My crafty outlook: 2 Nov 2013

Saturday, 2 November 2013

Crafting Musketeers 7: pretty pastels

This is my design card for Crafting Musketeers 7: pretty pastels. The challenge is being sponsored by Little Claire. Please click on the link and see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and, hopefully, join in the challenge with your 'pretty pastels'.

I used two Little Claire images, grouping them together digitally - 'camilla' and 'camilla corner'. These images are so beautiful that I decided to keep the card clean and simple, colouring with flexmarkers and promarkers.

This is also for:

Let's craft and create 82: clean and simple
De creatieve zebra 3: clean and simple
I love promarkers 192: anything goes
Papercreators 16: pink or blue
Moving along with the times: no (design or digital) papers
Challenges and candies 20: clean and simple
Creative craft cottage 9: say it with flowers

CHNC challenge 149: bling it up

How did we get to November already? Time for another Christmas challenge and this is my card for CHNC challenge 149: bling it up. Please click on the link and join me if you can - just add glitter, gems, sparkle and shine ... anything that will 'bling it up'.

My easel card uses papers and elements from My Paper Stash Library kit and some bling rhinestones from Poundland.

This is also for:

Pink gem 104: Christmas is coming
Totally gorjuss 208: anything goes with snow
Aud sentiments 92: Christmas sentiments
Polka doodles 44: anything goes Christmas
Card and scrap 64: make a Christmas card
The crafting cafe November: winter blues
Winter wonderland: blue and white only
Cute card Thursday 293: sparkles
A little bit crafty November: sparkle and shine
Beyond grey 42: all that glitters
Penny's 151: add black or bling
Craftin desert divas 18:anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
Sister act 31
Inspire me Friday 127

Another card for CCAYR November: winter wonderland

This is my third design team card for Christmas cards all year round November challenge: winter wonderland - your card must have a winter theme: snow, snowflakes etc. There is a lovely prize donated by one of the team. Please visit the challenge and see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge.

My third design team card for CCAYR November: winter wonderland uses Hunkydory supplies. This features a decoupaged picture.

This is also for:

Crafty calendar November: all things Christmas
Allsorts 231: Christmas cheer
Pink gem 104: Christmas is coming
Totally gorjuss 208: anything goes with snow
Aud sentiments 92: Christmas sentiments
Polka doodles 44: anything goes Christmas
Card and scrap 64: make a Christmas card
Sugar creek hollow 73: anything vintage goes
Craftin desert divas 18:anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
Sister act 31
Inspire me Friday 127

More Winter wonderland for CCAYR

This is my second card for Christmas cards all year round November challenge: winter wonderland - your card must have a winter theme: snow, snowflakes etc. There is a lovely prize donated by one of the team. Please visit the challenge and see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team - and please join in the challenge.

Once again I've used Hunkydory supplies,

This is also for:

Crafty calendar November: all things Christmas
Allsorts 231: Christmas cheer
Pink gem 104: Christmas is coming
Totally gorjuss 208: anything goes with snow
Aud sentiments 92: Christmas sentiments
Polka doodles 44: anything goes Christmas
AnMaCreatief 26: Christmas
Card and scrap 64: make a Christmas card
CRAFT 231: for the boys
Natalie and Amy 14: for the boys
CCEE 1344: dogs
Craftin desert divas 18:anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
LEJ 77: anything goes
Sister act 31
Inspire me Friday 127

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 1: embossing

The day has finally arrived!

I am so thrilled to be on the design team for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge blog right from the beginning. If you haven't visited there yet, please do so and see what other members of the team have made for Challenge 1: embossing - and please join in the challenge.

The challenge is being sponsored by Lacy Sunshine who will be giving the winner a $20 gift certificate to spend in their online shop. Lacy Sunshine provided the team with images to use and mine is 'Daisy Sue'.

I decided to put my embossing on the inside of the card, cutting away the front to reveal some of this from the outside. The embossing was done with the Embossaliacious 'floral vine' folder, brushed with spiced marmalade distress ink.

The main piece of patterned paper on the front is an offcut of My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup Girl 'sweet song'. The torn ovals behind the image are offcuts of pieces from a magazine freebie. I coloured the image with spectrum noirs. I printed the sentiment and added the piece of ribbon.