Colours Of Fall

Good morning all, it's Monday & time for the brand new challenge

over at Eureka Stamps, where the theme for this week is

#166 The Colours Of Fall

Here's my DT Inspiration card

I didn't use an image on my card today, I decided to let the sentiment 

Digi 13506(196) Whenever I Think

do the talking for itself. I just love it!

I used a 6inch scalloped, square, card for my base.

The papers are from Lidl!

I love the colours & the fact that they are glittered & embossed too!

I fussy cut around the leaves of the second paper & popped the section up 

on some foam pads. I fussy cut one leaf as an embellishment.

The sentiment was printed, cut out with a Spellbinders die,

then brushed with some antique linen distress ink before removing.

I also added a little wooden heart button which is threaded with some twine.

Thanks for coming by today! I hope you like my card.

I also hope you can play in the challenge this week!

I'd like to enter this card in some challenges:

Crafting From The Heart - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Traditional Colours Of The Season

Sweet Stampin - Autumn Leaves

Craft For The Craic - Something Glittery

Crafting With Friends - Always Anythig Goes

Dragonfly Journeys You "leaf" Me Breathless

Simply Papercaft - Always Anything Goes

Moving Along With The Times - Leaves &/or Trees

Craft DeeBowz - Anything Goes & Include A Handmade Bow

Thank You

Good Morning all!

It's Monday which means it's time for the new challenge at 

Eureka Stamps!

The theme for this week is

#165  Give Thanks

As we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in the UK, 

I've made a  little Thank You card

The image I've used is Digi 209 Checkerboard Cat along with the sentiment

 Digi 8107 (455) Thank You

I like to keep Thank You cards fairly simple & I had a notion to use

Red White & Blue for this one!

I printed the image & sentiment on to the front panel.

I then added a little shading to the image using my pencils.

I added a heart shaped button over the little heart which is already on the image

as I wanted to emphasise a big heart!

The border was punched with an xcut punch.

(The ribbon is recycled from a friends top)

The base card is A6 Kraft CS.

A mat of blue corrugated CS was added between the base & the image panel.

I've added a plain insert to this card to write a note inside!

Thanks so much for looking!

I hope you'll play in the challenge this week!

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes or Thank You
Robyn's Fetish - Anything For Thanksgiving

Sisterhood Of The Snarky Stampers - K is For Kitties

Sweet Stampin' - Dies Or Punches

CASology - Heart

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

DoubleClick Skittles - Furry Friends

Meowy Christmas

Good morning all! Is it Monday already?

Time for the latest challenge over at Eureka Stamps where the theme is

#164 Pets & Animals

Here's my little card!

I've used the image digi 34801 Christmas Kitties & 

sentiment digi 34802 Meowy Christmas

I love this pair together!

My card base is A6 Kraft card.

I added some washi tape,

My image was coloured with my promarkers,

cut with a spellbinders oval & matted on to a scalloped oval

then popped up on some foam tape.

The sentiment was cut with a spellbinders speech bubble die.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for popping in today, can't wait to see what pets or animals you share

with us in the challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Hiding In My Craft Room - Any Holiday
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafting By Designs - Get Ready For Christmas

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Christmas or Winter Goes

Happy Halloween!

Good morning all,

So sorry I haven't been around much!

With a mixture of no internet/slow internet & a yukky cold,

I either haven't been able to get around your blogs or I've been too frustrated trying!

Anyhoo, enough moaning for one day! Lol!

Today sees the start of a new week & the new challenge over at Eureka Stamps!

This week, the theme is

#163 Halloween

Here's my card

I've used the cute digi 3901 Witch &  the great sentiment

digi 3907 Happy Halloween.

My card is quite simple, I did think about making it a bit more fancy but

 I decided to let the elements speak for themselves.

I coloured the image with ym promarkers then cut out with a spellbinders die.

I added a bit of distress inks to the image & the sentiment.

The paper was from Lidl, I love those papers.

The button is from my stash & the hessian/burlap is from the £1 shop.

I added a little raffia bow behind the button.

The sentiment panels were popped up on a little foam tape.

I added a little bit of decoration to the inside of the card too!

I used the same paper, added a white panel to write on & fussy cut the pumkpkins

& ghost from another paper. The Boo is cut from the paper too!

Another quick look at my card from the side.

I hope you like &it & I hope you can play in the

Halloween challenge over at Eureka Stamps this week!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Chocolate Coffee & Cards - Halloween

Creative Corner - 3 embellishments (burlap, button, raffia bow)

Pattie's Creations - Fall/Halloween Image

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Halloween

D.L Art Thankful Thursday Challenge - Halloween

DRS Designs - Autumn Gourd Colours

Moving Along With The Times - Halloween

And Now For Something Completely Different....

Good Morning all, it's Wednesday lready!

Happy Hump Day!

I don't have a card to share today but I do have this!

A friend at work has recently become gran & this was a little something

I made for her grandson.

I tried not to make it too babyish so it could be displayed for longer

I aplogise for the photo, it's not the best  but I'm sure you get the general idea.

The frame is from Ikea & the buttons are from my stash.

The background is Kraft cardstock from my stash.

I got the little mdf shapes at the Ross Papercraft Show in Edinburgh recently.

The Scrabble type letters are by Papermania.

This is my first try at making a button monogram. It was fun to do so I think 

I will be making a few more! Watch this space!

Thanks for popping in, I hope you like it!

I'd like to enter this project in the following challenges:

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion  - Always Anything Goes

Karleigh Sue Challenge -Kraft paper or color

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Allsorts - no design paper 

Happy Halloween Pumpkin!

Good morning all!

Did you miss me?

I was off for a cheeky little week away in my favourite place!

So, now we're home, it's back down to earth & back to business as usual!

It's Monday which means it's time to begin the new challenge at

Eureka Stamps, where the theme for this week is

#162 Pumpkins

Here's my little card!

I made a clean & simple card using Digi 10103(431) Halloween Border  &

Digi 3907 Happy Halloween sentiment.

I used a white base & printed my image onto the butter coloured card.

The image was coloured with Prisma Pencils, I added a wrap of

raffia & a couple of  garden tool metal charms.

I hope you like my card & I hope you can play along in our 

Pumpkin Challenge!

I'd like to enter this little card in the following challenges:

Allsorts - No design paper

Catch The Bug - Fall

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

My Time To Craft - autumnal colours

Dragons Lair Designs - Halloween

Quick Quotes - Pumpkins

Auds Sentiements Challenge - Halloween

C.R.A.F.T. - Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Bonfire Night

Autumn Leaves

Good Morning Lovelies!

It's Monday again & time for a brand new challenge over at 

Eureka Stamps, where this weeks theme is

# 161 Autumn Leaves/Colours of Fall

Here's my little card!

I used a 6"x6" brown base for my card.

The totally sweet little image is Digi 27402 Parachuting Squirrel

& coloured him up with my promarkers!

I then cut him out with a spellbinder circle die using the out of the box technique.

The papers I have used are from Lidl & are embossed & glittered in areas.

I used foam tape to lift the leaves for some dimension!

The sentiment was done on my pc.

I had so much fun making this card, I also decorated the inside!

Thanks for popping by, I hope you like my card & I hope  you

can play along in the challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

What's New Pussycat?

Good Morning all, where did the weekend go?

I can't believe it's Monday already!

It's time for the new challenge over at Eureka Stamps!

The theme this time is

#160 Anything goes!

It just doesn't get any easier than that does it?

We're also having a Design Team call, check out the details here.

It's open to all levels of crafters & you don't need any previous DT experience!

So, on to my card!

I've used the super cute image Digi 409 - Checkerboard Cat 

to make my Black & White Card. 

I had the old Tom Jones song What's New Pussycat going around 

in my head the whole time I was making his card!

I shaded the image slightly with a grey promarker to give it a little depth.

I added a tiny little heart button from my stash, over the little heart on the image

The spotty paper is from Papermania.

The lace is from my sash & the faux buttons were done with an embosslit!

The image & sentiment were cut out with Spellbinders dies

I distresses the edges of the paper, image & sentiment panel with a pair of serrated scissors

I kept this card fairly flat for posting but I feel I managed to give 

the impression of depth with the matting & layering.

Thanks for stopping by today, I do hope we'll see you in the challenge,

remember you don't have to use a Eureka Stamp to enter, but there is

a little incentive if you do! 

Don't forget about the DT call too!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Come & Get It - Clear It Out (use a stash item)

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Square or Rectangular Cards

Crafty Friends Challenge - Pick A Tune

Sweet Stampin' - Use A Non- White Base

Kitty Bee Designs - Buttons

QKR Stampede - Cats Or Dogs

Scrapy Land Challenges - Use dies & Add An Image

Grease Is The Word!

Good morning all! 

The weekend is nearly here...... hurrah!

I have another card to share with you today!

It's another fun Anniversary card from the La Pashe

"Wrinklies At The Movies"

You've probably guessed the movie they're at already but if not, it's

Grease! It's brilliant isn't it!

The card is an 8"x8" base.

The patterned paper is from La Pashe too.

I matted it on to some black card & added some Papermania black spotty brads to the corners.

I then made a smaller panel to which I added some black lace & some smaller silver brads.
(I've had the brads in my stash forever)

I then matted & layered the decoupaged image on to some

red & black cardstock before adding to the card at an angle.

The sentiment was matted on to some black card & mounted on foam

tape at one end & DST on the other to allow it to be curved.

Inside the card, I added a mat of black card, to keep everything stable.

I also added a red diecut heart & a smaller white one on which to write a message.

Thanks for popping in, I do love a little visit!

Hope you like my card!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:-

Crafty Ribbons - Lace

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - It Takes Two

Crafting For All Seasons - Layering It Up

Shopping Our Stash - Show Us Your Smile

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Good Luck

Good morning all! Happy Monday!

Time for the brand new challenge for this week over at the 

Eureka Stamps Challenge Blog where our theme is

#159 Monochrome 

(Shades of one colour, skin tones are permitted too)

I used the digi sentiment 8101 (488) Good Luck

to make my Clean & Simple little card.

I used an A6 Linen Embossed Card base to whichh I added a strip of

Washi Tape.I coloured the image with my Chameleon Markers,

the first time I've used them. The image was then matted on to some green card

and mounted on some foam tape. The final addition was the cool green button

from my stash. The bottom corner of the card was rounded using a

Woodware punch.

Thanks for popping in today!

I'm lucky enough to have the day off work as it's a local holiday,

so you may well find me crafting at some point today!

I hope we see you in the challenge this week! 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Friends -  B is for... (button)

Hiding In My Craft Room - Freestyle

Addicted To Stamps & More - Make Your Mark

Inky Impressions - Fancy Corners

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes