The Glory of Christmas challenge 69

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 69: green and gold. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I can't remember what papers I used, except to say that they were offcuts (I made the card before we moved  so it would be on time for the challenge, but can't find the papers now). The reindeer stamp heat embossed with gold detail is a favourite Christmas stamp. Sentiment square is Anna Griffin and circle from Craftwork cards. All papers matted on to matt gold card.

This is also for:


Glitter n sparkle 157: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 19: anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 100

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 100: anything goes with a twist ... embossing (wet or dry). Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and please join in our challenge.

Getting my card made was a mix of frustration and fun in unequal measures, trying to get to a box that's under umpteen other things, not being able to find one pair of scissors (I can usually find a dozen pairs) - had to resort to using kitchen scissors - and couldn't find a box of card to have a piece to print on, so printed on a patterned piece instead ... but, strangely, have ended up with a card that I quite like (although I can't get a decent picture of it ... oh well, you can't have it all - lol!). I used two different A4 Embossalicious embossing folders, one for the background and one for matting the printed out of Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet Coosty Creations 'calla lily' (Stitchy are sponsoring the challenge).

So, here is the card with the mat under the lily print out looking far too dark - it's not black, it's green:

This is also for:

Allsorts 331: nature
Just us girls 313: sympathy
Crafting with dragonflies 44: card challenge: anything goes

No stamping

'No stamping' is the theme for the Christmas cards all year round October challenge - please click the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge - and, don't forget: no stamping!

I made four quick cards using Hunkydory supplies:

A bit more time to craft challenge 5

This is my design card for A bit more time to craft challenge 5: anything goes, with Delicious Doodles. The title of the challenge blog is a bit ironic atm because I haven't got any time to craft, so it's good that I made my card well in advance. Please click on the challenge link to see the rest of the team's lovely designs and we would love you to join in our challenge.

I used one of Lozzy's Friday Freebie Big Love papers and Delicious Doodles A Slice Of Cake adding the black hearts design which is actually acetate based but difficult to see here, with another piece on the silver balloon tied with a lovely silver trim. The cute little dolly is one of a collection I had ages ago.

The challenge is being sponsored by Lozzy and by Delicious Doodles, so plenty of prizes to be won.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October challenge

It's time for a new month's challenge and wow, doesn't time tick by so quickly ... and here we are at the beginning of October.

This is my design card for my Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October challenge - please click on the link to find out what it's all about and use up some of that hoarded patterned paper to join in with your entries. Also please take some moments to admire the lovely designs of my team.

I used some lovely Dovecraft cupcake boutique papers and some jade coloured mirror card as backing for all the pieces.

Pets

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 105: anything goes with a twist ... pets. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used a Dazzling Ace Designs image (kindly supplied by the challenge sponsor) matted on to black mirror card and then on to some paper from PDA with the lovely paw print grosgrain material down the side and the cute cat button at the bottom left of the image. The sentiment was generated on my Dymo letratag.

CHNC challenge 248: stick it down

Despite everything being packed up on Saturday, I still had my computer that day and I had scheduled my CHNC challenge 248: stick it down, but I failed to blog this here.

So, here goes: this is my card for my CHNC challenge 248 (please click on the link to find out more about this and join in with your entries) - a simple card made with My Mind's Eye papers and some stickers.

Faux stitching

Having moved home on Sunday, not surprisingly, my blog has been neglected and I have big apologies to make to my fellow teamies on the challenge blogs that I've consequently neglected. I did get up to date with commenting on entries to challenges just before the move, but haven't managed to since Sunday.

We still haven't got any broadband connection or landline,, but hoping this will be put in tomorrow morning. I've at least got a dongle so I can get some internet access.

So, here, at last, is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 99: anything goes with a twist ... real or faux stitching. My card is very simple with some faux stitching on some embossed black on to which I've matted the Sassy Studio 'don't open till Christmas' image (Sassy Studio are the sponsors of the challenge). We would love you to join in and please click the challenge link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team.

Colour me autumn

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 104: anything goes with a twist ... colour me autumn. Please click on the link to see the lovely autumnal designs of the rest of the team and we hope you will join in the challenge.

I used Di's Digi Downloads Henry's windfall image with offcuts of papers, including the piece of card with leaves which is upcycled from a Graze box. The material leaves were white originally - I coloured with alcohol pens.

This is also for:

Di's digi designs: fabulous fall colours
Make my Monday: nature
Use your stuff 192: fall theme
Scrapping4fun 50: spring/autumn
Oddball: fall is in the air
Really reasonable ribbon 126: orange you glad it's autumn
Recycle, re-purpose & re-invent September: anything goes (recycled card from Graze box used)

Christmas dinner

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 68: Christmas dinner - please click on the link to see the yummy designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I don't really like Christmas pudding (only if I put so much brandy butter on it that I can't taste the pudding so much - lol!), but I decided to base my card on the traditional pudding for Christmas day, using a lovely Dotty image from a Charmed cards and crafts Christmas set - I love this image, but haven't actually used it for ages. Dotty was cut out and mounted on to an old Kanban frame and then on to an offcut of Christmas paper (no idea where it's from) with a snippet of ribbon down the side (Milo managed to get hold of a snippet of the ribbon and has been triumphantly running around with it in his mouth!).

This is also for:

Creative inspirations 327: your favourite occasion - Christmas
Penny's 245: use a bow and/or Christmas

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 98

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 98: anything goes with a twist ... vintage/shabby chic. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used a lovely image supplied by the sponsor, Dazzling Ace Designs, fading the edges and adding to a background with lilies and swirls added.

This is also for:

Deep ocean 112: shabby chic

Crafting Musketeers challenge 29

This is my design card for team B for Crafting Musketeers challenge 29: autumnal colours - please click on the link to see the designs of the rest of the team and join in the challenge here where you can see the designs created by team A. The challenge is being sponsored by Oak House Studio.

I used spectrum noir aqua tints to create the background randomly painted and then sprayed with water (technique that Sheena Douglass quite often shares on C & C), adding some spots of glossy accents here and there when the background was dry. The barrel of apples with the spotlighted area coloured with spectrum noir alcohol pens is one that I'd used on a card long ago (didn't like it on that card, so I lifted it for this one), with some glossy accents on the apples. The image is 'basket of apples' by Sparkle n Sprinkle. The felt leaves were from Lidl.

Inspired by Our creative corner September: shades of autumn:

This is also for:

CCEE 1537: swap ideas day - share a technique (using aqua tints and also spotlight technique)
V's sweet 38: technique  - new or favourite
We love 2 create 19: anything mixed media/creatuve/inky goes
Daring cardmakers: wonderful watercolours
Corrosive 233: mixed media
Simon says Monday challenge: love this technique - using the aqua tints to create a background, also spotlighting on an image
Lacy sunshine 67: winds of change (changing seasons)
Clear it out: autumn + leaves/foliage
Creative card crew 96: fall
Incy wincy: digi images only - no rubber stamps
Little Miss Muffet 120: anything goes
Stampartpaper retarte 60: anything goes

Bright and colourful

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 103: anything goes with a twist ... bright and colourful. Please click on the link and see the delightful bright and colourful designs of the rest and the team - and we would love you to join in the challenge.

My card is simply made up of a colourful background on which to layer the Bugaboo Stamps hey chickie kindly provided by the sponsor, adding the get well circle and the butterfly.

This is also for:

Quirky crafts 19: quirky animal magic
Incy wincy: digi images only - no rubber stamps
Tuesday throwdown 262: for a child

A touch of festive greenery

This is my card for my CHNC challenge 246 which is all about festive trees or greenery. As you can see from my CAS card, you don't have to show a lot of greenery if you don't want to ... as much or as little as you wish. I used Christmas ornaments 2 by CraftyGirl kindly given by StitchyBear's DIgi Outlet, one of the sponsors this week, colouring with a variety of spectrum noir reds/pinks and adding three green flowers with brad centres and a felt piece of holly on top of the rare outing of a Christmas peel off. I thought a DL card would make a change.

Just realised that the dark green flowers look almost deep blue on the photo.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 9
A snowflakes promise 5: Christmas winter theme
Crafting by designs: get ready for Christmas
CRAFT 328: Christmas
Graph it 37: Christmas colours
Simply create too 94: early holiday wishes
Little Claire digi 9: Christmas theme
Merry Monday 170: use holly
Crafty friends 14: B is for ...  baubles
Winter wonderland: anything but square
Creative moments 76: anything goes/use a sentiment
Aud sentiments 140: anything goes plus a sentiment
Cottage craft cottage digi 32: include a sentiment
Little red wagon 306: digi do - digital stamp
613 avenue create 140: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 17: anything goes
Craft your passion 278: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 76: anything goes
Clear it out: anything goes
Penny's 244: anything goes
Crafting-with-friends 6: anything goes
Creative fingers 92: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 13: anything goes
Not just cards 24: anything goes
Inspiration destination 50: anything goes

Eclectic ellapu September: anything goes

Beccy's place September

Vintage monochrome

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 97: anything goes with a twist ... monochrome. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I've used the lovely Sparkle n Sprinkle Vivian hat lady kindly supplied by the sponsor of the challenge. I changed the black and white to antique (on reflection, I should have made it darker, but, hey ho, 'tis done!)

This is also for:

4 crafty chicks 263: birthday
Seize the birthday: anything goes
Creative inspirations 326: vintage
Crafts4eternity R243: vintage
Digistamps4Joy 116: anything goes + option: girly girl
Cards 2 create (Hobbyhome) 26: white with one other colour
The stamping boutique: banners
Crafty friends 14: B is for ... birthday, banner
Aud sentiments 140: anything goes plus a sentiment
Cottage craft cottage digi 32: include a sentiment
Little red wagon 306: digi do - digital stamp
613 avenue create 140: anything goes
Glitter n sparkle 153: anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 17: anything goes
Craft your passion 278: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 76: anything goes
Penny's 244: anything goes
Crafting-with-friends 6: anything goes
Creative fingers 92: anything goes
Simply papercrafts 13: anything goes
Not just cards 24: anything goes
Inspiration destination 50: anything goes

Eclectic ellapu September: anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday 102

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 102: anything goes with a twist ... make it feminine. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used the lovely Sassy Studio snow queen portrait image kindly supplied by the sponsor of the challenge, colouring digitally in Microsoft Paint. The background of the card is an offcut of some Hunkydory card and the strip behind the printed image is an unknown snippet. Flowers are by Craftime.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 193
Through the purple haze September: happy birthday
Digistamps4Joy 116: anything goes + optional twist: girly girl
Crafty cardmakers 147: floral embellishments
My time to craft 303: flowers
Card and scrap 102: use flowers
Creative moments 76: anything goes/use a sentiment
Di's digi designs: include a sentiment
Digi galore September : anything goes

Let's Craft and Create challenge 105

This is my design card for Let's craft and create 105: use dies or punches . Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

This is an 8" x 8" card using three punched layers, two of which use K & Company papers left over from a card made previously. I used three different We R Memory Keepers mini 8 punches - don't know why they call them 'mini' because they are actually quite big and can be used on varying sizes of paper up to 12" x 12" - here I used pieces 8", 7" and 6" square. The centre piece was cut from my wedding veil. I kept the veil for over 20 years, but it had been folded up and wasn't in good condition, so I decided to get rid of it, but keep the pieces from the edge. Flowers from Hobbycraft, pearls from Poundland. I think this could be used for any special occasion, perhaps ruby wedding anniversary. It's given me the idea that I could use another piece from the veil to make a card for our silver wedding next year (if we get there).

Left of center 93: use mainly red
Scrapping4fun 49: name brand scrapbooking paper (K & Co)
Cards 2 create (Hobbyhome) 26: white with one other colour
DRS 190: the hole thing (punched holes)
Allsorts 327: lots of layers
Bloggers challenge: use ovals or circles
Southern girls 118: flower power
Card and scrap 102: use flowers
My time to craft 303: flower
Hiding in my craft room 215: favourite team colours - red and white for Arsenal (was my dad's favourite team)
Brown sugar 162: use something recycled (the centre piece)
Clear it out: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Craft your passion 277: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 75: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 199: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Not just cards 23: anything goes
Inspiration destination 49: anything goes

Eclectic ellapu September: use stash 6 months or old

Beccy's place September

The glory of Christmas challenge 67: no stamp or digi

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 67: no stamp or digi. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and we would love you to join in the challenge - and you even add 'anything goes' as long as it's Christmas!

