Crafty Catz Challenge #281 ~ Spring Time

Morning!  Well this weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz is Spring Time and the theme has been chosen by our wonderful Dianne and we have a wonderful sponsor too 

RICK ST DENNIS 

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

The DT were given some wonderful images to play along with, unfortunately due to problems with my thumbs recently followed by ink and printer head problems I was unable to use one of those images, in fact my project does not involve any colouring, but lots of cutting on the Cricut, some flowers, a bit of wire and ribbon and a few punched butterflies. This is quite a picture heavy so my apologies for that but wanted to show you all 4 sides.

 

 

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

Open Minded Crafting #37 ~ Inspired by a song ~ Paper Roses - Marie Osmond

A Gem of a Challenge #145 ~ Flowers

Come and Get it ~ Tic Tac Toe - die cuts, sentiment, flowers

Robyns Fetish #265 ~ Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #198 ~ Ribbon or lace

Not Just Cards #20 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #61 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything But a Card

Ruby's Rainbow ~ May Blossom & Butterflies

The Paper Shelter #205 ~ Flowers

Crafty Creations #290 ~ All Creatures Great & Small

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Crafty Catz Challenge #280 ~ Kids

Good morning, well this morning I am off to have a cortisone injection in my right thumb so although it's my weekend off I'm not sure how much crafting I will get done so it's a good thing I had my Crafty Catz DT ready this week!  This week it is the turn of our beautiful Anna to choose the theme and she has chosen KIDS in celebration of International Child's Day on 1st June and we have a fabulous sponsor too 

THE PAPER SHELTER

 $10 Gift Certificate

For my card I have used the wonderful image Happy Birthday To Me from TPS, isn't it adorable?  I have coloured with a mix of copics and spectrums.  The paper is Bearly Mine Designs and coredinations cs.  The border is cut on the Cricut as is the 2, the banner is a JS die and finished off with some cupcake ribbon from my stash.

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

Crafting From The Heart #60 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #19 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ With a heart

Little Red Wagon #290 ~ To Die For

Crafty Creations #289 ~ Colour palette

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Hmmmm Cupcake!

Wow, feels like ages since I last posted but it was only Friday, trouble is I haven't had much crafting time the past couple of weeks due to work and it has taken me ages to finish this card but finished it I have so thought I'd share it.

The image is from The East Wind and is called Diva Lisa Hmmmm Cupcake and I have coloured her with Copics, fussy cut her and layered onto papers from PM Happy Days, which are layered onto green cs which I embossed and then palin pink cs.  I finished off with some green gems and peeloff sentiments.  

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

Creative Fingers #80 ~ Anything Goes

Simply Create Too #85 ~ Favourite colour combo ~ pink & green is one of mine

Sister Act Card Challenge #106 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #60 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew #87 ~ embossing wet or dry 

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Crafty Catz Challenge #279 ~ Feeling the Music

Gosh isn't time flying by, can't believe another week has passed already, mind you I have had a busy a full on week so as today is my day off before doing 2 12hr shifts I'm going to try and make the most of it! lol  So this week over at Crafty Catz our darling Aunty Sue has chosen the theme of 'Feeling the Music' and this means she wants to see music/players/singers etc.  We are sponsored by the fabulous 

KENNY K 

PRIZE
5 digi images of winners choice

And the DT were generousl given some wonderful images to play along with, so be sure to check out the rest of the amazingly talented Catz.

For my card I have used the wonderful ElenaK and teamed her up with some fab digi papers from a kit called 'Let it Rock' (sorry can't remember the designer right now) Kraft cs some red gems and ribbon, the sentiment is from Crafty Sentiments and the image is coloured with copics and spectrums with touches of sakura stardust.

