Cheerful stamp pad challnge 79: Love/Valentine week 2

This is my design card for second week of the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 79: Love/Valentine. This is being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Outline. Please click on the link to see the lovely creations of the rest of the team. We would love you to join in with the challenge - you can do so here, where you will see the team's crafting for the first week of the challenge.

I covered a red card blank with lots of different washi tape strips, such from Paperchase and some Tim Holtz tissue tape, added some Craftime flowers and the love Stitchy Bear BB Kakes Balloon Boy 1, coloured with copics, addiing the I LUV U.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Catered crop: heart of the matter
Corrosive 192: feel the love
Cupcake inspirations 247: love
Eclectic ellapu: from the heart
Glitter n sparkle 71: Valentines/add some red
Love to create 102: colour - rd and/or pink
One stitch at a time 199: with love
Order  of the opus gluei 176: let me call you sweetheart in red, white and pink
Red carpet studio 63: love actually
The squirrel and the fox 63: love
Stamp dreams 30: Valentine - hearts
Addicted to stamps 75: hearts
Paper makeup 127: hearts
Make it Monday love is in the air
Lexi 109: Valentines day/love
Melonheadz friends: Valentine's/love challenge
Cutie pie 62: my cutie Valentine
Hobbycuz 35: Valentine
Everybody art 264: Valentine
Crafting for all seasons 70: show us some romance
Paper pretties 296: Valentine/love
MilkCoffee: Valentine's/love
Brown sugar  80: Valentines
Craftitude 58: anything goes/Valentine love
Crafts 4 eternity R162: with love
Crafty catz 217: love is in the air
Digi haven: happy Valentine's day
Fussy & fancy 107: be my Valentine
Graph it markers: lovey dovey
Di's digi designs: love and/or Valentine's
My Sheri 126: Valentine
Open-minded crafting 3: show some love
Pink gem 112: all you need is love
PumpkinSpice 58: hearts
Scrap-cards 58: Valentine hearts
Sunflowers designs 1: Valentine's day/hearts
Copic marker Europe: Valentine
LEJ 86:  Valentine/love
Kaboodle 210: to my sweetheart
Crazy challenge 164: love is in the air
Fairies 19: love is in the air
Flourishes timeless 257: red & love
Bunny Zoe February: hearts/love
Little red wagon 223: love
Nutcrafters 61: a little bit of love
Crafty little fairies: love
Cute card Thursday 306: lots of love
Little tangles 30: celebrate love
Delicious doodles 74: love
Polka doodles 6: love is in the air
Stampin with the dragon: love is in the air
Catch the bug: love
Just for fun February: love is in the air
Eureka 76: hearts 'love is n the air'
Natalie and Amy 17: love is all around
Crafty calendar February: love is all around
Card mania 40: love is all around
Creative craft cottage 15: love
Ooh-la-la 150: use a heart
Cuttin and stampin 5: sweethearts
Pause dream enjoy 3: hearts
Digistamps4Joy 85: hearts
Simon says Wednesday: have a heart
Hanna  and friends 189: hearts
Kreativeinkauf 11: hearts
Ribbon carousel 90: washi tape
Dare to be sassy 215: stop and smell the flowers
Pile it on 6: stripes and/or dots
Ruby's rainbow 72: spots & stripes
Sqquigglefly 6: square pegs - square card
Little blue button 2/14: using only image rubber/clear or digital stamp
Crafting from the heart 6: anything goes/use red
Artistic inspirations 78: anything goes/Valentines day
The pink elephant 237: happy Valentine's day
613 avenue create 58: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 38: anything goes
4 krafty girls 11:anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 36: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 21: anything goes
Crafting by designs February: anything goes
Inky linky 43
DL.ART February: anything goes
Sister act 43
Make it Monday 177

CHNC challenge 163: use a die cut or a punched shape

It's Saturday again (and I can't believe that I haven't blogged since Monday, but had been feeling really poorly and just not up to much and then found that I couldn't concentrate even when I was beginning to feel better). Anyway, here is my card for my CHNC challenge 163: use a die cut or a punched shape. You can use any die cut, even one that is commercially ready made, so it's an easy challenge.

For my card I used four Die'sire snowflake dies running them through the eBosser with various offcuts of paper that toned with the background and the snippet band across the bottom taken from Echo Park Winter Wishes. I joined two lots of snowflake dies together with little brads.

