Inky Impressions New Releases!

There's a fantastic new release of digi stamps on the Inky Impressions website today and I'm very excited to be sharing my first card for an Inky Impressions new release!

There's lots of inspiration from the Design Team using the new digis here on the Inky Impressions blog.

There are four new image digi stamps - 'Baking Sammy', 'Marleigha's Reindeer', 'Angelica's Sled' and 'Angelica's Yummy Goodies'.  Just click on the names of the digis to see them on the website.

There are also some new sentiment digi stamps - 'Sleigh Rides Ticket', 'Chocolate Chimp Cookies Sentiment' and 'All Wrapped Up in You Ticket Sentiment'.  Again just click on the names to take you to the relevant page on the website.

I've made a card using 'Marleigha's Reindeer' and the 'All Wrapped Up in You' sentiment.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Love to Create - 'make it for Christmas'

The East Wind Challenge - 'baby it's cold outside'

Cute Card Thursday - 'red and green'
Papertake Weekly - 'so girly'
Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'two or more papers'
Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'
Dream Valley Challenges - 'anything goes'

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Christmas Stockings

Our new challenge on the Cardz 4 Guyz challenge blog today is 'Christmas Stocking' - you can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used a digi from Bugaboo called 'Stocking Mouse' - you can find it here on their website.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'
Clear It Out Challenge - 'anything goes'
Digi Choosday - 'presents and gifts' (in the stocking!)
Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes'
Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'

More Jars of Cheer from Imagine That

Today I'm sharing another card I've made with this month's Imagine That progressive challenge digi stamp set 'Jars of Cheer'.

You can find the set here on the Imagine That website and details of the challenge are here on the challenge blog.

I used the Christmas candy jar digi printed three times and then coloured with Promarkers.  The paper I've used is from the 'Sweet Tooth' digi papers collection which is here on the Imagine That website.  The sentiment I've used is from the 'Turtle With Present' digi set which is here.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'
Dream Valley Challenges - 'anything goes'
Love to Create - 'make it for Christmas'
Brown Sugar Challenge - 'anything goes'
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - 'Christmas is coming'
Cute Card Thursday - 'red and green'
Crafty Little Fairies - 'not a square'
Milk Coffee Challenge - 'hand coloured image'

Wednesday Night Craft Club - Butterfly Blossom Calendar

This is a very quick and easy calendar which I designed for November's Wednesday Night Craft Club meeting.  It's an easel card with the calendar pad used as the 'stopper' - very simple but it works well as a calendar.

The stamp I've used is 'Butterfly Blossom' from Little Claire - you can find it here on the Little Claire website.

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

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'anything but a card'

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Craft Your Passion Challenge - 'something beginning with B' (butterflies/blue)

That Craft Place Challenge - 'anything goes'

Try It On Tuesday - 'hand made/home made'

The Crafting Cafe - 'not a card'

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Jo's Scrap Shack - 'anything goes'

GDT Card for Fantasy Stampers - Red Alert

A big thank you to the team on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog for asking me to join them again as a Guest Designer for this month - very much appreciated.

The theme this month is:

You can find all the details about the challenge in the original post here and my card is featured in the mid-challenge post here.

For my card I've used 'Poinsettia Cluster' which you can find here on the Little Claire website - the sentiment is part of the set.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - 'your favourite holiday'

Crafty Catz - 'Christmas is coming'

Crafty Little Fairies - 'not a square'

Scribble and Scrap Challenge - 'anything goes'

Pile It On Challenge Blog - 'a special occasion'

New Sparkles Challenge - The Big Guy (Santa)

We've got a new challenge today on the Sparkles Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'The Big Guy' - we'd like to see cards featuring Santa.  For all the details about the challenge, have a look here on the challenge blog.  

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

The prize on offer is either two dies or one die and one stamp.

