New Challenge on the Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

A new challenge has started today on the Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an 'anything goes' challenge.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

Our wonderful sponsor this month is:

For my card I've used the beautiful 'Lily - Flower Lady' digi stamp from Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps - you can find her here in the Etsy shop.

The background paper I've used is from a pack called 'Delight' designed by Lozzy - the pack is here in her Etsy shop.

The die I've used is from Spellbinders and I've used Promarkers to colour the digi.  I've finished the card with some black gems.

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

613 Avenue Create - 'anything goes'
Come and Get It Challenge - 'lovely in pink'
Jo's Scrap Shack - 'anything goes' 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #327 - Faries

We've got a new challenge today on the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'fairies'.  Have a look here on the challenge blog for all the details.

Our sponsor this week is:

and the prize on offer for the winner is 3 digital stamps (no sets) from her Etsy shop here.

I've used 'Lisella' from my card - you can find her here in the Etsy shop.

Crafty Sentiments Designs Tutorial - A Fun Christmas

It's my turn to share a tutorial on the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog this morning and this is the card I've made.

I've used a very cute stamp called 'A Fun Christmas' which you can find here on the website.  The paper, card and pearls I've used are from Craft Creations and I've used Promarkers to colour the image.

Here's a side view of the card:

You can find my step by step photo tutorial here on the Inspiration Blog.

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

Crimbo Crackers Challenge - 'anything goes'
Jo's Scrap Shack - 'anything goes'
4 Crafty Chicks - 'favourite designer/paper/company' (Craft Creations)
I Love Promarkers - 'Christmas in July'
Passion for Promarkers - 'Christmas in July'

New Fantasy Stampers Challenge - Peaches and Cream

There's a new challenge today on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'peaches and cream'.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used a stamp from LC Designs called 'Sweetest Wishes' - you can find it here on their website.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a sentiment from the set.

The background paper I've used is from Dovecraft and I've added some black gems to finish the card.

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

Crafty Friends Challenge - 'favourite embellishment' (black gems)
Simply Papercrafts - 'anything goes'
Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes'

New Winter Wonderland Challenge - Show Us Your Gold or Silver and/or An Embossed Background

A new challenge has started today on the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog and this week we're asking you to 'show us your old or silver' and/or use 'an embossed background'.  You can find all the details and lots of inspiration here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors this week are:

 

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I've used a digi stamp from A Day for Daisies called 'Pretty Ornaments' which you can find here on the A Day for Daisies website.  I've embossed part of the background using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, layered with silver paper and used some silver self adhesive pearls to finish the card.

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

Crimbo Crackers Challenge - 'anything goes' 

Simply Papercrafts - 'anything goes'
Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes'

New from Imagine That Digis - HippieAud

Brand new from Imagine That Digis is 'HippieAud' - inspired by a member of our Design Team!  

Here's what you get in the set:

 

And you can find the set here on the website.

I coloured the main image with Promarkers and used one of the sentiments from the set.  The background paper I've used is from my stash and was actually meant as Christmas paper!

If you'd like to win this new set, there's a giveaway on the Imagine That blog here.

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

Inspiration Destination - 'anything goes'

Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes'

Crafty Gals' Corner Challenge - 'anything goes'

Craft Rocket Challenges - 'spots and/or stripes'

New Digital Delights Challenge - Anything Goes

It's time for a new challenge on the Digital Delights by Louby Loo Monthly Challenge Blog and it's my first challenge as a DT member!

It's an 'anything goes' challenge and you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

I've used the super-cute 'Rodney Reindeer' digi stamp which you can find here on the Digital Delights website.  The sentiment I've used is from the 'Christmas Hugs' sentiment set which is here.

My background paper is from Craft Creations and Dovecraft and I've coloured my image with Promarkers.

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'use a sentiment'
I Love Promarkers - 'Christmas in July'
Passion for Promarkers - 'Christmas in July'
Brown Sugar Challenge - 'Christmas in July'

New Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Family

There's a new challenge today on the Cute Card Thursday Challenge and this week the theme is 'family' - you can find all the challenge details here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is:

For my card I've used a digi stamp from Miss Daisy Stamps called 'Polar Cub Melt My Heart' which you can find here on the website.  The sentiments are from Lili of the Valley and the paper from Dovecraft.

So my interpretation of the theme is a family Christmas!

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'use a sentiment'
Christmas Card Challenge - 'anything goes'
Brown Sugar Challenge - 'Christmas in July'

New Pennys Challenge - Anything Goes

There's a new challenge on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and this week it's an 'anything goes' theme.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors this week are:

and

For my card I've used a digi stamp from Lemon Shortbread called 'Kimono Sakura Girl' - you can find it here in their Etsy shop.  The base card is from my stash and I've just added some gems to finish the card.

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

Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'anything goes'

Lemon Shortbread Challenge - 'anything goes'

Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'

New Create and Inspire Challenge - Anything Goes

We've got a new challenge today on the Create and Inspire Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an 'anything goes' theme.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

This week our challenge is just for fun and we don't have any sponsors.

I'm sharing another one of the cards I designed for my LC Designs 'Wavy Stamps' class from last Saturday.  I've used:

'Wavy Butterfly Cats' stamp set from LC Designs

Promarkers

Spellbinders Oval dies

papers from Craft Creations

Joy flower die

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

Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'
Craft Your Passion Challenge - 'anything goes'
613 Avenue Create - 'anything goes'
Craft Rocket Challenges - 'spots and/or stripes'
Aud Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes plus a sentiment'

LC Designs Classes - 23 July

A big thank you to everyone who came along to my two LC Designs classes yesterday - we had a great day and it was lovely to see everyone!

In the morning it was 'Wonderful Wavy' cards and in the afternoon 'Cards for All Occasions'.  I'll be sharing the cards I designed for the classes over the next couple of weeks.

Today I'm sharing one of the cards from the 'Wonderful Wavy' class.  For this card I used the 'Wavy Christmas Village Scene' stamp which is here on the LC Designs website.  It was stamped on white card and then part of it stamped again to make a continuous scene.  I then cut along the wavy base of the scene and matted the white card on to patterned paper.  I finished it off with a black mat and some pearls and one of the sentiments from the stamp set.

Here is the afternoon class hard at work -

and Gill from LC Designs doing a bit of stamping too! - 

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

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'use a sentiment'

Hiding In My Craft Room - 'Christmas in July'

Challenge Up Your Life - 'Christmas in July'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'Christmas in July'

My Time to Craft - 'Christmas in July'

New Robyn's Fetish Challenge 326 - At the Beach

We've got a new challenge today on the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'at the beach'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is:

and the prize on offer to the lucky winner is a $21 gift voucher to the Bugaboo Stamps store here.

For my card I've used:

'Bugaboo Brats - Isabella Beach' digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps

paper from the We Are 3 digi paper pack 'Summer Butterflies'

Promarkers

sentiment from Pink Cat Studio

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

Catch the Bug Challenge - inspiration photo
Creative Moments - 'anything goes'
Creative Inspirations - 'seaside, sunshine and summer holidays'

New Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge - Anything Goes

We've got a new challenge today on the Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge and this time it's an 'anything goes' challenge.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

My card is one that I designed for my LC Designs Celebrations class this afternoon.  The class was a mixture of Christmas and Birthday cards and I'll be sharing the rest of them over the coming weeks.

For this card I've used a digi stamp which will be launches on the LC Designs website very soon.  I paper pieced each of the little birds using kraft paper and then gingham paper.  The card base is kraft cards, red paper and gingham paper.

I've added Card Candi and punched hearts to finish the card.

Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Post - Hark the Angel

It was my turn to share some inspiration yesterday on the Crafty Sentiments Designs Blog and I made a card using the beautiful 'Hark the Angel' digi stamp.

The stamp is available here on the website and my post on the Inspiration Blog is here.

I've kept the card very simple to showcase the beautiful digi stamp.  The background paper is from Dovecraft and I've added some pearls, punched snowflakes and sparkly snow domes.

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

Brown Sugar Challenge -  'Christmas in July' Crafting by Designs Challenge - 'Christmas in July'
Crafty Gals Corner - 'Christmas in July'
Word Art Wednesday - 'anything goes'
Dream Valley Challenge - 'Christmas in July'
Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'things with wings'

New Winter Wonderland Challenge - Use Dies and Punches/Add a Charm

A new challenge started yesterday on the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog and this week we're asking you to 'use your dies and punches' and/or 'add a charm'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor for this week is:

For my card I've used:

'The Most Adorable Snowmen' digi stamp from The Paper Shelter

papers from Craft Creations

sentiment from LC Designs

Promarkers

snowflake punch

stitched circle dies from Memory Box

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

The ABC Challenge - 'L is for lots of layers'

Brown Sugar Challenge -  'Christmas in July' 

Crafty Gals Corner - 'Christmas in July' 

Dream Valley Challenge - 'Christmas in July'

New Challenges at Cute Card Thursday and Cardz 4 Galz

This is a card I've made as inspiration for two challenge blogs.

First of all is the challenge at Cute Card Thursday where the theme is 'in the round' - all the details are here.  Our sponsor for this challenge is:

Next is the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz where the theme is 'no patterned paper' - all the details for that one are here on the challenge blog.