There are four sponsors for CHNC challenge 163, so that means four chances of being picked randomly as a prize winner, so I hope you'll click on the link and join in the fun. One of the sponsors is a regular, Bugaboo Stamps, who kindly provided AKV reindeer skate image that I coloured with spectrum noir pens and tore around a perspex template, edging with one of the spectrum noirs. The greeting is recycled.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's snippets 110
Hiding in my craft room 136: super scraps Saturday
The 12 months of Christmas card link up
Timbro scrap mania 87: winter inspirations
Use your stuff 121: song inspiration: 'winter wonderland' - using up papers
Divas by design: die cuts
Feeling crafty 25: dies
Totallly papercrafts 205: hey cute
Christmas fun: Christmas cuties
Crafty bloggers network February: all about boys
Spectrum noir February: masculine
Inky chicks 22: cute animal stamp
Fab n funky 202: calling all brads
Allsorts 245: colours beginning with B - blue and brown
Mark's finest paper speedy fox and friends 198: torn paper
The paper shelter 144: at least  designer papers
Penny's 163: something old and something new - old papers and new set of snowflakes dies
Sparkles 52: show us your new stash - the set of snowflakes dies
Whimsy 67: something new (the set of snowflakes dies)
Polka doodles digi choosday 5: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 38: anything goes
4 krafty girls 11:anything goes
Delightful: anything goes
Creative fingers 22: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 36: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 21: anything goes
One stitch at a time 198: anything goes
613 avenue create 57: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 11: anything goes
Paper make up 126: anything goes
Crafting by designs February: anything goes
Inky linky 43
DL.ART February: anything goes
Sister act 43
Make it Monday 177

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 15 : anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 15: 'anything goes' is being sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps. For my design card I've used one of Di's images called 'poorly pup'. I coloured this with copics, framing with copic lines and matting on to a piece of kraft card before adding the 3D stickers and the sentiment.

This is also for:

CRAFT 245: get well/sympathy/sorry
Basel-traum: get well soon
Totallly papercrafts 205: hey cute
Inky chicks 22: cute animal stamp
Allsorts 245: colours beginning with B - brown
Polka doodles digi choosday 5: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
4 krafty girls 11:anything goes
Delightful: anything goes
Creative fingers 22: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 36: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Fan-tastic Tuesday 21: anything goes
One stitch at a time 198: anything goes
613 avenue create 57: anything goes
Paper make up 126: anything goes
Crafting by designs February: anything goes
Sister act 43
Make it Monday 177

Cheerful stamp pad challenge 79: Love/Valentine's

This is my design card for today's Cheerful stamp pad challenge 79: love/Valentine's.

I used lots of elements from the BBKakes - Holiday bundle - Valentine 1 kindly supplied by the sponsor, Stitchy Bear Stamps, arranging them digitally, printing and colouring with spectrum noir alcohol pens, adding some gems and mounting on to a red card blank.

The pink elephant 236 inspiration:

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
One stitch at a time 198: anything goes (using Stitchy Bear stamps)Corrosive 192: feel the love
Catered crop: heart of the matter
Artistic inspirations 77: anything goes/hearts
Craft your passion 199: love is in the air
Crazy challenge 164: love is in the air
Kaboodle 209: Valentine themed
Lexi 109: Valentines day/love
Melonheadz friends: Valentine's/love
Ooh-la-la 150: use a heart
The cutie pie 62: my cutie Valentine
Whoopsi Daisy: show us love/Valentine's 
Fairies 19: love is in the air
CRAFT 244: love/Valentine's
MilkCoffeee: Valentine's/love
My heart pieces: love is life
A creative romance: show us soome love
Jellypark friends: lots of love
Allsorts 244: love is in the air
Di's digi designs: love and/or Valentine's
Stamp and create February: love is in the air
Open-minded crafting 3: show some love
Pink gem 112: all you need is love
Scrap-cards 58: Valentine hearts
Sweet stampin: love/Valentines
Natalie and Amy 17: love is all around
The cupboard trilogy 19: love
Tok bobok 9: hearts
Just for fun February: love is in the air
Crafty calendar February: love is all around
Creative craft cottage 15: love
Addicted to stamps 75: hearts
Everybody art 263: heart
Hanna and friends 189: hearts
Sunflowerfield designs 1: Valentines day/hearts
Kreativeinkauf 11: hearts
Crafts and me 144: use a heart
Robyn's fetish 197: Valentine's day cards
My Sheri 126: Valentine
Paper make up 126: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Sister act 42
Make it Monday 177

The Glory of Christmas 26: candles

This is my design team card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 26: candles.

