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 #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 #241 Autumn Colours

A birthday card for my older brother. I wanted an image that would reflect the forest area where we grew up and this silhouette stamp seemed to meet the criteria. I must admit there was not a lot of moose seen back in the day as the forests hid a lot of the animals. The more the trees disappeared the more the wildlife was seen.

Card Details
Stamp: Viva Las Vegas Stamps
Dies: Happy Birthday Sentiment
Colours: autumn (red,yellow,green,brown)

Challenges:
1. Alphabet Challenge: M is for Masculine
2. Brown Sugar: Challenge #293 - September 2019
3. QKR Designs: Challenge #363
4. Crafting with an Attitude: #55
5. Unicorn Challenge:#47 Autumn
6. Crafty Gals Challenge:#199 Fall Colors
7. Creative Moments: #176 ATG Optional 'fall colours'
8. The Male Room: #119 Autumn

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 #226 Texture

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. Jackie is hosting today's challenge # 226.
and the theme is 'Texture'.  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.

                            

Here is a card using a wonderful older image  I had bought from Lacy Sunshine  (see Heather Valentine's Pirates of the High Seas). I need masculine cards so decided to try out this little buccaneer. My texture was obtained by using an embossing folder, some die cuts (big splash border die, whale die) and a piercing tool.

Card details:

Image: Lacy Sunshine Wilkes the Pirate and Whiskey Parrot

Sentiment: stencilled 

Background Embossing Folder -Cuttlebug  Divine Swirls  

Die Cuts:  Memory Box 'Big Splash Border Die'; Stampin Up 'Clearlits Happy Whale' (anchor, whale, star and fish)

Designer Paper: unknown, gave to me from a friend

Punch: one hole punch for the eye 

Colour Medium: Prismacolor Markers, COPICS for the flesh tones

Other:   piercing tool

Challenges:

1.  A Gem of a Challenge: Wk1 Anything Goes Pink Gem at Pokadoodles
2. Color Crazy  Wk 3 Anything Goes
3. Crafting with Friends  #78 Anything Goes
4. Crafty Catz #446 Anything Goes
5. Creative Fingers: #156 ATG
6. QKR Stampede #332 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #218 Autumn Colours

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #218

Maike is hosting challenge #218 Autumn Colours. As usual, anything you care to enter is fine, a card, a scrapbook layout,  mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it meets the Autumn Colours theme.

Do come and join the fun, and share your  Autumn colours with us.

My card is for a grandson's  September Birthday and was designed with him in mind. All of it is made with leftover scraps of paper from a previous project.  The butterfly, the fancy circle beneath it and the orange leaf are from my stash.

Other:
Dies- Spellbinders (the sentiment circles, the Cattails), border die
Sentiment: Stampin'Up "Party Pants"

Challenges:
1. A Bit More Time to Craft: Challenge #76 Anything Goes
2. The Crafter's Cafe #204 Your Choice Autumn and/or Spring
3. Crafts Galore Encore September Anything Goes #55
4. Daisy Chain Challenge #23 - Birthday
5. Eclectic Ellapu September Challenge: Anything Goes
6. Fabrika Fantasy:#24 Autumn
7. Happy Little Stampers: September Anything Goes with Dies
8. Not Just Cards Challenge: September challenge Anything Goes

9. Paru's Card Making Challenge: September 2018

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #215 -At Least Two Dies/Punches or One of Each

Birthday card for my grand nephew. Welcome to the family little guy!

Jackie is hosting today's challenge at Crafty Cardmakers, At least two dies/punches or one of each. 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 challenge theme.

Card Details

Stamp: Mo Manning "Baby and Bunny" digital stamp
Dies: Spellbinders  Deckled Rectangles, Oval, Lattice Rectangles;  Heart Banner by La-La-land.
Paper. Stampin Up's
Other: embossing heart folder by Stampin Up, handmade blue bow

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 213 Man/Boy

                                        Challenge # 213 Crafty Cardmakers:  Man/Boy!  

Maike is hosting today's challenge, For a Man/Boy

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 For a Man/Boy theme.

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

 I chose  a fun stamp by Art Impressions ,coloured him  with Copics, chalked in  some clouds,used some fancy woodland paper, added a few embellishments and it was done.The sentiment was created in word!

Won the Any Image Category AT QKR

Challenges
1. Crafting by Designs: For the Boys
2. Crafty Friends Challenge:#85 Happy Birthday
3. Colour Crazy Challenge Week 22 Anything Goes
4. Crafting with Friends Challenge #68  Anything Goes
5. QKR Stampede #298 Anything Goes Winner for the Any image
6. Simply papercraft #58 Anything Goes
7. Always Happy Birthday: June Challenge Birthday anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #210 'Happy Birthday'

                         Crafty Cardmakers Challenge # 210 Happy Birthday April 23rd
                                                Lin is hosting this fortnights challenge.

Anything you care to enter is fine, a card, a scrap layout, a mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it matches  the theme.   Looking forward to seeing your makes!

