a sentiment
   Glitter n Sparkle - use some green
   The Paper Shelter - birthday boy
   Crafty Gals Corner - show some green
   Clear It Out - anything goes with patterned paper over a year old
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Seize The Birthday - anything goes with the great divide

Butterfly pearls

   The theme for the new challenge at Creative Corner this week is all white and one other colour. I have always admired parchment work and thought I would give it a try, so this is my first parchment card!
   The ovals on the centre piece were embossed using Pergamano's multi grid 33. I then used the Groovi plate 'occasions to emboss the sentiment in the centre after which I attached it at the four corners to red card.
   The border at at bottom of the card was created from white card using the Tattered Lace pearl border die and a strip of red ribbon.
   The two separate butterflies were made using Tattered Lace's butterflies parchment grid number 2 and I added red gems to the body. I attached a red candi card in the other corners to cover where I had attached the main design.
    Finally I added red Liquid Pearl dots to one of the embossed ovals.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - all about birthdays
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Alphabet - b is for beautiful butterflies

Dogs

   There is an easy theme for the challenge at Eureka Stamps this week - anything goes.
   I have used digi number 2102 (Happy puppy) which I coloured using Promarkers and digi number 24206 (Dogs in heaven). The paw prints were stamped using a paw stamp that was attached to a children's comic my daughter got many years ago. She found it when clearing out her room before she went off to university! I wrapped satin printed ribbon round the edge of one side and then matted and layered the design onto core'dinations cardstock and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Cute Card Thursday - lace or ribbon
   Passion For Promarkers - cute critters
   Crafty Ribbons - monochrome
   Crafting By Designs - monochrome
   Creative Moments - anything goes with a sentiment on front
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with the addition of an animal
 

On safari

   I coloured this digi image called Safari Guy from Kenny K using Promarkers. I then cut it out leaving a white margin so that it would stand out from the background paper more and attached it using glue gel.
   The paper I had printed off sometime ago. it was from a My Craft Studio CD ROM but I cannot remember which one. I matted and layered it onto core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   Using a Tattered Lace vertical sentiment die I cut the letters in both black and white card and glued them to the card, the black behind the white, to create a shdow effect.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - men at work
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - shades of green
   Glitter n Sparkle - use some green
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - a bit of green
   Pattie's Creations Designs - green
   Sweet Stampin' - boys to men
 

Froggy frog

   I love the image of the frog from Scrapper's Delight  and it reminded me of the story of the princess and the frog and other fairy stories. Before I printed the frog out I added an Aladin's lamp to its hand. I coloured it using promarkers and then fussy cut it out.
   I matted paper printed from My Craft Studio's 'Another Fairyland' CD ROM onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card and then attached the frog to the card using glue gel. Using the same CD ROM I printed out the figure of the girl. After colouring her using Promarkers I cut it out using a Spellbinders classic scalloped oval die and fixed it to the card to form a thought bubble. I used varying sizes of pearls to link this and the frog.
   The sentiment was computer generated and I matted it onto green core'dinations cardstock before attaching it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - add a sentiment
   Digi Choosday - colour green and/or nature
   Passion For Promarkers - cute critters
   Whoopsi Daisy - green plus a sentiment
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - a bit of green
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Golden retriever

   I was asked to make a card for a friend who likes golden retrievers and I found this image on Cupcakecraftings 'Paws for Thought' volume 2 CD ROM. The papers are also from the same CD ROM and I backed each onto dark green core'dinations cardstock.
    The sentiment is on parchment and attached over the printed designer paper both of which were cut out using a Spellbinders label twenty die. I drew round the die to create the shape for the cardstock. The card candi hide where I attached the parchment to the paper.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - add a sentiment
   Crafty Catz - use three different papers
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Dragonfly Dreams - use a die cut
   Digi stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with add an animal

St Patrick's day

   There is another challenge beginning at Crafty Cardmakers today the theme of which is go green.
   For the background of my card I used Tattered Lace pearl square dies to cut out a series of frames in two different tones of green. The three largest I arranged with the edges parallel to the edge of a white base card and the next four I attached turned through 45 degrees, in each case alternating the tones.
   The stamped image is a Tatty Twinkles one called 'St. Patrick's Day' and this I coloured using Promarkers before roughly cutting round it and attaching to the card.
   Finally I added a sentiment cut from brown core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - the colour green
   Passion For Promarkers - girls only
   Whoopsi Daisy - green and add a sentiment
   Inky Impressions - let's hear it for the girls
   Incy Wincy Designs - shades of green
   Pattie's Creations Design - green
   Make My Monday - a square world
   Tuesday Throwdown - frame it
   Dragonfly Dreams - use a die cut
   Pile It On - green and two other colours

Cross with rose

   We begin a new challenge at Eureka Stamps today and we would like you to use paper piecing.
   I matted paper from Papermania onto pink mirri and then white card. I coloured the cross of digi image number 15601 (Cross with rose) using a Promarker pen and then paper pieced the flower stem and leaves of the rose using printed paper from my stash. After cutting it out I dusted the edges using distress inks and then attached it to the card. I coloured four card candi using a Promarker pen and attached these to the corners of the image.
   I used the Tattered Lace Charisma Rose Corner die to create the rose embellishment, colouring the leaves using Promarkers and paper piecing the flowers.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - use three different papers (background, leaves, roses)
   4 Crafty Chicks - Easter
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Dragonfly Dreams - use a die cut
   Alphabet - a is for anything pink

Decorator

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

and as always the theme is anything goes.

   For my card I have used their digi image called 'female painter, decorator' and coloured it using Promarkers. I added silver gel pen to the paint can handles and then matted and layered it onto core'dinations cardstock and white card. To finish it I added a silver peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Ooh La La Creations - add a sentiment

   Digi Choosday - ladies

   Passion For Promarkers - girls only

   Inky Impressions - let's hear it for the girls

   Allsorts - women's day

   Seize The Birthday - anything goes

   Make My Monday - a square world

Boy fishing

   There is a new challenge starting over at Send A Smile 4 Kids today the theme of which is spring colours. It is being sponsored by
Crackerbox Palace who are giving three digs from stamps as their prize
and
Die-Versions who are offering a $15 gift certificate.
   I thought of the crocus and daffodils flowering in my lawn and the bright sunny spells that we have been getting recently. So for my card I matted spotty paper from my stash onto white card and outlined it using black peel off. I'm gradually getting through my stack of peel offs, but I didn't realize just how many I had bought!
   The image 'Fishing boy' is from Crackerbox Palace and I coloured it using Promarkers. I added some loose glitter to the dragonfly's wings but this doesn't show up well in the photo. The happy birthday banner is also from Crackerbox Palace and coloured using Promarkers. I shaped it slightly before attaching to the card using glue gel.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - add a sentiment
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Paper Creator's Crafts - spring colours
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes for a child
   Crafty Gals Corner - all about the boys
   Creative Moments - anything goes with a sentiment on front

Easter bunnies

   The theme for the challenge starting today at Creative Corner is 'bunnies everywhere' and it is being sponsored by Bugaboo.
   I have used the Bugaboo digi image 'Easterbunny line' and coloured it using Promarkers. I then matted it onto cream card and outlined it using narrow strips of gold peel off. Finally I attached a Happy Easter peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - add a sentiment
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - cute and cuddly
   4 Crafty Chicks - easter
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything for a child
   Animal Friends - happy easter
   Creative Moments - anything goes with a sentiment on the front
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with add an animal
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes