Daring Card Makers Challenge - Pretty Pastels

It's time for a new Daring Card Makers challenge and the theme for the week is:

Pretty Pastels

I've stepped away from the Christmas cards and have made this card for a work colleague who is about to go on maternity leave.  The image is from the no longer trading (sadly) Jellypark and I've coloured it with Promarkers.

I've used a lot of different off-cuts of pretty paper from Dovecraft Back to Basics 3 and I've dotted liquid pearls around the edge of the card and image.  The sentiment is also from Jellypark and I've added organza ribbon and a little pram charm from my stash.

This is the last DCM challenge for 2019 - thank you for your support and will see you all again on the 10 January!  I'd like to enter the following:

Brown Sugar:  Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday:  Anything Goes
Southern Girls:  Anything Goes
Crafty Creations:  Anything Goes

All About Daisy

A nice bright card to counterbalance the dreary weather!  I've used Stampin' Unicorn All About Daisy stamps and coloured them with Promarkers plus added dots with a white gel pen.

I've added a line of dotted liquid pearls around the edge of the card and then added the organza ribbon from my stash.

The flowers have been layered up with foam pads of varying heights.

I'd like to enter the following:

Inspire, Create:  Sketch followed
Crafting With Friends:  Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks:  Lots of Layers
Cardz 4 Gals:  Stamping

Polkadoodle Challenge Week 36 - Things With Wings

It's the midway point for the current Polkadoodle challenge and the theme is:

Things With Wings

Couldn't resist this sweet image from the Serenity Fairy CD - the papers are also from the CD - printed as A5 for a smaller pattern and I've added organza ribbon and charm from my stash.  Really lovely image to colour up and easy to add lots of sparkle!  I've coloured the image with Promarkers.

The die cut is a fancy Spellbinders - I made sure that the image would it by sizing it on the computer and holding the die in front of it..... nothing fancy!!

Good luck with the challenge!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Bloggers:  Ovals or Circles
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards:  Fancy and Feminine
Digitally Sweet:  Anything With Wings
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Things With Wings and Ribbon
Creative Knockouts:  Flower Power
In The Pink:  Ribbons and Bows

Fetch A Sketch Challenge 52

It's time for a new Fetch A Sketch challenge and here is the sketch to use:

We are sponsored by Sassy Studios Design and the winner of the challenge gets to choose 4 digi's from the store!

I've used the cute Tinkerbell Honey and coloured her with Promarkers and added stickles to her wings.  The oval is cut with an X Cut die and I've added dotted liquid pearls around the edges of the card and oval.  A bit of distressing with the papers and some baby pink organza ribbon added plus the stamped sentiment and my card is complete!

I've recently bought another pack of the Dovecraft Kraft Card Blanks so you'll be seeing them a lot more!  The card blanks are much better quality this time (the first pack I bought was when they were initally launched) and are thicker card too!

For more details and how to enter the challenge, please visit Fetch A Sketch!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting When We Can:  Mad for Markers

Great Impressions:  Leave a Little Sparkle

One Stitch At A Time:  Pretty It Up

Crafty Calendar:  Things With Wings

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards:  Fantasty / Fairies

Image:  Sassy Studios Design, coloured with Promarkers and stickles

Papers:  Unknown - found them im my stash

Card Blank:  Dovecraft

Sentiment:  Freebie stamp

Everything else:  My stash

Pink and Chocolate Brown

A nice sweet card for the Forever Friends sketch challenge. I've used a Forever Friends image printed from the freebie cd I got a few months ago in Papercraft Inspirations magazine, cut it out with a nestie and then layered it onto papers from Huge Funky Love download from Funky Hand.

I've used some thin chocolate brown organza ribbon to empasis the stripes on the paper and tied them in bows at the bottom as I didn't have a suitable sentiment to hand when I made the card!

The flowers are from a pack from a bargain shop and they do stand up a little although it doesn't show on the photo. A bit of inking and the card is complete!

• Image: Forever Friends from a freebie craft cd


• Papers: Huge Funky Love download from Funky Hand


• Everything else: My stash

Polkadoodle Challenge 28 - Stamp Away!

It's Friday again so it's time for another Polkadoodle challenge! I think summer has gone on it's holiday as we've had torrential rain for a few days now - hopefully the hosepipe ban in place in the North West will be lifted soon! I'm in danger of getting a rust coloured tan!

Anyway! It was the lovely Lou's turn to set this weeks challenge which was for the Design Team to create a card, including background and sentiment, with the Fairy Flutterfly stamps. For more details on the challenge pop over to the blog.

I've used a round card that was cut for me a while ago by the wonderful Enfys, so the colour of that dictated my theme. I've used the Babsie fairy, coloured with Promarkers and inked the edges for a more grungy look, plus toadstools from the Maggie stamp, which have also been coloured with Promarkers and liquid pearls.

The organza ribbon is from my stash. Nikky is at the Summer Crafting show this weekend at Doncaster if you are in the area and want to pop in and say hello! And if you do, there are lots and lots of special exclusive launches at the event!

Don't miss out next Friday, 23 July, as there will be a huge competition on the Polkadoodle challenge blog - this one you will not want to miss and the DT have been trying to get Nikky to allow us to enter! It's that good!!

This week's challenge is open until Sunday 25 July at 12noon GMT and please remember the project cannot be linked to more than 9 other challenges. Good luck!

• Card template: Cut by Enfys
• Stamped images: Fairy Flutterfly stamps from Polkadoodles, coloured with Promarkers and Liquid Pearls
• Ribbon: My stash
  

Strawberries and Cream

Hmmmmm! The challenge over on Secret Crafter is:

Strawberries and Cream

I've been asked to make a number of word books and although the actual word is the customers' choice, I have free reign for colour schemes etc. So I thought this word book fitted in nicely with the challenge!


I've used papers from It's Funky Too from Funky Hand and printed the letters using Word Art and resized them to fit two width ways on a sheet of A4. I've used a black Sharpie marker around the inside of the letters plus added buttons and beads. The flower has been made with a Cuttlebug die and a blingy gem has been added to the centre.


The hat pins are my own creation with wooden beads and seed beads. Red organza ribbon from my stash.

Watch out for more word books over the next week - I have at least 2 more to make!

• All papers: It's Funky Too from Funky Hand
• Dies: Cuttlebug flower
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Tequila

A wonderfully simple Papertake Weekly sketch for the current challenge:

I've used an image and sentiment from Bugaboo Stamps which I got for February as part of the Special 50/50 Digital Stamping Group. The sentiment reads, One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor......

Backing papers are from Funky Daze by Funky Hand which I've inked and then doodled a black line around the edges. The ribbon is from my stash and its a either a double or triple bow as I'd cut too much and wasn't letting any go to waste!

I've coloured the image with felt tips and a bit of white gel pen for highlighting. Fab image eh?!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze from Funky Hand
• Image and sentiment: Bugaboo Digital Stamps, image coloured with felt tips
• Ribbon: From my stash
  

A Christmas Noel

And another challenge I've just about managed in time! I have been asked to make a traditional Christmas card for a Grandma (I've not added the wording yet as I'm not sure where it will go!) and decided that this was the sketch to follow from Sketch and Stash!

I've used a tree decoration that I bought from Sainsbury's last year, layered it onto burgundy card, rounded and inked the edges and the backing paper is the Vintage Christmas download from Mad About Cards.

The burgundy organza ribbon is new and I've used it double to create a wider border on the card. All the ends have been tied together to form a bow at the bottom.


I quite like the simplicity of this!

• Backing papers: Vintage Download from Mad About Cards
• Embellishment: From my stash
• Ribbon: Local craft shop
  
  

Three From One

The current Forever Friends challenge is this following sketch:And I made three cards based upon it! The Forever Friends elements were on offer when I went to The Range last week - 3 for 2 and to pad out my Christmas box I decided to get two packs of the decoupage ready made stickers and a pack of the pre-embossed cards.


Jacob actually chose the images and I think he's made a good choice! I've added a dotted gold border around the edges of the card after rounding them, added the same border around the centre square and then basically used parts of the pack on the front of the cards.

I've still got some bits left over and if I'm careful, I can probably make some tags to go with the cards. The ribbons and additional gems are all from my stash.

I did buy some of these elements packs earlier in the year when on holiday (they were on offer in the Paper Mill shop that I just happened to visit!) so I must dig them out and use them as they really are quite cute!

• Embossed card and embellishments: Forever Friends Elements pack
• Sentiments: Forever Friends Elements pack
• Ribbon and gems: My stash
  
  

I Have Used It!

It's not often I manage a Basic Grey challenge generally because I own hardly any BG stuff, however, I did purchase two lovely 12 x 12 sheets very recently and have cut into one to make this card!

The current Basic Grey challenge is to use the photo below for inspiration and I have gone with the colour scheme:

I've rounded all edges and have layered the printed paper onto some Bazzill Basics, stitched around the edges, quite randomly (if you look closely) with my NEW little sewing machine which I've not quite got to grips with plus its hard enough with two boys as an audience asking why I am stitching paper...


