Winter wonderland challenge–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Well I hope you’re enjoying the “indian summer” we’re experiencing at the moment – boy it’s been really hot hasn’t it?  It’s so much nicer than all the rain we’ve been having lately and let’s hope it lasts for the weekend. 

I’m here this morning to share my card for this week’s challenge over at winter wonderland challenge.  This week it’s Squirrel’s turn from Team Marianne to set the theme and she has chosen “how charming”, so we would like to see a charm on your creation somewhere.  Now I have to say I have an aversion to charms as I don’t really know how to attach them properly.  Everyone else seems to use them without much bother but I’m useless however I took the challenge and here is my card:

I have used a newly released super cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘sketchy snow person’ and coloured him with promarkers and I added stickles for the glistening snow.  The gorgeous papers are dovecraft from the ‘fancy Christmas’ paper pack and the fantastic sentiment strips are by pink petticoat from the ‘sentiment ribbons’ set.  I added my snowflake charm onto some baker’s twine and tied it around my top layer of patterned paper. 

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps and one lucky winner will receive a $10.00 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sentimental Sunday challenge – step out of your comfort zone (using a charm!)

Critter sketch challenge – anything goes

Lexi’s creations challenge – card for a child

Lollipop crafts challenge – anything goes

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – anything goes

Anything goes challenge – anything goes! (2nd entry)

Papertake challenge – sketch

4 crafty chicks challenge – anything goes

Crafty purple frog challenge – lots of layers

Pixie dust studio challenge –  inspired by a movie or book (‘the snowman’)

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas challenge – for a child

Christmas crafting challenge – Christmas sparkle

Crafter’s companion challenge – Christmas wishes

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing all your creations.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘sketchy snow person’

Papers: dovecraft – ‘fancy Christmas’ paper pack, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, baker’s twine from the ribbon girl, pink petticoat – ‘sentiment ribbons’, scallops created using a SU 3/4” circle punch, charm from stash, stickles

Passion for promarkers #119–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are looking forward to the mini heat-wave they’re predicting for the rest of this week – won’t it make such a difference to have some dry and sunny days after all the rain we’ve had over the last few weeks.  It’s a shame it will only be for a few days though! 

I’m here this morning with my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge and this week the lovely Tracy has set the theme and she has chosen “planes, trains and automobiles”.  Quite a straight forward theme this week, just include one of those modes of transport on your cards.  Don’t forget to be eligible for our prize draw you must use your promarkers, aqua markers, tria markers or flex markers. 

I decided to make an easel card this week, as I don’t seem to have made one for such a long time.  However when it came time to photograph it I realised why lol!!  Why are they so difficult to get a good photo of?  Anyway here is my card:

I have used a cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called “Zoe driving” and coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are first edition from the ‘summer breeze’ paper pad and the gorgeous flowers were a pressie from my lovely crafty friend Donna. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and the lucky winner will receive one of their promarker stamping kits. 

On the subject of Letraset, we have been asked to inform you that the lighter flex markers may appear to be faulty (and seem to have no colour ) but they need to be primed before use so that the colour flows through to the nib.  You can read all about it on the Letraset site here.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples to inspire you, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to stamps challenge – stitching (mine is faux using a pen)

Come and get it challenge – easel card

The crafty pad challenge – stitching (again mine is faux)

Pile it on challenge – fancy folds

The crazy challenge – use 3 colours of your choice (brown, aqua and peach)

Critter sketch challenge – anything goes

Incy wincy designs challenge – fancy folds

Lollipop crafts challenge – anything goes

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – anything goes

Cute card Thursday challenge – sketch

One stop craft challenge – easel cards

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Zoe driving’

Papers: first edition – ‘summer breeze’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, flowers were a gift, SU choc chip ribbon, ek success swirl punch, pearls from stash, MS leaf punch, go-kreate circle die

Cupcake craft challenge #161–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends.  As promised I’m back with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge .  Our lovely boss lady Faye has set the theme and she has chosen “if you go down to the woods today” which basically means you have to include a teddy on your project!  Here is my card:

I was lucky enough to receive an image from our sponsor this week (sassy studio designs) called ‘Little Honey’s – Goldilocks’ and coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex makers.  The image is so sweet isn’t it – with the girl holding the three little bears awwww!   The gorgeous papers are echo park from the ‘be mine’ paper pad. 

