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Sunday, 16 October 2011

Purple butterfly ATCs

The ATC swap for the group on the Bubbly Funk forum this month is 'butterflies'. Having used some butterfly stamps before for swaps on BF I needed to think of something different for this swap.

I came across a new ATC challenge blog called Wicked Wednesday and their first challenge is: all about you. I decided to make these ATCs all about me in the sense of what I love to use for crafting - the colour purple, butterflies, torn and inked edges, stamping, distressed inks ... and, of course, beautiful papers. I used a double sided paper by Prima from their Indeed collection 'enchanted' - the torn pieces are from the reverse side and I stamped Penny Black butterfly edges with stazon vibrant violet, distressing torn edges with dusty concord DI and also using this to 'water colour' the butterfly images I stamped above (a little stamp with no name that I've had for ages - can't remember where it came from).

These are also for:

Corrosive 135: flying things
Stamptacular 134: you choose

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We didn't lose the game ...

... we just ran out of time - I love this simple card (made with components from the Kanban Gentleman's journal) - I'm linking it for Cards for men 21: make us laugh (well, it made me chuckle, anyway!).

It's also for:

The crafty pad 143: monochromatic
Pollycraft 114: boys, boys, boys
St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys
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Mr Pumpkin

This is for Take time for you 51: sketch + autumn:

The image is a Mo Manning digi 'the big one' from Mo's Digital Pencil, coloured with copics. - I couldn't resist getting this digi when I saw it used on a couple of cards on this week's Pile it on challenge. I don't celebrate halloween, but thought this was good for a fun autumn birthday card for a boy.

The scalloped circle was cut with a nestie and the edges distressed, as well as the edges of the background Bo Bunny paper and the scraps of BG paper across the middle (this wasn't long enough to go all the way across the middle, so I used it in two bits because it's covered by the circle, so no one would know the difference - lol!)

The leaves down the side are 'bright autumn brders' by Creative Memories, the crocheted flower is held with a fabric covered brad and the sentiment was generated on my dymo letratag.

Challenge 104 on Mo's digital pencil is 'inspired by a song', so this is for the song:

Mr Pumpkin (sung to: Are you sleeping):

Mr Pumpkin, Mr Pumpkin,
Eyes so round, eyes so round,
Fall is coming, fall is coming,
To my town, to my town.

This is also for Just some lines: reminds me of a song.

This is also for:

Pile it on 42: fall is for fun
Crafting for all seasons 11: fall flowers/pumpkins
For fun: autumn has arrived - pumpkins
My Sheri 71: it's the great pumpkins
Delightful: colours of fall
Gingerloft 27: halloween or fall
Deep ocean 10: fall colours
Creative sketches: CS52C: fall colours
Digital Tuesday 132: fall colours
Crop stop 41: falling leaves
Pals paper arts 115: fall/thanksgiving
Fussy & fancy: fall or halloween
Rainbow lady 174: falling leaves
Stamp, scrap & doodle: falling for you anything with leaves
Kaboodle 88: let's see those leaves
Sisterhood of crafters: birthday celebrations
Creatalicious 27: distress your edges
Allways something creative: brown, orange, distressed
Shabby tea room 83: fall flowers
Stamp n doodle: outdoors
Pollycraft 114: boys, boys, boys
St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys
Sweet stampin': masculine
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Have a fabulous (autumn) birthday

This card is for Crazy challenge 88 sketch, with optional autumn colours:

Once again, I've used offcuts from my scraps box, including a die cut circle of BG paper stamped with one of my favourite leaf stamps by Stampers Anonymous with memento rich cocoa. Edges have been distressed with spiced marmalade and fired brick. The gold foiled sentiment is from Craftwork cards.

One again, colours are inspired by the photo for the pink elephant 120:

and this photo inspiration for Papercraft star 66, which must include a leaf:


This is also for:

Stamp dreams 103: fall/autumn
Sunday stamper 176: if you leave me now - leaves
Stamps R us: autumn/fall
Delightful: colours of fall
Hanna and friends 115: autumn/halloween
Stampin for the weekend 18: colours of autumn
One crazy stamper October: halloween or fall
Gingerloft 27: halloween or fall
Deep ocean 10: fall colours
Creative sketches: CS52C: fall colours
Crop stop 41: falling leaves
Pals paper arts 115: fall/thanksgiving
Fussy & fancy: fall or halloween
Wags n whiskers 65: fall colours
Basic Grey 55: Autumn/fall/halloween (the die cut circle is BG paper)
Rainbow lady 174: falling leaves
Stamp, scrap & doodle: falling for you anything with leaves
Kaboodle 88: let's see those leaves
Sisterhood of crafters: birthday celebrations
Creatalicious 27: distress your edges
Allways something creative: brown, orange, distressed
Stamptacular 134: you choose

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Saturday, 15 October 2011

Best wishes to a true friend

This card uses supplies from the Kanban Gentleman's journal. It's quite unusual to get something suitable for a male that says something about friendship.

