New My Time to Craft Christmas Challenge - Reindeers

 

A new Christmas challenge blog has launched today - it's the sister challenge to My Time to Craft and you can find it here.

I'm really happy to be part of the Design Team - I love making Christmas cards!

And for our first challenge our theme is reindeers - have a look at all the details here on the challenge blog.

Here's my DT card:

To make my card I used:

- Warm and Toasty stamp set from Stampin' Up

- patterned papers from Stampin' Up

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

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

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - anything festive goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - anything goes plus a sentiment

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Cocktails, Wine or Coffee

 

There's a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge Blog and this time we're looking for your designs featuring cocktails, wine or coffee.

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

I decided on a coffee themed card and remembered I had a single sheet of this patterned paper from Stampin' Up.  Having done a quick search, it looks like it may have been part of a bundle with a stamp set called Coffee Cafe.

I cut out a coffee pot and two cups from the paper and then used the rest as my background.  My stamped sentiment is also from Stampin' Up.

11th Annual Bugaboo Birthday Bash - Day 4

 

We've reached Day Four of our 11th Annual Birthday Bash Week and today it's:

For all the details about the challenge including where to get your flash freebie, head over to the challenge blog here.

For my card I've used the middle line of the bingo board:

die cut - Bugaboo image - 3 layers

To the make the card I used the following:

- Birthday Hedgie 1 digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps here 

- Promarkers to colour the image

- scalloped die cut from Stampin' Up

- paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge - anything goes

Star Stampz - stripes/dots/plaids

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Let It Snow

 

There's a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge and this time our theme is 'let it snow'.

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

I used the Stampin' Up stamp set 'Snow Front' to create my card.  Everything was stamped in Basic Grey ink with some parts of the design stamped off.

My sentiment is from the 'Wrapped in Christmas' stamp set and although you can't see it on the photo, I added some glitter glue to the stamping once I'd finished.

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

Dream Valley Challenge - winter and/or snow

Crafting Happiness Challenge - b-brrrr

New Cutie Pie Challenge - The Boys Are Back in Town!

 

We're back today with the first Cutie Pie Challenge of the New Year and this month the boys are back in town!

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

Our challenge is sponsored by:

To make my card I used:

- Bugaboo Brats Sean Dog digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- patterned papers from Dovecraft and Craft Creations

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

-Craft Rocket Challenges - for the boys/men

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

11th Annual Bugaboo Birthday Bash - Day 2

 

It's Day Two of our 11th Annual Bugaboo Birthday Bash!

So today it's a sketch challenge - head over to the Catch the Bug Blog here to find out more details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

To make my card I used:

- Cute Owl digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Crafter's Castle Challenge - anything goes

Inspiration Card for The Little Paper Tree - Beautiful Day Stamp and Die Set

 

I'm back today with another inspiration card for The Little Paper Tree online craft shop.

This is my second card using the Beautiful Day stamp set and coordinating die set from Catherine Pooler Designs:

You can find the both the stamp and die sets here on the online shop.

This week I created a black and white design with layers.   I stamped the main floral image and one of the sentiments on my base layer and then stamped just floral image again three times.

On the first extra layer I cut away just the outside small leaves, on the second I cut away the bigger leaves and then from the final layer I cut out the bottom flower.  Then I used foam tape to layer up the images.  I added five of the small dotty accents around the design to finish the card.

Here's another view of the card:

Don't forget to head over to the store here for a great range of stamps, dies and accessories.

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

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Try It On Tuesday - positive/uplifting quote

Just Monkeying Around - January Inspiration Card for LeAnn's World 101

 

Today it's my turn to share a card on the LeAnn's World 101 Inspiration Blog and I couldn't resist this cute 'Monkey' image.

You can find my post here.

To make my card I used:

- Monkey digi stamp from LeAnn's World 101 available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned papers from Anna Maria Designs and Craft Creations

- scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

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

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Creative Knockouts - celebrate (birthday)

Creative Craft Cottage - must use a digi stamp

11th Annual Bugaboo Birthday Bash - Day 1

 

It's time for the first day of the 11th Annual Bugaboo Birthday Bash!!

Head over to the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog here for all the details and to see the prizes on offer for the winners.

For my Day One card I used:

- Autumn Critter Stack 01 digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- papers from Making Cards magazine and Craft Creations

- scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

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

Creative Fingers Challenge - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - animal antics

New Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Feature a Creature

 

We're back today with another challenge at Craftyhazlenut's Christmas Challenge and this week it's anything goes with the option to feature a creature 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 this is the prize on offer for this week's winner:

To make my card I used:

- Warm and Toasty stamp set from Stampin' Up

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Fezziwig's Festive Frolics - anything festive goes

Stampin' Up Only Challenge - designer's choice

Crafty Animals - anything goes

Bugaboo Stamps Freebie Friday

 

It's Friday so that means:

And this week's digi stamp is AKV Deer.

You can find this week's Freebie Friday image here or if you're looking at this after the freebie has expired, you can find the image here.

And you can find lots of inspiration using the image here.

To make my card I also used:

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment and scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- patterned paper from K & Company

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

Bugaboo Stamps Oldie But Goodie Thursday - Critter Balloons Monkey

 

It's Thursday on the Catch the Bug Blog so that means:

Head over to the blog here to see inspiration from the rest of the team.

To make my card I used:

- Critter Balloons Monkey digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- patterned paper from Echo Park

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

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - animal antics

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes

New Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We're back today with our first challenge of the year on the Creative Moments Challenge Blog and 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.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

To make my card I used:

- Baby Clothes Duckie digi stamp set from Pattie's Creations available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- Martha Stewart heart border punch

- dies from Stampin' Up

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

Simon Wednesday Challenge - something new (new baby)

Crafty Creations Challenge - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge - anything goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge - anything goes

New Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's our first challenge of the year at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an anything goes theme.

Take a look at the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

We have two sponsors for this challenge:

and

To make my card I used:

- Kidz Bella Heart digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned papers from Dovecraft

- stamped sentiment, scalloped die and flower punch from Stampin' Up

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

Try It On Tuesday - uplifting or positive quote

Jan's Digi Stamp Challenge - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything goes

New Male Room Challenge - Animals

 

We're back today at The Male Room Challenge with our first challenge of 2021:

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've used the new Darling Donkeys stamp set from Stampin' Up - I just couldn't resist it!  I coloured the stamped image with alcohol markers and added a sentiment from the set.

The background paper is from the Stampin' Up Plaid Tidings paper pack and I've added two black gems to finish the card.

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

SUO Challenges - designer's choice

Crafting Happiness Challenges - animals

Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

New Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes/Use the Colour Blue

 

We're back today with our first challenge of the year at The Paper Funday Challenge and this month our theme is anything goes with the optional twist to use the colour blue.

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

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

To make my card I used:

- Polar Bear digi stamp from Star Stampz available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned papers from Craft Creations and Bo Bunny

- scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- stamped sentiment from Clearly Besotted

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

Star Stampz Challenge - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything goes

New Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Stockings

 

We're back again this month with our challenges on the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Blog.

This month our theme is:

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 Stampin' Up 'Tag Buffet' stamp set and paper pieced the stocking stamped image using two pieces of Stampin' Up patterned paper.

I used the same patterned papers to make the background for the card.  The die I used for the white panel is also from Stampin' Up.

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

Creative Knockouts - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

New Get Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We're back today with our first challenge of the year on the Get Creative Challenge Blog and this time we've got 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 some great sponsors for this challenge:

and

and

To make my card I used:

- Tulip Border digi stamp from SheepSki Designs available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment, scalloped die and patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

CCC Digi Creations - include a sentiment

Digi Doodle Studios - anything goes

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - anything goes

GDT Card for Use Your Stuff - All About the New

 

I'm back today with another GDT card for the Use Your Stuff Challenge and this time our theme is 'all about the new'.

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

I decided to showcase the new Happy New Year digital paper pack from Keen Crafter Designs:

You can find the pack here in the Etsy shop.

I used one of the toppers from the pack and one of the digital paper designs and layered it with some black paper to create my design.

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

CD Sunday Plus Challenge - anything goes

Moving Along With the Times - new

New LeAnn's World 101 Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's time for our first challenge of the year on the LeAnn's World 101 Challenge Blog and, as always, we've got an anything goes theme for you.

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

Prize Awards

Spotlight Winner 
An entry using a LeAnn's World 101 image
Wins 1 Image and Badge
Option of being a Guest Designer for a future challenge

Random Winner 
Wins 2 Images and Badge
Option of being a Guest Designer for a future challenge

Top 3 Winners 
Wins a Badge

DT Favorites 
Wins a Badge

To make my card I used:

- Snowball Fight digi stamp from LeAnn's World 101 available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned papers from Dovecraft

- ribbon from my stash

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Christmas With the Cuties - anything goes/based on a carol or song (Frosty the Snowman)

Challenge Up Your Life - snowflakes

Inspiration Post for The Little Paper Tree Online Craft Shop - Beautiful Day Floral Stamp

 

It's time for my first inspiration post of the new year for The Little Paper Tree online craft shop.

I've used the Beautiful Day Floral Stamp from Catherine Pooler Designs:

There is also a coordinating die set which I will be using on my cards later in the month.

You can find the set and the dies here on the shop website.

Here's another view of my card:

This card is a very simple one.  I stamped  part of the main floral image in the bottom left hand corner of a piece of white card and then added one of the sentiments in the top right hand corner.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some Mossy Meadow Stampin' Up card as a layer before using a white card blank.  I added some red gems to finish the card.

Head over to the shop website here for this stamp set 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:

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

Moving Along With The Times - new (new stamps - first time I've used them)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

New Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Upcycle or Use Something Old

 

There's a new challenge today on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge and this week it's anything goes with the option to upcycle or use something old.

All the details and the cards from the rest of the team are here on the challenge blog.

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

I've used something old on my card - in fact something I've had for many years!

The elements I've used to make my card are from a Hot Off the Press card kit book that when I bought I thought was too nice to use!

I used some patterned papers from First Edition and then added die cuts from the book, Card Candi and gems to finish the card.

New Christmas 24 Challenge - Anything Goes

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Christmas 24 Challenge Blog:

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

I've used a stamp from the Christmas Means More stamp set from Stampin' Up, stamped in navy blue ink and then die cut into a circle.

The snowy paper I've used is from Craft Creations cut into three strips and then I've added some punched snowflakes and gems to finish the card.

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

Challenge Up Your Life - snowflakes

Crafter's Castle - anything goes

New 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge - Anything Goes/Clean and Simple

 

We're back with the first challenge of the year on the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up Challenge and this month it's anything Christmas goes with the option of creating something clean and simple.

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

This month we are sponsored by:

To create my card, I used three images from the Christmas Birds and Holly 2.5" Rounds collage sheet which you can find here on the website.

I used a stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up and some pale background paper to complete the card.

Stampers Delights January Progressive Challenge

 

It's the start of the month so that means a new Stampers Delights Progressive Challenge.

Head over to the Stampers Delights Fan Group on Facebook here to read all the details.  

If you took part in last month's challenge then you can request this month's image free.  Alternatively if you miss a month you can purchase the digi at a discounted price or use another Stampers Delights image you already own.

And here's the image for this month:

You can find it here on the website.

To make my card I also used:

- Promarkers to colour the image

- paper and card from Craft Creations

- Stampin' Up flower punch

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

Star Stampz Challenge - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - something beginning with P (pink and punch)

Pattie's Creations Challenge - anything goes