New Home

 A quick card for a new home using Seedling from Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers.  Nice n simple!

Paint Can and Paint Roller

A nice quick and easy new home card made using Paint Can and Paint Roller images from Dr Digi.  Both have been coloured with Promarkers and a little bit of white highlighter on the paint.  I've added the images to foam pads for a bit of depth and then scored a border around the edge of the card blank.  

Daring Card Makers Challenge - 6 or 7 S's

It's time for a new Daring Cardmakers challenge and the theme this week is

At least 6 or 7 S's!

I've made a work colleague a new home card as she recently moved into her own home!  Papers are from my stash and I've used a really lovely Tiddly Inks image, coloured with Promarkers.  And my S's are:

String, Stickles (on bubbles from heart), Shrubs, Steps, Stool, Shutters, Sentiment

The sentiment has been cut with a Cut and Create die from The Range.  She loved the card!  Good luck with the challenge!

Moooved

I've got all my Christmas card orders completed and delivered so thought it was about time I had a play with some images I printed some time ago but never had the time.  I've used the AKV Got Milk?  digi but omitted the question mark and text as I wanted to use it as a new home image, hence the sentiment I hand wrote.

I've used some freebie magazine papers from my stash, hence the pattern going different ways as the piece wasn't big enough as it was.  I flipped the sketch that I followed and added off-cuts of foam for the detail for something a bit different.  Image has been coloured with Promarkers and I used a die from my stash to cut it out.

I'd like to enter the following:

Stella Says Sketch (Bugaboo):  Sketch followed but flipped
A Gem of a Craft:  Anything Goes
Crafters Castle:  Anything Goes
Brown Sugar:  Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 37 - Blog Candy Giveaway

It's time for a new Colour Crazy Challenge and the theme as always is

Anything Goes

This week we don't have a sponsor but do have some blog candy to giveaway!  I've used a Lili Of The Valley stamp - Moving Day and I've coloured it up with Promarkers.  The papers are from my stash and I'm slowly using them up - this is a retired Funky Hand set.

The sentiment is a Cut and Make die and the keys and waxed cord are from my stash.  Good luck with the challenge! I'd like to enter the following:

Through The Purple Haze:  Fur-tastic
Crafty Creations:  Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge:  Celebrations

New Home

I've made a quick card using a Bugaboo image - AKV House and coloured it with Promarkers.  I cut a frame from another sheet of card and added the image within it and then layered that onto the card black with foam pads so it stood out a little.

The button, key charm and embroidery thread are from my stash and the sentiment has been cut twice and is from Crafters Companion.

I'd like to enter the following:

Catch The Bug:  BINGO (left vertical:  button / image / sentiment)
Inkspirational:  Garden
Creative Fingers:  Anything Goes
Cut It Up:  Summer
Craft Rocket:  Summer is Coming

Mooved?!

I always need new house cards and what better image to use than this from Bugaboo - AKV Cow Got Milk.  I cropped the image without the question mark and the sentiment as I wanted to add my own.  I made the sign with an off cut of kraft card and I handwrote it. 

The grass and cloud are die cuts from my stash, I've coloured the image with Promarkers and added three chunky half pearls to finish.  The papers are from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following:

Stella Says Sketch:  Sketch followed
Crafters Castle:  Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart:  Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:  Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Welcome

It's the start of a new theme over at Daring Card Makers and its:

Welcome

I've made these two cute new home cards using kraft card, some spotty paper I found in my stash, embroidery thread, key charms and some card candy.  The sentiment die cut is one I found in my stash.  Plus a little faux stitching around the edges with a black fineliner pen to finish.

Good luck with the challenge!

Crafting By Designs:  Anything Goes
Creative Moments:  Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday:  Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash:  Krafty  TOP THREE

Daring Card Makers - Cozy Home

Time for a new Daring Card Makers challenge!  The theme for this week is

Cozy Home

I've used a fancy X Cut die as the card base and added a smaller cut over the top.  The image has been coloured with watercolours and coloured pencils and its from Tiddly Inks - Dream Home.

The ribbon, bakers twine and key charms are all from my stash.  Good luck with the challenge!  I'd like to enter the following:

Crafting With Friends:  Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner:  Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts:  Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes

Paint

A quick card using the Paint Can image from Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers plus two key charms and some waxed cord from my stash.

I've embossed a line around the edges of the card for a bit of extra detail.

I'd like to enter the following:

Creates and Makes:  Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes
Pile It On:  No Patterned Paper
Crafting With Friends:  Anything Goes

Another New Home!

And here is another new home card made using the Simply Print - Mouse Key sheet from Lili of the Valley.  I printed it directly onto the card stock and added the sentiment on the tag with free text from Pic Monkey.

Papers are 6x6 Curiosity Corner from Dovecraft and I've lightly distressed the edges and then added a light faux running stitch around the edges,  Ribbons, half pearls and charms are all from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girls:  Anything Goes plus Ribbon
Glitter and Sparkle:  Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create:  Anything Goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday:  Sketch followed

Sweet New Home

I've been asked to make a few new home cards recently so I treated myself to a Lili of the Valley Simply Print Sheet - Mouse Key.  So this is one of three cards I made with the image!  I added the sentiment myself with Pic Monkey and one of the free fonts from it.

I've used some cream card from my stash and printed the image onto it plus used it also for the card blank.  Chocolate brown card from my stash along with the half pearls, twine and two key charms.

I'd like to enter the following:

Freshly Made Sketches:  Sketch followed
Gem of a Challenge:  Animals
Creative Fingers:  Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy:  Celebration

Forgotten Funkies - Steam Funk

It's the last Friday of the month so its time for the Funky Hand Design Team to showcase a blast from the past and this month its the turn of the Steam Funk download.

There are lots of papers plus an alphabet and digi stamps and the papers work so well with Kraft card - as I've used on my card!

I've printed directly onto kraft cardstock and then layered the papers plus made a little house from scraps. The sentiment is handwritten and all the other embellishments are from my stash - the little heart pearls I've had for an absolute age and the cute bronze keys are a recent ebay purchase! A great versitile download - if you want to see more, just pop over to Get Funky and have a look at the rest of the Design Teams creations!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: Something Old (heart pearls), Something New (key charms)
Aud Sentiments: Any Sentiment Except Birthday
Crafting For All Seasons: Monochromatic
Fan-Tastic Tuesday: Anything Goes

Polkadoodle Challenge - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Time for a new Polkadoodle challenge and the theme for the fortnight is - Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

I've interpreted the theme as starting new and fresh and have used some of the fabulous Studio 12 stamps - Dreamy Trees, House of Hearts, House of Possibility and Sunshine House. Coloured with Promarkers and then popped onto the ribbed card with foam pads and I've added some cute little key charms and a handwritten sign.

The string I've recycled from a parcel and I've added some glossy accents to the centre so it doesn't come undone.

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

QKR Stampede: Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes
Stampin' For The Weekend: Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons: Don't Be Square

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 55

It's time for a new Fetch A Sketch challenge!  And here is the sketch:

We're sponsored by My Creative Classroom who are offering the lucky winner of the challenge a seat in one of their online classes!  To find out more about My Creative Classroom, just click on the banner below:

And here is my take on the sketch using papers from Retro Fun wordbook from Funky Hand(there are A4 papers with the collection!) along with the Doodleword New Home digi stamp also from Funky Hand that I've printed directly onto kraft card stock and made the little house shape myself.

I've used a Sizzix die for the grass and a fab Spellbinders Shapeabilities tree die which I've cut from kraft card stock too.  I've added a wooden heart button and some twine and the three brads are not actually brads but black sharpie dots with liquid pearls over the top!

Good luck with the Fetch A Sketch challenge - for more details, pop over to the blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

CAS on Sunday:  Kraft and Twine
Gingerloft:  Trees
Annabelle Stamps:  Polkadots

Papers:  Funky Hand - Retro Fun Wordbook download
Digi Stamps:  New Home Doodleword from Funky Hand
Dies:  Sizzix grass and Spellbinder Shapabilities tree
Everything else:  My stash

Polkadodle Challenge 16 - New Home

It's a busy Friday again!  The Simply Create Too challenge post is below and coming soon will be the Jellypark challenge post!  But for now its Polkadoodles and the new challenge theme is:

New Home

I've made a posh bottle tag for a change and used papers from Polkadoodles (I don't know which cd they are from but I found them in my Polkadoodle pile of scraps!)  I've used my fancy X Cut dies to make the shapes and added a dotted line around the edge with a black fineliner pen.

The tree and birdie image are from Sugar Birdies and I printed the sheet almost 4 years ago when I made samples for its launch!  I decoupaged the birdies and the tree and added stickles here and there.  I handwrote the sentiment with a Sizzix tag and the ribbons are generous donations from my cousin Claire and were left over from when she made her Wedding stationery!

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

4 Crafty Chicks:  Trees
DRS Designs:  Bows
Hanna and Friends:  Anything But a Card
Crafting For All Seasons: No Stamps Allowed
Sisterhood of Crafters:  Animals

Papers:  Polkadoodles
Image:  Polkadoodles, Sugar Birdies cd
Dies:  X Cut fancy dies and Sizzix tags
Sentiment:  Handwritten 
Ribbons:  Donation

This Old House

A great theme this week on Tiddly Inks:

Stitching

Now I really did think I'd do this with my little sewing machine, but I've had a tidy up and can't quite remember where I put it. So all that you see on this card is faux - I've used a fine black pen for the dots and then just joined them up.

The brown paper was a Primark carrier bag as I popped in yesterday (got a girly summer top for me, two pairs of shorts for Samuel and a fab bargain sweatshirt top / jacket for £2!) and I screwed it up, flattened it out and did the faux stitching bit.

I've added some jute twine from the kitchen drawer and a charm I found in my stash - not got a clue where it came from! Oh, and the image has been coloured with Promarkers and then added to the card with foam pads. Simple!

The weather is beautiful - we've had a trip to Martin Mere (went on the new canoe safari!) and then onto Southport but the boys are slowly working their way through all the Easter Eggs! Pictures from the canoe safari to follow later! And no, we didn't fall in!

• Image: Tiddly Inks, coloured with Promarkers
• Backing paper: Recycled carrier bag from Primark
• Everything else: My stash
  

Bird House

Inktegrity has launched a brand new challenge and their first ever is this sketch:

I've used the image from the 50/50 Stampers Group which was pre-coloured. I printed it three times and layered it up. All the backing papers are from my stash with the printed one under the image from It's Funky Too from Funky Hand.

The ribbon is from the Scrap Store and as I have plenty of it I was generous with the bow!

• Plain backing papers: My stash
• Printed backing paper: It's Funky Too from Funky Hand
• Image: Inktegrity pre coloured
• Everything else: My stash
  

New Home!

The challenge for January for The Craft Garden is

New

So, using the brand new cd from Funky Hand - did you see it's launch earlier today on Create and Craft? If you didn't you missed a great show from Anice and you will have seen this new shoe / new home creation of mine! Don't worry if you missed the show - she is on again next week with details in my sidebar!

I've used the brand new Funky Hand cd Dreams Come True. All the paperbased elements are from the cd including this funky boot which is a digi stamp that can be resized as big as A4 with no image quality loss!
I've used various papers from one of the collections (there are 12 colour collections) and paper pieced the front image along with some chalking to give it definition.

I've used photos of Funky Hand's new offices before they moved into it in early January as it was an old mill before.

Each page swivels out so you can view the front and back and I've used two buttons and some thin brown organza ribbon to hold it all together.

The colour collections, as you would expect are fantastic and along with the word books - you can actually select which letter and colour you want on the paper rather than being stuck with just the one option, plus all the alphabet, numbers and other characters and over 30 digi images that you can resize, overlap and move around the page before printing!

So I recommend you popping over to Funky Hand to buy it before all the stock is gone!

I thought this boot would fit the Craft Garden challenge perfectly, because it is not just a new cd, but it is for a new office!

• All digital papers and letters: Dreams Come True from Funky Hand
• Images: Funky Hand
• Everything else: My stash
  
  

Lili Boo Too - September Download & Recipe Challenge

There is a new challenge blog! Lily-Boo Too Challenges - they are monthly and this is their first one! There is an image to download for the challenge which is also a recipe to use:

Two ribbons, 3 flowers and 4 brads

And here is my card! I've coloured the image with watercolour pencils, layered it twice onto some co-ordinating cardstock that I found in my stash and added the 4 brads to each of the corners.

The orange ribbon you may have seen before here (waste not want not!) and the red grosgrain is from my stash. The three mulberry paper sunflowers I've had for years and they worked better than any of the flowers I could find!

Apologies for the dark photos - it just seems to be dark all the time!

• Backing papers: From my stash
• Image: Freebie download from Lily Boo Too Challenge blog, coloured with watercolour pencils
• Everything else: My stash