Caffeinated Christmas Card challenge #54 - Guest Designer

Hello again friends, welcome back to my blog. I was lucky enough to be invited to be a guest designer for the Caffeinated Christmas Card challenge this month.   Their challenge runs until 25th June and the only rules are you have to make a Christmas/holiday card with a coffee, tea and/or hot chocolate theme.  Sounds fun right?  

For this month's challenge DT Christine is the hostess and the optional shop is Stampin' Up, which just means if you have any SU supplies then feel free to use them, but it's only optional so don't worry if you don't.  I don't have any SU products so went with some Spellbinders dies on my card.  I hope you like it.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by die cutting all the elements to create my mug of hot cocoa from coloured card from my scraps bin.  I used a slightly darker red for the base of my mug and a lighter red for the cup and I also added some shading around the edge of the cup to give the centre a slight glow.  I used liquid glue to assemble the candy cane and tree and also to adhere the foam/marshmallows to the base before adding the cup with foam squares.  I decided to do a shaped panel from my background so used an oval die to cut out some green textured card.  I added the cup onto the green panel with foam squares and added a few loose marshmallows with a mix of liquid glue and foam squares.  I stamped the sentiment in red ink onto white card and used a smaller oval to cut it out.  I added the sentiment in the upper left of the panel with foam squares.  The panel was added directly onto the card base with double sided tape.  I finished off with a few red solid sequins.  For the inside I cut another oval from white card and cut a small piece of red card using the same die.  I adhered them together with liquid glue. I added a die cut tree to the bottom right and stamped the sentiment in the centre with red ink.  I somehow managed to mark the panel (I think I put my damp tidy towel on top of it) so covered over the mark with two of the small yellow stars.  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut

CRAFT challenge - Christmas

Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG must use a die cut

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - food and/or drink

Girlz Creative Christmas challenge - ATG Christmas

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - ATG Christmas optional inspiration board

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist marble magic

I would like to thank Amy at CCCC for inviting me to be a guest for this fun challenge and I hope you will pop over and leave the team some love.  I can't wait to see what you create.  

Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Spellbinders - merry mug creations die set

Spellbinders - Santa's sippin' sayings stamp (for both sentiments) - on sale!

Spellbinders - essential stylish ovals die set

Spellbinders - scarlet color essential smooth disc sequins

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

*Gina K Designs - ink pads - cherry red, red hot, fresh asparagus

green textured card from American Crafts Project Life Strawberry Edition card pack

all coloured card from my scraps bin

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x

Cupcake craft challenge #83 – DT card

** This is my second post for today **

Please scroll down to see my stamp with fun DT card

The theme this week over at cupcake craft challenge has been chosen by the lovely Liza and it is ‘food and drink’.  For my card I used a pretty digi image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘birthday Poppy’ and coloured her with my promarkers.  The gorgeous paper is BG from the nook & pantry paper pad and the plain card is SU chocolate chip.  The decorative edge was cut with my MS simple scallop border punch and I added adhesive pearls for a bit of extra oomph!  The ribbon is american crafts and IRL it does match the paper very well (it looks a bit gaudy in the pic) and the sentiment is from the elzybells ‘everyday greetings’ stamp set.  The adhesive pearls are from Joanna Sheen. 

We are sponsored this week by Cupcake Cards & Craft and the lucky winner will receive a voucher for £10.00 of digi products.  I’ve just been over for a quick look and I’m very tempted lol!

The rest of the DT have created some gorgeous (and delicious) samples for you again this week.  Please pop over and take a look if you get the chance. 

My card also fits in with the following challenges:

Crafty cardmakers challenge – a feminine celebration

Creative card crew challenge – going dotty (ribbon)

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – use something new (new image)

Pixie dust studio challenge – power of 3 (3 papers and 3 cupcakes on image)

Basic grey challenge – tutti frutti (I think the colours are very fruity)

Sketch Saturday challenge – sketch

Totally gorjuss challenge – ribbon

Paper jewels challenge – cute and girly

I hope you have fun with our challenge this week and look forward to seeing what delicious creations you come up with.  Have a wonderful Monday (I know I will – no work *yay*).  Thanks for stopping by.

By the way I’ve just noticed that my counter has gone over 40,000 hits – so look out for some candy very soon!!

Stamp with fun #49 – DT card

Hello and welcome to a brand new week (don’t the weekends just go by too fast).  For our brand new challenge over at stamp with fun challenge our theme is spring.  For my card I used a glorious image by Mo Manning called ‘Mary tapping’ and she seems to be jumping for joy ‘cos spring has sprung.  I coloured the image with promarkers and used the blender to bleach out some of the colour on her skirt.  The papers are K & Co from the sparkly sweet paper pad and the plain card is SU.  The sentiment was created on the pc and cut out with my SU circle punches.  The yellow ribbon is dovecraft and the dotty ribbon is american crafts.  The adhesive stones are from my stash and I paper pricked the corner of the image panel with my pokey tool.  The butterfly was cut with my MS punch and the decorative edge was created with my fiskars threading water punch. 

We are sponsored this week by Kreativart and the prize is this gorgeous K & Co paper pad. 

