Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #188 - Anything Goes

Hi!  Its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week its another Anything Goes challenge - so craft your heart out and join in!

There are two fabulous prizes this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:
StampArt Design -5 digi images
Sparkle and Sprinkle - 3 digi sets

I am adding this card to:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #46 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
StampArt Design - Catch More Fish digi, which you can buy here
Copics - E41, YG61, YG63, YG67
Hunkydory - Boys n Men paper pad, DL card blank
Core'Dinations - brown card

Through The Craft Room Door Guest DT spot - Aurora Wings Icy Snow Queen

I have been entering the Through The Craft Room Door challenges for a while now, its always a great challenge to enter as its Anything Goes so you can always enter – the challenge is deciding which 2 a week to add if you are making lots of cards / projects!  So I am really pleased to be joining you this week as GDT for the challenge, and very happy to find the excuse to use one of the lovely Aurora Wings digi images for my card.

I am adding this card to the following:
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenges - #35 Anything Goes
My Perfect Life - Week 29 Any Christmas Card Goes
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #46 Anything Goes

Aurora Wings - Icy Snow Queen digi
Copics - E00, E01, E02, E42, E43, BG70, BG72
Cosmic Shimmer - glitter jewels diamond sprinkles
Bazzil - pale blue blingalicious card
Hunkydory - white card blank
Pearls from stash coloured with Copic BG72

Kraftyhands Dangerous Dinosaurs - Look Back #1

Kraftyhands is having a bit of a look back this week - featuring one of their most popular collections for children's projects - its the Dangerous Dinosaurs CD.

So, here is the first card I would like to share with you using this CD - there will be some more this week!

I even used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut out all the decoupage layers, making these projects even easier and quicker than cutting by hand!

I am adding this to:

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Crafting At The Weekend - #4 Anything Goes

Materials Used:

Kraftyhands - Dangerous Dinosaurs CD

Crafters Companion - black card

Craftwork Cards - white A5 card blank
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut all the decoupage elements and sentiment

Skating Christmas Bird

I made this card using my fabby Cricut Explore - I love this machine, very easy to use and so is the new software.

I am adding this card to the following:
Try It on Tuesday - Things With Wings
That Craft Place - Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle - Add Some Purple
Christmas Card Challenges - #35 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
SVG Cuts - Merry and Bright SVG kit
Cricut Explore - to cut the card and papers (except for the sentiment)
Brittania Dies - Happy and Christmas dies
Ranger - Black soot Distress Ink
HOTP - papers
Core'Dinations - white, blue and purple card
Crafters Companion - Let It Snow embossing folder

Guest Designer for Graph'It Markers Colour Challenge - Week 30 Hot Colours / Airbrushing

Happy (but also sad) to share my second (and last) project for the fabulous Graph'It Challenge as Guest Designer.  I have really enjoyed creating my projects for these challenges as it was an opportunity to push myself! 

So for this challenge its all about bright / hot colours and the extra challenge for the team was to create something using an airbrushing technique. So... I tried using a straw - nothing!  Cut the straw in half - still nothing!  Then one of the teamies suggested an empty biro - well that works, but not easy to control!

So I printed the digi image I wanted to use, then a second and with a craft knife cut out areas that I wanted to create the airbrush effect in, and used this as a mask.

 

 

I am adding this card to:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

I hope you will pop on over to the Graph'It Challenge to take a look at all the fab projects from the DT and join in the fun!

Materials Used:
Lacy Sunshine - Bugz Graffitti digi image
Graph'Its - 9502,9504, 9101, 9102, 9103, 5215, 5220, 4115, 4125, 4135, 4155, 7130, 7125, 8240, 8250, blender
Hunkydory - Boys n Men paper pad, 8" x 8" white card blank
Crafters Companion - black card

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #187 - Anything Goes

Hi!  Its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week its another Anything Goes challenge - we all love that one, so pop on over and join in!

There are two fabulous prizes this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in: 
Stitchy Bear Stamps - tbc
Bugaboo Stamps - 7 digi stamps

I am adding this card to:
Just Keep On Creating - July Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #45 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Stitchy Bear -  Dream 3 sentiment
Creative Expressions - teal vintage seam binding, small circle dazzlers, Sue Wilson Spanish Collection dies
Graph'It - 7260 (to colour the pearls)
Core'Dinations - teal card
Hunkydory - white A5 card blank
Pearls from stash
 

Birthday chalkboard

I've been trying to use my electronic cutting machines more lately - after all we spend a lot of money on all these crafty toys, so we need to make sure we use them!  I made this card with my Silhouette Cameo machine using a cut file from the online store.

I am adding this card to:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Crafters Companion - Scruffy Little Cat pastel paper pad, kraft card, black card
All Occasion Dies / Rob Addams - Happy and Birthday
Ranger - Old paper Distress Ink
Creative Expressions - yellow/white bakers twine
String from stash
Silhouette Cameo - to cut all elements

Lacy Sunshine #38 - Flowers

Its time for a new challenge over at Lacy Sunshine, and for this challenge the theme is Flowers.  So please pop on over to Lacy Sunshine and join in the fun for the random draw  - there will be 2 winners: 1st prize - 5 digi images, 2nd prize - 3 digi images of choice from the Lacy Sunshine Crafters Candy Shoppe.

