Crafty Catz Challenge #361 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning, wow is it my imagination or are the weeks just flying by?  Well as it's Friday that means a brand new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week the theme is 'Anything Goes' and this week it is the turn of our wonder Nina to set the twist for the DT and she has chosen 'use mostly GREEN' and our fabulous sponsor this week is

DI'S DIGIS STAMPS

PRIZE.....$12 DOLLAR VOUCHER

For my card I have used this fabulous cheery frog from Kenny K, always makes me smile.  He is coloured with a mix of markers and then some added sparkle using SN Sparkle pens and some 3d gloss for his eyes, sentiment is pc generated, leaf ribbon is from my stash and the background paper is from 'Stacey's Scraps ~ Hiawaian Luau'.  A nice simple and cheerful card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts #405 ~ Spring inspiration

Come ~& Get It ~ Cards for kids

Crafting From The Heart #149 ~ ATG

Crafty Sentiments ~ ATG

Fab 'n' Funky #341 ~ Music or inspired by a song ~ Frog Chorus 

Inspiration Destination #123 ~ ATG

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #107

Thanks for stopping by x

Beehive Queen

Today I thought I'd share the card I have made for the March Progressive Challenge over at Simply B Stamps Fan Page.  I must admit to being new to Simply B images but I'm lovin' them and this one is no exception.  I have coloured her with a mix of markers, (can't get to grips with skin using chameleons!), SN pencils and SN Sparkle pens, she is matted onto some black card and some black gems added.  Background printed paper is from Raspberry Road Designs then I added a circle of yellow cs which has been embossed, some ribbon from my stash.  The sentiment came with the image so I printed it onto yellow cs and matted it with black cs and finished of with some little bee buttons that I have had for such a long time, they have been attached to the back of the sentiment using some yellow wire.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart #148 ~ATG

Tuesday Throwdown #332 ~ Things with wings

Inspiration Destination #123 ~ ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #112 ~ Add ribbon

Brown Sugar #240 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #360 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning, I seem to be totally in a rush all the time at the moment and if not in a rush then I'm tired!  Just as well I'm on holiday for a while think I need time to unwind and slow down with some serious crafting!  Anyway it's Friday so that means a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and the theme is 'Anything Goes' and this week it is the turn of our fabulous leader Carol to pick the twist for the DT and this week it's 'Doilies', you don't have to do the twist but it we love it when you do play along with the twist.  Our wonderful sponsor this week is 

A DAY FOR DAISIES

The DT were very generously given some images to play along with.  I chose 'Birds For Bree' I have coloured her with a mix of markers, added a stamped sentiment, papers are Santoro and called Adrift (I think, its an old pad) but they gave me a sort of vintagey feel.  The 2 rows of birds are die cut from papers from the same pad.  Doily is from a pack of mixed size ones that I bought ages ago in a kitchen shop with the thought of crafting not baking! lol  Added some lace from stash and finished off with a metal square brad which has a rose from the background paper set into it with a resin top.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts #404 ~ Metal and/or charms

Open Minded Crafting Fun #14 Flowering in February

Crafting From The Heart #148 ~ ATG

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Leather and/or Lace

Crafty Sentiments ~ ATG

Tuesday Throwdown #332 ~ Things with wings

Inspiration Destination #123 ~ ATG

Crafty Creations #336 ~ ATG

Crafty Girls Creations #34 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Guest Designer Spot over at The Crazy Challenge

Having been picked as a Top 3 recently over at The Crazy Challenge I had the opportunity to be a guest designer for 2 of their challenges, well it would have been rude not to join in!  So this fortnight the challenge is 'We Love Animals' and it gave me a great opportunity to play with the Cricut, To You From Me cartridge and using Kraft cs and patterned Kraft Funday papers from MME I made this owl pillow box,  I think it's a cutie don't you?

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Inspiration Destination #122 ~ ATG

Brown Sugar #239 ~ ATG

Creative Fingers #125 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #183 ~ Go Green

Hi, I hope you have all had a good weekend, it's time for a brand new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and this week our host is Judy and she has chosen the theme 'Go Green' and wants to see your projects using mainly green or as it's nearly St Patrick's Day you could make a project to celebrate that.  

