Crafting When We Can Challenges 69 - die cut/silhouette/craft robo shapes

For Challenge 69 over at Crafting When We Can Challenges we have a new sponsor, Nicole from

Inky Impression Stamps

The Winner will receive a $10 gift certificate to the store

Hop over to the Challenge and see the wonderful inspiration from our marvellous DT.

For my card I used one of my favourite craft items, my Craft Robo.  I don't use this equipment enough but I love designing things on the computer to use when I can have it set up again.  It's such a pain to have to keep packing it away.  My OH claimed the space I had for his stuff.  I'm thinking it's time I claimed it back.

I cut out a frame design I designed a while ago.  I had trouble with it because my blade is old and didn't quite go through the card but it was easy enough to just cut the bits that didn't release.  I used card from my stash for the base card and papers from DCWV stack 6 for my designer papers, I embossed the stripey paper and used a ribbon from a chocolate box to cover the join the papers.  I then printed out my image Work Out Cat onto coated card and coloured with my spectrum noir pens and cut an oval with my robo.  I used stickles to add the glittery dots and my cropodile to add the eyelets to the top corner.  The background for the image was made with spectrum noir pens and distressed inks.

close up of embossing

Now you've seen my interpretation of the theme hop over to the Challenge and show us yours.

CHALLENGES

Stella Says Sketch 209 - Sketch

Clear it Out - Your Style & Favourite Product

Craft Robo & Spectrum Noir Pens

Cute Card Thursday 320 - Paw Pals

My Time to Craft 247 - Recipe

2 images, stripey paper, 3 eyelets

Crafty Girls Challenges 17 - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges #11 - Valentine/Love

Once again all the entries were wonderful and I'm sure the DT member who has to choose the winner and top 3 will have a very difficult time.

This week we have been sponsored by the lovely Heather at 

Fresh Brewed Designs

The Winner will receive

3 images of their choice

from Fresh Brewed Designs

Heather gave us some images to use for this challenge but I really loved the previous image Heather gave us I've made 2 cards.

The card below was coloured with my Flex Markers and the mat was cut on my CraftRobo.  It was a design I made my self and I'm really pleased with it.  The plaque is a  Nellie die and the stamps I've had for years from QVC (a big wooden box of about 30 wood mounted stamps)

On this next card the lips are cut from my CraftRobo, so is the Dipped Strawberry. the design from FBD.  I took the image into the Robo software and made it into a cutting design (I hope this is OK with Heather).  I used some Anita's 3D clear gloss on the brown bit to make it look like shiny chocolate (but you can't see that on the picture) and I hand wrote the Mmmmmmm... (as if you couldn't tell). I also designed the fingers to hold the strawberry, as you can tell art really isn't my forte and the creases and fingernail could do with improving but for 11:30pm I don't think it looks bad.  I used Promarkers and Copics along with Tattered Rose DI.

Now all you have to do is hop over to the Challenge blog and enter your projects.

Due to unforseen circumstances the DT cards will be put on to the challenge page as and when they are received so there may only be a few when you visit.

CHALLENGES

Delicious Doodles #12 - All Loved Up

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday - Use die cut or punches

Allsort Challenge #140 - Free and Easy

Delightful Challenges - Punches and dies

Fresh Brewed Challenges - Love

Crafting When We Can Challenges #3 - Bingo Card

It's challenge #3 over at Crafting When We Can Challenges and I hope you will be able to join us.  The theme for challenge 3 is a Bingo Card.  The idea behind the bingo card if you don't know is you chose 3 items off the card in a line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal).

click on card to go to challenge

Our sponsors

 Sew Many Cards

This week our sponsor kindly let us choose an image from their store and I chose Halen in Wreath.  I was going to make him into a wreath to hang on the door/wall but as other members of the DT chose the same line I decided to make a card instead using the vertical centre line 'Happy' sentiment, distressing & pearls.

The plain green and red paper is from my stash I don't know the manufacturer but I got it from a local craft shop (who also does online sales) Craftden Studios, the patterned paper is from K&Co. the sentiment is from Craftworks and I used Copics and Promarkers to colour the cute image.  I used my Craft Robo to cut out the poinsettia in the corner and put yellow pearls (which came in the drawers of a white spinney pen holder from Create and Craft).  I popped up the wreath with pads and layered up Halen and the bow then stuck the sentiment as if Halen is holding it.  

I am really enjoying making cards again, being on the DT has really brought back my enjoyment in crafting.  

Today me and my OH should be sorting out some more stuff from the bedroom so I can put my new desk up and hopefully move some of my craft stuff up there.  My Craft Robo and Big Shot are already there and now I don't have to keep stretching up to get them hopefully they will be used alot more.  NO not HOPEFULLY, they will DEFINITELY be used more. 

Hope you are all having a fantastic weekend, it's been one of my best for a long time.

CHALLENGES

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge #17 - Too early for Christmas

OLLCB #89 - Punches/dies (I've used a Craft Robo don't know if this counts)

Anything Goes Challenge #50 - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - make your own embellishments (poinsettia on Craft Robo)

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #28 - anything Goes (with bonus) 

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #1 - ANYTHING GOES

I hope you are all as excited as I am about our new challenge.  To make it nice and easy for the first challenge we are having an "Anything Goes" so I hope you will all hop over and link up your card.  

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGE #1

We have 10 DT members 5 from the Creative Cowgirl Challenge and 5 new members and if you click here you can go the the page where all their blogs are listed. If you have time, sit with a coffee and explore the fantastic work they do.

This challenge we were given a fantastic image to use by our Sponsor

FRESH BREW DESIGNS

My image is called 'Hot Date' and I loved colouring this image in.

I printed the Fresh Brewed Design image, sentiment and background (from the Daisytrail digikit Modern Lace) using my Craftartist software (told you I love this software).  I then coloured the image with my copics.  I tried my best to use shading and I think it worked really well I love the way the greys have blended and the shaping I got on the bodice of the red dress (I hope the designer doesn't mind her image having boobs).  I designed this card with the intention of it being flat so it would be cheap to post and then forgot and put dewdrops on the corners.  I may take these off and swap for card candy which would be flatter.

I will be posting more now I have some incentive to craft, I have already made quite a few cards for a car boot sale my daughters Musical Group is having and I have already coloured the image for the next Crafting when we can challenge.  My OH has thrown out a load of stuff he didn't need and cleared me some space in the bedroom so I can have my Craftrobo and Big Shot out so I don't have to keep reaching on top of the bookcase to    get them down.  

Hopefully by the time you are reading this we will be at the cinema watching 'monkeys in trousers' for some reason my kids really want to see 'Rising of the Planet of the Apes'.

CHALLENGES


Charisma Cardz Challenges #35 - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Joyful Stamper - Inspire Me Fridays #22 - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - September Digi Day
 Card Making Mamas #28 - Use a digi image/paper

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #8 - Hawaii/The Beach

Aloha everyone, this week were are off to Hawaii or the beach which ever you prefer.  We received some wonderful images to use for the challenge from our sponsor, Michelle Perkett.  My image is called Leilani and I have put here in a beautiful beach scene.  All the elements on this card were designed and cut using my CraftRobo and its software.  I think it looks good even if I say so myself.  The background was chalked and looks really great IRL.  (still haven't found my camera lead so the pictures are rubbish).  All elements cut from paper from the scrap box and Leilani was coloured using Promarkers and Copics.

Now onto the important stuff here is the sponsor information and the prizes.

The Winner will receive

3 gorgeous images of their choice from Michelle Perkett Studio

+

Winners Badge to display with pride

Top 3 will each receive 1 wonderful image of their choice from Michelle Perkett Studio

+

Top 3 Badge to display with pride

So cheer yourself up, get out the beach stamps and vibrant coloured pens and enter this great Challenge.

