Challenge #59 - Bearlymine Designs - "Flowers Galore"

Good Morning Crafters, today is my first challenge as Team Leader for the "A" Team over on the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and Im really excited and nervous, I just hope that I fulfil Donna's wishes in running it at least near to her standards, only time will tell. Anyway for this Challenge we want to see lots and lots of "Flowers" on your card, and we are being sponsored this time by:

Kenny K - the prize is 5 digi's of winners choice

I am Roses - $35 Gift Voucher

Wow thats some awesome prizes and I know if your like me both of them would be welcome in my craft stash.

We were so lucky to receive a digi of our choice to play with and heres my choice.

Isnt she a corker, her name is "Princess Pia" and you will find her here, Ive got to be totally honest with you it took me 4 attempts to get her hair as I wanted it, and to be honest Im quite proud of the end result I hope you like it to. Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used the oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, then a Scalloped one for the mount out of purple card. The sentiment is one from Whimsey Stamps and Dies and I used the pumpkin die to mount it on.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card and the paper I have used are Donna's "Happy Hauntings" and you will find them here, a background of purple with spiders and pumpkins on. On top of this I have used a orange paper from the same paper set and with this I have used my Cheery Lynn Spring Flower Doily Die and laid it in the middle of the first mount. I then wrapped a Halloween ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount.

I have also used some orange card and the Cheery Lynn Pumpkin corner and then positioned it in the bottom left hand corner, in the top right I used the Memory Box Spider Corner and Spider which was cut from black card.

I then positioned my mounted image in the center and the sentiment pumpkins in the bottom right hand corner, I also stuck two pumpkin charms in the bottom left. To finish of I have used several different sized roses in the top left hand corner and stuck them to my card with silicone glue on punched out rose leaves.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented "A" Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Flowers Galore" Challenge.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artwithnoboundaries.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/anything-goes.html 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #87 - The Paper Shelter - "Halloween"

Good Morning Everyone, I just dont know where these weeks go, anyway its time for another challenge over on The Paper Shelter and this time its theme is "Halloween" and they do have some fabulous images for you to use, I do hope that you will take a trip and visit their website and see for yourself as they have some brilliant offers on them at the moment.
As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of

to spend on their website, but as always this is providing you have used one of their products on your cards, and they could be either papers, digi images and printables so lots to browse through. But even if you dont use one of these they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice and I think this is a very generous prize in its own right.
And now to show you my card.

I decided to use this "Im almost ready Franky" image and you will find it here, its such a clever design dont you think? Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her. Afterwards I used a Memory Box die to cut her out, then used a border one to create the spider web surroundings.
The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of black card, then on top I have used a Sweetshoppe Digi paper called "Tricky" unfortunatly The Paper Shelter didnt have a paper to match so I used this one for its scull pattern, on top of this I have laid a piece of cheesecloth and spider web and then placed my mounted image on top. In the top right hand corner is a spider die cut from Memory Box with a spider hanging down from it.
To finish of I have used the Whimsey Stamp and pumpkin dies to create the three pumpkins at the bottom with the sentiment on.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you to will take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cdee-designschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #22 - Cards for Men - "Sketch"

Good Morning Everyone, I was asked by my Team Leader to create a "Sketch" for this fortnights Challenge over at the Cards for Men and I do hope that you will enjoy playing with it.

And we are being sponsored this time by Letreset and they are offering a fabulous prize of a pack of Aquamarkers.

And here is what they say about themselves:-

ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Avilable in 148 colours, they give incredible tonal range and can be applied to a diverse range of materials, not just paper and card. ProMarkers produce vivid, bright colours right through to the subtlest pastel shades - the translucent inks can also be overlaid and blended, even further extending the range of shades and hues on offer. ProMarker's quality nibs and inks provide flawless colour lay down with consistent coverage and no unsightly streaking

And this is the card I created for this Challenge.

