Pink...plus one other colour

Good morning everyone!  It's Thursday again, so it's time for another challenge at Charisma Cardz.  This week we are looking for something pink....plus one other colour.   I'm sure you can all come up with something for this one, and wait until you see what the rest of the team done!  Lots of inspiration this week!

I've finally gotten around to making a card with this image from Mo Manning, called Between.  I coloured her up with water colours, some time back....just waiting for the right idea for a card.  I've used a number of different dies, which I've listed below.  A script stamp decorates the backing paper, and some pretty ribbon and bow adds  to the colour theme.  As you can see, after attaching the pink layer to the card, I then cut the front of the card around the die cut, layering some green DP behind the lattice work.  A little tricky, but not too hard.

Dies used:

Spellbinders - Labels Twelve (for the image)

Cherry Lynn - Nautical Wheeler (for the doily)

Marianne's - Anja Edge

Whimsy - Corner Dies Set

So, hopefully you can join us again this week, and once again we have some wonderful sponsors!

Prize One

(with a $20 voucher) 

and

Prize Two  (Winner gets 5 Digi's of their choice)

Prize Three

Crafty Ribbons (these sweet Owl ribbons to a third lucky winner!)   Now, go ahead and have a wonderful crafty day!

A few challenges for my card:

Wags 'n Whiskers - #84 Try a new Technique
One Stitch at a Time - #124 Use a Digi
Saturday Challenge - #196 Bright and Cheerful
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - Summer Fun
Die Cuttin' Divas - #76 Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenges - #46 Anything goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - #31 Anything goes
Crafts and Me Challenges - #95 Green with Envy
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Mo's Digital Challenge - #146 Anything Goes

It's Spring Time....

Oh, what a beautiful day!  The sun is shining and we are to reach 12°C or 53°F today.....and hopefully we are heading out for a while!  This is unbelievable for this time of year, but I'll take it, and more please!

Today's card is for Easter....I think this sweet little image (Chickies) from Mo Manning is very appropriate, with the little baby chicks.  I've added a stenciled border for some extra interest....what can I say, I love to doodle!  The shape behind the image was cut on my silhouette, and the one behind that with my Nestie die.  I've even used some buttons!


If the sun is shining where you are....take time to enjoy it!


Some challenges for my card:

Mo's Digital Challenge - #124 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - #206 Signs of Spring

Card Crafter's Circle - #12 Buttons

Critter Sketch Challenge - #105 Buttons Wags 'n Whiskers - #74 Spring Break Card Makin' Mamas - #40 Let's See Some Green My Craft Spot - #47 For the Birds Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges - #29 No Sentiments Inky Impressions - Luck of the Irish One Stop Craft Challenge - #172 Button It

Anything Goes at Charisma Cardz

Good morning and best wishes for the holiday season!  The rush is really on now, so this post may be a little short and sweet.  Today, we have a new challenge at Charisma Cardz.....Anything Goes......and you have two weeks to make your entry!  

I'm still making gift bags, and this time I`m using the little Snow Day image from Mo Manning.  Remember when a snow day meant fun......time to play, no school, hot chocolate....where did those days go!  Now I prefer to stay inside where it`s warm and cozy, but of course it`s still so nice to see little ones enjoy themselves.

So how about a nice simple design.....just a bit of snowflake paper, a ribbon and some gems from my stash.  The image is coloured with copics then cut and matted with my Nestie die.  The sentiment is stamped and then heat embossed in white, which works well with the drippy icicle border.

Hopefully we`ll be seeing your entries this time around, `cause surely you can`t do two weeks without crafting!  My teamies have some gorgeous projects to share.... sure to give you some crafty ideas, and our sponsors this week are offering some wonderful prizes.

(offering 6 Digis of the winner`s choice!)

(offering a £10 Voucher!)

(offering 3 Digis of the winner`s choice!)

So, until next time, 

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

And now, a few fun challenges for my little gift bag:

Lexi's Creations - #55 Untraditional Christmas

Fairie Fun Fridays - #68 Holly Jolly Christmas

By the Cute and Girly - Let It Snow

My Mums Craft Shop - #37 Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Wednesday Challenge - #143 Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenges - #66 Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #173 Anything Goes Mo's Digital Challenge - #114 Punch and/or Dies

The Music of Christmas

Well, let's try this again!   I had a post ready to go, made a slight change and lost it in cyperspace....one of those days.   I have another Christmas card today, and this one tries to reflect the original theme of Christmas.

 A nice easy card, with something a little different.  

The angel image, 

coloured with water colours and accented with stickles,

comes from Mo Manning's digi selection.  

The sentiment and the music score are from Darcie's Stamps.

The Nativity scene is a GSD file, cut out on my Silhouette 

and then painted with perfect pearls for a nice shimmer.

