DDCC challenge 64

This week's Dutchdare card challenge is Felt Like it. We would like you to use felt somewhre on your creation.
I struggled with this one ... felt is not a material I use, but I finally found the felt butterfly lurking at the bottom of Ellie's craft bag.
I coloured Tilda using Promarkers and then cut her out. I matted the dp and added a yellow ribbon, and the felt butterfly.

I followed A Spoonfull of Sugar's sketch, and as it is a thank you card it fits Simon Says Stamp's challengend Pile it on's challenge, Thank you, and Passion for Promarkers is a colour challegne - canary and grass ... and Tilda is coloured in those.

Do take a peek at the other DT members' blogs and join in yourself.


Recipe:
Stamp(s): Magnolia Dragonfly Tilda; Penny Black sentiment
Colouring Media: Promarkers
Papers: K and Ko
Embellishments: ribbon and felt butterfly from stash

A couple of quick cards

I have finally completed a couple of quick cards ... well they would have been quick if I had made them in one go!!!
The first one uses the Papertake Weekly sketch (another fabby one) that I have flipped, Stampavie and more's Stars challenge, and Creative Inspirations colour challenge - red and black.
I have had this Gorguss girl coloured in these colours for a few days - big intentions to make a card for a friend of Ellie's (she's a big girl - 10 next birthday!!!) I used flipped the sketch and stamped a border. The stars are made with my nesties, cut onto black card and then gold embossed, as is the sentiment. Simple black ribbon with some red ric-rac finishes it. The colour combo is stunning, and the gold just adds a bit!

This card is for a friend's wedding - I don't usually do wedding cards, but I thought I would make their card for a change.
I used the Create4fun sketch and the allsorts wedding challenge.
The glasses are stamed in versamark and embossed using gold embossing powder. The paper is from my stash. I used black velvet ribbon to add a bit of texture, and the greeting isn't an oval as it would have been huge with congratulations written in it!! I have kept it simple and added no flowers as I wanted a glittery, stylish card.

Sorry about the bad light - it has rained all day today and trying to find a light place has been ... well impossible!

Recipe:
Stamp(s):Sugar Nellie Gorguss Girl Little Star; Papermania Joyeux Noel set
Colouring Media: Promarkers
Papers: from stash
Embellishments: ribbon from stash

A bit of sparkle

I've made a card .. its taken since Sunday night but here it is!!!
I masked Tilda and added the bench and then watercoloured the images and the background. I stamped the snowflakes in silver and then embossed them, and added some gems. All the papers and cardstock have been distressed and inked in red ink. I added the prima flowers, some wire and ribbon to complete the card.

This card covers the following challenges (all links in my sidebar)

Roses on Paper - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp - All that Sparkles
Stamp with fun - Scene
Winter wonderland - jingle bells
Cupcake Challenge - sketch
Basic Grey Challenge - colour inspiration
Creative Card Crew - ribbons and gems

I have a stinking cold and cough and am off to bed to get some much needed rest ... children don't adapt to grown up illness well LOL!!!!! Oh and hubby's don't either LOL!!!!!!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Tilda with Bell; magnolia snowflakes
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Wassail
Embellishments: Prima flowers, wire, gems and ribbon from stash

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 56

Jane has chosen this week's challenge ... Halloween. A couple of week's ago I showed you a trick or treat bag I had made for Ellie ... well here is Beth's (I didn't forget her LOL!!)
I used my promarkers to colour in the image and cut her out. The moon and bat were made using mulberry paper. I love the lime green promarker so i coloured a chipboard bracket in, added some purple flowers, raffia and a charm. Its not too fussy - Beth will destory anything too fussy LOL!!!
We are away for the weekend, so have a happy haunting and I will catch up with you next week.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Dinky Dots Lulu Witch
Colouring Media:
Papers: Basic Grey Eerie
Embellishments: ribbon, raffia, charm, brads, flowers, bracket all from stash

A couple of cards ...

I have had a couple of hours in my craft room this morning to create, before we go away for the weekend.
The first card is to go with a tub of biscuits the girls have made.
It covers the following challenges:
Friday sketcher - sketch
Just Magnolia - monochrome - I chose greens
A spoonful of Sugar - kiten/cooking
Magnolia down Under - distressing

Tilda is coloured using distress inks. I masked her onto the plate and then cut her out (well after the cat walked across the image with muddy feet!!). I used these gorgeous K and CO Charlotte papers and matted them onto green cardstock. I made my own flower and added ric-rac and a charm. The sentiment is supposed to be at angle.

Then I had to make the compulsory Christmas card LOL!!
It covers the following challenges:
Cucake Challenge - sketch
Whiff of Joy - red, cream and 1 other (teal)
Passion for Promarkers - animals
Papertake Weekly Challenge - spots and stripes
Simon Says Stamp - All that Sparkles
Henry is coloured using promarkers and cut out using my nesties. The papers are MME - I had to take some deep breathes before I cut into them!! The flowers are from a prima Christmas bauble and the ribbon from my stash. I just need to add the sentiment - going to do a few computer generated ones.

