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 #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 #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 # 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

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 #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 197- Fancy Folds

                             Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 197 - Fancy Folds

                       
Time for another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers  and this fortnight the challenge is 'Fancy Folds'.  Hosting this challenge is Margaret. Please note: this particular challenge is for cards only.                                                                                                                                                                                              

I choose this ever so easy center fold . Cut out an eight x six inch piece of  cardstock, score vertically at 2, 3, 5 1/2  and 6 1/2 inches and fold accordingly. Cut out a 3 3/4 inch square. This is your card base, decorate as you like.  So very easy! I choose to add decorative paper  within a brown border., added a colour coordinated flower, some trailing vines and a sentiment cut from a die . I also added a decorative strip to the  two one inch stripes that make up the side of center folded part of the card. I adhered the square center piece  to the center fold with tape.

This will fold up to a  six by 4 1/2 inch  card.

Cardstock: Stampin Up 'Bermuda Bay', Early Expresso
Paper;( Discontined) Doodle Pantry
 Flower: stash
Dies: Jim Holtz  Thinlets  for the sentiment, Creative Expressions Craft Dies by Sue Wilson  - Petite Vinery,  Memory Box 'Grape Vine Border

Please join us with your own fancy fold creations.

Challenges.
1. Creative Inspirations: #281 Anything Goes
2. The Crafters Cafe:  #182  Use die cuts and/or punches
3. Crafty Hazelnuts: Use Patterned paper October challenge
4. Just Us Girls: Wild Card Week #413: use Word Dies on Your Card
5. Inspirational Challenge:  #144 Hello
6. Crafting with Friends: #51 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers challenge #195 Monochrome

                                     

                                   Crafty Cardmakers Challenge  #195  Monochrome

Jackie is heading our challenge today, and the theme is Monochrome. We would like to see your Monochromatic creations, these do not have to be black and white,  Anything with hues of one colour  is fine (hair and skin colours can be the exception).

A dear friend of my son since kindergarten got married and  this is the wedding card I made  .As is often the case the card looks better IRl.

Card Details:
Stamp: Mo Manning digital stamp 'married', Fairy Dust Crafts (retired) 'miracle of love' sentiment
Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers, Copics (E11,E00,E000, E20)
Die Cuts:  Spellbinders Nestablilites  scalloped circles;
Punch: EKSuccess 5/8 inch flower punch
Other: pearls, silver handmade bow-mostly hidden in photo;handmade corners from scalloped die cut, gelly roll Sakura pen to highlight wedding dress

Chosen winner at Monochrome Magic
Highly Commended Winner at World Wide Design Team
A Perfect Time  to Craft winner of Certificate and badge DT Pick

Challenges
1. Angie's Digital Stamps:#13 Anything Goes/No Twist
2. Dragonfly Dreams:September Patterned Paper
3. Glitter and Sparkle : #254 Anything Goes
4. Allsorts Challenge Week 431- New beginnings
5. Scrapper's Delight:September Challenge: #70 
6. A Bit More Time to Craft: #51 Anything Goes
7. A Perfect Time to Craft: September - Open Challenge :#9 Spotlight Winner of Certificate & Badge 
8. Crafty Girls Challenge #39 Anything Goes
9. Monochrome Magic: #4 Anything Goes Monochrome Chosen Winner
10. World Wide Design Team #25 Aug. 15th - Sept. 12th Highly Commended Winner
 

Gift Box

Challenge # 178  at Crafty Cardmakers - Anything but a Card. Please stop by to see all the fabulous creations  by my talented teamies and join in the fun with your own creations! My choice was  the following :

Gift Box and Money/Card Holder

Do you need something small to hold a gift certificate or money?,   I made this for a granddaughter to hold her gift , which is money, but wanted something special to hold it in.  Something to make the money more personal, and let her know some thought went into the gift. I love how it turned out! You can throw some treats into the box for an added touch. Every item I used was from my stash . I used Spellbinders  circle and  scalloped dies and  I think the paper was Stampin' Up.

