I had a rather productive afternoon yesterday...and made 7 cards...don't worry, I'm not going to show you them all at once...although 4 were very simple...and identical in design...for a charity card stall next month. This one combines the sketch from Sketchy Colours, the 'Lets Go Digital' theme of Totally Papercrafts, and the 'Break out the Buttons' theme of Our Creative Corner. The image is a digi stamp by Hambo called 'Mouse Chef', and the papers are all from the 'Ooh La La (for Him)' collection by My Mind's Eye, as is the little tag that I stamped the sentiment (by Studio G) on. The buttons, brads and ribbon are all from Poppicrafts.
Unsurprisingly there are quite a few 'Easter' themed challenges around this week...now I don't send many Easter cards and I've already made a couple...so I've combined them on this card: Everybody Art; Our Creative Corner; Stampin' for the Weekend; and Stamp with Fun. I followed the sketch from Create4Fun, as it was just perfect for the shape of my 'Hedgie & Ducklings' image (by Penny Black)...and because of the little ducklings, I'm also entering this card into the Daring Cardmakers' 'Tweetie Pie' challenge. The papers are all BasicGrey, from the 'Porcelain' and 'Sugared' pads, and the sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts.
I was sent this lovely Bruno Bear with Cupcake image (by Whiff of Joy) a while ago, by my lovely friend Samantha...but I've been waiting for the perfect opportunity to use him. I've combined a few challenges too: the Whiff of Joy Challenge sketch; the Our Creative Corner theme of 'Food or Drink'...well he is holding a cupcake; the Cupcake Craft Challenge to make a card for a 'Celebration'; and the Charisma Cardz Challenge of 'Anything - but Christmas!'. I've used some of my new stash on this card...the sparkly ribbon & pink pearls were a gift from my crafty Secret Santa (thank you!), and the Cuttlebug 'Diamond Plate' folder was a gift from my brother. The paper is My Mind's Eye ('29th Street Market') and the sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts (from the 'Anytime Messages' set).
Unsurprisingly, considering it's now October...there are quite a few 'Autumn/Fall' themed challenges around at the moment...and I don't really have any appropriate stamps or images, so wasn't going to enter them...but then the Penny Black Saturday Challenge picked it as their theme this week...and that's my absolute favourite challenge...I've entered every single one...so I just had to! lol
This is yet another of my cards from the weekend...I really crafted up a storm! lol This one is for: the Sketch & Stash Challenge...my 'new' item is the Whiff of Joy image ('Willow with Hot Chocolate') I was sent in a swap recently; the Winter Wonderland 'Hot Chocolate' challenge; Our Creative Corner's colour combination of 'Pink, Hot Pink, Brown & White'; which is perfect for the 'One for the Girls' challenge of the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. The papers are by BasicGrey ('Bittersweet' and 'Blush')...not really very festive...but they were the right colours! lol The sentiment stamp is by Three Bugs in a Rug...the one I had that was vaguely suitable, and the flowers are from Poppicrafts.
I've managed to fit 5 challenges on this card: the Mojo Monday sketch; Allsorts Challenge's 'Boy's Cards' theme; Creative Inspiration's 'Blue & Brown' colour combo; Our Creative Corner's 'Stars & Stripes' forever theme; and Pile it On's 'Birthday' challenge...phew! I've used 'Birthday Dog' by Penny Black...I use him a lot for boy's cards. The Papers are by BasicGrey's 'Granola' (stripey paper), and 'Archaic' (spotty paper) pads. I used my Cuttlebug 'Happy Birthday' folder on the plain blue card, then sanded it to make the embossed text stand out. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts (from the 'Anytime Messages' set), the gold stars are brads (from Tesco) and the brown 'ribbon' (it's more of a fabric really) I bought from Penrith Crafts at the craft retreat last month.
This card is something a little bit different for me...no stamped image...instead, I've used die-cuts (from the 'Winter' Cuttlebug set). I've made this card for a few challenges: I used the Sketch Saturday sketch; the Daring Cardmakers dare to use 'Lace' on our cards; the 'Home for the Holidays' theme of the Winter Wonderland Challenge; and the 'Christmas in August' themes of the Creative Card Crew, Our Creative Corner and Simon Says Stamp challenges. All of the papers are from the 'Figgy Pudding' set by BasicGrey...I stamped some snowflakes (using a stamp set I got from Lakeland) with Versamark, then embossed them in clear powder on the piece right at the back. The sentiment is from a set by Three Bugs in a Rug, the snowflakes were cut using the 'Snowflakes #2' Cuttlebug die, and the ribbon and lace are from my stash.
