Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #265 Create a Tag

 

                               

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #265 is to create a tag. I made the tag and then created a holder from a see-through business envelope. (see 'Window Envelope Tag Tutorial' by My Porch Prints). A fun project and something a little different (for me).
                                              

Challenges

1. All Fun Challenges:#17ATG

2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends C143

3. The Corrosive Challenge #10-2020 ATG

4. Crafty Friends Challenge #146Use More than One Die 

5.  Creative Fingers Challenge:#194ATG

6. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: #41 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #264 Shabby Chic

 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #264 Shabby Chic.:  Angela is hosting today's challenge!

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

I find Shabby Chic a challenge and I am never sure if I get it right. What I do know, is that I marvel at the beauty of the cards my fellow crafters produce. 

Paper: Designer paper by Stamperia Old Lace, Stampin' Up's Early Expresso

Flowers: Recollections

Pearls: Dollar Store

Die Cuts: Leaves are by Sizzix

Challenges:

1. Stkin'Inkers Challenge Blog: Times Three (I have 3 Roses)

2. Crafty Gals Corner CHG#211 Fall Colours

3. The House That Stamps Built: ATG

4. Mod Squad Challenge: Autumn Foliage

5. Paper Funday CHG #21 Anything Goes optional  Twist Autumn/Fall

6. Allsorts Challenge Week 591 Autumn Colours

7. Crafter's Castle  #33 September Challenge Times 3

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #263 Recycled Element

Judy is hosting today's challenge, Recycled Element

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

This card is for a brother's birthday  I used two washers I found in the garage. I thought they would make a reasonable decoration on the card. I am pretty sure my brother will recognize them (know what they are). I darkened them with brown ink. The ribbon is from my stash and the three tickets are from another project. I also printed off a clock picture I found online, cut it out, reinforced the back, and adhered it to the card. The decorative circle between the two washers is from a Tim Holtz die set.

Paper: Stampin Up  Early Expresso,  light tan paper,
Dies: Sizzix Thinlets 661184
Sentiment: Stampin UP
Ribbon: Recollections 'Trim'

Made the top 3 pick at Dream Valley Challenge #232

Challenges
1. A Gem of a Challenge #19 Anything Goes

2. Allsorts Week #589 Incorporate Things You Love (I love 'Burlap,clocks & monochromatic themes)

3. Crafter's Castle #33 September CHG. ATG

4. Crafty Calendar September CHG ATG

5. Crafty Friends Challenge # 144 ATG

6. Dream Valley Challenges #232 Embossing Wet or Dry (I used dry) Top Three Pick

7. My Time to Craft:#440 Embossing Wet or Dry (I used Dry)

8. Stinkin' Inkers Challenge: Times 3

9. Fab n' Funky Challenge: #493 Circles

10. Creative Fingers Challenge #192

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #262 Things with Wings

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #262 Things with Wings

Mary is hosting today's challenge and the theme is Things with Wings!  As usual, anything you enter is fine, a card, a scrap layout, a mixed medium piece,  some home decor,  as long as it meets the 'thing with wings' theme.

The image is a Whimsy stamp titled Mariposa Digital Stamp by Sylvia Zet  I love Sylvia's images, they make such wonderful children cards. I  used Stampin' Up cardstock, circle die cuts, a banner punch, and a 'love' stamp. The pink cardstock was wet embossed.

A Top Five pick at Allsorts WK 587

CHALLENGES

1.  Gem of a Challenge WK 18 Anything Goe 

2.  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: CHG 140

3.  Allsorts Challenge Week 587 Going Around in Circles TOP 5 PICK

4.  All Fun Challenge #14

5.  Dare 2BArtzy August CHG Anything Goes

6.  Digi Designs:For the Girls Challenge

7. The Corrosive Challenge #8Anything Goes

8. Polkadoodles Craft  CHG Week 35 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #261 Lot's of Layers

 

   Welcome to Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #261 Lot's of Layers

                 Jackie 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 theme. I choose to make a fun fold card for a stepdaughter, no stamping or ink required!

Hope this post finds everyone safe and happy. It has been a long haul and I cannot wait for things to return to normal (if there is such a thing). I totally dislike the mask yet realize it's importance, miss the visiting of friends and family from out of town, hate feeling like a criminal going down the wrong aisle, I just miss the normal!! Now having said all that I am happy, I am in good health and certainly wish to remain that way LOL.

Challenges:

1. A Gem of a Challenge: WK 17 Anything Goes

2. Digi Choosday: WK32 Anything Goes

3. Crafty Friends Challenge:CHG #142 ATG

4. Crafter's Castle: August CHG #32

5. Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB#49 Anything Goes

6. Creative Fusion Arts & Crafts Blog: Anything Goes

7. Aud Sentiments Challenge #257 Anything Goes + Sentiment

8. Craft Rocket Challenge #73- Birthday

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #260 Create Your Own Background

Jackie is hosting today's challenge, Create Your Own Background

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

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #260 Create Your Own Background, what a fun challenge this is. I created my background by filling a dish with foam shaving cream, adding a few ink drops of different green shades to it, and stirred it very gently. I placed my sheet of white cardstock onto the foam and this was the end result.

Top Three Placement at:  613 Avenue Create, Crafty Catz

Challenges:
1.  613 Avenue Create#234 ATG Top Three
2. Bleeding Heart Challenge: June
3. Tuesday Throwdown #460 ATG
4. Creative Moments: Challenge #193 ATG/For the Girls
5. Sweet Stampin Create Your Own Background
6. Crafty Catz Challenge #512 ATG Top Three
7. Simon Says Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #259 Masculine

Inside of card

 Margaret is hosting today's challenge, Masculine 

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

This card is for a brother-in-law who is hitting the big one and he is officially becoming an
'old man' (I cannot wait to give him the gears)!!.  He was born in Newfoundland so I thought he might enjoy the nautical theme and I am actually quite pleased with the outcome.

Paper: Stampin Up Basic Black Cardstock and Stampin Up Designer Series Paper
Dies:   Pravo Craft (for the 65), Tim Holts Sizzik 661184 (Birthday)
Punch: Stampin Up

Challenges:
1. A Gem of a Challenge Week 12 
2. Crafters Castle June Challenge #30
3. Crafty Friends Challenge #137 ATG
4. A Vintage Journey: Rustic Charm 
5. Crafty Catz #510  ATG with optional add a number
6. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Week 24 ATG
7. Aud Sentiments CHG #253 ATG plus sentiment
8. CCEE Stampers: CCEE2024 Father's Day
9. Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #208 You're the Man

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #258 Wedding

                           

Welcome to Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #258 - Wedding

Jackie 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 theme.

A tri shutter wedding card for my niece, using the colours she had chosen (black, white and green) for her wedding. I love tri shutter cards but very seldom make them, but for this occasion, I thought it was an appropriate fold. I have had this card in my non published file for a while and decided this was a good time to post it.  The sentiment is a very old Lexi's Creations digital one I have had for many years.

Top Three Placement at Crafty Friends Challenge

Challenges
1. Crafty Friends Challenge #136 Add Embellishments   Top Three Placement
2. Digi Design Challenge Blog - Include a Sentiment
3. Creative Fingers Challenge  #187
4. Krafty Chicks Challenge:KCC #509 (ALL OCCASIONS)
5. Crafty Catz; Challenge #508 ATG optional at least 2 layers
6.  Alphabet  Challenge Blog D is for Dry Embossing
7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #132

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #256 Celebrations

       
Kim is hosting today's challenge and the theme is Celebrations
ATG. 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 'Celebrations' theme.

I choose to celebrate a best friend who I have known since grade 9, oh so many years ago. I have made this card while in COVID-19 seclusion and sent it to her as a small attempt to bring some cheer during this Shut Down of 2020, a just because  card.

I used a die-cut for the black swirls and the frame of the burlap sentiment which came from an old paper pack. The tag came from my stash, origin unknown. The stamped words on the tag are from Stampin Ups 'Amazing You' and ' Express Yourself' stamp sets.

Have a great shut-in- day!

Challenges:
1. Angie's Digital Stamps: CHG #42
2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends CHG #131
3. A Gem Of A Challenge Week 9
4. A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #115 ATG
5. The Crafter's Cafe #241 ATG
6. May Crafts Galore Challenge #75 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #255 Green Album

Angela is hosting today's challenge with the theme 'Anything But A Card', therefore. anything you enter is fine, a scrap layout, mixed medium piece, or some home decor, as long as it is not a card.

I made this waterfall album for a dear friend and fellow crafter as a gift. The waterfall pages contain 'sayings', not pictures, some humorous, some not.  Had some trouble with the paper as I ran out of it and had to use my printer to print out enough to finish the project. Thanks be, my copier was up to the job and the colours remained true. Was pulling my hair out at time lol! 

A Top Three pick at Crafty Friends Challenge #133

Challenges:

1. Angie's Digital Stamps CH.41

2. Dragonfly  Dreams: Add a Flower

3. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends C#130

4. The Corrosive Challenge:#4-2020- Anything Goes

5. Allsorts Challenge week 568- Flowers and/or Showers

6. Crafter's Castle April's Challenge #28

7. Crafty Friends Challenge #133 Anything Goes Top Three Pick

8. Cut it Up Challenge #198 Our Beautiful Earth

9. Simply Create Too Challenge 159 Anything but a Card

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #254 Easter

Marlene is hosting today's challenge, Easter.

