Crafting When We Can Challenges 133 - BINGO

I didn't realise I hadn't posted, up to the rafters with costumes for the Panto in 2 weeks.  Lots of hand sewing to do and tiaras to make.  It always comes good in the end and we have a really good show which kicks off the start of Christmas for me.  Anyhoo better get on with the post.

Once again we have as our sponsor over at CWWCC, the talented Caitlyn, from

Devil Cait Designs

I really enjoy using Caitlyn's image as I find they are wonderful for practising my colouring.  The features are so clear and the hair is great for practising highlights.  We were generously given images to work with and I chose Skye.  I'm really please with the colouring of this image and I really like her hair.  I also noticed I seem drawn to blond.  Must try a brunette next time, or green like my daughter.

The prize is 3 images from the store

Theme: BINGO

spots and stripes/animal/pearl
spots are the embossing on the orange card and I took liberties with the stripes

The pearls are faux using a viva pearl pen, the paper is DCWV, orange card Tim Holtz, embossing folder swiss dots can'r remember who's, frame Tonic, sketch by Sandra a couple of challenges ago.  Coloured as usual with my Spectrum Noir pens and mats cut on my scanncut.

CHALLENGES

inspiration Destination 114 - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps #222 - Make your mark - Spectrum Noir

Simon say Stamp - Anything Goes

Hop over to the challenge blog and link up your wonderful projects.  I bet you've used 3 of the bingo without even knowing.

Crafting When We Can Challenges 132 - Circles

I forgot to post my card for this challenge so better late than never.  You still have until Saturday afternoon to enter your circle inspired projects.  It can contain 1 or more circles as long as we can see a circle.

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is the talented Caitlyn Crosfield of

Devil Cait Designs

Caitlyn very generously gave us images to use and I chose Tracy.  I really enjoyed working with this image I think I would like to use it to practice my colouring.  I love her hair.  I cut a circle stencil on the scan'n'cut and use distressed inks to colour through. I then made a mat with circles surrounding it and welded it together.  The ribbon threaded through was from some chocolates last Christmas and the stamped sentiment is one of my first stamps.  This was stamped onto one of the circles cut from the stencil.  The image was coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

Hop over the the Challenge and show us your project including a circle or circles.

CHALLENGES

Sweet Stampin' challenges - Happy Birthday
addicted to stamps #136 - Die cuts/punches
Shopping our Stash #278 - Front and Centre
ribbon from last years chocolates, stamp from years ago, distress inks not used for months
Crafty Catz Challenge #347 - Anything Goes with optional red

Crafting When We Can Challenges #131 - Sketch by Sandra

Over at CWWCC we have a great sketch by Sandra. I know a lot of people don't use just fell together and I'm really please at how this turned. out.

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Nikki Burnette from

Aurella Art

Theme: sketch by Sandra

We were kindly given images to use and I chose Red. I coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens and used my Scan n cut to cut my mats. The patterned paper was from the digikit 'snow globes'. The silver card was from B & M and the white base card is from Poundland.

Break out of your comfort zone and have a go at this great sketch by Sandra. Hop over to the challenge to see some fabulous inspiration by the talented DT and show us your interpretation of the sketch.

CHALLENGES

C.R.A.F.T. challenges 387 - Ribbon, Sparkle and Shine

A Gem of a Challenge #181 - Snowflakes

Allsorts Challenge 387 - Let's start Christmas early

Crafty Catz 344 - Anything Goes with optional dies/punches

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 129 - Christmas Comes Early

Over at CWWCC we have the very talented Heather Valentin from

Lacy Sunshine

 

We were very kindly given an image to work with and I chose Peace on Earth.  I coloured her with my Spectrum Noir pencils and highlighted pieces with a Spectrum Noir sparkle pen.  Unfortunately you can't really see the sparkle on the picture but it's there.  I used blue glitter card from Create and Craft and the stars and sentiment were cut on my scan'n'cut using a sticky back sparkle vinyl from Home Bargains.  This stuff is amazing to cut, I stuck it to card and then cut out the stars and layered them on to my card.  The wide ribbon across the card is from The Range.  She reminded me of a 70's girl so I chose a 70's font for the word Peace and the oval mats are from Tonic mixed layering dies.

