Hydrangea

   The theme for the new challenge starting today at Crafty Cardmakers is shabby chic or distressed.
   I matted and layered paper from an old Joanna Sheen paper pad (Lace 03) onto cream pearlescent card and white card. All other pieces were printed using Debbi Moore's Shabby Chic Victorian Botanical CD ROM, cut out and attached to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - summer
   Inky Impressions - summertime
   Crafty Boots - summertime
   Paper Creator's Crafts - all about flowers
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   One Stitch At a Time - anything goes with flowers
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - summer
   Creative Moments - anything goes with summer

A good book

   A new challenge begins today at Crafting From the Heart with the usual theme of anything goes. It is being sponsored by Oddball Art.

   I have used their digi image Big Eye Bookworm Fairy and coloured most of it using Promarkers. I used iridescent H2O paint for the wings and gold gel pen for the stars and writing on the book spine. I then matted and layered it onto rainbow mirri card and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - add some shimmer
   Addicted To Stamps And More - clean and simple
   DigiStamps4Joy - anything goes with fairies
   Make My Mondays - fairies

Enjoy your day

   I combined two of Scrapper's Delights digi images (Crafty Honeys markers and Crafty Honeys ruler) to make this design. The sentiment was computer generated. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted and layered it onto pearlescent card, designer paper from Lili of the Valley, core'dinations cardstock and finally white card. I then added three card candi as an embellishment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - summer colours
   I Love Promarkers - for a child
   The Crafter's Cafe - something for a child
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - kids
   Scrapper's Delights - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - use patterned paper
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   Alphabet - h is for hand coloured image

Wedding card

   The theme for Eureka Stamps' challenge this week is 'here comes the bride'. I decided to make the text the main focus of my card and chose to use digi number 19003 (May your wedding). I cut it out using a charisma frames 1 Tattered Lace die and matted it onto silver mirri.
   The background of my card is wrapping paper overlaid with a white lattice cut out using the Tattered Lace essentials byzantine lattice die.
   As an embellishment I used digi number 55601 (wedding bells). Using a craft knife I cut out sections in the bells. I then coloured the ribbons and the inside of one of the bells using Promarkers and then sprayed it with silver Spray and Sparkle before attaching it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - add a sentiment
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   A Bit More Time To Craft - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   The Stamping Boutique - wedding/anniversary
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   Eclectic Ellapu - wedding

Poisettias

   It's Saturday again (they come round so quickly!) and there is another challenge beginning at Send A Smile 4 Kids. For this one we would like you to use punches and/or diecuts. It is being sponsored by

Dollar Graphics Depot who are offering a $15 gift certificate as  a prize 

and

Bugaboo who are offering 7 digis.

   My image is one of the Candy Cane Critters from Dollar Graphics Depot. I cut it out using a Spellbinder circle die and matted it onto gold mirri card which had been cut out using a scalloped circle Spellbinders die.
   The poinsettia was made from a combination of card and thick paper cut using Tattered Lace dies and assembled on a scalloped circle of gold mirri card. The greeting is also from gold mirri card again cut using a Tattered Lace die.
   The background design of poinsettias has been in my stash several years and I forget which CD ROM is used to print it from. This was matted onto gold card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - cute with anything Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything Christmas
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with animals
   C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
   Simon says Stamp Wednesday - animal magic
   Open Minded Crafting - seasons/holidays
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   The Crafter's Cafe - something for a child
   A Bit More Time To Craft - anything goes
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Golf

   This week the theme for the Creative Corner challenge is glittermania. and it is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.
   I matted green glitter card onto white card getting covered in glitter in the process! I then printed a row of golf balls which I matted onto black card and attached this to the lower part of the card. The image, guy golfing, from Bugaboo Stamps was coloured using Promarkers. I then went over the golf clubs with a crystal Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen. After matting the image onto black card I attached it to the main card. Finally I attached a printed tag with a sentiment on it along with a bow made from twine.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - one for the boys
   Digi Choosday - just for men
   Crafty Calendar - father's day/male
   Brown Sugar - father's day
   Glitter n Sparkle - father's day
   Catch The Bug - masculine
   Crafty Boots - masculine
   Inky Chicks - father's day or male card
   Kitty Bee Designs - masculine/for dad
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with father's day
   Pattie's Creations Design - father's day or graduation
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

Cat and mouse

   Crafty Cardmakers would like you to make something for a special man for their new challenge.
   I have a son-in-law who is very much into computers and electronics and also has two house cats, so I thought this would be the ideal card for him.
   The paper and decoupage were all printed using the first  House Mouse Design project book from Joanna Sheen and I matted everything onto black card. I saved two of the heads from the decoupage and added them to other places on the card - the mouse head in the bottom left hand corner and the cat head above the sentiment. I finished the card with three black card candi.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - one for the boys
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - animal magic
   Crafty Girlz - anything goes
 

Father and son

   For the guys - masculine/father and son is the theme for the challenge beginning today at Eureka Stamps.
   I have used digis Father and Son (number 6104) and It's a special day (number 404(415-175)). I also added a few little stamped fish (well dolphins) to the bottom of the design which was coloured using Promarkers. I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to colour the caught fish. I then matted and layered onto two different squares of core'dinations cardstock and then white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - one for the boys
   Cute Card Thursday - a good sport/hobbies
   QKR Stampede - one for the guys
   Crafty Calendar - father's day/for a male
   Crafty Catz - animal magic
   Glitter n Sparkle - father's day
   Catch The Bug - masculine
   Crafty Boots - masculine
   Inky Chicks - father's day or male card
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with father's day
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - father's day/for a guy
   Pattie's Creations Design - father's day or graduation
   Tuesday Throwdown - man's world
   Alphabet - h is foe hand coloured image
   Kitty Bee Designs - masculine cards/for dad

Birthday kisses

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

   I have used her digi image 'Kissed by an Angel'.

