Completely Christmas challenge 62

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 62: anything goes with a twist ... add a touch of silver. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used Bugaboo Stamps 4 square - snowman, kindly supplied by the sponsor, colouring with spectrum noir pens and matting this on to the easel fold of the black card blank. The base of the card was covered with some embossed matt silver card which a strip of organza ribbon with gems (from Hobbycraft) and the addition of lots of silver gems.

This is also for:


12 months of Christmas link up
Jingle belles: happy hybrid holidays
Left of center 77: bling
Pink gem 144: more than one fold
Creative card crew 86: fancy folds
3 girl jam May: anything goes with ribbon
Inky impressions 208: embellishments - lots of gems and ribbon
Clear it out: anything goes (supplies are old)
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 182: anything goes
Sisters of craft May: anything goes
Sugar & Betty's May: anything goes
Mema's crafts May: anything goes
Creative fingers 79: anything goes
Jo's scrap shack funday 87: anything goes
Crafts galore May: anything goes
Creative ladybirds 3: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Digi choosday 18: anything goes
Stampartpapel retarte 46: anything goes
613 avenue create 122: anything goes
Craft your passion 260: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 58: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 32: anything goes
Sister act 105: anything goes

Let's craft and create challenge 101: anything goes male

This is my design card for Let's craft and create challenge 101. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we would love to see your entries for the challenge.

This month's sponsor for Let's craft and create is

The prize is any 3 sets of your choice from The Cutting Café.

The Cutting Café provided the DT with various templates to use and I chose to use those for a classic car shaped card, converting the svg files with Brother canvas to cut using my Scan n Cut. I used some DCWV textured card and also some smokey grey mirror card, as well as some plain black card.

The sticking together was quite fiddly, but I got there in the end!

This is also for:

Card and scrap May: male cards

Quirky crafts 9: let's go on a quirky journey

Penny's 225: anything but square
Polka doodles 17 and 18: anything but square

Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Everybody art 323: happy birthday
Stampartpapel retarte 46: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 84

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 84: anything goes with a twist ... use pastel colours. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and we would love to see your entries for the challenge.

I used Sassy Studio Designs snow queen portrait (Think it works just as well for spring/summer as winter) colouring digitally using Microsoft Paint and fussy cutting around the image before mounting on to a piece of Buckwells Crafts 'checkout' digital printed paper, matting this on to a piece of textured lemon DCWV card die cut using one of the Spellbinders marvelous squares. The background card is DCWV from an old summer range - the white flowers are lovely and shiny. Flower ribbon, sentiment and gems from stash.

Colours are for Hiding in my craft room 04NSD old daffodil petals:

This is also for:

In the pink 68: fussy and fancy or clean and simple
Cute as a button 9: girlie card in pink
The ribbon girl: mother/female
Come and get it: female
Eureka 139: feminine cards
Get creative 14: for the ladies
Seize the birthday
Everybody art 323: happy birthday
Crafty ribbons 118: anything goes with ribbon
3 girl jam May: anything goes with ribbon
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Chocolate, coffee & cards 90: spring has sprung
Frosted designs: spring
Great impressions May: celebrate spring
Oddball: spring
Scribbles designs 28: spring has sprung
Stampartpapel retarte 46: anything goes
Digi choosday 18: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

The cheerful stamp pad challenge 110 second week

This is my design card for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 110 second week, which is all about owls. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge here.

For my card I used Concetta Kilmer's 'owl hearts' Sweet Pea digital image keeping the colouring to sepia tones, including a little distress sponging around the edges before tearing around a perspex oval template and using an offcut of brown card with a larger template to back the image. The background paper is actually from My Mind's Eye lost and found Christmas, but I think it can be used for occasions other than Christmas. This was wrapped in the centre by some lovely natural jute from Poundland, with  maroon offcut down the centre that matches the background, finishing with some lovely textured natural canvas and cork flowers, again from Poundland.