I recently bought the Cricut cartridge  'To You From Me' and a scoring tool so I've been busy playing with it and decided to make a gift card holder.  The paper is from First Edition 'Hideaway' then I added a punched butterfly, die cut sentiment, some gems, raffia string and wooden beads.  Can see me making a few of these they are such a great way to give gift cards.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner #111 ~ ATG

Inspiration Destination #122 ~ ATG

Craft Rocket #33 ~ ATG

Brown Sugar #239 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #359 ~ Anything Goes

Oops, sorry running late this week with just about everything, except work!  I've even picked up an extra late shift today with a sleep in, oh well at least I'm on holiday for 2 weeks after that! LOL  Anyway it's Friday so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and the theme is 'Anything Goes' and this week our wonderful Janette has set the DT with the extra twist of making something with 'thoughts of spring', lovely challenge and we have an awesome and generous sponsor this week too

BUGABOO

prize...4 images of winners choice

The DT were very generously given some images to play along with.  I used the beautiful 'Dandelions and butterflies'.  As the twist was thoughts of spring I played around with the image in PS Elements 5 and changed the colour before printing out to a shade of green that worked with the papers I chose which are from Raspberry Road Designs 'Cherrylimeade'.  A little ribbon from my stash and then some yellow cs and used some new dies to cut the dandelions and the sentiment panel and there it is.  Really like how this one turned out.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Open Minded Crafting Fun #14 ~ Flowering in February

Sweet Stampin' ~ Flowers

Allsorts #403 ~ ATG

Crafting From The Heart #147 ~ ATG

Crafty Sentiments ~ Spring

Inspiration Destination #122 ~ ATG

Cut It Up #116 ~ Birthday
Word Art Wednesday #270-271 ~ ATG 

Thanks for stopping by x

Lucinda ~ Simply B Stamps

Just wanted to pop on and share the project I made for the Progressive Challenge over at Simply B Stamps Fan Page.  This months image is the beautiful 'Lucinda' and the challenge was 'pastel goth' colour scheme, so black and at least one pastel colour but can be more.   

I decided to make an insert panel for the hessian bag I use to take my meals to work in.  I have coloured 'Lucinda' with copics, chameleons and SN pencils, papers are from Raspberry Road Designs 'My Baby Love Girl' kit which I then teamed up with black mat and die cut accents.  Sentiment is cut on the Cricut and I finished off with some flowers and Card Candi from my stash.  A great challenge and I love how she turned out.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Inspiration Destination #122 ~ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #110 ~ Use your favourite things ~ Cricut, dies and markers

Crafty Creations #335 ~ ATG

Creative Inspirations #268 ~ ATG 

Craft Rocket #33 ~ ATG

Creative Fingers #125 ~ ATG

Allsorts #403 ~ ATG

Sweet Stampin' ~ Flowers

Crafting From The Heart #147 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #358 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and the theme is 'Anything Goes' and this week and our wonderful Nick laid down the challenge to the DT of 'Occupations' and we have an awesome sponsor this week in the form of 

KENNY K 

PRIZE

5 digi images of winners choice

Our very generous sponsors gave the DT some fabulous images to play along with and I have used 'Chef' coloured with copics and Chameleons, then I made a recipe box using the 'To You From Me' Cricut catridge which was a birthday treat so this was great fun to make as I didn't have to worry about all the measuring and cutting! I embossed with cupcakes and the Recipes was also on the cartridge.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart #146 ~ ATG

Inspiration Destination #122 ~ ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #110 ~ Use your favourite things ~ my Cricut is certainly one of my favourite things along with my copics and Chameleons.

Crafty Creations #335 ~ ATG

Craft Rocket #33 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #182 ~ Add some texture

Hello, it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and this fortnight Maike is hosting and the theme is Add Texture, now that can be wet or dry embossing, fabric, mixed media stuff, the options are huge, jut have fun with it.

