Diva....delightful

Good morning!  It's challenge time again at Charisma, and this week the theme is Diva.  I would think we'll see lots of your gorgeous creations for this one, and I'm really looking forward to viewing them.

Here, I've used copics again to colour up this delightful Circus Trixie image from Saturated Canary.  I played with a pink & turquoise colour theme with lots of white for layers and accents, and then some doodling with glitter pen.

Supplies used:

Paper from Basic Grey - Sweet Threads collection

Spellbinders die - Lacy Ovals

Whimsy die - Birthday Sentimentables

Martha Stewart punch - Pine Branch

EK Success corner punch

This week, once again we have some lovely prizes from some wonderful sponsors!

PRIZE ONE

 

 (winner will receive their choice of 6 digi's)

PRIZE TWO

 

(winner will receive a $10 voucher)

So hopefully you can join in the challenge this week, and be sure to check out the other DT creations too!  Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

Some challenges for my card:

Saturated Canary Challenge - #44 Hair That is Different

Joanna Sheen - Girls, Girls, Girls

The Squirrel and the Fox - #44 Here come the Girls

Created with Love - #43 You Lift Me Up        Challenge Winner

Kaboodle Doodles  - #173 Anything Goes

Stampotique Designers Challenge - #98 Pink & Turquoise

Creative Card Crew - #37 Punches/Dies

Divas by Design - Tie a ribbon

Simon Says Stamp! - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - #21 Anything Goes

Black and White and a bit of Accent

I'm a guest designer for this week's challenge at Quirky Crafts, and I was lucky enough to get to play with this delightful image from Limited Runs...one of their fabulous sponsors.

My niece is expecting, hence the idea for my card, which is sure to bring a smile.   I've gone with a step card, using some DP from Basic Grey's Out of Print collection and black cardstock for the matting and leaves.  I even scrounged around and found a pretty black bow and matching buttons in my stash.  Now, if only having babies was this easy...we'd have more of them, right?   ha ha ha!

Now be sure to head over to the challenge blog and check out what the DT has to share!  There are some wonderful prizes up for grabs too, so why not give it at go with your Black and White card!

   Some fun challenges for my card:

Victorine Challenge - #59 Buttons & Bows

Wags 'n Whiskers - #104 Anything goes

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Clear It Out Challenge - Critters

Dream Valley - #57 Animals

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Oh Baby

Stampotique Designers Challenge - #100 Anything Goes

Shelly's Images - Show Us What YOU Got

Crafting Musketeers - Anything Goes

Great Impressions Stamps - Celebrations

Crafty Sentiments - Buttons Totally Papercrafts - #168 Buttons Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - A Fancy Fold or Two

Fussy and Feminine

Good morning to everyone this nice spring day....I'm hoping!  It looks to be sunny and cooler....spring jacket weather, but that's okay.  There's still lots to do outside, and that is no fun when it gets too hot.

Today I've got a card using this pretty Wedding Shoe image from Just Inklined.  No weddings coming up so I think I will use it for a birthday card.  It wistfully takes one back....to when shoes were bought for style rather than comfort!

The image is lightly coloured with copics, and then I've added stickles to the flowers for lots of sparkle.  A pretty bow and matching pearls along with a number of die cuts go into the making of this simple but very feminine card.  As you can see, I've used the corner die in a different way...not in the corners but as a floral spray behind the matted image.

Supplies used:
Paper from MME - Honey Cake collection
Nellie Snellen - Oval Frame Die Set
Memory Box - Madera Corner die
Spellbinders - Inverted Scalloped Circles
Sentiment stamp from Wild Rose Studio

Thanks for stopping by today, and here's hoping you have a fun weekend!

Now for some challenges for my card:

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes Everybody-Art-Challenge - #237 Flowers Creative Inspirations - #215 Bingo (Pink, Pearls, Glitter) Fab 'n' Funky - #172 Ribbon and/or Lace Crafting For All Seasons - #52 Think Pink Crafty Ribbons - #46  Anything Goes with Ribbon Allsorts Challenge - #208 Happy Birthday          Challenge Winner Sister Act Card Challenge - #8 Anything Goes Creatalicious Challenges - #50 For the Girls Tammy's Scrapin Corner - #63 Pink and Girly with Sparkle

Those were the days...

Just a quick post today, as my granddaughter is visiting and we are going shopping.  Hope your weekend will be packed full of fun too!