This is also for:

One sweet challenge May: things with wings
Crafty boots: things with wings
Bloggers challenge: things with wings
Craft for the craic May: wings
Crafty calendar May: things with wings
Whoopsi Daisy May: things with wings
The male room 09: birds (suitable to give to a male for 'our anniversary')
Cardz 4 guyz 68: flight
Animal friends 26: spring/featuers - bird
Addicted to stamps 103: flowers
Fussy & fancy 138: lots of flowers
Left of center 76: hearts and flowers
Hiding in my craft room 03NSD: May flowers
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

The glory of Christmas 58: focus on the sentiment

This is my design card for the Glory of Christmas challenge 58: focus on the sentiment. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

The card blank is a lovely deep blue stardream that has a glittery look according to how the light shines on it. I used an offcut of Echo park 'winter time' patterned paper to stamp the Joy to the world Clarity stamp, inked with Adirondack denim. I then masked off the O and stamped the Clarity carol singers stamp, again using the denim ink. The strip behind the ribbon is a snippet left from printing some Ooh la la digital paper long ago, which I think goes just right with the other paper. Ribbon and felt buttons from stash.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 175 and 176
12 months of Christmas link up
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Sparkles 67: ribbons and buttons
Crafty ribbons 118: anything goes with ribbon
3 girl jam May: anything goes with ribbon
Craft-dee Bowz May: anything goes with a handmade bow
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Glitter n sparkle 135: anything goes
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes
DL.ART May linky

CHNC challenge 227

It's Saturday again and time for CHNC challenge 227: girly - and this week I'd like you to make a girly Christmas creation - either featuring a female or suitable for a female to receive.

For my card I've used a girly image resulting in a card that I think would be fine to give to a female. I used the Indigo Blu Rebecca snow queen mounting on to an offcut of red mirror card. The card blank is a black A5 size opening landscape, so I cut off a piece on the right so that I could put a patterned paper inside that would show (an unknown paper from my stack of Christmas papers). The paper used on the outside of the card is My Mind's Eye Bohemia Christmas 'believe' stripe paper.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Christmas stampin all year 45: dots & spots
Simply create too 84: pretty woman
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentimen
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Suzy See's Bloomin' challenge 78

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 78: anything goes with a twist ... no patterned paper. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

For my card I used Sassy Studio Design's Little Honey's tinkerbell image (Sassy Studio Designs are the sponsors of the challenge) - this was digitally coloured and mounted on to a small offcut of mirror card. The large background is a piece of Curious Particles midnight star card embossed using the hessian embossing folder (one of the Crafter's Companion textures range) and the smaller embossed card was created with an embossalicious folder, both run through the eBosser. The flower was from Hobbycraft and ribbon and sentiment from stash.

Not a good photo, but I'd left the card till the last day and wanted to take the photo while the light was reasonable.

This is also for:

The sisterhood of crafters: monochromatic
Scrappy hands 37: blue & white
Creatalicious 74: embossing
V's sweet 34: emboss it
Crafting with an attitude 2: freestyle/fantasy
Addicted to stamps 103: flowers
Seize the birthday: birthday + option: own background
Artistic inspirations 129: anything goes with a twist of ribbon
Crafty ribbons 118: anything goes with ribbon
3 girl jam May: anything goes with ribbon
Craft-dee Bowz May: anything goes with a handmade bow
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Completely Christmas challenge 61

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 61: anything goes with a twist ... add some holly. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

This is a very simple card, using a lovely Dazzling Ace Designs picture which was added to a background, blending in by fading the edges. I removed the greeting from the right hand bottom corner because too much of it faded into the background.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas link up
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Make my Monday: vintage
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Scrappers delights 44: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Another card for CCAYR May challenge: vintage

This is my second design card for Christmas cards all year round May challenge - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

The background paper is an offcut piece of Simple stories '25 days of Christmas' collection 12 x 12 left over from a previous card. I stamped directly on to it using the lovely vintage post card stamp by Stampendous. Ribbon and 3D stickers/sentiments from stash.

This is also for:

Christmas card challenges 21: anything goes
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Pixie's snippets week 174
Artistic inspirations 129: anything goes with a twist of ribbon
Crafty ribbons 118: anything goes with ribbon
3 girl jam April: anything goes with ribbon
The stamping boutique: ribbon and/or lace
Craft-dee Bowz May: anything goes with a handmade bow
Make my Monday: vintage
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Red rubber inspirational 218: the letter S - stamping, sentiment, snow scene
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Christmas cards all year round May challenge: vintage

This is my first design card for Christmas cards all year round May challenge - please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

The background is a patterned card by Imagination Crafts on to which I stamped my favourite vintage Santa image, Santa collage by Rubber Stampede and also two Docrafts stamps, inking all of them with versafine onyx black and heat embossing with detail clear powder.

