Simply Create Too Challenge 22 - Anything Goes!

It's time for another Simply Create Too Challenge and the theme this fortnight is a nice and easy one:

Anything Goes

I made this card for Jacob's birthday last week and despite knowing the date, I still was finishing it off the night before!  The footballer image, football and sentiment have been coloured with Promarkers and are by Gordon Fraser.  I've used various papers from Funky Hand plus some doodling around the edges and inking.

I drew the football pitch (that's why it looks a little wonky!) and added a silver die cut number 7 to the front.  Jacob actually plays in a team - Junior Gardeners and their kit is thick horizontal black and white stripes but I thought red was a bit more brigher for his card!  The team have their first match on Saturday so I'm hoping its not raining!

Good luck with the challenge and for more details and inspiration, pop over to Simply Create Too!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons:  For A Child
Diva's By Design:  For A Child
Creative Craft Challenges:  All About The Boy
Sweet Stamps:  For The Guys
Cards For Men:  Going Digital
Created With Love Challenge:  Birthday
Hooked on Crafts:  Cards For Men
Quirky Crafts:  Numbers

Image and Sentiment:  Gordon Fraser, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Various Funky Hand
Die Cuts:  From my stash

Simply Create Too - Challenge 17 - Summer / Vacation

This is my second post for today, but watch out - there is another one to come yet!  It's a new Simply Create Too challenge and the theme for this fortnight is:

Summer / Vacation

I just could not resist using this image by Gordon Fraser which I bought from CUP - its decoupaged so it looks even better in real life!  It's a shame that the weather here in the UK is so dreadful at the moment - we are experiencing torrential rain with localised flooding.  Luckily we live on the top of a hill and school is also on a hill - just the bit to get from one to another is close to a stream and keeps flooding... Not that I do the school run - I'm nice and cosy in my dry office at work!

I've used a now retired freebie paper from Funky Hand for the cloud backround and then added the sand element with some Bazill basics torn paper.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons:  Patriotic

Little Red Wagon:  Beach

Sparkles Forum:  Summer Fun

Unique Crafters:  Patriotic

Crazy Amigo Challenge:  Vacation

Party Time Tuesday's:  Be Patriotic (UK)

• Image:  Gordon Fraser via CUP
• Backing paper:  Retired Funky Hand freebie
• Everything else:  My stash

Simply Create Too Challenge 15 MIDWAY EXTRA - Dad's / Father's Day

It's time for the Midway Extra over on Simply Create Too.  Our current theme is

Dad's / Father's Day

And you still have just about a week left to enter the challenge!

I've used another Gordon Fraser image which I bought from CraftsUPrint and then coloured with Promarkers.  I've made a wordbook from sheets of acetate, cut out the letters and then embossed them with a Cuttlebug folder.  It actually spells fifty in case you were wondering!

I made the bunting with offcuts of the silver card and little letters from my Baby Face Cuttlebug alphabet dies.  I think making wordbooks are my favourite - they are pretty easy to make and look great plus you can really embellish them - much more than a regular card!

This isn't for my husband - he likes 4 wheels - but its for a custom order!

Good luck with the Simply Create Too challenge!  Pop over to the blog to find out more and how to enter.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cooking It Up With Katie:  Dad, Metal and Texture (metal brads used)
Crafting For All Seasons:  For a Man
Ladybug Crafts Ink:  Big Birthdays
Oldie But A Goodie:  Banners or Bunting (I've had the card and acetate for about 3 years!!)
Promarker Challenge:  Lots of Layers
Twisted Tuesdays:  Something Clear

• Image:  Bought from CraftsUPrint, coloured with Promarkers
• Dies:  Cuttlebug embossing folder; Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet, X Cut star (used the point for the bunting)
• Everything else:  My stash

Simply Create Too Challenge 15 - Dad's / Father's Day

It's time for another Simply Create Too challenge!  And with Father's Day just around the corner, the theme for the next two weeks is:

Dad's / Father's Day

I've used a digi image by Gordon Fraser - bought from here - and coloured it with Promarkers.  It's been cut out and I've made a double stepper card with an old Get Funky freebie cloud paper plus some greens from my stash.  I've actually used a Marianne Creatables icicle die but to me it looks a lot like grass when used the other way up!