Hop over to CWWCC and show us your Christmas projects, I know a lot of you have already started so enter our challenge and you could be in with a chance to win the wonderful prize.

CHALLENGE

Sketch Saturday #432 - Sketch by Alex

Digital Delights #14 - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug - October Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenges #117- Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges #100 - Anything Goes ~ optional celebration

They also have a blog hop party with this challenge.

Crafting When We Can Challenges 128 - Use your favourite medium ((pens, pencils, paint etc)

Over at Crafting When We Can Challenges we have the lovely Sarah from

Star Stampz

For my project I chose Spring Rain I wanted to use bright colours to counteract the grey skies and storms we've had this week.  My favourite medium is my Spectrum Noir pens, I also used my fiskar cutter, which I use everytime I craft and my Tonic dies and punches.  All the paper and card are from my stash and because I hate to waste papers I've gutted the card you can't see and now have loads of gold and red name dies (First Edition dies from Hobbycraft Female and Male titles Mum, Dad, Sister etc)  The flowers are various punches and the leaves were cut on the scan'n'cut.

Looks better in person.  Photo makes it look washed out and flat

Hop over to CWWCC and leave us your projects using your favourite medium.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #430 - Sketch by Debra

Addicted to Stamps#211 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers #116 - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination #103 - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenges #99 - Anything Goes with optional tune

(April Showers bring May Flowers - by Al Jolson) 

Crafting When We Can Challenges #127 - Happy Birthday

It's birthday time over at Crafting When We Can Challenges and was having probs with my blogger and totally forgot to post my card. So here it is (you have until next Saturday UK time to link you birthday creation).

This week we have the wonderful Cheri Shull of

Karleigh Sue Designs

Prize - choice of

1. choose any 2 digi's (value $5)

2. choose current color club (value $10)

Theme: Happy Birthday

To start with I created a frame of cupcakes to go around my image using the SVG function in CraftArtist and the Scan'n'Cut to cut the file. I then added an offset to mat the cupcakes using Create and Craft glitter card. The background papers are from a CWVC paper pad. The image and cupcakes were coloured using Spectrum noir pens. The image is It's my birthday. The sentiment is one from the scan'n'cut on board library.

Hop over to CWWCC and show us your 'Happy Birthday' projects.  It can be any form of project and as long as you follow the rules you will be in with a chance of winning the prize.

Crafting When We Can Challenges 126 - Dies and Punches

Firstly we have some new DT members to welcome so hop over to CWWCC and leave them some love when you link up your project.

Our wonderful Sponsor for this challenge is Nikki from

Melonheadz

We were able to choose an image pack and I chose 5 Swinging Monkeys.  It was a pleasure working with these images and I've had another idea that I want to try. 

I used the Crafter's Companion Big Score to create my card and coloured the images in with Spectrum Noir pens.  The papers are from my stash and the die cuts and punches are from Tonic.  I had add 2 pictures so you can see them images and the die cut/punched detail.

Now it's your turn to show us your creation using dies and punches.  Hop over and leave your projects with the linky at the bottom of the post.  

CHALLENGES

Creatalicious Challenges #97 - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps #207 - Make your Mark (Spectrum Noir pens)

Crafty Catz #334 - Anything Goes (Birthday optional)

Inspirational Destination 99 - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges #316 - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges #125 - Things with Wings

You still have until Saturday afternoon to enter our "Things with Wings" challenge over at CWWCC.

Our sponsor is the talented Sami from

Sami Stamps Shop

We were generously given an image to use and I chose Bubble Fairy.  The image was coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and CC sparkle pen for the highlights.  Card stock from my stash and the crystals are from a nail art kit.  The circle was cut using a Tonic Celtic layering die and the Celtic Dream collection.  The sentiment is from the Tonic Live the Life die set.  I've tried to shadow the words and corners but I'm never really happy about how shadowing turns out when I do it.  I think it's because I end up using the lighter colour at the back but I wanted a contrast to the colour of the mat and bubble.  Hey ho I suppose we all pull our creations to bits.