The quote says: 'Today's experiences are tomorrow's memories'.

This is for:

AiFactory 95: friendship
Pollycraft 114: boys, boys, boys
St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys

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Autumn scraps

This 'autumnal' card is for the sketch on Clearly inspired challenge 37:

which lends itself perfectly to using up scraps for:

Do you stack up 41: use your scraps

The background piece is an offcut from a 12 x 12 PM paper birdsong collection (there's actually a bird on the paper, but covered up). The other pieces from left to right are Victoria & Albert linen paper, DCWV, BG and I'm not sure what the yellow one matting the sentiment is. I distressed the white sentiment embossed card and the yellow surrounding lightly with brushed corduroy and fired brick DIs, which has resulted in an autumnal orange.

Colours are inspired by the photo for the pink elephant 120:

and this photo inspiration for Papercraft star 66, which must include a leaf:


This is also for:

Birthday sundaes 30: fall colours
Deep ocean 10: fall colours
Creative sketches: CS52C: fall colours
Crop stop 41: falling leaves
Pals paper arts 115: fall/thanksgiving
Fussy & fancy: fall or halloween
Wags n whiskers 65: fall colours
Basic Grey 55: Autumn/fall/halloween
Unstampabelles 4: fall/autumn
Rainbow lady 174: falling leaves
Stamp, scrap & doodle: falling for you anything with leaves
Kaboodle 88: let's see those leaves
Sisterhood of crafters: birthday celebrations
Creatalicious 27: distress your edges
Allways something creative: brown, orange, distressed
Gingerloft 26: the colour orange

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CHNC challenge 42: baubles or anything hanging

It's Saturday again and time for a new challenge on my Christmas blog.

For CHNC challenge 42 I'm asking for a card with at least one bauble or something hanging.

My first card is one made with components from an Anna Griffin kit:

My second card features something rescued from a card received last year, mounted on to a piece of embossed silver and white paper.

I'm linking for these challenges:

Jingle Belles is A caroling we will go: Baubles, bangles and beads
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 9: Christmas song: Baubles, bangles and beads
Crafty Ann 51: inspired by a Christmas song: Baubles, bangles and beads
Just some lines: reminds me of a song: Baubles, bangles and beads
Glitter geeks 19: two's company: first card - two baubles, two design papers
Flourishes timeless 139: holiday sparkle
Whoopsi Daisy: let's do Christmas
Fab's big Christmas October: something shiny and/or snowflakes
Polka doodles 41: ribbons and bows (first card)
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Friday, 14 October 2011

A man's best friend ...

I've been busy this evening making a few more cards for my Tearfund sale tomorrow and this is one of them, simply made with a Kanban decoupage kit (can't really tell that the picture is decoupaged from the photo, but it is). This is similar to the one I made here - just dogs instead of cats.

This is for:

Bling it on: no patterned papers
Crafty boots: zoo or animal theme
Beary sweet 35: free for all
The paper shelter 35: we love animals
Sisterhood of crafters: birthday celebrations

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Ooh la la notebook

Another girlie notebook using glittery stickers from Express yourself DIY on GenerationsNow stacker paper (have had a big pad of these for ages and hardly ever used them).

This is for:

Di's digi designs: girly creations
Prairie fairy Fridays 63: sugar and spice and all things nice
Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Cuddly buddly 16: anything but a card

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Let it snow ...

This is very similar to the previous card, once again using components from Anna Griffin, this time with two snowflakes - inspired by the song 'Let it snow' (not that I want it to, because I don't!).

This is for:

Jingle Belles is A caroling we will go
Crafty Ann 51: inspired by a Christmas song
Just some lines: reminds me of a song
My mum's craft shop 27: remind you of a song
Glitter geeks 19: two's company - two snowflakes, two design papers
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us your layers - three layers plus the two layers of the decoupaged snowflakes
Flourishes timeless 139: holiday sparkle
Whoopsi Daisy: let's do Christmas
Fab's big Christmas October: something shiny and/or snowflakes
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Following yonder star ...

Today's new challenge on Jingle Belles is A caroling we will go - "we're asking you to make a card inspired by any holiday song."

This card made with components from an Anna Griffin kit has a couple of decoupaged stars on it, so it reminds me of We three kings - lots of reference to following the star, including the chorus:

O star of wonder, star of night,
star with royal beauty bright.
Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.
These challenges are also asking for a card inspired by a song:

Crafty Ann 51: inspired by a Christmas song
Just some lines: reminds me of a song
My mum's craft shop 27: remind you of a song

This is also for:

Glitter geeks 19: two's company - two stars, two design papers
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us your layers - three layers plus the two layers of the decoupaged stars
Flourishes timeless 139: holiday sparkle
Whoopsi Daisy: let's do Christmas
Fab's big Christmas October: something shiny and/or snowflakes
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Thursday, 13 October 2011

Another girlie notebook

This one has a HOTP piece of paper as background (from my offcuts box), a die cut decoupaged silhouette, mounted on a Dena die cut label, with the addition of a stitched ribbon.