I had some fun with my copics and this adorable image from Just Inklined, titled Clarice Cycling.  It definitely brings to mind how times have changed.  Personally, I can't even imagine riding a bike these day, never mind in a long skirt!  I've gone with a thank you card....thinking it might be nice for a special teacher.

Supplies used:

DP from MME - Nutmeg collection

Vines die from Whimsy Stamps

Edgeabilities dies from Spellbinders

Thanks for visiting, and here are some challenges for my card.

Sentimental Sundays - #154 For a Special Woman

Creatalicious Challenges - #50 For the Girls

Fussy and Fancy - #89 Pearls and Lace

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - #62 Ribbon and Lace          Top Picks

Totally Papercrafts - #167 Diva (young or old)

Sister Act Card Challenge - #7 Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - N for Not Just One

Heck of a Challenge - Fashion

One Stop Craft Challenge - #229 Anything Goes

Easy does it...

Good morning everyone.  The week is nearly over and I'll be having company this weekend...my granddaughter, and she loves to craft with me.  Of course, we'll also be shopping, as her birthday is coming up....should be fun!

So for today, a nice easy card.  This is a simple Z fold, which I have covered with some papers from my stash.  Then some stamping to which I've added some stickles and glitter pens for a bit of colour and sparkle. 

Stamps used

Winter Trails and Ornate Flourishes by Inkadinkado

Sweet Kids (sentiment) from Clear Art Stamps

Thanks for visiting, and have a wonderful day!

Some challenges for my card:

CAS-ual Fridays - #101 CAS stamping on DP

Sweet Stampin - Clean & Simple

Crafty Creations Challenge - #222 KISS

Crafting For All Seasons - #52 Think Pink

Snow in May????

Good morning, and it's time for a new challenge at Charisma.  This week we are looking for cards...but no digi's....so it's a good excuse to pull out some of those stamps and get inky.  Since we actually saw some snow flurries this past Sunday, I thought this card was most appropriate!

I had some fun with this sweet image from Crissy Armstrong (Under the Mistletoe), and this time around I played with water colours.  As you may notice, I used the out of the box technique with the Spellbinders Labels Twenty die, matting it with the next larger size.

The papers are an oldie from Bo Bunny, and all the edges have been sponged with DI.  I've used a new product for the snow, something called 'Liquid Snow', which dries with quite a rough texture, to which I then added some glitter. 

The snowflake border die is from Memory box, and the pine branch punch is from Martha Stewart.

Now for our sponsors with some wonderful prizes.

Prize 1

 

(winner gets to choose 5 digis)

Prize 2

(winner receives a £10 Voucher)

So, time to get crafty....leave that spring cleaning for another day!  Don't forget to have a look see what the rest of the team has been up to this week for lots of crafty inspiration!

Now for some challenges for my card:

Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges - #59 Anything Goes

Fashionable Stamping - #47 Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Animal antics

Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #207 Christmas

Speedy Fox and Friends - #159 Use Glitter

One Stop Craft Challenge - #228 Add Some Glitter

Deep Ocean Challenge - #51 Lets Sparkle

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge  - Going Spotty Dot

It's Saturday again...

Well, it's the weekend again and here's hoping you all have a good one!  Looks like our weather is going to cool down for a bit, but that might be better for me when I start work on my gardens next week.  Our weather here has been more like summer...rather warm for yard work!

So today, I have a card with flowers...a DT card for Just Inklined using the pretty Hollyhocks image!  These are another favourite of mine, but I don't seem to have much luck with them as I lose them over the winter.  Oh well, maybe I'll try again this year.

As you can see, I've been shopping!  Had a play with some new dies and the result is a pretty feminine card that could be used for any occasion.  I've gone for a birthday card, using a new sentiment stamp from Wild Rose Studio.

Other supplies used:
Papers from American Crafts - Enchanted
Spellbinder's - Labels Twelve die for image
Marianne Designs - Swirls and Leaves 3
Cheery Lynn - City Girl Edger

Thanks for visiting, and Happy Mother's Day for all of you that tomorrow!

Some challenges for my card:

By the Cute and Girly - Flowers

Country View Crafts - #3 How does your garden grow

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenges - #126 Diecuts and/or punches

Sister Act Card Challenge - #6Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #182 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #206 Birthday

Card Mania - #20 Flower Power Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes with 2 or more DP

Not to be confused.....

