Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 15 - Moonflower

It's time for a new Colour Crazy challenge and this week we are sponsored by Moonflower.  The theme as always is

Anything Goes

I've used the cute Gina Caribe digi from the sponsor, coloured her with Promarkers plus watercolour pencils for the background.  For once, I matched the colours to the papers I already had in my stash as I'm trying to use up all the bits and bobs that I have.

Papers are Echo Park, Early Bird and I found a perfectly matching green ribbon in my stash to make a lovely big bow!

Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Scrap N Dipity:  Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs:  Elegant Ladies
Pause, Dream, Enjoy:  Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments:  Only For Girls
Unicorn Challenge:  Use Ribbon

You Drink Too Much!

I'm a week late with this again! This is the new release digi stamp from Jellypark and its called You Drink Too Much!  She also comes with the sentiment and I've coloured her with Promarkers and then cut out.

It really is a fab image and saying, and quite possibly one that I will use quite a lot!  I've used papers from my stash - I am trying to be good and use up all the offcuts I have and they are Cosmo Cricket, Early Bird.  The ribbons are from my stash (actually originally from Lidl and they had lovely beads and little wooden apples on them too - those have been saved for another day!)

The little scallops have been made with my trusty heart punch, a bit of inking, some doodling around the edge and some half pearls and the card is complete!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Deconstructed Sketch:  Sketch 97 followed
Crafts 4 Eternity:  3 or more Patterned Papers
Charisma Cardz:  Polkadots
Delightful Challenges:  I Appreciate You
Sassy Studios:  Special Lady

Image and sentiment:  Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Cosmo Cricket, Early Bird
Ribbons:  Lidl
Everything else:  My stash 

Fetch A Sketch - Challenge 20 Midway Extra

It's time for the Midway Extra inspiration (we hope!) at Fetch A Sketch. A reminder of our sponsor - the very generous Digi Doodle Shop who is offering two winners $5 gift certificate each to spend in the store!

And here is a reminder of the sketch:

I've used the Special Delivery digi from the store and coloured him with Promarkers. All the patterned papers are from Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird Paper pack and the black paper is from my stash. I've used my fab X Cut dies for the stars (oh how I used to struggle to cut out stars before - now its a doodle!) A little bit of faux stitching around the edges and the card is complete!

Good luck with the sketch - I hope you can join us! The challenge is open until Sunday 1 April at 12noon GMT and all the rules (not many!) can be found over on the challenge blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

One Stop Craft: Clean and Simple
Catered Crop: Stitching
Gingerloft Challenge: Birthday
Crafts 4 Eternity: In The Kitchen
The Poodles Parlour: Anything Goes

• Image: Digi Doodle Shop, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Papers: Cosmo Cricket, Early Bird paper pack
• Dies: X Cut stars
• Everything else: My stash
  

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 18

It's time for another Fetch A Sketch challenge and this week Jenny is our hostess and here is her very fab sketch (really enjoyed working with this one!):

We've decided to have a slightly different twist to the challenge this fortnight and we challenged each other to use a certain paper pack and to use it with the sketch. So for the fortnight we are using Cosmo Cricket, and this week it is the Early Bird paper pack that we are both using. And the prize will be a selection of papers from the Early Bird paper pack. Next week at our Midway Extra we'll be using a different Cosmo Cricket paper pack and another prize. So you have two chances to win this challenge!

I've crinkled the paper strips (and used up some oddments too!) and used the wonderful cherry paper. The flower I've made with my Nesties dies and used a vintage 1950's car magazine, scrunched them up and added a large gem to the centre (you just can't see it!)

Bit of faux stitiching around the edges and its complete - a lovely quick sketch to use! Good luck with the challenge - for more details, click here - deadline for entries is Sunday 4 March at 12noon.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Seeing Red
Corrosive Challenges: Another Dimension
One Stitch at a Time: Use a Digi or Don't
2 Sisters: Stitching (mine is faux!)
Dilly Beans: Seeing Red

• Papers: Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Vintage papers: My stash
  

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 16 - Midway Extra

It's time for the Midway Extra post on Fetch A Sketch! A reminder of the current sketch:

And our sponsor is Delicious Doodles:
And here is my take on the sketch! I've made it well in advance for a Birthday for later in the year and he will be 9. I've used Nessie and coloured her with Promarkers and used papers from Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird digital paper pack. The large blue star was sent to me by Jenny (thank you!) and I've punched some smaller stars and made my own larger one with a handwritten sentiment.

Hope you can join in with the challenge - closing date is Sunday 5 February at 12noon GMT. Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges: Animals
Here Come The Boys: Dinosaurs (does Nessie count?!)
One Stop Craft: Stitching - Real or Faux
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle: Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin': Animals
Phindy's Place: Birthday Card for a Child

• Image: Delicious Doodles, coloured with Promarkers


• Papers: Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird digi paper pack


• Embellishments: My stash
  Sentiment: Handwritten
  

Floating Angel

This card was originally intended for the Whimsie Doodles monthly challenge but I didn't get myself organised enough and the deadline has passed (I wouldn't mind but I did it in good time just forgot to blog it!) Anyway, it uses one of the new January release stamps called Shy Cupid (but I think it works just as well for any other occasion!)


All the papers are Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird digi paper pack and I've handwritten the sentiment. The ribbon I've had in my stash for ages - it was one of those 'finds' when I tided up my large ribbon box over Christmas.

And the Stickles. Well, I bought it in the sales last year at Hobbycraft and it looked like it was going to be a soft lemon colour but its sort of turned out a bit different! I don't know if I should have shaken the tube or if the ink has 'bled' from the image, but its not how I expected it to be! Ah well!

And I forgot to add some ground underneath her so she is floating!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Pink Gem: Sketch followed
Do You Stack Up: Ribbons
Digital Tuesday: A New Beginning
Ladybug Crafts Ink: Bows
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge: Have A Heart (old stash - the ribbon and stickles)

• Image: Whimsie Doodles, coloured with Promarkers and odd coloured Stickles
• Papers: Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird digital papers
• Sentiment: Handwritten
• Everything else: My stash
  

The Crafters Cafe Open House

Fancy taking part in a bit of fun over at The Crafter's Cafe? They are hosting an Open House between Boxing Day and 2 January and Jellypark are sponsoring a prize! If you want to know more information and to join The Crafters Cafe (its free!) click on the banner below!


As I said, Jellypark is sponsoring one of the challenges which just happens to be:

Give Thanks

And here is the cute image from Jellypark that I've used!! You can also see the rest of the Designs Team samples by going to The Crafters Cafe Group.

I've used Cosmo Cricket papers from the Early Bird digi paper collection, some doodling and inking plus the Jellypark image which has been coloured with Promarkers. I've used a heart punch to create the scalloped edge of the centre panel, plus string from the kitchen drawer.

The flowers have been made using a Cuttlebug flower die and made from felt - little tag is a Sizzix die and I've written it myself (rather pleased with the handwriting for a change!)

Hope you can join in with the fun!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cardabilities: Sketch followed
Fabulous Friday: Fabric (felt)
Crafty Creations: Give Thanks

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird digi pack
• Dies: Cuttlebug flowers, Sizzix tag
  
• Punches: Heart punch
• Everything else: My stash
  

Cherry Good Luck

Apologies if I was missing, or rather deleted last night. For some reason my account was suspended and I was deleted. Anyhow, I'm back now and fingers crossed that it doesn't happen again!

Isn't this is cute image?! It's a freebie from Whimsie Doodles - I was having a browse in the store a few weeks ago and came across the image. It fits their current challenge which is a sketch. I've coloured her with Promarkers plus added some glitter glue to her wings.

The papers are a digi pack from Cosmo Cricket - Early Bird - those cherries are just fantastic! The ric rac is from my stash and I have a feeling its some that I've had for a rather long time and was bought from Blackburn market.

The sentiment stamp is a cheap Studio G wooden stamp. Fake brads have been added with a Sharpie marker and glossy accents.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Whimsie Doodles: Sketch followed
Fairy Tale Challenge: Something Easy
Flutterby Wednesday: Anything Goes
My Mums Craft Shop: Anything Goes
Stampavie and More: Red

• Image: Whimsie Doodles, coloured with Promarkers and glitter glue
• Papers: Cosmo Cricket, Early Bird digi pack
• Stamp: Studio G wooden
• Everything else: My stash