Beccy's Challenge May 2013 - Anything Goes

Here is my entry for Beccy's Place May challenge.  I originally made this for the April challenge but forgot to post and enter it  so as May's challenge is anything goes this will work too.  The image is called Full Bloom and is perfect for layering up, as you can see on the 2nd picture.  The decoupage is about 2cm high. The image was coloured with copics and promarkers and then scanned and printed so I could layer them up.  The base card was embossed and coloured with DI and the mat was cut with a Nelly C die.

CHALLENGES

Beccy's Place  - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can Challenges 43 - Personalise It

A very quick post today.  MY OH has decide to update my laptop and now I can't find anything.

Sassy Studio Designs are sponsoring us again for this Challenge and I chose Little Honeys - Cinderella Honey

I made a scrapbook page on CraftArtist (half my digikits are still missing) but I printed out and coloured the image with Copics and Promarkers then scanned it back into CA and added it to my page.

Hop over to Crafting When We Can Challenges and let's see your personalised projects.

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

CraftnDen ATC swap March - bit late...

Because of life I'm a little late with my March ATC swap for Craft Den but I will be taking them down to Lynne on Tuesday.  If you want to join in hop over and see what the theme will be for April or even better become a follower of Lynne's blog and you'll never miss them or any of the wonderful classes she runs.

The theme for March was Birds of a feather. I was going to go with flying birds but I decided to go with the colloquial ones instead and add feathers.  All 5 are the same.  I've used an image from Dezinaworld and feathers from an old boa.  The stamp is from a set that came with a magazine, inked with DI.  The little pearl is from Home Bargains.

Hope you're having a great weekend.  Weather not too bad in Sheffield today.  Half past 7   in the evening and I'm sat looking a blue sky with scattered clouds.  Spring may just be arriving and about time too.

Shouldn't eat, won't eat...

I'm on holiday this week and so thought it would be a great time to get back to my healthier eating plan.  Before Christmas I lost 7lbs in weight but managed to do so much more with controlling my type 2 diabetes and blood pressure.   I managed to have 1 of my tablets taken away and my blood pressure was the lowest it had been for nearly 10 years.  Over Christmas I indulged myself but didn't go overboard but then I had some stress at work and the eating started again.  I am overdue to go back to see my nurse and I can tell that my blood sugars etc are not going to be very good.  So I have decided that this holiday would be a great time to start again and hopefully I will get back to where I was or better.  

Anyhoo the reason I am posting today is to show a digital scrapbook page I made using Vintaj Victorian Garden in CraftArtist instead of raiding the fridge/crisp bag.  I really everything about this page. I even worked out a way to put a shadow in the aperture that didn't hang over the border at the side. Woo Hoo love CraftArtist 2.

CHALLENGES

Challenges 4 Everybody #17 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge 200 - Vintage

Crafting When We Can Challenges 41 - Name That Tune

The Challenge for this fortnight was a fun one to do.  As soon as I saw this image in the sponsors shop I knew what song I wanted to do.  We have a new sponsor for this challenge

Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Theme

Name That Tune

Image:  Run Derek Run

For my card this week I used one of my shaped cards (I never use these but this is how much I looked forward to this challenge).  I made my own backing paper using a background from CraftArtist (Butterfly Elegance ) and an image from My Craft Sudio.  The backing paper was a bit of a pain to cut out which is why it just does fit quite right around the edge but as this card will eventually be received by my from my OH it doesn't really matter (yes I have to sort out my own cards and presents or I don't get them, usually sometime he really surprises me).  Nest time I will draw around the card and cut the paper on my Craftrobo, so it will hopefully fit better.  I coloured my image using Promarkers and Copics, matted it and my message onto blue card, popped up on 3d foam.  I added 3 buttons, trying to keep with the colours green, orange and yellow, used blue and white twine in the middle of each.  All the edges were coloured with Ocean Spray DI.

Hop over to Crafting When We Can Challenges and leave us your song inspired projects.

CHALLENGES

Stampotique Designers Challenge SDC90 - Song Inspiration

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Lacy Sunshine - Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps #32 - It's in the Words

Penny's Paper-Crafty 120 - Anything but a Square

DT call for Crafting When We Can Challenges

Here is the post from the Crafting When We Can Challenge Blog.  If you are interested in applying please click the link at the bottom of the post.

Hi everyone!

 A few of our DT ladies have decided to step down.  As a result we have 2 DT spots open!

 

Requirements

Make a creation every fortnight.  Sometimes you will be required to use a specific image from our sponsors, where possible you will be able to choose these. 

Comment on participant's entries.  You will be assigned two numbers and will have to comment on all entries ending in your two numbers. 

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!

 

Benefits

Some of our sponsors offer free images, these are yours to keep. 

DT experience. 

New crafty blogging friends. 

 

How to enter!

