New Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Add a Quotation

Our new challenge on the Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog is to 'add a quotation' - you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

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For my card I've used some paper from an old Hot Off the Press book and a stamp from Hero Arts.  I've layered the card with some dark brown and gold paper and added some gold gems from JJD Crafts to finish.

New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Get Ahead, Get a Hat

Our new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge Blog is 'get ahead, get a hat' - we want to see a hat as the main focus of your card.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

I've made a very clean and simple card using an old Hero Arts stamp - the set is called 'Women In Fancy Hats' and I've had it for a very long time!

I stamped direct on to a linen card coloured with Promarkers and add a sentiment from LC Designs plus some pink gems.

Less is More - Script

This is my card for the latest Less is More Challenge which is to make a single layer card using script.  I hope you can see the script on my card - have a careful look!  I've scanned this card rather than photographing it as I normally would because there's no chance of seeing the background on a photo!!

The background was made using Adirondack Cool Peri applied over white card and then overstamped using my old Hero Arts handwriting stamp, again in the Cool Peri.  The dandelion head stamp is from Lavinia and the sentiment from Kaisercraft.

Butterfly Calendar

I made this calendar for a challenge swap on one of the Yahoo swap groups I belong to.  The swap hostess sent us two brown paper envelopes and also a piece of leather and we had to come up with something from those items which had to include some stamping!

I had just bought a packet of these little calendar pads from Anita's so I decided to make use of them!  I put a piece of card into each brown envelope and then sealed them and inked around the edges with a brown ink pad.  I folder the top envelope in half and then scored it before folding it backwards to make the top part of the calendar - the other section was stuck to the base envelope.

The stamped panel was made using white card - I used some brown ink on it and then stamped with one of my oldest stamps - Old French Writing from Hero Arts.  The butterflies were die cut from a Tim Holtz die (with thanks to my good friend Sylvia!) and then overstamped with the Hero Arts stamp - the 'bodies' were drawn in with a black permanent pen.  Finally, I added some small black peel off dots to finish it.

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

Stampalot Challenge - 'whatever you fancy'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'anything but a card'

Craft Your Passion - 'anything but a card'

Creative Craft Challenges - 'anything but a card'

Patchwork Mimi

The background for this card was inspired by one of the great videos at Stamp TV - Using Your Scraps which you can see here.  It's a great way to use up the strips of paper that I always end up with having cut a six by six sheet to fit onto a card blank and was really easy to do.  It's just strips of paper (I cut mine to one inch) stuck onto a piece of card and then trimmed.  On the video, a sewing machine is used on the card but as sewing machines and me do not get on (!!) I used a Hero Arts stamp to add some faux stitching instead.

The image I used is from Penny Black die cut with a X-Cut die and I finished the card with a greeting and some Card Candy from Craftwork Cards.

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

Creative Craft Challenges - 'pretty blossoms'

Divas by Design - 'pastels'

Penny Black at Allsorts - 'flower power'

Passion for Promarkers - 'gingham'

Crafty Sentiments - 'stitching' (real or faux)

Totally Papercrafts - 'girly girl'

Black and White Butterflies

This card was made with two of my favourite older stamps - a Hampton Arts stamp which has four butterflies in boxes and a vertical sentiment stamp from Hero Arts.  The background paper is from Craftwork Cards - the botanicals collection.  It's a very simple card - I've just used some black paper to layer it altogether.

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

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'monochromatic'

Charisma Cardz Challenge - 'white and one other colour'

Stampman Challenge - 'butterflies and dragonflies'



Small Dreams ....

For this card I've gone back to two old favourites - the main stamp and also the technique I used to stamp and colour the butterflies.  The stamp is from Hampton Art - it has four butterfly designs on it and I've used two of them.  The sentiment stamp is a Hero Arts one.  I stamped the butterflies in Versamark and then used lilac chalk over the top - I used to do this a lot before I discovered the wonders of Promarkers!

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

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'things with wings'

Papertake Weekly - 'pale, pretty pastels'

Less is More - 'butterflies'

Take Time .....

I made this card for the latest challenge on Less is More - a one layer card with the focus on the sentiment.  I used on of my oldest and most used Hero Arts sentiment stamps - it's perfect for so many occasions.  The two little birds are from the Pink Petticoat set which come free on the latest copy of 'Simply Cards and Papercraft' - they are gorgeous and stamp out really well.

I'd also like the enter the card in the following challenges:

Pollycraft Monday - 'old stamp'

Allsorts Challenge - 'anything but square'

Saturday Challenge - 'our feathered friends'

Flowers and more flowers!

Last one for today!  A quick card made with one of the Bella images from DigiStamp Boutique and more paper that I've had for years - this one is from Paper Adventures.  The sentiment stamp is one of my favourites from Hero Arts.

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

Saturday Challenge - 'butterflies'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'blooming blossoms'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'things with wings'

Paper Sundaes - 'spring blossoms'

DigiStamp Boutique - 'April Customer Competition' 

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 124

This week's theme on Cute Card Thursday is 'whateva!' so I decided to upload a screen card that I made recently for a swap.

The base card was cut using a piece of A4 size green cardstock with the Wendy Stenton WS Designs screen card template - I didn't cut out the little 'feet' at the bottom because I wanted to card to be nice and stable and also wanted to put the decorative border on it. The border is actually gold (doesn't show up quite right in the photo) and was punched using a Martha Stewart punch. I added a gold straight line peel off along the top to neaten it up. The two floral images are from Little Claire Designs and the sentiments from Hero Arts. They are coloured (as always!) with Promarkers and then I added some gold nail head gems at the base of each inside panel.

Just Cute Bears Challenge 23

And this one is for the current challenge on Just Cute Bears which is an open challenge this week. My image is from Little Claire Designs and I've layered it using circle Nestabilities and the largest of the Nellie circle dies. The paper is from the Piece of Cake pack by Dovecraft and the sentiment from Hero Arts.

Moving Along With the Times Challenge 51

The current challenge on Moving Along With the Times is a sketch and this is my interpretation of it.

The stamped images are from Hero Arts and the blue backing paper from Making Cards magazine. The other two panels are Cuttlebugged with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and I've added a peel off greeting, some paper flowers coloured with Promarkers and some tiny Oriental coins in the corners.

I Love Promarkers Challenge Challenge 15

And this one is is my entry for the I Love Promarkers Challenge 15 which is to make a card including your own flowers. The image is a Sarah Kay one which I've matted onto paper from My Mind's Eye. The flowers have been coloured with Promarkers, layered up and completed with dots of brown card. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I Love Anya Ink Challenge

This is my card for the challenge on the I Love Anya Ink blog which is to make an easel card. My image is from The Greetings Farm and the background paper and white flowers are from Craftwork Cards - I've added some brown cardstock and a greeting from Hero Arts.

Paris ATCs

I've finally managed to get back to my crafting today and have made a set of ATCs for a Paris themed swap. The backgrounds were done with Distress Inks (Old Paper and Teabag) and then I've stamped with my Hero Arts 'Old French Handwriting' stamp. The images are printed but I've stamped at the corners with some more Hero Arts stamps (Par Avion and a stamp with the Eiffel Tower) and then added some flowers and black gems.