We are also working up to our next HOP and would love it if you could help us to promote it.  As usual there will be $50 of Candy on offer and all you have to do is ~

1.  Put a mention of our HOP and a picture of the badge with a link to the Challenge Blog in one of your posts

2.  Place our badge with a link to the Challenge Blog in your sidebar

3.  Hop over to the Challenge Blog and leave us a comment letting us know you have done the above.

http://creativecowgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

CHALLENGES

Stampin' B's design team #99 - use a flower on a card

Some Odd Girl - Handmade elements (I did handcut the beach and shade using DI)

Pixie Dust Studio #63 - Vacation time

Delightful Challenges - Use your scraps

Crazy 4 Challenges #76 - Use flowers on your card

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #6 - Valentine Day Cards

This week over on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge we have the theme of Valentine Day Cards.

The Posse were lucky enough to receive an image from our sponsor Roberta at Prairie Fairy Designs.  My image was Roopid and I really enjoyed making this card I got to colour the image, cut out the circles on my Craftrobo and punch out the hearts and stickle the edges of everything.  The sentiment is mine.  All the card was from stash, dewdrops and stickles were purchased from Craft Den, small heart punches were purchased form Ideal World many years ago and the bigger hearts were embossed form my CC Ultimate board.

The sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy Designs

Roberta is giving the winner 3 images of their choice

+

Winners Badge to display with pride on your blog

TOP 3 each get 1 Prairie Fairy image of their choice

+

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride on your blog

Hop over to the Challenge and post your creation, we can't wait to see what gorgeous projects you have made.

CHALLENGES

The Creative Cottage #31 - shaped card

Scrappekammeret #23 - white + 1 other colour

Riley and Co. - a heart challenge

Gingerloft #10 - things that fly

Fairy Fun Friday #45 - for a sweetheart

Mark's Finest Papers #40 - Valentine card

Craft Your Days Away #12 - Love

Anything Goes #1... and it went + Tellen's Place Challenge #20

This was my entry for Anything Goes Challenge #1 - Blue, Yellow & Brown, but I've mis-read the date and thought I had time to post this on Tuesday.  I may just see if I can still link as it's only just Tuesday.  I have chosen a photo of my son at Legoland in 2007.  He loves going to Legoland but is getting a bit big to go on his favourite rides.  I have used 2 pattern papers from a DCWV Stack 6 and plain paper from Papermania.  I cut the LEGO out with my Craft Robo.  I am also entering this LO into Tellen's Place Challenge #20 - 2 designer papers.  I hope it passes for Tellen's as you can only see a small amount of the 2nd designer paper.

Only a short post today as I am very tired and going to bed now.

Digital Tuesday Challenge #55 - NOT

This was my entry for Digital Tuesday Challenge #55 until I realised I'd looked at the wrong date and this challenge was for last week. I've linked it and everything and then realised it's Thursday and a new challenge has been blogged. Next time I will check the date before I spend all my time making a card. Anywhoo this is how I made the card.

The raindrop card and mats were cut on my Craft Robo and I coloured an image from Stamp'en with CJ with my copic markers.

Going to bed now as I've not slept for the last week while we waited to find out if my OH was going to be made redundant. Luckily he wasn't so big relief for us.

Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge #16

This is my entry for Fab's Big Christmas Card Challenge #16. I have used a gold base card and a hammered finished red card which I embossed with a Sizzix Texturz Plate#10, and used snowflakes and lettering which I cut on my Craft Robo months ago to use on a layout I never got round to.

It must be good my son just walked passed and said, "That's a good card Mum". I'm not blowing my own trumpet but for once I really like this card.

I hope everyone had a good weekend.

Another boring title...

You can tell I never liked English at school. I was great at speaking and having discussions but I could never put things in writing. I really wish I could think of some witty titles for my postings.

Anyhooo here is my entry for A Gem of a Challenge #3. I have used the freebie image supplied on the site and the sketch from Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges (I can't enter it in this challenge as I missed it by a day). Hope everyone had a good weekend.

