A Card for Sundays with Santa

Good Evening Crafters, well its been awhile since I used one of my Magnolia stamps but thought as its a Anything Goes Challenge over on Sundays with Santa on Facebook I would give this Tilda image a outing, Ive stamped her onto white card then used a mask to cover her and then stamped the I Love You stamp under her, removed the mask then coloured it with my copic pens. I then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.17 to cut her out, I then drew around the die to create the mount for her out of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers I have used are Lili of the Valleys "Nitwit" papers, the first a snowfall one on a blue background, the second is a white background with pale blue snowflakes on I have used a snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart, then for my last mount I used a sentiment paper and cut a strip and mounted this onto another piece of the blue card.
The mounted image was then placed in the center towards the top and the sentiment below on the right.
To finish of I created two snowflakes and layered them up from several punched out piece glittered the top and put them across the left hand bottom corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://christmaschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tandastamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #63 - Bearlymine Designs - "Blue and Silver"

Good Morning All, well the rain has stopped at the moment but for how long Ive no idea, its been so wet here in my neck of the woods and we've had lots of floods plus loads of trees and fences down, its a right mess where ever you go around the Forest, but I'm going to try and bring a bit of sunshine into your lives as for this Challenge this week we want yet another Christmas one its a "Blue and Silver" theme for your cards.
But first before I go any further I want to introduce you to a new Design Team member we've had join us and that is Chanelle and I do hope that you will go and visit her blog and leave her some love and welcome her to the Team. And now to let you know who's sponsoring us this week and that is Marianne Dies, and at the moment Im not sure what their prize is but Im sure we shall know by the time this Challenge goes live.

And they are offering a prize of

 

And now without any further ado, here is the card I created for this Challenge.

 

I chose this gorgeous "Don and Daisy" image and stamped onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, then used a oval die to cut her out, I used some blue ink just to distress the edges, and then used a Decorative Oval from Marianne for the mount, and the sentiment is a Britannia die and I used more of the same silver mirri card for this.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of silver card and the papers I used are from Donna's "Pastel Christmas" digi papers set, and you will find them here. The first one Ive used is a blue background with snowflakes on, and then on top I used another pattern and a Decorative Square Marianne die to cut out a large doily which I have placed in the middle of the base card, then wrapped a organza ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment across the right hand bottom corner, and to finish of I have used the Nellie Poinsetta Punches to create the flowers in the top left hand corner, I then moulded them into shape and stuck them down with some silicone glue.
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 Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Blue and Silver" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.abcchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #91 - The Paper Shelter - "Birthdays"

Good Morning Crafters, its only days away now to my own big birthday I know you want me to write up exactly how old I am but I find it embarrassing to actually say it out loud anyway you can see from my profile what it is, its plus one. Anyway today's Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is just right for all of those experiencing birthday like myself its a "Birthdays" theme and I know its one of the most popular themes for making cards so you can start putting your thinking caps on while taking part in it.
As usual our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of  $30.

but as always this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, but even if you have'nt they will still give you three images of your own choice. I wish you would take a visit to their website The Paper Shelter, (click on this) and you can see for yourself what stunning and beautiful images they have for sale, they are always updating their catalogue and they also have some lovely papers that go with their images and printables, plus which they really are so reasonably priced as the exchange rate is brilliant and gives you real value for money.
Now I want to show you the card I created for this Challenge.

 

I used this gorgeous yummy "Birthday Cupcake" image you will find it here, and I coloured it with my copic pens then cut it out completely, and the sentiment is one of the new Britannia dies and this was cut out of pink pearlescent card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, I then used the "Birthday Cupcake" papers from The Paper Shelter you will find them here,  the first paper is a pink background with lots of cupcakes on, and on top of this I have used a blue background with swirls on and a pink with spots on and then used my Cheery Lynn Pastry Dies to create two doilys which were then placed at angles on top of the first mount.

The Cupcake image was then placed in the center with the sentiment placed across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used a rolled daisy die from Die-namics to create the three flowers in the top left hand corner, these were made with some of the left over papers and the leaves were punched with a rose leaf punch from some of the pink paper.

Now youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope you will feel able to take part in this weeks "Birthdays" Challenge.

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

Winner of my Blog Candy

Well thank you everyone who took part in my Blog Candy and now all I have to do is announce the winner and that lucky person picked by random org: is :-

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

34

Timestamp: 2012-11-19 17:47:11GMT

Kym :-  http://kyms-crafty-cards.blogspot.co.uk/

Congratulations Kym if you email me with your address I will get my hubby to take your goodies to the Post Office. (You'll find my email address under my profile).

My Blogaversary and Birthday

This is a sticky and will stay at the top till the 19th November, if you would like to see my

latest posts please scroll down past this post. 

 

Well its almost 4 years since I started this blog and 2 years since my No.2 blog, and so to celebrate this and the fact that Ive had over 73.000 hits here and 14.000 hits for No.2, plus which its also a very big birthday for me this year and I thought I would again bring you a surprise box of goodies, I hate displaying them on my blog so it will be a big surprise for the winner, but I will tell you its got Dies, Stamps, Paper Pads, Embossing Folders and lots of other bits and bobs. (Plus which my hubby hates taking the photo) so I hope you will be as excited as I am in inviting my very loyal and faithful followers to take part in this, please dont feel that you have to add this to your blogs, that's not necessary, but I do want only those followers who have been loyal to me over the years, to take part and not those Candy Followers who only add their names in the chance of winning freebies, please believe me when I say they will be removed from the eventual picking of the winner.  Plus I also want to thank you for being such wonderful Followers and also for your beautiful comments.

Challenge #24 - Cards for Men - "Merry Christmas"

Good Morning Everyone, well today over on Cards for Men we have a brand new Digi Designer and that is Andrew Walker, hes the husband of our Team Leader and Owner of Cards for Men and he was asked by Donna to start creating digi stamps for us to play with and now he has started his own website called "Scribbled Kidz" and you will find it here.

He is offering a fabulous prize of 3 digi images of winners choice.

Andrew has based all his designs on his young sons and I think you will be surprised at how fabulous they actually are, I do hope you will go and visit the website and see for yourself and hopefully you will be encouraged to buy some of them, as they are very reasonably priced to.
We were lucky enough to be given a few of the images to play with and I chose this one for my card.

This little lad is writing up his list for Santa so its titled "Dear Santa" and I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, then used my Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut him out then drew around the metal die to create the mount out of red card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card and the papers I have used are from Echo Parks "Very Merry" Christmas papers, the first one a red background with white snowflakes on the second is a grid pattern and the third a newspaper item, I layered them on the base mount at angles.
I then positioned my mounted image in the center and cut out my sentiment with one of the new Britannia die from some of the red card and then positioned it across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used three buttons and stuck them down the right 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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and then maybe you to will take part in the "Merry Christmas" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftypad.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for several Challenges

Good Afternoon All, I do apologise for my lack of posts, I dont seem to have the urgency to create cards just for fun at the moment most of my efforts seem to be just my DT cards, anyway I thought I would show you this card I created for this weeks Sundays with Santa Challenge over on Facebook, this weeks challenge is "Vintage" and I felt you might like to see the results. Ive used one of the Don and Daisy images from Marianne and coloured it with my copic pens, I then cut it out with Nestabilitie Label Die No.8 then drew around the die to create the mount.
The base mount is a 6"x 6" piece of red card with three papers from Maji's "Its Christmas Time" and the first one is a all over paisley pattern in shades of brown, beige and red, the second is a snowflake paper and Ive used my Martha Steward border and corner snowflake punches to create a square doily, on top is another of the same paper set but this one is a piece of newspaper type design and has been laid down the card.
I then positioned my mounted image in the center and the sentiment below on the right hand side, to finish of I have used a large Snowflake punch from Martha Stewart and punched out several sizes and dipped them into glass glitter, this was layered up and positioned it in the top right hand corner.
If you havent put your name to the blog candy above please do if your a regularly visit my blog.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tandastamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #61 - Bearlymine Designs Challenge - "Pink Christmas"

Good Morning Crafters, well my first Team Leader blog post for Bearlymine Designs went reasonably well though I did forget a couple of things so Im hoping that this weeks Challenge post will be better, keep your fingers crossed I do a better job of it.
Anyway back to this weeks Challenge its all about a "Pink Christmas" a bit unconventional but I think the colour pink does make beautiful cards and I hope  you will think so when you see my card. Now you will want to know who is sponsoring us this week and that is Whimsey Stamps.

and they are offering a fabulous prize of 5 digi images of winners choice.

