Christmas Bunnies - Stocking

Today's card features an old Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Christmas Bunnies - Stocking'. I stamped it onto a white card blank, along with a sentiment, using a stamp from an old C. C. Designs/Pollycraft set, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I found a snippet of patterned paper the exact width of the card blank (from the 'Wonderful Winter' pad by My Mind's Eye), then used one of my Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside Borders' dies to cut the curve, then added it along the top edge of the card.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Christmas Stcokings
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Clean & Simple
• We Love Stamping - Four-legged Friends

Hunny Bunny Easter Treat Bag

Happy Easter!

Today I'm sharing my final Easter treat bag...this one features an old Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Hunny Bunny'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Happy Colours' pad from The Works...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Not a Card
• Crafting Happiness - Bunnies
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Animal Antics
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Bunnies and/or Chicks

Easter Hares Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a cute Happy Hoppers stamp called 'Easter Hares'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Charming' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing all of the edges, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Easter/Spring
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• House Mouse & Friends - All Stitched Up
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Spring/Easter

Spring Bunny with Daffs Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features an adorable Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Spring Bunny with Daffs'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Easter/Spring
• Stamping Sensations - Spring
• Sweet Stampin' - Easter

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I've decorated another Easter treat bag...this time using a couple of bunnies from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs for Pollycraft.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')
• Cutie Pie - Easter or Mother's Day
• Everybody Art - Spring
• Fab 'N' Funky - Spring
• Stamping Sensations - Spring

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

Just Wishing You...

Today's card features some goodies that I got for Christmas...a cute Penny Black hedgie stamp called 'Just Wishing You...' and a piece of navy & gold starry night sky paper from the 'Christmas Night' pad from The Works. I stamped the image on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then added a sentiment from a really old C. C. Designs/Pollycraft stamp set. I distressed all of the edges, then matted the image on to gold card before layering it all on to a card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Christmas Kickstart - A Touch of Gold
• C.R.A.F.T. - New (The stamp & papers are new)
• I Spy with My Little Eye - Something Old and/or New (The sentiment stamp is very old, and the hedgie stamp and paper is new)
• Krafty Chicks - Christmas
• My Time to Craft - Somehting New in Your Stash (The stamp & papers are new)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Cute Critters
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas

Christmas Bunnies - Stocking

Today's card features an old Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Christmas Bunnies - Stocking'. I stamped it on to a piece of white card, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment, using a stamp from the 'Jolly Christmas' set by C. C. Designs, then pierced a simple border using my CutterBee Bug before adding it to a card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes (Optional 'Winter')
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Christmas Stocking
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Christmas Characters')

Hello World Treat Bag

Happy Easter!

I have one final Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a Penny Black stamp called 'Hello World!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'My Girl' pad by American Crafts...distressing the edges a little, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this bag:

• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')
• Creative Knockouts - Two or More Papers
• Incy Wincy - Easter Wishes and/or Gifts from the Easter Bunny
• Little Red Wagon - Spring or Fall
• Polkadoodles - Easter
• Use Your Stuff - Easter
• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Real Birds/Animals')

Totally Excited Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today. This one features a Penny Black chicken stamp called 'Totally Excited!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle shape using one of my Nesties. The papers are really old...and are from the 'Hippity Hoppity' pad by We R Memory Keepers...they first appeared on my blog back in February 2011! I distressed the edges a little, added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen then matted the layers on to some orange card.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Spring Colours)
• My Time to Craft - Spring Time
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Easter/Spring
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Poultry or Bunny
• We Love Stamping - Spring is in the Air

Bunny Friends Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...featuring the other two bunnies from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp (by Penny Black) that I didn't use on the last bag. I stamped them on to a snippet of watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set (by C C Designs), then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I used snippets of papers from a set of papers that were a magazine freebie years ago for the background...distressing the edges and adding faux stitching using my Cutterbee Bug and a black gel pen. I used my old faithful Nesties to cut the circles, matting all the layers on some plain yellow card.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Easter/Spring
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Easter/Spring
• Simply Create Too - Apring Colours
• Sweet Stampin' - Spring
• We Love Stamping - Spring is in the Air

PBSC March - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'Easter'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I decorated another Easter treat bag...this time using the 'Bunny Friends' stamp. I inked just three of the bunnies, then stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations...distressing the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bag and a black gel pen.

I'm also entering this treat bag into the following challenges:

• As You Like It - Favourite Easter Critters (Bunnies...because they're the ones with the chocolate!)
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Cutie Pie - Beginning with B (Bunnies)
• I Spy with My Little Eye - Easter or Spring Critters
• We Love Stamping - Spring is in the Air

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

PBSC March - 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'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used 'Spring Chick' to decorate an Easter treat bag. I stamped the image on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I used a piece of floral paper from the 'Watercolour Feelings' pad from The Works for the background...distressing all of the edges, then adding faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black pen, before placing it on the front of a little kraft gift bag.