The recipe for this card is gingham paper from CC's Mrs Tiggywinkle CD, blue paper from 12" x 12" Papermania textured coloured card pack. I cut the ovals on my Craft Robo. I went round the edge of the blue card with blue Stickles. The flower were from Ikea, found them on sale for a few pennies for about 50 flowers. Got 2 packs and now wish I'd got more.

**just realised this weeks challenge on Daisy Doodles is Pink + 1 other colour so this card can be used.** 1

1 card 2 challenges never manged that before.

IACCB challenge #7

This is my entry for IACCB challenge #7. The theme is Easter. I know it's past but you can use a card you've already made. I used my Craft Robo to cut the egg shapes. (I love my Craft Robo, I enjoy playing with the software and learn something new everytime I use it.) I cut 3 shapes and made them into an easel card I then cut a smaller oval in blue and used a decoupage sheet from the Peter Rabbit CD (once again I shaped the base layer using my Craft Robo) and decoupaged the picture. I pinched the egg he is carrying from an Easter card my daughter made. (Don't tell her!! I put it straight back after I took the photo).

It's fimo for the kids today and I will post some picture of the models they make tomorrow. I may also post some of mine from last Saturday. Hope everyone has a good day and the weather stays fine.

The Scraproom Blog - Challenge #11

I saw this challenge on Daydream Believer's blog, it's from The Scraproom Blog. There is a sketch to follow by Julie Bonner.

This is Padme and Rancorman aged about 3 and 6. They have big smiles on their faces because Dad allowed them to have a lolly in the car on our way home.

I have used 12" x 12" papers from DCWV "The Stack 6". It has 180 sheets and I have had it about a year now and this is the first time I have used it. I will have to start using the papers instead of taking the block out looking through it and then putting it back.

I have been practising with the Craft Robo again and made the title "lollipop, lollipop... and scallop border (you can't see it very well as I did my pictures 6" x 4" and then mounted them so the paper underneath was quite large). I am getting the hang of the Robo software now and am really enjoying playing.

Hope you like my layout and are having a good weekend.

2 cards to show this time.

I've made 2 cards this weekend. It's taken me about 3 days on and off. Hope you like them.
The first is for Fab's big Christmas card challenge, you have to use a triangle card, stencilling or stamping. I have used (can you guess from the picture?) a triangle card. I cut the card on my Craft Robo, the snowflake is a Cuttlebug die and the decoupage is from the World of Beatrix Potter CD, the snow is Flowersoft. It's my first Christmas card this year, not bad for someone who leaves it 'til December to start making cards.



My second card uses a Bugaboo image. The background is a K & Company 6" x 6" pad called classic K. The "I'm late" was cut on my Craft Robo. I know it's garish but I like it, it reminds me of spring. This was my first time at cutting an aperture with words and it took me ages but now I know how to do it, it won't take as long next time. Don't know what I will use it for, might just keep it to look at and see what can be accomplished with patience.

Scrapbook pages

I have been told off by my friend today for not posting on my blog so here is a layout I have done. The pink layout I did at a Craft Den Thursday night scrapbook class last year and the blue one is the one I made to go with it. It is of my son & daughter's 1st ride home in their car seats. I have to finish off the blue layout by adding dewdrops to the middle of the flowers. I had to scan the flowers from the pink layout so I could cut them out on my Craft Robo lite (which was my Christmas present from my OH and kids), as I don't have a cricut.

My son is now 13 1/2 and nearly 6' tall, and my daughter is 10 and still as cute.

Card for It's a Crafter's Companion Challenge.

The It's a Crafter's Companion challenge this week is orange and yellow. Here is my take on that theme. I haven't put a sentiment on it yet as I don't know what I will use it for.



I have used a burnt orange card, with a yellow mat and an orange background cut on my Craft Robo. The image is from the Flower Fairies CD - Buttercup.