This is also for:

Christmas card challenges 21: anything goes
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 197: any holiday
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Red rubber inspirational 218: the letter S - stamping, sentiment, snow, Santa
Craft stamper make it take it May: take a stamp - anything goes
Creatalicious 74:- embossing
V's sweet 34: emboss it
Sparkle n sprinkle May: anything goes - used embossing powder
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

Buckwell Crafts challenge 8: spots or stripes or both

This is my design card for Buckwell Crafts challenge 8: spots or stripes or both. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I've used A Lil Digi Heaven 'beach lounger', kindly supplied by one of the challenge sponsor. Lozzy will also be giving Micro Dots Digi Papers and Checkout Digi Papers to two winners.

Unfortunately, the idea that I had for my card was better in my head than the finished result. I used drawing gun to cover up the image while I brushed Spectrum Noir aqua tints across the piece of card. This is the first time I had used drawing gum, so the result was far from perfect and I'm still trying to get better results with the aquatints ... I should have given myself more time. I apologise to Lozzy and my teamies for my poor effort.

I coloured the image with Spectrum noir pens, including putting the spots and stripes on the beach loungers.

The yellow ink for the sand was mixed with a bit of gold, so in real life there is a lovely shimmer.

This is also for:

Perfectly rustics 46: new technique (using the drawing gum)
Crafty gals corner 17: stripes and/or polka dots
Digi choosday 17: CAS
That's crafty: let's keep it simple
Without words April: under my umbrella
Create something catchy 14: mixed media
Love to create (PanPastel UK) 9: anything creative/mixed media goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 104: anything goes

CHNC challenge extra for May

It doesn't seem possible that four months of the year have gone already and it's time to start the CHNC challenge extra for May. The image is Little penguin winter - decorate tree by Bugaboo Stamps, who are the sponsors of the challenge. I coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and die cut using an X cut parenthesis rectangular die, using a larger one for the green mat. I distressed slightly with stormy sky ink. These and the sentiment were mounted on to clear acetate with white snow spots, which was then matted on to red card. It's impossible here to see that there is a layer of acetate - had to avoid reflection with the photo.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas 4
Christmas card challenges 21: anything goes
Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 197: any holiday
Creative inspirations 311: cute critters
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Spectrum Noir facebook April: use a die cut shape
Whimsy 82: colour an image
Digi choosday 17: CAS
That's crafty: let's keep it simple
Winter wonderland: clean and simple
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
613 avenue create 121: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May challenge

This is my card for Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper May challenge - if you haven't discovered this challenge blog yet, please hop on over there and get using some of your hoarded patterned paper. For those who already know about the blog, please note that there is a change of rule: From now on you may enter any creation on which patterned paper has been used - you are no longer required to completely cover the creation with patterned paper, as long as you use some on your creation, obviously the more, the better.

For my card I used some of the Crafts House Alllsorts paper (not from the prize pack, from another one!), using one of my favourite wedding stamps by Anita, inking with versamark and heat embossing with Wow! metallic rich super fine gold powder. I added a bit of colouring here and there with spectrum noir pens.The organza ribbon with gems was from Hobbycraft - I was able to use up a couple of snippets of it behind the bride and groom - it isn't one continuous piece of ribbon. Sentiment panel and Wedding Day wishes have been in my stash for ages.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 174 (snippets of ribbon)
Fashionable stamping 96: lovers
The paper shelter 201: love is in the air
Vintage challenge 101: wedding
Red rubber inspirational 218: the letter S - stamping, spots, stripes, shine, swirls, sentiments
Fairytale stamper 54: favourite stamp (favourite wedding one)
Cute card Thursday 371: use a sentiment
Artistic inspirations 129: anything goes with a twist of ribbon
Crafty ribbons 118: anything goes with ribbon
3 girl jam April: anything goes with ribbon
The stamping boutique: ribbon and/or lace
Eureka 138: add some bling
Allsorts 308: bring on the bling
Crafty gals corner 17: stripes and/or polka dots
Creatalicious 74:- embossing
LiaStampz 88: embossing (wet embossing)
As you like it: favourite style of embossing and why - I love heat and dry embossing (probably in equal measure for the results), but I never tire of seeing the powder turn shiny when heated - pure alchemy!
Simply papercrafts 3: anything goes or lots of layers
Retro rubber 13: anything goes (the stamp is much older than one year!)
Craft stamper make it take it May: take a stamp - anything goes
Sparkle n sprinkle May: anything goes - used embossing powder
One crazy stamper May: anything goes
Crafting by designs May: anything goes
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
The house that stamps built: WIW April anything goes
Stamp and create April: anything goes
The pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
613 avenue create 121: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 43: anything goes
Craft your passion 259: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 57: anything goes
Simon says Wednesday: anything goes
Ruby's rainbow 103: anything goes
4 crafty chicks 244: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 181: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 31: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes
DL.ART April

