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 I Can Challenges 68 - Sketch

For the challenge over at Crafting When We Can Challenges we have a sketch by Ang and our wonderful sponsor is 

The Stamping Chef

 

The theme is a Sketch by Ang.

We were allowed to choose our image for this challenge and I chose Jolene.  I coloured her with my Spectrum Noir pens and used some ribbon I've had for about a year.  The papers were from a Trimcraft 6" pad, I embossed stars into the background paper.  All the edges of the paper and image mat were distressed with Vintage Photo DI.  I'm really pleased with her hair this time, I love the colours but forgot to write them down and now can't remember what they were.  I know there were 3 colours from the TN range.  The ribbon was from Craft Den Studios and the sentiment was from a K & Co pad.

Hop over to the Challenge and join in.

Crafting When We Can Challenges 66 - For A Child

As usual we had some truly inspirational entries for out last Challenge. The Winner and Top 3 will be announced soon so become a follower of the 

Challenge blog and never miss a post.

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Sherry from 

A Random Fan

Theme

For A Child

Sherry offered us a Pirate Adventure image to use and below is my project.  Once again I used some papers from a DCWV stack 6 and plain card I bought from Lidl.  This card is serious thick but wonderful to use as a base card.  I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir pens and the Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Creative Stamping magazine.

Now it's your turn to show us what you can do.  Hop over to the Challenge blog and leave your For a Child project.

CHALLENGES

Moving Along With The Times - 'CASE' the 'Sketch'

Crafty Girls Challenges 14 - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody #39 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz 224 - Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow #75 - Happy Birthday (forgot to link up)

Crafting When We Can Challenges 65 - Hearts and Flowers

Over at CWWCC the we have the delightful ArtbyMiran as our Sponsor

Art by Miran

We were kindly given a choice of image and I chose Princess Color Page.  I really enjoyed working with this image, it gave me chance to practice hair colouring.  I used my Spectum Noir pens and a DCWV paper pad for the heart backing paper.  Gold card was used to compliment her hair and provide the hearts.  I didn't have the right colour card to use as a border so I coloured some white card with the same colour pen I used to highlight the details at the bottom of the dress.  A Martha Steward punch was used for the border edge.

Hop over to the Challenge and leave us your Hearts and Flowers creations.

CHALLENGES

Sketch Saturday #301 - Sketch by Jen

Allsorts Challenge 205 - Pretty in Pink

Paper Crafting Journey  Photo Inspiration 

(the colours in the backing paper)

Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenges - Free for All

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