Supplies are from a Hunkydory kit and use an 8" x 8" card blank. Flowers are by Docrafts Papermania, with brad centres.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Fab n funky 201: Christmas
The squirrel and the fox 62: use embellishments - 2 or more (flowers)
Going grey with Scrap-creations: favourite embellishment (flowers)
ABC: E for embellishment (flowers/brads)
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Scribble and scrap 11: anything goes
Stamp-n-doodle 4: anything goes
Dazzling divas 10: anything goes

Hearts of joy

This is my card for the CCC group - the theme of 'feature a heart/the colour red' was chosen by Mary. This is an A5 card, using Hunkydory supplies and papermania flowers.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas
Inspiration avenue: hearts and flowers
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Scribble and scrap 11: anything goes
Stamp-n-doodle 4: anything goes
Dazzling divas 10: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody 38: anything goes
Sister act 42

CHNC challenge 162: stripes and/or spots

I've used stripes and spots for my card for CHNC challenge 162 (please hope on over there and take part if you can - don't put those Christmas supplies away!)  The background papers are DCWV and I've used some snippets of striped Kanban card, sticking a peel off greeting on to one piece. The Santa image is a favourite Hero Arts stamp with a bit of copic colouring. The lovely felt reindeer with gems were from Poundland.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 9: anything goes
Pile it on 4: animals
Artistic inspirations 76: anything goes/animals
Stempelsonne 107: pets/animals
Animal friends 11: dots
Penny's 162: spots and dots
Card and scrap 69: use stamps
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Craft your passion 198: spots and stripes
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Sister act 42
Make it Monday 176

Another card for CCAYR February

This is my third design card for Christmas cards all year round February. You can see details of the challenge by clicking the link or by looking at my previous post here.

I used a ready shaped card blank on to which I put an offcut of text paper from Echo Park winter wishes paper pad, matting the Kanban glittered topper and frame (these have been in my Christmas box for ages and ages), adding a couple of silver sentiments and the little silver heart.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 9: anything goes
Jingle belles: text me
Clear it out: we're singing the blues (cleared out all supplies from ages ago)
Hiding in my craftroom 135: I'm blue without you
Challenges and candies 26: monochromatic
Kaboodle 208: baby it's cold outside
Crafting by designs: think warm thoughts
Sparkle n sprinkle February: anything goes - used glitter
Cards galore 2: add bling - glitter
Robyn's fetish 196: lots of glitter
Whoopsi Daisy: bring on the bling and sparkle
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Sister act 42
Make it Monday 176

With love and Christmas kisses

This is my second design card for Christmas cards all year round February challenge. You can see details of the challenge by clicking the link or by looking at my previous post here.

For this card I've used an offcut of Hunkydory card to cover the card blank. The image inked with versamark and heat embossed with silver is one that I received in a swap long ago. I matted this on to an old Kanban frame and added the ribbled snowflakes from Hobbycraft, the Kanban sentiment and a couple of little padded hearts.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 9: anything goes
Cupcake inspirations 245: snowflakes
Paper make up 125: shades of blue
Cutie pie 61: cute January blues
Clear it out: we're singing the blues (cleared out all supplies from ages ago)
Hiding in my craftroom 135: I'm blue without you
Stamp and create: winter wonderland
Pile it on 4: animals
Squigglefly 4: have a heart please
Everybody art 263: heart
Tok bobok 9: hearts
Kreativeinkauf 11: hearts
Crafts and me 144: use a heart
Artistic inspirations 76: anything goes/animals
Inky impressions 144: monochromatic
Challenges and candies 26: monochromatic
Nightshift stamping: winter potpourri
Hanna and friendss 189: hearts
Card and scrap 69: use stamps
The rubber buggy 15: anything goes
Stempelsonne 107: pets/animals
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
One crazy stamper February: anything goes
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Crafty catz 216: anything goes
QKR stampede 73: anything goes
Sister act 42
Make it Monday 176

CCAYR February

It's the first day of the month and that means there's a new challenge on Christmas cards all year round. The February challenge is all about blue and white - no other colours, with the exceptions of skin, hair, fur, feathers, but try to keep everything else to blue and white only. Optional: add a heart - this would be an embellishment, charm etc. Please click on the link and see the inspirational crafting of the rest of the team.