This is for:

Charisma cardz 41: in stitches
Prairie fairy Fridays 63: sugar and spice and all things nice
Di's digi designs: girly creations
Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Lexi 50: pink for boobies
Digistamps4joy 29: think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
My Sheri crafts 70: think pink

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Make a note, tiger!

This is yet another notebook, this time with a jungle or zoo feel to it for:

Crafty boots: zoo or animal theme
The paper shelter 35: we love animals

and colours are for Bows n berries 11: inspiration photo:

Gingerloft 26: the colour orange
House of Gilli 18: black, white, green and orange
Paper creations ink 10: black and/or orange
My time to craft 161: orange and black
Shopping our stash 21: boo are you! spooky or orange/black combo
Paper-crafting journey 21: black, white and orange
Paper pretties 175: halloween as inspiration (I used the colours)


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Cupcake notebook

Yes, another altered notebook, this time with an unusual background (found in my scraps box) and a yummy glittered die cut cupcake.



This is for:

Do you stack up 41: use your scraps
Hiding in my craft room 15: super scraps Saturday
Jules crafty snippet challenge 40 (sorry, so many scraps this week!)
Die cuttin; divas 36: national dessert day
PaperPlay 41: cupcake
KB cute Monday 30: food or beverages
Prairie fairy Fridays 63: sugar and spice and all things nice
Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Secret crafter Saturday 155: anything goes as long as it sparkles
Lexi 50: pink for boobies
Digistamps4joy 29: think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness
My Sheri crafts 70: think pink
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Girlie notebook

Another altered notebook - this time one for a girl.

The colour combo of hot pink, black and white is one of my all-time favourites, so I'm linking for Paper sundaes 90: favourite colour combination.

This is also for:

Moxie Tuesday trigger: finesse the dress
Prairie fairy Fridays 63: sugar and spice and all things nice
Di's digi designs: girly creations
Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Secret crafter Saturday 155: anything goes as long as it sparkles
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Another nautical notebook

I've been busy this morning altering some more notebooks ready for the next Tearfund sale on Saturday.

This is another nautical one, this time with background paper from English paper company, with some unknown stickers.

This is for:

CCEE1141: Columbus day
Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Pollycraft 114: boys, boys, boys
St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys
My mum's craft shop 27: remind you of a song: A life on the ocean wave
Just some lines: reminds me of a song: A life on the ocean wave
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Nautical notebook

Folowing on the theme of the previous post, this is an altered notebook for The paper variety 55: nautical, with this photo prompt:

Papers are Papermania with the addition of various stickers.

This is also for:

Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Anything goes 51: die cuts/punches or both
Pollycraft 114: boys, boys, boys
St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys
My mum's craft shop 27: remind you of a song: Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside
Just some lines: reminds me of a song: Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside
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Nautical notes

Another sticky notes holder, this time with a nautical theme using various stickers.

This is for:

The paper variety: nautical, with this photo prompt:

Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
Pollycraft 114: boys, boys, boys
St Luke's October: let's hear it for the boys
My mum's craft shop 27: remind you of a song: Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside
Just some lines: reminds me of a song: Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside
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Sticky notes holder for school

This is a simple sticky notes holder - the casing was made by scoring with my Hougie board; the 3D sticker was one from the 99p store.

The photos are poor because of the shine on the stickers, but you can get the general idea:


This is for:

Penny's 64: apples
Alota 68: fruits
Scrappy frogs: fruity tooty
Hooked on craft 9: anything but a card
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Using up stash

Today's challenge on ABC Christmas is U for unused stash, so I'm showing some quick cards made using some bits and pieces acquired a couple of years ago - part of a kit at the time - even the sentiments are old. (Unfortunately, I didn't read the bit about taking a photo of the unused stash before making the cards - will try and do another entry later).

These are also for:

Whoopsi Daisy: let's do Christmas
My mum's craft shop 27: remind you of a song: We wish you a merry Christmas
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 9: Christmas songs: We wish you a merry Christmas
Crafty Ann 51: inspired by a Christmas song: We wish you a merry Christmas
Just some lines: reminds me of a song: We wish you a merry Christmas
Sentimental Sundays 76: anything goes (plus a sentiment)
Whoopsi Daisy: let's do Christmas
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Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Red, black and white Christmas

A set of five Christmas cards for Celebrate the occasion 34: any occasion: red, black and white.

Card blanks came with a magazine and the penguins are tags.

These are also for:

Whoopsi Daisy: let's do Christmas
CES 57: seeing red
Sparkles forum Christmas challenge 9: Christmas songs: He's penguin! James penguin! (listen to the song here)
Crafty Ann 51: inspired by a Christmas song: He's penguin! James penguin! (listen to the song here)
Just some lines: reminds me of a song: He's penguin! James penguin! (listen to the song here)
Crafty boots: zoo or animal theme
Tanda teaser 181: just add a little warmth (the penguins are snug and warm in their scarves and hats!))
Ladybug: tag it
Sentimental Sundays 76: anything goes (plus a sentiment)
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