Housework

I must have pages of Bugaboo images already printed and waiting to be coloured. They are so quick and easy to colour and make putting a card together pretty quick! I just need to get a bit ahead of myself and stock up on coloured images! As it is the first week of the month the Bugaboo challenge is:

Anything Goes

I've used a Bugaboo image, coloured it with Promarkers and used scraps of paper (the shoe box level is going down very slowly!) from Funky Hand - Salt and Pepper download. The red and silver card is from my stash.


The tiny little white and black half pearls are from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and I picked them as part of the £10 gift certificate that I won on the Forever Friends Challenge a few weeks ago. Really good service and good prices too!

And this is such a true sentiment and one that I swear by!

• Papers: Salt and Pepper download from Funky Hand
• Image: Bugaboo, coloured with Promarkers
• Pearls: Bunny Zoe's Crafts
  

White Mum and Dad at Christmas

I found another Christmas challenge blog! Well, to be more exact, the blog found me (thank you for the link!) And as I am generally a one-challenge-one-card kinda gal, I've had a look through the photos of cards that I have not yet blogged, and came across this one which was made for Christmas 2010.

The Christmas challenge blog is Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge and the very first challenge is:

Anything Goes (Christmas Only)

This is a wordbook made from the lengths of A4 white card which have been embossed with the Cuttlebug snowflake folder. The letters have been printed using Wordart and the pearlescent snowflakes and seed beads are from my stash.

The ribbon is from Tesco's 2010 Christmas range and the silver (looks black in the photo!) snowflake is from Matalan's 2009 Christmas range. I do like a bargain in the sales especially when I can use them on cards!

This is a big wordbook which won't fit a normal DL envelope but you can get wordbook sized envelopes from Funky Hand!

At this rate with all the Christmas challenge sites, I will be well and truly ready for Christmas! And probably by August!

• Card: PaperMill Shop
• Letters: Word Art in Word
• Dies: Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing die
• Ribbon: Tesco's
• Snowflake: Matalan
• Everything else: My stash
  

Dude Time Doodles Challenge 5 - Sketch

It's time for a Dude Time Doodles challenge! The format of the challenges has changed slightly and every one will now commence on a Wednesday. So:

First Wednesday = Sketch Challenge

Second Wednesday = Guest Designer spot up for grabs

Third Wednesday = Inspiration Challenge

Fourth Wednesday = New Releases and Blog Hop

The new store is now up and running with your purchases being available to download immediately after payment - go and have a look!

As this is the first Wednesday of the month, it is the sketch challenge:

You can twist it, rotate it and do what you like as long as the sketch is still recognisable and you have made a male themed card - easy peasy! The challenge runs until 11 January - good luck!

This challenge is sponsored by Raindrop Echo Designs who is offering three great prizes to the winners!

I've used left over papers (see how good I am being!) from a previous project and they are the Big Dots Mini download from Pink Petticoat (I don't think this download is available anymore as I could not find it on the website) plus some very shiny silver card from my stash.

The image is Jose Hosed and he's not looking too good! I've coloured him with Promarkers and added some string with knots in as that is just the way he is feeling at the moment! Large brad from my stash.

I've added some dots around the edge of the image and card plus some inking. Hope you can join in with the challenge - don't forget to follow the sketch and make a male themed card! Good luck!

Come back next Wednesday when there is a chance to be a Guest Designer on Dude Time Doodles - you get a free image to use to make a creation and then the Guest Designer is picked from the entries!

• Papers: Big Dots Mini Download from Pink Petticoat
• Image: Jose Hosed from Bonibleaux Designs, coloured with Promarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Buttons and Bows

I did say that there would be a second wordbook coming along using the Girls and Boys papers from Funky Hand and here it is! This one is for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge which asks for:

Buttons and Bows

The papers are from Funky Hand - Girls and Boys download and I've used Wordart to print the letters. All the buttons, ribbons, eyelets and gems are from my stash, and I've made the hat pin by using a pearl headed pin and adding seed beads at the top and also the bottom (to stop any sharp surprises!)

I do like making these cards - fairly quick and easy to make but they look so good!

• All papers: Girls and Boys download from Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  

Craft Juice Tuesday - Week 46

Welcome to another Craft Juice Tuesday and the first for 2011! If you want to know more about each item, just click on the picture and you will be taken to their Craft Juice listing.

This week its all about calorie free goodness! All creations are from FairyFox and they are so tempting but fortunately all made from felt!

Amazing detail!

See you next Tuesday for more Craft Juice Tuesday!

Brother In Blue

I found a brand new challenge blog through one of my Simple Doodles DT gals Janice (thank you!) called Jingle Belles Rock and it is a weekly Christmas challenge, which in my book, is a good thing as I always think I never have enough cards as my Christmas fairs start from the end of September and to be honest, it drives me crackers (no pun intended) to only be making Christmas cards in the run up to Christmas!

