3 challenges in 1 card

Well I was very good today and didnt start crafting till tonight even though I really wanted to! Thought I'd better do some hw seeing as I'm working all weekend, but I have now sat and crafted and used some of my new rubba! I have used TGF Wild Sprout Maria and inside my card which I didnt take a pic of is the sentiment 'time to follow your dreams' I used this as this is a card for a work colleague who is leaving on Sunday and going back to Slovenia to be with her boyfriend. Anyway this card is for the following 3 challenges:-

Papertake Weekly ~ sketch #43 the papers I used are K&Co McKenna and Maria is coloured with copics and I added some glamour dust to her dress collar and some dew drops to the flowers in her hair.

Cute Card Thursday #118 ~ reuse, renew, recycle and for this challenge I have included the buttons which came of a garment ages ago

Stamp Something ~ Vintage with flowers so I sanded and inked the edges of the paper and then sponged some ink around the image to remove the glare of white paper and the flowers are from my party bag candy.

Well TFL I'm off to see if I can fit another card in before I go to bed. x

Spoon Full of Sugar challenge #107 & Cute Card Thursday #116

Well this clip it frame project meets 2 challenges and is a present for Ria's friend whose party she is going to tomorrow.

Spoon Full Of Sugar #107 ~ Floral Delight, background paper is papermania and is floral, other paper is scraps from my drawers, alpha is cut using xyron pc system, sizzix dies have been used for the daisy flower with button and the flowers and buttons on the top are from my stash and the butterfly dangly is an old earring.

Cute Card Thursday #116 ~ anything but square, well this is a rectangle.

Ria is pleased with the final outcome just hope Emma is too. Right I'm off to get some sleep as on the early shift tomorrow. TFL

CCT #114 and Sketch Saturday #105

Ok now this card looks really simple and for the most part it was fairly simple to put together but I really struggled with the little flowers I tried lots of different things before I remembered I had these and then that was it finished. I coloured the image (which is a papermania botanicals) with copics and used the feather blending technique for the first time. You can find a brilliant tutorial here by Sammi over at the Mad For Markers blog. This card is for 2 challenges.

Sketch Saturday #105

Cute Card Thursday #114 - No Designer Papers - cs is coredinations and the ribbon and flowers are all from my stash. TFL

I managed 5 challenges in one card!

Dont manage that very often but I seem to have so little crafting time at the moment that I made the most of this card! lol

Cute Card Thursday #103 a sketch - took me a while and lots of different combinations of papers but got there in the end!

Stamp Something - 2 of Something - 2 buttons and 2 pieces of wire.

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #84 - no patterend paper, once I decide that I couldnt get my pp to work this came together quite quickly. cs is coredinations and a little mirriboard, have used the daisy cuttlebug embossing folder and my tonic studio punches to add detail.

Dotties World - Thanks a Bunch - thank you card using Hippy Dottie from the Rock til you Drop collection.

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #45 Buttons and Butterflies, got them both.

Hopefully get more crafting time next week as its half term and I've got the week off! really looking forward to that as work as been pretty hectic recently. TFL

5 challenges in 1 card

Well I am so behind on my challenges this week that in the end this card has managed to fit in with 5 YES 5 different challenges! Dotties World asked for stitching (and a charmed download of course) I used Mikey at the beach, Cute Card Thursday was Boyz to Men, Crafty Sentiments was to include buttons, Stamp Something was Birthday something and the sketch I followed is this weeks sketch from Sketch Saturday. Papers are from a digi kit by Sweet Blossom Designs called Numb3rs and the buttons are from my stash. TFL I'm off to try and leave some comments on some of your blogs.