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

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. - Not a Card
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

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

Bunny Friends Easter Treat Bag

I have another Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a couple of the rabbits from the 'Bunny Friends' stamp by Penny Black. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I paired them with papers from the 'Bright Freshness' pad by Craft Sensations, distressing the edges a little before adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this treat bag:

• Allsorts - In the Garden
• Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Easter Hares

I have an Easter card to share today, featuring a Happy Hoppers stamp called 'Easter Hares'...stamped on to watercolour paper and coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with snippets of papers from the 'Pretty Please' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing all the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I added a couple of really old Poppicrafts paper flowers, held in place with a BasicGrey brad, and a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C. C. Designs.

Challenges for this card:

• Always Fun - Spring
• Animal Friends - Rabbits
• Creative Knockouts - Spring is in the Air
• Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever
• Cutie Pie - Bunnies & Blooms
• House Mouse & Friends - Anything Goes
• Moving Along with the Times - Spring is on it's Way
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Two or More Patterned Papers
• Sweet Stampers - Easter or Spring

PBSC February - Anything Goes (Optional 'Paper Piecing')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Paper Piecing'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

This time, I CASED one of my own cards, and used one of my all time favourite Penny Black stamps...'Snowy'. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, then coloured him using watercolour pencils, paper piecing his hat and scarf. The paper for that, and also the 'snowy' background is from the 'Pastel Pinks' pad from The Works. I cut around the top of the image, then added it over the background...doodling a simple border, and adding a sentiment from the Pollycraft/C. C. Designs set.

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

• Corrosive - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Snowmen
• Use Your Stuff - Favourites ('Snowy' is one of my all time favourite stamps)

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - U & V are for?

We have another fun ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...the themes this month are:

'U is for Upcycle'

&

'V is for Velocity'

And the prize for the lucky winner:

(Paper pad & Lili of the Valley stamp)

For my 'U is for Upcycle' card, I used the inside of the cover of a Christmas gift guide (from 2010!) as the background for my image. 

I paired it with a cute pup from the 'Wintertime Cheer' set by Penny Black, which I stamped on to watercolour paper, and coloured using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment (from a set by Pollycraft for C. C. Designs), then distressed all of the edges before assembling my card and adding some adhesive pearls.

For my 'V is for Velocity' card, I picked another Penny Black image...this time a snowboarding chicken stamp called 'Snowboard Ride'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, added in a slope for him to ride down using a black gel pen, then coloured him using watercolour pencils and carefully cut around the top of the image. I made a simple background using a falling snow die from the Tim Holtz/Sizzix 'Winter Wonderland' set and a snippet of navy card. I layered it over a snippet of silver glitter card, then matted it all on to some red glitter card.

Challenges for these cards:

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Everybody Art - Use Dies (Just the second card)
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets (Just the second card)
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Getting Ready for Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Distressed (Just the first card)
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - P, Q & R are for?

We have another fun ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...I'm the host, and we have three fantastic themes this month:

'P is for Penguins'

'Q is for Quarters'

&

'R is for Reindeer'

There are three prizes on offer for three lucky winner (three 6x6 paper pads):

I made a card for each of the three themes (the more cards for the box the better!), and picked a cute Lili of the Valley penguin stamp called 'Present Pile for my first card. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, added a sentiment (from a set by Pollycraft for C.C.Designs) and a simple doodled border, then simply popped it on to my card blank using 3D foam pads.

For my second card, I divided my background into quarters...using squares of papers from the 'Ho Ho Ho' pad by Polkadoodles...with a little bit of faux stitching added using my CutterBug and a black gel pen. The image and sentiment stamps are from the 'Christmas Hugs' set by Penny Black...and is again coloured using watercolour pencils.

My third card feature another Penny Black image...called 'Deer in Skates'...I stamped it directly on to a kraft card blank, along with a sentiment (from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous), then coloured it using watercolour pencils, but without any water.

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

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Crimbo Crackers - Anything Christmas Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) - Anything Christmas Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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

Pile It On! Challenge - Pets

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

'Pets'

Are sponsor this month is Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Prize - 2 Digis of the winner's choice!

I used a cute Penny Black image from the 'Joy to the World' set, which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Merry Little Christmas' pad (by My Mind's Eye)...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I added a snowflake cut from kraft card using a die from a set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix...I popped a piece of Card Candi on it's centre as it looked  little bare. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Pollycraft for C. C. Designs.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Pets
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Pretty Papers
• Animal Friends - Winter
• Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
• Christmas with the Cuties - Wrap Up Warm
• C.R.A.F.T. - Winter
• Crafty Friends - Two or More Patterned Papers
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes
• Penny Black Inc - Holiday Cards
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Get Ready for Christmas

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

Ice Christmas

I have another Christmas card to share today...this one uses a Lili of the Valley image called 'Ice Christmas' that I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Christmas Cheer' pad by Lily Bee Designs...I distressed all of the edges then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Pollycraft for C. C. Designs.

Challenges for this card:

• Alphabet Challenge - P is for Penguins
• Crimbo Crackers - Anything Christmas Goes
• Fussy & Fancy - Things with Wings
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Colour It