And here is my card for this weeks Challenge.

The image I decided to use is from Funky Kits and I have stamped her onto white card and then used my copic pens afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut her out, and the mount I have used is one of the Spellbinders Marvellous Square die, the sentiment was cut with one of the new Britannia Sentiment dies from Robert Adams.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, and the papers I choose to use are from Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Pastel Christmas" paper set and you will find it here, I have used two papers the first is a pretty pink background with flower sprays on, the second has been cut with Cheery Lynn doily die, and placed in the middle of the first mount, then around the middle I have wrapped a strip of pink satin ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.

I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used three poinsetta flowers and with two holly berry's at either end I have stuck them to the card with silicone glue on top of punched out holly leaves in the top left hand corner. The final flourish are the four pink gems in the top and opposite corners.

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 Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope you will want to take part in this "Pink Christmas" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/anything-goes.html 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #89 - The Paper Shelter - "Fairies and Elves"

Good Morning Everyone, I do hope that you will enjoy this weeks challenge "Fairies and Elves" its been awhile since this was a theme over on The Paper Shelter and they do have some really lovely images to play with and I do hope that you will go and visit their website and see for yourself and hopefully you will buy a few and play with them yourselves for this Challenge.
As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

but this is providing you have used one of their images or products on your card, and you will find them on The Paper Shelter website and they are always updating their catalogue so each time you visit there will lots of new ones to choose from. But even if you dont use their products they will still give you 3 digi's of your own choice so you really carnt loose.
And now for my card.

I  used this sweet image called "Fairy Tea Time" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut it out and the Marvelous Square die for the mount, the sentiment is one from my stash and has been mounted in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is pink card, and the paper I used is the one that actually comes with the image, I have printed it several times and then cut out the flowers and used my embossing tool to moulded them into shape and stuck them on top of the flowers in the background. I also used Die-namic leaf swirl and stuck it down the left hand side. To finish of I have used some pink dew gems on the flowers and the top right hand corner.

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 very talented Design Team have created for this weeks "Fairies and Elves" Challenge and hopefully you to will want to take part in this Challenge.

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

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

Challenge #23 - Cards for Men - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, and happy Bonfire day to all those who are planning one today or later this week I hope the weather is kind to you, though the last weekend here has been extremely wet so no doubt the bonfire will have suffered. But back to todays Challenge, this fortnight we are being sponsored by:-

Kitty is offering a prize of :- £10 Gift Voucher

and this is what she says about her company:-

My Mums Craft Shop is a bricks & mortar and online store. We stock many of the leading brands and specialise in rubber stamping. We have brands including Some Odd Girl, Stamping Bella, My Favorite Things, CC Designs and many more. We also stock a large selection of Dienamics, Memory Box, Sizzix, CC Designs Marianne Dies. We constantly have new deliveries arriving, check out our website for more products - www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk

And the theme this time is a great favourite with everyone its "Anything Goes" so no excuse for getting out of this one, the only thing we ask is that the card is suitable for the male of the species so it can be for man or boy, and here is the card I made.

And the image I have used is a Saturated Canary one its called "Give Big Boy" and you will find it here, Ive printed him onto white card then used my favourite copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Nestabilitie die No.8 to cut him out then used the metal die to draw around to create the mount for it. 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 and for my first mount I have used blue card and the papers are from Echo Parks "Boys Life" paper pad, the first a blue background with airplanes, balloons and flags on, and for my second I have used a red background with letters on, and the third yet another blue background with racing cards on.
The mounted image was then placed at an angle with the sentiment underneath in the bottom left hand corner. To finish of I have used a Whimsey Flag die to create the corner in the top right.
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 very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and then I hope you will also take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

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/