The DP is from my stash, 

and while the snowflake/star pattern works great for the sky,

a little DI, sponged at the bottom, provides background for the scene.

Thanks so much for visiting, and hopefully you and yours are doing well.   Until next time......take care and think crafty!

Some fun challenges for my card:

 

Little Red Wagon - #108 Christmas Theme

My Mums Craft Shop - #33 Things with wings

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #130 Unusual Christmas

Totally Papercrafts - #94 Christmas

2 Sisters Challenge - #67 Holiday

Totally Stampalicious - Non Traditional Holiday Colors

Karen's Doodles - Non Traditional Christmas Colors

The Crazy Challenge - #95 Stars and/or Snowflakes

Challenge up Your Life - #57 Music

Card Makin' Mamas - #34 Sentiments

Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps - #68 Snow Angels

Winter Wonderland - Nativity

Reach for the Stars

Are you ready?  Did you know there are only 31 days left until Christmas?  Now, in my part of the world that means the 'waiting game'.......for snow!   Not that I'm a big fan of the white stuff or the cold temperatures that go with it, but this week's challenge at Charisma Cardz is sure to give you that nice warm fuzzy feeling.  How about a project using SNOWFLAKES!  There are lots of snowy images to be found, or lovely snowflake embellies.....let your creative juices flow, while you stay warm and cozy in your craft space!

Our wonderful sponsors this week are:

(3 packs of die cuts of winners choice!)

 (£10 voucher!)

and

(6 individual Digis of winner's choice!)

I've chosen this Mo Manning image (Hangin' the Star), which I've had for a while.  It's cut and matted with my Nestie die (labels twelve), with a layer of glitter paper and another of white cardstock, inked to match.

The white card blank is embossed with a polka dot folder.  Working with white on white, I've added a  glittery ribbon and bow, plus a nice sparkly snowflake from Michaels.  Keeping it simple, just a few stars, sprigs and pearls finish it off.  I don't think I've every worked with this much white before (lol)!

Before you leave, head on over to see the rest of the DT projects (here), where you are sure to be inspired, and maybe even amazed! 

We're all hoping to see your snowflake creations this week, too!

Some challenges for my card:
 

CES Challenges - #62 Snowflakes

Stamps R Us Challenges - Bling It On

Southern Girls Challenge - #32 Embellishment Bingo (glitter, ribbon, embossing)

Creatalicious Challenges - #28 Christmas and make sure it sparkles

Paper Sundaes - #96 Beautiful Bows

Bunny Zoes Crafts - #18 Anything Christmas with Pearls

By the Cute and Girly - Christmas Girls Moving Along with the Times - Ribbons and Bows Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT - #47 Winter Blues Bearly Mine Challenges - #24 All My Favourite Things

Black and Orange and a new Challenge

Good morning!   We are now into October and fall is definitely in the air.....one of my favourite seasons.  It's my type of weather, and I love the colours.  Today's card follows the new challenge at Charisma Cardz, where it's a colour theme of  Black and Orange.

 

Here, I've used an older image from Mo Manning, called Mary Tapping.  She's coloured with water colours this time around, and then cut out with my Nestie using the 'out of the box' technique.  I thought it was very fitting for fall, as I imagine her jumping through the leaves or skipping rope with her skirt a flying!  The doily is a die cut, and the supplies are all from my stash.  A nice simple design, letting the colour contrasts do the work.

Be sure to check out the rest of the amazing DT creations, and be sure to give this challenge a go!  This week we are being sponsored by two fantastic sponsors with some lovely prizes are up for grabs.

Prize # 1

 

a $20 voucher to spend in their online store

 

and

Prize #2

winner receives 5 digis of their choice!

 

So get those crafty fingers moving, and have a wonderful crafty day!

Some fun challenges I will be entering:

Crafts 4 Eternity - #39 Random Recipe - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time - #82 Use a Digi

Deep Ocean Challenge - #9 Happy Birthday

Aud Sentiments - #38 Happy Birthday

ABC-Challenge - A for Anything Goes

What's Cooking....Grandpa!

Hello again!  Hope everyone is doing well this fine Tuesday, with it's gray and overcast skies.....at least it's not raining or snowing!  So, here's a card to brighten the day.

Today's card uses the What's Cooking image from Mo Manning.  As you can see from the photo....this was a must have....and she also loves to help Grandpa in the kitchen!

I'm sure you can see where my colour inspiration came from, but I also had some help with the card design too, by using this week's challenge sketch from Sugar Creek Hollow.

Supplies used:
Medium - Prisma pencils
Paper -Cosmo Cricket (DeLovely pak), cardstock
Tools - MS border punch, EK Success corner punch
Other - glamour dust on flower, gems and ribbon from stash.

