Rainbow Lady's challenge - It's All About Love

Over on Rainbow Lady's challenge blog this week It's 'All About Love' so I have used one of my lovely Penny Black stamps to make this card. The background is Core'dinations and although it doesn't show up in the picture it has been sanded and is a slightly different colour where it is embossed. I'm not normally into cute but these stamps do it for me and I find I use them quite a lot.

Bah! Humbug! - Buttons and Bows

Over on Bah! Humbug! this week our friends have challenged us to use buttons and bows, now for me that combination doesn't conjure up Christmas but not to be beaten I have had a bit of a play and here is the result.

The snowman I bought in January when Sir Stampalot had a sale, as soon as I saw him he was sold! I have use Promarkers and some extra fine glitter which I'm not sure shows very well but it does make a difference. The buttons on his belly are covering four drawn ones but they were too big to use four. The backing paper is pale green but looks white because of the light and finally I have tied a big red bow around the bottom. There isn't a greeting on it at the moment because I can't find the one I want to use so it will stay bare until the stamp shows up again.

CD Sunday -Friendship

Over on CD Sunday we are quite excited because this week we are being sponsored by the wonderful Debbees CD's. The design team were lucky enough to have some designs to play with from Debs and this is what I decided to do. I love the square pages with the design made into a circle so used that inside the card on the out side I have used a set of three images and made half the card from acetate.  These images are so sweet and the backing papers match so well that they were a joy to use.

The heme this week is friendhip and for once I have made my card entirely from a cd, this quite unusual as I normally only use bits and then add stamps and inks etc., these images were perfect and didn't need anything adding.

I hope you'll come over and join us and check out the teams work, we look forward to seeing you.

Bah! Humbug! - Oldie but Goldie

Over on Bah! Humbug! this week the ladies are asking for Oldies but Goldies, well unfortunately my photo didn't fit with Christmas so had to dig out an old cd, this image is from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Christmas.  I have printed the backing paper from a new disc to me Backing Papers 4 you by Tabbycat this was a prize I won over on Rainbow Lady's challenge blog. I am going to get my run of the mill cards done early and do all the bigger ones nearer to Christmas.

I have added a little gold ribbon and bow which is quite shiny but doesn't really look it in this photo.

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #137 Beary Good

Over on Rainbow Lady's Challenge blog this week she has asked us to use something with a bear.  I decided that i would use a stamp I bought last year in a set from QVC, the backing papers are Basic Grey and I nearly had to have counselling to use them. The image is once again coloured with Promarkers.

CD Sunday - Love is in the Air

Good morning everyone, it's yet another Sunday and for me it only means one thing - another challenge over on CD Sunday. This week the team have chosen the theme 'Love is in the Air' so I have done a wedding card.  This card is an easel card and the image is a stamp from LOTV, I had seen this stamp made up as a card with no indication of where the image came from and it took me quite a while to locate it but if I had stopped and thought about it, it should have been easy but hey ho sometimes we can't see the obvious. 
I managed to buy it when i went to the NEC last November and have enjoyed using it, I think it's just on the right side of cute.  This time I have coloured it with distress inks and put a few dots of glitter on the brides dress.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid and the sentiment is the item from a cd, it comes from MCS Papercraft Library.  The backing papers are from Basic Grey and are coloured with Spun Sugar distress inks.

I do hope you will be able to pop over and see what the rest of the DT have done and hopefully join us, we look forward to seeing you.

CD Sunday - Waters Meet

Good morning all amd welcome to another lovely Sunday morning, the weather may be awful but I'm not in work so that makes everything all right.  This week on CD Sunday Challenge blog we want you to go where waters meet, now I was spoilt for choice with this one but needed a quick card for a man so this is what I've done

I've used the Thomas Kinkade cd from Joanna Sheen and this is printed onto a mat photo paper, the card background is printed directly onto the card and is a cloud background, it looks textured but it's not, I just embossed some lines down each side and added a few gems, perfect for the man in question.