I used an image from Beccy's Place titled Gnomes from my Garden and a tutorial of hers titled 'Stippled Shadows'.    Must admit I need to practice this as I have not quite got it right. However the inspiration of colours and shadowing  (to some degree) came from the tutorial. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Stampin' Up. The border die  was borrowed from a friend and the floral embellishment I believe is from Marianne Designs. The designer paper is from a paper pack 'Cardstock Carton - Bright Splash'. I totally love it.

Top Three Placement at The Crafty Addicts
Won at Fan'N' Funky Challenge #390

Challenges.
1. Beccy's Place:  April Challenge Bingo (I used the vertical line of Die Cut, Masculine & Follow a Tutorial)
2. Crafty Sentiments Designs:  Only for Boys challenge
3. Digi Chooseday Crafting:  WK 16 ATG
4.  The Crafty Addicts Challenge: #47 ATG Top Three Placement
5. The Paper Challenge: #335 A Birthday Card
6.  Inspiration Destination: ATG plus optional real stamp (did not do the optional)
7. Fan' n' Funky Challenge #390 Fantasy and Fairy Tails Won

Catch the Bug Saturday BINGO Challenge April 21st, 2018

BINGO Challenge

Time for the monthly Bingo Challenge at "Catch the Bug Challenge' blog. I love BINGO challenges  and this is a fun one. I chose the vertical line of Die /Punch, Bugaboo Image and Ribbon and the  horizontal line of Die/Punch, Sentiment and texture.

I used an embossing folder -falling petals- to give texture to the white background. The die cuts  used were Die-namics Birthday Wishes & Balloons  and  a Cottage Cutz  SpookyFence die for the wiggly stripes on the right hand side of the card. The sentiment is by Stampin Up.

Challenges:
1.Digi Choosday Challenge: WK 16 ATG
2. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge:WK16 ATG
3. Aud Sentiments Challenges #201 Happy Birthday
4. Little MissMuffet challenge#187 ATG
5. Craftyaholics R Us#16 ATG
6. Crafty Creations: #364 ATG
7. Creative Moments: #141 ATG

Catch the Bug Stella Says Sketch Challenge April 15th, 2018

                 Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - 'Stella Says Sketch' April 15th, 2018  SSS608.



 It is time again for Bugaboo's   Catch the Bug  sketch challenge, see above sketch. I chose an image   titled 'COOL CAT', but it is an older stamp and no longer available. I love it so much and it fits  the child this card will go to so I just had to use it. But  Bugaboo's stamps have so many other wonderful stamps,  take a look here! 

 I used a pin-wheel die for the embellishment.

Challenges entered:
1. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 15 Anything Goes
2. Crafting with Friends: Challenge #65 Anything Goes
3. Crafty Cratz:Challenge 412 Anything Goes optional fav. colour combo's. I do love blue and brown
4. QKR Stampede #291 Anything Goes
5. Daring Cardmakers: Animal Antics

Catch the bug Challenge Blog - 'Stella Says Sketch' April 1st, 2018

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog - 'Stella Says Sketch' April 1st, 2018  SSS607.

 

It is time again for Bugaboo's   Catch the Bug  sketch challenge, and a wonderful sketch it is. I chose an image   titled 'Charlie Birthday'.  I just love this goofy dog, isn't he a hoot. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the border strip and a  Stampin' Up  rubber stamp from their Party Pants  stamp set for the sentiment. I used a pin-wheel die for the embellishment rather than a flower as this will certainly be sent to young boy!

Made Top Three at Crafty Sentiments
Made Top 5 at QKR Stampede

Challenges entered:
1. Crafty Friends Challenge #80 Anything Goes
2. Crafting with Friends: Challenge 64 Anything Goes
3. Crafty Catz Challenge #410: Anything Goes
4. Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes challenge Made Top 3
5. Hiding in My Craft Room" #346 Freestyle (Anything Goes)
6. QKR #289 Anything Goes Made Top 5
7. 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #396 Crazy Eggs/ ATG

Bugaboo Day 6 - Holiday Chaos - Colour Challenge

            Bugaboo Day 6 - Holiday Chaos - Colour Challenge

Thursday  Dec. 7th and it is  day 6 over at the Catch the Bug challenge. Today's challenge is  a colour challenge and the goal is to capture as many of the colours available to you as you can.   I interpreted the colours as, Real Red,Melon Mamba, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise, Taken with Teal and Garden Green (all Stampin' Up)  At least that is the colours I used to create the above card.




Image: Bugaboo's  Kidz Christmas Boy and  His Dog
Sentiment: Stampin' Up 'Petite Pairs'
Snowflake: Impression Obession Die024-X
Other - left hand horizontal die cut from Stampin' Up

Challenges:
1. Crafty Gals Corner: #152 Anything Goes
2. Addicted to Stamps and More: #271 Anything Goes
3, Christmas at Sweet Stampin: November- Anything Christmas Goes
4. Craftaholics R Us: Challenge #48 Christmas
5. Crafting by Designs: December Anything Goes

Bugaboo Day 5 Holiday Chaos 2017 - Humour Me Wed.

