Together Tag

I have another tag to share today...this time for my Mum's birthday gift. This time I stamped a Penny Black floral stamp called 'Together' onto a kraft tag using Versamark ink, then heat embossed it using metallic gold embossing powder from WOW. I added a sentiment using stamps from the 'It's Your Day' set also by Penny Black and some gold twine to attach it to the gift.

Here's a picture of it 'in situ'...the lovely gold twill tape was the very last bit from a very long roll found many years ago at TKMaxx:

Challenges for this tag:

• Aud Sentiments - Embossing and/or Flowers + Sentiment
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Tag It!
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Birds, Animals, Flowers & Nature')

Oh...and here's a photo of the cake I made for my Mum...it's Biscoff flavoured...yum!

Birthday Tags

I have some birthday giftwrap to share today. The first one features a cute Penny Black pup stamped directly onto a kraft tag. I added a sentiment using a sentiment from the 'What This!' set by Anita Jeram for the Coloraado Craft Company, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils. I added it to the gift using some red and white Baker's twine.

The second one is a little giftbox I made using my We R Memory Keepers punchboard and a piece of floral paper from the 'Happy Watercolours' pad from The Works, tied together using some yellow velvet ribbon. I made a matching tag from a snippet of the same paper and a Sizzix tag die, then attached it to the box using some yellow Baker's Twine

Challenges for these tags/box:

• Cut It Up - Anything but a Card (Second box & tag only)
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything Goes (Optional 'Springtime') (Second box & tag only)
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Tag It! (First tag only)
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Springtime Design Paper (Second box & tag only)

ABC Christmas Challenge - H & I are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Carol is the host, and the themes are:

'H is for Ho Ho Ho!'

(Santa)

&

'I is for Ice'

This is the prize for the lucky winner:

For my 'Ho Ho Ho!' card, I used stamps from the 'St. Nick' set by Jane's Doodles. I stamped them onto watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Santa's Delivery' set from the 'Christmas in Moonbeam Meadow' collection by Crafter's Companion, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Christmas Multistack' by DCWV...I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

For my 'I is for Ice' card, I selected an ice skating bear stamp from the 'Beary Merry Christmas' set by Funky Fossil. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments from the set, drew a line for icy ground using a black gel pen, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I stamped my 'Falling Snow' background stamp by Simon Says Stamp onto a kraft card blank using Versamark Ink, then heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I carefully trimmed around the top of the bear image, then added it over the top of the stamped background.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge - Z is for Zoom (Second card only)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (First card only)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes (First card only)
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes (First card only)
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes (Second card only)
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes (Second card only)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Snow Bunnies

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring one of the stamps from the 'Snow Bunnies' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped it, along with one of the sentiments from the set, onto watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added some sparkle to the snow using a Wink of Stella pen, then distressed the edges a little before adding it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Addicted to CAS - Bunny
• Cardz for Guys - Fun & Games
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - CAS
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Hip Hop
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Birds/Animals/Flowers/Nature')

PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Easter'

We are currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

I picked a cute little goose stamp from the 'Twelve Days of Christmas' set to decorate my little desk calendar with an 'Easter' theme'. I stamped him on to a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut him (and the little eggs) out. I made a background using snippets of papers from the 'Hippity Hoppity' pad by Memory Keepers...adding some little clouds cut using a die from the 'Rainbow' set by Sweet Dixie. I distressed the edges a little, then matted it on to a snippet of kraft card before adding it to the calendar.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• As You Like It - Cute or Floral (Cute for me...especially Penny Black critters because they were what got me hooked on crafting!)
• C.R.A.F.T. - Spring/Easter/Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Sparkles Forum - Easter

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Happy Bee-Day!

Today's card features one of the cute critters from the 'Happy Day' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I stamped him onto a snippet of watercolour paper, added a fun sentiment using a stamp by Stampendous, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I paired him with a snippet of floral paper from the 'Watercolour Feelings' pad from The Works, distressing the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Ellibelles Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Birthday
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Happy Birthday

Let It Snow!

I have a simple one layer card to share today...featuring an old Penny Black stamp called 'Let it Snow!'. I stamped it directly on to a kraft card blank, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Snow Bunnies' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company.

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles - One Layer Cards
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes