Dezinaworld - BIG CELEBRATORY COLLAGE GIVE AWAY

Just a quick post while I'm on holiday.  June over at Dezinaworld is having a Big Celebratory Giveaway to celebrate reaching 500 followers.  If you hop over to DEZINAWORLD you can read the instructions and see the beautiful giveaways.  The winner(s) will be drawn on 15th July.  Below is one of the fab prizes.

Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge - Celebrate Your Homeland

Here is my entry for Dezinaworld's Spot Prize Challenge.  The theme is 'Celebrate Your Homeland' and what better way to celebrate than to make a scrapbook page of the beautiful countryside about 10mins drive from my house.  There are 3 pictures altogether which I have cobbled together into a panorama.  I did this in my new CraftArtist program.  There are so many different things in this program I don't think I will ever be able to use them all.  I have added a .png balloon from one of Dezinaworld's steampunk collage sheets.

Just playing around at Dezinaworld Spot Prize Challenge

Just a quick post so I can enter the Spot Prize at Dezinaworld.  The challenge is to take an everyday object and change the colour to something it isn't. ???? I've confused myself now but if you look at the picture I think it will make sense and June explains it so much better than me here

I've used a steampunk frame, woven backing paper, ducks and steampunk heart and hat from different collage sheets from Dezinaworld, the flower is one I made for an ATC a while ago.  I put them all in Paintshop Pro and played around with the colours.  I made his hat pink but I think I should have used blue but I can't be bother to change it now.  Off to enter this before I forget.  Happy Crafting everyone.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #15 - Summertime Fun

I hope everyone has had a good 2 weeks since the last time I posted.  We've just started getting the nice weather here and I think everyone is starting to feel happier that Summer is here at last.  

This fortnight the challenge at Creative Cowgirls shows this with the theme of 'Summertime Fun'.

We were given some fabulous images by our sponsor Chi Chi Memories and I was given an image from the set called 'Meaning of Love' and when I saw it I knew exactly what paper I was going to use.  The paper was from the DCWV stack 6 and some pink papermania colour card.  I used a Victorian velvet DI to colour the white card to match the trees on the paper.  The image was coloured with Promarkers on pearlized card and then copied and decoupaged (I hope you can see this on the picture).

Our Sponsor this challenge is

The winner will receive 3 images of their choice

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The Winners Badge to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of their choice

+

The TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Please hop over to the Challenge and see the fantastic projects the other posse members have made and join in the wonderful challenge.

CHALLENGES

Stamping with Fun #113 - in the garden (hope this card counts)

Butterfly Wednesdays #157 - open theme (must have a butterfly, angel or fairy)

Fab 'n' Funky #75 - what 'eva + DT call

Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #54 - here come's Summer

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

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #13 - Anything Goes

All back to normal now after the double long weekend, kids back at school and work back to normal.  Then another long weekend to disrupt the flow in about 3 weeks, I only hope this good weather continues.

The challenge this week over at the Creative Cowgirls Challenge is Anything Goes, so I hope all you who visit take a little time and hop over to enter.

This challenge we were given images from the talented Michelle Perkett, mine is called 'Birthday Packages with Hearts' and can be found on her Etsy site by clicking on the link.

I have made my background by colouring with DIs and stamping with a CC stamp from a Cute Companion Christmas set.  You can't see it on this photo but I have layer the image, there are 3 layers on the yellow, 2 on the blue and 1 on the green I then wrapped the parcels in ribbon and made a 4 layer bow to put on the top (it looks more effective in real life).  The image was coloured with Promarkers and Copics. The sentiment is part of the image but I printed it separately and the 3 parcels are cut from the top of the pile.  This is the second card I have made with this image as I lost the topper I orignally made.  If I find it I may make another card to post later.

Sponsor this week

Michelle Perkett Studio

The winner will receive 

3 image of their choice

+

Winner Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will each receive

1 image of their choice

+

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

CHALLENGES

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #91 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #56 - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Use a Digi

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Hop over to the Challenge and enter your fantastic work and see what the awesome DT have created.

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #12 - Mum/Mom's Day/Spring

As our Challenge is based in America and it's Mother's Day over there our theme this fortnight is Mother's Day/Spring.  We were given some very beautiful images from Prairie Fairy to use.  I received In a Nutshell to use and I loved this image so much I coloured in 4 of the images so I can use them at a later date.  As a bonus we will also be sponsored by Crafty Ribbons. 

We are also having a Guest Designer this challenge.  Hop over to the Challenge blog to see Bridget's gorgeous work.

