Crafting When We Can Challenges #42 - At the Movies.

The Challenge over at CWWCC is At the Movies.  Sara from Sassy Studio Designs let us choose our own image for this challenge. I chose Mistress of the Night. I love the Elvira movie Mistress of the Dark, I think it's really funny.

The backing papers are from Creative Cottage and the shape is from CraftArtist.  The spider is from a digikit Halloween 2011 (a free kit I do believe).  The sentiment was cut out with a spellbinder die.  The image was coloured using copic markers, the bling was from Poundland.  Card from stash.

CHALLENGE

Moving Along With The Times - Inspired by a Song or Film

Bearly Mine #81 - Anything Goes

Gingerloft - For the Guys

Delicious Doodles #31 - Anything Gothic

Pin and Tack #8 - Spark you Creativity Now -  Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges #17 - Sketch + DT call

I can't believe it's time for another challenge over at CWWCC.  The projects people are putting are fabulous and always give me loads of inspiration.

The Challenge this fortnight is a sketch by Ang our team leader.  

Our generous Sponsor is 

Tickled Pink Stamps

We were able to choose our own stamps so I chose Lil Fashionette - 60's Ivy.  My Daughter is in a musical theatre group and at the end of May they are doing a musical review and one of the sections is 'The Beatles' and they will be wearing black and white dresses hence the 'break a leg' sentiment.  As usual I made the card up on Craftartist using  papers from Creative Cottage (no longer around) I have made these and the embellishments into a digikit.  The ribbons and embellishements I made using the shapes button on CA.  I then made up my card onto a 6" x 6" page so I knew they fit.  The card was then split into it's components and printed out so I could then layer them back together onto a 6 x 6 base card.  The image was coloured in with a black and yellow promarker and white inkssential pen then popped up on 3d foam as was the sentiment.

Now all you have to do is hop over to the CWWCC and enter your wonderful creations.  We are also looking for some new DT members so if you're interested put DT after your name.

CHALLENGES

Simon Says ... - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge 31 - For a special lady (my daughter)

Victorine Stamps #32 - Anything Goes

Shopping our Stash 49 - something beginning with 'b' (black in paper)

Crafty Sentiments  - For a child (my daughter aged 13)

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #14 - Getting Jiggy

Just a quick Challenge post this time.  The Creative Cowgirls Challenge is 'Getting Jiggy' it's all about the dance.  Our wonderful sponsor, Tellen's Place Designs gave us some images to use and I got the fantastic Skull boy n girl.  I coloured the great image using Copics and Promarkers, the backing papers were from Creative Cottage, Little Monkey's Pirate Adventure and the Skull was a clipart from MS Publisher which was cut out and layered.  I edged all the mats with peel offs coloured with black Promarker.

Our Sponsor

The Winner will receive a $10 coupon to spend at Tellen's Place Designs

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Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge and check out the other posse members fantastic creations.

CHALLENGES

Lexi's Creations #40 - Spots and or stripes

Stamps R Us #21 - Use something digital

A Spoonful of Sugar #152 - Anything Goes

Mami Doodles #26 - Spots and or stripes

Creative Cottage, May Comp - Use any Creative Cottage paper or image

Yeeee Haaa It's Creative Cowgirls First Challenge.

I'm so excited as this is the first Challenge for the CREATIVE COWGIRLS.  This challenge will be held fortnightly and the DT will be using our Sponsors images.  We have some amazing Sponsors lined up for the coming months.  

You can make any project as long as it goes along with the theme/sketch for that challenge.  We need to see new postings (no back linking).

Our Challenge this fortnight is an easy one, it's an

ANYTHING GOES (see we are already spoiling you).

Our Sponsor this week is 

click on picture to go to Bombshell Stamps

I made a little scrapbook for my daughter using Tim Holtz big dies to cut the pages.  It is of her 9th Birthday at the local stables.  (Forgive the horrible photos the light has been atrocious)

I have enlarged some of the images I have used on the pages.  These images were beautiful to colour not too complicated but with plenty of detail.  I also used one of the images to make a small card using a Nestie for the base and mats.  The papers are from Creative Cottage.

I was also playing with photoshop and Word 2007 Publisher and made this card.  All the images are from Bombshell Stamps and the papers are from Bearly Mine

Now onto the thing we are all interested in.  

"What can I win?"

The prize for the winner is

"All My Heart" Stamp Set from Bombshell Stamps

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The Winners Badge to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive an image from Delicious Doodles

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TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the CREATIVE COWGIRLS CHALLENGE and join in, you have two weeks to enter the new challenge starts on 5th December.

Challenges I have entered
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Autumn Skies
One Stitch At A Time #40 - Celebration (My Daughter's Birthday)
Delicious Doodles #1 - Anything Goes

Don't tell my OH about this!!!

Just a quick post I've been playing with Photoshop and my pictures. I'm too mean to pay for digital scrapbook layouts so I've been having a play.  These aren't exactly fantastic but I really enjoyed playing and am learning new things daily.  The title of the post is because if my OH knows I have posted this LO he wouldn't make me a cup of tea for days.

The photo was manipulated in Photoshop Pro by my daughter who was 10 at the time and I have made it into a transparent .GIF so I could put it onto a Creative Cottage background.  The lipstick and brooches were from a collage sheet I won at Dezinaworld I cut them out changed the colour and made them into .GIFs and added them as embellishments.  I was supposed to be entering it into Dezinaworld Spotprize Challenge 'Hot pink and silver' but got the dates wrong and missed it.