Won #2 in Top Three at C.R.A.F.T
Won Outlaws Paper A La Mode
Won Top Three at Artnymiran

Challenges
1. Artbymiran Challenges:#72 Anything Goes ( No digitals stamps used - Santa is a dimensional    ornament and the deer is a stamp)
2. Jo's Scrap Shack: #166 Cut it up
3. Simply Papercraft: #41 Anything Goes
4 Christmas at Sweet Stampin: Anything (Christmas) Goes
5. Polkadoodles Week 46 Anything Goes
6. Outlawz: Paper A La Mode
7. C.R.A.F.T Challenge: #391 24th of November - Not a Card
8. Crafty Ribbons: #177 (must have ribbon)

Bugaboo ATG - Snowman and Birds

Bugaboo's 'Catch the Bug'  Anything Goes  November Challenge.
The first Saturday of the month is ATG and I choose the stamp 'Snowman and  Birds'. Isn't it delightful!  I made the snowman's hat, scarf and the wee bird (on top the hat) dimensional. I coloured the image with Prismacolor markers and used Stampin' Up's Banners Framelits Dies for the image frames  (the red, black and white backing). This was then adhered to a 'tag' card base. I added a bow and  black ribbon to finish it off. The sentiment is Stampin' Up's with a punched out oval frame.

I am having way too much fun with these Bugaboo images!

Was a Top 5 pick over at Crafting with Friends

Challenges:
1. Brown Sugar Challenge #223 Anything Goes
2. Crafting with Friends #31  Anything Goes
3. Jo's Scrap Shack: FFC #163 Anything Goes
4. Simply Papercraft: #40 just for fun
5. Tag You're It Challenge#59
6. Winter Wonderland:Add Ribbon or Lace and/or Christmas Flowers

Back to School

My DT Card for Lexi's Creations    Challenge #123 - Back to School 

The challenge will run Aug 18th - Aug 30th,2014. .Please join us at Lexi's  I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations  and while there be sure to check out the work by my team mates, they are a very talented bunch!! 

   

 

Sponsor  Fairy Dust Crafts Your one stop shop for Lexi's Digi images and a growing choice of delicious crafting goodies. Their digital images are also available as clear rubber stamp!

Wow, was this ever a hard card to photograph, the 'ballet blue'  true colour tones never came through, don't know how many times I photographed it and even tried  to use software to  gentle it up but guess I just don't know enough about the software to make it work. Finally gave up with a 'C'est La Vie' or in English 'That's Life' :O)! 

This card is for our teenage Granddaughter.

Card details:
Stamp:  'Tashia' image from Cuttlebug Cuties
Die Cuts: Vivienne Butterfly -Memory Box,  Macarena Corner - Memory Box; Heart Banners - La-La Land Crafts
Punches: Stampin Up's Scalloped Hearts, Stampin' Up's Beautiful Wings; EKSuccess - flowers
Paper:  Bp Bunny'blueberry stripe: Stampin' Up   card stock  Ballet Blue, Whisper White; kraft & brown paper from stash

Colour Medium:   Copics for the image flesh tones, and hair ; INK Stampin Up's 'Ballet Blue;  Prismacolor Markers for dress.
Other: rhinestones

Challenges:
1. DigiDesignsChallenges: Back to School
2. Mema's Crafts: August Challenge - Anything Goes
3. Sparkles Monthly Challenge: #59 Back to School
4. Sisters of Craft August Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Brown Sugar Challenge #107 Anything Goes

Bloomi-ful Day

This is my first attempt at a 'side step card', just a fun card for a wonderful friend who is about to have a milestone birthday.

Doodle Pantry is the proud sponsor this week at the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge #89 -Flowers'. Do hope you take some time to hop over and have a go! Don't forget Doodle Pantry  has a challenge on too, see here and the theme is 'Make it Manly'!

Card recipe.
 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch card. Instructions for a Side step card can be found on Splitcoast Stampers. You must be a member to access the site but if not a member  the internet has many side step card instructions out there!
Stamps: Doodle Pantry digital stamp set 'Pansy Turtle'; Sentiment from same stamp set.
Card Stock: Stampin' Up's  whisper white, garden green, tangerine tango and some leftover dark green paper from  stash
Colour Medium: Prismacolour Markers
Ink: Stampin Up's garden green (for inking around green panel)
Die Cuts:  Memory Box 'Kensington Branch', Spellbinders for the sentiment frame and the grass is Impression Obsession
Embossing folder: Bricks
Other: green half pearls, green epoxy stickers(on the flower centers)

Challenges:
1. Craft for the Craic: June #5 Something Summery or with flowers
2. Crafitude:Challnge #67 Use Flowers and/or Lace
3 Jo's Scrap Shack: FFC#55  Summer Fun
4.Sister Act Card Challenge:#62 Anything Goes
5. Sweet pea Stampers: -Shaped Card
6. Wags' n Whiskers: Challenge #131 Fancy Folds
7. Crafty Girls Challenge: #20 Anything Goes
8. Creative Knockouts:#42 Embossing ( dry embossed the panel on the left with an embossing folder called Bricks)
9. Paper Crafting Journal: Anything Goes
10. Crafting for all Seasons:  #79 Don't be Square'

Bird Easel Card

I haven't made a round easel card for quite awhile and thoroughly enjoyed making this one. It was my turn to pick the challenge at our weekly Stamping Buddies get together and I chose  the  round easel card. The beautiful bird image is from GK Designs and is by 'Theresa Momber'.  Lovely  isn't it!

Card details

Stamp set: GK Designs  'Hope Grows' by  Theresa Momber

Colour Medium: Prismacolour Markers

Card Stock: Stampin' Up 'tangerine tango', pacific point' , 'whisper white'

Designer paper: Stampin' Up 'summer smoochies'

Die Cuts: Spellbinders scalloped circles, inverted circles, regular circles; Marianne designs Creatables-designer doily, Cherry Lynn Designs 'Sweet Williams;

Other: decorative brad 

Spotlighted -  Design Team Favourite - Crafting by Designs

Challenges:

1.Paper Minutes:#316 Folded more than one fold

2. Whoopsi Daisy: Things with Wings

3. 2 Cute Ink Challenge: #103 Anything Goes

4. The Crafty BloggersNetwork: April Challenge - die cuts or embossing

5.  Crafting by Designs: time for lace and doliy's (use a doily and/or lacy)

6. Hobbybook Designer Challenge:2 or more die cuts

7. Rhedd and Rosie Challenge: #30 Anything Goes

8. Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: LTSCB#27 Anything Goes

TeePee Card

Doodle Pantry is the proud sponsor of this weeks challenge over at Craft Your Passion and the challenge theme is 'Anything but Square'.  Please take time to visit their blog and  join in the fun!

I used images from a Doodle Pantry digital stamp set called Holy Land Flowers 1. This is my first Tee Pee card , hope you like it. I didn't know which side should be my main side as I really like all three, so choose the one with the dragonflies as it was the most complete.
  

Card recipe:

• Doodle Pantry digital stamp 'Holy Land Flowers 1'  
• Sentiment: Rubbernecker
• Stampin'Up cardstock  Island Indigo,Whisper White
• Designer Paper: Stampin' Up's  Summer Smoochies
• Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers
• Ink: Stampin' Up Island Indigo 
• Die Cuts: Spellbinders standard and scalloped circles; Marianne designs for the fancy circle/doily; Magnolis Dragonflies Doohickeys; Cottage Cutz 'Ivy'
• Fastener: velcro

Challenges
1. Dragonfly Dreams Challenges: We're Up in the Air for Challenge #3.
2. One Stitch at a Time: #206 Anything Goes
3. Pile it On: #13 Floral Fantasy
4. Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 252 Use those Dies
5. Crafttude:Challenge#61Anything Goes OR add a brad/eyelet ( mine is just anything goes)
6. Digi Haven: Things with Wings
7. Crafty Girls Challenge: #14 Anything Goes
8. PaperCrafting Journey: Anything Goes
9. Creative Moments: #39 Anything Goes/Optional Twist 'Things with Wings'
10. Fitztown Challenge Blog: #29 Fancy Folds

Sister's Gift

My DT Card for Lexi's Creations    Challenge #112 'Punchers & Dies'. The challenge will run March 17th, 2014 - March 29th , 2014. 

We are sponsored this fortnight by Fairy Dust Crafts Your one stop shop for Lexi's Digi & rubber  images and a growing choice of delicious crafting goodies. 

                                             

Please join us, I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations

 and while visiting be sure to check out the work by my team mates  at Lexi's Creations, they are a very talented group!! 

Sponsor:   

I received a similar box from a dear friend several years ago and finally decided to give it a try myself, It is a gift to my  kid sister with a small gift inside. Here is the one I received!

Card details:
Stamp: Spatter pattern -All Night Media - used on the large flower petal  
Punches: Stampin' Up extra large 'Blossom Petals for the large flower; Marvy daisy flower punches (small and medium) for the smaller flowers. Note: instructions for the large flower  can be bought here at Valita's Designs & Fresh Folds.
Die Cuts: Impression Obsession  DIE022-U for the branches;  Marianne Designs Creatables 'Frame Swirl' for the flourishes ; Spellbinders Shapeabilities 'Fancy Tags' for the sentiment; Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations 'Garden Romance Die' for the  butterflies

 INK: Stampin Up  early expresso and soft suede to highlight the large flower petals
Paper: Stampin' Up's vanilla, whisper white, early espresso, soft suede,  wallpaper
Other: brown half pearls;button from stash (for the knob); 'dazzler' for large flower center

Challenges
1. 613 Avenue Create: #63 Anything Goes with optional twist use 2D or 3d flowers
2. Amusing Challenge- Fancy Folds
3. Scribble and Scrap Blog: #14 Always Anything Goes
4.That Craft Place: New Challenge - Flowers and/or Mother's Day
5. Bearly Mine: March Challenge - One for the Girls
6. Crafts and Me March Challenge: #146 Anything Goes
7.Emergency Crafters: Flowers
8. Natalie and Amy: Flowers
9. A Gem of a Challenge: #115 Mother's Day/Female Friend/ Special Lady( this was made for my sister)  

Have A Tweet Day

 

    Couldn't resist making another card using this  fold, just love it. Here is the last one I made for Valentines. This time I am concentrating  on a summer theme.  I figured a birdhouse with a birdie, a sun in the sky (well two facsimiles of a sun) and some flowers and grass is pretty summery! Aaah good things  to come, certainly looking forward to it.   

The birdie,  birdhouse top and the wee bird house on the stand were all made dimensional  with foam tape.

Doodle Pantry is the proud sponsor of this weeks challenge over at Fab 'n' Funky Challenges and the challenge theme is 'Heat Stroke'.  Please take time to visit their blog and perhaps join in the fun!

Isn't this birdhouse a darling image from Doodle Pantry,  It comes with coloured &  non- coloured images, sentiments and digital paper.
  