Have a great weekend, and don't forget to take a peek at my candy.

A bit of Sparkle

Its been a busy start to the week. We saw my Gran on Monday and did a few jobs for her - she's 94 and still in her own home with no external support, just family... but we do always go prepared for the list of jobs!!!
Yesterday we went to Tatton Park and the girls had a great time in the gardens and at the farm. One of the children I mind had never fed a goat before and LOVED it, especially when it nicked the whole bag of food!!
Today we met friends at Trentham Gardens Monkey forest - they have Barbary macaques running wild. The girls loved seeing the babies and we did try to leave them behind LOL!!
I have torn myself our from my latest acquisition - a Wii (oh and the fit bit!!) to make a card tonight. And it fulfils several challenges - !!

Stamp with fun - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp - All that sparkles
Stampavie and More - blue and silver
Creative Card Crew - Snowflakes
My Time to Craft - rip it up
Magnolia Down Under - distressing
I water coloured Tilda and stamped the snowflakes round her. These are the last papers of their name in my BG stash :( I was really sad to cut into them. I matted them onto blue cardstock. All the papers are distressed and some inked in Starlight, and the bow on the bell is coloured in the same ink. I stickled the fur on Tilda's coat and the bell. Some of the papers are ripped and inked up. I masked the tag stamp and then added the sentiment.
Shock horror - no ribbon or flowers!!!


Recipe:
Stamp(s): Tilda with bell' tag and snowflakes; WOJ sentiment
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: Basic Grey Blitzen, Periphery
Embellishments: none!!

Sketch and Stash Challenge 22

Its another fab sketch from Becky, and you can put your embellies and sentiment where you want.
I used my latest Stampavie aquisition - I love Gillian Roberts Christmas stamps. I watercoloured the image and added stickles. I used my favourite Christmas papers at the mo, and matted them onto green cardstock. I added an embossed panel and metallic brads, but have otherwise kept it clean and unfussy. The sentiment is a freebie.
Do take a look at the other DT members' creations.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Stampavie bear and robin
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: DCWV
Embellishments: brads from stash

Daisies

Charisma Cardz challenge this week is daisies, and the Allsorts challenge is Furry Friends. Only one stamp sprang to mind ... this gorgeous Penny Black.
I stamped and watercoloured the image 3 times, before layering it up. I have kept the layout very simple and neutral. The flowers are punched and inked in pink on their edges, just like daisies when they first bud and flower.
Here is a view of the layering.
Feeling slightly stuffed after the first pub meal on our own in nearly 5 years!!! Think I am going to have an easy afternoon LOL!

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Penny Black Squeeze 'til I squeak
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: K and Co Daisies
Embellishments: punched flowers, pearls and raffia from stash

Christmas cards

The girls went to a party down the road yesterday, and we didn't have to stay (yippee) so I got some crafting done, and another couple of Christmas cards :). I decided to spend the time playing, so my craft room sparkles with embossing powder and glimmer mist!!

Both cards fit the One Stop Craft Celebration challenge and Winter Wonderland's open theme.

I made this card using the sketch from friday sketcher and Colour Create's white theme.
I heat embossed 4 layers of silver embossing powder and then stamped the inked up image into the hot powder. I embossed the layers using Swiss dots and snowflakes CB folders and distressed the edges. I added some white ribbon and a bow (twice as I managed to bleed on the first lot arrrgghh!!). When the ink was dry I added the image and tag sentiment. Finally some pearls to finish it off.
I am really pleased with the effect ... I feel a few more of these in the making!!

The second card using the sketch from Just Magnolia and the Magnolia down under theme, distressing.
I created the background paper using distress inks, glimmer mists and Tattered Angels winter crystals masks. It doesn't show in the photo but the background really does shimmer. The cardstock is run through the snowflakes embossing folder and sanded and distressed. I watercoloured Tilda and distressed her and the mat. I added ribbons, punched snowflakes and the sentiment tag.

My fingers are still slightly blue LOL!!

The girls are at my parents until tomorrow so we are off out for Sunday lunch - haven't done that since November 2004 LBE!!! (LBE = life before Ellie LOL!! ) And then I am going to do some more crafting - got a couple of winter wedding cards to make.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): santa collage; Tilda with sledge; freebie sentiment tag
Colouring Media: distress inks
Papers: cardstock
Embellishments: punched snowflakes, pearls and ribbon from stash

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #55

This week's challenge is set by MOI!!! and is orange + 1 colour. I almost regretted it once I had said the challenge ... orange!! Not a colour I use ... but hey it is a challenge.
I have used orange and brown.

I watercoloured my image and inked the edges in orange and brown. I kept the layout simple, using orange organza ribbon and thin brown satin ribbon , and a layered prima flower.

I can't wait to see what you make of this colour challenge.

Recipe:
Stamp(s): Pollycraft
Colouring Media: Distress inks
Papers: BAsic Grey
Embellishments: ribbon and flowers from stash