Copic Colour Challenge # 61, CCT #109 and Dotties World Textures galore

Ok I made a card which fits with 3 challenges, Copic Colour Challenge which is YG00, RV13 and V91 and guess what I had all 3! thanks to my wonderful sister (otherwise I would not have had any of them this week! lol), Cute Card Thursday is a sketch and over at Dotties World Adele asked us for lots of texture so I have shiny background paper (2008 flower fairies calendar!) ribbon, embossing on the mat and both butterflies and the flower which has been coloured with copics. The image is from the Sugar & Spice collection available at Charmed Cards & Crafts and this is the collection I chose for winning Adeles Birthday blog candy, My charmed downloads collection is again complete! TFL

4 challenges in 1 card

Well this card has taken me a long time today but I have had fun putting it together. Dotties World challenge this week was Step Into Spring so I went for Holly in the garden from the Holly & Madison Collection available at Charmed Cards and Crafts and I have actually digitally paper pieced her with papers from a kit called Summer Lovin' because it uses the colours pink & green which along with flowers is the challenge over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. Although it wasnt difficult to digi paper piece I did find it time consuming getting all my layers round the right way! I based the layout of my card on the sketch from Sketch and Stash #31 and my new stash is the digi kit which I bought recently with my winnings from Scrap That Idea, this kit is by Stacey of Stacey's Scraps and I love all the different elements that go with it and the addon of plain card that actually looks like bazzil! the only other addition I used to Stacey's kit is the flourishes top left and bottom right which are actually brushes that were part of a freebie set from Cottage Arts. The 4th challenge I am going for is the one over at Cute Card Thursday which is Dimensions (or lots of layers) well I have gone for the lots of layers as this card has 13 layers not including the image which is made up of 7 layers on its own!

CCT - #102 Lucky Green

In honour of St Patricks Day Cute Card Thursday would like to see a card where the predominate colour is green. While I was thinking about this card I remembered that I had bought some Rock Hard Fairies quite a while back and I knew some of them were green and sure enough I found Jinx. The papers are also from the Rock Hard Fairies but I added some silver holographic card and the brad at the bottom of the card is made using the Papermania Build A Brad kit, which I have wanted for ages and finally bought about 2 weeks ago and this is the first time I've used it!lol Thought this would come in handy for one of Rias friends as they are all turning into teenagers this year! TFL

another 4 in 1 card!

Well my crafting time has been somewhat limited recently unfortunately so this card has covered 4 challenges! Sketch from Sketch Saturday, Stamp Something theme of Spring Something - cute image from Polloycraft Designs, Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon-tastic - little ribbon roses (new stash!) and Copic Colour Challenge - YG03 (I used YG23) Y17 (I had this one!) and C-7 (I used C-1) Papers are digi kit called Festival by Shabby Princess. TFL Hope to manage to get round and do some visiting and commenting over the next couple of days as I have 3 days off work! Yipeeeeee! lol

CCT - #98 Spots & Dots & Papertake Weekly - sketch #34

I combined the sketch from Papertake Weekly with the challenge of Spots & Dots from Cute Card Thursday to make this card. The image is an Anya one that I got sent for my birthday, coloured with copics and some glamour dust added, papers are Papermania Signature range - Regency, ribbon, gems brads and cs are all from my stash. TFL

2 In 1 that should have been 3 in 1

Yes this is only a 2 in 1card when I had actually planned on it being a 3 in 1 card but unfortunately didnt get it finished in time for the sketch over a Papertake Weekly, oopsnever mind but it still meets the criteria for Copic Colour Challenge E00, E33 & R02, well I didnt have R02 so used E02 and R00 instead aswell as some others. The image is Dressy Camille (digi) from The Greeting Farm, papers are K-Ology Hannah , sentiment is a Daisy & Dandelion stamp and the flowers are from my stash. The other challenge this is for is Cute Card Thursday #97 Blooming Gorgeous. TFL

Cute Card Thursday #96 - Fairy Fantastic & Friday Sketchers #86

The challenge over at Cute Card Thursday is Fairies so I thought I'd use this image of Dottie which was a freebie for taking part in a challenge at Dotties World quite some time ago, I coloured her with copics and added a few touches of sakura stardust I used MME Bloom & Grow papers and followed the sketch from Friday Sketchers. TFL

MTTC #74 - cool cats & CCT #95 pink & grey

A 2 in 1 card for the challenges over at My Time To Craft - Cool Cats and Cute Card Thursday - pink & grey. The image is from the Daisy & Dandelion range and the sparkly paper was sent to me so dont know what make it is. Coloured the bloom with copics to match the patch on the pumpkin the cat. Kept this one simple as I really like the design on the paper.