Hello there!  I sure hope I don't confuse Mother Nature with my card today...I've really been enjoying the lovely spring weather we've been having, even if it does mean yard work, but I thought a Christmas card would make a nice change.

I had a bit of fun with my copics and this cute little Harvest Snowman image from Meljen's Designs.  Quite appropriate considering I'm working on cleaning up the yard from the fall and winter havoc. 

This is a first time for using this Spellbinder ornament die, and I do like how it frames the image.  A few pearls and some punched greenery add a little extra interest, and then a bow and a couple of glittery snowflakes to finish it off.  The sentiment along the side is made with some rub-on letters...something I bought ages ago, but they've been hiding!

And of course, I found a few challenges for my card.

Meljen's Designs - #158 What's the Point

Crimbo Crackers - #40 Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #123 Let's Get Sentimental

Craftyhazelnut's Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges - Add Ribbon

2 Sisters Challenge - #142 Bingo Bash (Pearls, image, sentiment)

Allsorts Challenge - #205 Add some Sparkle

Stampin for the Weekend - Die cuts and/or punches

Crafty Ribbons - #44 Anything Goes with Ribbon

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - M for Make It Sparkle

Crafty Sentiments - Use a Sentiment

One for the Boys at Just Inklined

 

It's so hard to believe that another month has gone by and we are in the month of May already!  We've been enjoying some fabulous weather, and for a special event....today it's time for the next blog hop at Just Inklined.  Don't forget to leave your comments along the way for your chance to win one of the hidden spot prizes!

Today's theme is 'One for the Boys', chosen by Dawn...our hostess this time around, who will be starting off the hop.  If you are following along, you should have arrived here from Lori's blog, otherwise you may just want to go back to the beginning so as not to miss anything.

I've chosen to play with another image from the Best of Just Inklined 2012 CD, which as been aptly named Sailing.  I've paired it up with some papers from my scrapbooking stash, keeping it clean and simple as befits the masculine theme.

Your travels will now take you to Gaynor's blog, where you are sure to find something to please the eye!  Have yourselves a fun browse and a wonderful day.

A few challenges for my card:

Moving Along with the Times - One for the Guys

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #181 Inspired by Song (Sailing - Christopher Cross)

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - #88 Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - #5 Anything Goes

Shaped Cards at Charisma

Good morning!  What beautiful weather we've been having...lovely sunshine and warm temperatures, and today I'm hoping to get out in the gardens for a while.  The income taxes are done, my accounting work is up to date, and yesterday my brother came over and finished raking up gravel .  Thanks to all the snow we had this year, a lot of my driveway ended up plowed into my grass.

Today, there's a new challenge at Charisma, and this time we are looking for shaped cards.  We hope you can find some crafting time and join in, but be sure to check out all of the talented DT cards first if you would like some inspiration.

My daughter cut this card blank for me, as I've not invested in the larger dies and machine yet...but the rest is all mine!  As you can see I have stamped a simple floral, adding liquid pearls for the centres and toning down the bright turquoise with distress ink.

For the large background circle, I stamped with clear embossing ink and then sponged over this with brown Pan Pastels.  This was a first for me and it worked like a charm, and I really like the soft muted result for the pattern.

The image...titled Chin Up Buttercup is from one of our sponsors, and another first for me....I coloured on Kraft paper!  I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be.  I coloured with my pencils this time, blending with just a dry paper stump.  It's always nice to try something new, and even better when it actually works!

So now for our sponsors, sharing some lovely prizes with some lucky winners.

PRIZE ONE

Prizes - 

1st - 3 digi's, 

2nd - 2 digi's, 

3rd 1 digi

PRIZE TWO

Prize - £10 Voucher

PRIZE THREE

Prize - TBA

So here's hoping you have a wonderful day, and thank you so much for stopping by.

Some fun challenges for my card:

Pan Pastel - #17 Dreams       Challenge Winner

Sweet Stamps - Stamp Your Own Background Paper

Quirky Crafts - #9  Dark and Bright      Challenge Winner

Kaboodle Doodles - #169 Use Brown and/or Tan

Bearly Mine Challenges - #84 Anything Goes

A Little Bit Crafty - Kraft It

Simon Says Stamp! - Happy Mail Sweet Stampin - Anything but Birthday Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes Forever Friends - #17 Anything Goes