Organza ribbon is from my stash and I've added little white gems to the centres of the flowers cos it just needed a bit of bling!

• Papers: Basic Grey and Bazzill Basics
• Ribbon and gems: From my stash
  

Pink and Girlie!

I think I've just about made this one in time - its one of those challenges that I have very good intentions to make something as soon as its announced, but then leave it to the last moment to do something!

On the official Daisy and Dandelion blog, there is a challenge to:

... get creative by producing a complementary Card and Gift with a BIRTHDAY THEME

I started off by going through my scraps of backing paper - the dotty ones are from Funky Hand (but cannot remember which cd, although I am fairly sure it is Funky Daze!) and covered the card blank with them - edges have been inked with pink too. I stamped the three images - Daisy, Dandelion and the balloon with chestnut whispers ink and then coloured them with watercolour paints and then went over them with watercolour pencils for more depth.

The image has been layered onto some lovely pearlescent pink card (the box is made out of the same card) and the balloon has been added with some 3d foam pads. Organza ribbon from my stash (I found a roll of 25 yards!)

And the matching gift is a triangular box (very much inspired by the Easter gift from Kath!) has been cut from the same pearlescent pink card and I've randomly stamped one of the flowers from the D&D clear stamp pack (I inked up the stamp without using the block - I found it easier this way!) Again, the main image has been coloured with watercolour pencils and paints. I've used this one as a tag for the box.

This is the first time I've used my new stamps and I must say that they are very easy to use! I think I'll try them with black ink next time for a bit more definition!

• Printed backing papers: Funky Hand
• Pearlescent card: From The Range (big sheet for 79p)
• Images: All Daisy and Dandelion clear stamp set
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Box template: Drew around the one I got from Kath!
  
  
  

Daisy & Dandelion Thank You

The second Daisy and Dandelion challenge is:

Thank you

I've used one of the sheets in the decoupage pack (really easy to use - just pop the bits out and layer them in number order) but realised that I'd missed out layer 2 but you can't tell can you?! Note to self: more concentration next time!

The backing paper are strips from Funky Daze which have been rounded and inked. The sentiment I don't know the maker as it is not marked, and the chocolate organza ribbon is from my stash.

I quite liked using the easy peasy decoupage so look out for more!

• Backing papers: Funky Daze from Funky Hand
• Image: Daisy and Dandelion decoupage
• Sentiment: Don't know
• Ribbon: From my stash
  
  

Bright and Green

There is a new weekly card making challenge site - Creative Card Crew - and when I spotted it on my fellow Funky Hand DT member Carol's blog, well, I just had to enter!


The first challenge is:

Green

I've used papers from a bargain pack (it has papers and pop out sentiments) from Craftwork Cards in the sale - I think it was only a pound and there are 4 papers 6 x 6 and either 6 or 8 sheets of pop out sentiments - and I bought a few in different colours! The centre panel I've layered onto card stock, and the sentiment is a Studio G acrylic stamp. Organza ribbon is from my stash. The little daisy flower is left over from earlier in the week and the butterfly embellishments. And the daisy hides an ink splodge!

All edges have been inked with a little green ink pad.

• Backing papers: All from a pack from Craftwork Cards
• Sentiment: Studio G acrylic stamped with bright green ink
• Flower: Papermania
• Ribbon: From my stash
  
  

Cuttlebug Embossing Challenge #1

There is a new challenge! And another for me to become addicted to! Its a Cuttlebug Challenge blog and this is their first one. The brief is to use 3 different embossing folders - simple as that!



As soon as I saw the challenge brief I knew exactly what I was going to make. I enjoyed using my bauble template for Carol's recent sketch, so I scaled it down a little, cut three from shiny silver card from the Scrap Store, and then ran each one through a Cuttlebug embossing folder. From left to right - Swiss Dots, Snowflakes and Perfectly Paisley. Each one has been edged with silver glitter 3d paint (well, it is a Christmas Card - what more can a girl do?!) and have a red organza bow on the top.

I've threaded red satin ribbon through silver eyelets at the top of the card and doodled a faux running stitch around the edge of the card - for 'closure'!

• Card: Silver shiny card from the Scrap Store
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Eyelet: From my stash but think it is Dovecraft
• Other Bits: Silver glitter 3d paint and a black rollerball pen

Seasons - And Yes I've Picked Christmas! Penny Black Challenge 16

Oh dear - it's another Christmas card! Which, in my defense I could not resist as I have quite a lot of Penny Black stamped Christmas images and well, they need to be used!

The Penny Black Challenge for this week is:

Seasons (Take Your Pick)
You can choose any 'Season' - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

The little sentiment is another Studio G bargain clear stamp and I've used gold ink. The backing paper was a freebie from a recent magazine (sorry, I can't remember which!) Green organza ribbon was originally wired but I took that out. The fir bough from which the stockings hang has tiny red gems for berries.

• Backing paper: Free from a recent card magazine (can't remember which one!)
• Image: Penny Black, coloured with watercolour paints
• Sentiment: Studio G stamped in gold
• Ribbon: From my stash
• Brad: Dovecraft
  

Minty Madness Mask!

Sometimes I want to make something other than cards and this is usually inspired by patterns or papers or just the fact that I've had an idea and I want to use it. This paper from the new Funky Hand download Minty Madness just screamed at me! And loudly!

So I made a mask! The template has been allowed to froth over to follow the pattern and I've added silver seed beads to the flourishes and swirls. Mint and chocolate coloured organza ribbon has been used for the ties and although the pictures don't really show them, I've made two swirls from dark wire with loose seed beads on - they are attached to the ribbon.

• Backing paper: Minty Madness download from Funky Hand
• Ribbon: From my stash (actually from the USA this time and not Blackburn market!)
• Embellishments: Silver seed beads and wire
  
  

Funky Fairy Challenge 29 - Celebration!

Ok, so I've slipped this one in, plus its a fortnightly challenge! But it was so easy to make! Sort of knew what I was going to do and then 'things' took over and it turned out quite different. But, I am pleased with it, especially the funky foam flower!




Funky Fairys Challenge 29 is:

The fortnightly challenge was set by THE FUnkY faIRy herself . . . Shaz.

The theme that Shaz choose was celebration . . .

The next challenge falls on the week of what would be *is* Daniels 17 th birthday, so I would like that weeks challenge to be CELEBRATION which could be birth, life, wedding, birthday, party . . anything at all to do with celebration.

And here is mine
Doodlementals add on pack 2 backing paper, printed at normal size and then smaller - the smaller panel has been layered. I did a bit of doodling (Jozza inspired!) around the edges and also copied the flower design to make it stand out a little by using black gel pen.

The celebration sentiment was a freebie from yonks ago (and one of the FF DT has also used it!) and its attached to the card with some thin acetate. To stop it springing back up, I've added a little flower brad to give it some weight. Mint green organza ribbon has been tied around the card too.

The funky foam flower is one of my creations and will be added to my website next month - its layered flowers with a flower brad centre. I've also added some swirls of wire and two lilac star pony beads (which I bought on a whim ages ago and knew I'd use at some point!)

• Backing paper: Doodlementals add-on pack 2 from Funky Fairy
• Sentiment: From my stash
• Ribbon: From my BIG stash box!
• Embellishments: Made by myself from funky foam, pony beads, brad and wire. Available to buy from my website in September
  
  

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Golden Oldies

I could well be on a bit of a roll this week as I'm going to be attempting 4 different challenges! The first one is completed and is the Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Golden Oldies.

The challenge is:

with so many new things /latest papers/ trendy stuff constantly coming on the market, we thought it would be nice to have a look back, and dig out some of our 'old' papers and embellishments and make a card with our 'preloved' treasures. I think the tendency these days is to get on the 'latest must have' band wagon, sometimes, its nice to recognise what we already have- even if it isn't the 'latest' embellishment/paper.

This was an easy one to a point, but when I started to go through my stash, some of which has not seen the light of day for quite a while, I then could not decide what to use! In the end I went for some ivory lovely hammered card (which I still use!) golden vellum (still use too) and matt gold card both cut with the larger of the three scallop tag Sizzix die. The tiny golden feet I bought ages ago with the idea that they would make lovely birth announcements for when I have another baby (ha - that's not going to be happening!) and a 'congratulations' peel off. And of course some gold organza ribbon.

A lot of my early cards looked like this, and it was quite nice to get back to basics!

Another Paper Blossoms

I managed to print off the papers from the Paper Blossoms download a while ago and apart from making the first card from them last week I've not really had the time to sit and faff. Ok, actually, I just keep looking at the papers and thinking that I really cannot cut them up as they look sooooo lovely!!

Anyway, I made this one on Saturday night. I'd just completed a custom card order for a 4 year old and 15 Christening Thank You's, and wanted to be able to do something for me for a change!

The much loved chocolate organza ribbon was used again - tied round the card and then a faux bit added underneath to make it look like I can tie really fab bows! The sentiment and backing flower is also from the Paper Blossoms collection. I softened the white part of the sentiment by layering clear vellum over the top half and securing with a pewter daisy brad.

By being able to create what I want really gives me more inspiration. Just wish it came with more time....!