New Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Masculine Mayhem

 

There's a new challenge today on the Daring Cardmakers Challenge Blog:

We want to see your masculine cards - cards for boys or men of any age!  For more details about the challenge take a look here on the challenge blog.

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- stamp from Elzybells

- Promarkers

- patterned paper from Little Claire Designs

- sentiment circle from Craftwork Cards

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Krafty Chicks Challenge - masculine

Daisy Chain Challenge - boys/men

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Congratulations

There's a new challenge today on the  Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'congratulations' - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used an old Elzybells stamp set to make a very clean and simple design.  I've coloured my image with Promarkers and then layered it on to some coloured paper and finished the card with some black gems.

New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Girly Bears

We've got a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge and this week our theme is 'girly bears'.  For all the details about the challenge, have a look here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used an old stamp from Elzybells - unfortunately this isn't one of the stamps that has been picked up by Penny Black but it's still one of my favourites.

Baby Cards

Today I'm sharing two baby cards made with a really cute Elzybells stamp - a sweet little bear in a bath full of bubbles!  I've kept the design very simple - just a couple of layers and a scalloped circle round the main image.  The paper is from Craft Creations, the card from American Crafts and the little sentiment for a mixed Personal Impressions set.

Here's the little girl version:

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

Simon Says Stamp - 'clean and simple'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

Divas by Design - 'tickled pink' (second card)

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - 'new baby'

Chocolate Coffee and Cards - 'for the boys' (first card)

I'll be back tomorrow with my DT card for the new Squirrel and the Fox challenge!

Sledging Fun

 I'm sharing another Christmas card today - this time made with a cute Elzybells stamp.  

The paper I've used is from a Forever Friends pad and I've added some self adhesive glitter film over the top of the paper to give it some sparkle (not easy to see on the photo!).  I've put an embossed strip across the middle of the card and finished it with some Card Candi and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'I is for icy inspiration'

Jingle Belles - 'embossing around the Christmas tree'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'stripes'
Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'inspired by a song - Let It Snow'
Christmas Inspirations - 'bingo - white, sentiment and layers'

New Challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox - Love

A brand new challenge has just been launched at The Squirrel and the Fox challenge blog and this time our theme is 'love'.  For more details about the challenge and to see the gorgeous cards from my fellow Design Team members, have a look at the challenge blog here. 

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

and they're offering the lucky challenge winner 7 digi images of their choice!

Bugaboo also gave the Design Team a choice of digis to make our challenge cards and I picked the very cute 'Heart Mouse' which you can find here on their website.  The backing paper I've used is from Nitwits and the punch I've used is a Martha Stewart one.  The sentiment stamp is from Elzybells.

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

Crafting When We Can - 'animals'

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

The Paper Shelter - 'anything goes'

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - 'feathers and fur'

Less is More - Neutrals

It used to be a standing joke when I first started making cards that everything I made was brown!  That was in the days before Promarkers and I could never use watercolour pencils or any of the markers that were on sale properly so I played it safe and used brown!

This week's challenge over at Less is More is to use neutral colours so I opted for browns.  I used the 'Silhouette Cats' stamp set from Little Claire and stamped my main image in sepia Versafine.  I then placed a circle punched out of a post-it note on top of the street light and then applied Adirondack hazelnut ink with some Cut 'n' Dry foam.  The little sentiment is from an Elzybells set.  This panel was then matted on to a piece of white card which I edged with brown ink and I also edged the card blank to match.

Less is More - Punches or Die Cuts

Here's my card for the latest Less is More challenge which is 'punches or die cuts'.  

I've used some kraft paper punched on each side with my Fiskars threading water punch and then a strip of pink gingham paper across the front of this.  The sentiment I've used is from an Elzybells set and I've finished the card with some self adhesive stones.