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs and one lucky winner will receive 4 digi images of their choice – and you will definitely be spoilt for choice. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor, who for September is, Bunny Zoe’s crafts and one lucky winner will receive a £15.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge – dies and/or punches

OSAAT challenge – use your favourites (pink/black is a fave colour combo of mine)

Digital Tuesday challenge – people images

Flourishes timeless Tuesday challenge – all dolled up

Crafty sentiments challenge – happy birthday

Moving along with the times challenge – 3 papers, 2 embellishments and 1 image

Pixie dust studio challenge – circles

Sassy studio designs challenge – hip to be square

Simon says stamp challenge – use dies or punches

Stamping for the weekend challenge – what a cutie

Stamp magic challenge – square

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – favourite colours (pink/black is one of my current faves)

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything goes

Crafty calendar challenge – let sleeping bears lie

2 sisters challenge – gingham or plaid (my ribbon is gingham)

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Ok so that’s my lot for today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by. 

 

Card ingredients:

Image: sassy studio designs – ‘Little Honey’s – Goldilocks’

Papers: echo park – ‘be mine’ paper pad, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, circle nesties, papermania adhesive stones, SU gingham ribbon, personal impressions sentiment, SU scallop border punch

Stamp with fun #130–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you all had a great weekend and managed to fit some crafting into your busy schedules!  I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge.  This week we have a great sketch to use and as I had to make a card for a friend in work who was leaving our team I decided to combine the two.  Here is my card:

 

here is the sketch:

I decided to keep the layout simple and followed the sketch as it was, especially as my card was for one of those “difficult males” lol!  I used a super cute image from DigiStamp Boutique called “work James” and coloured him with promarkers.  The papers are echo park from the ‘dots & stripes – metropolitan collection’ and the sentiment was created on the pc. 

The rest of the DT have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge – dies and/or punches

OSAAT challenge – use your favourites (DSB images)

Digital Tuesday challenge – people images

Crafts and me challenge – stripes

Creative craft world challenge – new (new job)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – girls and boys

Do you stack up? challenge – duo (2 papers, 2 colours)

Hanna & friends challenge – anything goes

Simon says stamp challenge – use dies or punches

Southern girls challenge – anything goes

Bizzy becs challenge – anything goes

I hope you can join in with our sketch challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you created.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for the cupcake craft challenge so I hope you will be able to call back and check it out.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘work James’

Papers: echo park – ‘dots & stripes – metropolitan collection’, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, quickutz star cookie cutters, papermania adhesive stones, sentiment created on the pc

Charisma cardz #38–DT project

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are having a great week so far, work is completely manic at the moment so the week is flying by for me, hope it’s the same for you!.  It’s Thursday so that means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz and it’s Team Gem’s turn to share their work.  This week Christel has given us a brilliant theme of “create a gift bag or box and matching card”.  I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed making my projects for this challenge (which makes a change!!).  Here is my card and bag:

I have used a super cute image from DigiStamp Boutique from the ‘cute halloween collection’ which is one of the “offers of the month” this month and therefore available at a fantastic price.  I also printed out extra pumpkins from the ‘halloween doodles set’ which is this month’s freebie, so grab it while you can.   I coloured the images with promarkers and the gorgeous papers are authentique from the ‘6x6 bundle collection: glowing’.

Our sponsors this week are Crafty Emma’s Store who is offering a £10.00 voucher (not including p&p) to spend in her online store and Meljen’s designs who are offering one lucky winner 4 digi images of their choice from their online store. 

The rest of the design team have made gorgeous samples to inspire you once again this week, so please pop over and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my bag & card into the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge – punches and/or dies

Pile it on challenge – colours of fall

Quirky crafts challenge – anything but a card (my gift bag)

The crazy challenge – men only

Lexi’s creations challenge – card for a child

Lollipop crafts challenge – anything but a card (my gift bag)

Ooh la la creations challenge – punches/dies

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – use shapes and/or die cuts

Anything goes challenge – anything goes

Ladybug crafts ink challenge – animals

Papertake challenge – creature comforts

Scrap creations challenge – anything goes

Tip top Tuesday challenge – 1 for the kids

My mum’s craft shop challenge – girls and boys

Paper pretties challenge – use fall as your inspiration (colours)

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – fall

Scrapbook sisters challenge – autumn colours

Fairy fun challenge – snips and snails

Mami doodles challenge – all creatures great and small

Sew many cards challenge – halloween

Allsorts challenge – alter/recycle (altered a plain brown paper bag)

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – include a pumpkin

Totally gorjuss challenge – anything but square (my gift bag)

The beary sweet challenge – happy fall, y’all!