These are photos are of my daughter when she was in the panto 'Frankenstein the Panto' in January this year.  She played a school girl, a ghost and a bat.  The papers are from Creative Cottage.

An Apology + Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - sketch by Alison and make your own DP

Firstly a big apology to everyone.  I have been unable to comment on peoples blogs due to personal reasons and I really miss visiting everyone.  At the moment I am only posting my DT work on Sundays.  Hopefully I will be able to get back to normal in a few weeks.

Now onto my DT work for the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge.  This week we were asked to make our own designer paper.  I am hoping this passes as making my own because I can't make another.  The digi papers I have used are from Creative Cottage Designs and the tiled image is from CJ at Cowgirl Up Designs.  I used Paintshop Pro to colour the image and Word 2007 to manipulate it into a tile backing for my pictures.

I've blanked out the faces of the girls as I don't have permission from their parents to publish them.

Our sponsor for the winner this week is

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Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will receive 1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Design

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TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge blog to join in and press the buttons at the top of the page to see the Posses fabulous work.

CHALLENGE

(I could only find 1 to enter.  I really should plan ahead)

Just Inspirational Challenge #16 - a stamped project it can be either ink or Digi 

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Anything Goes - Halloween Release

This week at Cowgirl Up Designs CJ has a new releases for Halloween.  There will be a 20% sale on the new releases for this week so hop over and grab yourself some truly wonderful, spooky images.  

If you hop over to the challenge blog you will see what the Posses have done with the new releases.  Unfortunately there was a problem getting my image to me so I have used another of CJ images and hopefully coloured it to pass as Halloween.

I have used one of CJ's images and the backing papers are from Creative Cottage.  I have coloured the image with Copics and Promarkers and gone over the cobwebs with a Sakura gel pen.  I hand cut a cobweb and spider then used a white Inkssentials pen to draw in the eyes and smile (couldn't leave it without a smile).

Our Sponsor this week is

This time around the WINNER will receive

"4 IMAGES OF CHOICE FROM CJ"

and the TOP 3 will receive

"2 IMAGES OF CHOICE FROM CJ"

CHALLENGES

MAWTT #16 - Fairy or Fantasy

By the Cute and Girly - Spooky

Delightful Challenges - Colours - Purple, Green & Black

Alphabet Challenge - W for Wings

Hop over to the Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge blog and see all the fantastic creations by our wonderful Posses

Cowgirl Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - Flowers Galore using 3DP & 3 different flowers

This week at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge we are asking you to use

3 DPs and 3 different types of flower.  

I decided to make a cupcake card this week as I have my CraftROBO back and I wanted to play.  I made the template myself and I really like the shape.  My image is from The Town Scrapper and the name is "Made with Love Lola" (hence the cupcake card) she is coloured with Copics and Promarkers.  My 3 DPs are from The Creative Cottage, who have a new store.  My 3 different flowers are punched from the papers, a rose I opened slightly and a charm.  The frame for Lola was cut with a large Nellie oval die.  All the edges were shaded with distessed inks.  

Our winner's Sponsor this week is

who are offering 5 images of choice to the winner

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The Winners Badge

and the TOP 3 is sponsored by

who are offering 1 image of choice

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1 image of choice from Cowgirl Up Designs

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The TOP 3 Badge

Hop over to the challenge and join in it's great fun.

To see the wonderful creations by the other posse members go to the buttons under my header and click.  You won't be disappointed they are a very talented bunch.

CHALLENGES

Anything Goes Challenge #17 - Cute (I think this is cute)

Digital Tuesday Challenge #77 - All about the girls + digi (what girl doesn't like cupcakes)

Charisma Cardz Challenge #38 - Anything Goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar #122 - Anything Goes

**Edited to add Just Inspirational Challenge #9) - A very, very, very quick post for the Delicious Doodles Competition

Teri at Delicious Doodles has decided to have a DT CALL and a competition to celebrate her 1 yr anniversary.  I am not applying for the DT but I would like to enter the competition.  Here is my card.  The sketch is from Just Inspirational Challenge #9.

I have used one of Teri's fantastic doodles and scraps from Creative Cottage, K & Co and my stash.  The snowflakes are from my MS corner punch and have stickles in then middle.  I coloured the white spot in the blue paper read to match the present on top.

Got to go and link now as I only have a about half hour before the competition closes.

Will let you know how I got on camping when I recover.

A Gem of a Challenge #7 + By the Cure & Girly + Creative Crafts Challenge

Here is my entry to the challenges below

A Gem of a Challenge #7 - sketch
By the Cute and Girly - Animal Antics
Creative Craft Challenge - Animal Antics

This is a Pink Gem which was a freebie but can now be bought in the Pink Gem Designs shop, which I coloured with my Promarkers.  I used Creative Cottage digi papers, I chose quite plain papers as I wanted the pastel colours to shine through.  I used a ribbon (which the very talented Leann, very kindly donated to a very good home) on top on my new MS border punch (I spent far too much on something I could live without but hey I loved these punches and I could do with not eating for a month or two or three).  I coloured my card candy with my Promarkers too.

Creative Cottage Challenge #8 + Sophisti-cats Challenge #30 - I'm on a roll...

2 cards in 2 days. I'm definitely going to do as many cards as I can this weekend.

I am entering this card into 2 challenges Creative Cottage Challenge #8 - circles, I have managed to get 18 circles on this card (if you count part circles and round gems) and Sophisti-cats Challenge #30 - card for a child.

I have used a free download from Creative Cottage. I have used 2 background papers and the image from the download, the sentiment and gems are from my stash. All the circles were cut using my Nesties dies.