CWWCC 102 - Blog Hop and Anything Goes Challenge

This is a mid way reminder to hop over to our Challenge blog and join in the Blog Hop and Anything Goes Challenge.

I've been a busy bee for this challenge and I've managed to make 3 cards.  I will put each card and the challenges I've entered in order.  Please scroll down to find the card and challenge I've entered.

Card 1.  Robyn's Fetish - Cupcake with Stars

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and paper from stash, a spellbinder Get Well sentiment was used.

Challenges

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Make it bright

Clear it out Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - Clean and simple 

Card 2.  Kenny K - Val Ventura

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.  White paper coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and edged in a darker shade, silver paper from stash.

Challenges

Crafty Calender Challenge - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Card 3.  Oddball Art Co. - Lucy

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens, paper from stash, heart embossing folder Country Companions.

Challenges

Sketch Saturday #377 - Sketch by Debra

Allsorts Challenge - lots of layers

Digital Delights by Louby Loo - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Embossing of any kind

Crafting When We Can Challenges 82 - Use your markers

Another wonderful challenge over at CWWCC.  This Challenge is sponsored by

Sassy Studio Designs

The winner gets to choose 4 images of their choice from the store.

Theme - Use your markers

We were given images to play with and I got Sock Hop Sweetie Sassy.  I enjoyed colouring this image, it was easy to colour.  I went for a block colour and didn't do any shading.  The glitter card I got from Home Bargains and the music background was printed from Season of Giving digikit.  I used blue and pink Spectrum Noir pens and made an ombre background with the colours, then sprayed with CC gold sparkle.  Cut 2 circles with a spellbinder die and used some old peeloffs for the numbers.  I can't remember where I got the ribbon, I've had it for ages.  A corner rounder was used on the (can you guess) corners.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #335 - Sketch by Debra

Stamp and Create - Ribbon or Lace

(ribbon)

MAWTT - Sparkle and/or Shine

(you can't see it very well but the background has CC gold sparkle on it)

Cute Card Thursday - Stripes

(the colours on the background)

Crafty Boots Challenge - Music

Hope you've enjoyed my card and it has inspired you to have a go with your markers.  Hop over to CWWCC and let us see your projects.

Challenge 78 - Christmas Come Early

I really didn't want to think about this in September but it really is time to start thinking about it if I need to be ready and after last year when Christmas crept up on me (who knew it was at the end of December - Duh).

For this Challenge we have the fabulous Nicole from

Inky Impressions

The Winner will received a $10 Gift Certificate

We were given an image and sentiment to use and I got to use the fabulous 

Christopher Holding Logs.  I really enjoyed colouring this image in and for a change I used my Copic markers to colour my image.  I had an idea in mind when I saw the image and decided to make a stepper card and use my Tim Holtz Bigz dies of pine trees for the side steppers.  I've used glitter card throughout but the trees are a self adhesive glitter foam.  The snowflake is a die and the glitter card came from Home Bargains.  I didn't like the way the card mat edge looked so I used ribbon to mask the joins and edges.  For the edge of the white border at the bottom I drew round a Spellbinder die and then cut out with a knife.  The base card came from Craft Den Studio.  I'm really please with how this turned out and someone may get this as a Christmas card this year.

Hop over to the CWWCC and show us your Christmas projects.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #327 - Sketch by Debra
Clear it out - Fancy Folds & use your dies
4 Crafty Chicks #211 - Fancy Folds
Moving along with the Times - Texture Time (glitter card)
Papertake Weekly - Repeat Repeat (2 trees and repeat pattern on the border?)

Crafting When We Can Challenges 46 - Mad About Markers

For the next 2 Challenges we are being sponsored by the talented Heather over at Lacy Sunshine

We were generously given an image to use for these challenges and for the

MAD ABOUT MARKERS

use Promarker, Copics, Spectrum Noir on your main feature.

