Saturday 28 November 2009

A Touch of Red

A card for the challenge at Crafty Ann's which is to use black and white plus one other colour (I chose red!). I have had the tree stamp for quite a while and do not know the make, I stamped it in black Versafine and embossed with clear ep and added a little red stickles to the ornaments and some punched stars. The papers are Daisy Bucket and Doodlebug, I added a red ribbon and computer generated sentiment. I used the sketch from Mojo Monday, and I am also entering this card for the challenges at Papertake Weekly - Any Christmas Card, Charisma Cardz - Anything Christmas and Saturday Challenge - Christmas Trees anywhere on your card. Wow that's five never managed more than three before!!!

Thursday 26 November 2009

Two cards - Four challenges


Two cards today, though the photo's are not terrific as there has been no really good light today but as I am on the last minute with both of them they will have to do.
The first is for Totally Gorjuss Challenge, and I have used the sketch from Create4fun Challenge. I have used a Gorjuss Girls stamp coloured with Copics, the papers are Basic Grey Sugared. I added Prima flowers with satin roses in the centre from my stash, pink ribbon and computer generated greeting.

The second is for the Just Magnolia challenge which is "masking". I used another of my new Christmas Tilda's coloured with Copics, I masked the image and stamped the trees in the background which are a Lavinia stamp. The papers are The Paper Studio and K & Co. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers and used snowflakes punched from gold and red glitter paper, the border punched with a Martha Stewart border punch Stars, adhesive stones, and a computer generated greeting.

Tuesday 24 November 2009

My Time to Craft Challenge - Very Vintage

The Challenge at My Time to Craft this week is "Very Vintage". My DT card this week is made with a rubber stamp I have had for a long time it is by Personnel Impressions, I coloured with Copics and edged with Distress Ink - Antique Linen. The papers are K & Co, I added some Prima Poinsettias and gold leaves with a cream pearl centre, a ribbon and finished with a computer generated greeting.

Sunday 22 November 2009

Bag Charms


Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week is to use beads. I decided for a change not to make a card but made these two bag charms with beads and charms.

Friday 20 November 2009

It's All Round


Well here's another Christmas card, one more to tick off the list. This card is for two challenges, Anyone for Anya which this week is to have anything round on your card so I used the sketch from The Pink Elephant . The stamp I used is a new one I bought this week "Vivi" I coloured her with Copics and Stickles and the paper is from Daisy and Dandelion. I die cut some flowers on my Cuttlebug and layered them together and added an adhesive stone in the centre. I added punched branches and a computer generated greeting.

Thursday 19 November 2009

Just Magnolia


Not good light again today for taking photo's but had to get this one on for the Just Magnolia challenge before it closes tonight, this week the challenge is a sketch by Mina. I used one of my new Magnolia Christmas stamps, isn't she gorgeous? Coloured with Copics and Tombow pens with Stickles on the wings. The papers are Anita's and Daisy and Dandelion, I added a white ribbon some punched and die cut snowflakes, adhesive stones and a peel-off sentiment

Wednesday 18 November 2009

Two for Christmas



What am awful day weatherwise it has been, lots of local roads have been flooded and it has been dark most of the day, luckily I photographed these two cards yesterday as I couldn't photograph any today. The top card is for Charisma Cardz Challenge which is "Merry and Bright", the backing paper is Basic Grey and the stamp is from Sugar Nellie coloured with Copics. I added a Prima poinsettia and holly and finished with a computer generated sentiment. The second card is for the Totally Gorjuss Challenge which is "Christmas Blues". The Gorjuss girl stamp is coloured with Copics, papers are from an Anita's Christmas pad from last year I punched the border with the Martha Stewart Stars edge punch and added a ribbon. I finished with some punched snowflakes, a snowflake charm and some silver bells. Shapes on both cards cut with Nestabilities.

Tuesday 17 November 2009

My Time to Craft Challenge - Under My Umbrella


A DT card for the challenge at My Time to Craft this week which is "Under My Umbrella". I used a Magnolia Tilda stamp coloured with Copics. The papers are g.c.d. studios. The border across the middle was made using the Martha Stewart Lase Doily punch on two pieces of paper overlapped with a ribbon around. The flowers are Prima with jewellery spacers and beads in the centres, I added a dragonfly charm and computer generated greeting with brads.

Saturday 14 November 2009

Going Green

The weather here has been awful today after rather a nice start this morning, so decided it was a day to craft, and I was lucky that I managed to get a fairly decent photo. My card today is for two challenges Anyone for Anya? which this week is a recipe, three papers, two buttons and one bow. I coloured my Anya stamp with Copics and therefore I am entering it into the Copic Colour Challenge which this week is Emerald Green, Lipstick Red and Acid Yellow, I didn't have all three colours so have used the closest. I went around the edge with green trying to make stitches and added the stars in the background which were punched out of the border with a Martha Stewart edge punch. The papers were Daisy and Dandelion Christmas and from my stash, I added some Stickles and finished with a computer generated sentiment.

Friday 13 November 2009

Easel Card



An easel card today for the Saturday Challenge I am also entering this for the Mojo Monday Challenge as I have used their sketch. The stamp I have used is a Forever Friends coloured with Copics and I added some Stickles. The papers are Flair Designs, The Paper Studio and the inside paper is from Anna Griffin. I added a flower, snowflake charm, ribbon and computer generated greeting.

Thursday 12 November 2009

Candy for Christmas

Distressing is the theme on Just Magnolia Challenge this week, I love distressing, ripping and tearing. I have used a Christmas Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics and edged with Distress Ink Antique Linen with a dark green ink on the very edge. The papers are all Basic Grey (love these Wassail papers), I finished with a ribbon, flower, adhesive stone and computer generated sentiment with Stickles around the edge.

Wednesday 11 November 2009

Skate Away


A card for Charisma Cardz Challenge which this week is a sketch. I used a Penny Black stamp and coloured with Copics and Stickles glitter. The papers are Karen Foster, Daisy and Dandelion Christmas and K & Co. I added four buttons with red cord, a Christmas tree charm and computer generated greeting. I am also entering this card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is to use a song title or lyrics and my song is Skate Away by Dire Straits.

Tuesday 10 November 2009

Tags So Much - My Time To Craft Challenge


My Time to Craft Challenge this week is "Tags So Much" - include a tag on your card. My tag is made using a stamp from "Sugar Nellie" coloured with Copics and Stickles and mounted onto blue metallic card. The background dotty paper is from the Daisy and Dandelion Christmas Collection and the pale blue paper is Bo Bunny - I cut this into a corner pocket and punched the edge with a Martha Stewart border punch, I used the punched out stars to dot around the paper and tag. I added some punched snowflakes with pearl centres and some silver snowflakes and a computer generated sentiment. I am also entering this for the Colour Create challenge which is Blue, Silver and White with the optional extra of Winter and Glitter.

Monday 9 November 2009

A Letter for You


My card today is again for three challenges (getting myself organised at last). The first challenge is for Papertake Weekly where I used their sketch, the second is for Copic Colour Challenge you had to use R85 Rose Red, B02 Robin's Egg Blue, G02 Spectrum Green and thirdly for Totally Gorjuss Challenge which is "Bling". My stamp is a Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie, coloured with Copics, the papers are Basic Grey and Kay & Co, I added adhesive stones on the dress and corners for the "bling". Finished with flowers, spacer, pearl and ribbon from my stash and a computer generated sentiment.

Sunday 8 November 2009

Crafty Ann's Challenge No. 1


A card for Crafty Ann's Challenge Number One which is "Celebrate". On the day the challenge started it was my youngest granddaughter's first birthday so I thought my card would fit the challenge. The stamps used were all from Penny Black stamped onto shapes cut with Nestabilities and coloured with Copics. The paper was from Daisy Bucket and the tag was cut with Shapeabilities with a computer generated sentiment and ribbon threaded through. I added a peel off number 1 and alphabets to add the name.

Thursday 5 November 2009

Red, White and Blue


My card today is for three challenges (never managed three before). The sketch is from MojoMonday, at Anyone for Anya the theme is Patriotic, use the colours of your national flag and at Simon Says make a Thanksgiving or Thank You card and hopefully this fits all three. The stamp I used was Dahlia from the Greeting Farm coloured with Copics, the papers are g.c.d. and Paper Adventures. The adhesive stones and flowers are from my stash, and I added a computer generated sentiment.

Wednesday 4 November 2009

Sketch and Stash No. 22


My card today is for the Sketch and Stash Challenge. The stamp is an Anya from the Greeting Farm, coloured with Copics, I stamped the background snowflakes in pink and blue they are from a set called "Simply Chic" which I have had since last year and never used, the sentiment is also from the same set. The pink snowflake paper is new and is from Bo Bunny other papers from my stash. I added a snowflake charm, ribbon and brads. Have had to mess around with the exposure and colour of the photo today as the weather has been awful all day and couldn't get a good photo.

Tuesday 3 November 2009

Its All White


A card today for two challenges which are both for white except for the image. The first is the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is "White on White". I used PB stamp "Christmas Friends" coloured with Copics. I embossed on the Cuttlebug with the Snowflake embossing folder, die cut the swirl and embossed with the Swisss Dots folder and die cut the snowflakes with Shapeabilities. I added a white ribbon and white pearls. The second challenge I am entering is Colour Create Challenge which is "All White"

So Many Scallops - My Time to Craft Challenge

The theme this week at My Time to Craft Challenge is "So Many Scallops". For my DT card I used a Gorjuss Girl stamp from Sugar Nellie coloured with Copics and stamped onto card cut with Nestabilities. The orange backing papers, though not a colour I would normally use, are from Cosmo Cricket and I just couldn't resist buying these gorgeous double sided papers (I used both sides). My scallops were made with a Martha Stewart double scallop punch using both sides of the paper alternately. I added layers of flowers from my stash and added some pearls on wires which were the decorations on Christmas crackers we had last year (knew they would be useful when I kept them). The card was finished with a computer generated sentiment and some adhesives stones.

Monday 2 November 2009

Golden Wedding


I made this card for a Golden Wedding a couple of weeks ago, but thought it would fit nicely into Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week which is "Anniversary". The stamp is an Anna Griffin Rose which I coloured with gold cosmic shimmer and Copics for the leaves, matted onto gold card with gold pearls at the corners. The paper is Papermania, the gold rings topper is from Kanban and the two small gold squares are A and M being their initials. The inside was lined with gold card which showed at the edge where I used the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch on it. I added a ribbon and computer generated sentiment.

Sunday 1 November 2009

Charisma Cardz


I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do when I read the Charisma Cardz Challenge this week - "No Backing Papers" hmmm, I put my thinking cap on and this is the card I came up with. I remembered I had bought this Magnolia swirly stamp and not yet used it, I stamped in Versafine Sepia, embossed and coloured the small leaves. The stamp is a Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girls, stamped onto card cut with Nestabilities and coloured with Copics. The flowers are from Prima with spacers and pearls in the centres, I added ribbon, pearls and a dragonfly charm.