Crafty calendar challenge – let sleeping bears lie

Ready teddy go challenge – autumn colours

A gem of a challenge – sketch

Wow that’s a lot of challenges that my cute little set fits into lol!  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Krista *waves hello*, thanks for following me and I hope you can pop around here again soon.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘cute halloween collection’

Papers: authentique – ‘6x6 bundle collection: glowing’, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, circle nesties, plain paper bag from crafts u love, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment freebie from birds cards

Passion for Promarkers #118–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  It’s Tuesday morning so that means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week it’s Michele’s turn to set the theme and she has chosen to give us a sketch to work with.  Here is my card:

and here is Michele’s gorgeous sketch:

I have used a gorgeous image from DigiStamp Boutique from the current ‘offer of the month’ for September called “cute nativity set 2” and coloured it with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are first edition from the ‘festive treats’ paper pad.   

Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and the lucky winner will receive 6 digi images of their choice.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Sunday challenge – Christmas card

Karen’s doodles challenge –  Christmas

Cute card Thursday challenge – anything goes

Simon says stamp challenge – sing it (away in a manger)

Jingle belles challenge – incorporate a digi element (my image)

Mami doodles challenge – all creatures great and small

Phindy’s place challenge – Christmas

Crafter’s companion challenge – Christmas wishes

Kaboodle challenge – lots of layers

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to visiting your blogs.  I would like to welcome my newest follower - the papercrafting league: mother of 3 *waves hello*.  Thanks for following me and I hope you will visit me often.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today.

 

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘cute nativity set 2’

Papers: first edition – ‘festive treats’ paper pad, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, red mesh from stash, pearls from the hobby house

Cupcake craft challenge #160–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends.  As promised I’m back to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Delphine has set the theme and she has chosen “the dark side” and in Delphine’s own words she would like to see ‘only purple and black’.  You can stamp onto a neutral and use skin tones and hair colour, unless you want purple or black hair but otherwise, it's all purple and black!  Such a fantastic theme don’t you think.  Here is my card:

I have used an image kindly donated by our sponsor this week called “Dotty” and I coloured her with my promarkers.  The paper is papermania from the ‘happy birthday to you’ paper pack and the purple card is from the papermill shop.  I used a MS punch for the border and an ek success punch for the swirls behind the image. 

Our sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy designs and the lucky winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to spend in their online store. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor, who for September is, Bunny Zoe’s crafts and one lucky winner will receive a £15.00 gift voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the design team have created amazingly beautiful samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge – punches and/or dies

OSAAT challenge – punch it

Delightful challenge – girlie girl

My mum’s craft shop challenge – birthday (2nd entry)

Dutch dare challenge – monochromatic

Paper play challenge punches and dies

Shelly’s images challenge – anything goes

Card makin’ mamas challenge – punches

Frosted designs challenge – punches

One stop craft challenge – girlie

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – birthday

Sweet stampin’ challenge – flowers, flowers, flowers

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: prairie fairy designs – ‘ Dotty’

Papers: papermania – ‘happy birthday to you’ paper pack, SU basic black cardstock, purple card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, MS border punch, circle nesties, ek success swirl punch and retro flower punch, pearls from the hobby house (coloured with promarkers), personal impressions sentiment

Stamp with Fun #129–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I’m sorry for being MIA last week but I’ve been suffering with a virus and really haven’t felt like crafting at all (shocker I know!!).  I have to say I think it’s going to be one of those viruses that lingers forever as I still don’t feel back to normal, but at least I feel like crafting now haha!  I hope you all had a great week last week, although the  weather is decidedly wintery all of a sudden isn’t it. 

I’m here this morning with my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and we have the easiest theme for you of “anything goes”, so there is no excuse not to play along!  Here is my card:

I have used a gorgeous digi image by Krista Smith called ‘Penny, a ragamuffin’ and it is available (along with lots of other gorgeous images) in her etsy shop saturated canary digi’s.   I coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers and the papers are echo park from the ‘be mine’ paper pad. 

