Thinking of you

This card was prompted by Jane Taylor's card that we asked to CASE for AAA cards 16:

I've used a kraft base card, mounting an offcut piece of kraft card with owls outlined in gold foil, matted on to a piece of gold mirror. The motif in the middle is one from Poundland and a Craftime sentiment.

This is also for:

Brown sugar 108: let's get krafty
Crafting for all seasons 84: monochromatic
Perfectly rustics 29: masculine card
4 crafty chicks 207: let's get masculine
That's crafty: this is a man's world
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 226: clean and simple

Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
Kreativeinkauf 18: anything goes
Creative inspirations 277: anything goes

Kraft time

The background paper of this card is a piece taken from the lovely Bazzill Basdics 'timeless pack, mounted on to kraft. I found an ATC that I made long ago - I took part in a swap and made a few of them and this was an extra that I kept for myself - it was originally made using an Indigo Blu 'take the time' stamp. I can't believe how well it goes with the paper - it's as if it was made for it!The brown paper stickers were from Poundland (a lovely range that they are doing atm).

This is for:

Brown sugar 108: let's get krafty
Crafting by designs: rock around the clock - music or time
Crafting for all seasons 84: monochromatic
QKR stampede 102: monochrome
Catered crop: music expressions
Perfectly rustics 29: masculine card
4 crafty chicks 207: let's get masculine
That's crafty: this is a man's world
Pattie's 98: altered or recycles (the ATC)

Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71
Crafting by designs August anything goes

CHNC challenge 191: merry and bright

It's time for a new challenge over on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge blog  and the theme for CHNC challenge 191 is 'merry and bright' - interpret in any way you wish, as long as the creation is for Christmas. I'd love to see you there.

For my card I've used My Mind's Eye 12 days of Christmas papers, using up some snippet pieces for those across the bottom and down the side. The glittered 3D stickers were from Poundland (last year or the year before ... time goes so quickly).I've used a sentiment circle that I found in the bottom of a Christmas box and a recycled sparkly bow - can't remember where I rescued it from.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Deep ocean 84: Christmas in August
Polka doodles 34: get organised for Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 162: any holiday
Penny's 191: Christmas (or children or critters)
Pixie's snippets week 138
Freshly brewed August 2: glitter galore
Corrosive 206: B unique - 3 items starting with the letter B: baubles, bling, bow
Crafty ribbons: celebration with ribbon
Let's craft and create 95: ribbon or twine
Clear it out: anything goes (all old supplies)
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): use your stash
Crafty girls 25: anything goes

Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 43

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 43: anything goes - please look and see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we would love to see your entries.

For my card I used Lacy Sunshine's winter abbey (kindly supplied by the sponsor), coloured with spectrum noir and die cut using Xcut rectangle parenthesis, cutting some mirror card with one of the larger dies. The background paper is a digital one printed and mounted on to a black card blank - I found this here (a wonderful site with lots of lovely papers to download - I've bookmarked it).

The flowers were from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Jingle belles: winter card
Catered crop: music expressions
Crafting by designs: rock around the clock - music or time
Natalie and Amy 23: die cuts & flowers
Card and scrap 80: flowers
My heart pieces: use a digistamp
Moving along with the times: feeling a little vintage
Crafting for all seasons 84: monochromatic
QKR stampede 102: monochrome
The sisterhood of crafters: your favourite colour - purple!!
As you like it: favourite embellishments and why: flowers - they always add texture to a card
We do doobadoo 13: add textures
Die cuttin' divas 179: pinterest inspired - purple music notes
Paperminutes 335: die cuts
Papertake: to die for
Pause dream enjoy 17: punches or dies
Scrappers delights 28: anything goes with die cuts
Take a word: frame
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71
Crafting by designs August anything goes
DL.ART August

Completely Christmas 26: anything goes

This is my design card for Completely Christmas 26 using Bugaboo Stamps 'stocking line' (Bugaboo are sponsoring the challenge) - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the team and join in with the Christmas fun.

The background of my card is some paper free with a magazine. I mounted the image (which had been digitally coloured in Microsoft Paint) on to an offcut piece of card and added the Craftwork cards sentiment circle and the fabric felt buttons from Poundland (I do love those - I'm glad I bought two packs because I doubt they will have them again).

This is also for:

ABC Christmas: Q for quick and easy
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Deep ocean 84: Christmas in August
Penny's 191: Christmas (or children or critters)
Polka doodles 34: get organised for Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 162: any holiday
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 226: CAS
My heart pieces: use a digistamp
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Shhh ... owl not say how old you are

But I'm looking forward to the 50th celebration!

I was asked to make this card for a friend to give to another friend who had just had her 50th birthday. I was told that she loves owls, so this is what I came up with, using some Dawn Bibby card that I bought a few years ago - it's very shiny and looks different according to the way the light's shining - very difficult to get true photos.

The twinchie that was stamped with a little owl, coloured with copics and edged with distress ink is one that I  made a long while ago - did some for a swap and had one for myself - it was triple embossed with clear powder, so it has a glazed finish. The flowers were from Hobbycraft and the sentiments generated on computer and printed.

This is for:

Timbro scrap mania 99: special occasions
Loves rubber stamps 117: wings
Red rubber inspirationals 134: just wing it
Penny's 191: critters (or Christmas or children)
Stampotique 161: flowers
Card and scrap 80: flowers
Stampavie and more 218: easel card
Ooh-la-la 163: fancy folds
Corrosive 206: B unique - 3 items starting with the letter B: blooms, birds, bling
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): use your stash
Inky impressions 173: anything goes
Art by Miran 13: anything goes
The artistic stamper creative team August: anything goes
Stamp and create August: anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 71
Crafting by designs August anything goes
DL.ART August

Just to say ...

A simple card using an upcycled picture that was matted on to gold mirror card - I love the simplicity (and confess that it didn't involve much crafting), but it was too good to waste.

This is for:

Perfectly rustics 29: masculine card
4 crafty chicks 207: let's get masculine
Moving along with the times: vintage
Left of center 41: inspired by a song: Just to say I love you
Ladybug: CAS
Paper pretties 324: white, black + 1 (gold)
Crafty girls 25: anything goes

Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Full steam ahead ...

A CAS card using a Hunkydory train topper left over from a kit, mounted on to a couple of unknown pieces that were in my offcuts box. The sentiments were computer generated and printed and the edges brushed with brown corduroy distress ink.

This is for:

Perfectly rustics 29: masculine card
4 crafty chicks 207: let's get masculine
Little Claire 48: a man's birthday card
Bloggers challenge: they say it's your birthday
Sugar creek hollow 93: let's celebrate
Moving along with the times: vintage
Take a word: frame
Incy wincy: things and wheels
Crafty creations 270: dig deep use something old from your stash (everything is old)
Artistic inspirations 105: anything goes (option: up, up and away)
Crafty girls 25: anything goes
Clear it out: anything goes

Top tip Tuesday: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

New home

This new home card was made with the front of a shaped card blank matted on to a piece of green torn paper over cloud paper. If the house card is used as a shaped card it only opens on the very narrow piece at the bottom and isn't really substantial enough, which is why I decided to mount it.

The base of the house was run through an embossing folder and then brushed with fire brick distressed ink, adding some to the chimney and some brown corduroy to the roof. The sentiment was computer generated/printed and brushed lightly with the brown corduroy DI.

This is for:

Classy cards n such 46: home is where the heart is
Use your stuff 149: home (all supplies are old)
Fitztown 49: wet or dry embossing
Eclectic paperie ePlay August. embossing
Nutcrafters 75: celebrations
Crafty creations 270: dig deep use something old from your stash (everything is old)
Creative inspirations 277: anything goes
Southern girls: texture
Sarah Hurley 95: favourite things - embossing, distress inks (among other things!)

I've done it again!

Last month I showed a card here that I made by re-purposing a previous card that I've made. Well, I have to confess that I've done it again!! And this time it will stay like this because it's a card that was commissioned by a friend for a silver wedding anniversary. I was told that the couple both like cakes and I was asked to try and include a church on the card - I hope this is 'job done'!

So this is the final card that I hope will meet the requirements. The glittery, slightly holographic, church is one that I've had for ages, as is the little 25th square. The little group of cakes is a stamp from a little Docrafts set I've had for ages, but haven't used before, inked with versamark and heat embossed with detail silver powder. I think I like this final version.

As ever, very difficult to get a photo of a card that has glittery, shiny things on it, heat embossing and the blue strips top and bottom are actually a deep blue mirror card, although you only see a hint of that here.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Word art Wednesday 145: something sweet
Timbro scrap mania 99: special occasions
Totally gorjuss 249: special celebration
Sparkle n sprinkle August: anything goes (embossing powder)
Wow! embossing powder August: monochrome
Eclectic paperie ePlay August: embossing
Craft for the craig 7: a craft item you have never used before (the cakes stamp)
Sentimental Sundays 220: monochromatic colours
Crafty catz 244: recycle it
Fairytale stamper 43: anything goes

Clear it out: anything goes

Crafting from the heart 32: anything goes
The artistic stamper creative team August: anything goes
Sweet stamps 183: anything goes
Top tip Tuesday: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Male birthday

Simply Happy Birthday with some polka dot paper, sentiment and a lovely photo matted on to mirror card.

This is for:

Perfectly rustics 29: masculine card
Paper pretties 323: boys cards
Little Claire designs 48: a man's birthday card
DRS 135: birthday card
Crafting by designs: polka dots
Bloggers challenge: they say it's your birthday
Little red wagon 250: happy birthday
Cute card Thursday 334: clean and simple
My mums craft shop 20: clean & simple
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 49

This is my design card for today's Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 49 - please have a look at the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in the fun.

For my card I used Bugaboo Stamps AKV baby stroller, colouring with spectrum noir and copic pens. I mounted the image on to a snippet piece of mirror card and added tag, sentiments etc that have been in my 'baby' box for quite some time and then some more of those lovely felt fabric buttons from Poundland.

This gorgeous photo inspiration for City crafter 225 to me suggests a baby card:

This is also for:

Paper crafting 16: baby
Sweet 7 challenge 2: baby
In the pink 50: anything goes as long as it's pink

Left of center 41: inspired by a song: Congratulations
Fitztown 48: just for kids
Hobbybook: all about kids
PumpkinSpice 80: children
The east wind 13: for the kiddies
QKR stampede 101: add a button
Freshly brewed August 1: buttons
Cutie pie 76: cute with buttons & bows
Sentimental Sundays 220: monochromatic colours
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): use your stash (I've had the tag and sentiment oval for ages)
Top tip Tuesday: anything goes
Clear it out: anything goes
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 32: anything goes
613 avenue create 85: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 25: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes
DL.ART August anything goes

New baby card for Cheerful stamp pad challenge 93

It's time for Cheerful stamp pad challenge 93: a new baby - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and it would be great if you could join in the challenge.

I've used digital images from the Stitchy Bear's 'baby girl pack' kindly supplied by the sponsor. I coloured with spectrum noir pens and added a suede die cut teddy (cut with a die that came with the original pink die cutter from QVC years ago - no longer have the die cutter, but still have the dies) and a rattle. I finished off the card with the faux stitching on the surrounds and mounted on to a pale pink card blank.

This is also for:

CAS on Sunday 40: rock a bye baby
Paper crafting 16: baby
Sweet 7 challenge 2: baby
Cute card Thursday 334: clean and simple
My mums craft shop 20: clean & simple
In the pink 50: anything goes as long as it's pink
Digi choosday 32: stitching

Pink gem 126: stitching
Dies r us 8: stitching (die cut teddy bear)
Scrappers delights 29: anything goes with die cuts
Cut it up 51: inspired by a song (die cut teddy bear) - song: Congratulations
Left of center 41: inspired by a song: Congratulations
Fitztown 48: just for kids
Pause dream enjoy 16: kid's theme
Hobbybook: all about kids
PumpkinSpice 80: children
The east wind 13: for the kiddies
Moving along with the times: feeling a little vintage
Sugar creek hollow 93: let's celebrate
Graph it markers week 33: furry stuff (die cut teddy bear is suede)
Sentimental Sundays 220: monochromatic colours
Simply create too 68: monochromatic
The paper girls 62: design your own challenge - I chose these from the grid: stitch on your project, make a card, 3 or more images
Simon says Monday challenge: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 32: anything goes
Stamp and create August: anything goes
613 avenue create 85: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 25: anything goes
Treasured time 22: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes
DL.ART August anything goes

Cool down ...