I've got an Ellison die that has the little golf ball on so I cut that out a number of times and added them to the grass.  The word 'Dad' has been cut with my Sizzix Round A Bout alphabet dies and I made the golf flag (the word fore is crossed out and a 50 added).  This is for my brothers' girlfriends Dad and I hope he likes it!

Good luck with the Simply Create Too challenge - for more details on how to enter, pop over to the blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFT Challenge:  Male
Digi Doodle Shops Best:  Male Card
Dutch Dare:  For Dad
Little Miss Muffet:  Rainbows, Clouds or Wings
Paper Crafting Journey:  Colour It Up
SJ Crafts:  All About The Boy

• Image:  Gordon Fraser, coloured with Promarkers
• Printed Paper:  Retired freebie from Get Funky
• Dies:  Marianne Creatables, Ellison and Sizzix
• Everything else:  My stash

Space Boy

A really good challenge this week on CRAFT -

Out Of This World

This is a card made with digital images by Gordon Fraser, coloured with Promarkers and bought from here. I've added a cut of paper to look like a planet from Funky Fairy.

A bit of doodling around the edges and that is it! With the image, there are two other space children, another sentiment and other space related stuff too! A bargain for 80p!

• Backing paper: Boys and Girls from Funky Fairy
• Images: Gordon Fraser, coloured with Promarkers and bought from CraftsUPrint

Super Bloke!

I've been on a roll this weekend and have made, or are in the process of making (I cannot simply start one card and see it through to completion in one go - I have to have at least 5 or 6 projects on the go!)

I've used the current challenge sketch from Digital Tuesday to make this card:


I've used an image that I bought a while ago from CraftsUPrint and is by Gordon Fraser. I've resized it then printed onto white card and coloured it with Promarkers. I've layered it onto some card from my stash which I put through the Swiss Dots embossing folder (one backwards and one the right way round!)


The backing paper is from Polkadoodles - Not For Girls cd and I think it works perfectly with this image! A little bit of doodling around the edges and some gold table confetti stars and the card is complete!

• Backing papers: Not For Girls cd from Polkadoodles
  
• Image: By Gordon Fraser, coloured with Promarkers
  
• Dies: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Another Fairy

I am really liking the simple sketches at the moment! And this one is no exception! It is the current sketch from Sketch Girl.

I've made this cute girly card as it is about time I made some! The digi image is part of a set that I bought from here and has been drawn by Gordon Fraser. The papers which I selected after I'd coloured the image - why I do that I don't know as it should be the other way round - are from Funky Daze. Mind you, all of Anice's papers are stunning so it wouldn't be too hard to find a match to anything that I've coloured!

Both the image and sentiment have been coloured with Promarkers (sets 5 and 6 arrived today - who-hoo!) and a little glitter glue. Wonderful images to colour as they seem so alive and vibrant!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze from Funky Hand
  
• Image and sentiment: Drawn by Gordon Frazer, bought from here and coloured with Promarkers
  

Birthday Princess

The sketch for Our Creative Corner is this one:


I've used a digital image from Gordon Fraser which I bought from here - there are two other fairies on the digi sheet so watch out for those in future posts! I've coloured the fairy with Promarkers and added a bit of sparkle to her wings. The sentiment is also from the same digi sheet.

I've lightly inked the white part of the circle and also all the edges on the card and papers. All the papers are from Patti Picklicious cd from Kirsty Wiseman. The red card is from my stash and the punched ribbon slider is I think Fiskars and was sent to me from Kath ages ago. The red grosgrain ribbon is from my stash. I've used a Martha Stewart punch for the scallop edge.

The fairies are a joy to colour and really seem to be full of energy! Plus its about time I made some girlie cards - as I keep being drawn to making boys cards for some strange reason!!

• Backing papers: Patti Picklicious cd by Kirsty Wiseman
  
• Image: Gordon Fraser digi image from CraftsUPrint, coloured with Promarkers and a little sparkle
  
• Punches: Fiskars for the ribbon punch, and Martha Stewart for the scalloped edge
  
• Everything else: My stash