Christmas blessings

 

   This fortnight's Aud Sentiments challenge has an anything goes theme and is being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps. 

   I have made a start on this years Christmas cards and have used a digi stamp from A Day for Daisies for this one. It is called A sign is given and been coloured using Promarkers. To give a little bit of texture to the background I add white holly corners cut using dies from Tattered Lace's festive corners collection. The sentiment was cut from gold mirri and the whole design matted onto gold mirri.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes with optional bright colours

   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with optional for a boy

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes with optional penguin

   Allsorts - anything goes with optional roses

   Stamping Sensations - any celebrations

   Crafty Calendar - anything goes

   Passion For Markers - Christmas

   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

   Let's Craft and Create - anything goes with optional dots/stripes

   Creative Craft Cottage - no patterned paper

   Colour Crazy - anything goes

   Digi Doodle Studios - favourite season/time of year (Christmas)

   Creative Fingers - anything goes

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

   A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

   Classic Design - anything goes

Easter egg

   The monthly Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge has the February theme of Easter or spring.
   I have used a digi from A Day For Daisies called Easter egg and coloured it using Promarkers. After cutting it out using a circle die I removed a small segment and then ran a green Promarker pen round the edge. Using pearl square Tattered Lace dies I created a frame from core'dinations cardstock and glued the bottom of the image to one side. This combo was then matted and layered onto paler green core'dinations cardstock and cream card. I finished the card with a sentiment cut from gold mirri using a Tattered Lace die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - animals or birds
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - animals
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything goes
   Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes
   Alphabet - wings

Love angel

   This year the challenges at Send A Smile 4 Kids will be monthly. The theme for the first challenge of 2019 is valentine or love cards.
   I wrapped ribbon round teal card and then matted it onto blue card. The digi from A Day For Daises called 'love angel' was coloured using Promarkers apart from the wings where I used Chameleon pens. After cutting it out using a pin dot circle die from Tattered Lace I matted it onto yellow card cut out using a pearl circle die which is also from Tattered Lace. Before attaching it to the main card I slotted a large red heart behind it. I also added a couple of smaller hearts lower down.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - add a sentiment
   Sweet Stampers - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - something new (digi) 
   LeAnn's World 101 - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

A blustery day

   This month the challenge at Dragonfly Dreams is being sponsored by A Day For Daisies.
   I began by creating a see through leaf pattern design with faded edges and positioned this on top of the A Day For Daisies' digi called blustery day. On the right hand side I computer generated the sentiment. The image was coloured using Promarkers. I matted this card onto black card and attached it to a cream base card at an angle. Three mirri die cut leaves completed my card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - one for the girls
   Stamping Sensations - autumn glory
   Crafty Catz - anything goes with blue, green and brown
   Digi Designs - autumn
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Addicted To Stamps and More - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin' - autumn
   That's Crafty - forever autumn

Poppies

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

A Day for Daisies who are offering a $12 gift certificate

and

Kitchen Sink Stamps who are offering a$25 gift certificate.

   The theme for the challenge is for mums or special females.

   I have used A Day for Daisies digi called fairy flowers and coloured it using Promarkers before matting it onto black card. This was the matted and layered onto red, black and then while card.

   Using the Tattered Lace die washing line lots of love I cut it out in both black and white card, gluing the white behind the black to create a shadow. The poppy embellishment was made using Tattered Lace's Royal British Legion poppy die.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   Creative Inspirations - anything goes

   Cute Card Thursday - warm colours/tones

   Digi Choosday - anything goes

   Brown Sugar - anything goes

   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

   Glitter n Sparkle - Mother's Day/for a female

   Creatalicious - anything goes with add flowers

   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes

   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes

   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

   That's Crafty - foliage and flowers

Babe in a basket

   There is a new Crafting From the Heart challenge beginning today and as usual the theme is anything goes. This time it is being sponsored by 

   I have used A Day For Daisies digi called babe in a basket and coloured it using Promarkers. Before matting and layering it onto gilded purple textured paper, pink textured paper and white card I removed the lower left hand corner. Once matted I rolled back the top layer of the matting to reveal the pink textured paper and the ungilded side of the purple textured paper. I then add a paper flower and leaves printed using a My Craft Studio CD ROM and a peel off congratulations sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Catch The Bug - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - baby
   Imagine That - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Star flower girl

