Folding heart card

A few days ago I made a 'never ending' card as part of Sue's birthday challenge on CBC 'clothes that crease' - we had to make two cards that had more than one crease, so here is my second one.

I followed (sort of!) the instructions I found here for a folding heart card.

I don't know what was the most difficult - making the card or taking photos of it!

Papers are 7 gypsies - edges inked with stazon blazing red - and the stamp is Hampton art 'corset'.

This was a trial version really, so I would hope that another one would turn out better than this.

The ribbon was recycled - it came with some flowers from Ocado - so it's another one for Spoon full of sugar 94.

Pretty in green?

The next challenge that I've tackled for Sue's birthday challenges on CBC is 'I feel pretty'. Mmmm I'm not sure how pretty this is in green ...

I've used Bev's sketch for Just Magnolia 46 and, of course, have used a required Magnolia stamp - I chose one of my favourite Tilda stamps and coloured her with copics - mmmm I used a scrap piece of BG paper to stamp her on (trying to keep with the green theme) and found that copics bled with it, so I've had to have a green haze all the way round Tilda - not the most successful colouring ever, but, hey ho, these things happen.

With St Patrick's day coming up very soon, there are still lots of 'green' challenges around, so I'm linking for these:

Copic creations 23: 'a wee bit o' green'
Moxie Tuesday trigger: 'lovely on the green'
Inky impressions 31: 'think green'
Nutty nutshells 10: 'shades of green in honour of St Patrick's day' (I've used a required stamp)
Pixie cottage 11: 'the colour green'
Stampin' royalty 10: 'green'
Clearlyistamp 9: 'think green'
If the shoe fits Fashionista Friday 26: 'green, white, black
Prairie fairy week 9: 'lucky green'
Raise the bar: 'go green'
Stamp something: 'something green and cream' - there's cream in the strip across the bottom with the watering cans
Pals paper arts 33: 'colour challenge: garden green, certainly celery, kraft'
The play date cafe 20: inspiration picture:

Papers are My minds eye and some freebie bits from a magazine (the strip across the bottom) - oh, and, of course, the piece of BG that bled the copics! (perhaps it adds to the 'water coloured effect' ... although, perhaps not! lol!)

Thoughts of butterflies ... spring is on the way

This is for another of Sue's birthday challenges on CBC - this time it's another sketch (haven't done the first one yet, but it's on my list!):

I used the extra option of a butterfly - stamped with versamark and embossed with silver detail - and a rub on - the corner swirl.

The pearls on the butterfly are Prima and so is the 'say it in studs'. There's a bit of a glimpse of BG Scarlet's letter (that's still one of my favourite BG ranges, even though I know it's old now).

It's also for:

Secret crafter Saturday 73: 'shades of grey'
Pile it on 9: 'the one you must' - one colour + a neutral
Another for Flutter by Wednesday 100: 'open challenge - include butterfly, fairy or angel'
Another for magical crafts fortnightly 10: 'things with wings'
Loonie stampers 83: 'use your favourite stamp' - this butterfly stamp is one of my all-time favourites
Paper cutz 32: 'anything goes'
Another for Sophisticat 25: 'flourishes and bling'
Another for Charisma 10: 'beautiful butterflies'
Theme Thursday: 'spring' - butterflies really make me think of spring being on the way
Another for Rosie-Dee 66: 'think spring'
Another for Stamp with fun 49: 'spring'
Stampin' B 49: 'spring or Easter'
Tanda teaser 137: 'simply spring'

Clean & simple from me to you

This is for FTL81 on Clean & simple:

It's also for:

Curtain call colour challenge 20: 'real red, certainly celery, bashful blue, whisper white
Treehouse 40: 'clean and simple'
Bee crafty 25: 'embossing' - the rub ons are embossed - and the background paper is from a digi download

The spotty paper was a download from somewhere (unfortunately, I can't remember where because I printed it a long time ago - it was in my offcuts box). The flowers are embossed rub ons.

Aquamarine

It's Friday tomorrow and that means there will be a new DCM challenge, so I'm last minute again with this one for March's birthstone 'aquamarine'.

One of Sue's birthday challenges on CBC is to make a card using brown and turquoise. I even managed to find a pin to use for additional points - this would have to be given to someone very special, as it's gold with an Australian opal in it (I bought it on the plane on the way back from Australia in 1989 - about time it was put to good use, as I've never worn it).