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

Crafty Boots ~ Ribbon or lace

Not Just Cards #19 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #59 ~ Anything Goes

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Not a card

Good morning, just thought I'd share this little box frame I've decorated.  I have used this months fabulous freebie from The East Wind.  I have paper pieced her skirt with paper from Raspberry Road Designs Always Asia kits and placed her on paper from Raspberry Road Designs SallyAnn kit.  I added liquid pearls to the flwoer centers and finished colouring the image with copics and spectrums.  The flower stems are  cut on the cricut and I added liquid pearls to them and then pulled a pin through for a different effect, finished off with a JS butterfly die cut and some little punched butterflies.  I'm pleased with the outcome and I hope my recipient will be too.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Not Just Cards #18 ~ Anything Goes

Crafty Boots ~ Things with Wings

Crafting from the Heart #58 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown #243 ~ Flowers for her

Ruby's Rainbow #103 ~ Anything Goes

The East Wind #30 ~ Mother's Day add flowers

Aloha Friday #47 ~ In the garden

Creative Fingers #79 ~ Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' ~ Spring flowers

Come & Get It ~ Got Flowers?

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Crafty Catz Challenge #278 ~ C&S

OOpps I'm so late posting this, it's my DT card for this week's challenge over at Crafty Catz, I forgot to shedule before I went to work yesterday for a long day adn sleep in, followed by the early today and I don't seem to have stopped since I got home from work but the good news is I have Saturday and Sunday off! Anyway back to the challenge, this week it was the turn of our wonderful Janette to set the theme and she chose C&S (Clean & Simple) and sponsoring the challenge this week we have the wonderful

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS

Prize 3 digi images

I used a beautiful stamp called 'Roses and Tulips' which I have coloured with my copics and spectrums.  I stamped the image and sentiment directly onto white cs and then embossed the edges and fixed to a green card blank, added some sakura stardust to some of the flowers and it was done!  The bit that took the longest was deciding which fabulous stamp from Crafty Sentiments to use! lol

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

Crafting From the Heart #58 ~ Anything Goes

Not Just Cards #18 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes + option No patterned paper

Tuesday Throwdown #243 ~ Flowers for Her

Fab 'n' Funky #258 ~ May Flowers

Aloha Friday #47 ~ In the garden

Sister Act Card Challenge #105 ~ Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #90 ~ Spring has Sprung

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Crafty Catz Challenge #277 ~ Colour Challenge

Good morning, well this is the start of a busy work weekend for me including bank holiday Monday so I shall be looking forward to a day off on Tuesday! lol  Anyway as it's Friday that means it's time for a brand new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week it was the turn of our wonderful Kim to set the theme but sadly she decided to step down from the DT but we loved the theme so we kept it! Its a fabulous colour challenge so take your inspiration from the colours in the photo

and we have a fabulous sponsor,  who very generously gave the DT some images to play along with,

 FITZTOWN

PRIZE.....3 digis of their choice. 

So for my card I used the image Garden 9 and this time coloured using my spectrum noir pencils and blending liquid, (need more practice! lol) and I teamed my image up with papers from First Edition New Leaf pad, some organza ribbon, the antique gold coloured tag is one of a bundle of metal bits I bought ages ago and I put an offcut of paper in the middle.  Ticket die cuts which I added a stamped sentiment to and then finished off with a few gems.

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

Allsorts #308 ~ Bring on the bling

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Spring/greens

Not Just Cards #18 ~ Anything Goes 

Crafting From The Heart #57 ~ Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow #103 ~ Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks #244 ~ Anything Goes

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Coming Back As A Man

Just thought I'd share with the card I have made to enter the Facebook Challenge over at The East Wind where the challenge was to be inspired by a song,  I was originally going to use American Beauty/American Psycho by Fall Out Boy but when I was scrolling through my itunes I happened across The Shocking Miss Emerald album and 1 song just jumped out at me ~ Coming Back As A Man' and I knew then that I was going to use the wonder TEW image 'Lucy Loo Mad Hatter' and I had great fun colouring her in.  I also remembered that I had a piece of ribbon left that would fit perfectly with the image.  Then I decided to go with Kraft/red/black colour combo.  The ticket border is cut on the Cricut using Elegant Edges and I finished off with a wooden hat to which I added some red ribbon and a few brads and black pearls.  A little out of the box I know but that's what challenges are all about.