5 challenges in 1 card!

Yep you read it right I have managed to combine 5 challenges in 1 card mainly because it would seem that the 'New' year has been a major theme so without further ado here are the challenges I have made this card for:

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - theme of 'New' - new baby

Stamp Something - use something new - Copic G00, leaf punch, sentiment tag

Copic Colour Challenge - G00, RV21 & B32 - I managed G00 then used pales pinks and violets aswell, all copics

Papertake Weekly - New Beginings - New baby

Cute Card Thursday # 94 All New - see the above for the 'new' bits.

Well that has certainly helped me catch up with the challenges this week but still got a few to go but they will have to wait till tomorrow as I'm heading off to bed now. TFL

CCT #93 Sketchtastic & ABC - L is for Layering

I have combined 2 challenges with this card. Cute Card Thursday was a sketch and over at ABC it is L is for Layering so these 2 challenges seemed to go so well together. The papers are Dovecraft A hint of Pink by Kate Knight and are a couple of scrap pieces left over from another project! The pink cs is some that I bought ages ago and had forgotten about till I was having a sort out the other day!lol, Ribbon, blooms, brad and sentiment are all from my stash. TFL

Cute Card Thursday #89 - Swirly Girly

Well the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday was to get all swirly and girly so I thought I'd give it a go as I dont often manage to get swirls in. I used the beautiful Sugar Nellie stamp coloured with copics (including a few new ones!lol) the pp are Blueberry Hill by Papermania and some coredinations cs. The swirls and flowers are a sizzix extended cut die and the sentiment I'm not sure where that stamp came from, probably a papermania one. Not my normal style but I like it. TFL

3 challenges in 1 card

This card fits with 3 challenges - Stamp Something - Thank you somethings, Spoon Full of Sugar - brown + pink or blue and Cute Card Thursday - snips, snails and puppy dog tails. The image is form the new collection by Lousie called Boy Oh Boy and is available over at Charmed Cards & Crafts, coloured with copics, plenty of brown and blue used, paper is one of the very few remnants I have left from my Cosmopoliton by making memories, buttons, bloom, ribbon and peeloff from my stash. TFL

CCT - glitter Me Silly & Friday Sketchers #78

I have combined the Glitter Me Silly challenge from CCT with the sketch from Friday Sketchers this week. The image is one I won in some blog candy and is coloured with copics and sakura glitter for the star, wings and a bit in his hair too, the papers are all from My Minds Eye Wonderful Winter glittered papers, the peeloff bells have been coloured with copics and sakura glitter pens. The image one mat have both been raised with foam pads. It is quite glittery irl but the photo doesnt really show it up sorry. TFL

Cute Card Thursday #85 Primary Colours

Fabby challenge over at Cute Card Thursday to use Primary Colours, I have used my Annie with teddy stamp from Charmed Cards & Crafts, coloured with copics and cut out with a nestie, the card actually has a slight blueish tinge to it as I have used a piece of varieated blue cs. The paper is papermania from way back! the buttons, gems and flowers are all from my stash. TFL

Cute Card Thursday #82 Candy Corns

Great challenge this week over at CCT but I didnt have anything candy/sweet themed til I remembered that this rabbit from the Daisy & Dandelion range is called 'Candyfloss'! and then I found these papers deep in my scraps drawers which I felt were quite candy like. I heat embossed Candyfloss with a copper powder and then coloured her in with copics, the brads, ribbon and flowers are from my stash. TFL