The rest of the DT have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge – punches and/or dies

Stamptacular challenge – just sayin’ (include sentiment/words)

Whoopsi daisy challenge – shabby chic

Delightful challenges – girly girl

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – bingo (digi image, ribbon, 3 papers or layers)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – birthday

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or fussy and fancy

CCEE stampers challenge – use pink and lace or doily

Cute card Thursday challenge – anything goes

Moving along with the times challenge – sparkle (gems, pearls, silver corner)

Cardmadfairy’s digi days challenge – lots of layers

Stamping for the weekend challenge – tickled pink

CES challenge – embellish me more (pearls, gems, ribbon, doily and corner)

CR84FN colour challenge – bright pink, black and grey

One stop craft challenge – girlie

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – birthday

Bizzy becs challenge – anything goes

Ok, so that’s all for me for the moment, but I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Saturated Canary digis – ‘Penny, a Ragamuffin’

Papers: echo park – ‘be mine’ paper pad, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, SU ribbon, silver corner from wild orchid crafts, personal impressions sentiment, whimsy ticket die, pearls from the hobby house, papermania adhesive stones, doily from Joanna Sheen

Passion for promarkers #116–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  As it’s Tuesday I’m here with my card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Julie has set the theme and she has chosen “patchwork”.  I couldn’t believe it when I saw the theme as if you saw my cupcake craft card yesterday you will know that our theme over there is also patchwork this week – coincidence or what!!  Now I used a patchwork paper yesterday so thought I had better make a patchwork design myself for today’s card.  Here is my card:

I used papers from basic grey ‘Olivia’ paper pad and cut them up into small squares and stuck them together to create my larger patchwork square.  I then added some “faux” stitches and matted it onto black card.  The super cute image is from Lili of the Valley called ‘Maisie two balloons’ and I coloured her with promarkers.  I also seem to have gone mad for paper piecing this week as I paper pieced the balloons with some scrap bits of paper I had left from creating my patchwork. 

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as usual, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – add a bow

Pile it on challenge – B is for……(balloons, bow, black, bling)

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s bling it (black gems)

Craft your passion challenge – anything goes with a twist…add at least one flower

Crafty creations challenge – use at least 3 dies/punches (flower, tiny circle, leaf, oval nestie)

Scrapbook sisters challenge – anything goes

Cute card Thursday challenge – a pinch & a punch

Some odd girl challenge – paper piecing

Raise the bar challenge – paper piece

Mark’s finest papers challenge – bring on the bling (black gems)

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Ольга Хиневич *waves hello*, thanks for following me and I hope you continue to visit me.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Lili of the Valley – ‘Maisie two balloons’

Papers: basic grey – ‘Olivia’ paper pad, SU basic black and whisper white cardstock

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, MS frond punch, papermania adhesive stones, gingham ribbon from lady on FB, small circle punch from stash, letraset fineliner pen, oval nesties

Cupcake craft #158–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

See below for my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends, I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Liza has set the theme and she has chosen ‘patchwork quilt’ so we would like to see patchwork of some kind on your creations.  Here is my card:

I was lucky enough to find this gorgeous patchwork paper in one of my basic grey paper pads so decided to use that.  The image is from wild rose studio called ‘Mia with kitten’ and I decided to do some paper piecing, which I haven’t tried for such a long time.  The rest of the image is coloured with promarkers.  I think the finished card is a bit busy but overall I’m quite happy with it. 

We are sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp and one lucky winner will receive a $20.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

The rest of the cupcake DT have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really love reading all your lovely messages each week. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – add a bow

Pile it on challenge – B is for……(bows, blue)

4 crafty chicks challenge – celebrate (birthday)

Aud sentiments challenge – card/sentiment for a girl

Crafty purple frog challenge – birthday

Crafty sentiments challenge – ribbons and bows

Cute card Thursday challenge – a pinch & a punch (oval all punches)

Do you stack up? challenge – friendly critters (kitty cat)

Dutch dare challenge – fall colours

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes + blog hop

Some odd girl challenge – paper piecing

Fun with shapes and more challenge – what you want

The poodles parlour challenge – animal antics

Raise the bar challenge – paper piece

Basic grey challenge – celebrations (birthday)

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – the colours of autumn

Ok so that’s all from me today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and cannot wait to see all your beautiful creations.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by. 

Card ingredients:

Image: wild rose studio – ‘Mia with kitten’

Papers: basic grey – ‘marrakech’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, SU oval all punches, personal impressions sentiment, ribbon from lady on FB, flowers from wild orchid crafts (coloured with my promarkers), oval nesties