The challenge is being sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs, who kindly supplied the digital image, 'Little Honey's Tinkerbell', that I've used for my first card. I coloured Tinkerbell with spectrum noir pens and dotted her wings with quicky glue, put a few glue streaks in her hair and then added some Art Institute ultra fine glitter. I die cut the image with a Nellie Snellen die, brushing the edges with stormy sky distress ink. The sentiment was computer generated and printed. The ribbled snowflakes were from Hobbycraft and I added a little padded heart. The background paper is a  piece from a magazine freebie.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 9: anything goes
Frosted designs: winter blues
Hiding in my craftroom 135: I'm blue without you
Cupcake inspirations 245: snowflakes
The sisterhood of crafters: winter snowflakes
Jingle belles: text me
Card mania 39 angels and/or fairies
Crazy challenge 163: fairytale
Deep ocean 70: fantasy
Paper make up 125: shades of blue
Cutie pie 61: cute January blues
Clear it out: we're singing the blues (cleared out the background paper that I'd had for ages)
Inky impressions 144: monochromatic
Challenges and candies 26: monochromatic
Feeling crafty 25: dies and/or punhces
Graphi it markers: anything goes/different coloured hair
Sparkle n sprinkle February: anything goes - used glitter
Cards galore 2: add bling - glitter
Robyn's fetish 196: lots of glitter
Whoopsi Daisy: bring on the bling and sparkle
Winter wonderland: digi days
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Creative moments 35: anything goes/add some sparkle
Papercreators crafts 19: anything goes
Sparkles Christmas 37: anything goes
Polka doodled digi choosday: anything goes
Dazzling divas 10: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 25: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Crafty catz 216: anything goes
QKR stampede 73: anything goes
Digitally sweet 73: anything goes
Sister act 42
Inky linky 42
Make it Monday 176

CHNC challenge extra for February

This is my design card for CHNC challenge extra for February (apologies for being late). Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the design team and of the guest for this month.

I used 'AKV Nativity - wise men' kindly supplied by Bugaboo Stamps, the sponsor for CHNC challenge extra for February, combining the three digital images into one picture and adding the words. The image was coloured with spectrum noir alcohol pens. This was then matted and layered on to some Hunkydory card with the addition of an old Kanban sentiment.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas)
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
AnMaCreatief February: 3 of something
Stamp-n-doodle 4: anything goes
Dazzling divas 10: anything goes
Catch the bug: February anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Sister act 42

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 14: add some flowers

This is my design cad for Suzy Bee's Blooming' challenge 14: add some flowers. This is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who kindly supplied the 'live laugh love rose block' that I've used, colouring promarkers and flexmarkers.

I used a mix of papers and Hunkydory card pieces from my scraps boxes, die cutting the image and surrounding papers using Spellbinders marvellous squares.

I was all set to add some shop-bought flowers, when I thought I'd had an inky play and make my own. I found some pink paper that had some light script on it which was perfect for using some of my favourite Hero Arts stamps, inking them with memento tuxedo black and then using promarkers/flexmarkers to decorate, curling the edges and mounting the inner flowers with silicone to stand out a big. Finally I added some gem flowers.The card blank that I've used is a bit of cheat (but I don't like to waste anything) as it was originally a gatefold card, but the edges of one side got dog-eared, so I cut it off to make a different kind of card.

I used two pieces of Hunkydory offcuts inside linking with a piece of sticky stitched ribbon from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Nadia 74:3D homemade flowers
Addicted to stamps 74: flowers
Going grey with Scrap-creations: favourite embellishment - flowers and ribbons
The squirrel and the fox 62: use embellishments
The ribbon girl: anything goes
Creative card crew 53: recipe: 1 ribbon, 2 designer papers and 3 gems/pearls
Crafter's cafe 48: use ribbon and/or lace
Digistamps4Joy 84: add real ribbon
Creative inspirations 250: stamping

My first card for Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge February

This is a very simple Christmas card covering my card blank with Hunkydory card, on to which I've matted a Lili of the valley art pad picture and a Craftwork cards sentiment circle. This is my first card for Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February challenge - if you haven't yet discovered this challenge blog please click on the link and join in.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 201: Christmas
Christmas card challenges 9: anything goes
ABC Christmas: B for bare essentials - minimum embellishments
Crimbo crackers 57: Christmas happiness
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Little red wagon 222: child's play
Totally papercrafts 204: clean and simple
Stamp-n-doodle 4: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Sister act 42