I used this gorgeous image from Teddy Bo, and printed him onto white card then used my promarkers to colour him, then cut him out with my rotatrim and then mounted him onto a piece of purple card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same way as my image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card and the papers I have used are from Sweetshoppe Digi "Azucar" paper set, the first one is a black and white background of sculls in a damask pattern, then on top I have used a red background with a white spot on it.
I then positioned my mounted image towards the right with the sentiment below.
To finish of I have used the Whimsey stamp and die set to create the pumpkins in the bottom left hand corner, and with some Halloween charms stuck down the left hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you to will take part in this "Sketch" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artwithnoboundaries.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digidarlas.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Donna has a Sale at Bearlymine Designs

Donna has a Sale over on the Bearlymine Designs Website, if you click on the poster or even on her name you will go straight to the website.

A Card for the Sugar Bowl

Good Morning All, well the sun is out and on the whole is quite warm, though Im not sure I would want to strip of in it. But my card today is for this fortnights Sugar Bowl "Wet, Wet, Wet" and sketch challenge, and I have used one of Funky Kits Mermaid stamps, this was stamped onto white card then I used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a grand oval Nestabilitie Die to cut it out and used one of the new ones for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and and has been mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of aquamarine card with one of two papers from the Sweetshoppe Digi "Medsea" paper set the first being a water pattern and the second a spot one for the second mount.
I then positioned the sketch sideways so that I could place my image along the center of the card with the sentiment below on the right. To finish of I have used the "Loopy Rings" die from Memory Box to create the illusion of water bubbles.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/
http://stamp-n-doodle.blogspot.co.uk/

A new set of Digi's

I was asked by my Design Team Leader from Cards for Men if I would make a card with a digi that her hubby Andy had created and I said I would give it a go and here is the result. Andy has created 3 digi stamps for sale (all Halloween images they are all priced at £1.each so very reasonable) and you will find them on his blog Scribbled Kidz and hes hoping to take the craft world by storm with his fabulous images, as its a new venture I do hope that you will pop across and visit this blog and see for yourself how talented Andy is.
Ive printed the image onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens, then used my rotatrim to cut it out and distressed the edges and mounted it onto a piece of red card. The sentiment is one from Whimsey stamps and has been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, then I have used Sweetshoppe Digi Paper "Ghoul Night" digi paper set, the first is a all over pattern of pumpkins ghouls and vampires, the second is a pumpkin paper that I have cut in a square then used my ghoul corner and border punch on, I laid this on top of a piece of red spiderweb and then I cut out with some red card a spooky house and tree from La La Land and this were placed on top of the second mount.
The mounted image was then positioned towards the left with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have put a ghost charm in the top right hand corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
http://tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #57 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning All, I really dont know where the weeks go, its 10 weeks to Christmas I want to know where has the year gone, anyway I hope youve already started getting on with your cards for then I have been making mine since January so I have already got quite a stack so Im happy. Anyway back to this weeks challenge and its your favourite its a "Anything Goes" one and I know how popular this theme is, its a no brainer really. Now for our sponsors for this weeks Challenge and they are

Marianne D Designs - And the prize is

and I know like me a lot of us have their products,  and more information will be on the Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot.

And for my card I used a Magnolia stamp.

Ive stamped Tilda onto a piece of white card then coloured her with my copics, afterwards I cut her out with one of the Nestabilitie new dies, this one is Resplendant Rectangle, I also cut a mount with a larger die from the same set to mount her on. The sentiment is one from my stash which I fect went well with the sweet image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are Donna's "Floral Breeze" digi paper set and you will find them here. They are so pretty and I used another one a pink one and my Cheery Lynn Kiwi Doily die to cut out to place on top of the first mount, I then used a piece of cheese cloth that I frayed at the edges and placed that on top with the mounted image in the centre. I then placed the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner.

To finish of I have used several flowers, carnations, asters and sweet flowers plus some pearl pins and arranged them in a spray in the top left hand corner and stuck them down with some silicone glue.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop across to the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot to see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/ 

Challenge #85 - The Paper Shelter - "Love Beats All"

Good Morning All, well another week has gone by and over on The Paper Shelter we have now reached our 85th Challenge and for this one is all about "Love Beats All" so we want to see your "Love" theme cards and I bet youve got quite a few of those images in your stash I know I have. Anyway before I start I want to let you know more about our sponsors Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30.

to spend on their website but this is providing you have used one of their products on your cards and believe me they certainly have some fabulous things for sale and at such a reseasonable price, but even if you dont use them you are still able to claim 3 digi images of your own choice, its a win win situation dont you agree?
They also have a 20% discount at the moment so its worth popping over to the website and buying your digi images now.

