Wednesday, 19 February 2014

ABC Christmas Challenge - D is for...

It's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge, and this fortnight Dorte is the host, with a theme of:

'D is for Die Cuts'

Our sponsor for this challenge is QKR Stampede:
Prize - 5 Digital Images!

I used a Hero Arts and Sizzix stamp and die set to create my card. I stamped the reindeer on to kraft card...adding a little colour using watercolour pencils...and gave them coloured jumpers using 'Chipped Saphire' and 'Fired Brick' Distress Inks. I cut the trees from an assortment of green papers from pads by My Mind's Eye, Penny Black, Studio Calico and Crate Paper. For the background, I used paper from the 'Here & There' pad by Studio Calico, and strips of white hammer textured card, torn to look like fluffy snow. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Celebrate Everyday' set by Hero Arts.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Buttons

We have a new Oldie but a Goodie Challenge starting today...and the theme is:

'Buttons'

So else would we have on offer as a prize for the lucky winner...but some buttons!?


I stamped a strip of snowflakes across my card using 'Fired Brick' Distress Ink and a Hero Arts 'Snowflakes' stamp...then added buttons to the centres of the whole snowflakes. The sentiment stamp is also by Hero Arts...from the 'Sentiment's set.


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


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge.
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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Pile It On! Challenge - Focus on Sentiments

This week's Pile It On! Challenge theme is:

'Focus on Sentiments'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Prize - $7 Gift Certificate!

I took an old (and very much neglected) Funstamps sentiment stamp as the starting point for my card...lightly stamping a floral background using one of my favourite stamps...'Blooming Meadows' by Hero Arts...using 'Worn Lipstick' & 'Bundled Sage' Distress Inks...and blending some 'Old Paper' over the top to soften the white background, before stamping the sentiment over the top in black.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Saturday, 15 February 2014

Snow Buddies

Today's card is also one of last weekend's creations...a really simple card using a Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Snow Buddies', which I coloured using watercolour pencils. I simply added a sentiment (stamp also by Lili of the Valley), doodled a border, and some spotty washi tape (from Hobbycraft).


Challenges for this card:
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Thursday, 13 February 2014

Angel Cat

I have a Christmas card to share today...I made it last weekend, but am only just finding time to blog it now...can't wait for half-term next week! I've used 'Angel Cat' by Penny Black...colouring him using watercolour pencils...adding some sparkle to his wings with Stickles. I used papers from the 'Winter Wonderland' pad by My Mind's Eye...love these and am down to my last couple of sheets :0( I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The pearls are from Hobbycraft, and the sentiment stamp is from a set by Lili of the Valley.


Challenges for this card:

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Thursday, 6 February 2014

Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Love

This week's Crafty Little Fairies Challenge is all about:

'Love'

The fabulous prize for one lucky entrant is from the wonderful Ribbon Girl:


I used 'Bunnies - In Love' by Lili of the Valley...which I coloured using watercolour pencils. The papers are from the 'Yes Please!' pad by American Crafts...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and  white gel pen...the sentiment stamp is also by Lili of the Valley.


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


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge.
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Wednesday, 5 February 2014

ABC Christmas Challenge - C is for...

We have a new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Lols is the host, and the theme is:

'Chocolate Creams'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Prize - a £10 voucher!

I went with a chocolate and cream colour scheme...embossing plain card using my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' and Sizzix 'Snowflakes' folders. The image is called 'Skating Fun' by Lili of the Valley...and the snowflakes are a mixture of Cuttlebug and Marianne Designs dies.


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


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Valentine's

This fortnight's Oldie but a Goodie Challenge theme is:

'Valentine's'

I don't have the prize details at the time of writing this...so I'll add them later today :0)

I used my old Cuttlebug 'Concentric Hearts' die to cut hearts from a rainbow of shades of card scraps...then embossed them using a different embossing folder for each one (folders by Cuttlebug, Craft Concepts, Sizzix & Crafts Too). I simply arranged them in colour order across my card, popping the ones in front up on 3D foam pads. I doodled a simple border, then added a sentiment from the Hero Arts 'Sentiments' set.


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


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge.
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Sunday, 2 February 2014

Pile It On! Challenge - Ribbon

This week's Pile It On! Challenge is all about:

'Ribbon'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Paper Sweeties:
Prize - $20 Gift Certificate for Paper Sweeties!

I used my Cuttlebug 'Concntric Hearts' die to cut out the heart shape...then placed strips of different patterned red ribbons behind the cut out. I doodles some borders, and added a sentiment from the 'Sending Sunshine' set by Simon Says Stamp'.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT bddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Saturday, 1 February 2014

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - For Someone Special

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

'For Someone Special' 

As usual, we have some fabulous prizes on offer from our lovely sponsors:


Prize - a $20 voucher

I've made  a Valentine's card using a couple of the stamps from the 'Every Which Way' set. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils...doodled a simple border, and added some Baker's twine...simples!


