New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Go Retro

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge Blog and this time we want you to go retro!

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

I have to admit this one had me puzzled for a little while!  I looked through my patterned paper and found two sheets of Stampin' Up paper from a paper share.  Not colours I normally use but I thought they fitted the theme!

I used the 'happy' die and the 'birthday' stamp from Uniko's Big and Bold Happy Clear set and layered it all with black paper to make the colours pop.

LeAnn's World 101 Progressive Challenge - You Got This!

 

There's still some time left to link up a card to this month's Progressive Challenge in the LeAnn's World 101 Facebook Group.

You can find the Facebook Group here.

Head over to the photo album for Progressive Challenge and find the album for Challenge 38.

This month we're using an image called 'You Got This' - if you would like the image but can't take part in the Progressive Challenge you can find it here in the online shop.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and used a sentiment circle from Craftwork Cards.

The patterned paper I've used is from the 'One for the Boys' digi paper pack from Keen Crafter Designs:

You can see the paper I've used on the top right of the thumbnail above.

The pack is available here in the Keen Crafter Designs Etsy shop.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Bugaboo Stamps - Humour Me Wednesday

 

It's Wednesday so that means:

Head over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog here to see the cards from the rest of the team.

My card marks World Animal Day which was on 4 October!

To make my card I used:

- Love Ewe digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps available here 

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned paper from Making Cards magazine

- computer generated sentiment

New Male Room Challenge - Quote

 

We've got a new challenge today on The Male Room Challenge Blog and here's our theme for this month:

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used the Love of Leaves stamp set from Stampin' Up and the coordinating dies.  There are dies to cut out the stamped leaves and you also get the border die which I've used down the right hand side of my card.

My card base is crumb cake card from Stampin' Up and the patterned paper is also one of theirs.

The sentiment is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set.

New Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We're back today on the Creative Moments Challenge Blog with a new challenge and, as always, it's an anything goes theme.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

We have two great sponsors for this challenge:

and

To make my card I used:

- Selfie Santa digi stamp from Dr Digi's House of Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- sentiment from Stampin' Up

- patterned papers from Stampin' Up and Craft Creations

- other card and paper from Stampin' Up

New Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes/Halloween

 

We've got a new challenge today on The Paper Funday Challenge Blog and this time it's anything goes with the optional twist of Halloween.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

We have a great sponsor for this challenge:

To make my card I used:

- Teddy Ballerina digi stamp from Hetty Clare Art available here
- Promarkers to colour the image
- patterned papers and pearl heart from Poundland
- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up
- scalloped die from Stampin' Up

New Arty Divas Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We've got a new challenge for you today on the Arty Divas Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an anything goes theme.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

We have a great sponsor for this challenge:

To make my card I used:

- Party Animal digi stamp from SheepSki Designs available here 
- Promarkers to colour the image
- patterned paper from Stampin' Up
- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up
- other card and paper from Craft Creations

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - CAS (Clean and Simple)

 

There's a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog today and this time our theme is CAS or clean and simple.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

To make my card I used the Well Dressed stamp set from Stampin' Up and a sentiment from the Sending You Thoughts stamp set.

I die cut the panel with a Stampin' Up die and added a scrap strip of paper from We Are Memory Keeprs.

GDT Card for Use Your Stuff Challenge - Nautical

 

I'm back today with another GDT card for the Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog - today's new theme is nautical.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from everyone else.

I used my Sailing Home stamp set from Stampin' Up together with some of the patterned paper from the suite.  The anchor was die cut with one of the coordinating dies.

I stamped everything in navy blue ink and layered with navy and white card.

I thought the sentiment was appropriate in the current situation.

New Artsystamper Challenge - Harvest Time

 

We've got a new challenge for you today on the Artsystamper Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'harvest time'.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

For this challenge we are showcasing A Bunny's Harvest:

You can find this set here in the Etsy shop.

I combined the basket, one of the bunnies, the carrots and the sentiment to make my image panel.

The backing paper I used is from the Williamsburg Memories Paper Pack:

This is available here in the Etsy shop.

Here's another view of the front of my card:

I used some card from Craft Creations to layer up the card and added some brown gems to finish it.

If you'd like to see more from Artsystamper, have a look at the following:

TheArtsystamperShop  (Etsy)
Artsystamper (YouTube)

The Artsystamper Addiction (FB Public Group)
Artsystamper Challenge Blog
Artsystamper Pinterest Page

New Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Sentiment as the Focal Point

 

It's Saturday so that means a new challenge on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Blog and this week it's anything Christmas goes with the option to have your sentiment as the focal point on your card.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

And the prize on offer for this month's winner is:

To make my card I used the following Stampin' Up supplies:

- Christmas Means More stamp set 

- patterned papers 

- red ink

- green card

I also used other card supplies from Craft Creations

New My Time to Craft Challenge - Autumnal Colours

 

There's a new challenge today on the My Time to Craft Challenge and this time we're looking for autumnal colours on your cards.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the Design Team.

To make my card I used the Love of Leaves stamp set from Stampin' Up with the coordinating dies.

My patterned paper is also from Stampin' Up as is the die I used to create the centre panel.

The inks I used were Soft Suede and Early Espresso.

New Stampers Delights Progressive Challenge - Chibi Agnes 1

 

The beginning of the month means a new Progressive Challenge in the Stampers Delight Fan Group on Facebook and this month we have a wonderful image to work with:

Head over to the Fan Group on Facebook here for all the details - look for the photo album with all the details.

The image is also available here in the store.

To make my card I also used:

- Promarkers to colour my image

- stamped sentiment and star cluster from Stampin' Up

- patterned paper from Craft Creations

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

New All Dressed Up Facebook Group Challenge - Hot or Cold Colours

 

It's time for a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Facebook Group and this month we'd like you to use hot or cold colours on your creations.  And don't forget that you must also use an All Dressed Up image too.

For more details about the challenge, head over to the Facebook Group here and look for the album in the media section for the October 2020 Challenge.

To make my card I used:

- Snowy Days digi stamp available here in the All Dressed Up Etsy shop

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned paper from Bo Bunny

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

New SheepSki Designs Blog Challenge - Autumn and/or Halloween

 

There's a new challenge today on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog and this month our theme is autumn and/or halloween.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

I decided to go for an autumn theme for my card.

Here's what I used to make my card:

- Jack digi stamp from SheepSki Designs available here 

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned paper from First Edition

- embossing folder and stitched die from Stampin' Up

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

New Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Merry Little Christmas Challenge and, as always, it's anything Christmas goes.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

To make my card I used the Coming Home stamp set from Stampin' Up together with some of the patterned paper which coordinates with the stamps and the dies.

I die cut the panel using a Stampin' Up die from white card and added the snow from the stamp set.  The building and the two trees were die cut from a piece of the patterned paper and I then stamped the sentiment from the Itty Bitty Christmas set.

The backing paper comes from the same set and I layered it with red paper.

New Mix It Up Challenge - Anything Goes/Distressing

 

It's the beginning of the month so that means a new challenge on the Mix It Up Challenge Blog.

This month it's anything goes with the option to use distressing on your creation.  For all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team, head over to the challenge blog here.

As I never have much success with distressing techniques, I've opted for the anything goes theme this month and made a single layer card instead.

I used a stamp set from Stampin' Up called Inspiring Iris and Mossy Meadow and Gorgeous Grape ink pads.  

I kept the card very simple, just adding some gems to finish it.

New Love to Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

 

There's a new challenge today on the Love to Craft Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an anything goes theme.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the challenge blog.

To make my card I've used a topper and two different patterned papers from Making Cards magazine.  

I layered them up with green Stampin' Up card and used a stamped sentiment also from Stampin' Up.

New Love to Scrap Challenge - Fall Back

 

There's a new challenge today on the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog and this month our theme is 'fall back'.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

To make my card I used the Love of Leaves stamp set and coordinating dies from Stampin' Up.

I started by die cutting an aperture in a piece of card using a die from Stampin' Up and then using them as a reverse mask with Distress Inks.  Then I stamped one of the sentiments from the stamp set to the right of the panel using Soft Suede Stampin' Up ink.

Then I stamped and die cut three leaves using Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso inks.

I finished the card by layering with card from Craft Creations.

New Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's the start of October (really?!) so that means a new challenge on Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Blog.

Challenges are always anything goes as long as you use patterned paper on your creation.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

And the prize on offer for this month's winner is:

To make my card I used a topper and patterned paper from Making Cards magazine.  I layered the design with some card from Stampin' Up and finished it with some dots punched from the same card.

New Christmas 24 Challenge - Winter Birds

 

There's a new challenge today on the Christmas 24 Challenge Blog:

For all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

To make my card I used:

- Christmas Robins digi stamp from All Dressed Up Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- die from Stampin' Up

- paper from First Edition

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

New Christmas Sparkles Challenge - Vintage Christmas

 

There's a new challenge today on the Sparkles Christmas Challenge Blog and this month our theme is vintage Christmas.

For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team, head over here to the challenge blog.

To make my card, I recycled one of last year's Christmas cards!

I added some red foil card stock as a mat for the image and a stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up again matted with red foil card.

I finished the design by adding some glitter glue.

New Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge - No Tricks, Just Treats

 

There's a new challenge today on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge and this time our theme is 'no tricks, just treats' - we want to see Christmas crafts on your creations!

Head over to the challenge blog here for more details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

To make my card I've used a stamp set from Circa Designs - it's listed on their website as XM-IM-65 and is available here.

I stamped the four images and then coloured them with Promarkers.

The patterned paper I used is from a First Edition paper pad and I've also used other paper and card from Craft Creations.

New Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We've got a new challenge today on Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an anything goes theme.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

We have two great sponsors for this challenge:

and

To make my card I used:

- My Spy from SheepSki Designs available here 

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- patterned papers from First Edition

GDT Card for Fezziwig's Festive Frolics Challenge Reminder - Inside Out

 

I'm back today with my second GDT card for Fezziwig's Festive Frolics:

This is the reminder post for the current challenge which is:

So that means that we want you to decorate the inside of the card as well as the outside.  For all the details, head over to the challenge blog here.

And here is the inside of my card:

To make my card I used the Trimming the Town paper from Stampin Up with the Home Together dies.

Blog Inspiration Project for The Little Paper Tree - Leafy Décor

 

Today I'm featured on The Little Paper Tree blog sharing some more inspiration using the beautiful Leafy Décor stamp set and coordinating die from Pinkfresh Studios:

 These are available here from The Little Paper Tree.

I wanted to use the stamp and die differently so I die cut just the edge of the card.

Head over to the blog here to see my post and how I did this.

Head over to the shop website here for these stamp sets and lots, lots more.  And if there's something you'd like to buy, don't forget to use my DT code helenpapertree to get 10% off your order.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations - the great outdoors

I Love Promarkers - anything goes