Outlaws CFC0115 - My Valentine Bobbie

I have used another  great image from Outlaws CFC by Sandi Huggett  for the challenge over at 'Outlawz' called  Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital  images they have drawn. Entering the challenge enables you to receive the next set of images. Every two weeks they will send you two new images. For  this challenge  I chose the cute little  girl digital stamp called 'My Valentine Bobbie 'and coloured it with Prismacolor markers.  For the layout of the card   I used the sketch from Bugaboo's  Catch the Bug challenge Stella Says Sketch#102. I added additional embellishments but the core of the card is the sketch. 
Note: the floor I made for the image was inspired by a floor I had seen in card by Mindy Baxter She did a marvellous job and I just had to give it a go.Mine did not turn out near what I wanted it to, but decided to live with it :o)

Challenges entered:
Outlaws: CC0115

Bugaboo - Catch the Bug- Stella Says Sketch
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes Challenge
Going Grey Scrap-Creations Challenge: Die Cuts I have  used Deckled Rectanges, Scalloped Circle,  Whimsy Stamps  'Vines" flourish
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge #51:  Anything Goes
Get Hippty with Ippity GHWI#13:  it's all about hearts
Hooked on Crafts:#15: Try Something New - creating a wooden floor look on a card
MyGrafico Challenges:  #119 Love and Valentines
Paper Creations Ink: #17 Love/Romance
Scrappers Delights Paper Challenges : anything goes

Stella - Birthday

 I needed a birthday card for my stamping buddy  and knew it had to be a  Bugaboo digital stamp. This friend loves Stella, Gus and well the whole bugaboo crew:0) Bugaboo has a sketch challenge going on  so I decided to use it too. My only problem is my card got a little too big and I have run out of time to do any changes ( it is 5 1/2 x 6 1/2) - whatever was I thinking).I usually do not go over 5X5  as they  do not then require special shipping  prices.  I think anything over 5 1/2 is non standard.  Anyhow I hope she enjoys it and as she lives down the road so to speak, it does not need to be mailed!

Stamps used: All from Bugaboo - Stella life of the Party, Stella Still Hot,  SShappy Birthday
Colour medium: Prismalcolors Markers
Flourishes: Whimsy vines
Die cut border punch - Martha Stewart
Stickles
Crystal Effects

Challenges entered:
Bugaboo- Stella Says Sketch Challenge a new bi weekly sketch challenge
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog #56 - lets Think Hot- well I think I have captured that  in the middle image and the sentiment:)
Phindys Place Challenge Blog: #88 Tic Tac Toe I used die cuts,buttons and embossing (dry embossing on the purple cardstock - swiss dots)
The Poodles Parlour: Button Up - use use buttons
Stampin with the Dragon:  2012 Challenge 1: Frames
Charisma Cardz Challenge #1 Happy 3rd Birthday Charisma

Annabellle Stamps Blog; Anything Goes
   

Wolf

I  love this image of a wolf and I think it makes for a great masculine card. I used a new release image from Doodle Pantry (called Wolf) and the sentiment is from their 'Rounded Wishes' stamp set. I actually quite like how it turned out. The BG paper  is from from  K&COMPANY!

Doodle Pantry's Challenge # 19 is still on and all you need to enter is a Doodle Pantry image and for entering the contest you get a free digital stamp called 'Workout Birdie' They have freebies if you need one.. See here for all the details! You also get a change to win a coupon to use at the Doodle Pantry shop. Challenge ends after the 24th of January, 2012.

Challenges entered:
Dutch Dare Card Challenge: DDCC147 - For the Boys
Crafty Creations Challenges: #152 Something New - my wolf digital stamp is new from Doodle Pantry's Jan 1st release
I Break for Challenges: I break for Simple
Bearly- Mine Challenge 26 - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge: challenge 51 - use your new stash - new digital stamp from Doodle Pantry's Jan. 1st release.
Top Tip  Tuesday: challenge 67 - anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers: No floral embellishments

Outlaws CFC0101- Duck Decoy

It has been a long time since I have made a bookmark and I was inspired to do this one for three reasons:

• I needed a project for the Outlaws Creative Freebie Challenge 0101
• Edwina Brown had made a bookmark with the Duck Decoy on it and I thought  'Oh my hubby (who is an avid reader) would like something like that'
• I myself was using an old bookmark I had made Oh so many years ago  of my son (he just turned 23) and thought I could use a new one too :)  although I must admit I love the old one too much to get rid of it! So I assume my hubby will get the new one and I will continue to use the old. I am OK with that:)

Aww he was just the cutest thing! good thing he never pays any attention to my blog -lol!

I have used another  great image from Outlaws CFC by Anne Fenton. Sandi Huggett and and Anne Fenton have  joined forces and  started a challenge over at 'Outlawz' called  Creative Freebie Challenge. The images to be used are from digital  images they have drawn. Entering the challenge enables you to receive the next set of images. Every two weeks they will send you two new images. For  this their fourth  challenge  I chose the duck decoy  and coloured it with Prismacolor markers. I framed the image with a Spellbinders  die (deckled rectangles) and for the background I used old left over paper scrapes and die cut cardstock from K&COMPANY.  easy peasy!

Challenges entered:

Outlaws CFC0101- I used the duck decoy digital stamp

Anything Goes Challenge:  anything goes at anything goes
Bearly-Mine Challenge:26: anything goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge: challenge175 - Shabby
Tip Top Tuesday: Challenge #67 Anything Goes
House of Gilli: Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs: challenge 128 - Vintage
Paper Creations Ink: #16: die cut/punches: I have oddles  of pre-cut die cuts and punched out steampunk circles and a leaf.
Pollycraft Monday Challenge:#122 - Anything but a Card - mine is a bookmark
Stamps R Us Challenge Blog: what did you get for Christmas or Anything Goes - Mine is anything goes

DT Card for Lexi's Creations Challenge #56- Baubles Spiral Tree

Lexi's Creations challenge #56- theme 'Anything Goes'  Jan. 9th thru Jan 21st

Sponsor  Fairy Dust Crafts

Head on over to Lexi's Creations for  the challenge details AND  take a peek at all the lovely work from the multi talented Design Team while there! Lots of new DT members to give you inspiration!

