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 #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 # 233 3,2,1

       

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and I am the host for today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 3-2-1 which means we would like to see 3 of one thing, 2 of another and 1 of another.  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 3-2-1 theme.

We would also like if you would identify in your post what the 3,2,1's are. For example, mine has three girls, two flowers and one butterfly.

Image: All Dressed Up digital stamp, coloured with Copics
Punch: Flower, leaves, butterfly and small & medium circle punches

Winner of Crafting with an Attitude CHG #51

Challenges:
1. Crafting by Designs: May Anything Goes
2. Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday, May Challenge Feminine of Add a Sentiment
3. QKR Stampede:#346 Anything Goes
4. Crafty Catz Challenge: #460 Anything Goes with Option travel
5. Bugaboo -  May Challenge Anything Goes
6. A Gem of a Challenge: #8 Anything Goes
7. Creative Fingers Challenge 163 Anything Goes
8. Crafting with an Attitude: Challenge #51  WON
 9. Southern Girls: Team Lou - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #232 Dragons

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #232 Dragons.  

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. Lin is hosting today's challenge # 232
and the theme is 'Dragons and other Mystical Creatures'. It is St. George's day tomorrow, he died on  April 23rd in the year 303 so how appropriate to have the challenge in the same time frame.  If dragons are not your thing any mystical creature is welcomed. 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 chose a Whimsy digital stamp (Freddie) and tried to keep the layout somewhat CAS. I added a corner flower and made the lone flower dimensional. Prismacolor markers were used in the colouring of the image. I also added a punched zig-zaggy layer to the bottom of the card.

Crafting with an Attitude Top Three placement

Challenges:
1. Bugaboo April  B-I-N-G-O Challenge (I used Sentiment, Players Choice and Stitching)
2. The Fairy and the Unicorn: April CHG Anything Goes/optionalEaster Rabbits
3. QKR StampedeChallenge#344 Anything Goes
4. Crafting with an Attitude: Challenge #50   Top Three placement
5. ITD Creative Playground Challenge 
6. Crafty Catz Challenge #458 Anything Goes
7. Creative Fingers Challenge #162

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #231 Easter

 

                     Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #231 Easter

Here is my DT card for Crafty Cardmakers challenge #231 with the theme of Easter. Mary is hosting our challenge and as usual, anything you enter is fine, a card, a scrap layout, a mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it meets the theme of Easter. This card features a digital freebie from Beccy's Place titled 'The Easter Bunny (a newer version than mine is available on her site and is slightly different but still wonderful).  Isn't he adorable, I love the eggs he is holding and. that he is dressed to the nines. 

Easter is rather late this year and I am patiently looking forward to the ham, scalloped potatoes, jams and the roasted vegetables.  With me, it is the same spread every year but the dessert does change from time to time. Have not yet decided what it will be this year.

Challenges

1. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #25 Anything Goes with a Critter

2. A Perfect Time to Craft - April Challenge Anything Goes

3. A Bit more Time to Craft Challenge #89 Anything Goes

4. Country View Challenges: April Easter and or Spring

5. Crafts Galore Encore: April Challenge #62

6  Crafty Animals: Challenge #25

7. Creatalicious Challenge #160  Anything goes  

8. Createful Heart design: Challenge #7 Easter, Spring or Anything Goes

9. Creative Craft Challenge:#117 No Patterned paper

10. Sweet Stampers; #30 Easter or Spring

11. Beccy's Place: April Challenge

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #230 Someone Special

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #230 That Someone Special.  Marlene is hosting today's challenge and you only have to make that someone special a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece or some home decor, the choice is yours.  Have fun!

I decided to make a card for a dear friend from high school.

Challenges
1. Cut it Up Challenge 170 Flowers  (my die cut is the swirly border die)
2. Kitty Bee Designs #139 In the Garden
3. Southern Girls Challenge: Someone Special with team Trace
4. Time Out Challenges: #131 
5. Dare2B Artzy: March Challenge
6. Dragonfly Dreams: For a Special Female

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #229 Green

                      Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #229 Green

Marlene 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.

I choose this delightful birdhouse image from 'Beccy's Place . I coloured the image with Prismacolor markers and made the flowers dimensional by cutting them out, colouring them and adhering them to the image with dimensional glue pads.  I then embellished the card with some die cut flowers (Fabulous Phlox by Memory Box) and a green ribbon. I used another die cut to frame the image.  Quite pleased with the result and do hope you join us in another fun challenge.

Challenges
1. Beccy' Place: March Challenge 
2. Crazy 4 Challenges -C4C474:  Include a flower or flowers
3. DigiDesigns Challenge Blog: TIC,TAC,TOE (green, embellishments,rectangle)
4. Jo's Scrap Shack:FFC#272Always Anything Goes 
5. QKR Stampede;Anything Goes Challenge #338
6. Crafts Galore Encore: #61 March ATG
7. Crafting with an Attitude: #49
8. Craft Rocket Challenge Challenge 57 March Flowers
9. Sasayaki Glitter  Stamps by Naz March Challenge Flowers
10. Southern Girlz Challenge: Flora and Fauna