The lovely background paper is Webster's Pages with a torn strip offcut of their paper across the middle. With background like this there isn't any need for lots added, so just a few glittery stickers and a sentiment circle.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 9
A snowflakes promise 4: Christmas winter theme
Winter wonderland: add a sentiment
Pink gem 152: do you wanna build a  snowman
That's crafty: alphabet soup - letters of the alphabet
Clear it out: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 199: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Not just cards 23: anything goes
Inspiration destination 49: anything goes

Eclectic ellapu September: use stash 6 months or old

Beccy's place September

CHNC challenge 245: 'twas the night before Christmas

For my CHNC challenge 245 I'm asking for Christmas creations that depict the night before Christmas - easy peasy! Please click the link and join in.

This is the card I made using one of the lovely Websters Pages papers as the background with a torn rectangle of an offcut paper, topped with the lovely reindeer with glittery antlers.

Colours for Pals paper arts 266:

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 9
Christmas stampin all year long 55: anything goes
Moving along with the times 3: cute animal
ABC Christmas: R for things beginning with R: reindeer, roses red
Clear it out: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 199: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Not just cards 23: anything goes
Inspiration destination 49: anything goes

Use your stuff 200: anything goes
Eclectic ellapu September: use stash 6 months or old

Beccy's place September

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 95

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 95: anything goes with a twist ...  toys. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs by the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used a Christmas theme as that's a time when children think about receiving toys, using a lovely Dazzling Ace Design image kindly supplied by the sponsor, adding this on to a digital background found free on the internet, with some fairy lights over the top.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up 9 + option: Christmas tree
Sparkles Christmas September: oh! Christmas tree
Left of center 93: use mainly red
Simon says Wednesday: make it colourful
Creative inspirations 325: warm colours
Incy wincy: anything goes
Not just cards 23: anything goes
Inspiration destination 49: anything goes

Remembering summer

'Remembering summer' is the theme of the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 119, for which I made this card for the second week - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team. Sadly, Vicki is taking a break from hosting these challenges - I will certainly miss designing with Vicki and the rest of her wonderful team and wish everyone well in their ongoing crafting. I looked back to see when I first joined the team at the Cheerful stamp pad was amazed that it was back in August 2013, just over two years ago.

This is a similar card to the one I made for week 1 of this challenge, once again using the lovely Miss Lily on the beach image kindly supplied by the challenge sponsor, Little Blue Button, coloured with chameleon pens. Papers and card used to create the background were  from various bits and pieces that have built up over the years, tearing to give the idea of the sea and beach with a torn piece of DCWV summer paper text across the middle and a piece of DCWV flip flops grosgrain ribbon with a few other bits and pieces. I made the bucket and spade look shiny by covering with glossy accents, although that doesn't show here.

This is also for:

Craft and smash September: clouds
The crafting cafe facebook: your favourite season - summer
Timbro scrap mania 111: summer
Creatalicious 78: summer fun at the beach
Simon says Wednesday: make it colourful
CCEE 1536: using letters of CITY - C for colourful and colouring with alcohol pens, I for ice creams, T for torn papers and Y for yellow and yummy
Tuesday throwdown 260: cool treats
Digistamps4Joy 116: anything goes + twist: girly girl
Craftin desert divas: just for kids
Cupcake inspirations 325: layers
Robyn's fetish 279: square cards only
PDE linky party: lots of blue
3 girl jam September: anything goes with ribbon
Clear it out: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
613 avenue create 139: anything goes
Craft your passion 277: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 75: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 199: anything goes
Incy wincy: anything goes
Not just cards 23: anything goes
Inspiration destination 49: anything goes

Use your stuff 200: anything goes
Eclectic ellapu September: use stash 6 months or old

Beccy's place September