Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #238 Here Comes Summer

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #238 Here Comes Summer.  Chanya is hosting today's challenge and you only have to make a summer-themed project such as a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor, the choice is yours.  Have fun!
I used a Stampin' Up stamp set titled 'Beautiful You, Stampin' Up Pacific Point and Whisper White cardstock and two Stampin' Up punches. The flower and leaves are from a die-cut. The white background was embossed.

I picked this stamp set because what better way to reflect summer than a  scene of a girl in blue water and a lovely blue sky!

Challenges:
1.Brown Sugar Challenge #291July:Anything Goes
2. Crafty Catz Challenge #470 Anything Goes
3. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Wk20 Anything Goes
4. Just Add Ink Challenge #465 Add 'the Season' --- Summer
5. QKR Stampede: #356 Anything Goes
6. 2 Sisters on the Blog: #29 Make a Ladies Card
7. Creative Craft Challenge: #120 Summer
8. Fabrika Fantasy: #32 Summer
9. Sweet Stampers Challenge #34 Summer
10; Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge #07 - July1

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #237 Dies or Punches

             Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #237 Dies or Punches

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and Jo is hosting today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'Dies or Punches'.  As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece,  some home decor as long as it meets the Dies or Punches theme.

I decided to do a wedding/anniversary type card in white, creamy  colours. This was not a good choice as it was practically impossible (for me) to take a presentable photo  (the frustration level was high lol!) and this was as good as it got. I do like the card though.

I used two flower border dies, two leaf dies and for the sentiment a small rectangular die.  The large flower was from a package bought at a local craft store.

Have a great day!
Won a top Three placement at Crafty Catz

Challenges:
1. Crafty Catz Challenge #468 ATG won
2. Creative Fingers Challenge #167
3. The Corrosive Challenge  #6 June ATG
4. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ATG
5. Creative Moments: #171 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #236 Anything but a Card

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #236 Anything but a Card. Angela is hosting today's challenge and anything you care to enter is fine as long as it meets the no card theme.




As you can see I chose to make a calendar-notepad holder. I wanted to make one back in January but could not find the calendar anywhere. I happened to be in a Dollar Tree the other day and right before me was one lone 2019 mini calendar, so of course, I bought it. I had to remove some months from the calendar but that's OK. (it now reads June lol!) Just a fun thing to make and I quite like it.

Card Details:
 I used Stampin' Up card stock, some designer paper, a mini calendar and a sticky note pad. The larger embellishment flowers were made from a jar of flower petals I found hidden in my stash. I punched some petals to which I added rhinestone centers and adhered them to the larger flower petals.  I added three more of the small punched petals for added interest and adhered them to die cut leaves I had glued to the background.

                        Do come, join the fun and share your creations with us!   

Challenges
1. Creative Fingers: CHG #166
2. Simply Create Too Challenge#150AG/OPT Twist Lots of Flowers

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #235 Masculine

    
     Marg is hosting today's challenge

As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it meets the masculine theme.

Do come, join the fun and share your masculine creations with us!  I chose to make a card featuring die-cut dragonflies, Stampin Up cardstock, some designer paper,  two tags, and some punched embellishments. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Wow, it is June already! I had my plants out by the Victoria Day May long week-end, the grass is cut, the garden is starting to bloom and my dog and I quite happy about it all  (it was a long winter).  Now if only the forest wild fires would go away, the smoke can be ghastly.

Challenges:

1. Crafty Catz Challenge #464 Anything Goes Optional Twist of Summer

2. Cut it Up: Challenge 175 Birthdays

3. Aud Sentiments Challenge #228 Nature + Sentiment

4. Crafty Calendar Challenge June Challenge - Masculine

5. Crafty Friends Challenge:#111 Men/Boys

6. Crazy for Challenges C4C486 Inspired by Wood-grain

7. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #64 June

8. Die Cut Divas:June - Birthdays

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #234 Birthdays

Twist and Pop Card

the Inside of the Card

Card Face 

Card with Belly Band

the Box it Goes In

Crafty Cardmakers challenge #234 Birthdays

Josephine is hosting today's challenge and the theme is Birthdays!

As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece,  some home decor as long as it meets the texture theme.

I made my card using the Fun Fold technique called 'Twist and Pop'. A friend had previously used the fold to make some cards and taught my crafting buddy and me at one of our Friday crafting get-togethers.  I so liked the fold I decided to use it to make a card for an upcoming special 75th Birthday celebration.  I hope to make more of cards with this fold. (an online instruction video for the fold can be found here).

Challenges:
1. A Gem of a Challenge #9 Anything Goes
2. Allsorts Challenge Blog Week 520/1 Happy  10th Birthday Allsorts
3. Crafty Friends Challenge Blog; Challenge #110
4.  Creative Fingers Challenge #164
5. Jo's Scrap Shack #282 Anything Goes
6. Simply Create  Too Challenge May 149 ATG/No twist
7. A Bit More Toome to Craft: #92 ATG
8.  A Perfect  Time to Craft May #5  - 2019
9. Crafts Galore Encore: May Anything Goes  challenge # 63

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 233 3,2,1

       

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and I am the host for today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 3-2-1 which means we would like to see 3 of one thing, 2 of another and 1 of another.  As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece,  some home decor as long as it meets the 3-2-1 theme.

We would also like if you would identify in your post what the 3,2,1's are. For example, mine has three girls, two flowers and one butterfly.

Image: All Dressed Up digital stamp, coloured with Copics
Punch: Flower, leaves, butterfly and small & medium circle punches

Winner of Crafting with an Attitude CHG #51

Challenges:
1. Crafting by Designs: May Anything Goes
2. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday, May Challenge Feminine of Add a Sentiment
3. QKR Stampede:#346 Anything Goes
4. Crafty Catz Challenge: #460 Anything Goes with Option travel
5. Bugaboo -  May Challenge Anything Goes
6. A Gem of a Challenge: #8 Anything Goes
7. Creative Fingers Challenge 163 Anything Goes
8. Crafting with an Attitude: Challenge #51  WON
 9. Southern Girls: Team Lou - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #232 Dragons

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #232 Dragons.  

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. Lin is hosting today's challenge # 232
and the theme is 'Dragons and other Mystical Creatures'. It is St. George's day tomorrow, he died on  April 23rd in the year 303 so how appropriate to have the challenge in the same time frame.  If dragons are not your thing any mystical creature is welcomed. As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece,  some home decor as long as it meets the theme.

I chose a Whimsy digital stamp (Freddie) and tried to keep the layout somewhat CAS. I added a corner flower and made the lone flower dimensional. Prismacolor markers were used in the colouring of the image. I also added a punched zig-zaggy layer to the bottom of the card.

Crafting with an Attitude Top Three placement

Challenges:
1. Bugaboo April  B-I-N-G-O Challenge (I used Sentiment, Players Choice and Stitching)
2. The Fairy and the Unicorn: April CHG Anything Goes/optionalEaster Rabbits
3. QKR StampedeChallenge#344 Anything Goes
4. Crafting with an Attitude: Challenge #50   Top Three placement
5. ITD Creative Playground Challenge 
6. Crafty Catz Challenge #458 Anything Goes
7. Creative Fingers Challenge #162