CRAFT challenge GDT - sketch

I was really honoured by Jo over at the CRAFT challenge if would like to be a GDT for August.

Our first challenge of the month is a sketch challenge, and here is the sketch ...

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I chose to use this cute mouse from The Crafty Pad Designs, and coloured it using my promarkers.  I used glossy accents to glaze the bauble and coloured the lettering in using a gold metallic promarker.  The dp is Nit Wits (I think!) and I added some gingham ribbon and flat pearls.

Craft Garden August Challenge

 This month's Craft Garden challegne is a colour and photo inspiration challenge ...

 Kerry sent us a fab pack of flowers and embellishments to use on our creations.

I used this cute fairy from Sugar Nellie, Candy Heart, and coloured her using promarkers and flexmarkers.  The dp is MME Lime Twist, and I added flowers, gems and the butterfly from the pack Kery sent me.  I added some pearls and a pin to finish it off.

Challenges:
Secret Crafter Saturday challenge - bright and cheerful
Totally Gorguss - pearls
Stamptacular Sunday - patterns galore
Cupcake Craft - the great outoors (gardening!)
Crafty Catz - all that glitters
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Ladybug Crafts - Summer fun
Twisted Tuesday - anything goes and free for all
Creative Inspirations - in the garden
Divas by Design - flowers

Birthdays and packing ...

Two weeks today and we will be on holiday and I cannot wait!!  Already packing in my head LOL!!

 I love this image by Saturated Canary, Pack light, and this is going to be me!!!  Icoloured the image using my copics, and added some viva pen pearls and a bit of stardust stickles under the suitcase.  The dp is Basic Grey What's up, and I just added some ribbon, a bow and a Whimsy corner.

The girls are very excited about going on holiday, abut both are concerned whether the tooth fairy will find them as they both have wobbly teeth - apparently there is a tooth fairy that covers Scotland so we have 2 relieved little girls!!!

But I need to get a couple of birthdays out of the way before the holiday ...

So here is another of Krista's digis, Ellie's Birthday.  Again she is coloured using my copics and I added some pearl dots, stickles to the ground and the balloons, a double bow, ribbon and a charm.  The flowers are Spellbinder's Bitty Blossoms and I added a Craftwork Card sentiment to finish it.  The dp is more of that scrummy Basic Grey What's Up.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - make your own
Creative Inspirations - colour scheme
Divas by Design - happy Birthday
My mum's Craft Shop - Birthday girls
Paper Pretties - birthday
Paper Shelter - metal embellishment
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Crafty Catz - all that glitters
Color me Creative -anything Girly

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge

If you are looking for my Totally Papercrafts DT card please scroll down xx


 This week's theme over at the  Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge  is Flag, you're it - so we want to see flags or pennants.

 I used Cocoa's Baby Block, and coloured it using my promarkers.  I have used a new paper for colouring my digis, and am not very happy with its blending ability, so am going baack to Rymans. The dp is DCWV Nana's Nursery and I used a Whimsy die to create the pennant, before adding alphabet stickers.  Some layered ribbon completes it.

Challenges -
Stamps and Creativity=fun - pennant

Totally Papercrafts Challenge

This week's Totally Papercraft's theme has been picked by Wendy, and she has chosen a colour theme 

orange and yellow

Our fabulous sponsor this week is...

I went for something a bit different as I am not a big fan of yellow and orange ...

I used my distress ink pads, spiced marmalade, dried marigold and squeezed lemonade, and stamped them directly onto the card blank.  I stamped the outer 2 first, lining the edge of the pad up with the corner of the card blank so it matched on the corners.  Having stamped the dried marigold I then stamped over using sepia and a text stamp  - simples!!

 Exactly the same technique for this one, except I stamped an SU flower stamp in the centre of each ink block, added some buttons and a sentiment.

Challenges:
Crafty Creations - buttons
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
DutchDare - colour challenge (orange, yellow and white)
Do you stack up - for a friend

Strawberries anyone??

 I used this cutie, Strawberry patch,  from Sugar Nellie's Manga range, and coloured her with my promarkers.  I used my Go Kreate dies to make the shaped card blank and mats.  The dp is from DCWV Nana's Nursery.  I added some spotted ribbon and tired a simple knot bow.  No other embellishments for a change - I feel i have been flowered out recently LOL!!!

Challenges:
Anything Goes - anything but square
Bearly Mine - shaped card
Creative Craft - summertime
Everybody Art - summer
Oldie but a goodie - summer photo inspiration
Passion for Promarkers - feeling fruity
Crafts and Me anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
I love Promarkers - gold, silver, bronze (tools coloured using a silver promarker)

Fairy birthday

Just a quick post before we go out for the day as the sun is shining.  I made this girly birthday card with my little raptor, Beth in mind.  For such a little tomboy she does love her pink and fairies!!Tilda is coloured using my copics and she has been glamour dusted and stickled within an inch of her life!!  The dp is DCWV Nana's Nursery and i added some ribbon, plenty of WOC flowers, a bow and a sentiment.

Challenges:
Just Magnolia - Lets make a birthday card
Wild Orchid - circles
Stampin for the weekend - photo inspiration

 

50 shades and a splash of red!!

 I used this gorgeous image, Jules, from Krista's Saturated Canary range, and coloured her using my promarkers.  The dp is Bo Bunny, and I coloured the doilly with my red promarker. The edges of the cardstock and dp have been distressed aunig my TH distressing tool. The flowers are made using a Memory box die.  Finally I added some satin ribbon and black lace.

CHallenges
Make it Monday
Alphabet - L for Lace
Dieing for a challenge - sketch
Allsorts - distressing
Craft your days away - Shades of grey +1
Incy wincy - lets party
Saturated Canary - Black, white +1
Craft your passion - black, white +1
Ohlala Creations - recipe
Stamp with fun - lace doilly

Basic Grey Challenge

 This week's Basic Grey challenge is Things With Wings as usual we are sponsored by the lovely Heidi from

I used this adorable angel, Rosie, from Sugar Nellie, and coloured her using copics, before adding glamour dust and stickles.  The dp is Basic Grey Plumeria, and I embossed flowers onto the plain dp sheet from the set.  I added gingham ribbon, ricrac, a layered flower and some flat backed pearls.


Challenges:
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Bearly Mine - girly birthday
Papertake Weekly - all things girly
Paper Pretties - bling it up
Divas by design - anything goes
Paper Shelter - anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday - wings and bling
Cute Card Thursday - fairy nice
Allsorts - distressing

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge and blog hop

Its release day over at Sweet n Sassy and Korin has some gorgeous Christmas stamps for you to get creating your Christmas projects with.  The Sweet n Sassy Digi challenge girls are having a blog hop to celebrate the release and show you he fab new designs.  Click the pic to go to the Sweet n Sassy digi challenge blog for more details.

And you can get your mits on these fab Christmas beauties here ...

I went for a sentiment digi stamp, not something I would normally do, but i love the effect, and so much quicker than having to colour an image in!!!!  This sentiment is called Born this Day, and I matted it up onto kraft and red cardstock, used some GCD Christmas papers with a fab vintage feel, and a great texture!  I added some hunter's green ribbon, green flat backed pearls and a bow - voila!!
 So here is the list of DT girls to hop along through ...

Cathy Wallington (me!)

Ceal Pritchett

Cyndi Bundy

Melinda Gleissner

Patricia Hays

Stephanie Serrano

Stephanie Wright

Wendy Jordan

Korin Sutherland(our fab stamp designer!)

Challenges:
Stampavie - Christmas in July
Lollipop - Christmas in july
Dream Valley - anything but square
Totally Gorguss - Its Christmas
Paper Play - Christmas in July
Craft Your Passion - kraft and lace/ribbon