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.
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Friday, 31 January 2014

From All of Us

I've used a new stamp on today's card...it's called 'From All of Us' by Lili of the Valley...so cute! I simply coloured the image using watercolour pencils, added some strips of Papermania Washi tape for the bacground, a couple of pieces of Card Candi, and doodled some borders...very quick!


Challenges for this card:
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Monday, 27 January 2014

Wishes for Kisses

I have a Christmas card to share today...using an image that I'd coloured before last Christmas, but not got round to using...it's 'Wishes for Kisses' by Penny Black. The papers are from the 'Winter Wishes' collection by Echo Park...I distressed the edges, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Lili of the Valley, and the snowflakes were cut using Cuttlebug and Marianne Designs dies.


Challenges for this card:

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Thursday, 23 January 2014

Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Sport

This week at the Crafty Little Fairies, our challenge is all about:

'Sport'

Our sponsor for this challenge is Little Claire...and this fab set of stamps is the prize:


The sport I've gone for is cycling...not that this cute little chap ('Hedgie Delivery' by Penny Black) looks like he's competing! I used papers from the 'Here & There' pad by Studio Calico to create a scene...distressing the edges a little and adding faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I used Nesties to cut the circles, my Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds' die for the clouds, and the sentiment is from the 'Anytime Messages set by Hero Arts.


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


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge.
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Wednesday, 22 January 2014

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for...

We have a new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Samantha is the host, and the theme is:

'B is for Bare Essentials'
(Use the bare minimum of embellishments)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Care2Stamp:
Prize: a $15 gift code!

I made an ultra bare CAS card...I experimented with stamping in water over Distress Inks to create a snowy background. I blended various shades of blue ink (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky & Chipped Saphire) on to white card, then spritzed my snowflake stamps ('Snow Swirl' by Stampendous and 'Snowflakes' by Hero Arts) with plain water before stamping. I stamped the 'Snow Swirl' again in black...adding a Penny Black sentiment, then spritzed over it all with 'Baby's Breath' Cosmic Shimmer.


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


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Recycled

We have a new Oldie but a Goodie Challenge starting today...and this fortnight the theme is:

'Recycle'

The prize for this challenge is some gorgeous flowers:

I recycled some gift tags that I'd made to go on Christmas presents:


And turn them into toppers for some simple Christmas cards:


I used strips of washi tape (from Hobbycraft), as a background for a snowflake cut from glittery felt using my old faithful Cuttlebug 'Ice Crystal' die...adding a pearl in their centres. Once I'd cut the tags apart, and mounted them on to my mini card blanks, I doodled a simple border, and added a Lili of the Valley sentiment.
I'm also entering these cards into the following challenge:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Oldie but a Goodie Challenge.
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Sunday, 19 January 2014

Pile It On! Challenge - Wood

It's time for a new challenge over at Pile It On! and this week the theme is:

'Wood'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/
Prize: a $12 Gift Certificate!

I've used a new stamp on my card...it's a woodgrain background stamp from a set of two by Tim Holtz/Stamper's Anonymous that I picked up in TKMaxx earlier this week from the Clearance section...for the bargainous price of £3.99! I stamped it in three colours of Distress Inks (Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves & Mowed Lawn) on to white card, then blended the same ink lightly over the top...and around the edges of the three panels. I cut hearts using my Cuttlebug 'Concentric Hearts' die from some offcuts, and mounted then on to the panels using 3D foam pads. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sentiments' set by Hero Arts.


Here are the challenges I've piled on:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.
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Sunday, 12 January 2014

Sunset Meadows

I have an 'inky' card to share today...I played with some of my Distress Inks (Scattered Straw, Spiced Marmalade and Fired Brick), blending them over a piece of white card with the bottome masked off using a piece of scrap card with a torn edge to create the background. I then stamped one of my favourite stamps ('Blooming Meadows' by Hero Arts) over the top a few times in black before removing the mask, and adding the sentiment (from the 'Sentiments' set by Hero Arts).


Challenges for this card:
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Thursday, 9 January 2014

Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Kraft

This week at the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge, our theme is:

'Kraft'

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

 Prize: 4 Delicious Doodles images of the winner's choice!

I went a bit 'kraft' crazy...and used it for all of the elements on my card...even stamping and watercolouring my image (an un-named dog stamp by Home & Heart' that I received for Christmas) on kraft! For the background layers, I continued the doggy theme, using a Crafts Too 'Bone & Paw Prints' embossing foder, and Hobbycraft 'Paw Print' background stamp...stamped in 'Brushed Corduroy' Distress Ink. I stamped my sentiment (from a Studio G set) onto a strip of kraft die cut tickets (by Craftwork Cards), then doodled a simple border, and inked around the edges of everything using more 'Brushed Corduroy' ink. I found a little bone shaped button in my stash, and tied that on using some button twine (from the Ribbon Girl).


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge.
 
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