Very late Crafting When We Can Challenges #64 - Anniversary

I'm so late in my posting (near 2 weeks), so I'll make it quick.  

Our wonderful Sponsor is

Sassy Studio Designs

The theme is

Anniversary

You have until 5pm BST to enter over at CWWCC.

I used a WRMK mini 8 scallop punch to punch some pearlised card.  I then scored a diamond trellis onto the card and put little pearls on the intersections.  I used my spectrum noir to colour the SSD image called Curvy Babydoll Sassy, fussy cut the image and stuck it to the front of the card.  I then used 1" wide satin ribbon to make a hanger.  Not a card but I think the meaning will be clear if it turns up on the door handle.

Please hop over to the CWWCC, and leave us your Anniversary projects.

CHALLENGES
Challenges 4 Everybody #39 - Anything Goes
OLLCB #151 - Anniversary
Crafty Girls Challenges 13 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Ribbon, Free, Punched Shape)

Crafting When We Can Challenges 63 - Lots of Bling

We had lots of scrummy projects in our last Challenge.  It really made your mouth water with all the wonderful food related projects.

This Challenge is all about the Bling.  The more bling the better.  We have a new wonderful Sponsor

ArtbyMiRan

We were allowed to choose the image we wanted to use and I chose

Brittany 1920's Flapper.  I coloured her with spectrum noirs and a glitter gelly roll pen was used to highlight her headdress and shoes (this doesn't show on the photo).  The base card is a magenta satin mirror card and a striped holographic silver card was used for the stripe and mat.  The bling in the corners was from Home Bargains and the sentiment (With Love) is from Craftwork Cards.

To join in with our Lots of Bling challenge, hop over to the Challenge blog and enter your blinged up projects and we will be around to see your projects.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #297 - Sketch by Vanessa

Cute Card Thursday 308 - Clever Cutting 

(the ovals, such a pain to get right)

One Stich at a Time #200 - Use a Digi

Challenges 4 Everybody #38 - Anything Goes

Shopping our Stash #138 - Oh! Shiny

Crafting When We Can Challenges - DT Call

Here is a message from Ang - Challenge Co-ordinator

Hi everyone!

We are a few DT members down at the moment, and we need some fabulous new DT members.

We are looking for 3 DT Members.

We are running a DT call for 2 weeks alongside our challenge. You don't have to have any DT experience to enter! Also don't worry if you are on lots of DTs.  As long as you can commit to the requirements for this DT and your others that's fine with us!

Hop over to the CHALLENGE BLOG to get the rest of the details

Crafting When We Can Challenges 62 - Food

For Challenge 62 we have a theme of 

Food

and our wonderful Sponsor is

The Stamping Chef 

For my image I used one I already had as I wanted to use my CraftArtist software to try something new but when I hopped over to The Stamping Chef shop I couldn't find it and site seems to have had a makeover, so I hope I have used the correct The Stamping Chef link.

I used Kiss the Cook image and I used my CraftArtist software to block and fill the png outline with colours and textures.  I then used Afternoon Tea digikit to make my backgroud.  I printed and cut out my Cook image and 3D it on to the front of the card.  Just need to make up a foody sentiment.  For the inside I used a Purple Ronnie verse. (the background seems to have printed out quite dark and wonky which I didn't notice when I photographed it).

Hop over to the Challenge and show us your Food related projects.

CHALLENGES

Catch The Bug - February Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges 10 - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks 179 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz 216 - Anything Goes

Challenge 61 - Recipe - 1 image, 2 ribbons/twine, 3 main colours

How quick time flies, it only seem like days when I was making my last post for Crafting When We Can Challenges.  This Challenge is sponsored by the wonderful

Sassy Studio Designs

I used the image Bubble Gum Sassy.  I printed out the image larger than I needed, my colouring in skills are rubbish on small images but I'm practising with my Spectrum Noir pens.  I then scanned the coloured image backing to my CraftArtist and used one of the built in templates.  I then used the digikit Paradise to fill in the background and create the panels for my image to sit on.  I then cut out and glued the template together to create a little gift bag which I finished with 2 ribbon handles.  I also put a glass look bubble via the CA program over her bubble gum.

1 image - Bubble Gum Sassy, 2 ribbons - 2 handles, 3 main colours - green, blue, orange

 

Hop over to the Challenge and show us your take on the theme.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #293 - sketch by Debra

Cute Card Thursday 304  - Warm it Up

My Heart Pieces - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - New Year, New Stash ~ Template for gift bag)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Out with the old, in with the new (Template for gift bag)

Crafting When I Can Challenges 60 - Outside

Happy New Year to All

For the first Challenge of 2014 we have a theme of 

Outside

and our wonderful Sponsor is Heather Valentin from

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

We were able to choose our own stamps for this challenge and I chose 

Maggie Springtime Flowers from the retiring section.  I used my new Spectrum Noir pens.  I had been collecting the sets over the months and then treated myself to the sets I needed to complete the full set for Christmas and my MIL gave me some money towards the pen racks too so I now have a lovely, colourful set of pens to look at and hopefully use ;-).

