CRAFT GDT spot

This week's CRAFT challenge is Unusual Christmas ... now I confess to have to scratch my head hard over this one!!

I used a bauble from Waltzing Mouse Stamps Holiday Ornaments set, and inked it up in that dreaded colour ... pink!!!  I used some BG paper from the Blush range (very un-festive!!) and inked the edges of the bauble, dp and white cardstock in vintage photo ink.  I embossed some of the cardstock using my baubles folder and then added some gingham seam binding.
Definitely different!!

Challenges:
Creative Craft - free for all
Everybody-Art-Challenge - christmas card

Warm Winter Wishes

 Isn't getting a bit chilly??? 

But these 2 ickle cutie penguins, Warm Winter Wishes,  by Sugar Nellie, look all snug and warm.  I coloured them in using my promarkers and the cardstock is all by SU. The swirl is by Memory box, and the snowflake is a Amrtha Stewart punch.  The teal border has been embossed with a snowflake folder.  Both have been treated to a smattering of glamour dust, as has the image.  Finally I added some gingham ribbon ... very festive!

Challenges:
 Creative Craft - free for all
Oh La La Creations -bingo - ribbon, diecut and sparkle
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Christmas card
Passion for Promarkers - swirls and sparkles
I love Promarkers - anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Xmas Crackers
Color Throwdown - red, teal, baja breeze, chocolate
Papercraft Star - Anything Goes
Cooking it up with katie -  PIE - punch, ink, embossing
The House that Stamps built - Christmas card that includes a snowflake

WOYWW

Its Wednesday morning, and time for the weekly snoop across the crafting desks of blogland led by the wonderful Julia.  

OK so these are my fingers after my little crafting session last night ...and my spraying clothes ...

 So what was I doing???

Well I have this heavy canvas bag ... been holding all my luceting stuff, but its also the perfect size for my i-pad ... so I thought I'd tart it up and make a bag for my i-pad.

 I decided to use Color washes as the base and then glimmer and glam over them once its dry ... so the spraying commenced ... was only going to use cranberry and stream ... but then twilight purple screamed at me .. and it needed a spalsh of green ...

 Think I might ... just might have gone a little mad!! So I have hung it over the corner of a radiator to dry and washed the cloths and my hands are now clean ... just waiting to see what the bag lloks like dry .. hopefully a little lighter than it does now LOL!!! 

Monday's offerings

Here's a couple of cards, 1 I made last night and the other this morning before work ...

 I used Rock Idol from Sugar nellie's Manga range and coloured him in using promarkers and flexmarkers.  The dp is from a Cuddly Buddly digi set and I cut the stars out using nesties.  The sentiment is from Penny Black.
Challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge - card for a tennage boy
Make it Monday

This card uses Stampin Up Well Worn dp, cajun Craze dp and SU inks.  The frame, circle frame, leaves and sentiment are from Waltzing mouse stamp sets ... a bit of a mix and match going on this morning!!

CHallenges:
Waltzing mouse sketch - sketch
Shabby Tearoom - colours of nature
Pink Elephant - thankful
Diecut Dreams - thankful with circles

Green ...

with a splash of red and grey!!!

I haven't inked up my LOTV James Christmas stamps for AGES ... but who can resist this cute ted???  I coloured him in using my promarkers and then glamour dusted the tinsel.  The dp is Authentique and I used my scraps from it .  I made a tag money holder that pulls out from behind the image.  Would have put some money in but we seem to be rather short of notes at the mo!!  I'll be off to the bank later LOL!!

I've kept it all embellishment free ... couldn't hide that dp and I do like the clean look.

Challenges:
Lili of the Valley - Christmas card for someone Special ... this is for my nephew (who would really like and i-touch, but his auntie is too stingey to buy him one, so he's getting money towards it!!)
Papertake Weekly - when a card is not a card ...
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Just us Girls - red, green, white
Stamptacular Sunday - Boy oh boy - card is for my Nephew

I haven't coloured with my new winter DIs so thought i would colour this gorgeous fairy in using them.  Her wings are glamour dusted and the dp is BG Jovial.  I added a panel of swirl embossed cardstock, and cut of a couple of Memory Box swirls out.  And left it at that ..

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - green and grey
Totally Gorguss - Swirly whirly

inky inky

I have been having a little play this morning with my DIs.

 I cut a circle out of a peice of scrap card to create the mask for this card.  I used DIs and created the background straight onto the card blank.  I stamped the Inkylicious stamps onto the circle and added some glamour dust. Finally some flat backed pearls and a sentiment.

Challenges:
Less is More - silhouette

Allsorts - one layer card
Crazy4Challenge - Black, white and WOW (1 other colour)
One Stop card Craft - blue
Cas-ual Friday - sketch  (changed the square to a circle - hope that's OK)

 And I made a tag using my latest winter limited edition DIS ... the snowflakes are debossed and then rock candy crackle paint splodged into the centres and the excess scraped away ... they are all shiny nd cracked ... pity it doesn't show on the photo!!  I used a scrap of card and smeared DI over it and glimmer mist.  I added some glitter glam and gamour dust to finish it off.  It does really sparkle ... but it doesn't show very well on the photo.

 Challenges:
Crafty Catz - snowflakes
2 Sisters - Sparkle
CES - snowflakes

Sweet Stampin DT card

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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 I coloured this cute image, Lili Claire - party time, from Tiddly Inks in using my promarkers, and matted her onto pale blue cardstock.  The dp is K and Co, and I simply added a layered flower, ribbon and bow, and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.  Very simple, but it is for one of Beth's friends, so didn't want to make it too fussy!!!

Do you stack up - a splash of blue
Tiddly Inks - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

This week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is Black and White.  Up for grabs this week we have 2 fab sponsors' prizes ...

Crafty Emma

with the chance to win a voucher worth £10 to spend in her store

And a $15 Gift Certificate from our new sponsor Amber Ink.

I have kept this really clean and simple.  The stamp is from Stempleglede and I stamped it in versafine ink.  The stamp and mat are cut out using my deckled rectangle nesties.  I used a kelly Panacini border stamp, again stamped in versafine ... and that is it ... very CAS!!

Challenges:
Divas by design - monochromatic
Crafts and me - Simples
Fabulous Friday - diecuts

Wee and tree ...

Wee and his tree are coloured in using promarkers and having cut him out with my nesies I inked round the edges in berries DI ink.  The cardstock is embossed and debossed using a snowflakes folder and all have had a dusting od DI to help define the layers.  I added pearls and fluffy stuff to the image, some lace and  charm .. all very simple.
 Challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - white on White
I love promarkers -Christmas trees
Dutchdare Card Challenge - all white
Charisma Cardz - lace and pearls
Ohlala Creations - bingo (diecut, lace, metal)
Trully Scrumptious - Xmas - pearls
Oldie but a goodie - Let it snow
Crafts and Me - simples
Creative inspirations - sketch
Whiff of Joy - let it snow

Sugar Bowl #72

Our Sugar Mama Gayle has set the sketch over at the Sugar Bowl challenge this week, and the optional extra is snow and ice.

One lucky winner of this challenge will have their choice of 4 stamps (or 6 stamps, if we reach 100+ entries) either from the new release or any stamps from the Sugar Nellie range at

 Here's the sketch you need to follow ...

 And my card ...

 I used Hello Little Friend and coloured it using my promarkers and flexmarkers.  The dp is Basic Grey Jovial, and the frosty border and corner were created using memory Box dies.  Finally I punched some snowflakes and glamed them up a bit.

Don't forget Sugar Nellie are launching a new set of Simply Sassys at the weekend ... and the Sassy girls are doing a blog hop ... click the pic for details.