   The theme for the challenge at Creative Corner this week is anything goes and it is being sponsored by A Day For Daisies.
   I matted paper from Kanban Crafts 'The language of flowers' set which I have had for some time onto core'dinations cardstock and white card. The A Day For Daisies image is called Star flower girl and after colouring it using Spectrum Noir pens I cut it out using a Tattered Lace pearl circle die. I then added Stickles to the stars in her hair and on her dress and the grass before attaching it to the card. The sentiment was also matted onto core'dinations cardstock.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Oh La La Creations - feminine
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - celebrate
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Seize The Birthday - anything goes
   Art By Miran - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   A Day For Daisies - two or more layers

Fairy tale

   This week the challenge at Creative Corner has the theme of fairy tale or once upon a time and is being sponsored by A Day For Daisies.
   I matted paper printed from Tattered Lace's CD ROM Charisma Blossom Fairy onto dark blue core'dinations cardstock and white card. The central digi image from A Day For Daisies is called 'Where dreams come from' and I coloured it using Promarkers. When thoroughly dry I went over the sky again to increase the depth of the colour. I then cut it out using an oval die, matted it onto pink core'dinations cardstock and added Stickles to the stars before attaching it to the card. I coloured peel off letters and adhered thes to the bottom of the image. Finally using the charisma Blossom Fairy CD ROM and the accompanying die I cut out a fairy and attached it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - girlie
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends = anything goes
   I LOve Promarkers - use a die cut
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Digi Designs - anything with wings
   The Paper Shelter - make it digital
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
 

G for birthday girl

   There is a new challenge starting today over at Send A Smile 4 Kids and the theme is clean and simple. It is being sponsored by two generous sponsors:

A Day For Daisies (offering a $12 gift certificate) 

and 

Die-Versions (offering $15 gift certificate).

   I have used G is for Girl from A Day For Daisies. After colouring it using Promarkers I inked the edges of the design using a Promarker pen and then matted it onto pink card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Crafting Stories - birthdays
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with clean and simple
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Addicted to Stamps and More - birthday cards

Easter art

   There is another challenge beginning at Send A Smile 4 Kids today. The theme this time is Easter or spring cards and is being sponsored by two generous sponsors:

A Day For Daisies ($12 gift certificate) and

Dies R Us ($15 gift certificate)

   I have used a digi image from A Day For Daisies called Easter art. Before printing it out I used Wordart to create the circular greeting around the image. I coloured the image using Promarkers and distress ink and then matted it onto silver mirri and white card. I then added some silver peel offs to each corner of the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   ABC - A is for animals
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Allsorts - clean and simple
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Fab 'n' Funky - all creatures great and small
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   C.R.A.F.T. - picture inspiration
   Addicted To Stamps And More - clean and simple
   Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes

Love is in the air

   Today is the start of a new challenge at Creative Corner with the theme of happy Valentine's day or love and it is being sponsored by A Day For Daisies.
   I used their digi called love is in the air and coloured it using Promarkers. I cut it out as part of a square and wrapped 4 cm wide sweetheart ribbon around the right hand side of it. I then matted and layered it onto red mirri and then white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - love and romance
   Creative Inspirations - hugs and kisses
   Cute Card Thursday - in the pink
   The Crazy Challenge - love
   Incy Wincy Designs - love is in the air
   V's Sweet Ideas - loving pink
   The Ribbon Girl - love
   4 Crafty Chicks - love
   In The Pink - with love
   Crafty Boots - love is in the air
   Creatilicious - love is in the air
   Paper Creator's Crafts - must be love
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with valentine
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - have a heart
   A Day For Daisies - all my love
   Pattie's Creations Design - love is in the air
   Crafty Gals Corner - love is in the air
   Make My Monday - pink, red and white
   Crafty Creations - hearts
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - hearts
   Creative Moments - anything goes with romance and love
   Eclectic Ellapu - love actually
   Clear It Out - loving you with red & white ribbon
   QKR Stampede - valentine cards
   Brown Sugar - Valentine/love
   Scrapping 4 Fun - all about love (Rachelle-1Love)
   Sassy Studio Designs - bleeding love

Happy holiday

   We have another challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids starting today, the theme of which is 'Happy holidays for kids.' Again we are being sponsored by three generous sponsors:

Doodle Pantry ($10 gift certificate),

A Day For Daisies ($12 gift certificate) 

and

Deedee's Digis ($15 gift certificate)

   My first card uses the Winter Song Birdies digi from Doodle Pantry, which I coloured usin Promarkers. I added Stickles to the fur on the hat and cape and then matted it onto silver mirri card which had been cut out using a Spellbinders resplendent rectangle die.
   I then matted and layered this onto green core'dinations cardstock and red card. Finally I added a silver greeting.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - sparkle
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   The Glory of Christmas - glitter and/or shine
   Incy Wincy Designs - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - winter
   Addicted to Stamps - things with wings
   Digi Designs - 3 in a row (die cut, digi image, hand coloured)
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Animal Friends - animal wearing hat, scarf or gloves
   Beccy's Place - Christmas
   A Gem of A Challenge - Christmas critters
   ABC Christmas - v is for very cute
   Clear It Out - Christmas with die cut

   For my second card I matted contemporary Christmas paper from Papermania onto silver mirri and red card. I coloured the A Day For Daisies image called 'A visit with Father Christmas' using Promarkers and matted this onto silver mirri. The sentiment which was also matted onto silver mirri was a digi stamp from Make It Colourful.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Creative Moments - 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

Cute fall/halloween

   For our challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids this time we would like you to make cute fall or Halloween cards. Create any card appropriate for a child and you could win one of our great prizes. We again have three generous sponsors:

Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 Gift Certificate)

A Day For Daisies ($12 Gift certificate)

Bugaboo (7 digis)

   Black cats are often associated with Halloween so I choose these four cats from A Day For Daisy and coloured them using Promarkers. I then decorated one corner with black ribbon before matting and layering onto black card and white card. I finished the card off with a black peel off sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

   One Stitch at a Time - anything goes with fourlegged friends

   Craft Your Passion - anything goes

   Papertake Weekly - anything goes

   Brown Sugar - use something recycled (Black ribbon)

   Digi Designs - include a sentiment

   A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes

   Inspiration Destination - anything goes

   Penny's Paper-Crafty - use a sentiment

   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

   Beccy's Place - anything goes

   Creative Moments - anything goes with using a sentiment

   My second card uses overall bear digis from Dollar Graphics Depot. I created the background using My Craft Studio CD ROMS and matted it onto white card. I then edged it with gold peel offs. I printed two of the bears supplied several times and decoupaged them onto the background. Finally I added a greeting which I had in my stash.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - signs of autumn
   Creative Inspirations - warm colours
   Cute Card Thursday - autumn leaves
   Inky Impressions - decoupage your image
   CD Sunday - bear with me
   4 Crafty Chickens - fall
   Our Creative Corner - shades of autumn

Christmas in July

   Our new challenge today at Send a Smile 4 kids has the theme 'Christmas in July' and again we have three very generous sponsors: Dollar Graphics Depot ($15 gift certificate), A Day for Daisies ($12 gift certificate) and Fred She Said ($10 gift certificate).

   For my first card I cut white card out to form ridges of snow  and dusted the edges using distress ink. I then attached this to the lower edge of paper printed using a House Mouse CD ROM from Joanna Sheen to form a pocket and matted this combo onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I printed Boo Boo Bears Winter Frolic fron Dollar Graphics Depot twice. I cut the bears out from the second copy and decoupaged them onto the first. I then tucked this into the pocket formed ealier and fixed it to the card. I used a white Sakura gel pen to add falling snow to the decoupaged pieces.
   Finally I added  a peel off sentiment to core'dinations cardstock and attached it to the card.

   For my second card I die cut a red mirri card bauble using a Die'sire die, stuck it onto gold mirri card and cut round it. I threaded narrow satin ribbon through this and fixed it to paper from a Papermania contemorary Christmas pack. This was then matted onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I coloured the body of the Christmas bulbs digi image from A Day for Daisies using Promarkers. The antlers were coloured using a silver gel pen and the hooves and bulbs were coloured using glitter pens. The image was then attached to the card using foam pads.