Sweet pea stampers challenge: Valentine's day/love

This is my design card for the Sweet pea stampers challenge: Valentine's day/love. I've used Helena Reis' 'follow my heart' digital image, cutting this out with a labels die and mounting on to the card with foam tape to raise it up. The card blank was made from a Craftwell eBosser embossing folder called 'fanciful flight', which included embossed butterflies on the inside of the card. I brushed the embossing with a mix of dusty concord and fired brick distress inks.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
CRAFT 244: love/Valentines
MilkCoffee: Valentine's/love
Little miss muffet 78: luuuuuurve
A creative romance: show us some love
Jellypark friends: lots of love
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 214: make your image pop
Deep ocean 70: fantasy
Paper-crafting journey: emboss that
Bloggers challenge: embossing
Penny's 162: spots and dots
Delicious doodles 73: die cuts and/or punches
Winter wonderland: digi days
Come and get it: butterflies or dragonflies
Hobbyhome 3: butterflies
Feeling crafty 24 butterflies
Graph it markers: anything goes/different coloured hair
Oozak 30: anything goes/love
Eureka 74: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 157: anything goes
Polka doodled digi choosday: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Dazzling divas 10: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 25: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 179: anything goes
Crafty catz 216: anything goes
QKR stampede 73: anything goes
Digitally sweet 73: anything goes
Dream valley 74: no designer paper
613 avenue create 56: anything goes
Sister act 42
Inky linky 42
DL.ART January
Make it Monday 176

Postcard swap

I've taken part in a postcard swap on the Bubbly Funk forum, sending my postcard to Tracey.

The theme for the postcard swap was 'new' - we could interpret this in any way. I decided to go totally digital and used a couple of free images from the internet and played around with them till I got 'the world' in the 'eye' of the camera. It was originally a rectangular image with a black background, so I created a cut out circle and then faded the edges so that the black was only showing in the middle.

I'm entering this for these challenges:

Facebook A card a day
Scrapping4fun 9:  Start by using a colour with the first letter of your first name, add one more colour of your choice. Lots of colours were shown, but with a name beginning with H I didn't have much choice - so mine is Heliotrope + aqua
Tuesday throwdown 180: one layer
Papercreators crafts 19: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 117: anything goes
Eureka 74: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 157: anything goes
Polka doodled digi choosday: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Dazzling divas 10: anything goes
Rhedd and rosies 25: anything goes
Digitally sweet 73: anything goes
Dream valley 74: no designer paper
613 avenue create 56: anything goes
Inky linky 42
DL.ART January
Make it Monday 176

Cheerful stamp pad 78 week 2

It's time for some more inspiration for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 78: a snowy day. Please click on the link and see the beautiful crafting of the rest of the team and join in the challenge which is being sponsored by Vintage Image Crafts - you can link your entry here.

For my design card I have used an image kindly supplied by Vintage Image Crafts on their facebook page - mounting on to a shaped piece of patterned card that was then matted on to a pearlescent card blank. The glittered layered snowflakes and holly are from an old Anna Griffin kit and the glittered ribbon is the final piece (shame there's none left now).

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Pixie's snippets 109: the last snippet of that ribbon (unless there are any bits lurking that I haven't seen)
The ribbon girl: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 156: ribbon
Digistamps4Joy 84: add real ribbon
Inky impressions 143: ribbon
Cupcake inspirations 245: snowflakes
The sisterhood of crafters: winter snowflakes
Kaboodle 208: baby it's cold outside
Glitter n sparkle 69: bling it up
4 crafty chicks 178: bling
Card and scrap 68: use bling
Robyn's fetish 196: lots of glitter
Stamp dreams 29: winter time
Crafty creations 255: seasonal - winter
Christmas card challenges 9: anything goes
Paper pretties 294: anything goes
Eureka 74: anything goes
The 12 days of Christmas card link up
Sister act 41
DL.ART January
Make it Monday 176

Thinking of you at this time

I needed to make quite a few sympathy cards recently and ones that let folk know we are thinking of them. This is another made with paper similar to that shown for my new Craftyhazellnut's Patterned Paper challenge for January (I'm giving away a pack of the paper as the prize for the month, so it's worth entering ... you've got to be in it to win it!), simply stamped with the sentiment by Lyn Lockwood (Inca stamps) and the rose stamped randomly, inked with memento rich cocoa.

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
Creative creations: less is more
Squigglefly 3: CAS
Little red wagon 221: clean & simple
Frilly and funkie: the warmth of winter - to warm the heart of someone dear
Come and get it: butterflies or dragonflies
Feeling crafty 24: butterflies
Challenges and candies 26: monochromatic
Crafty catz 215: monochrome
Country view crafts January: monochromatic
Paper pretties 294: anything goes
Sister act 41
DL.ART January

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 13: anything goes with ribbon

This is my design card for today's Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 13: anything goes with ribbon. This challenge is being sponsored by Stitchy Bear. I used one of their digis that were kindly provided, called 'bonnet day' and coloured with spectrum noir pens.

For the A5 card base I used a piece of pearlescent A4 card that I've had for years - bought loads at the time, used some and then the rest has been in a drawer.

Other papers and bits and pieces (mainly from Papermania kits) are offcuts. I found the ribbon in a box - haven't a clue where it came from or how long I've had it.

I followed the sketch given for Feeling sketchy 78:

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Artistic inspirations 75: use ribbon/anything goes
Party time Tuesday 156: ribbon
Really reasonable ribbon 87: love and ribbon
Digistamps4Joy 84: add real ribbon
Inky impressions 143: ribbon
Delicious doodles 72: must use a ribbon
Craft-Dee BowZ January: anything goes and include a handmade bow
Jellypark friends: buttons and/or bows
Fairytale 85: bows
One stitch at a time 196: use a digi (I used a Stitchy bear image)
The paper shelter 142: digi image + sentiment
Crafting by designs: get your girl on
Crafting for all seasons 69: for the girls
Pattie's 84: for the little girls
Crafty sentiments: birthdays
Deep ocean 69: birthday
Polka doodles digi choosday: anything goes/bithdays
Seize the birthday: who likes to colour?
Stampin' for the weekend: happy birthday
Simply create too 53: use hearts
Kreativeinkauf 11: hearts
Crafts and me 144: use a heart
Di's digi designs: spots and dots
MilkCoffee: monochromatic
Challenges and candies 26: monochromatic
Crafty catz 215: monochrome
Country view crafts January: monochromatic
Sentimental Sundays 190: more than 3 layers
Hobby cutz 32: lots of layers
Papercreators crafts 19: anything goes
Creative fingers 21: anything goes
Craftitude 57: anything goes
613 avenue create 55: anything goes
Divas by design: anything goes
Paper pretties 294: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 10: anything goes#
Inky linky 41
Sister act 41
DL.ART January
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 175

Another tree for CHNC challenge 161

This is my second card for CHNC challenge 161. This has only one little tree in the corner. The backing paper and the cut out panel of Rosie in her Christmas outfit are from my Daisy & friends CD, designed by Linnie the owner of Whoopsi Daisy, one of our sponsors for this challenge. The sentiment circle is from Anna Griffin and the silver stars from stash.

This is also for:

ABC Christmas: B for bare essentials
Order of the opus gluei 175: trees
Little miss muffet 77: what a fuss - fussy cutting around the shape with the girl
Little red wagon 221: clean & simple
One stitch at a time 196: use a digi (I used a Stitchy bear image)
The paper shelter 142: digi image + sentiment
Crafting by designs: get your girl on
Crafting for all seasons 69: for the girls
PumpkinSpice 56: something shiny (the sentiment circle and the silver stars)
Paper pretties 294: anything goes
Sister act 41
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 175

CHNC challenge 161: trees

The theme for today's CHNC challenge 161 is 'trees' - tall or small, just one of many ... as long as there's at least one tree on your Christmas card it's good to enter - I'd love to see you there.

For my first card I cut up three trees from a card received and panelled them on to matching mirror card. The trees are on a hammered card, so I used a white hammered card as the blank, on to which I also matted the sentiment that had been created on the computer and printed.

As is always the case, very difficult to get a photo of a card with so much mirror card, but in real life the trees as well as the surrounding mat are very shiny.

This is also for:

ABC Christmas: B for bare essentials
Order of the opus gluei 175: trees
MilkCoffee: monochromatic
Challenges and candies 26: monochromatic
Crafty catz 215: monochrome
Country view crafts January: monochromatic
PumpkinSpice 56: something shiny
Little red wagon 221: clean & simple
As you like it: favourite C & S style & why: a symmetrical pattern using an upycled card in a new way
Creative fingers 21: anything goes
Craftitude 57: anything goes
613 avenue create 55: anything goes
Paper pretties 294: anything goes
4 krafty girlz 10: anything goes
Inky linky 41
Sister act 41
Crafting by designs January: anything goes
Make it Monday 175