New Girlz and the Art of Letters Challenge - C is For ....

 

Today I'm joining the team at the Girlz and the Art of Letters Challenge for my first challenge as part of the Design Team there:

There's a different letter of the alphabet for each challenge and you use that letter as your prompt for the theme of your card.

This time it's the letter C so I decided on C is for cats and checks.  For more details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- Crafters Companion Over the Edge stamps

- Promarkers

- patterned papers from Stampin' Up

- dies from Stampin' Up

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

Simon Wednesday Challenge - fur, feathers and/or flowers

NBUS Challenge - this is a 'new to me' stamp set

New Stamping Sensations Challenge - Anything Goes/Our Furry Friends

 

We're back today on the Stamping Sensations Challenge Blog with a new challenge:

This month it's anything goes with the optional theme of 'our furry friends'.  For more details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- Paw Prints stamp set from Crafters Companion

- Promarkers

- patterned papers from Stampin' Up

- die from Spellbinders

New Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Floral Goes With Optional Mood Board

 

It's time for a new challenge on the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge:

Our challenges are always anything floral goes with an optional mood board.

And here is this month's mood board:

For all the details about the challenge and to see what the rest of the team has created, head over to the challenge blog here.

To make my card I used the stamp set and one of the papers from Issue 5 of the Crafter's Inspiration magazine from Crafter's Companion.

I stamped the flowers using black Memento ink and then coloured the image with my Promarkers.

I die cut the stamped and coloured panel with a die from Stampin' Up and added one of the sentiments with black Versafine ink.

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

Little Red Wagon - something you love (stamps, Promarkers and flowers)

613 Avenue Create - anything goes/floral delight

Triple B Challenge

New Christmas With the Cuties Challenge - Something Shiny

It's time for a new challenge on the Christmas With the Cuties Challenge Blog:

This month we'd like to see something shiny on your cards.

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

To make my card I used:

- Christmas Hugs stamp set from Crafters Companion

- Promarkers

- gold foiled card from my stash

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- stitched scalloped die from Stampin' Up

- sentiment die from X cut

- paper and card from Craft Creations

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

The Creative Crafters Challenge - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge Blog - layer it up

Triple B Challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies

New Cutie Pie Challenge - Birthday and/or Bears

 

We're back today on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog with a new challenge:

We are celebrating our 12th birthday so this month the theme is 'birthday and/or bears'.

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

To make my card I used:

- Birthday Bears Box stamp set from Crafters Companion

- Promarkers

- paper and card from Craft Creations

- dies from Memory Box and Spellbinders

- card base from The Works

New Alphabet Challenge - N is for Navy Blue

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Alphabet Challenge Blog and this time it's N is for navy blue.

Take a look on the challenge blog here for all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the Design Team.

I've made a very simple Christmas card using some navy blue snowflake patterned paper from Craft Creations.

The die I used is from Crafters Companion - it was a magazine giveaway a few years back and has always been a favourite of mine.  I die cut the shadow from white card and the words from pale blue card in contrast to the backing paper.

I layered the card with matching pale blue and white card and then added some randomly placed clear gems to finish the card.

New Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Use Some Gold

We're back with another challenge on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge today and this week it's anything Christmas goes with the option to use some gold.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and lots of inspiration.

The prize on offer for this week's winner is:

To make my card I used a Gemini die and stamp combination from Crafter's Companion.

I used some of the A4 non-shed Gold Glitter card from The Paperbox Limited available here combined with black paper and a snowflake punch.

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

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - feature a sentiment

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - anything goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - add a sentiment

New Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/No Stamp or Digital Image

There's a new challenge today on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Blog and this week it's anything goes with the option to make you card with using a stamp or digital image.

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

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

To make my card I used:

- reindeer die from Crafter's Companion

- patterned paper from First Edition

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

- snowflake punch

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

Simon Wednesday Challenge - add a die cut
Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas
Creative Inspirations Challenge - something seasonal
ABC Christmas Challenge - R is for reindeer 

You Deserve a Treat!

I couldn't resist this stamp when I spotted it at the Harrogate Show - it's perfect for at least half a dozen people I can think of!  It's a Crafter's Companion SWALK stamp called "You Deserve a Treat".

For this birthday cards for one of my friends, I've kept the design fairly simple - just some pink floral paper (from a free paper pad) and a little bit of striped ribbon across the middle of the paper.  I used some brown paper round the edge of this layer and Card Candi coloured with a Promarker.  The little tag is from Craftwork Cards.

A couple of challenges for this one:

The Paper Shelter - 'for the girls'

Sweet Stampin - 'anything goes' (second entry)

One Stitch at a Time - Challenge 35

This is my card for the current challenge on One Stitch at a Time which is "Embellish It". I'm not that good at putting embellishments on my cards and I always worry that too much on them will look a bit overdone but I do use paper flowers quite a bit, usually coloured with Promarkers as I have for this card. My other favourite is punched paper dots - as you can see! The image I've used for this card is one of the SWALK range from Crafters Companion and my background paper is from Dovecraft.