Bugaboo Day 5  - Holiday Chaos 2017-  Humor Me Wed. at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Here it is day 5 already. The Catch the Bug challenge today is to make something with humour in it. Hope I succeeded with this poor doggy and his attempt to join the reindeer pulling Santa's sled. He does look a little forlorn does he not.

I used a Bugaboo image called 'Puppy - enough reindeer'. He is just so cute and the fun sentiment is part of the set. The large white snowflake is 'Impression Obsession DIE024-X'. The sentiment tag  holder from Spellbinders 'Fancy Tags' and the background was embossed with  Stampin' Up's Falling Snowflakers embossing folder. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the  fancy strip  behind the image.

Challenges.
1. Catch the Bug: Humor Me
2. Crazy 4 Challenges:C4C414 Color It
3. The Crafters Cafe #186 Embossing dry or wet
4. The Crazy Challenge #263 Christmas is Coming
5. Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes
6. Make My Monday: Happy Christmas.Happy Holidays

Bugaboo Day 3 - Holiday Chaos- 2017 Anything But a Card

Bugaboo Day 3 - Holiday Chaos 2017- Anything But a Card

Catch the Bug Challenge

 I needed a gift bag to hold a few items for my great nephew's Christmas present.  I will put into it  a couple of  little toy cars, a bag of candy and a Christmas card  with some money. I used Bugaboo's  'kkcornament'  stamp for my image and coloured him with Copics and Prismacolour Markers. Papers are from my Christmas stash. 

Challenges

1. Catch the Bug Challenge - Holiday Chaos - Anything but a Card

2. Scrapping4Fun Challenge 104: Christmas

3. CRAFT  Challenge 444: Christmas Present

4. Sweet Stampin' November- Christmas:  Anything Christmas Goes

5. The Merry Christmas Challenge #45 ATG Christmas

6. Crafts Galore Challenge Blog: Merry Christmas #47

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 196 Autumn

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #196 - Autumn

Kim is hosting our challenge today, and the theme is Autumn. 

As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it's Autumnal themed.

Please remember our 15 total challenge rule! 

Apples, falling leaves and the colour orange say fall to me, maybe not in the same time frame but certainly a fall occurrence. 

Please join us at  Crafty Cardmakers for our autumn  challenge!

Challenges.

1. Scrap and Craft:#7 Autumnal Colours:

2. Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps and Challenge September 2017

3. The Corrosive Challenge: #9 September Anything Goes

4. Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #45 September

Cowboy in Tire

Birthday Card for older brother using a QKR Stampede digital stamp digi23901.  The sentiment is also from QKR (digi17206).

Winner of QKR Stampede challenge

Challenges
1. QKR Stampede Challenge #258 ' Keep Your Eye on the Ball or Anything Goes. Mine is 'anything goes'
2. Crafting by DesignsSeptember Anything Goes challenge
3. Crafty Creations Challenges: #349 Anything Goes
4. Creative Moments: #125Anything Goes
5. Day Dreamer Challenge #2 Anything Goes
6. The Sisterhood of Crafters: Anything Goes

Outlawz July 2017 Challenge - 'Dog' by Anne Fenton.

Outlawz Progressive Challenge July 2017

Outlawz Progressive Challenge -  July 2017   -Dog card
The image for the month of July is  Dog by Anne Fenton.

The design is from Bugaboo's Stella Says Sketch challenge #512 for July.
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I coloured the dog with Prismacolor Markers and gave him a slightly clouded sky and   muddy ground. He just looked liked he would be be one of those  dogs that cannot resist a mud puddle. My card needed a bit of colour so colored the ball green  and the woof sentiment  was die cut from a piece of green scrap paper. The left hand border is from a Recollections paper pad titled 'Vintage Country'. The die cut scalloped type border is from Spellbinders 'Ironwork Accents' die set. 

Challenges
1. Outlawz Progressive Challenge July 2017
2. Stella Says Sketch challenge #512
3. Making Memories #7 Anything Goes/Anything but Square
4. Digi Choosday Crafting Week 29 Anything Goes
5. Through the Craftrooom Door challenge July 19 -July 24

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #190 - Bird House

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #190 For a Special Man/Boy or Father's Day - June 5th - June 18th, 2017

Margaret is hosting our challenge today, and the theme is For a Special Man/Boy or Father's Day.

As usual anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it follows either of our masculine themes.

Grandson's Birthday:

Grandson's birthday and a bird house card for him. Trying for a masculine look so browns and greens and bit of burlap.  The image is a colouring book image, sentiment from Doodle Pantry and leaves from a Stampin UP  rubber stamp (coloured and hand cut out).

Challenges:
1. A gem of a Challenge:#195 For the Boys/Men
2. Crafting with Dragonflies: #82 Anything Goes
3.  Creative Ladybirds Challenge: # 27 Anything Goes
4. A Bit More Time to Craft:#45 Anything Goes
5. A Perfect Time to Craft: June 2017 #26
6.
7. Cute as a Button: Challenge#35 For the Boys

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