... on a hot summer day. I recently took part in a postcard swap on the Bubblyfunk Forum - the theme was 'summer'. I added script to a digital image, printed out and added quickie pen glue and lots of different Art Institute glitters.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The sailing pineapple 15: it's summer
Simon says Wednesday: summer
Open-minded 17: last days of summer
AnMaCreatief 35: summer
Our creative corner August: summertime
Seema crafts August: summer fun
Crafty bloggers network August: summer fun
Bunny Zoe August: summer colours
Top tip Tuesday: something sweet
Try it on Tuesday (Tuesday taggers): wish you were here (holiday postcard)
Sparkle n sprinkle August: anything goes - loose glitter
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

A royal blue anniversary

I was asked by a friend to make a card for him to give to his wife on their anniversary and he requested that I used royal blue on the card.

I used three different embossing folders with my eBosser with some royal blue mirror card. I used part of an eBosser A4 embossing folder (which is actually designed to make a three fold DL card. The front step panel was embossed with a border folder by Design Objectives. The two other steps have been decorated with panels cut from the mirror card with a Craft Concepts folder called 'budding vine'. I cut the 'To someone Special' panel to fit between the paws of the bear.

The Forever Friends 3D stickers came from their Black & Gold collection.

A close up of the two back steps:

And a close up of the front panel:

This is for:

Crazy challenge 178: love and marriage
Sugar creek hollow 93: let's celebrate
Totally gorjuss 249: special celebration
Hobbycutz 60: fancy folds
Eclectic paperie ePlay August: embossing
A song in your He{ART} 13: best day of my life
Kort o mania 113: layers
Corrosive 206: B unique - 3 items beginning with B - bears, blooms, blue
Creative moments 48: anything goes/animals
Left of center 41: inspired by a song - I will always love you, Whitney Houston
613 avenue create 85: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 25: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes
DL.ART August anything goes

A letter to Santa for the Glory of Christmas challenge 40

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 40: a letter to Santa. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team - and we would love you to join in our challenge. I produced this card digitally using a lovely freebie from Melonheadz adding my own wording:

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
My perfect life week 32
Deep ocean 84: Christmas in August
Crafting for all seasons 83: feature a creature
Creative moments 48: anything goes/animals
Inky impressions 172: animal friends
Scribbles designs 20: animal planet
Papertake: spots & dots
Crafting by designs: polka dots
Fitztown 47: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Full steam ahead ...

... for a happy birthday - for Crafting Musketeers challenge 16 mid-month inspiration. This is my design card for team B using the 'train guard' image kindly supplied by the sponsors, Polka Doodles, coloured with spectrum noirs. The theme for the challenge is 1, 2, 3 - I've used 1 image, 2 buttons (felt ones from Poundland) and 3 gems.

The background picture is one I found on the internet and the sentiment was generated on my Dymo letratag.

This is also for:

Perfectly rustics 29: masculine card
Paper pretties 323: boys cards
Little Claire designs 48: a man's birthday card
DRS 135: birthday card
Little tangles 42: happy birthday
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday
Bloggers challenge: they say it's your birthday
Little red wagon 250: happy birthday
QKR stampede 101: add a button
Freshly brewed August 1: buttons
Fitztown 47: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

