Papertake Weekly - Sketch

Here's a card that I've made for this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge
Someone told me today that it was the last day for posting 2nd class, so seeing as I'd bought all my 2nd class stamps ages ago, but not bothered to make any cards, I thought I'd better get started. I moved all my xmas stuff up from my craft room to my lounge, and what a mistake that was - this is what happened next!!!...

yep - the kids took over!!!

all purple and pink!

Hi everyone, I haven't had much time for crafting this week, but manage to have made 3 cards this afternoon.
The first card has been made for this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge which this week (as you can tell!) is lilac. I used some flowers that I made from fimo, along with ribbon and mulberry paper, a tag and some gems. It's going straight into the post to a friend who's fave colour used to be purple (when we were at school), so I expect it'll make her giggle!!

This second card has been made for a little girl who's 6 (obviously), but I have no challenge to enter it into, but I just had to have a go with my new Hello Kitty dies!

This last card has been made for two challenges - Penny Black Saturday Challenge which this week is funky christmas and also the A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge which is a great sketch. I coloured the image with sakura stardust, so it's lovely and shimmery, but hasn't really come out in the pic. I also used my new sizzix snowflake die and my cuttlebug die too.

Cuttlebug and SC203 challenges

I've made two cards, the first is for Challenge SC203 over on SCS and the second card is for Cuttlebug Challenge which is one that I've not entered before. The cuttlebug challenge is to use crayon resist technique where you emboss a piece of card, then go over it with crayon and then use ink over that (I think!). I then used my embossing pen to just silver emboss the single bird!
For the first card I used my sanded stamp to make the backing piece, then embossed a piece of darker with the swiss dots. I used the tree for all seasons, embellished with some glitter glue.
Stamps used: A tree for all seasons, sanded
Inks used: close to cocoa, bashful blue
Colouring method: crayon resist
Cardstock used: bashful blue and dark blue, and tim holtz distress inks
Other Embellishments: cuttlebug die slider, embossed with UTEE

Daring Cardmakers - Birds, birds, birds

My mum went shopping yesterday and bought me a little strip of 3d stickers from the £shop. It's not something I'd normally buy, but she thought of me, so thought I'd better come up with something with them, and I was actually quite pleased with the results - they made 6 cards, and one of them has a bird, so ideal for the Daring Cardmakers challenge!! Click on the pics for closer views!

Cardstock used: red and green from stash, plus handmade paper from stash
Other Embellishments: stickers from the pound shop and some peel-offs!

Stamp Something Sketch Challenge

Here's a card made while hubby has taken over the tv!! It's for the Stamp Something Challenge and this week is a sketch, which is great - simple but effective (I think). I used papermania papers and the holly critters PB stamps, watercoloured with pencils, and added 3d paint in gold for the dots, and sizzix photo corners. Oh, and the pics are on cuttlebug stamp die cuts! (Not a nestie in sight for a change!!!) Click on the photo for a better look!

Friday Sketchers & Papertake Weekly

2 cards - 2 challenges - 2 sketches
The first card is for Papertake Weekly - I used a stamped image from a RAK, and some magazine papers and vellum. I coloured the image using my Stampin' Up chalks.
and the second one is for Friday Sketchers. I used a PB stamp, coloured with watercolour pencils, and my cuttlebug die to make the snowflakes, along with some Stampin' Up buttons, stamped tab, and some ribbon, oh and some around the block brads.

Cute Card Thursday

Here's another quick make for this weeks Cute Card Thursday Challenge which this week is to use red and green. I covered the snowman with white flowersoft, and then decided to add some red glitter flock to the hat. It has gone a bit wrong - the flock went everywhere, including on his face, but I may be able to sort this out when it is completely dry - not sure - does anyone else have problems using flock - I just find that it leaves a covering over everything - with or without glue!!

Daring, Stamp Somthing & My Time to Craft

I grabbed half hour today to make a quick card, and managed to make it fit into 3 challenges - Stamp Something which is Simple Somethings - keep it to one layer, My Time To Craft which is Snowmen and Daring Cardmakers which is sparkle and bling. I added glitter to the ribbon and the snowman's bobble hat! I was going to cover him in glitter completely, but thought it may be too much!
I coloured him with marvy pens.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Sentiment Only!

I've made this shaker card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which this week is to make a card with a PB sentiment (not image!). I think I've got that right, so I've made a shaker card using some DaisyD's papers, and a holly critters sentiment.