I am adding this project to:
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
 
Materials Used:
Lacy Sunshine - Seedling Bleeding Heart Flower pot pretties
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, YG61, YG63, YG67, E40, E42, E44, E47, E31, E34, E35, E37, R81, R85, R83, C0, C3, C4, B00
Crafters Companion - All My Love paper pad, centura pearl A3 card
Cricut - to cut the bag
Tattered Lace - Bloomsbury corner die
Spellbinder - classic oval die 

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #186 - Anything Goes

Hi!  Its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week its another Anything Goes challenge - so craft your heart out and join in!

There are two fabulous prizes this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in: 
QKR Stampede - 5 digi images
Sparkle and Sprinkle - 3 digi sets

I am adding this card to:
Just Keep On Creating - July Anything Goes 
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #44 Anything Goes (rectangular or square)

Materials Used:
Sparkle and Sprinkle -  Wine Friends digi set (image and sentiment)
Copics -E000, E00, E01, E02, E40, E42, E44, E47, R21, R22, R24, R27, YG61, YG63, YG67, C2, B23, B24, B26
Craftwork Cards - Kitsch paper pad
Core'Dinations - blue card
Hunkydory - 5" x 7" white card blank
Hole punch, embossing tool and mat - to make the "dotz"

Clean Out a Corner

I love this new "clean out a corner" phrase from Clarity Stamp and wanted to use it to make a card for the July challenge  - something nice and clean and simple, in keeping with the sentiment!  So I teamed it up with the pennant / bunting stamps from the remountable shapes set - I thought this would look really good zentagled, but I need more practise on that one!  Instead I stamped onto some patterned paper and paper pieced the bunting.

I am adding this to the following:
Clarity Stamp Challenge - #17 July Anything Goes 
The Pink Elephant - #258 Inspiration challenge
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes 
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #43 Anything Goes (rectangluar or square) 
Aud Sentiments - #110 Anything Goes 



Materials Used:
Clarity Stamp - Clean out a corner stamp, remountable shapes stamp set
Craftwork Cards - Kitsch paper pad, white square card blank
Graph-It - 7109
Black sharpie pen

Butterflies

I've been having a bit of a play with my Cricut Explore, and I made this butterfly card with some Anna Griffin project images - and of course it had to be pink!

 
I am adding this card to the following:
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #43 Anything Goes (rectangular or square)
Divas By Design - Things With Wings 

Materials:
Cricut Explore - Anna Griffin butterfly card project
Crafters Companion - All My Love paper pad
Kanban - foiled message
Core'Dinations - pink card

Guest Designer for Graph'It Markers Colour Challenge - Week 28 Christmas Colours

A few weeks ago the fabulous Graph'It Challenge DT asked people to apply for a Guest Designer spot.  I applied even though I am still very new to using GIs, so was uber excited to find they thought my colouring and card designs are good enough to get a GDT spot!  Thank you team!

I get to share 2 projects with you (how cool is that!?), and my first is for Christmas!

I've had a couple of advent calendar kits in my craft stash for quite some time, and thought this would be an ideal opportunity to use one of them!   I chose an image and papers from the Studio 12 Picknix Gingerbread Twist collection, and set to work with some GIs, some glittery embossing powders, Distress Ink and crochet ribbon! Hope you like it, I'm really looking forward to using it this Christmas - the drawers are quite large so I can put something more than just a chocolate in it! :-)

I hope you will pop on over to the Graph'It Challenge to take a look at all the fab projects from the DT and join in the fun!

I am adding this to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes 
Creative Fingers Challenge - #43 Anything Goes 
Polkadoodles - #28 Add Twinkle 
ABC Christmas Challenge - N is for Numbers
Simply Create Too - #65 Christmas in July 
Aud Sentiments - #110 Anything Goes 
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #43 Anything Goes (rectangular or square) 

Materials Used:
Graph'Its - 8270, 8280, 4110, 9303, 3140, 3170, 3180, 5250, 5245, 5240
Polkadoodles - Studio 12 Picknix Gingerbread Twist CD
Stamps Away - Advent calendar kit (I made it up differently to the instructions)
Tattered Lace - numbers die set
Ranger - brushed Corduroy distress ink
Creative Expressions - cream crochet ribbon, iced snow glitter jewels
Stampendous - shabby white embossing enamel
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut out the gingerbread skaters
Brads from stash

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #185 - Anything Goes

Hi!  Its time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week its Anything Goes - so craft your heart out and join in!

