Crafty Little Fairies - Starting Over

It's time for a new challenge over at the Crafty Little Fairies...and seeing as it's our first of 2014, the theme is:

'Starting Over'

(New Home/Baby/Job etc)

The sponsor this week is:

The Ribbon Girl

Prize - a £10 voucher to spend at The Ribbon Girl!

It's not actually my team's week...but I'd made a card at the weekend that was perfect for the theme...so couldn't resist playing along :0)

I've made a 'New Baby' card...and used a new stamp too...it's by All Night Media, but doesn't have  name on it. I simply coloured the nappy pins using watercolour pencils in various pastel shades so the card is suitable for either a baby boy or a baby girl. I used my trusty Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder for the embossing...distressing the edges a little. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Art Impressions, the ribbon is the last scrap of a piece that I think came from the Ribbon Reel, and the Card Candi is by Craftwork Cards.

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

• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - New Beginnings
• C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes
• Cuttin & Stampin - Anything Goes with Something New (New Stamp)
• Little Red Wagon - New Beginnings
• Shopping Our Stash - Use the last of something (Ribbon - I had hoped to tie a bow, but there wasn't enough left for that!)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (New Stamp & New Baby)
• Sweet Stamps - Something New (New Stamp & New Baby)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge.

ABC Christmas Challenge - G is for...

I have another card today for our current ABC Christmas Challenge...where the theme is:

'G is for Girl or Guy'

Show us your feminine or masculine creations.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Bugaboo Stamps

The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 free digis!

As I made a masculine card last week, I thought I'd better make a girly one this time...the image (and sentiment) is from a set of stamps by Lili of the Valley. I coloured it using watercolour pencils to match the glittery paper (from the 'Wonderful Winter' pad by My Mind's Eye)...adding some more sparkle to the image with some Stickles. The snowflakes (covered with more Stickles) were cut using Marianne Designs and Cuttlebug dies, I used my EK Success 'Scalloped Diamonds' punch for the border, and the pleated ribbon is from the Ribbon Reel.

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

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Use the word 'Christmas'
• Creative Stamp Friends - Punches
• Cupcake Crafts - Cats & Dogs
• Top Tip Tuesday - Boys or Girls
• Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle
• Winter Wonderland - Lots of Spots

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

Oldie but a Goodie - Glitz & Glam

It's time for a new challenge over at Oldie but a Goodie, and this fortnight the theme is:

'Glitz & Glam'

I'm not sure of the prize info at the time of writing this...so I'll update it when I get home from school :0)

I've used a Whiff of Joy image ('Willow Dressing Up') that my lovely friend Samantha sent to me ages ago...she's been waiting patiently for me to make a 'glamorous' card! lol I coloured her in my favourite colour...teal/aqua...to match the Heidi Grace papers. I added some frilly lace along the edges of one of the papers, and some sheer ribbon (both from Ribbon Reel)...with a faux bow held in place using a sparkly brad (from Craft Obsessions). For a little bit of 'glitz' I added a few sparkly gems & pearls.

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

• 4 Crafty Chicks - Pearls 
• Crafty Your Passion - Totally Teal
• Creative Inspirations - One for the Girls
• Dream Valley - Girls, Girls, Girls
• Stampin' for the Weekend - Girly
• Sweet Stampin' - Frills
• Whiff of Joy - Favourite Colour (Teal) & Lace

For more information from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to Oldie but a Goodie.

Bella & Butterfly

I've used a new stamp on today's card and is called 'Bella with Butterfly' by Wild Rose Studio...it was a birthday gift from my lovely friend Pauline...thanks so much...I love it! The papers I've used are from the 'Hopscotch' pad by BasicGrey...I distressed the edges, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a white gel pen. The pleated ribbon is from the Ribbon Reel and the sentiment stamp is from the 'Cupcakes' set by Hero Arts.

Challenges for this card:

• BasicGrey - Anything Goes
• Shopping Our Stash - Use a Sketch (I used the one from Sketch Saturday)
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Squiggles & Giggles - Colour Board Inspiration

Pile It On! Challenge - Two or More Folds

This week at Pile It On! we want to see cards with:

'Two or more folds'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

I've made an easel card using a Penny Black stamp called '...to you!', which I coloured using watercolour pencils. I used my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' and 'Spots & Dots' folders for the embossing, and added some stars cut using my Nesties. The star ribbon is from Ribbon Reel.

Here are the challenges I've Piled On!:

• Pile It On! - More than 2 folds
• 2 Sisters - Bring on the Boys
• Allsorts - Happy Birthday to Someone Special (My brother)
• Charisma Cardz - No Flowers
• Craft Your Days Away - Red, White & Blue
• Crafty Catz - For a Man
• Crafty Ribbons - Easel Card
• Crazy Challenge - 3D
• Creative Card Crew - Dimension
• Digi Doodles - Spotty
• Do You Stack Up - Birds
• Just Some Lines - Birds
• One Stop Craft - For the Boys
• Papertake Weekly - True Colours
• Sweet Stampin' - Moon and/or Stars
• Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts - Animals

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - X is for...

I have another card for our current ABC Christmas Challenge for you today...where the theme is:

'X is for Xerox'

Basically, we want you to 'Xerox'...copy...CASE...a card by either myself or one of my lovely design team buddies for one of this year's ABC Christmas challenges. There are links to all of this year's challenges in the sidebar of the ABC Christmas blog...with plenty of cards to choose from!

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

The prize from Digital Delights is 3 of their wonderful images.

And the prize from Bugaboo is 7 fabulous images!

I picked this beautiful card by Lols, from our 'I is for Ice, Indigo & Inspiration' Challenge back in April...I loved the snowy scene:

I don't have the stamp that Lols used, or even anything remotely like it, so I used tree stamps from my 'Reindeer' staamp/die combo set by Hero Arts & Sizzix...embossing them in white. To make the falling snow, I used a Versamark pen to draw random dots, and embossed them in white too. I then blended 'Tumbled Glass', 'Faded Jeans' and 'Stormy Sky' Distress Inks over the top...then spritzed it with a little water to give the effect of snowflakes in the distance. The rest of the card is pretty similar...I used my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder for the embossing...rubbing some blue ink lightly over the top...I think Lols used Core'Dinations 'Whitewashed' card...and I was going to...but I'd used up all the blue pieces in my pack! I used different ribbon (from the Ribbon Reel), and snowflakes too (mine were cut using a Marianne Designs Creatables die)...but it still looks pretty similar.

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

• Crafty Cardmakers - Heat Embossing
• Hooked on Craft - Winter Wonderland
• Incy Wincy - Trees
• Moving Along with the Times - Ribbon & Bows
• Paper Sundaes - Winter Wonderland
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Polkadots
• Totally Stampalicious - Christmas with Non-traditional Colours