Christmas Cracker - Bah! Humbug! challenge

Over on Bah! Humbug! this week the challenge is Christmas Crackers, now I'm not sure if this is the kind of cracker they were thinking of but it's the only one I had. The image is off an old Joanna Sheen cd called Holywood, it's not one I use too often but it does come in handy on occasion.  Just off to post this on the challenge link and see what they make of my entry this week, lol.

Thistle

Over on Rainbow Lady's challenge blog this week she's gone all nostalgic for Scotland, it's Burns night next week and as she lives high up top in the Highlands she has every right.

I thought I'd join her and this is my offering, the thistles are coloured with the ever present Pro-markers and the edges have been distressed with weathered wood ink.  I cut the tags on the Cricut and the top one again has had the weathered wood ink over it, the words are a stamp  that came in a grab bag from Sweet Pea stamps a while ago.

Cupcake Sample

Here is a sample I made for the newest Cupcake cd, I took the backing paper into MCS and added the white flourishes and the greeting, the two top layer were punched with another Martha Stewart punch and the topper was layered with foam pads to keep the layers even. I finished it off with a couple of die cut corners cut on the cuttlebug.

CD Sunday - Sketch

Good morning everyone, hope your weekend is going well. I have a little something to share with you today that I've done for the challenge over on CD Sunday which this week is a sketch.  Now I know some people love sketch's and some people don't, I like to be challenged and this sketch was a bit of a challenge for me, in fact this is the second card I did as the first one wasn't good and ended up in the bin!

For this card I printed two papers off the Artylicious cd Damask Delights on to pearlised paper, this I matted onto silver mirri, the circle is a die from Marianne and the strip was punched using a Martha Stewart punch which didn't really like the vellum but I just about managed. The mirri mat behind the image had been put through the cuttlebug just for a bit of texture and the image which is a new stamp for me from Elusive Images is stamped with Perfect Medium and dusted with mica powders, finally I used distress inks around the edges and added the pearls at the top.

I am entering this into
 2 Sisters challenge which this week is flowers
Fairy Tale  Challenge which is flowers
Stamp Man which is distressing
Crafty Ann's which is Ring in the new but don't ring out the old

I do hope you'll come over to CD Sunday and join in with us, we'd love to see you!

Rainbow Lady's challenge - Winter Sketch

Well gang what do you know, I know it's my second christmas card in one week!  Over on Rainbow Lady's challenge blog this week we have been given winter sketch.  I have used another from my new Penny Black stamp sheet and coloured with promarkers, the sentiment comes from the same sheet.  I know I have some snowflakes somewhere but could I find them? So I have used some clear flowers in the hope you could be persuaded that they look a bit like snowflakes.  If I carry on at this rate my Christmas cards will be done by August, now how good would that be?  Hope you like this one Cynthia!

Bah! Humbug! Challenge - Holly

Hello there, over on the Bah! Humbug challenge the ladies are being very kind to us this week, must be because they've had a break! They have given us a choice of either Holly  or Fairies, well I have a few things to chose from but today I got a new pack of stamps and look what was amongst them. A cute little cat with holly on her head, I just knew I would have to have a play with her so this is the result.

I stamped her and the sentiment in smokey grey versafine and coloured her with promarkers, I used Spun Sugar distress ink to do the edges and coloured a white ribbon with pink carnation promarker. Last year I did quite a few larger cards because I had the time but this year I will stick to the smaller ones as some of the ones I did were a little OTT for some of the people I send to, this is a 5inch square.

New Year - New to You CD Sunday Challenge

Good morning crafters, a new challenge over on CD Sunday this week and it's a New Year - New to You.  This week I have used the latest cd from Joanna Sheen, Enchanted Dreams.

One of my work mates was proposed to on Christmas Eve so I have made this card to celebrate with them, I have used some ribbon coloured with my Promarkers and added some pearls and a pin.

I am  entering this into the following challenges:
Rainbow Lady's - It's All New to Me
Sassy Studio Designs - Use Something New
Stampin for the Weekend - New and Blue
Fairy Fun Fridays - New Beginnings
Ellephantastic - New Beginnings

CD Sunday - Check it out!

