Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #242 Add a Critter

 Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and Judy is hosting today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'Add a Critter'.  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.

Ok, add a critter, what kind of critter, fun or serious, real, fantasy or cartoon-like, such was my dilemmas.  I decided to go for cartoon-like with this fun butterfly and cow image ( an old stamp by Stampendous 'Butterfly and Cow'). Two of my great-grandchildren were here and they each worked on a version of it. Fun time  (6 and 4-year-olds).


A Top Five Pick at QKR Designs

Challenges:
1. A Gem of a Challenge: WK19  Anything Goes
2. Corrosive  Challenge Anything Goes
3. Digi Designs 2 or more Patterned Paper
4. Crafty Catz Challenge #476 Anything Goes
5. QKR Stampede Challenge #365  ATop Five Pick
6. Send a Smile for Kids Challenge: Cute Fall/Halloween or ATG
7. Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #162 Things that Fly

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 #240 Pearls and Gems

     Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #240 Pearls-Gems

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and  Dr. Monika is hosting today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'Pearls-Gems'.  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 pearls/gems theme.
I used scraps and papers leftover from a previous card I had made (see here), changed the design somewhat and added some new elements.

Challenges
1. International Art & Soul # 66 Layer it Up 
2. Little Patch of Crafty Friends #113 Anything Goes
3. Creative Fingers Challenge # 169 Anything Goes
4. Brown Sugar Challenge #292  Anything Goes
5. Crafty Friends Challenge #117 Add Embellishments 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #239 It's A Bugs Life

Welcome to another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and Lin is hosting today's challenge.

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'It's a Bugs Life'.  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 originally thought of a fun card using humorous bug images, but while looking through my "stuff"  I  found this gem of a rubber stamp from IndigoBlu. I used Prismacolor markers, a butterfly and a dragonfly punch and finished it off with some half pearls.

Won a Top Three Placement at A Gem of a Challenge

Challenges:
1. Moo-Mania #197 - Butterflies
2. Take a Word: Butterflies
3. International Art and Soul: #65 Flowers
4. The Corrosive Challenge: #8 ATG
5. Crafting by Designs: August Anything Goes
6. Stamping Sensations: Things with Wings
7. A Gem of a Challenge:WK16 ATG  Top Three Placement 
8. Dragonfly Dreams: No Patterned Paper

Bugaboo Christmas in July Friday Challenge - Day 7- 2019 - Colour Challenge

 Bugaboo Christmas in July 2019

Day 7 Friday - Colour Challenge - with the movie 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer' as the inspiration movie 

I used an embossing folder for the large white background, a Merry Christmas sentiment , some green and red stickles and Bugaboo's  Deer Duo digital stamp.

Embossing folders: Stampin UP's Square Lattice , Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Die : Spellbinders Deckled  Rectangles
Punch: oval 

Wow, made it the end of the seven day challenge, tired but so happy to have a few more cards ready for Christmas!

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

1. Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Friday Challenge
2. Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #351 Anything Goes 
3. Crafting by Designs: Get Ready for Christmas
4. Crafty Animals:#28 ATG
5. Polkadoodles:Wk 30 Anything Goes

Bugaboo Christmas in July Thursday Challenge - Day 6- 2019 - Photo

Day 6 Thursday - Photo Inspiration - with the movie 'White Christmas' as the inspiration I chose the colour white as the main theme on my card and a very old black&white Bugaboo sentiment. (hope I am correct as the sentiment image was stored under Bugaboo on my computer, but I have misfiled before LOL!) .

I used an embossing folder for the large white background, a white lace strip placed horizontally and a larger two-layered vertical strip upon which placed some silver snowflakes.


Embossing folders: Stampin UP's Square Lattice , Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Die : Creative Expressions  Bevelled Glass, Spellbinders Circles
Other: white lace, silver stars, stickles


Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Challenges;
1. Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 6 - Photo Inspiration
2. Crafting by Designs: Get Ready for Christmas
3. Crafty Creations challenge #395 Anything Goes
4. Crafty Gals Corner challenge #196 Christmas in July
5. Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes
6. Get Creative challenge #82 Anything Goes

Bugaboo Christmas in July Wednesday Challenge -Day 5- Make it Funny

Day 5 Wednesday- Make it Funny Challenge - with the movie inspiration of Christmas Vacation, Home Alone or A Christmas Story. The movie Christmas Vacation and the tree trimming fiasco was my inspiration!  I love this little elf and he always brings a smile to my face!

I used the wonderful Elf image from Bugaboo titled ' Elf 001', coloured him with Copics, added a die-cut word sentiment and a wee white snowflake.  

 Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Challenges:
1. Bugaboo-Catch the Bug Challenge-Tuesday Day 5- Make it Funny Challenge 
2. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge: week 30 Anything Goes
3. Shopping our Stash #400 Anything Christmas Goes
4. A Bit More Time to Craft #96 Anything Goes
5. A Perfect Time to Craft: Open Challenge July #7 -2019