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

I chose a wonderful digital stamp from Beccy's Place for my Easter image. This image is upgraded from a previous version but both are wonderful.  I love the bunny, he is just so much fun.  The image was pre-coloured so I just added additional shadows to it. The flower die was a gift from a dear friend. Hope you like!

Challenges:
1. A Gem of a Challenge:WK 7 Anything Craft Card Goes
2. Polkadoodle Craft Challenge Week 14 Any Thing Craft Goes
3. Craft Rocket Challenges:#69 Furry Friends
4. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies:Challenge #37
5. A Bit More Time to Craft: #113 Anything Goes
6. Beccy's Place April Challenge

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #253 Spring

Welcome to Crafty Cardmakers challenge #253 Spring. As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor. It must, however, meet the challenge theme.   
                  Judy is hosting the challenge.

What can be more exciting than the coming of spring, new growth, rain instead of snow, higher temperatures, longer days!  I know all countries do not have to go through a massive change in temperature but ask my aching bones from shovelling snow for 5 months, slipping along sidewalks, dressing in multiple layers and walking the dog no matter what. Spring is always so welcome.  On another note this spring has brought us something different, please take care out there and stay safe.

OK on to better things:

 Card Details;

Die Cuts were used to create the flower, the bow, the butterfly, the small heart, the tag and the  double-layered  background circle
Stamp: Whimsy Stamps: Sylvia Zet - Wee Stamps, Bonnie Rubber Cling Stamps

                               
Challenges:
1.Crafters Castle: March Challenge #27
2. Digidesign's Challenge  Embellish It Awesome
3. Colour Crazy  Craft Challenge: Anything Goes
4, Polkadoodles Craft Challenge: Week 12 Anything Goes
5. A Gem of a Challenge: Anything Goes
6. Allsorts Challenge week 564 Anything in the Animal Kingdom

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #252 Green

                                                Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #252 Green

                               Chanya is hosting today's challenge and the theme is Green!

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 'green' theme.
 Sentiment
I choose this delightful digital fairy image from Creative Fantasy Art Designs titled Fantasy Fae Stamp26. I coloured the image with Copic markers, used a Spellbinders die for the frame, added some ribbon for the upright border and punched a couple of butterflies! I used another die-cut to frame the Stampin Up sentiment.  Quite pleased with the result and do hope you join us in another fun challenge.

Winner at QKR Stampede

Challenges:
1.Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Week 9 Anything Goes Colouring
2. Crafty Catz Challenge #496 ATG -optional flowers
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #181 Anything Goes
4. Cut It Up Challenge #195 Green with Envy
5.QKR Stampede Challenge #388 Anything Goes Winner
6. Aud SentimentsChallenge #246  Feminine +  Sentiment
7. Creative Knockouts #340 Lots of Layers
8. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge:#547 Female
9. Through the Purple Haze: Challenge #165Anything Goes
10. Double D Challenges-It's All About the Green

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #251 Embossing

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #351 Embossing       

Welcome to Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #351 'Embossing' and it can be either wet (heat ) or dry. I chose the dry method using a Sizzix 3-D Embossing folder titled Bohemian Botanicals. I added a sparkled see-through ribbon, a ruffled light grey flower and finished it off with a die-cut word sentiment.

Paper: Stampin' Up Basic Black, Whisper White

Sentiment Die:   Creative Expressions

Embossing Folder: Sizzix 3-D Textured Impressions - Bohemian Botanicals

Ribbon: Michaels 

Challenges.

1. QKR Stampede CHG #386 Anything Goes

2. A Gem of a Challenge: WK4 anything Goes

3. Brown Sugar Challenge #298 February 2020 Anything Goes 

4. Polkadoodles Craft Challenge WK7 Anything Goes

5. A Bit More Time to Craft: Anything Goes

6. Creatalicious Challenge #181 Anything Goes. option embossing

7. CCC Digi Creations: Challenge #111 Wedding, Engagement, Love

8. Crafty Calendar Challenge: February Challenge Use Die Cuts/Punches

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 250 Love is All You Need

Welcome to 2020's third Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and the challenge is Love is All You Need. As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor.

                                       Maike is hosting the challenge.

A Grandson & wife are expecting twin daughters in March and I decided to start making some cards in advance in order to give them down the road.  All so exciting. I made a card way back when using this same Doodle Pantry image  (long retired) (see here), so I now have two.