I used an 8 x 8 card because I printed my image larger than I wanted but instead of worrying about it I went with the flow and used a bigger card base.  The green card I used for the base is from a Papermania pack, the mats are from DCWV Stack 6, the ribbon I bought about a year ago and never used until now.  All edges have been distressed with DI, Old Paper.  I've been trying to get more shading because I have all the SN pens and I like the dress but still can't get the hair but I think this image is a wonderful one which to practice shading on.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #291 - Sketch by Vanessa

Our Creative Corner - Shopping Sins (pink ribbon bought about a year ago and never used.  Mat paper bought 5 years ago still have loads left)

Creatalicious Challenges - Wishes (to spend less time worrying about what might happen and spend more time enjoying what is happening)

Allsorts Challenge 240 - Free and Easy

Challenges 4 Everyone #37 - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 59 - Calendar/Countdown

The Challenge over at Crafting When We Can Challenges is running until 

 4th January 2014

So you have plenty of time to show us your Calendars/Countdown projects.

Our wonderful Sponsor for this Challenge is

Dilly Beans Stamps

My project is a Christmas Countdown.  I printed out my image 

#313 - Christmas Squares twice and colour with Spectrum Noir pens, used Viva pearl pen to fill in Santa's beard, hair etc. and Sparkly Gelly roll pens to add sparkle to the glove.  I can't find my clear glitter pen so the penguin is sparkly (yet).  I then cut out the image and 3d'd the image onto the cut out frame and made the 1 - 24 number grid in CraftArtist printed this out and stuck on the images.

Hop over and leave your Calendar/Countdown projects on the Challenge blog and have a look at the projects our wonderfully talented DT have made. 

Crafting When We Can Challenges 58 - Winter

The Challenge this fortnight is sponsored by 

Fitztown 

The theme is 

Winter

I don't want to be reminded it nearly Christmas so my project for Winter is a wedding theme.  I have made a bottle hanger?  I used the template from CraftArtist and a background from MSC Winter Wonderland as a base for my image Fae 20.  I printed out my image at A4 coloured it in using my Spectrum Noir pens.  I am trying to improve my colouring but am still working out blends of colours I like.  I went for blue to keep with the Winter theme.  I wrote "Happy Winter Wedding to the Wonderful Couple".  You can't see from the photo but I have used a sparkly gelly roll pen to highlight the clothes and twiddly bits on the wreath.

close up of image

This would be champagne but I make do with Schloer

Hop over to CWWCC and show us your Winter projects.  Just follow the simple rules and you will be in with a chance of winning the wonderful sponsor prize.

CHALLENGES

Challenges 4 Everybody #34 - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen - Celebrate

Penny's Challenges 154 - Anything Goes

Delightful Skeches - Anything but a Card

Addicted to Stamps and more - Make your make 

(Spectrum Noirs to colour image before scanning)

Challenge 57 - Neopolitan - red, white, brown

First I have printer problems and now blogger seems to be playing up, but I'll try and make this a quick post.

Our theme over at Crafting When We Can Challenges  is

Neopolitan - red, white, brown

Our Sponsor is

The Stamping Chef

Tamara kindly gave us images to use and I chose Sirena.  I wanted to do this as a proper paper scrapbook but I was having problems with my printer and it took nearly 40 mins to just print out the line image so I decided to go digital.  I coloured my image with spectum noir pens, used Craft Artist II to make my page.  Digikits used - Season of Giving, Classic.  The white mats are made from coloured shapes punched out.  

Close up of coloured image

Hop over to the Challenge blog and leave your Neopolitan themed projects.

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Everyone - Anything but a card

One Stitch at a Time - Holidays (annual holiday 2008)

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge - Lots of layers (digital layers at least 3 per mat)

Crafting When We Can Challenges #56 - Make your own flower/s

The challenge over at Crafting When We Can Challenges is make your own flower/flowers and our wonderful sponsor is 

Lacy Sunshine

I used card and paper from my stash with a scrabby edge made with my scissors and matted onto gold card with a Craftworks sentiment.  The image was coloured with flexmarkers and the flower mat was cut with a Spellbinder die and embossed with a Tim Holtz wood embossing folder.  The flower was also made using the same die.  I coloured the flower paper with DI to give it a bit of depth.  

My image is Mitzi Gnome digi set.  

Hop over to the Challenge blog and show us your handmade flowers.

CHALLENGES

Papertake Weekly - Sketch 59

One Stitch at a Time 188 - Use a digi

Crafty Creations 246 - Make it yourself (flower)

Challenges 4 Everyone 32 - Anything Goes