I chose this lovely Steampunk Cindy image by Heather Valentin (Lacy Sunshine) to play with, but apart from using browns on the card I decided not to go full on steampunk with cog embellishnments which I had originally thought about, instead I decided to use my new love the Brittania rose flower dies.  Yes I know, I'm sorry I keep using them - I just can't help it! LOL! :-)  And the "steampunky" version will be made soon I am sure!

 
There is one fabulous prize this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in: 
Lacy Sunshine - 3 digi images
 
I am adding this to the following: 
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes
Crafting At The Weekend - # 3 Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Lacy Sunshine -Steampunk Cindy To The Ball digi image
Copics - E00, E01, E02, E41, E42, E51, E55, E57, B93, B95, B97, R83, R85, C3, C5
Creative Expressions - Sue Wilson Finishing Touches faux quilled blooms die set for the leaves
Brittania - large and medium multi flower rose dies
Prima - Craftsman paper pad
Pebeo - rennaisance gold gilding wax
Core'Dinations - blue card
Hunkydory - 5" x 7" white card blank 

Tatty Twinkles - Flowers

Hi!  Today I would like to share a card I made using a gorgeous digi from the My Craft Studio Tatty Twinkles CD designed by the fabulous Nikky Hall from Polkadoodles!

Easy and fun to colour, and there is a ton of stuff on this CD!  So I hope you like my take on the Tatty Twinkles Flowers digi!

I am adding this to the following:
Crafting At The Weekend - #3 Anything Goes 
Just Keep On Creating - July Anything Goes 
Digi Choosday - Punches or Dies Cuts 
GraphIt Markers - Wk 27 - Anything Goes 

Materials Used:
My Craft Studio - Tatty Twinkles CD
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, E40, E42, E43, E47 R84, R11, R12, R14, R17
Spellbinder - matting basics A and B
Die-Namics - leaf filled flourish
Britannia Dies - medium multiflower rose dies
Hole punch, embossing tool and mat - to make the "dotz"Hunkydory - All Occasions paper pad, 5" x 7" white card blank
Core'Dinations - coral card stock

Kraftyhands July Challenge - Summer Holidays

It's time for a new Kraftyhands Challenge!  This month its Summer Holidays, so I hope you have been enjoying some sun at home or maybe away some place lovely!  Its been hot and sunny here in London the last couple of weeks, well during the week anyway, with just a bit of sun and mostly rain at the weekends!

I chose to use the delightful Summer of 59 CD for this challenge as its full of chic ladies in holiday type scenes, and pretty fresh colours!  Oh and of course I had to use my new favourite dies to make some pretty flowers using the polkadot papers from the CD!

I am adding this card to:
Just Keep On Creating - July Anything Goes 

Materials Used:
Kraftyhands - Summer of 59 CD
Core'Dinations - blue card
Brother Scan N Cut - to cut out the topper, topper base and sentiment
Die-Namics - leaf filled flourish
Britannia Dies - large and medium multiflower rose dies
Hole punch, embossing tool and mat - to make the "dotz"

Lacy Sunshine #37 - Under The Sea Christmas in July

Its time for a new challenge over at Lacy Sunshine, and for this challenge the theme is Under The Sea Christmas in July.  So please pop on over to Lacy Sunshine and join in the fun for the random draw  - there will be 2 winners: 1st prize - 5 digi images, 2nd prize - 3 digi images of choice from the Lacy Sunshine Crafters Candy Shoppe.

We have a choice of Challenge Digis for you this time - Shelly C Turtle or Sheldon C Turtle which you can get for a special discounted price of $2.50 each for the duration of the challenge from the Lacy Sunshine Crafters Candy Shoppe.  Read all about our loyalty program on the challenge blog, as you could receive a free image every new challenge!
 
I am adding this to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 
Just Keep On Creating - July Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Lacy Sunshine - L'il Olena Octi's Christmas
Copics - B91, B93, B95, B97, G82, G94, G99, E41, R81, R83, R85
Polkadoodles - Magical Winter CD (Christmas pennant paper)
Spellbinder - Lacy squares, classic squares, Asian accents
My Craft Studio - crystal glitter
Core-Dinations - blue card
LOTV - blue snowflake paper

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Buttons, Butterflies or Bows

Another Wednesday, so another new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge, and this week its buttons, butterflies or bows.  So... I created a background in Serif Craft Artist Professional with a star button and also printed out a larger one to use as an embellishment, adding some thread using a knot rather than a bow :-)

There is one fabulous prize this week, so pop on over to http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ and join in:  
Kenny K Downloads - 5 digi images 

I am adding this to the following:
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - July Anything Goes

Materials Used:
Kenny K -Cupcake celebration digi image
Copics - E000, E00, E01, E02, 30, E42, E44, E47, BG000, BG01, BG02, BG05, BG07, BG09, Y15, Y21, Y38, R81, R83, R85, B91, B93, B95, B000, C1, C3, C5
Spellbinders - classic circles, matting basics A and B
Core'Dinations - teal blue card
Serif Craft Artist Professional - to create the background
Hunkydory - 5" x 7" white card blank
Teal blue thread from stash