For my card I have used a background paper from the Neroli pad which is fabric textured then I have added some red cs embossed with swiss dots, the image is an old one which is from The Greeting Farm which hasn't seen the light of day for a while! She is coloured with chameleons and SN pencils.  The speech bubble is embossed too as are the little leaves die cuts then finished of with 2 punched butterflies one from the backing paper and one from vellum these are then layered up and finished off with some blue gems.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner #109 ~ Shades of red

Creative Inspirations #268 ~ ATG

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #105

Inspiration Destination #121 ~ ATG

Crafty Creations #334 ~ ATG

Crafty Girls Creations #33 ~ ATG

Creative Fingers #124 ~ ATG

A Gem of a Challenge #187 ~ Add a butterfly

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #357 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning, I hope you are all well, I have been dealing with a particularly irksome cold for over a week now and I just can't seem to shift it, hey ho that's the way it goes sometimes. Anyway you're not here to hear about my woes!  It's Friday so it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and the theme is Anything Goes with our fabulous Caz setting the DT twist of 3 designer papers.  We have a wonderful sponsor this week too

LACY SUNSHINE 

PRIZE...3 IMAGES FROM SHOP

The DT were given some fab images to play along with.  I have used an image from our sponsor that I won a while back called SkyLynn. I have coloured her with chameleons and SN sparkles and then digitally paper pieced her kimono using a paper from Raspberry Road Designs kit called Asian Dreams.  I then used 2 more papers from the kit and digitally cut away some of the cream background then overlaid that paper over the the other paper and added some dropped shadow before printing out.  I matted the image onto some gold mirriboard then cut out a fan and birdcage from the mirriboard and finished off with a little die cut bird and peel off sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Allsorts #501 ~ Paper piecing
Crafting From The Heart #145 ~ ATG
Crafty Sentiments ~ ATG
Creative Inspirations #268 ATG
Inspiration Destination #121 ~ ATG
Crafty Creations #334 ~ ATG
Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #356 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning, well here we are at Friday again so time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz.  The theme is 'Anything Goes' and this week our twist has been set by our wonderful Aunty Sue and she wants us to give our cards a male twist.  We are sponsored by 

RICK ST DENNIS 

Stores

www.zibbet.com/rick1949

www.etsy.com/shop/rickstdennis

PRIZE......3 IMAGES OF WINNERS CHOICE

The DT were very generously given some fabulous images to play along with.  I have used Archie and decided to put him in the lens of a camera cut on the Cricut.  The papers are Portobello Road and I've added some travel washi tape to the base layer and some ribbon to the camera. The sentiments are stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts #400 ~ Let's Celebrate
Come & Get It ~ 3 or more layers
Crafting From The Heart #145 ~ ATG
Die Cuttin' Divas #302 ~ ATG
Crafty Sentiments ~ Lace and/or Ribbon
Inspiration Destination #121 ~ ATG
Crafty Girls Creations #33 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #181 ~ Love, Love, Love

Good morning well it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and this time it is the turn of our fabulous leader Lin to set the theme and she has chosen the theme of 'Love, Love, Love' so lots of scope there.  

For my card I have used lots of die cuts done on the Cricut and I have gone with a WoW theme.  The card was for my parents who celebrated their Ruby anniversary a short time a go which is why I added the little red ribbon bow.  Layered the frame and heart using foam pads for some additional dimension.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown #327 ~ ATG
Fab 'n' Funky #335 ~ Ribbon and/or pearls
Crafty Gals Corner #107 ~ ATG
Craft Rocket #31 ~ Add a bow
Thanks for stopping by x

A little inspiration

Over at Simply B Stamps the other day Betty very generously made available for a very limited time a fantastic image of Martin Luther King.  I couldn't resist then I started trawling the internet for some inspiration and came across lots of  black and white pictures and TV clips so I decided to make my project black and white.  This is a wall hanging and the background is an old newspaper print paper from Raspberry Road Designs to it I have added the image coloured with Chameleon pens and then inked around the edge, added 3 little black gems and them some black cs die cuts and I found an old fabric flower that I inked with some grey ink and attached the  flower to the hanging with a grey brad.