I've used the main image from the 'Qeen Anne's Lace' digi stamp set from Imagine That Digis - you can find it here on the Imagine That website.  Here's what you get in the set:

I used a Craftwork Cards card blank and embossed the lower half of the front using an embossing folder.  I then masked off the top half and applied Distress Ink over the top of the embossing.  On the top half I added some faux stitching round the card blank edge.

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

Craft Rocket Challenge - 'spots and/or stripes'
Simon Wednesday Challenge - 'things with wings'

New CRAFT Challenge - Christmas

The theme of today's new challenge on the CRAFT Challenge Blog is 'Christmas' - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors this week are:

and

For my card I've used one of the images from 'Rudolf's Mischief' from SheepSki Designs - you can find it here in Andrea's Etsy shop.  The sentiment and base card I've used are both from LC Designs.

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

As You Like It Challenge - 'trademark style' (CAS because it focusses attention on the image used) 

Crafting by Designs Challenge - 'Christmas in July'

New Creative Craft Cottage Challenge - Anything Goes

We've got a new challenge today on the Creative Craft Challenge Blog and this time it's an 'anything goes' theme.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

 

We have three great sponsors for this challenge:

 

 

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I've used a digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps called 'Best Wishes Dandelion' which you can find here.  I coloured it with Distress Inks and then matted it on white and black card.



New Penny's Challenge - Christmas in July

There's a new challenge on Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog today and this week we're having a 'Christmas in July' challenge.  All the details are here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsors are:

and

For my card, I've used a digi stamp from The Stamping Boutique called 'Snowman's Laundry Line' which you can find here on their website.  The sentiment I've used is from a LC Designs set which has now been retired.

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

The Crafter's Cafe - 'CAS'

As You Like It Challenge - 'trademark style' (CAS because it focusses attention on the image used)

New Fab'n'Funky Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

We've got a new challenge today on the Fab'n'Funky Challenge Blog and this week it's a tic tac toe challenge.  All the details are here on the challenge blog.

And here's the board we're using:

Pearls	Tag	Ribbon
Die-Cut	Digi Image	Flowers
Lace	3 Designer Papers	Charm

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful:

I've used one of the images from the 'Cuddly Bear' digi set from Doodle Pantry which you can find here on their website.  The papers I've used are from a Forever Friends pad and Craft Creations.  I've used Memory Box stitched circle die cuts and die cut flowers.

On the tic tac toe board I've used 'die cut, digi image, flowers'.

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

Doodle Pantry Challenge - 'anything goes'
Lemon Shortbread Challenge - 'anything goes'

Challenge Reminder - Julia Spiri Challenge Blog

There's still time to enter our current challenge on the Julia Spiri Challenge Blog.  The theme for the challenge is 'anything goes' with the optional twist of 'at the beach or sea'.  All the challenge details are here.

I decided too make a Christmas card using the very cute 'Bunny and Gift' digi stamp which you can find here in Julia's Etsy shop.  The paper I've used is from my stash and I've added some punched snowflakes and pearls to finish the card.

New Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge - Make Us Smile

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge Blog and this week we'd like you to 'make sure smile'. All the details are here on the challenge blog.

I've used the pre-coloured version of a digi-stamp from Pink Gem Designs called 'Ernie With Wine' - you can find it here on their website.

The sentiment is computer generated.

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

Craft Your Passion Challenge - 'anything goes'
Through the Craft Room Door - 'anything goes'

New Crafting from the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

We've got a new challenge today on the Crafting from the Heart Challenge Blog and, as always, it's an 'anything goes' challenge.  You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

Our sponsor this week is:

I've made a very clean and simple card using score lines round the image.  The digi stamp I've used is called 'Dahlia' and is from SLS Lines here on their website.

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

Craft Your Passion Challenge - 'anything goes'

Simply Papercraft - 'anything goes'

4 Crafy Chicks - 'flowers'

Craft Rocket Challenge - 'anything goes'

Imagine That Digis Challenge Reminder - Fancy Folds or Shaped Cards

There's still time to enter our challenge on the Imagine That Digis Challenge Blog this month.   Our theme is 'fancy folds or shaped cards' and you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used one of the pre-coloured images from the very cute 'Red Nose Reindeer' digi stamp set which you can find here on the website.

Here's another view of the card to show the fold a bit more clearly.

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

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'cute/anything Christmas goes'

Crimbo Crackers - 'anything goes'

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - 'anything goes'

Hiding In My Craft Room - 'new fold'

My Time to Craft Challenge - 'Christmas in July'