The image I used is called Mitzi

I have used a blank white card base with green, pink, yellow and gold card out of my stash.  The gold card was embossed with my new Tim Holtz wood embossing folder.  My image was coloured using Promarkers and Copics.  I used my new spellbinder flourish with a little flower punch and pearls to add interest.  Behind my image is a beautiful piece of ribbon which you can't see very well on the rubbish photo.  The sentiment if cut from a HOTP senitment sheet.  I added some tiny butterflies at the last minute punched from the parchment paper I used to help release the card from the die.

Hop over to the CWWCC and join in Challenge 46.  We would love to see your awesome projects.

CHALLENGES

The Paper Shelter #115 - Flower Power
My Time To Craft #225 - Fairytale ~ Thumberlina
A Gem of a Challenge 83 - Emboss it ~ tree trunk
Allsorts Challenge 210 - In the Garden
Shopping Our Stash 104 - No Patterned Paper ~ used 3 different plain card colours, piece of ribbon, embossing folder, die and punches.

Crafting When We Can Challenges 45 - Die cuts and /or punches

Time again for another challenge over at CWWCC the theme for Challenge 45 is

Die Cuts and/or Punches

Our Sponsor is

Kenny K Downloads

My image is Happy Hour and I've used Promarkers and Copics to colour the image and DIs to colour the background.  The pearls are from Home Bargains and the sentiment stamp is from the Dovecraft cupcake boutique sets. I always seem to have difficulty in getting the ink not to pool on the clear stamp so I decided to use a diamond nail file on the surface and it worked great the ink stuck and gave a decent image for once.  I have used a Spellbinder labels 4 and a large corner rounder on the page and sentiment banner.  The dots were made with finger dobbers.

Hop over to the challenge and leave us your creations. We would love to see them.

I will post some of my sewing items over the next couple of weeks and you can let me know what you think.

Have a great weekend and happy bank holiday if you live in the UK.  :-) xx

CHALLENGES

Anything Goes Challenge - handmade background
Eureka Stamps - all white or NO designer paper
My Heart Pieces - Be sentimental (use a sentiment)
Shopping Our Stash - what's in your took shed.  (finger dobbers, corner rounder)
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Girls, Girls, Girls

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 35 - Favourite Things

The first Challenge of 2013 by Crafting When We Can is 

Favourite Things

and our Wonderful Sponsor is

Sassy Studio Designs

We were given the opportunity to choose our own image and I chose Bella Bride.  I don't have many bride images and I thought this one could be used for other things as I think she's beautiful and I hope I've done her justice.

My Favourite Things

I love to use card to make my base layer instead of a bought card base and this time I've used some linen effect I forgot I had.  I love to use the papers out of my 360 page K and Co paper pad.  I used my now worn Fiskar paper cutter to cut my mats and layers, the ink has just about worn off the base so I have to turn it the other way to use the measurements at the top.  I used my favourite Spellbinder label die (I have other dies but always seem to turn to this one.  Alcohol pens, Promarker & Copics.  In fact I think this is one of my favourite cards and I don't say that about many.  The plain space at the top is where my sentiment will go when I can find one I like

Hop over to the Challenge blog and show us your projects using your

 FAVOURITE THINGS, just don't forget to let us know what they are.

CHALLENGES

Digital Tuesday Challenge 191 - Layers
Catch the Bug - Stella says sketch - Sketch
My Time To Craft 203 - All about the New
A Gem of a Challenge 62 - New Beginnings
Cute Card Thursday 250 - Something New

Crafting When We Can Challenge 33 - BINGO!

So late this challenge but managed to get my project done for the 2nd week of the challenge.  Our Sponsor for this challenge is MilkCoffee.  The DT were given an image to work with and mine is Tiffany playing violin.  The bingo card is 

and I have chosen to go PEARLS ~ GIRLY ~ CAS

The card and pearls are from my stash and I've slightly coloured the white paper with Dusty Concord DI and cut out with a Spellbinder label die.  I used flexmarkers to colour my image.