April Rudolph Day

I've made this card for April Rudolph Day run by the lovely Maureen. The background is a patterned card by Imagination Crafts on to which I added some stamped snowflakes and the lovely Anna Griffin sentiment with holly, inking everything with Elzybells sugar candy pigment inkpad and then heat embossing with detail white powder. It's  difficult to see the shine of the heat embossing here, but it's much more prominent irl. This is mounted on to a sparkly stardream deep blue card blank.

This is also for:

Fab n funky 257: Christmas
Hiding in my craft room 197: any holiday
Christmas card challenges 21: anything goes
Holly jolly Christmas: white with one colour
Amusing challenges (stamped blessings): anything goes
Lil patch of crafty friends 8: anything goes
2 cute ink 128: anything goes
Through the purple haze 84: anything goes
As you like it: favourite style of embossing and why - I love heat and dry embossing (probably in equal measure for the results), but I never tire of seeing the powder turn shiny when heated - pure alchemy!

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 83

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 83: anything goes with a twist ... use some twine or string. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and we would love you to join in our challenge.

For my card I used Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet Coosty Creations 'kingfisher' kindly supplied by the sponsor of the challenge, matting the image on to an offcut of kraft card that was originally part of some craft packaging and then mounting on to an offcut of yellow card, rounding the corners before mounting on to the kraft card blank, wrapping with twine and adding the Craftwork cards sentiment circle.

This is also for:

Pixie's snippets week 174
Recycle, re-purpose & re-invent April: anything goes
The kraft journal 221: ribbon or twine
Penny's 224: use spooled items
Country view April: use kraft card
Little Claire 56: use kraft card
Kraftyhands April: nature's work
Digitally sweet 136: things with wings
Crafty boots: things with wings
Crazy4challenges 283: bird
Cardz 4 guyz 68: flight
CASology 144: flight
Aud sentiments  130: things with wings plus sentiment
Crafty catz 276: things with wings
Digi choosday 17: CAS
Simon says Wednesday: clean and simple
Mod squad: encouragement
Creative moments 66: anything goes/spring
Simply papercrafts 3: anything goes or lots of layers
The  pink elephant 296: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
613 avenue create 121: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 43: anything goes
Craft your passion 259: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 57: anything goes
Brown sugar 143: anything goes
Crafts4eternity 223: anuything goes
Creative inspirations 310: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 180: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 30: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes
Craft creations
DL.ART April

The cheerful stamp pad challenge 110: owls

This is my design card for the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 110: owls. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I recycled this lovely Sweet Pea Stamps image (Silentness (owl version) digi by Ching Chou Cuik) which had been coloured with spectrum noir pens and mounted on to a piece of blue angel hair and then on to a piece of white mulberry paper, with the addition of a few gems here and there to give a bit of bling. This was then mounted on to a piece of paper from a magazine freebie, with the lovely lace with ribbon slotted through.

This is also for:

The sisterhood of crafters: monochromatic
Dare to be sassy Thursdays 278: come fly with me
Tuesday throwdown 241: up in the air (things that fly)
Digitally sweet 136: things with wings
Crafty catz 276: things with wings
Crafty boots: things with wings
Crazy4challenges 283: bird
One stitch at a time 235: anything goes with daughters/girls
Crafty gals corner 16: girls, girls, girls
Aloha Friday 46: girly cards
Creative craft cottage digi 23: add some sparkle
Melonheadz friends: add sparkle
Eureka 138: add some bling
Scrappy hands 37: blue and white
Crafter's cafe 113: ribbon and/or lace
Graph it week 17: ribbons and lace
The stamping boutique: ribbon and/or lace
Fab n funky 256: lace
Penny's 224: use spooled items
Scrap & craft 7: ribbon or twine
3 girl jam April: anything goes with ribbon
Simply papercrafts 3: anything goes or lots of layers
The  pink elephant 296: anything goes
Stamp and create April: anything goes
Simon says Monday: anything goes
Scribble and scrap 43: anything goes
Craft your passion 259: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 57: anything goes
Creative inspirations 310: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 180: anything goes
Not just cards 18: anything goes
Inspiration destination 30: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes
Craft creations
DL.ART April

CHNC challenge 226: 20 minutes or less

For my CHNC challlenge 226 that starts today I'm asking to see Christmas creations that were made within 20 minutes or less.