For my card I've used 'Santa's Hat' from Little Claire which you can find here on their website.  The sentiment I've used comes with the main image.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Milk Coffee Challenge - 'hand coloured image'

Scribble and Scrap Challenge - 'anything goes'

We Do Doobadoo - 'Christmas'

Brown Sugar Challenge - 'anything goes'

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra Reminder

Just a quick reminder that you still have time to enter this month's 'anything Christmas goes' challenge on Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

You can find all the details in the original post for November here and you can see all the mid-month inspiration from the Design Team here.  

We also have a Design Team Call running here - it's a great challenge blog to design for and we're a really friendly team so give it a go!

Our challenge sponsor, as always, is the wonderful:

For my card I've used the very cute 'Plush Reindeer' from Bugaboo which you can find here on their website.  I made the card base using three sizes of circle die and one scalloped circle die.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crafty Little Fairies - 'not a square'

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - 'anything goes'

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - 'to die for'

Imagine That Digis - Friday Inspiration Post

It's Friday again and time for my weekly Imagine That inspiration post.  Today I've used a digi stamp called 'Christmas Angel' to make an easel card - you can find the set here on the Imagine That website.

The sentiment I've used as the 'stopper' for the easel card comes with the main image.

For lots more Imagine That inspiration, have a look here on the blog.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

OLLCB - 'more than one fold'

Sentimental Sundays - 'fairies and fantasies'

Scribble and Scrap Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - 'your favourite holiday'

Crafty Catz - 'Christmas is coming'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'getting ready for Christmas'

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes'

New Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge - Anything Goes

We've got a new challenge today on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long and this time our theme is 'anything goes'.  For all the details about the challenge, have a look here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used one of the stamps from the Lawn Fawn 'Critters in the Snow' stamp set - it's here on the Lawn Fawn website.  The sentiment is part of the same set.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crimbo Crackers - 'clean and simple'

Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'no patterned paper'

The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'clean and simple'

Without Words Challenge - 'preparing for Christmas'

That Craft Place Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

A Little Bit Crafty - 'clean and simple'

New from Little Claire - What If I Fall?

There are some great new stamp releases on the Little Claire website and today I'm sharing a card made with one of them.  This stamp is called 'What If I Fall?' and you can find it here on the Little Claire website.

The set contains the main image plus the two little clouds (great for making backgrounds) and the sentiment.  For this card I die cut the edge of the pink paper using a die from Clearly Besotted and then added pearls to the scallops.  I've also added die cut corners to the top of the card and layered the whole thing with kraft paper.

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

Papertake Weekly - '2 or 4 legs'

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 'something beginning with B' (birds)

Through the Purple Haze Challenge - 'use a punch or a die'

Open-Minded Crafting Fun - 'fowl of all kinds'

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

New CRAFT Challenge - Christmas

A new challenge has started today on the CRAFT challenge blog and this week our theme is 'Christmas'.  For all the details about the challenge, have a look here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

and

and

and

For my card I've used a digi from The Stamping Chef called 'Angelic Angel Ann' - you can find her here on their website.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Completely Christmas - 'anything goes with blue'

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - 'cool colours'

Sentimental Sundays - 'fairies and fantasies'

The Stamping Chef Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Scribble and Scrap Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

New Nutcrafters Challenge - Anything But a Card

We've got a new challenge today on the Nutcrafters Challenge Blog and this time we'd like to see 'anything but a card'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

I've made a very simple Christmas ornament using circles of card with ribbon sandwiched in between - I've hung it on the wall but it would also work as a tree ornament.  I finished it off with some glitter on her wings although it doesn't show up too well on the photo.

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

Decosse's Dyanmite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Completely Christmas - 'anything goes with some blue'

Crimbo Crackers - 'clean and simple'

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Without Words - 'preparing for Christmas'

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - 'ribbon and/or lace'

Loves Rubberstamps Challenges - 'cool colours'

Try It On Tuesday - 'home made or hand made'

New Penny's Challenge - Use Black Cardstock

We've got a new challenge today on Penny's Papercrafting Challenge Blog and this week we're asking you to 'use black cardstock'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog/

Our sponsors for this week are:

and

For my card I've used a digi from the 'Santa and His Sleigh' set at Diane's Daydream Designs which you can find here on their website.

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

Decosse's Dyanmite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'keep it flat'

I Love Promarkers - 'a male Christmas'

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - 'anything goes/make it male'

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Blog - 'lots of layers'

New Inky Impressions Challenge - Animals

This is my first challenge card as a member of the Inky Impressions Design Team - the new challenge starts today and our theme is 'animals'.  For all the details about the challenge, have a look here on the challenge blog - you will be able to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team and details of the prize on offer.

For my card I've used an Inky Impressions digi called 'Picnic Piggies' which you can find here on the Inky Impressions website.  I've finish the card with some paper flowers, blue gems and some peel off greetings.

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

Crafting for All Seasons - 'birthdays'

Papertake Weekly - 'two or four legs'

Crafting When We Can - 'use your markers'

My Time to Craft - 'farmyard animals'

Digi Sketch Challenge - 'food'

The Stamping Chef Challenge - 'anything goes'

New Fab'n'Funky Challenge - It's Our Birthday!!

It's our fifth birthday at Fab'nFunky and  it's week 1 of our celebrations and we'd love you to join us with your birthday creations.  You can find all the details about the challenge here.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

and

For my card, I've used a digi from Fitztown called 'Teddy 16' which you can find here on the Fitztown website.

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

Crafting for All Seasons - 'birthdays'

Papertake Weekly - 'two or four legs'

Craft Your Passion Challenges - 'something beginning with a B' (bear)

Milk Coffee Challenge - 'hand colour image'

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes'

New Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Non-Traditional Christmas

It was my turn to choose the theme for the new Ruby's Rainbow Challenge and I've gone for 'non-traditional Christmas',  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card, I've gone for a purple and silver colour scheme.  The stamp I've used is from Little Claire and it's called 'Joy, Hope and Wonder' - you can find it here on the Little Claire website.

The paper I've used is from Craft Creations and I've layered it with some silver paper and finished the card with some little silver pearls.

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

Decosse's Dyanmite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'keep it flat'

Papertake Weekly - 'two or four legs'

Cheerful Stamp Pad - 'cats'

Eureka Stamps - 'four legged friends'

Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - 'cats'

GDT Card for Word Art Wednesday

This is my GDT card for this week's Word Art Wednesday challenge - something a little bit different for me!  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

I've used paper from Dovcraft and some self adhesive lace.  The little butterfly is a Memory Box die.  I've finish the card with some white pearls and some black gems.

The sponsors for this week challenge are:

and

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

Love to Create - 'anything goes'

Sister Act Card Challenge - 'anything goes'

Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes'

Creative Inspirations Challenge - 'anything goes'

613 Avenue Create - 'anything goes'

New from Little Claire - Dinkies Pops Stamp

 New from Little Claire is the beautiful 'Dinkies Pops' stamp - you can find it here on the Little Claire website.

This is my DT card made using the stamp together with a sentiment from the Little Claire 'Seascape' stamp set which is here.

Although the stamp is part of the Dinkies range, I wanted to show how well it also works to make a bigger card - the one I've used is C6 size.

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

Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes'

Crafting When We Can Challenge - 'use your markers'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'poppies/remembrance'

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes'

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - 'poppies or red for remembrance'

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Thanksgiving/Thankful

We've got a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'thanksgiving/thankful'.  For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team, have a look here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used an embossing folder on kraft card layered on to dark brown paper.  The sentiment I've used is an old stamp from Visible Image.

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

Clear It Out Challenge Blog - 'use three of something' (pearls)

Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'

Stamps and Fun = Creativity - 'clean and simple'

Suzy Bee's Challenge Blog - 'anything goes/make it male'

The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'CAS'

Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - 'thank you'

A Little Bit Crafty - 'clean and simple'

Simply Create Too - 'thanksgiving/thank you'

New Cutie Pies Challenge - Festive Furry Friends

We've got a new challenge today on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'festive furry friends' and of course your card has to be cute too!  For more details, have a look here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

For my card I've used a digi from Meljen's Designs called 'Cupid' - you can find it here on the Meljen's website.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'keep it flat'

Eureka Stamps - 'four legged friends'

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 'lots of layers'

I Love Promarkers - 'a cute Christmas'

Creative Corner Challenges - 'it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas'

New Glory of Christmas Challenge - Biscuits/Cookies

We've got a new challenge today on the Glory of Christmas challenge - our theme this time is 'biscuits/cookies'.  For more details, have a look on the blog here.

For my card I've used a digi from Pink Gem called 'Gingerbread Man' - you can find him here on the Pink Gem website.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'keep it flat'

I Love Promarkers - 'a cute Christmas'

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

QKR Stampede - 'let's talk Christmas'

New Little Claire Challenge - A Shaped Card

Our new challenge today on the Little Claire blog is to make 'a shaped card' - you can find all the details about the challenge and the prize on offer here on the challenge blog.

I've made a hanging card which also doubles as a calendar.  I've used the 'Seascape' stamp set which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  On the top part of the card I've used the boat stamp and then under the calendar pad I've used the anchor and life saver stamps.

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

Penny Black and More - 'anything goes'

Crafty Little Fairies - 'anything but a square'

Crafting Muskateers - 'anything but a card'

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - 'ribbon and/or lace'

Buckwell's Crafty Challenge - 'use ribbon'

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog - 'make it male'

New Alphabet Challenge - T is for Traditional Christmas

It was my turn to choose the theme for the new Alphabet Challenge Blog challenge and I've chosen 'T is for traditional Christmas'.  You can find all the details and see the cards from the rest of the Design Team here on the challenge blog.

For my traditional card I've used one of the outline sticker sheets from Little Claire - this one is called 'Silhouette Camels Black' and you can find it here on the Little Claire website.  You get three designs on one sheet - each sheet costs 70p so it's a really cost effective way of making cards.

I've kept my card very simple - I've layered with black and white card and finished it with some black Card Candi.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Crimbo Crackers - 'clean and simple'

Christmas Cards all Year Round - 'no patterned paper'

Creative Card Crew - 'Christmas joy'

The First Crafty Mess Challenge - Anything Goes Part 2

And this is my second DT card for our first challenge at A Crafty Mess:

Our challenge has an 'anything goes' theme so we're hoping lots of people will join in!  You can find all the details about the challenge and see the cards from the rest of the Design Team here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors for this first challenge are:

and

and

For this second card I've used a digi from Sassy Studio Designs called 'Don't Open Until Christmas Sassy' which is available here.

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'getting ready for Christmas'

Creative Card Crew - 'Christmas joy'

Creative Corner Challenges - 'it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas'

QKR Stampede - 'let's talk Christmas'

The First Crafty Mess Challenge - Anything Goes Part 1

The day has finally arrived for our first challenge at A Crafty Mess!

For our first challenge we've got an 'anything goes' theme - hopefully that will encourage lots of people to join in!  You can find all the details and see the cards from the rest of the Design Team here on the challenge blog.

Our challenge sponsors are:

and

and

I've made two cards for this challenge and will share them in separate posts.

For this first card I've used a digi from StampArt by Kathryne called 'Snow Happy' - you can find it here on the Whimsy stamps website.

Have a look at my next post to see my second DT card!

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

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - '12 months of Christmas link up'

Winter Wonderland - 'Frosty the snowman'

Completely Christmas - 'anything goes/let's see some blue'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'getting ready for Christmas'

Creative Card Crew - 'Christmas joy'

New Sweet 7 Challenge - Colours

We've got a new challenge on the Sweet 7 Challenge Blog today and this time it's a colour challenge:

For all the details about the challenge, have a look on the challenge blog here.

For my card I've used one of the new Christmas designs and have coloured my image using yellows and browns.

Pink Gem GDT Card for the CRAFT Challenge - Winter

Pink Gem is one of the sponsors for this week's CRAFT challenge so I've made an extra card as a member of the Pink Gem Design Team.

I've used a digi called 'Chilly With Robins' which you can find here on the Pink Gem website and the paper I've used is from Craft Creations.