Monster Birthday!

I'm currently busy preparing for the new term ahead...and arranging music for my classes and ensembles to play...but had a little break from the computer to make a quick card. I've used a fun digi image by Hambo Stamps...called 'Monster Sax'...and papers from a Hallow'een collection by My Mind's Eye called 'Boo to You!'. I've kept it really simple, as it's a guy's card...just distressed all of the edges with inks, and added a couple of sentiments from a little Studio G set.

Of course there are some challenges:

• Midnight Madness - Sketch (I've used the simple one)
• Corrosive - For the Guys
• Crazy Challenge - Monsters & Dragons
• Cupcake - Lets Get Digital
• Sweet Stampin' - Distressed Birthdays

Just a little 'heads up'...it's my second blogoversary tomorrow...and I'll be back with some candy tomorrow to celebrate...

Christmas Bunnies - Robin

I'm just managing to sneak in a card for this week's Lili of the Valley Challenge...it's a fab sketch, so I couldn't resist! I've used one of Lili of the Valley's Christmas stamps (Christmas Bunnies - Robin), keeping it really simple with a couple of pieces of paper from the 'Wonderful Winter' glitter pad by My Mind's Eye, and a big satin bow in place of the sentiment. I'm also going to enter this card into the Corrosive and Fussy and Fancy challenges, which both have 'Christmas in July' as theie current theme.

Introducing Penelope

I've used another of my lovely new Stampavie stamps that I won on this card...this one is called 'Penelope' by Penny Johnson. I followed the sketch from Sketch & Stash, and used papers from the '29th Street Market' collection by My Mind's Eye. The flowers are by Prima...they were originally white...but I tinted the edges with ink to match the papers.

I'm also going to enter this card into the following challenges: Corrosive's 'Flowers'; Magical Crafts 'Flower Power'; and Stamp Something's 'Something Vintage with Flowers'.

 

Busy Baking...

I love all of the recent Lili of the Valley stamps...these 'Busy Bears' are just adorable! I followed the sketch from the Lili of the Valley Challenge on the front of this card....rotating it 90 degrees...and creating a 'fold back' where the line is...so that I could use two of the images ('Busy Baking' and 'I Baked a Cake') together. The checked paper is from the 'Sweet Nothings' pad by Papermania, the Kraft card is by Bazzill, and the sentiment stamps are from the 'Cupcakes' set by Hero Arts.

 Here's a view of the card 'open' so that you can see both of the images:

I'm also going to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Charisma Cardz - 'Circles'

• Corrosive - 'What's Cooking?'
  

• Paper Sundaes - 'Kraft & Blue'

XMouse Ornament

I love this wee mouse ('XMouse Ornament' by Penny Black)...and he's so quick to colour too! I followed the sketch from Card Patterns, and am also entering this card into the following challenges: Corrosive - 'Clean & Simple'; Quixotic - 'Emboss It!'; and Susie & Vikki's Christmas Club - 'Anything Christmas. I used my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' and 'Snowflakes' folders for the embossing, an EK Success punch for the scalloped border, and added a few adhesive gems.

I'll be back with more Christmas cards tomorrow and Saturday...as I'm guest designing for a couple of Christmas challenges...

Champagne Thomas!

I'll warn you now...I'm having a bit of a Lili of the Valley week this week...this is the first of 4 cards using their images! I treated myself to some of their stamps last week...to celebrate joining the Just Cute Bears DT...well, my excuse was I needed some more cute bear stamps! lol
As you can see...this card doesn't use a bear image...it's 'Thomas - Champagne'...and it's not one of the stamps I bought either...it was sent to me by my lovely friend Pauline...who is celebrating her birthday today...Happy Birthday! I followed the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday, and combined it with the 'Let's Celebrate!' theme of the Corrosive Challenges. The papers are by My Mind's Eye ('Penny Lane' and '29th Street Market'). I used an EK Success border punch for the scalloped border, and the sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts (from the 'Anytime Messages' set).

Bumble Bee

I have the day off today - woo-hoo! The school I teach in on Fridays, is closed, in order to celebrate the birthday of the woman who founded it...which seems a bit odd to me...surely it's something they should celebrate in school together???
Anyway, on to today's card...this one uses the sketch form Sketchy Colours...and the 'Wings' theme from Corrosive Challenges. The image is 'Bumble Bee' (by Sugar Nellie)...and I've watercoloured her to match the gorgeous 'Blush' paper by BasicGrey...this is my last piece...and I'm very sad to see it go! lol I did add a touch of sparkle to her wings, with a Sakura 'Stardust' pen, but it doesn't really show up in the photo. I embossed with my Cuttlebug 'D'Vine Swirls' and 'Victoria' folders on to white core card, then sanded it to reveal the core. The sentiment stamp is by Cuddly Buddly.

Lovely in Lavender!

I think my colour choice for this card must have been inspired by the colours on the sketch I followed from the Create4Fun Challenge...it's a vision in lavender! lol
I've also managed to include a few other challenge themes: the '3,2,1' of the Allsorts Challenge (in my case 3 papers, 2 circles and 1 flower); and the 'Stitching' theme of the Cuttlebug & Corrosive challenges. The image is from the 'Wonderful' set by Penny Black, the papers are by My Mind's Eye ('29th Street Market'), the flower is from Poppicrafts, and the sentiment is by Cuddly Buddly. I used my Cuttlebug 'Victoria' folder and 'Just my type' border folder for the embossing, which I then sanded to reveal the white core of the paper. After distressing all of the edges of the papers, I added some faux stitching using my Cutterbee Bug and a white gel pen.