CHALLENGES

Shopping Our Stash #265 - Word dies
Through The Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown 307 - Anything goes 
The Paper Shelter #259 - Punches and dies

So far behind - catch up No.1 - Oddball Art Co

Due to Family, no mojo and life in general I've got so far behind with my DT work it isn't funny.  To try and make up for this I'm trying to use all the images I've generously been given by our Sponsors on Crafting When We Can Challenges.  For this post I am using an image from 

Oddball Art Co.

This image is called Big Eye Beetleguise Tribute.  I used a house image from a digikit called Spooktacular and a background from Fantasy Fairies.  I built the scene onto an A4 sheet and printed it out flat.  I then coloured the image with Spectrum Noir pens and cut around the top of the image and folded the page in half.  I printed a sentiment onto card and cut it out and stuck it onto the card.  It says 'Happy Birthday Ghoulfriend'.

Hop over to our current challenge which is 'Things with Wings'

Challenges

Crafty Boots Challenges - Use a stamp (rubber/polymer or digital)

Sisters of Craft - August anything goes

Little Miss Muffet - Anything goes

Digital Delights - Anything goes

DT Call

   

It's that time again when we're looking for some new people to join our team! Do not worry about having any DT experience as this is not necessary.  We are looking for someone who can commit to the requirements and enjoy being part of our team.  

If you are interested in being part of our DT please read this post through to check what is required, what benefits you receive and how to apply!

Requirements:

• Make a creation every fortnight in line with our challenge calendar and themes.  The majority of the time you will receive an image from the challenge sponsor, and are required to use these. 

• You are required to upload your creation onto the DT facebook page by the Friday before the challenge goes live on the Sunday. Therefore you will need to have a facebook account.  

• On your blog or website you are required to do a post about each CWWC Challenge.  A minimum in the post will include a good, clear photograph of your DT creation, details of the challenge for that fortnight, and name and website link of our challenge sponsor. The post must go live on the challenge Sunday, it can be set for whatever time is best for your time zone. 

• Comment on participant's entries for every challenge.  You will be assigned two numbers, and will have to comment on all entries ending in those two numbers.  You may be required to comment on additional entries when DT members are on holiday, etc.  

• The Winner and Top 3 for each challenge is chosen by the CWWC Design Team, this is on a rota basis.  When it is your turn to choose a Winner and Top 3, you need to choose only those who abide by our challenge rules.  Then do a post on the DT facebook page with your choices. 

Benefits:

• You will gain DT experience with a fun and friendly team! We don't like hassle here, so everything is as nice and easy as it can be. 

• The majority of our sponsors are generous and offer free images for the Design Team to work with.  Any image you receive as part of you term on the Design Team is yours to keep, as long as you abide by the CWWC terms and conditions, and the sponsor's angel policy. 

How to apply? 
E-mail Ang at craftingwhenwecan(at)hotmail(dot)com with the following:

• A little bit about yourself.  Please include a bit about your crafting style.  
• A link to your blog (or wherever you post your creations).  

• You are welcome to send photos of your creations, please no more than 3. This is not a requirement as we can view your creations on your blog. 

You have until 31st July 2016 to apply.  

Successful applicants will be notified shortly after this date. 

Good Luck!

Hugs, Ang x

Crafting When We Can Challenges #122 - Any occasion

It's been a long time since I played with paper, I've been sat in front of a sewing machine for weeks making 3 dress for saloon girls in HGMTG production of Calamity Jane.  Here is a badly cut out picture of the dress.  As the girls playing the chorus were under 18 I'm not allowed to show them on the internet and as usual I forgot to take any pictures.  The dress was cobbled together from a top pattern and a round skirt, all 12 feet of it, the same for an underskirt and net skirt and frills sewn to the inside so when the girls picked the front up to do their dance the frills moved.  Don't worry to preserve modesty of the girls they wore big white bloomers under the dress.  Needless to say I really needed my Pilates on Wednesday to help with a aching back and shoulders.