And now for my card I have used this sweet pair.

 

Isnt it a gorgeous Wedding image and as I had a fabulous wedding in my family this year it was just right to give my grandson and his new wife a card like this. Ive used "Happy Couple" and you will find it here, and coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut it out then used a larger one and a piece of grey card to create the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of grey card, and for my paper I have used one of the papers from "Happy Couple" and you will also find that here. I stuck it to the base mount and then wrapped a piece of lace around it and then mounted my image towards the right, with the sentiment below.

To finish of I have used some pink roses of several sizes and punched out rose leaves and created a floral spray in the top left hand corner, but to finish of I use some stickles on the roses to make them stand out.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that your will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what the rest of the girls have created for your inspiration, and hopefully you to will take part in this weeks "Love is in the Air" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Challenge #21 - Cards for Men - "Orange and Black"

Good Morning All, I hope youve all have a brilliant weekend and the weather hasnt been to wet in your district, its certainly been so here. Anyway to cheer you up this fortnights challenge for Cards for Men is "Orange and Black" and we are being sponsored by Kenny K

And they are offering a fabulous prize of 4 digis of your own choice, and this is what they say about themselves.

I'm sure you're all familiar with the wonderful work of Kenny K's Shop but what about the man (and woman) behind those wonderful creations. Take a look here to see their journey, http://www.kennykdownloads.com/about-kenny-and-elena.php

And we were lucky enough to have been given several images to play with and I chose this one,

and she is called "Trixxie Treat" and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, afterwards I cut her out with the large rectangle die from Spellbinders and used a larger one for her mount.

The card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first moung of orange card, and the sentiment paper I have used is from Donna's "Halloween" digi paper set, on top of this I have placed firstly a Memory Box Sprider frame towards the left and in the top right hand corner I have used a spiderweb die with a spider and stuck them down there. I also used my Silhouette Cameo machine to cut out the pumpkin border at the bottom, all these were cut from orange card.

I then positioned my mounted image slightly to the right of the frame, and to finish of I have used Memory Box spook diecuts down the side.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop over to the  Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and hopefully you will be inspired enough to take part in this "Orange and Black" Challenge yourself.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://kennykskraftykrew.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cateredcrop.com/
http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Donna's brand new Christmas Digi Papers

 

Christmas Traditions

 

Festive Fun

 

Pastel Christmas

 

If you go to her Webshop you will be able to buy them today at http://bmd-creations.blogspot.co.uk/
and I know you will be thrilled and surprised at how beautiful they are.

Challenge #55 - Bearlymine Designs Challenge - "Halloween"

Good Morning Everyone, Christmas is creeping nearer isnt it? but firstly we will have to cope with "Halloween" and that is our theme for this weeks Bearlymine Designs Challenge, and I do hope that you will take part in this one. If like me you have several youngsters in the family it does mean that you need to make several cards for them.
Anyway before I go any further I want to tell you who our sponsors are for this one and they are:-

and they are offering a prize of "Fall Harvest Two Frame"

I have used one of these frames on my card so you will get an idea of what it might look like, and here it is.

I have used a Magnolia stamp and this is Witch Tilda, I have coloured her with my copic pens, then used the large rectangle die from Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, then used a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is one of the Magnolia ones as well and has been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the paper I have used is one of Donna's of Bearlymine Designs and its called "Happy Hauntings" and you will find it here, its a all over sentiment, and then with one of the Halloween frame dies from Cheery Lynn I have cut out in black a large frame which has been then placed to the right of the base mount.
On top I have then placed my mounted image towards the left with the sentiment at the moment on the right, to finish of I have used a spook charm in the top right hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will then take part in this "Halloween" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artwithnoboundaries.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dutchmagnolialovers.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.co.uk/
http://magnolia-licioushighlites.blogspot.co.uk/

Donna's WOW Blogcandy offer

Donna of Bearlymine Designs, has a MEGA, and I mean MEGA Blogcandy offer over on her blog, this is just a part of it

And this just a small part, there is lots of stamps, dies, and even a Epsom printer on offer, how can you not go and put your name down for a fabulous offer like that, heres the place you need go to. http://bearlymine.blogspot.co.uk/ just click on this link and it will take you there.