Apparently I have not yet had enough of Christmas themed cards LOL! I really do need more as I was just about caught short  this year, vowed I would be better prepared next Christmas - we will see.

Card Details:

Stamp: Baubles Spiral Xmas Tree by  FDC;   

Sentiment: Stampin'Up 'It's Snow Time' set

Colour Medium: Prismacolor markers

Dies Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities  'Deckled Rectangles',

Marianne Designs for the flower and   flourish 

Punch: Martha Stewart for the snowflakes and corner punch

Embossing Folder: Divine Swirls

Other: stickles and pearls

  

Challenges Entered:

Challenge Up Your Life: #60 Bing0 - I used  swirls (flourishes and the design on the dry embossed background paper), pearls(on theflower and on the deckled rectangle), sparkles (on the tree ornaments).

CES Challenge Blog:#67 Anything Goes

 Designed2 Delight: Winter flowers

Stamp, Scrap & Doodles Saturday:Winter Something

Frosted Designs: Fabulous Friday Challenge- Cardstock only - no patterned paper

Art Impressions Stamps: #46 Anything goes

Crafts and me Challenges:Christmas Bumper Challenge Part1 Anything Goes

Divas by Design: Challenge 17 Merry Christmas

The House that Stamps Built:  Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge D2811 

Everybody Art Challenge: #174 Snow

Vintage Phone

Doodle Pantry is the sponsor of the weekly challenge over at 'The One Stop Craft Challenge' and the theme is 'Bingo', just use three items  from the bingo chart.    I used a new release image from  Doodle Pantry's  digital stamp set called "Vintage Phone" for my card.   My career was  in the  telephone/Telecommunications Industry  so it really caught my fancy!     Flourishes were added as an additional bit of bling.  Go take a look at the challenge,  create a project  and maybe win a Doodle Pantry coupon!

Card Details: 

Stamp:  Doodle Pantry's 'Vintage Phone';    Sentiment from the same stamp set; All Night Media  weathered stamp for the inside of the oval  

Accessories: pearls

Paper: Stampin' Up - basic black, whisper white and real red,   Digi Paper from Stamp Tv's Jersey Shore free digital paper called  weathered Boardwalk

Flourish and flower : Marianne designs

Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities `standard   ovals ' and 'scalloped ovalsl'

Challenges entered:

One Stop Craft Challenge: I used  the BINGO combination of  Flower, Die Cuts, Embossing. You really can't see the embossing on the phone but it is there. I heat embossed to give depth to some of the features on the phone such as the dial, the lower portion of the stand, the speaker and head piece.

Card Makin Mamas: Something NEW - either New Years or something new you just received; The vintage phone stamp  is new Release at Doodle pantry  and this is the first time I have used it!

Delicious DoodlesChallenge #10; All Things new- The vintage phone stamp  is new and this is the first time I have used it!

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog: #32 Something new:  The vintage phone stamp  is new Release at Doodle Pantry and this is the first time I have used it! 

Jellypark Challenges: Old YearSomething Old/New Year Something New: something old- my rubber weathered stamp from Old Night Media i, I have owned it for about three yrs, the vintage phone is brand new

Simply Create:#4 Layers & Layers and MoreLayers (must have at least 2) - I have up eight layers

Cute Card Thursday:#198 What's New - my digital vintage Phone stamp

Rainbow Ladies Challenge: #186 Travel thru Time to 2012 depict something that helped us all get here  - in my case telecommunications and the old time telephone

Crafty Creations #151 : Lets Heat it Up - heat embossing: my vintage phone have heart embossing on it, you just cannot see it very well except IRL

Inky Imressions:  Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry Quirky Mouse

New release,New Challenge, New Year, Great 50% off Sale! Doodle Pantry's latest release is out, the first for 2012 and there is a wonderful assortment of new images!

RELEASE DATE - Jan 1st ,2012

CHALLENGE  DATE: Jan 1st  11:00 AM- Jan 24th 9:00 PM

50% off SALE: Dec. 29th - Jan. 2nd  

It is January release  day over at Doodle Pantry   and Laurie has 10 new wonderful  digital stamp sets,  plus a precoloured version of one older stamp set called Love Birdies.  I used Quirky Mouse (one of  the  new stamp sets)  for the above card and the sentiment is part of the same set. A little bit of something for everybody in the latest release.  

To view all of the delightful stamp sets  go here: Doodle Pantry Latest Releases

Challenge  DPDC#19   starts Jan 1st and the free digital stamp for entering the challenge is 'Workout Birdie'. NOTE: This stamp is not for sale until after the close of the Jan. Challenge, free to participants only. 


Love Snakes is the January Limited Time FREE with purchase image, just add it to your cart between Jan 1 - 24th. when  placing an order  at Doodle Pantry. You are going to love this love stamp!

Challenges entered:

4Crafty Chicks: Crazy egg Challenge #70 something new
Charisma Cardz : week #50 Anything Goes
DigiDoodle Shop's Challenge: # 88 Anything Goes
My Mum's Craft Shop:#37 Anything Goes
Scrapbook Sister's Card Challenge: #66 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge : Anything Goes
Tip Top Tuesday: #66 Anything Goes
Pollycraft Monday Challenge: #121 Punch it