Anyhoo on to the reason for my post.  The challenge over at CWWCC is Any occasion, I made a birthday card with an image, Adriana's Owl kindly provided by the wonderful sponsor Karleigh Sue Digi Store.  I really enjoyed making this card as it was my first for about 2 months.  I used my Brother Scan 'n' Cut and scraps of card from my stash.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and Copic pens.  The sparkles in the flowers are Tonic Nuvo glitter drops and in the spots on the head scarf I used Crafters Companion glitter pens.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #418 - Sketch by Kathy

Creative Fingers Challenge #112 - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 369 - Animals

Digital Delights by Louby Loo #11 - Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow #132 - Hip to be square

Crafting When We Can Challenges - Add flowers

Just to let you know the new challenge has been posted over at Crafting When We Can Challenges.  Challenge 118 is sponsored by

Stamps by Julia Spiri

I'm busy sewing costumes at the moment so will post my project when I've made it.  Hop over to the Challenge and leave us your "add flowers" projects and leave some love for our wonderful and talented DT.

Crafting When We Can Challenges 117 - Birthday

Over on CWWCC we have a wonderful new sponsor Nikki Burnette

Aurella Art

Hello! My name is Nikki Burnette and I am a fantasy artist. I paint all sorts of fantastical creatures in watercolor. Fantasy art is where my heart lies. I love being able to escape the reality of our world for even just a few hours and enter a new fantasy realm where witches play tricks on Halloween Night, fairies fly around the sweet smelling rosebuds, and mermaids swim gracefully through the water with their dolphin friends. I sell my original paintings as well as a wide range of different products that I create myself in my studio.

http://aurella-art.blogspot.co.uk/

Prize: 3 images from the store

Theme: Birthday

It could be a Birthday card, scrapbook page of a Birthday, Birthday book etc

I used the very pretty Cadence on my card. She was a pleasure to colour in. I fussy cut her with scissors as I couldn't get my scan n cut to recognise the outline and I couldn't be bothered to get out the acetate and redraw the outline. I used my Spectum Noir pencils and blending solution. I haven't used them for a while, I put them somewhere safe and couldn't find them. I found them when I was looking for something else I put in a safe place and still haven't found. I choose really safe places (or I have a really bad memory). I used my scan n cut to cut the mats and create the faux stitching and a sizzix texturz plate to emboss the mats.

You still have until Saturday 30th to enter our challenge so hop over and see the wonderful inspiration from our talented DT.

CHALLENGES

Catch the Bug Challenge - April colour challenge
Sketch Saturday #409 - Sketch by Debra
Simply Create Too #107 - Stitching real or faux
One Stitch at a Time 260 - Anything goes with wings
Little Miss Muffet #136 - Anything goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 116 - Based on a song

I'm so late with this post but at least it's here now.  You still have a few days to enter our "Based on a Song" challenge over at the CWWCC blog.   We have a new Sponsor for this challenge.

Karleigh Sue Digi Store

Prize: choice of

1. choose any 2 digi's (value $5)

2. choose current color club (value $10)

I have used some old papermania card from my stash and my new Scan n Cut to cut the shapes.  I was really please with how this card went but then I've had another look and decided that it needs more texture/interest so hopefully I will have another go and use some of the numerous embossing folders I have.  We were generously given an image to use and I chose Miss Cherry.  The song that was going around in my head is "She wears short shorts"

I think I'm going to put my image as if she is leaning on a wall to ground her.  The colours are all in the image but as usual rubbish photo doesn't really show this.  I think I might also put short shorts on the big banner.  Why didn't these ideas come when I was constructing this card?

CHALLENGES

Tuesday Morning Sketches #347 - Sketch by Debbie Foster
Dream Valley Challenges 129 - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenges 135 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenges - April Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 115 - sketch by Sandra - mid way reminder

I will catch up I promise but once again I am posting mid way through the challenge.

Our challenge over on CWWCC is number 115 and our wonderful sponsor is Heather from

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

The theme is a wonderful sketch by Sandra

Prize: 3 images from Lacy sunshine

 I chose Marguerite Daisy Flower Pot Pretties.  Last year we went to Northumbria for our holiday and we stayed in a little village called Belford.  Our Cottage Butterfly House had a small back garden but it was full of beautiful flora and fauna.  This was our view every morning while having breakfast.  It's just a pity you can't hear the birds singing and see them flitting through the bushes.

I used various spring coloured card from the stash and a backing paper I made on CraftArtist using a daisy from one of the digikits I have (can't remember the name).  Woodware punches were used to cut the daisies and I used a gold Viva pearl pen for the centres.  I coloured in the image with Spectrum Noir pens and cut our the red circle with my Tonic Celtic layering die.  I will be adding a header and journalling when I get a new blade for my Craftrobo.  The old ones just won't give me a good cut.

Hop over to the CWWCC and show us your projects using Sandra's fab sketch.

Challenges

Catch the Bug Challenge - March photo inspiration
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Photo inspiration
Digital Delights by Louby Loo - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Flowers

Crafting When We Can Challenges #114 - Use washi tape - mid way reminder

Just a quick mid challenge reminder for Challenge 114, use washi tape, over at CWWCC.

We have a new sponsor for this challenge, Sarah from

Star Stamps

We were generously given an image to use for this challenge and I chose Spring Rain. It was a pleasure to colour this image and I tried a few new things too. I've never used washi tape before so I sent out my OH and he came back with 12 rolls of the stuff so I will probably be using it more often now, £2 for 3 rolls from The Works, I didn't think that was a bad price. I revisited a stepper card because I haven't made one for quite a while. It was an easy make using my Hougie board and don't know why I don't make them more. The oval mounts are from my new Tonic mixed ovals, you get straight cut and scalloped, I used my VIP voucher from Create and Craft to get £10 off, another bargain. Stickles have been used in the corners and a sentiment by Vladimir Nabokov, finished off my project. I've used something very new, the washi tape and something very old, stickles on this project and I'm really please with how it's turned out. Just have to wait until the stickles have dried before putting away, I'm so impatient, my fingers are covered in glitter because I keep catching them.

Now hop over to CWWCC and show us how you use washi tape, a couple of our DT have made flowers for their projects.

I completely forgot the challenges that inspired me.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Satuday #403 - Sketch by Kathy (turned sidways hope this is OK)
Little Miss Muffet #133 - Anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use dies/punches
Addicted to Stamps #122 - Shaped cards

Crafting When We Can Challenges #113 - Use a digital stamp

Over at Crafting When We Can Challenges we have a new sponsor in Nikki from

Melonheadz Illustrating

The prize is 1 Bundle from the store

Theme is Use a digital stamp

    

The DT were given a choice of a bundle of images from the store.  I chose Bugs.  I thought this could be used for many different projects.  I chose to make a banner by using all 14 images, boy is it long.  I can't find a place big enough in the house to hang it up.  I will make it into 2 banners and take another photo when the light gets better or it stops raining and I can hang it on the washing line.  I used a watercolour back ground from CraftArtist and then I had to 'paint' the inside of the images white as they were line drawings you could see the background through the images.  Once I did this I printed them out onto card and cut a V shape into the bottom to add a bit of interest.  I really enjoyed making this and the images were so easy to colour.  The other project I was thinking of was upcycling a baby cardboard book and sticking the images on to the pages.  Or printing the images onto printable cotton and making a baby quilt from them.  The ideas just keep coming from these images.  Anyhoo here is the really bad pictures of the project.  Will update as soon as I can.

This is a montage of the images I used on the banner.

Hop over to CWWCC and leave us your "digital stamp" projects.  As you can see it doesn't have to be a card.

CHALLENGES

Addicted to Stamps #181 - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge 91 - Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations Feburary - Anything Goes
SweetStamps February - Anything but a Card
Simply Papercraft Challenges 23 - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 112 - Add hearts - half way post

We have a new sponsor over at Crafting When We Can Challenges.  The wonderful Sami from 

Sami Stamps

Theme: add hearts

I chose Little Cloud Angel and as soon as I saw her I knew what I wanted to do.  My friend Gina, who is a wonderful mixed media artist is always trying to get me to get my fingers messy.  I don't like messy fingers but on this occasion I could find no other way to make my project.

Firstly I bought a canvas and paints from Home Bargains and then proceeded to use baby wipes to make a background on the canvas (very messy fingers Gina).  I then printed the image onto A3 paper and painted it.  I'm not really good a painting so no shading but I tried to make the wings look colourful.  The image had 3 hearts dangling from it at various lengths but I cut them off and replaced them with 4 pegged, padded hearts bought from the Range.  As you can see from the picture below I made this for my daughter to use to keep her gig and train tickets safe and where she can find them.

You still have until Saturday 20th to join in the challenge.  Hop over to the blog to get loads of inspiration from our wonderful DT.  CWWCC 112.