For my card I used Prairie Fairy 'In a Nut Shell' with backing papers from a CC flower fairy CD and flowers from stash, all edges highlighted by a Sakura Silver Calligraphy pen.  I had a nightmare with this card as I couldn't find my double sided tape or tape pen so had to use a glue pen which wouldn't stick.  I about to get out the flour and water when I found some wide double sided tape.  I eased the layers off, of which there are plenty, and stuck them down again with the tape.  I also realised I had printed my image slightly too big for my mats and I wasn't feeling too great I couldn't be bothered to print it again. By this time the light was fading, hence the rubbish picture.

Our Sponsors this challenge are

Crafty Ribbons

&

Prairie Fairy Designs

The Winner will receive

4 images of their choice from Prairie Fairy Designs

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Ribbons shown from Crafty Ribbons

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The Mother's Day Badge (a one off design for this challenge) to display with pride

The TOP 3 will each receive

1 image of their choice form Prairie Fairy Designs

+

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Now hop over to the Creative Cowgirls Challenge and join in.

CHALLENGES

Create 4 Fun Challenge - Sketch Anne-Marye

CCH #63 - Friendship

Cupcake Craft #138 - Lots of layers

Flutter by Wednesday's - Must have an Angel, Fairy, butterfly + open theme

Do It With Digis #8 - Fairies, Pixies & Elves

Cute Card Thursday - No Text

Card Makin' Mamas #19 - Spring colours

Unrestricted Challenges is a blog page where Susan from Susan's Crafty Chaos has listed loads of challenges.  It is the one I refer to when choosing my challenges.  THANK YOU Susan.

A plea for Rancorman - sticky post

Hi All,  I know it's a big ask but if you have time could you please pop over to Rancorman's Ramblings and give him some encouragement.  Big Thanks.  :-) xx

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #11 - Rainy Days or Spring

We had a fantastic response to our Easter Blog Hop and the winner will be announced tomorrow on the Creative Cowgirls Challenge blog.

This week we had the pleasure of working with images from Digi's with Attitude.  I had KitKat.  It was enjoyable to colour in with my Copics and Promarkers.  You will notice that the colours don't exactly match, this was intentional, the cats we have in our area are and eclectic mix of colours so this is how I coloured my KitKat (honest).

I really wanted to add a sentiment but I couldn't think of anything funny, if you have any suggested they will be welcome.  The gingham papers are printed from a CC Beatrix Potter CD and the peel offs were from my stash, I thought I had used spun sugar around my mat but it seems it was antique linen (that will teach me to craft under an energy saving light at night) luckily it works with the yellow.  On to the important stuff now.

Our Sponsor this Challenge is

The winner will receive 3 images of choice from the Digi's with Attitude store

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Winners Badge to display with pride

TOP 3 will each receive 1 image of choice

+

TOP 3 Badge to display with pride

Hop over to the Challenge and enter your Rainy Days/Spring cards.

CHALLENGES

Moving Along With The Times #93 - Sketch 

My Partners in Crafting Crime #24 - 3 or more layers

Craft Your Passion #52 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - April Showers

Creative Cowgirls Challenge #10 - Easter/Spring + Blog Hop

Sorry I haven't been around this last couple of weeks, as usual life got in the way but I'm hoping to get around to everyone next week.

This fortnight over at the Creative Cowgirls Challenge we are having a blog hop.  If you hop over to the Challenge you will find all the details and the members of the Posse who are in this  hop.  At Creative Cowgirls we try to keep the hop short as we know everyone is busy with day to day life, for this reason we keep them to approx 8 blogs, where you only need to leave a little love and then back to the Challenge to enter your Easter/Spring card.

Here is the card I made from the cute images provided by Chi Chi Memories, the set is called Happy Easter.  My daughter coloured in the flowers and bunnies and I coloured in the egg to match.  It doesn't show up very well but I have layered the egg, Happy Easter and flowers using Pin flair gel.  All the papers are scraps from my stash.  

We are being sponsored by 2 fantastic Sponsors this Challenge/Hop.  They are 

CHI CHI MEMORIES

 &

CRAFTY RIBBONS

Hop over to the Challenge, see the fantastic work of my fellow Posse members and join in the fun.

CHALLENGES

Kaboodle Doodles #59 - colours yellow, blue, pink, green

Whoopsi Daisy - Easter Time

Scrapbook Sisters Card Challenge #28 - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenges #27 - Anything Goes

Colour Create Challenge #67 - Pastels