Good morning all, over on CD Sunday this week we are asking you to Check It Out! This week we are also sponsored by Bearly Mine Designs so a prize is up for grabs.

 

One of the guys in work had a new addition to the family over the Christmas break so this is the card i have done for him, I have used an image that was first on the blog scene when another blogger had an accident and these were drawn for people to use to send a card to show her lots of support.  I have printed the donkey onto one of the backing papers given to us by our sponsor and also onto a plain background, I cut the image out and decoupaged it onto the plain one. The check backgound is also from our sponsor and works really well, my element from the cd is the outer frame which is punched with a MS punch onto a backing paper printed from the Baby Love cd from Joanna Sheen.

I am also entering this card in to the Sparkles 2nd challenge which is New Things.

Merry Christmas Everyone

Just a very quick post to wish everyone of my blogging friends a very Merry christmas and a Happy New Year.

It's been a fun year joining in wih challenges and showing off my creations so hopefully it will be more of the same next year!

It's going to be a quiet day for us so I'll probably be asleep sometime after dinner, hope you all have the kind of day you've got planned and enjoy yourselves. xx

CD Sunday - Tag it!

Good Sunday morning to you all, we've had a huge snow fall on Friday and that kept me in yesterday but I do need to get some shopping done so will have to venture out later and I'm not looking forward to it.

This week over on CD Sunday we have chosen the theme of TAG IT! Now as usual you can make anything you like as long as you use something from a cd so come on over and join us.

I was asked for a card for a couple who are celebrating their 1st Christmas since they got married so I chose to use these cute lilttle inuits from Mo's digital pencil, such a great image and although they are children I thought  it to be ok for what I wanted. The backing paper and the insert are from the Artylicious cd Seasons Greetings, I added a flourish and some pearls and then used the same cd to print the tag. Hope you like it!

I am entering this into the following challenges

Crafty Ann's - Anything goes

Sundays with Crissy - Christmas is coming

CD Sunday - Three of a kind

Over on CD Sunday this week we want you give us three of a kind, the design team have been thinking hard and have come up with some quite different ideas.  For my three I have used ribbon down the side on my mum's Christmas card, the image and backing paper come from Joanna Sheen's latest cd Enchanted Dreams. This is a really pretty cd and if you like something a bit different then check it out.

We hope you'll come and visit us and join in with us this week, we are looking forward to seeing your creations.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

Ellephantastic Challenge - Christmas/Winter

Totally Gorjuss - Snow

Sparkles 1st challenge - Christmas

CD Sunday - Christmas Sparkle

Good morning all, it's Sunday so that can only mean one thing and it's a new challenge from us at CD Sunday.  This week we are back with another fabulous sponsor who is giving away a cd of the winners choice, so if you fancy a cd from the great Ooh La La range then come on over and join us.

This week we have chosen the theme of Christmas Sparkle, well I guess anything to do with Christmas will do because as soon as you add glitter and gems etc., you're sparkling.  My card is made from the Christmas Presence cd from Ooh La La as all the DT are this week, I have used one of the snowmen and there are a few fabulous ones on there, I have layered him up with some of my nesties (what did we do before they arrived), and the backing paper is just that bit different as it looks like it's been woven.  Abit of glitter and ribbon which was white until I used my Promarkers on them, another what did I do before them items.

I do hope you'll join us this week as we make our final preparations for Christmas, we look forward to seeing your great designs.

Christmas Animals

Over on Rainbow Lady's blog this week she has challenged us to do something with Christmas Animals. She couldn't have timed it better, I have just made an advent calendar from the Ivory Cats cd by Joanna Sheen. The calendar should be made on an A4 but I wanted something that would fit on my desk so I made it an A5, it was going to be an easel card but thinking about how much space I have on my desk in work decided to fold the base in half and stick it inside the front forming a base. I have used a glittery backing card to mat the calendar onto, and this is my input to Christmas in the office.