Image & Sentiment: Doodle Pantry 'Li'l Tin Man' (retired)
Cardstock: Stampin' Up
Stampin Up Embossing Folder 'Falling Petal'
Heart Banner Die

A Top Three Pick at Crafty Catz

Challenges:
1. Crafty Catz:#492 Anything Goes optional embossing wet or dry  Top Three
2. Creative Fingers Challenge: #179 
3. Cut it Up Challenge: #193 Love is in the Air 
4. QKR Stampede Challenge #384
5. Aud Sentiment #244 Love/Valentine Sentiment
6. C.R.A.F.T Challenge #543 Love /Valentines
7. DL.ART Thankful Thursday#252 'Valentines Day'
8. Southern Girls Challenge:2020-2 Anything Goes with Team Trace: 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #249 Black & White

 

                                       Challenge #249 Crafty Cardmakers:  Black & White

 Welcome to 2020's second Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and the challenge is 'Black and White' As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor.  I am hosting the challenge and I am looking forward to seeing what marvelous creations come our way!

I chose an image by Tiddly Inks titled 'Wryn - Grow a Little Love', coloured her with Prismacolor, markers and used designer paper (Stampin Up's 'Urban Underground) for the card background. I made the flower from punches & a die and added 4 rhinestones in one corner. The LOVE die cut (Stampin Up's Big Shot Expressions Thinlets die) finished it off.  

 Any Image winner at QKR

Challenges:
1. QKR Stampede Challenge #382: ATG   Any Image Winner
2. A Bit More Time to Craft ATG
3. Crafts Galore Encore#71January
4. A Gem of a Challenge: Week 2 ATG
5. Digi Choosday Crafting CHG WK3 ATG
6. Country View Challenge January 2020-Love
7. The Creative Challenge:  Challenge #24
8. The Crafting Challenge: A Touch of White

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 248 Anything Goes

                       

   Welcome to 2020's first Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and the challenge is Anything Goes. As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor.

 Our wonderful leader Lin is hosting the challenge.

 I choose to make a mini-album as a gift to a wonderful friend! I followed the You Tube instructions of My Sister Scrapper's 'Graphic 45 Waterfall Folio ' tutorial'. An oldie but a goldie.

Challenges:

1. Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: January CHG Anything Goes

2. Creative Fingers Challenge Blog: Challenge #177 Anything Goes

3. Southern Girls Challenge: Happy New Year from Team Trace

4. A Gem of a Challenge #1 Anything Goes
5. The Corrosive Challenge Blog:#1 2020 Anything Goes
6. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Challenge 122

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #247 Christmas

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

The theme of this week's challenge is 'Christmas'.  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 Christmas theme.
 I saw this card layout tutorial called A Christmas Fun Fold Card (tutorial can be found here) and just had to try it.

Challenges
1.Crafters Castle Challenge 24: December Challenge Anything Goes
2. Crafty Friends Challenge #124
3. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #467
4. Brown Sugar Challenge: #296 - ATG December 2019
5. Creative Fingers Challenge #176 ATG
6. Winter Wonderland End of Year Anything Christmas Goes
7. Creative Knockouts: 327 Christmas Delight

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #246 No Patterned Paper

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. 

New challenge and one I quite enjoyed designing for.  I decided my card would be related to nature as I have been wanting to use this sentiment stamp. I have been surfing around the web and came upon some cards using this design and decided to give it a try. I used a clear stamp for the grain and butterflies that my friend had and loved the result.

Stamp:
Sentiment: Stampin' Up

Have a great day!
 Made a Top Three Pick at Creative Moments

Challenges:
1. Gem of a Challenge: WK:23 ATG
2. Crafter's Castle: November  Challenge #23
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #175
4,  Polkadoodles: WK47 ATG
5. QKR Stampede  #373 ATG
6. Lavinia World challenge #14 ATG
7. Southern Girls Challenge :ATG with team Lou
8 .Creative Moments:  Chg #181 ATG  Made Top Three
9. Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges: #2  ATG 
10. Addicted to Stamps #179 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 245 Thankful

Welcome to Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #245 - Thankful

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 recently visited an old friend and decided to send her a thank you card for a wonderful day full of laughter and reminiscing!  I also wanted to try out this fold. I had a little help from another couple of friends re stamps and layout. Aren't friends the most wonderful things to have! I used magnets to keep the front banner closed. All in all, I am quite pleased with it AND I love learning new things (at least new to me)!

Stamps: Stampin Up
Die Cuts for the closure: Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles
Magnets
Embossing Folder Tiny Dots
Fold: Double Point Fold  (tutorial here)

Challenges:
1. Dare 2B Artzy: November Challenge  Thankful
2. The Corrosive Challenge #11 Anything Goes
3. A Gem of a Challenge: Anything Goes Wk 22 Anything Goes 
4. Crafty Friends Challenge: #122 ATG
5. A bit More Time to Craft: #102 Anything Goes
6. Let's Craft & Create:#153 ATG with option Thank You
7. Crafting by Designs: November Anything Goes
8. Creative Moments: $180 Anything Goes