Pile It On! Challenge - Shaped Cards

We have another fun Pile It On! Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Shaped Cards'

Our sponsor this month is Crafty Sentiments

Prize - 3 Digis of the winner's choice!

I made a little 'cracker' shaped card...which is really known as a 'diamond fold' using a piece of double sided paper by Bo Bunny called 'Rejoice Adorned'. I simply added a Lili of the Valley pre-coloured die cut image from the 'Traditional Christmas' sheet. I used one of my circle Nesties to trim it down, and matted it on to some green card cut into a scalloped circle. I added some sparkle to the snowflakes and ornaments on the image using a glitter gel pen.

It folds flat into a neat little 4x4 square for posting:

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Shaped Cards (Cracker shape/diamond fold)
• A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Card Mania - Christmas
• Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas Time
• Crafty Friends - Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Fancy Folds

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Penny Black Calendar 2016

I have a Penny Black calendar to share today...every year I decorate a few of the Paper Mill 'Create a Calendar' blanks for Christmas gifts...this is the one that I made for my Mum. This calendar is one of the A4 size ones...and I mounted each month on to kraft card cut to A6, so that once the calendar is finished it can be recycled into a set of simple cards. The images are all by Penny Black...I kept the layout very simple with a little doodling, and the papers are a real mixture (American Crafts, Bo Bunny, Crate Paper, Dovecraft, My Mind's Eye & Studio Calico). Apologies for the rather dark photos...these were taken on Boxing Day when the weather was dull and grey :0(

Challenges for this calendar:

• As You Like It - Favourite Paper or Non-Paper (Definitely paper...the possibilities are endless...and so is my stash ;0))
• C.R.A.F.T. - Not a Card
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes with a Twist of New Beginnings
• Inky Chicks - Anything Goes
• Inky Impressions - All Things New (New Year)
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Happy Halloween!

I have one last Halloween treat bag to share today...this one is a teeny tiny one...the recipient is on a diet, so I only included tiny treats! The cute spider is from the 'Be Very Scared' set by Penny Black...I coloured him using watercolour pencils, then added some googly eyes on top of his spectacles. The papers are from the 'Who-hooligans!' collection by Bo Bunny...I've had these papers for years, and these were the last few snippets...just the right size for a little treat bag...so I'll need to pick up some new ones for next year! I inked around the edges using 'Black Soot' Distress Ink, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Creative Knockouts - Halloween
• Little Red Wagon - Halloween Creatures
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Snippets

Count Catular

I have another Halloween treat bag to share today...using another Penny Black image...this one's from the 'Be Very Scared' set. The papers are a mixture of  'Whoo-ligans' by Bo Bunny and 'Boo to You!' by My Mind's Eye...I inked all of the edges using 'Black Soot' Distress Ink. I lightly distressed them, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. I added a few bats cut using a Memory Box die.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Corrosive - The Dark Side
• Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
• Crafting for All Seasons - Bags &Boxes
• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Monster Mash
• The Male Room - Halloween

Pile It On! Challenge - Recipe

We have another new Pile It On! Challenge starting today...with a nice and simple theme:

'Recipe: 1 of Something, 2 of Something & 3 of Something'

We are sponsored for this challenge by Stitchy Bears Digital Outlet:

Prize - $10 Gift Certificate!

I used the recipe to decorate a Halloween treat bag using 1 image, 2 spiderwebs & 3 papers. The image is from the 'Be Very Scared!' set by Penny Black...I coloured him using watercolour pencils. The spiderwebs were cut using my Memory Box 'Creepy Web' die, and the papers are from the 'Whooligans!' collection by Bo Bunny. I distressed the edges of everything using 'Black Soot' Distress Ink, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The plain bag is from Hobbycraft.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Recipe (1 image, 2 spiderwebs & 3 papers)
• Animal Friends - Halloween
• Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Twist of Black
• Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar - Halloween
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Crazy 4 Challenges - Halloween Treats
• Creatalicious - Halloween
• Creative Corner - Boo!
• Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper - Christmas/Halloween/Fall
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Wags 'N Whiskers - Use a Die
• Whimsy Inspires - Anything Goes/Halloween

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Penny Black Calendar 2

I have another of the Paper Mill Shop's 'Create a Calendars' to show you today. It's quite similar to the one I shared last week...using lotsmore Penny Black stamps, and some of my favourite papers. Again, I kept everything really simple, just using papers..no embellishments, as I didn't want them to end up too bulky (or heavy!)...I won't list all the different stamps & papers used, but if you're a regular visitor to my blog, you'll recognise my favourites! :0)

Challenges for this calendar:

• Crafty Sentiments - New Beginnings
• Crafting When We Can - Anything but a Card
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (New Year!)
• Sweet Stamps - Something New (New Year!)

Penny Black Calendar 1

Every year, I decorate a few of the Paper Mill Shop's 'Create a Calendars' to give as Christmas presents...usually using lots of Penny Black stamps. I managed to photograph two of them before I gave them away...and am sharing the first one today. I kept everything really simple, just using papers..no embellishments, as I didn't want them to end up too bulky (or heavy!)...I won't list all the different stamps & papers used, but if you're a regular visitor to my blog, you'll recognise my favourites! :0)

Challenges for this calendar:

• Addicted to Stamps - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Last Minute Gifts
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Happy New Year
• Shopping Our Stash - Three or More Patterned Papers
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes