New Penny's Challenge - Anything Goes

There's a new challenge this week on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an anything goes challenge.

Take a look here for all the details and to see lots of inspiration.  

Our sponsors this week are:

and

 

To make my card I've used:

- Miss Lilly on a Bike digi stamp from Little Blue Button available here

- Promarkers to colour image

- patterned paper from Imaginesce

- sentiment from Dovecraft

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

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

Passion for Promarkers - flowers

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

The Paper Funday Challenges - anything goes with paper

Crafters Castle - anything goes

New Cute'n'Crafty Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

There's a new challenge today on the Cute'n'Crafty Christmas Challenge Blog and, as always, it's anything goes as long as it's Christmas or winter related.

You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

This month we are sponsored by the wonderful:

For my card I used:

- Latte digi stamp available here in the Etsy store

- patterned paper from the Blue Christmas digi paper pack available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

- stamped sentiment from Lili of the Valley

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

Creative Moments - anything goes
Kitty Bee Challenge - winter blues
Craft Rocket Challenge - winter
Stempelgarten Challenge - winter
Craft Rocket Challenge - winter

New Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes

There's a new challenge today on the Through the Craft Room Door Challenge and, as always, it's an 'anything goes' theme.

Take a look here on the challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the Design Team.

Our sponsor this week is:

 For my card I've used:

- Winter Fae digi stamp from Morgan's Artworld available here 

- Promarkers to colour my image

- sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley

- patterned paper from Making Cards magazine

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes
Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge - anything goes
Kitty Bee Challenge - winter blues
Sweet Stampers Challenge - winter/snow
Creative Craft Cottage - winter

Path of Positivity Mid-Challenge Inspiration - Optional Twist: Inspiration

It's time for some mid-challenge inspiration on the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog.

You can choose to create something which is positive, inspirational or uplifting in some way or you can follow our optional twist which is 'inspiration'.

You can find more details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor for this month's challenge is:

For my card I've used:

- Maltese Dog #1 digistamp from Ike's Art available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned and coloured paper from Imaginesce

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

- stamped sentiment and gems from Stampin' Up

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

Ike's World Challenge - animals/anything goes

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

The Crafter's Cafe - layer it up

The Creative Crafters Challenge - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - anything goes

New Cute'n'Crafty Digi Paper Pack - Classic Christmas

A brand new digi paper pack called 'Classic Christmas' has been launched today in the Cute'n'Crafty Etsy shop.

Here's what the paper pack looks like:

And you can find it here in the Etsy shop.

I've used two of the designs on my card and I also used:

- Bella in Christmas Gown digi from Cute'n'Crafty available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- stamped sentiment from Uniko

- two sizes of snowflake punch

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes
QKR Stampede - anything goes
The Paper Shelter - use a digital image
Lemon Shortbread Challenge - anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams - anything goes

New SheepSki Designs Facebook Challenge - That Little Thing Called Love

We've got a new challenge today in the SheepSki Designs Facebook Group and theme this time is 'that little thing called love'.

You can find the Facebook Group here and you can link up your card in the album for this month's challenge.

To make my card I've used:

- I Love You digi stamp available here in the Etsy shop 

- Promarkers to colour my image (two of the hearts are decoupaged)

- pink paper from Carta Bella

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

QKR Stampede - anything goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - clean and simple

Creations in Pink - anything goes, mainly in pink

The Crafty Addicts - anything goes

Moving Along With the Times - have a heart

New Bugaboo Challenge - Bingo

It's time for our Saturday challenge on the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog and this time it's a bingo challenge:

You can find more details about the challenge and lots of inspiration from the Design Team here on the challenge blog.

I've used the right hand vertical line from the board: sentiment - ribbon - dots and stripes.

And here's what I used to make my card:

- Kidz Bella Love digi stamp from Bugaboo available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Craft Creations and Imaginesce

- sentiment from Woodware

- ribbon from my stash

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

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - anything goes

Through the Purple Haze - favourite colour combo (pink and brown)

Dream Valley Challenges - anything goes

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

New Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Use a Sentiment

There's a new challenge today on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge and this week it's anything goes with the option to use a sentiment on your creation.

You can find all the details about the challenge on the challenge blog here.

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

 

To make my card I used:

- topper and patterned paper from Making Cards magazine

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- gems from Dovecraft

- sentiment from Craftwork Cards

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

Crimbo Crackers - anything goes
Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes/winter
Creative Craft Cottage - winter

New from Cute'n'Crafty - Peaches!

Brand new from Cute'n'Crafty is this gorgeous little bunny called Peaches - isn't she sweet?!

You can find Peaches here in the Etsy shop.

I've also used two of the designs from the Easter Bunny digi paper pack which you can find here:

There are lots of great designs in the pack and although a couple are Easter themed, the rest can be used all year round.

To make my card I used:

- Peaches digi stamp

- Easter Bunny digi paper pack

- Promarkers to colour my image

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- Card Candi from Craftwork Cards

You can see more cards from the DT using the very cute Peaches here on the new release tab on the blog.

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

QKR Stampede - anything goes
Creations in Pink - anything goes, mainly in pink
The Creative Crafters Challenge - anything goes
Pammie's Iny Pinkies - anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams - anything goes

Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash - Day 7

So it's the last day of the Monster Birthday Bash at Bugaboo Stamps - I've managed to make something for every day apart from one!

Today we have a Friday Freebie plus a photo inspiration challenge:

You can find all the details about today's challenge here on the challenge blog.  And if you'd like to grab today's Friday Freebie head over to the website here

To make my card I used:

- the Friday Freebie image

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned paper from K&Co

- other paper and card and from Craft Creations

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

New Alphabet Challenge - V is for Vehicle

We've reached the letter V on the Alphabet Challenge Blog so this time it's V is for vehicle.

You can find all the details plus lots of inspiration here on the challenge blog.

Here's what I used to make my card:

- Beetle Bug digi stamp from LeAnn's World 101 available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- part of a page from an old atlas

- dark blue paper from Stampin' Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- sentiment from Craftwork Cards

The Beetle Bug digi stamp is available at a special price at the moment as it's the image for the current Progressive Challenge in the LeAnn's World 101 Facebook Group.

Have a look here at the Facebook Group and head to the photo album called Progessive Challenge #18.

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

Passion for Promarkers - masculine cards

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge - anything goes

Corrosive Challenge - anything goes

The Male Room Challenge - anything goes

Dream Valley Challenge - anything goes

Imagine That Digistamp First Thursday Challenge - Mid Challenge Reminder

It's time for some mid-challenge inspiration for the new First Thursday Challenge on the Creative Playground Challenge Blog.

Check out all the details and inspiration here on the challenge blog.

And this is the prize on offer for the lucky winner:

For my card I've used:

- Coffee Boy digi stamp set from Imagine That Digistamp available here

- patterned paper from the digi set

- Promarkers to colour my image

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- gems from my stash

Here's the set I've used in full:

and if you like this set, you will love the other three sets in the series!  You can get them all in one great set here:

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

CCEE Stampers - favourite hot beverage (coffee)

Passion for Promarkers - masculine cards

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Watercooler Wednesday - masculine anything goes

Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash - Day 6

We've reached Day 6 of the Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash and today it's a colour challenge:

You can find more details plus lots of inspiration here on the challenge blog.

And here's what I used to make my card:

- Bubbles Monster Birthday digi stamp available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from K&Co

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

- Card Candi from Craftwork Cards

New Penny's Paper-Crafty 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 challenge.

Have a look here on the challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the Design Team.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

and

For my card I've used:

- Happiness digi stamp set from Sparkle'n'Sprinkle available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

Scribbles Designs 6th Birthday Event!

It's time for our annual birthday event at Scribbles Designs and this year we're turning 6!

All the details about the challenge and the other prizes on offer are here on the challenge blog.

First of all, our normal monthly challenge starts today with a birthday theme - what else?!  You could make a card, a decoration, an invitation or whatever you want to as long as it follows the birthday theme.

There's also a very cute birthday freebie in the challenge post so make sure you get yours.

There are also some additional prizes:

This fabulous Iconic Birthday Images digi stamp pack will be given away to one lucky winner.  To win you need to link up a birthday themed project and leave a comment on the challenge post.

And if you also use a Scribbles Designs image on your project (including the freebie image in the post) you could also win this fabulous 'Carl's Party' digi stamp set!

Plus if you leave a comment on the blog post from each of the Design Team members (including me!) one person will be chosen at random to win the image used by that person.

That's a lot of prizes!!

Back to my card, I used the following:

- Carrie Birthday Diva from Scribbles Designs available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

- sentiment from Clear Stamp Boutique

Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash - Day 4

Day 4 of the Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash and today we've got a bingo challenge for you:

You can find all the details about this challenge and lots of inspiration here on the challenge blog.

I've followed the bottom line of the bingo grid: ribbon - tag - stripes.

To make my card I used:

- new release Monster Topper digi stamp frm Bugaboo Stamps

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Authentique

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- tag die from Sizzix

- ribbon from my stash

New Sparkles Challenge - New Year, New Stash

For today's new challenge on the Sparkles Monthly Challenge Blog we want to see something new you've got in your stash.

Have a look here on the challenge blog for all the details.

I've used my new Stampin' Up 'Happiness Surrounds' stamp set - this time with black ink but on some coloured paper with a very subtle pattern on it.

I also used some ribbon across the paper and then matted the coloured panel on to white and then black paper.

New Createful Heart Design Challenge

We're back with a new challenge on the Createful Heart Design Challenge Blog!

Our challenge in December was cancelled so I'm sharing the card I had ready for that challenge - it doesn't fit this month's theme so it's a case of 'do as I say not do as I do'!!

Our Theme for this month is: Birthday Wishes, Valentine's Day or Thinking of You (sentiment does not need to be the main focus, the sentiment can be on the inside of your card).   Cards must have Red in the form of your choice of lace, heart, or card stock.

You can find all the details about the challenge and inspiration from the Design Team here on the challenge blog. 

Here's what I used to make my card:

- Bear Buddies digi stamp from Createful Heart Design available here

- Promarkers to colour the image

- patterned papers from Crafter's Companion

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- small snowflake punch

- Card Candi from Craftwork Cards

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Trains, Planes and/or Automobiles

Today it's time for our first challenge of the year on the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog and this time we'd like to see trains, planes and/or automobiles.

You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

I've gone for the trains part of the theme and I've chosen a topper and some background paper from an old issue of Making Cards magazine - I thought it was perfect for this challenge.

I layered it with some dark brown paper and added a stamped sentiment from Uniko to finish the card.

Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge - Let It Snow

We've reached the mid-way point in the current challenge on the Christmas Crafts All Year Round Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'let it snow'.

Take a look here at the original post and here at the reminder post for more details and lots of great inspiration.

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

To make my card I used:

- pre-coloured topper from Making Cards magazine

- paper and card from Craft Creations

- gems and snowflake from Dovecraft

New Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute, Clean and Simple

We've got a new challenge today on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and this time we want to see your cute, clean and simple designs.

You can find all the details and lots of inspiration here on the challenge blog.

We don't have a sponsor for this month's challenge so it's just for fun but we will still be choosing a top 3.

For my card I've used a very cute stamp set from Clearly Besotted called 'Twinkle Toes' which I was lucky enough to win in the new release post on their Facebook page.

I stamped the three characters from the set and coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment is from the stamp set and I layered the card with pink card and card and paper from Craft Creations.

Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash - Day 3

It's Day 3 of the Bugboo Stamp Monster Birthday Bash and today it's 'anything but a card':

And because we're celebrating a birthday, I've made a  party favour - a little envelope pouch which opens up at the top and can be used for money, gift vouchers or even chocolate!

To make my project I used:

- Monsters 4 Block digi stamp from Bugaboo available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned paper from Echo Park

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash - Day 2

It's Day 2 of the Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash!

Today we've got a sketch challenge for you:

Have a look at all the details and inspiration here.

To make my card I've used:

- Birthday Monster Present digi stamp available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- Patterned paper from Imaginesce

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

- sentiment stamp from Stampin' Up

Bugaboo Stamps Monster Birthday Bash - Day 1

It's Day 1 of the Bugaboo Stamps Monster Bash!!

Join in the challenges from today to 19 January to help Bugaboo Stamps celebrate their ninth birthday!

Have a look here for the full list of challenges.

Today's challenge is:

 

And to make my card I used:

- Birthday Monster digi from Bugaboo Stamps available here 

- Promarkers to colour my image

- patterned papers from Authentique's Promise collection

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

 Dragonfly Dreams - anything goes

QKR Stampede - anything goes

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge - all about occasions

Passion for Promarkers - dies and/or punches (two circle dies and banner die)

Dream Valley Challenge - anything goes