It's really simple, just enter your details into the linky below.  Make sure it links to your blog post which has a sample of your crafting style.  It doesn't have to be a new creation, but it must have been created in 2013.  

Hurry DT Call ends 31st March 2013!

 

Good luck!

CRAFTING WHEN WE CAN CHALLENGES DT CALL

Crafting When We Can Challenges #40 = Sketch by Ang

I can't believe how time flies.  It doesn't seem like 2 minutes since I was writing my last Challenge post.  The quality of work from our DT is awesome and if you haven't hopped over to the Challenge you should even if it's just to see their work.

This Challenge our sponsor is the talented Heather from 

Lacy Sunshine

We were given our choice of images from the Lacy Sunshine shop and I chose 

Lizabeth with Butterfly Kisses

The theme for this Challenge is a sketch by Ang

My base card is a linen effect white card with the papers from a Craftworks Cards Vintage Rose paper pack.  I coloured my image using the mica paints from The Works.  The bling is from Poundland and the charm is off a mobile phone charm that I used to have on my Glitter Girl ball tool.  The Sentiment if from a sheet of various sentiment but I don't know the manufacturer.  

I nearly had a mishap with this card.  I made the design up on the base layer of paper then went to stick the paper on the base card when I realised the paper was too big to go on the card  DUH!.  I was very lucky that I had enough room to cut away a border from the top and right side so it would fit.  Moral of the story is to always make sure your base layer fits the base card you are using.  I don't know why I decided to make up the design before I stuck my base layer to the card as it makes it very difficult to stick it to the base card using double sided tape.  I think I'm still tired (that's my excuse).

CHALLENGES

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #162 - Add a sentiment

Fairytale Challenge #63 - Photo inspiration (flowers and colour)

Gingerloft Challenge - The Colour Green

Bunny Zoe's Crafts  - Girly

Crafting When We Can Challenges 39 - Earth, Air, Fire & Water

I'm really enjoying my crafting at the moment.  My friend gave me a table for my son to use but until we have moved his bedroom around to accommodate it, it is sat in my bay window and I am using it as a craft table.  My son was as bit concerned when I filled the drawers with my craft stuff but I have assured him when his bedroom is ready he can have it back.  My OH has already said I can have my own table to replace it along with some drawers (maybe), can't wait.

Theme

Earth, Air, Fire, Water

Sponsor the talented Megan of

Dilly Beans

For my card this Challenge I have used a Dilly Bean image, which we were allowed to choose from Dilly Beans Stamps.  Unfortunately I can't show you the full card until after the 6th of March as this card is for my friend (I got the dates of the challenge mixed up and thought it was the weekend after her birthday).  To see the full card hop over to the Challenge blog and you will see it while you are entering your card.  For the recipient of the card (you know who you are) you are forbidden to look until after the 6th, when I will post the full card here on this post.

This card was designed and coloured using CraftArtist and then cut out and 3d mounted using Pinlflair Gel.  The base card and mats are from a Colossal colour card pack by Papermania and the embossing was done with my Hougie board.

**EDITTED**

As promised here is the completed card.  My friend now has it and so it is safe to show.

Crafting When We Can Challenges

CHALLENGES

Digital Tuesday #199 - Birthdays (a friends B'day on 6th March)

Cute Card Thursday 258 - Something old (coloured card aleast 6 years old)

Allsorts Challenges 196 - For a Lady (my friend is definitely a Lady, when she wants to be)

Catch the Bug Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft #211 - Embossing (picture of embossed lines above)

Beccy's Place Challenge #4 - Use a February freebie.

This is the last of Beccy's Birthday Challenges.  I've really enjoyed doing these and they have re-inspired me as I had lost the will to craft.  I chose the Pine Forest because I love the depth this image has.  I re-coloured the image in Craftartist to Green then made 3 mats using Promarkers and Copics as close as I could to the colours in the image to frame the layers.  I then went around each edge with a Sakura calligraphy pen in gold.  I used my Cuttlebug swiss dot embossing folder to make a larger mat (it reminded me of falling snow).  I then made the base layer and coloured it with the mid green tone and then edged it in gold.  Finally stuck this onto the base A5 card.    I then sat and looked at it for a while and decided it needed some embellishments.  I googled "making pinecones using punches" and t pinecone tutorial popped up (to my surprise).  Kittie at Kitties Kraft has made a tutorial for flat pinecones so using this for inspiration I set to with my a ancient Create and Craft punch, a pair of scissors, scattered straw DI and Pinflair glue gel and made my own little pincones.  I then used a gold senitment my MIL brought back for from her holiday (along with a bag of ribbon and tassels she has acquired from chocolate boxes etc) to balance up the card.  Pheww if you made it to here you have alot of patience.  Here is my card and I'm pretty darned pleased with it.

Challenges

Beccy's Place #4 - Use a Febrauary freebie