I've used the sketch for Friday sketchers 92:

It's also for:

Pile it on 9: 'the one you must' - one colour + a neutral'
Cutie stampers 45: 'recipe: butterfly, flowers, blue'
Polka doodles week 9: 'wings'
The crafty pad 61: 'charm' - I'm hoping that my special pin will count as a charm
Magical crafts 10: 'things with wings'
Creative craft 8: 'thanks a bunch' - not a 'thank you' card as such, but definitely has a bunch of flowers 'just for you' which could be for any occasion
Spoon full of sugar 94: 'recycle' - the inside of an envelope used for the image to be stamped on
Creative inspirations 51: 'charms' - here again, I hope the special pin will count as a charm
Cricut cardz 16: 'spring' - use flowers, birds or butterflies - and the circles were cut on my cricut with Make the cut software - hoping that cutting the glitter card won't have clogged the blade
Flutter by Wednesday 100: 'open - include a butterfly, fairy or angel'
Gingersnap GC46 spicy supply challenge: 'frosting' - the glitter papers
Charisma cardz 10: 'beautiful butterflies
Rainbow lady 93: 'mother's day'
Another for Ooh-la-la 49: 'anything goes'
Paper jewels 2 (March challenge): 'inspiration: choose piece of jewelry from 'gotta have bling' and design card' - I chose 'aqua splendour' (for shape and colour):

The background paper is BG blush and the inner circle is BG offbeat. The glitter papers and flowers are Craftime and the image paper is from the inside of an envelope; the 'just for you' stamp is Anita's. I didn't have the right colour butterfly (a Spellbinders die cut), so I coloured a silver one with a turquoise copic.

Cut it out

This card is for Sue's spring and birthday challenge on CBC: 'cut it out' -

'I need you to CUT IT OUT!!! easy
Cut something out more than once can be PP (patterned paper) a stamped image a digi download'

So I made some big flowers by very roughly cutting some 'circles' (deliberately didn't make them perfect circles), using 7 gypsies classic paperie and sushi journey. The centre of the middle flower has a prima 'say it with studs'.

I based the card on sketch 157 on CPS:

It's also for:

Die cuts R us 29: 'bouquets of paper' - create paper flowers
Crafty creations 58: 'make your own flowers'
Another for Cupcake 81: 'flower power' and the same topic on Crafty calendar 6
Another for Res-Q 35: 'use text in a prominent way on your card'
Mixed media Monday: 'it's not all black and white'
Simple doodles 11: 'paper piecing' (can jusst be lots of layers)
ABC: 'P for paper piecing' - hope this is OK for that too

Button it!

This is another challenge by Sue for the CBC birthday celebrations:

Button it!! so guess what you HAVE to use here? Yup buttons AT LEAST 6

I decided to alter one of my Green & Black's cocoa tins - I love their cocoa and I like the tins too, very handy. I used offcuts from DCWV pocket full of posies, a couple of sticky ribbons, a couple of Craftime blooms and, of course, some buttons on the lid.




As I've used 2 papers - the patterned one round the tin and the textured one within the lid, 2 flowers and at least 2 buttons, I'm linking for the recipe on Everybody art 81. Also, Little paper shop 58 colour challenge calls for 'turquoise, white and dark purple' - they are all here. 'Buttons and flowers' is challenge 12 on Pixie dust studio, so I'm also linking there. And another one for Quirky crafts 23: 'buttons' (perhaps you can tell that I love buttons!).

And it's now joining some of my other 'Green & Black cocoa tins':

Son's card

I don't think Paul ever looks at my blog so I'm sure it's safe to show the card I've done for his birthday. If you happen to look, Danielle, please don't tell your dad!

I used the sketch this week on Willow Sketchie, cheating a bit because I didn't have an oval to use:

It's also for:

Creative inspirations 29: 'male card'
Allsorts 42: 'just for mn'
Double Dutch 38: 'boys only
Sew many challenges 6: 'hear it for the boys'
SPCC 38: 'soft suede, dusty Durango, bashful blue'
Kaboodle 26: 'happy birthday'
Another for Quirky crafts 23: 'buttons'
Die cut dreams 38: 'no flowers allowed'

The background paper is English paper company 'men at work'. Sentiment is computer generated.

WOYWW today? another week gone

In fact, it's not just another week gone by, but two, because I didn't show anything for WOYWW last Wednesday.

Anyway, here is my workspace atm, which isn't bad considering I made a ruby wedding card and also ten Christmas cards yesterday (I suppose I must have tidied a bit last night - I tend to do that! - so quite a few boxes had already been put away).