   I would like to enter these cards into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - Christmas in July
   Crafty Calender - Christmas in July
   Crafty Hazelnut's hristmas Extra - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - Christmas in July
   Paper Creator's Crafts - Christmas in July
   One Sweet - Christmas in July
   Pile It On - Christmas in July
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - Christmas in July
   Beccy's Place - Christmas in July
   Tuesday Throwdown - Christmas in July

A lap full of kittens

   We start another challenge today at Creative Corner and this time the theme is for a child.
   I matted spotty paper onto orange mirri and white card. I then matted a happy birthday border onto orange mirri before fixing it to the lower half of the card.
   The image is 'A lap full of kittens ' from A Day for Daisies and I coloured it using Promarkers. I cut it out using a Spellbinders curved rectangle die and then went round the edges with an orange Promarker pen. Using the same die I cut a grey piece of core'dinations cardstock and stuck this and the image onto the card.
   I added glossy accents to the kittens noses and three card candi to the right hand side of the image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   ABC - H is for happy birthday
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - many happy returns
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Digi Designs - include an animal
   Animal Friends - birthday
   Penny's Paper Crafty - one for the girls
   A Day For Daisies - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - seeing spots
   Crafty Catz - it's a girl thing

For a mum or special female

   Today's theme for our new challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids is for a mum or special female. Again we have three generous sponsers: Deedee's Digis ($15 gift certificate), A Day For Daisies ($12 gift certificate) and Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet ($6 gift certificate).

   My first card uses a digi from A Day For Daisies called 'Vintage Mother Flower'. I coloured it using Promarkers and then matted it onto core'dinations cardstock.
   I then embossed centura pearl card using Sheena Douglas' floral fabric folder, wrapped ribbon round it and matted it onto pink card. The matted image was then attached to this afterwhich I added a double bow and a peel off sentiment which I had coloured using pens.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   My Craft Creations - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes
   Papertake Weekly - pastels
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - pastels
   Suzy Bee's Bloomin' - anything goes with the twist use pastel shades
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything but square

   My second card uses a digi from a Deedee's Digis set called 'special lady'. I printed it three times and coloured them using Promarkers. One I cut out to include the white background using a Tattered Lace die, the other two I cut out part of the image and used to decouparge the image. I then matted it onto core'dinations cardstock which had also been cut out using a Tattered Lace die. I coloured some peel off letters using a permanent marker and formed a sentiment.

   The background paper is from The English Paper Company's  Siesta collection and I matted and layered this onto pink core'dinations cardstock and white card.

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

   Whoopsi Daisy - add a sentiment

   Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

   In The Pink - celebrate!

   Buckwell's Crafty - colour challenge

   Fab 'n' Funky - lots of layers

   Our Creative Corner - colour you world (I have chosen the colours of daffodils and camellias which are in bloom at the moment)

Girls at play

   The challenge this week at Creative Corner is 'For the love of children' and is being sponsored by A Day for Daisies.
   I distressed purple spotted core'dinations cardstock and mattered and layered it onto silver mirri and white card. The image 'Homemade seesaw' from A Day for Daisies was coloured using Promarkers and the edges shaded with distress inks. I then matted it onto darker purple core'dinations cardstock nd positioned it at an angle on the card. I cut three butterflies using Tattered Lace dies and fixed these to the card. The sentiment was cut using a Spellbinders classic square die and matted onto core'dinations cardstock cut using a Spellbinders scalloped square die.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Whoopsi Daisy - distressing
   Addicted to Stamps - anything goes
   Paper Pretties - friendship
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - things that start with G (girls, game)
   Pile It On - use two or more dies
   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes

Nested boxes

   This week for the Hobby Cutz challenge we would like your creation to be anything but a card.
    I have made a series of nested boxes, reducing all dimensions by one centimetre to create the next smaller box. The box lids were printed onto card using the CD ROM 'Mystical Wonders' from My Craft Studio. The design on the top of the largest box is a digi called 'counting the stars' from A Day For Daisies who are sponsoring us this week. I coloured it using Promarkers and edged with distress inks before matting it onto silver mirri card. I used a silver gel pen on the little stars. On the lids of the smaller boxes I randomly attached a lazer cut butterfy from Hobbycutz. I attached mauve candy stripe round the lower part of the lid sides on the four larger boxes and then randomly glued silver stars on all edges and the tops of the boxes.

   I would like to enter these into the following challenges:
   Imagination Crafts - anything goes
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
   Lacy Sunshine - use something with wings
   Crafting at the Weekend - anything goes
   Dragon Lair Design - anything but a card
   A Day With Daisies - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - make it digital
   Nutcrafters - anything but square
   Ribbon Girl - pastel projects