Card recipe:

• Doodle Pantry digital stamp 'Tweet Birdhouse'( I used a non-coloured image), sentiment from same digital set
• Stampin'Up cardstock  Tangerine Tango,Whisper White
• Designer Paper:  DCWV 'The Glitter Stack'
• Prismacolor Marker
• Ink: Stampin' Up ink for the clouds and sentiments borders 
• Die Cuts: Provo Craft  die for the flowers, Marianne designs - LR0153 -the yellow part of my sun
• Punch: Recollections 5/8th inch punch
• Bling: small rhinestones

Challenges
1. Papertake Weekly: Anything goes with an  optional twist Make Your Own Flowers
2. Through the Craftroom Door: March 4 Challenge  Anything Goes
3.  Artistic Inspirations Challenge 81 Sparkles Anything Goes
4. Eureka Stamps Weekly Challenge#79 Anything Goes
5. Melonheadz Friends: Use Bright Colours
6. My Craft Creations: New Challenge  4/3  - 16/3 Anything Goes
7. Card Mania: CMC 41: Use a sentiment
8. The Paper Nest Dolls: Anything Goes #5
9. Through the Purple Haze: Use a Digi Challenge 31

Valentine Love You

I  love this fold and when I recently saw a card   made with  it ,my interest was stirred. See here for my inspiration; it is by Crafty-Stamper  and it's a beauty!  The stamp on my card is from 'Lacy Sunshine' and is called 'Rory-Love-Letters' .

I used Stampin'Up cardstock (Marina Mist, Whisper White, Chocoalte Chip) and a pink cardstock from Michaels. The designer paper is from DCWV 'the Four Seasons stack'. The image was coloured with Prismaclor Markers and Copics . The Copics was for the flesh tones (E13,E00,E000,E02). The blue and pink heart  is a 'Hearts with Wings' sticker by Jolee's By You.  The brown heart is from Cuttlebug's  'Hearts and Stamps' die. I also used Spellbinders 'deckled  rectangles ' die for the sentiment frame.The sentiment is an  'I Love You' rubber stamp  by Craft Smart, I just didn't stamp the ' I'  and  I rearranged the 'love you' placement. I will be entering this card into the following Challenges. The first being the Lacy Sunshine Challenge #26    Add a Sentiment.

Top 3 Placement  for the Lacy Sunshine Challenge! 

Challenges
1. Lacy Sunshine: #26   Add a Sentiment.
2. City Crafter Blog Challenge: 198 Love Bug - use the word 'love'
3. Ladybug Crafts Ink TLTChallenge:For the One I Love
4. Oldie but a Goodie Challenge:Valentine (my heart with wings was bought  in Feb, 2012)
5. Artistic Inspirations:#78 Anything Goes/Valentines
6. Card Mania:#40 Love is all Around
7. Crafty Boots :Bingo (I used diagonal line of pink,stamp,die cut)
8. Eureka Stamps:Weekly Challenge #76 Hearts/Love is in the Air
9. Love to Scrap Challenge:#23 Who Loves Baby- use the work  Love on your project
10. OLLCB (Oh  La La Challenge): Use a heart

Sugar and Spice Lexi's Creations Challenge 108

Lexi's Creations Challenge #108 Fancy Folds

The challenge is anything goes and I chose an easel card with a Mo Manning image and a FDC (Fairy Dust Crafts) sentiment. Love both the image and sentiment, I think they make a perfect match. It is a Birthday card for our great granddaughter who turns 2 and who I think looks a bit like her, the same soft  blond run away hair, the toddling feet and both cute as a button :)! Aren't die cuts wonderful, they make the most lovely embellishments. This was fun card to make!

Our Sponsor this week is 'My Heart Pieces'
     Please join us, I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations and while there be sure to check out the work by my team mates  at Lexi's Creations, they are a very talented group!! 