I would like to enter this wall hanging into the following challenges:
Inspiration Destination #120 ~ ATG
Crafty Creations #333 ~ ATG
Brown Sugar #234 ~ ATG
Creative Fingers #123 ~ ATG
Sweet Stampin' ~ Dies and Punches
Crafting From The Heart #144 ~ ATG
Crazy Challenge #240 ~ Black is Back
Thanks for stopping by x

A little romance

The other day over at Faery Ink there was a special One Day Fae freebie of the delightful image called Doodlebug Valentine Lolliop, I couldn't resist!  So I have made this card with her and I have used my chameleon pens and had a go at colouring pleats, need a lot more practice but it was fun trying!  Paper is from a pad from The Range teamed up with red cs, die a little heart banner and the flower is a Sheena Douglass die 'Floral Burst' which came with the new edition of Crafters Inspiration.  The button is made with my epiphany punch (don't use it enough!) and finished off with a stamped sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart #143 ~ ATG

Inspiration Destination #120 ~ ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #106 ~ Add a heart

Brown Sugar #234 ~ ATG

Creative Fingers #123 ~ ATG

Sweet Stampin' ~ Dies and Punches

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Catz Challenge #354 ~ Anything Goes

Good morning and it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and the theme this week is 'Anything Goes' and it's my turn to choose a twist and the twist this week is 'Monochrome'.  We have a fabulous sponsor this week

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS

Prize is 3 digital images 

For my card I have used a fab image from our sponsor called 'Fashion Party', such a hip chick wouldn't you say! Coloured her up using Chameleons, a little bit of sparkle on her glasses then 3d gloss added to glasses, belt, bracelet and boots, the sentiment is also from Crafty Sentiments.  The papers are from Bearly Mine Designs matted with some black cs, finished off with some black ribbon, punched flowers and liquid pearls.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crazy Challenge #240 ~ Black is back

Crafting From The Heart #143 ~ ATG

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #334 ~ Must use ribbon

Inspiration Destination #120 ~ ATG

Creative Inspirations #266 ~ Fabulous flowers

Thanks for stopping by x

Just for you

Just thought I'd share this card with you, I'm not totally sure about it! lol  I wanted to go with a WoW theme and was looking through my embossing folders and saw the one with all the keys on it so my mind went 'umm steampunk'  and that's how this grew!  rounded the corners of the base layer then cut the circle piece on the Cricut which was then embossed with gears.  The four diamonds were also cut on the Cricut then I stamped them with and old stamp finished off with an embossed sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Feeling Sketchy #161

Sweet Stampin' ~ WoW

Incy Wincy Designs ~ For the men in your life

Crafting From The Heart #143 ~ ATG

Inspiration Destination #120 ~ ATG

Crafty Creations #333 ~ ATG

Thanks for stopping by x

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #180 ~ New Beginnings

Today I can share some good news with you, I have been accepted as a new DT member over at Crafty Cardmakers  and this is our first challenge of the year and it's my turn to host and the theme of the challenge is:

New Beginnings.

We want to see your creations related to new beginnings, that might be the arrival of a baby, a new relationship, marriage, engagement, a new year's resolution even!  Anything you care to enter is fine, a card, scrap layout, mixed media piece, some home decor, as long as it meets the New Beginnings theme.

So here I am as a New DT member and my first card is a New Baby centre step card.  Papers are from my stash, sorry don't have the makers details anymore (they are quite old!) teamed up with 2 shades of blue cs and plenty of Cricut cuts and liquid pearls.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Gals Corner #105 ~ Use patterned paper
Craft Rocket #30 ~ Something New
Brown Sugar #233 ~ ATG
Do-Al(l) Creative #1 ~ Something New
Thanks for stopping by x

Cowgirl

The beautiful cowgirl image I have used for my card today is from The East Wind and is called 'Cowgirl Portrait' and I had printed her off quite some time ago and I had coloured her face before I had the operation on my hand and just happened across her again so got busy with my chameleons and finished her off.  Used some great wood effect paper from Bearly Mine Designs which I teamed up with some Kraft cs.  The fringed ribbon I bought a little while ago and thought it would be perfect for this image then I had a good root around in some of my older stash, I was looking for some cowboy boots die cuts that I thought I had but apparently not anymore! lol Instead I found the metal label and the red star gems and I finished off with a red brad and peel off sentiment.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crazy Challenge #239 ~ 3 of a kind ~ 3 star gems

Crafting From The Heart #142 ~ ATG

Crafty Sentiments ~ ATG

Crafty Gals Corner #105 ~ use patterned paper

The Paper Shelter #276 ~ use some ribbon and/or lace

Creative Fingers #122 ~ ATG

Brown Sugar #233 ~ ATG