Our Creative Corner - it's all in the colouring

Here are a couple of makes that I've made today - the first is a card which has been made using leftovers - the inside of my previous card, and the meshy stuff from my atc (below), and it has been made for the Our Creative Corner challenge which is "it's all in the colouring". I don't have a favourite colouring technique - I like so many, including using my prismacolours with sansodor, my sakura stardust pens and also water colouring. For this image I've used my prismacolours (but wasn't sure whether hedgies should be brown or black, so it's turned out to be a bad mix of both!! but I wasn't going to throw him away!), my sakura pens and also some glitter. I've also used my embossing plates and nesties, and some stars - all stuck on using my hot glue gun which is now broken - I'm off to buy a new one now!

I've also made an atc for our SBS swap, so thought I'd just share this with you all too!! The topic was "so charming", so I've used some fishy charms!

Cupcake Craft Challenge & Penny Black

Here's my card for this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenges and also the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. I haven't had ANY time to myself this week, and am desperately in need of some ME time!!! Anyway, managed to snatch 20 mins today and came up with this, but had to combine it for the two challenges. The PB challenge is to make something sparkly, and the cupcake challenge is an inspiration made up of pink, burgundy, cream and turquoise. I used a PB image, and then used my embossing pen and some Stampin' Up heat and stick to stick some glitter (pinched from Bryony's make up set! with her permission, of course!! and she was there with me at the time!). I then watercoloured the image, and used my nesties and embossing folder and some snowflakes cut from a cuttlebug die.
Very rushed, I'm afraid, will be back to normal (I hope) next week!

A spoon full of sugar & Papertake Weekly Challenges

I've managed to grab some time to make two cards today - the first is for Papertake Weekly which this week is a sketch challenge by Dawny, and the second card is for A Spoon Full of Sugar which is to use sparkle and bling. I made both of these cards using Penny Black stamps, and some free papers from mags (last year!). For the bling challenge I used holographic snowflake peel-offs, as well as red glittery emb. powder for the greeting and I also used some sparkly flock on the stamped image for snow, but this doesn't come up well in the pic. I used prismacolour pencils with sansodor on Stampin' Up cardstock on both the stamped images.

Cute Card Thursday & Friday Sketchers

I've just made this card for both the Cute Card Thursday and Friday Sketchers challenges, using the papermania christmas paper pack, a penny black stamped image coloured with water colour pencils and some SU dazzling diamonds (these are great), I had to root around my christmas box (hasn't had much use lately) and found these cute little holly leaves and ribbons and jewels. Oh, and I used my new Stampin' Up punch (the half inch one) to make the corner cut-outs!

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Seasons

I've made another pyramid christmas card - this time for Penny Black's Saturday Challenge, which this week is "Seasons".
The photo hasn't come out too well, so maybe i'll re-do it later!
If you'd like instructions for the pyramid card, please email me and I'll email them back to you! (email add on right!)

Cupcake Craft Challenge No 7 - xmas!

Here's my DT card for this weeks cupcake craft challenge which this week is to make a christmas card. I made another pyramid card, using some penny black stamped images, coloured with sakura stardust pens, and wanted to make it a bit tree like with some fluffy fibres hanging down! Oh, and some gems too!

A spoon full of sugar Challenge 17 Christmas is Coming

I've been itching to make a pyramid card for ages, so here's my first attempt at one, and I thought I'd make a christmas one for the Spoon full of Sugar challenge.

I used a PB stamped image, with the bauble coloured with sakura stardust pens, the rest just watercoloured.

It's a bit of a rushed job again, I'm afraid - I seem to be so busy just lately!

Tilda & Co Challenge Blog #31 Christmas is Coming

Another card tonight - I'm on a roll!! seems a shame to have to go to bed, wish I could stay up and craft all night tonight, but I know I'd be a wreck tomorrow when the kids wake me up at 6.30! Well, they try and wake me up! So I made this using another stamped RAK, along with papers from last year, I found some glitter from my daughters make up kit (!?) so used that as well. The banner across the middle says Happy Holidays, but the photo hasn't come out very well. I'm quite pleased with it, though!

My Time To Craft Challenge 25: Christmas!

This card has been made for the My time To Craft challenge blog which was to make a christmas piece.
I also used the sketch from the papertake weekly challenge blog from last week - it was such a nice sketch to use.
I used some papers from last year, and sticko sticker embellishment.
My 2nd christmas card so far!!!

Our Creative Corner - Xmas challenge

Here's my very first xmas card of the year!!! I had to dig out my xmas craft boxes and blow off the dust - it was very weird!!! It's a decoupage teddy, with mesh behind and star merry christmas embellishment.