We've had a really dull and dreary day here...so I've spent a bit of time crafting this afternoon...and managed to combine a few challenges on this card: the Sketch & Stash sketch; the Our Creative Corner Challenge to use 'Purple' on our cards; the One Stop Craft Challenge of 'Swirls & Pearls'; and the Whiff of Joy 'Floral' challenge. I used my new 'Willow with Cookies' stamped image (by Whiff of Joy), watercolouring her to match the My Mind's Eye paper ('29th Street Market'). I stamped some swirls (stamp by Whiff of Joy) in the corners, added a few adhesive pearls and some flowers (from Poppicrafts and Hobbycraft.
There's a fab sketch for this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge...which I've used to make a Christmas card using one of my favourite Penny Black images - 'Wishes for Kisses'. I've also used the 'Spots & Stripes' theme of the Secret Crafter Challenge with my My Mind's Eye - '29th Street Market' papers; and met the 'Three types of embellishments' challenge of Our Creative Corner with a piece of ribbon, some card candy and a button coated with glamour dust. The sentiment stamp is also by Penny Black.
It was my last day of school yesterday, so what have I made on the first day of my summer holiday? A Christmas card of course! lol
It seems that a lot of the challenge blogs are celebrating Independence Day with USA themed challenges...so I've managed to combine quite a few on this card: the fab sketch from the Friday Sketchers Challenge; the 'Red, White & Blue' colour combo from the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and Our Creative Corner; the 'Red, White & Blue, Buttons and Swiss Dots' challenge from Cuttlebug Challenges; the 'Stars & Stripes' theme from the One Stop Craft Challenge; and the 'Buttons' theme of the Charisma Cardz and Pile It On challenges. Phew...that's seven challenges!
I'm afraid it's another Christmas card from me today. I've combined the sketch from the Our Creative Corner Challenge, with the 'White Christmas' theme of the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge and the 'Christmas in July' theme of the Stamp Something Challenge.
There's a fab colour combination for this week's Cupcake Craft Challenge, with the added twist of making a card for a child. I followed this week's Our Creative Corner sketch for my wallet card. I've used a Gorjuss Girl image (sent to me by my lovely ABC DT mate Vicky), combined with slightly softer shades of the colours, to make a 'girly' card. The paper is from the 'Pocket Full of Posies' mat stack, by DCWV. I did intend to stick to the sketch, but I had a little accident with some DST...got it stuck to the front of the card, and it pulled off some of the patterned paper when I tried to remove it...so I had to add the flowers (from Poppicrafts) to cover it up...and then it looked unbalanced, so I added some card candy to the opposite corner...I think I'd have put them the other way around if I'd had a choice! lol
I made the most of my crafting time at the weekend...and combined challenges..again! This time, I used: the fab Sketch & Stash Challenge sketch; with the Penny Black Saturday Challenge 3-2-1 Recipe; and the colour combo of 'Pink, Green, Light Blue, and 1 neutral' of Our Creative Corner. My new item is the strip of Core'dinations card (from the gorgeous new 'Whitewash' pad) that I've embossed with the Cuttlebug 'D'Vine Swirls' folder, then sanded to reveal the blue core. The image is 'Gifts for You' by Penny Black, and includes one of my 3 flowers (the other two, I cut in half, then used them in place of the scalloped border), the 2 papers are from the 'Two Scoops' pad by BasicGrey, and my 1 brad is the dragonfly by Woodware.
I've kept my promise, and made a second Christmas card this week to make up for not getting one done last week, and have used the fab sketch from this week's Our Creative Corner Challenge. I've also used the colour combination from the Pink Elephant Challenge of 'Blue, Green & White'. I decided to give the gorgeous 'Snowy' (by Penny Black) his first inking of 2009, and papers by Pebbles Inc, combined with the 'Snowflakes' embossing folder and a few adhesive gems.