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

Crafting From the Heart #56 ~ Anything Goes

Creative Inspiration #310 ~ Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks #243 ~ Inspired by a book ~ Alice in Wonderland

Brown Sugar #143 ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #103 ~ Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity #223 ~ Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #89 ~ Use a die cut

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2  #52

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Crafty Catz Challenge #276 ~ Things with Wings

Good morning!  Well today is the start of my 3 day weekend Yipee! so I shall hopefully get lots of time to craft (that's my plan anyway! lol we shall see!)  So as it's Friday that means time for a new challenge over at Crafty Catz and this time it's the turn of the wonderful Nick to choose the theme and she has chosen one that will delight lots of you, Things with Wings, and we have 2 fabulous sponsors for you this week it's

CRAFTY RIBBONS

AND

inky impressions 

 The  prize will be a 10$ Gift voucher.

Now I have to admit my mojo kinda took a break this week, so hope it comes back this weekend!  After lots of paper pushing and hair pulling I remembered a cut on the Cricut Paperlace cartridge that had lots of butterflies so that is what I went with and initially was going to go with a classic black and white version (maybe another day!) but in the end went with this one, I hope you like it.  The sentiment is also from the same cartridge, I must add that once I'd decided to go down the route of using the cricut it was a very quick card to make.  Be sure to check out my Teamies as their mojos certainly haven't been on a break!

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

Allsorts #307 ~ Quick & Simple

Come & Get It ~ Things that start with a B ~ Butterflies

Crazy Challenge #195 ~ Springtime

Crafting From the Heart #56 ~ Anything Goes

Die Cuttin' Divas #212 ~ National Garden Month

Tuesday Throwdown #241 ~ Up in the air

Creative Card Crew #85 ~ Sentiment

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Boy oh Boy!

Hi there! Did you all have a good weekend?  Mine went ok considering I worked 2 long days with a sleep in in between them!  Anyway when I got home yesterday I was just too tired to post this card so I'm doing it now!  I used an old TGF stamp called 'Tank' that I have had for a while coloured with copics and spectrum pens and pencils to match the stripey paper which is from Raspberry Road Designs 'Suburban Boy' kit.  I teamed it up with some green, orange and black cs.  The orange cs I embossed with cogs. Mats for the image are cut on the Cricut using Elegant Edges, the cogs and diamond strips are die cuts and I finished off with a stamped sentiment, some green gems and a green brad. Hope you like him.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Paper Shelter #199 ~ For the Boys
Fab 'n' Funky #255 ~ Masculine
Creative Fingers #76 ~ Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #102 ~ Anything Goes
Coffee, Chocolate & Cards #89 ~ Use a die cut
Come and Get It ~ Things that start with a B ~ boy, brad, black
Not Just Cards #17 ~ Anything Goes
Crafting from the heart #56 ~ Anything Goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #51

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Crafty Catz Challenge #275 ~ It's a girl thing

Wow! It's Friday again, it seems to come around quicker each week! lol  So that means time for another wonderful challenge over at Crafty Catz and this week our fabulous boss lady Carol has chosen the theme of 'It's a Girl thing' and we have a super sponsor this week too ...

Sami Stamps 

PRIZE
Sami Stamps will provide a 12$ gift card to the shop at www.samistamp.blogspot.com (that's equal to 3 images of  choice) to the winner. 

What a fabulous prize and Sami very generously let the DT chose an image to use for this challenge and I was drawn to the beautiful image 'Wind Beauty', I coloured it with copics and spectrums added paper, cs and die cuts from my stash and hey presto my card. (I wish it was as easy as it sounds! lol)

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

Sentimental Sundays #254 ~ NO sentiment #2

Crazy Challenge #195 ~ Springtime

Not Just Cards #17 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #55 ~ Anything Goes

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A Good Book

Good morning, I just thought I'd share my latest project with you.  I finished it late last night but was just too tired to up load it!  I have made a bookmark for a friend at work as we were chatting about books and it turns out she is a 'page folder'! Oh No!  turning down the pages is not something we do, infact Ria can read a brand new book without putting a fold or crease in the spine, most of her books if they are not second hand are in pristine condition despite being read several times.  I have even known her in a book shop ask them if they have another copy of something if the cover is creased or damaged! lol Anyway back to my project I have used a fabulous image from TEW 'Lucy Loo Bookaholic' thought it was the perfect image for a bookmark.  She is coloured with copics and spectrum pencils. I have backed it with a scrap from DCWV Natural Stack, added a cream eyelet to strengthen the hole for the funky fibres.