   This is my first attempt at a stepper card. I had some pretty papers in my stash and thought this would be one way of showing them off. The image was coloured using Promarkers and then matted onto core'dinations cardstock. This cardstock was also used as the base for the peel off letters that make up the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   My Crafting Stories - summer

   Little Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Creative Inspirations - spring into summer

   Passion For Promarkers - anything but square

   Digi Choosday - think summer

   Whoopsi Daisy - bring on summer

   Inky Impressions - summertime

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Crafting With Friends - anything goes

   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes

   Alphabet - h is for hand coloured image

Sorry it's late

   This pocket watch image is from Scrapper's Delights and I decided to use it to make a card for those birthdays I forget until after the event.
   The background made using the digi image and playing with it in a graphics program was matted onto white card. I coloured the pocket watch using Promarkers, fussy cut it out, shaped it slightly and attached it to the background using glue gel. The sentiment was computer generated and cut out using a Spellbinders label 4 die. I matted it onto black card before attaching it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   ABC - I is for important (It's important to say sorry for a missed event!)
   Digi Choosday - add a sentiment
   Scrapper's Delights - anything goes

Early bird!

   The theme for the challenge this week at Eureka Stamps is 'things with wings'. I chose to use the images chick with worm (number 5904(190)) and enjoy life (number 22202).
   I coloured the chick using Promarkers and then cut round the wing and raised it up. I stuck a piece of card coloured yellow behind the aperture formed. I then stuck on a wobbly eye and covered the chick with yellow flower soft. I used Glossy Accents on the worm.
   When dry I wrapped several rows of raffia round the lower edge so that the worm appeared to be pulled from the ground. The various grasses were created using the Tattered Lace small panorama grass die. They were coloured using Promarkers and arranged in rows behind the different layers of raffia.
   I then matted the whole design onto dark green hammered card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - think summer
   Allsorts - the great outdoors
   Glitter n Sparkle - recycle (the raffia was from packaging)
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - summer garden
   Sparkle n Sprinkle - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - rays of sunshine

Humming bird

   The theme for this month's challenge at Dragonfly Dreams is ' Say it with flowers' and is being sponsored by Fred She Said. I have used one of their images called Humming bird and columbine. I coloured the bird using Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens and the flower using Promarkers and then matted and layered it onto two shades of green card.
   The design paper was a download from a Papercraft Inspirations magazine which I printed many years ago and I matted and layered this onto silver mirri and white card. I wrapped pink organza ribbon round pink card and attached this to the lower half of the card. I then added a bow, four card candi and a silver peel off sentiment to complete my card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - summer
   Addicted To Stamps - flowers
   The Paper Shelter - flowers everywhere
   Paper Creator's Crafts - all about flowers
   Digitally Sweet - green, white and one other colour (pink)

Curious gifts

   The theme for the new challenge beginning today at Send A Smile 4 Kids is anything goes and is being sponsored by:

Sami Stamps who are offering a $12 gift certificate

and

Dies R Us who are offering a $15 gift certificate.

  

   I have used the Sami Stamp image Curious gifts and coloured it using Promarkers. I then stuck two strips of shiny pink foil and one strip of shiny green foil beneath the image before matting it onto green card. Using the Tattered Lace ornamental happy birthday die I cut out the sentiment from green card and attached it to the main design. I then attached some pink waste glitter peel off dots of varying sizes around it. To complete my card I attached a green glitter peel off bow and some dots to the green foil strip.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - 4 legs not 2
   Passion For Promarkers - furry friends
   The Stamping Boutique - furry friends
   Sammi Stamps - stripes

By the sea

   The theme for this week's challenge at Creative Corner is 'Just for men' and I imagined them messing about with boats.
   I matted and layered paper from The English Paper Company's All Aboard paper pad onto black card and then white. Using off cuts from other papers in the pad I attached three strips across the lower half of the card and added a black peel off sentiment to the centre of the lowest strip.
   The main image is from Stamps Away Pilkington Country Scenes set 2 of stamps. After colouring it using Promarkers I cut it out using a Spellbinders large deckled rectangle die. Before attaching it to the card I outlined the edges using a black Promarker pen.

   I would like to enter this into the follwoing challenges:
   Dragons Lair Designs - one for the guys
   4 Crafty Chicks - masculine
   Addicted To Stamps And More - anything goes
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   Through The Purple Haze - use a die and/or punch