Card details:

Stamps: Fairy Dust Crafts   'Sugar n' Spice' sentiment;  Mo Manning  'Walker'
Colour Medium: Copics for the flesh and Prismacolour Markers

Die Cuts: Spellbinders  Nesatabilities Classic Squares's ' and A2 Matting Basics;Marianne designs flower dies;Magnolia Doohickeys butterflies: Cottage Cutz Ivy; large flower& butterfly die, not sure?  
Punch: Marvy flower pinch 1" and  1/2"
Other:white and pink half pearls

Challenges  
1. Addicted to Stamps: Flowers
2. Hobby Cutz Challenge #32 Lots of Layers  (card front as lots of layers  (5) )
3. One Stitch at a Time: #196 Use a Digi
4. Scribble and Scrap: #10 Always Anything Goes
5. My Sheri Crafts: #125 Delightful Digis
6. Alphabet Challenge: Y for Young card for a little one
7. Crafts 4 Eternity: R159 Fancy Folds
8. Delicious Doodles #71 Easel Card
9. Wags n' Whiskers #120 Anything Goes
10. Moving Along with the Times: Girly Cardz

Heartful Heart

I created this card using the Doodle Pantry digital stamp set called 'Heartful Heart'. The set contains outline and pre coloured images, plus digital papers and sentiments.

 
Doodle Pantry is the proud sponsor of this weeks challenge over at Through the Craftroom Door and the challenge is 'Anything Goes'!  Please take time and visit their blog and perhaps join in the fun!

Card details:

Stamp: Doodle Pantry Digital 'Heartful Heart' stamp set ; Stampin Up background stamp used on two of the hearts to give them some texture 

Sentiment: Stampin Up
Colour medium:Prismacolor Markers
Paper: Stampin up Bermuda Bay card stock, Designer paper -BOBunny 
Die Cut: Stampin Up  Embosslits 'Scalloped Heart of Hearts;; Cuttlebug Hearts and Stamps ; Memory Box 'Fauntleroy Crest' with the middle cut off and only the ends used to embellish  the sentiment; Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Resplendent Rectangles's for the sentiment frame

 Challenges:

1. Challenges 4 Everybody: #37 Anything Goes
2. Addicted to Stamps #73 Shaped Card
3. Great Impressions: Use Something New (sentiment frame - Spellbinders die cut Resplendent Rectangles -New)
4. Pile it On #1 Just Because
5. Robyn's Fetish: #193 Use a Digi
6. The Squirrel and the Fox: #60 Anything Goes
7. Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge:#10 Anything Goes

8. A Creative Romance: Something New  (sentiment frame - Spellbinders die cut Resplendent Rectangles -New)

Sammie Snowman

Sammie Snowman from Fairy Dust Crafts (FDC) is one of my  favourite snowmen and I make at least one card every year with this image.. This year it is an easel card and I have used a few new die cuts and some liquid pearls. The background is paper made with shaving cream and re-inkers;see here for tutorial!

My stamping buddy and I sat down a while ago and spent some time making background paper with  shaving cream and re-inkers. Had been quite a while since we had used the technique. We had so much fun making them and the paper smelled so nice! The  dies's are Memory Box's 'Gabriella Border' and for the fence  Impression Obsession Die 034-U. I used Prismacolor markers to colour the image and   pasted an old snowflake found in my stash to provide the means to keep the easel card upright!

 Lexi's Creations    Challenge #104 Christmas. The challenge will run Nov 25th - Dec 7th, 2013. 

Please join us, I'm so looking forward to seeing your creations

 and while there be sure to check out the work by my team mates  at Lexi's Creations, they are a very talented group!  

Sponsor:   We are sponsored this fortnight by Fairy Dust Crafts Your one stop shop for Lexi's Digi & rubber  images and a growing choice of delicious crafting goodies. 

                                             

Challenges

1.Inspirational: Challenge #44 Anything Goes

2.Little Claire's #39 Christmas Theme

3.Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge 187 Green Christmas

4. My Creative Moments Word Play November Challenge - Snowman

5. Polkadoodles:#47 Inspired by a Christmas Carol  (mine is winter wonderland)

6. Simply Create too: #51 Snow (or use only white)

7. Stemplesonnen: #102 Its Snowing

8. Sweet Pea Stampers: Lots of Texture

9. Charisma Cardz #46 2Week Challenge

10. Creative Knockouts: #12 Snowflakes