More favourite things for CHNC challenge 190

This time for another card for my CHNC challenge 190 I used some favourite papers - Teresa Collins 'Christmas at Home', another favourite Christmas Inkadinkado stamp inked with plum archival and heat embossed with clear powder. I used the ink pad to part colour the white flowers. And the plum colour is another favourite of mine.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
CRAFT 272: Christmas
Deep ocean 84: Christmas in August
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): Christmas
Stamps & fun = creativity: Christmas in summer
Sweet stampin': Christmas in August
Loves rubber stamps 116: out of season
Creative card crew 68: embossing (wet)
Eclectic paperie ePlay August: embossing
Everybody art 289: favourite stamp (one of them!)
Aud sentiments 113: favourite season (Christmas - winter - although only for cards!)
Wow! embossing powder August: monochrome
Simply create too 68: monochromatic
Sparkle n sprinkle August: anything goes - embossing powder
Going grey with Scrap-creations: animals
Crafting for all seasons 83: feature a creature
Creative moments 48: anything goes/animals
Inky impressions 172: animal friends
Craft a scene August: add a four-legged animal
Bastel-traum: animals
Scribbles designs 20: animal planet
Papertake: spots & dots
Crafting by designs: polka dots
Crafty calendar August: anything goes
Sisters of craft August: anything goes
De creatieve zebra 12: anything goes
Cards galore August: anything goes
Bearly mine August: anything goes
Brown sugar 107: anything goes
Treasured times 22: anything goes
Nutcrafters 74: anything goes
Pinspirational 120: anything goes
Penny Black and more at Allsorts August: anything goes
The artistic stamper creative team August: anything goes
Stamping sensations August: anything goes
Crafts4eternity R189: something old (or forgotten) - the stamp, the papers
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Just inspirational August: anything goes
Crafty sentiments: anything goes
V's sweet 26: anything goes
Fitztown 47: anything goes
The squirrel and the fox 75: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes
DL.ART August anything goes

These are a few of my favourite things ...

... for my CHNC challenge 190.

For this card I used some Hunkydory card mounted on to silver mirror card with a coordinating strip and sentiment circle. The image is one of my favourite Penny Black stamps 'fantasy' inked with Elsybells sugar candy pigment inkpad (one of the best white ones I've ever come across) and heat embossed with detail white powder. So I used one of my favourite stamps, shiny things and heat embossing - oh, and purple is involved too!

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Deep ocean 84: Christmas in August
Stamps & fun = creativity: Christmas in summer
Loves rubber stamps 116: out of season
Penny Black and more at Allsorts August: anything goes (used a PB stamp)
Aud sentiments 113: favourite season (Christmas - winter - although only for cards!)
Everybody art 289: favourite stamp (one of them!)
Wow! embossing powder August: monochrome
Eclectic paperie ePlay August: embossing
Aud sentiments 113: favourite season (Christmas - winter - although only for cards!)
Sparkle n sprinkle August: anything goes - embossing powder
The artistic stamper creative team August: anything goes
Mema's crafts August: anything goes
Stamping sensations August: anything goes
Fitztown 47: anything goes
The squirrel and the fox 75: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 42

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 42, which is, once again, anything goes, so it would be lovely if you could join in with your entries - and please click the challenge link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team.

I used Stitchy Bear Birthday word art which I digitally faded at the edges to superimpose on a lovely free background I found on the internet - this was originally brown and I changed the colour digitally and then added the sentiments top and bottom.

I decided to try and do something about the misspelling on the original digital image so I created cut outs of the letters 'r' and 'i' and then cloned the colour where they were and put them in the right places - this is the result:

This is also for:

DRS 135: birthday card
Little tangles 42: happy birthday
Seize the birthday: anything goes birthday
Bloggers challenge: they say it's your birthday
Corrosive 205: birthdays
Little red wagon 250: happy birthday
Great impressions August: birthday bash
The sisterhood of crafters: your favourite colour
Pattie's 97: monochromatic
Pinspirational 120: anything goes
Fitztown 47: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes

Completely Christmas 25: mid-month sketch

For today's Completely Christmas challenge 25 we have the mid-month sketch:

Please click on the challenge link to see the designs of the rest of the team and join in with your own interpretations of the sketch.

I've used card, borders, toppers etc from the Hunkydory 'Road to Bethlehem' kit - I love this because it depicts scenes that show what Christmas is really all about - the birth of Jesus Christ. The middle topper, the sentiment etc have been raised up with 3D foam.

This is also for:

The 12 months of Christmas card link up
CRAFT 272: Christmas
Deep ocean 84: Christmas in August
Aud sentiments 113: favourite season (Christmas - winter - although only for cards!)
Crafts4eternity R189: something old (or forgotten) - the stamp, glittered paper and the spacers
Fitztown 47: anything goes
Penny's 190: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Sister act 70
Crafting by designs August anything goes