Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #219 Lace or Ribbon

Kim is hosting the challenge this fortnight and the theme is Lace or Ribbon

As usual, anything you enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it meets the lace or ribbon criteria.

I had this gorgeous floral lace in my stash for a few years and this seemed the ideal time to use it. I loved it so much that I found it hard to use if you know what I mean. The image is 'Poppies' from Just Inklined,  and was coloured with Copic markers. The sentiment is from  Stampin' Up and I finished it off with rhinestones.

Challenges:

1. Alphabet- N is for Nature 
2. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - Anything Goes Colouring Challenge 
3. Creative Fingers Challenge #152 
4. Jo's Scrap Shack #253 ATG 
5. Polkadoodles Week39 ATG 
6. QKR Stampede:#315 ATG 
7. Outlaws Festive Friday, Sept. 28/18

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #188 Add a Sentiment

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge  #188. Pam is hosting our challenge, and the theme is Add A Sentiment.   As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it as a sentiment, the more prominent the better. 

Brother's Birthday Card - It's a Man Thing

My younger brother's birthday card. He is retired and lives beside the lake where we grew up  and  while he is certainly not lazy,  he has his moments of laying back and enjoying life :O).

Card Details:

Stamp: Just Inklined 'The  Good Life' digital stamp; background stamp  - Stampin Up's 'Hardwood'for background

Sentiment: Doodle Pantry (no longer available)

Colour: Prismacolor Markers

Ink: Stampin' Up's 'gumball green', 'creamy carmel'

Die Cuts: Stampin' Up's Banners , Spellbinders rectangles 'A2 Matting Basics A  

Other: hemp cord,  embossing powder

Technique: Heat embossing for the wooden background

Won a Top 3 pick at Inspiration Destination

Challenges

1. A Gem of a Challenge:# 193 Embossing Wet or Dry

2. Crafting With Friends: #42 Anything Goes

3. Inspiration Destination: #127 Anything Goes with optional twist Masculine

4. Colour Crazy Challenge WK17  Anything Goes

5. Crafting by Designs: May Anything Goes

6. The Crafty Addicts: #36 Anything Goes/Die Cuts

Poppies

Crafty Cardmakers new challenge for this  fortnight is 'Summer'. You can  interpret this theme as you like as long as its based on something associated with the season.You can create anything you like, card, tags, etc as long as it meets the challenge and the 15 or less challenge entry rule.
My summer garden is  always blooming in poppies,glorious  yellow Icelandic, fluffy red annuals and towering red orange orientals. The yellows will grow all season long but the orientals have a brief few weeks and then they are gone with the odd one or two blooms appearing in the late summer.   I look forward to them every year.

This card is for a wonderful friend and close neighbour. The card is simplistic but I am pleased with how it turned out.

Stamp: digital stamp from Just Inklined
Dies: Spellbinders ovals, Dee's Distinctively Lattice 2
Embossing Folder: Polka Dots
Other. ribbon and button from stash

Made:
Top Three - Crafts Encore and  Great Impressions

Challenges:
1. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: #38 Anything Goes
2. Great Impressions: July Challenge - Anything Goes
3. Broken Fairy: #7 Anything Goes with a Twist of Embossing (Heat or Dry)
4. Crafting with Dragonflies: #62 Anything Goes
5. Little Claire's Designs:#71 Anything Goes
6. A Bit More Time to Craft:#24 Anything Goes
7. Crafts EncoreChallenge  Anything Goes
8. Creatalicious Challenges: #25 Anything Goes with Optional flowers 
9. Sisters of Craft July Anything GoesChallenge 

Father's Day 2013

 Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!!

Father's Day 2013. None of the children are here  this year to celebrate Father's Day but they did all phone!  I decided to make hubby a card and cook him a nice dinner.  I've made a rhubarb and strawberry pie  and he will be  getting chicken, mashed potatoes and some veggies to go with it! He is a meat and potatoes guy so this is what he wants, just something basic and tasty! Who said  you need kids to celebrate it with:O)! He loved the card and had a good laugh about it. It really isn't that bad in our house but the dog does lie at his feet and if you took the remote  and newspaper away and replaced then with a 'tablet' it starts to fit in a little better :O)

Card Details:

Stamp: Just Inklined  digital stamp  'It's a Man's World'

Sentiment: Whimsy Stamps tickets with a hand written Father's Day on it

Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers

Other: brads, twine, button

Papers: Stampin Up Night of Navy and wall paper.

June 17th, 2013Note: this card was featured on the 'Daily Talent Spot at Joanna Sheens site. I am honoured!

June 19th; top 3 placement at 'Sweet Sketch Wednesday'

Challenges:

1. Catered Crops: For the Boys

2. Dream Valley Challenges: #59 Father Day/ Male theme

3. HobbyCutz: Masculine and/ or Fathers Day

4. Joanna Sheen Challenge: Fathers Day & Goodbye

5. One Stitch at a Time: #168 Use a  Digi

6. A Gem of a Challenge: #84 Fathers Day/Male

7.  Totally Gorjuss: #188 For Dad

8. Digi Galore: Father's Day

9. The Crafters Cafe: Father or for a Male

10. Sweet Sketch Wed. #210

Yola's Wedding card

I do not make many  wedding cards  but here is  one I made for my niece's wedding . I used the 'garter & bow' digital stamp from 'Just Inklined' as  my main image and decorated the  front with flourishes (marianne designs),  handmade flowers (various punches) and for the hearts (Cuttlebug 'hearts & stamps  die set)

Challenges entered:

Creative Craft Challenges -   Congratulations 1st Week

Crafty Cardmakers -   Anything Goes (ends 16th Oct)
heart Song Inspirations - #53 - Use die cuts and/or sponged background  - I have both
Card Cupids - Use a Decorative Punch of Some Type
ScrapbookSisters - #56  Anything goes
Anything Goes Challenge Blog- use punches , die cuts or both - I have used both
I Did It Creations- #76 Anything Goes

The Nurse

I spent Friday afternoon with Dawn and we ventured into the world of nursing; or at least making a card depicting that world. My husband  spent a couple of days in the hospital last week having his gall bladder removed, so I am dedicating this card to him - it will give him a laugh.  I will link to Dawn's card when she posts. (update: here is Dawn's card; it is quite wonderful) I'm not sure where the sketch idea came from; it was not a current challenge and I cannot find it , so cannot reference  it. 

The image is one of the digi's in the   "Help for Katie" Fundraising package over at Jak Heath's blog.  Give a gift donation to help Katie Renz and you get a package of digi's from  various artists!
   
Challenges:

 Jak Heath crafting beautiful things: thank you card competition  for those who have donated to the Help for Katie Benefit
Short o Mania - any card that is not 6x6 .Mine is 41/4 x 5 1/2. 
Cute Card Thursday: Banish the Blues - humour, hopefully  this gal will give you a giggle

Stamp Something: Feb. Digi Day Challenge - use a digital stamp
 (digi stamp from Just Inklined - part of 'Help Katie' package)
Papertake Weekly: anything goes - with flowers (optional)  I have a flower in place of a bow
Phindys Place: Embossing (dry or heat - I used dry embossing on my blue background)


Card details:
Stamp:  Just Inklined digital stamp
Sentiment: mine
Paper: SU whisper white, brilliant blue, basic black
Markers: Prismacolors
Nestabilities: rectangles
Embellishments:dew drops,brads
Punches: Martha Stewart: Christmas Branches, Marvy flower punches

                                                                                                       

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