 

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

Creative Fingers #75 ~ Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays #254 ~ NO sentiment

Not Just Cards #17 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #55 ~ Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow #102 ~ CAS

The East Wind #29 ~ Fibre-licious

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NOT that old ...

Hi just thought I'd share the card I have made tonight for my Uncle who turns 60 later this month.  I have used a fabulous 'Gus' image from Bugaboo,coloured him with copics and spectrums, papers are Echo Park Times & Seasons, added some deep red ribbon which has some sparkle going on too, some arrow die cuts and a ballon die cut which I raised on foam pads.  The sentiment comes with the image.

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

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter #198 ~ Birthday with a sentiment

4 Crafty Chicks #241 ~ Die cuts

Creative Fingers #75 ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #101 ~ Anything Goes

Sketch Saturday #356 ~ rotated 90 degrees

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Crafty Catz Challenge #274 ~ 2 or more patterned papers

OOoops!  I'm late!  But I'm here finally with my DT card for this weeks new challenge over at Crafty Catz where this week it is the turn of our wonderful Cindy to host and she has chosen the fab theme of 2 or more patterned papers and our fabulous sponsor this week is ...

BUGABOO

prize...7 images of winners choice

Now when I first started crafting and making cards I really struggled putting papers together particularly patterned papers but then I came across fabulous designers particularly digi designers who make their kits and make sure that the papers work together, really made my life easier!  And I have used 2 papers on this card from the fabulous but unfortunately no longer trading Donna of Bearly Mine Designs.  ( I have quite a few of her kits on my pc! lol)  And I have found that they do team up rather well with the wonderful digi images from Bugaboo.  This card uses 'Flower Garden' from Bugaboo, our super generous sponsor and papers from 'Spring Delights' and 'Christmas Wishes' by Bearly Mine Designs.  The image is coloured with copics.  The little bird, rolled flowers and sentiment shape are all cut on the Cricut then I have added die cut butterflies, liquid pearls and a little clay ladybird.

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

Crazy 4 Challenges #280 ~ Daisy/daisies

Crazy Challenge #194 ~ Floral #3

Crafty Cardmakers #136 ~ Wings

Not Just Cards #16 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #54 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew #84 ~ Handmade flowers

Little Red Wagon #284 ~ Spring is in the air

4 Crafty Chicks #241 ~ Die cuts

Creative Fingers #75 ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #101 ~ Anything Goes

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Colouring on Kraft

Now colouring on Kraft is not something I do very often but The East Wind have a Facebook challenge going on at the moment which is to colour on Kraft so I thought I'd join in the fun.  The image I chose is Lucy Loo Maui Maui and is one I treated myself to the other weekend when Unky was having a sale.  I have used my spectrum noir pencils to colour the image and I'm really pleased with how she turned out, the only problem was that once she was coloured I had no idea what papers I was going to use to make a card, I'd just coloured as I felt which meant I have spent ages trying to decide on the papers and just as I was giving up I came across whats left of my MME Kraft Funday Happy Days pad and used a couple of pieces from there, the smaller piece is actually yellow background with Kraft dots but it doesn't show up too well.  Embellished with some Prima Tiny Tots, yellow bakers twine, flower charm and a stamped sentiment.

And a close up of Lucy Loo

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

The East Wind #28 Make mine extra sassy

Creative Fingers #74 ~ Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #100 ~ Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #194 ~ Floral

Not Just Cards #16 ~ Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart #54 ~ Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky #254 ~ Bingo ~ Kraft, digi image, charm

Creative Inspirations #308 ~ A Trio of ... flowers

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #50

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