Some more fun challenges with more inspiration:

Mo's Digital Challenge - #7 Buttons and Bows

Charisma Cardz - #13 BLING & SPARKLES

Digi Doodle Shop - #53 Happy Birthday

Digi's With Attitude! Challenges - #20 Anything Goes

Card-ideas - Spotty Dotty

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - #105 Buttons, Bling and BLOOM!

Craft Your Passion - #52 Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles - #61 Let's Get Girly

By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly

The Wonder of Spring

Oh, how I look forward to the colours of spring.....and the warmer weather that goes along with it!   Sooooo, today another card with that spring to summer feel.

This sweet little image from Mo's DP2 was a freebie a few weeks back, and has been waiting so patiently on my desk.  I've coloured with my Tombow markers and a water brush for a nice soft look, and then distress inks create the background.

I love these colours, they go so well to together....but come picture day, I hope she's an only child.  I recall trying to get a group or family shot when my girls were younger....trying to get outfits that complemented each other.  Of course there are many other photos, which we laugh at now, where just about every colour is in the mix!  There is something to be said about black and white sometimes!

This card design is really quite simple, as I've let the image steal the show.  I've used a Nestie, an MS punch and a bit of ribbon;  a striped DP and some coordinating cardstock from my stash.  After all was done, I then added the flower, made from a Fred She Said file, where you simply cut them out and shape, adding a gem and a bit of stickles for an accent.

Ooops, almost forgot to mention......my sentiment is a new stamp that I just received from Stampotique!  I think it should get lots of use, don't you?

Thanks again for visiting and please blow some of that warmer weather my way!

A few challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge - #71 Spring Colors with handmade flower

CES Challenges - #24 Spots and Stripes

Stamptacular Sunday - #99 Someone Special (my granddaughter)

There's Magic in the Air - Children's Birthday Card

Aud Sentiments - #22 trendy sayings

Stamps R Us Challenges - #15 For the Girls

Crafty Creations Challenge -#107 At the bottom of my garden...lives

Crafty Sentiments - Spring

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Do you sometimes colour up an image and then draw a blank, with no idea what to do with it.......?   Until this week's challenge at Mo's DP, this image, called Star, was one of them.  Their current challenge is calling for rainbow colours..... I chose indigo, and have used it to create a nighttime scenario.

The image and background are painted with water colours, plus Tombow markers where I needed deeper colour.  A little bit of shading has been added to the grass with Prismas.

The DP is a golden oldie, but there is a new paper ribbon border along the bottom..  Using silver tinsel powder, I have heat embossed the flourish in the upper corner and the centre layer of the large flower.  Silver paper is used to trim the sentiment and the image, while the edges of the DP are inked with silver metallic. 

 Well, this card was easy enough to make.....so why did it take me so long to get to it!  Be sure to check out the different challenge links I've provided, and maybe you'll find your inspiration.  Thanks for visiting.

Other Challenge entries:
Allsorts Challenge - #73 Inspiration from song title
Craftalicious - #10 Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - #34 Use Digi Stamps
Little Red Wagon - #50 Something Old/Something New
The Pink Elephant - TPE85 Childhood

Leave a trail...

I was thinking fall when creating this card, and the lovely colours to be found at this time of year. Although I do enjoy summer, spring and fall are my favourite seasons, as intense heat and bitter cold are just not for me!

It is my second week as GDT at Crafts 4 Eternity, and the challenge this week is to make an aperture card using the following sketch.

This was a first for me, a bit more of a challenge, but it is always fun to try something new.

My card, being made from brown cardstock, is layered inside with a light coloured paper and the plaid DP. The sentiment is on the inside of the card, placed so that it shows through the aperture(opening).

All papers have been sponged with distress ink, which mellows and blends the colours, and a little extra detail is provided by the ribbon, threaded through a MS punched edging.

The image used, from Mo's Digital Pencil, was worked with water colour pencils, then cut out and attached with small pop dots. A little faux stitching and a punched butterfly seems to be all the extra that it needs, so I think I will leave it at that. Hopefully I have provided you with some inspiration, and you will give this week's challenge a go. Have fun!

Challenges that I will enter with this card:
Corrosive Challenge - Colour - Old Olive/Real Red
Cowgirl's Sunday Stemp'en Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Distress It
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Books and Stories (Jack & the Beanstalk)
3D Cards Challenge - Children
Kaboodle Doodles - Get Inspired (photo inspiration)
Fussy and Fancy - #19 Christmas Colours

Babies......DP2 Challenge

This card, using the "Bella Hearts Bronte" image from Mo's Digital Pencil, is entered for their Celebrate Babies challenge. Painted with watercolours, it makes a delightful card for a tiny tot!

Other challenges entered:
"Celebrations" at A Spoonful of Sugar
"For the Little Ones" at Incy Wincy Designs