I thought I'd also show my offcuts box - why is it that however many bits I use there still seem to be the same amount in the box?


Why not go over to Julia's stamping ground and have a nose around hers and others' workspaces and perhaps join in and show yours - you know you want to!!

Marty Snowman

Today I've made ten Christmas cards. One of Sue's challenges for the birthday celebrations on CBC '10 from 1' is to choose a stamp, diecut, embellishment, digi download, whatever and use it at least 10 times on 10 different cards - and I mean different!!! Use different papers etc.'

So I stamped Marty snowman ten times and coloured with copics - all different, of course.

Marty is one of the Stitchels stamps designed by Hels Sheridan and sold by Jennie at The Artistic Stamper.

So I'm entering all of these cards for Sue's '10 from 1' challenge and also for the 25th club on BF, where the subject for March is 'snowmen and sparkle'.

Some of the cards are also suitable for the March challenge on Christmas cards all year round, but only the ones that are mainly green, because the theme is 'to use mostly green on your card and one of my favorties...snowmen!' In the individual posts below I've identified the five that are for Christmas cards all year round.

All the cards have Marty snowman on them with faux stitching around the clothing, so this is OK for Bah! humbug 8: 'stitching'. And challenge 6 was for snowmen, so it's also good for that.

Week 13 on Sparkle creations Christmas was an open theme, so I'm linking these cards there (this means I've now done all of the challenges on there up to date).

Here they all are:

But I'm putting this message at the top of the individual cards so you can then scroll down if you wish to see each one and the challenges that they are linked to.

The sweetest thing in green and beige

This is for the sweetest thing sketch 59:

Also for the photo inspiration on CCEE (I've concentrated on the colours)
The swirly card was from a QVC kit and the Christmas trees have been cut from some Brenda Pinnick paper.

I'm also linking this card for Sophisticat 25: 'flourishes and bling' and also Crazy amigo: 'swirls'.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1', BF 25th club and Christmas cards all year round March challenge - all as outlined in the post above.

Snowman and sparkly Christmas pud

This is for the sketch on Treehouse 39:
Also for the photo inspiration for Stampin royalty 9 (I concentrated on the colours):

Background paper is BG.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1', BF 25th club and Christmas cards all year round March challenge - all as outlined in the post above.

Christmas in the pink

This is for Card patterns sketch 54:

Also for Christmas stampin' all year round 42: 'a colourful Christmas' - shades of pink. And Fab's week 9 calls for alternative techniques - well, this isn't a technique, but it is quite unusual to have an all-pink Christmas card, so I'm linking for that.

Background paper and sparkly ribbon are DCWV.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1' and BF 25th club as outlined in the post above.

Sassy lilac and aqua

This is for Taylored expressions sketch 103:

Also for Lisa's colour combo on Susie's sassy 9, which calls for lilac and aqua to be used.

Loonie challenge 81 is to use stamps, but no patterned paper, so this is OK for that.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1' and BF 25th club as outlined in the post above.

411 sketch and colour challenges

This is for two challenges on 411 - first the sketch challenge 141:

Also for 411 colour inspiration 113:

Background paper is BG fruitcake.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1', BF 25th club and Christmas cards all year round March challenge - all as outlined in the post above.

Copic colour challenge 54

This is for Just Christmas & birthday cards sketch 57:
Also for Copic colour 54:
Background paper is DCWV and sparkly circles are once again from Paperchase.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1' and BF 25th club as outlined in the post above.

Bright Christmas

This is for OCC sketch 5:

Also for Colour dare 58:
Fab's week 8 asks us to include a round focal, so I'm linking to that.

Papers are unknown from stash and sparkly circles are again from Paperchase.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1', BF 25th club and Christmas cards all year round March challenge - all as outlined in the post above.

Snowman among the pink trees

This is for the Pixie cottage 10 sketch:

Also for the colour me pink and blue photo challenge on Lily Bean:

This is also for Bah! humbug 7: 'trees' and for Sparkle creations Christmas week 14 inspiration (I focused on trees).

Background paper is DCWV and sparkly circles again from Paperchase.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1' and BF 25th club as outlined in the post above.

Christmas with no Christmas papers

This is for Eat sleep stamp 73 sketch (I turned it on its side):

Also for BG week 15 photo inspiration:

The blue background paper is BG lily kate and the pink paper is BG bittersweet, so neither are actually Christmas papers, but I think they work well for the colour scheme of the photo.

The card is also for CBC challenge '10 from 1' and BF 25th club as outlined in the post above.