Anyway, their first challenge is:

Something Old, Something New

I've used an old Funky Hand wordbook download called Blue Christmas although I've only used the papers and made my own letters using Wordart. If you like the look of the download, you can buy it from here plus Anice is looking for new Design Team members, but be quick - the call is only open until the end of the week - click HERE for more details!


I've also used my Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet set to make the little silver letters spelling out 'Happy Christmas' plus I've also run the 'Brother' letters through my Swiss Dots folder.

The new elements are the snaps holding the pages together. These are We R Memory Keepers and I bough I think 47 packs in the January sales last year from Mad About Cards and I've only opened two packs so far! And the other new thing is the tiny slightly pearlescent snowflakes I've added all over the letters - you can't really see them in the photo, but they are there in abundance! I've had them in my stash for ages - I bought them in the sales a few years ago along with other bits of table confetti and parcel wrap.

I'm hoping to be able to join in with the challenges each week, time permitting! Wishing the Jingle Belles all the best with the new challenge blog!!

• All printed papers: Blue Christmas wordbook download from Funky Hand
• Dies: Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and Cuttlebug Baby Face alphabet dies
• Snaps / Brads: We R Memory Keepers
• Tiny snowflakes: My stash
  

Red and Yellow Daisies

Tell me if my photos are looking a little dark - they seem dark to me when I'm typing the blog posts but when I actually view the photos themselves, they look fine.....

Anyway, this card is for the Penny Black Saturday challenge which is a recipe:

3 papers, 1 ribbon and 1 charm

The image, of course is Penny Black and I bought the stamped image from here. The blue spotty papers are from Funky Hand Dreams Come True cd (Blue Magic collection) plus I've used some red card from my stash as the third paper requirement.

The ribbon is from my stash and was the perfect length too and I also found the charm there too (I'm sure they are multiplying as I found some that I didn't even know I had!)

The image has been coloured with Aquamarkers and I've added some faux stitching around the panels and also the card blank just to pull it all together. I bought a fair few Penny Black images from Linda so I'm hoping I'll get some time for a colouring marathon where I can try and get ahead of myself for a change!

• Papers: Funky Hand Dreams Come True
• Image: Penny Black coloured with Aquamarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

Washing Line Teddy Bear

It's been a while since I joined in with a Sassy Cheryl's challenge so I was determined to start fresh for the New Year!

The current challenge is:

Teddy Bears

And I've used a freebie image which has been coloured with Aquamarkers. I started colouring the bear with Jacob watching me as he was fascinated to how I could use water with my pens. I built the colour up (he kept saying it was not bear coloured!) and then blended it all with water. Aquamarkers give such a rich colour that is quite difficult to achieve with traditional watercolours plus there is less mess and less chance of colours running into one another!


The papers are from Funky Hand's Dreams Come True cd (the So What? collection) as these were lying in my scrap box and I am determined to see the bottom (or close to!) of the box at some point during the next 12 months!

The two flowers are from my stash along with the ribbon which was a perfect match to the orange felt flower. It's actually quite a bright and in your face card in real life!

• Papers: Dreams Come True from Funky Hand
• Image: Sassy Cheryl coloured with Aquamarkers
• Everything else: My stash
  

In The Pink at 21!

I've had a run of these word books in the same papers too recently - have already made 2 and have another one in progress, but this is the first one to show. I was asked to make this card quite last minute for a good customer, so could not refuse! Plus I do like making these word books especially with these papers!

This fits the current Creative Card Crew Challenge which is:

Birthday's at Christmas

I've used papers from the Funky Hand download Girls and Boys, using the girl colourways and I've printed the large letters using wordart on the pc. The smaller 21 is cut using my Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet dies and then layered onto black card.

All the ribbon, flower sequins, gems and hat pins are from my stash.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and you are not suffering too much either from over eating or over drinking! Hope 2011 brings you all that is wished for!

• All papers: Girls and Boys download from Funky Hand
• Dies: Sizzix Round-a-Bout alphabet dies
• Everything else: My stash
  

Simple Doodles Challenge 34 - Embossing

Welcome to the last Simple Doodles challenge of 2010! We've also had a name change and will be called Simply Create Challenges! The challenge this fortnight is:

Embossing

I've used one of the images from Robyns Fetish that the DT were given for the last challenge and yes, I have made a very early start on my Christmas cards for 2011! How organised will I be come next December?! I've used the There's Snow Place Like Snow Home digi image which has been coloured with Promarkers.


I've layered it onto some black and red card that I had in my stash along with some off-cuts of white card stock that I ran through the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The red organza ribbon is from my stash.

I am feeling quite virtuous in making such a good start for next year! Probably won't last though!

The challenge is open until 13 January and good luck! Hope you have a wonderful 2011 with lots of good surprises along the way!

• Image: Robyn's Fetish, coloured with Promarkers
• Dies: Swiss Dots embossing folder
• Everything else: My stash