My card was made in about 17 minutes - that included choosing the Hunkydory pictures I wanted to use, cutting to size etc - part of the time was taken up trying to find my favourite scissors to fussy cut around the arched picture so that everything fitted together. This is an A5 card opening tent style.

I based my card on the sketch given for the current Jingle Belles challenge (always like to support as many other Christmas challenge blogs as I can):

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas 4
That's crafty: Let's keep it simple
Scribble and scrap 42: anything goes
Craft your passion 258: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 56: anything goes
Creative inspirations 310: anything goes
Word art Wednesday 180: anything goes
Not just cards 17: anything goes
Inspiration destination 30: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes
Craft creations

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 77

This is my design card for Suzy Bee's Bloomin' challenge 77: anything goes with a twist ... use some lace. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

I used the Lacy Sunshine winter Emily image kindly supplied by the sponsor of the challenge. I coloured with Spectrum noir pencils (my first time of using these) and added Art Institute fine glitter to quickie glue pen on the 'fur'.

Papers are The English Paper Company 'airy fairy' (I've had for ages). The pink lace was bought from a local market stall a few months ago.

This is also for:

Crafter's cafe 113: ribbon and/or lace
Fab n funky 256: lace
The stamping boutique: ribbon and/or lace
One stitch at a time 235: anything goes with daughters/girls
Graph it week 17: ribbons and lace
Simply create too 84: pretty woman
Crafty gals corner 16: girls, girls, girls
Aloha Friday 46: girly cards
Sparkle n sprinkle April: anything goes (used loose glitter)
In the pink 67: make it sparkle
Allsorts 308: bring on the bling
The paper shelter 200: celebration
Digi choosday 16: spots and dots
Little red wagon 286: seeing spots
Creative inspirations 310: anything goes
Cute as a button 8: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafts 4 eternity R223: anything goes
Not just cards 17: anything goes
Inspiration destination 30: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes
Craft creations

Completely Christmas challenge 60

This is my design card for Completely Christmas challenge 60: anything goes with a twist ... use some washi tape.

For my card I used a lovely Dazzling Ace Designs image, kindly supplied by the sponsor. The foiled panel across the middle (much more shiny irl) has been upcycled from the remains of a Christmas cracker and the reindeer washi tape  added top abd bottom. The felt holly and the poinsettia were from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

12 months of Christmas 4
Recycle, re-purpose & re-invent April: anything goes
Creative inspirations 310: anything goes
Cute as a button 8: anything goes
Through the craftroom door: anything goes
Crafts 4 eternity R223: anything goes
Not just cards 17: anything goes
Inspiration destination 30: anything goes
Sister act 103: anything goes
Craft creations

Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 82

This is my design card for Fan-tastic Tuesday challenge 82: anything goes with a twist ... stitching, real or faux. Please click on the link to see the lovely designs of the rest of the team and join in our challenge.

For my card I used a butterfly image from The Stamping Boutique, the sponsor of the challenge. I printed on to a piece of Papermania 'lemon sorbet' capsule paper, coloured with spectrum noirs, which was then cut and faux stitched  (drawn with pen in holder instead of needle) on my Scan n Cut, also creating a card blank and extra piece for the easel from a 'flittered' sheet of DCWV card with circles with more faux stitching. Twine wrapped around the base with a sentiment panel created the stopper for the easel.

This is also for:

Crafting by designs: shaped card
Deep ocean 102: shaped card
Moving along with the times: anything but square
Crafty creations 298: seeing spots
Digi choosday 16: spots and dots
Scrap & craft 7: ribbon or twine
Tuesday throwdown 241: up in the air (things that fly)
Fresh brewed: birthdays
Inky chicks 49: stitching
Incy wincy: faux techniques (the stitching)
Die cuttin' divas 212: national garden month
Hiding in my craft room 196: freestyle
Not just cards 17: anything goes
Inspiration destination 29: anything goes
Sister act 102: anything goes
Craft creations
DL.ART April