CHALLENGES

House of Gilli #47 - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Special Occasion

Simon Says Stamp - What's your favourite ~ tool, stamp, product

favourite ~ Spellbinder die, flexmarkers, distress inks

Wags 'n Whiskers 94 - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenge #14 ~ One for the Boys

Once again we had a superb turnout for the challenge and once again the work was awesome, we have very talented entrants. 

For Challenge 14 our sponsor is the wonderful

Some Odd Girl

  

I don't know what the prize is but I'm sure it will be awesome.

The card I have made is using an old Some Odd Girl image of hang 10 Cody, this image doesn't seem to be in the shop but there are loads of other fab images to choose from.

I made my card using Papermania 12 x 12 coloured card, cut in half to make a 6 x 6 base, the DPs are from DCWV Stack 6.  I coloured my image with Copics and Promarkers and highlighted the waves with a white inkssential pen and die cut with a Spellbinder label. I've shaded with DI and made the faux buttons with a round punch and the swirly border is a MS punch.  The faux stitching was made with a black fine liner pen.

CHALLENGES

Saturday Sketch #199 - Sketch 

Craft Your Days Away #41 - Men/boys + buttons

Anything Goes Challenge 62 - Men to boys

OLLCB #100 - On the Move

Totally Paper Crafts #108 - Male card 

Crafting When We Can Challenges #10 - Use something non crafty

The challenge over at Crafting When We Can Challenges is to use something you wouldn't usually use for crafting.

Our Sponsor this challenge is Trace over at 

Spesch Stamp Designs

I have used the Spring Fairy Design for my card, she is supposed to look like she is coming out of a fairy glade with the foliage and flowers but I made the fern leaves too dark and they blend in with the background.  My background is a piece of fancy corrugated card which they use at Ikea to put between some of their pot plant pots to stop them from smashing together.  I have spritzed it with Crafty Notion gold and silver spray and then gone over it with DI but it came out really dark and as there is no contrast between it and the leaves it gets lost.  It is also a rubbish picture and even though I took it under my daylight bulb it still looks dark to me.  I really like this image and will be having another go at making this card but trying to make the fern leaves lighter and that might show off the background better.  The flowers were made using K & Co papers, a spellbinder flower die and the Tim Holtz rose method and a few stickles to make them sparkle.  The leaves were cut on my Craftrobo.  I coloured the image with my Flexmarkers, which I bought myself for Christmas.

CHALLENGES

Colour Create #88 - Pink and Green with optional handmade flower (believe it or not her trousers are a very pastel flexmarker green)

Delightful Challenges - Distressed/vintage

Craft Your Days Aways #37 - Distressing

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges #7

Thank you to those of you who joined in our Female Birthday challenge last time, the entries were gorgeous.  

Challenge #7 over at Crafting When We Can Challenges should be easy for you all to enter you have to choose a sketch from another challenge and use this.  You MUST credit the challenge you have taken the sketch from on your blog and then hop over to CWWCC and enter your card.

The sponsor generously let us choose any image we wanted off their site and I got 2 images and a sentiment and I only chose 1 image, how generous is that.  I won't keep you in suspense any longer our sponsor this challenge is...

TIDDLY INKS

The image I chose is 'Checking the List' I thought she was sooo cute checking her long, long list of nice children (and adults too!).  The sketch came from 'Sketch N Stash' their sponsor this week is Meljen Designs.

inside

I know brown isn't a usual colour for Christmas but I've had these papers for a couple of years now and have only used them a couple of times.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and Copics, Spellbinders for the mats, the papers are from Paper Cellar, the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the little gold parcels are from the tables at last years works Christmas Party the ribbon was around a box of Chocolates.  

CHALLENGES

Sketch n Stash #75 - Sketch - neglected papers and ribbon
Paper Creations Ink #13 - Christmas
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #120 - Christmas Fun (4wks challenge)
Shopping our Stash #27 - Christmas or Winter related
Truly Scrumptious #70 - Christmas Project with Pearls or Vintage