Crafting Time DT post

 Its sketch week at Its Crafting Time this week, and the DT had a fab sketch to work with ...

 I used a digital image from Darcy's Diaries, and coloured it using my promarkers (baby pink, rose pink, cerise and magenta, umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon and tan).  The design paper is from Basic Grey's Kissing Booth range, and I added seam binding stained with my rose pink promarker and pearls coloured with my walnut promarker.

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

 This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is Back to naturClean and Simple - a maximum of 2 layers is allowed.

Here is my card - I do love White on white!!  Shame the exposure setting has broke on my camera so it looks more bluey lilac than white!

I used one of the butterflies from the Everyday Miracles digi set and coloured it in using my promarkers and flexmarkers, before cutting it out.  I embossed the white cardstock using a couple of embossing folders, added some white ribbon and a bow, and popped the butterfly on.  The sentiment is from the Many Thanks digi set, and I split it up.

 Divas by Design - summer theme
Crafty Catz - embossing
Stamping for the Weekend - bugs and butterflies

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

 Its Friday at last, and the last day of the school holidays!!  I am so looking forward to getting back to a 'normal' routine next week and having time to craft!  Having had 9 children through the house on a daily basis for the last 2 weeks has sapped all my creative mojo!!!

The theme for this week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is 'raining cats and dogs' - so a cat or dog must feature on your card.  Here is my card - my camera has broke - even fiddling with the photos in Picassa can't get them to look good!!  Time for a new camera methinks!

 I used this cute stamp from LOTV, and coloured it using my promarkers and flexmarkers.  The dp is from Cuddly Buddly, which has been distressed, and I added some card candi to finish. 

This is the card the girls are going to give their Daddy for Father's Day -  they have been away at my parents so not much chance to make a gorgeous creation of their own - although there might be time tomorrow!!!  Its really fitting as we are going to play Pirates on Sunday!

 Challenges:
Simply Create - Father's Day
One Stop Craft - Father's day
Secret Craft Saturday challenge - father's day
Dream Valley - for that Special guy
Pink elephant - masculine
Fab n Funky - father's day
CRAFT - father's day
Charisma Cardz- male
Do you stack up - boys/men

Basic Grey challenge

better late than never!!!  I haven't been online all weekend and have noticed my BG challenge post didn't schedule!!  So here it is!!

This week's challenge is clean and simple, and as usual we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi from

 

 A very simple CAS card!!  I used Piccadilly paper matted onto red cardstock and a layered up mkullberry flower with a brad at its centre - really easy!!

Challenges -
Make it Monday
Craft your Passion - anything goes (sponsored by Heidi!!)
Cupcake Craft - red white nad blue
Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything goes

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is Back to nature.

 I created the background using my distress inks and then stamped the silohuette flowers from Sweet n Sassy's Wildflowers clear stamp set. I printed out the butterflies and sentiment from the Everyday Miracles digi set onto watercolour cardstock, and then coloured them using my distress markers.  I cut the butterflies out and popped them onto the card, and added the sentiment.

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

Its my turn to choose the theme this week for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge, and its Doodle on it.

This weeks fabulous sponsor is

Delicious Doodles 

PRIZE  - FOUR DIGI'S OF WINNER'S CHOICE

 I used Princess Kate from Sweet n Sassy's digi range, and coloured her using my promarkers.  The dp is Papermania's Portobello road, and I added some gems and some doodling.   Sorry for the very short post - school holidays mean I am working much longer hours!

Challenges:
Stamp with Fun - sketch
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Stamps + Fun = creativity - bling bling
Passion for Promarkers - red, white and blue
Simon Says Stamp - Diamond Jubillee (crowns, gems)
I love Promarkers - for a little girl
Stampavie and More - for a girl

Tag you're it x 2!!

I missed out on doing Tim's May tag, so I made 2 using inspiration from his June tag.

I made this tag using a photo of my Dad - he's 70 this year!!!

I used vintage photo and peeled paint distress stain to create the tag background, and then stamped the background stamp over the tag.  I used distress markers to colour in parts of the photo, before placing it onto some torn design paper.  I distressed the edges in walnut stain ink.  I stained up some seam binding and added it to the tag., before adding a buckle with more binding tied through it.  Finally I added some metal work and an adage ticket and some film strip.
 

I used the photo Tim used on his tag for this and coloured it using my distress markers.  The tag background is created using worn lipstick and vintage photo distress stain.  I stained up some embrodiered flower strip and added a photo strip, a brass heart and a teaddy charm, aged using crackle paint.

Challenges -
Make it Monday
Cupcake Craft- Tag you're it
Joanna Sheen - remember when
The Stamp man - make it for a man
Simon Says Stamp and Show - texture

Red, white and blue ...

... and lots of Portabello Road!!!!  I love these papers,especially the red gingham!

 For this card I used a SU flower stamp and matching punch, and stamped the flower in Not Quite Navy before punching it out.  I matted it onto red gingham paper and added a red pearl to its centre.  A few pearls for decoration and that's it.

Challenges
Less is More - red, white and blue

I love Krista's Saturated Canary images and Party Hardy is one little cutie.  I think its the cheeky face that does it for me!!  SHe is coloured with promarkers and I added some glamour dust to the cake.  I used a die cut from the Prtabello pack, and added gingham ribbon, and a bow with a wooden button at its centre.  Finally a pearl swirl to finish.

Challenges:
OhLaLa Creations - make it girly
Stampavie and more - for a girl
Fab n Funky - celebrations
I love Promarkers - use a digi
Dutch Dare Card challenge - pearls and swirls
Crafty Catz - buttons and bows

Another of Krista's images - Skateboard, again coloured with promarkers.  I added some plaited twine, a gold painted clock dies and some stars made using my nesties.  This is for one of the boys I mind - who thinks skatebaording should be an olympic sport!!  Not that he's obsessed with skateboarding ... not at all!!
 Challenges -
Tuesday throwdown - masculine
Simon Says stamp and show - one for the boys
Passion for Promarkers - inspiration picture
Cute Card Thursday - planes, trains and automobiles

Challenges for the cards -
Craft your days away - red, white and blue
Creative Craft - red, white and blue
 SImon Says Stamp - anything goes
Divas by design - anything goes
My Mum's Craft Shop - red, white and blue
Moving along with the times - red, white and blue
Secret Crafter Saturday challenge - anything goes

The Craft Garden June challenge

 The Craft Garden challenge this month is an inspiration picture with a twist ...


As well as using the first day cover as inspiration you can't use red, white and blue all together - just 1 or 2 of the 3!

I made a tag -

I covered the tag with this 7 Gypsies paper and then went over the paper with my cool peri dabber, just to take the vibrancy edge off.  I stamped all over the tag crowns in gold ink, before stamping the flourish and carte postale (from 7 Gypsies Conservatory set) in black archival ink.  The regal lion was stamped in versamark ink and then embossed with gold embossing powder.  I cut out the Tim Holtz weathered clock using grungepaper and painted it using my gold dabber.  I painted the left over bits of grungepaper in gold and stamped on the 60 from the IndigoBlu Circus set and the ticket in archival ink.  Finally I added the bow.

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is Wedding.

 I love CAS cards and lots of white and embossing - all perfect for a wedding card.  The sentiment is from Wedding Day Wishes, and I used my nesties to cut it and the kraft mat out.  The white cardstock has been embossed using a SU hearts embossing folder and I added some hearts cut from gold sparkly paper and some gold shot organza ribbon - very simple but elegant!!

Challenges:
Simply Create - wedding/love
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Divas By Design - anything goes
Fab n Funky - celebrations