The rest of the DT have created some stunning samples to inspire you so please pop over a take a look. 

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

The sweet stop challenge – sketch

Digital Tuesday challenge – scallops

Papertake challenge – buttons, bows, brads and bling (I’ve used bows and bling)

The Townscrapper challenge (formerly humble pie) – spring/warm weather

Stamp something challenge  - something girly

By the cute and girly challenge – spring is in the air

Daring cardmakers challenge – aquamarine (hope my turquoise colour is acceptable – I’ll understand if it isn’t!)

Stamp, scrap & doodle Saturday challenge – open challenge

I hope you can call back later to see my cupcake craft challenge DT card.  Monday is a busy posting day for me lol!  Thanks for stopping by. 

Passion for promarkers #20 – DT card

Wow I can’t believe we are on week 20 already over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week’s challenge has been set by yours truly and I have chosen the theme – any colours but you must follow a recipe – 3 shapes (not including your card base), 2 papers and 1 ribbon.  For my card I used an image kindly sent to me by Gina and coloured it with the following promarkers:

Hair – cool grey 1-5

Dress, tights and hair clip – mint green and soft green

Skin – ivory, blush & pastel pink

White gel pen for highlights

The papers are all DCWV from the nana’s nursery (boy) stack.  I used my rectangle nesties to cut out the image and the flowers were cut with my medium and small ek success retro flower punches.  The sentiment is craftwork cards and I used my SU oval punches behind it.  The ribbon is american crafts and the adhesive stones are BG. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and the lucky winner will receive a 5 pack of promarkers.  I hope you will enjoy using the recipe and look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your gorgeous creations.  Thanks for stopping by.

Our Craft Lounge challenge

I was recently lucky enough to win a set of stamps by Our Craft Lounge from Nancy, whose blog is paper smiles and that means I can now enter their sketch challenge. The stamp set I won is called 'ducky days' and features this lovely duck, his apparel (boots, umbrella etc), rainbow, sun and various sentiments. I stamped the duck and the rainbow and coloured them with pro-markers adding stickles to the puddle and his umbrella. The sentiment from the set was stamped onto white card using versafine onyx black ink. The dp is DCWV from the glitter stack and the plain cs is from the papermill shop. The ribbon is american crafts and the pearls are by kanban. I really enjoyed using this sketch and will definitely use it again. Thanks for stopping by.

Pollycraft challenge #10/MTTC #51

I made this card for the pollycraft challenge, which this week is a sketch and the my time to craft challenge, which is 'hats'. I did however rotate the sketch onto it's side as my image fitted better that way around. I printed off a pollycraft benji download and coloured him with my pro-markers. I used dp by buzzcraft and plain cs from the papermill shop. The sentiment is stamping bella (I love it - the font is so great), the button is doodlebug and the craft wire threaded through it is from my stash. The ribbon is american crafts and I used my fiskars scalloped decorative scissors for the edge of the red cs. I'm really happy with this card and will probably give it to a little boy who's birthday is coming up soon. Thanks for stopping by, I appreicate your visit.

FF challenge/Sketch Saturday #35/ASFOS #35

I've again combined three challenges with this card. The forever friends challenge is 'ribbon', A spoonful of sugar challenge is 'oh baby' and the sketch saturday is obviously a sketch. I used my forever friends stamp and coloured it in with my pro-markers. I attempted to hand draw a brick wall behind the bear but not too sure if I pulled it off! The dp is from a paper pack but I can't remember where I got it as I only had a couple of pieces left. The beige and navy cs is bazzill bling and I used my fiskars threading water paper punch on the beige cs. The ribbon is by american crafts and the buttons are doodlebug. The sentiment is by verve. Thanks for looking.

70th birthday

I made this card for a lady in work for her sister's 70th birthday. I used the elegant ladies kit once again that I got from QVC. The only extra items that I added were the american crafts ribbon and the making memories metal sister embellishment (originally it was silver which didn't really match the card so I aged it with one of my pro-markers). The flowers are from my stash and the gem brad in the centre is papermania. The sentiment was done on my pc and the gems are by kaiser crafts. I used last week's friday sketchers sketch as my inspiration for the layout but as usual I was too late to enter my card (story of my life at the moment). It looks a little busy in the pic but it's much nicer IRL (honest)! Thanks for looking.

Cute Card Thursday/Lily of the Valley

I made this card for two challenges. The CCT challenge this week was autumn and the Lily of the Valley challenge was 3-2-1 (i.e. 3 papers, 2 ribbons and 1 button or brad). I stamped the cc designs image and rain stamp (which come separately) and coloured the image with my pro-markers. I used dp from the cabana paper pack by inque boutique and bazzill bling cs. The cream ribbon is american crafts and the orange ribbon is from ribbon mad. The button is from my stash and the leaf pin is from ebay. I thought that the colours were quite autumnal and the rain definitely is!! Thanks for looking.

Penny black ATC

The penny black challenge this week was to make an ATC. I haven't made one for such a long time it was a nice change. I used the dog from my christmas penny black stamp and coloured him in with my pro-markers, I also added stickles to highlight the snow. The dp has been in my stash for so long I can't remember who makes it (or where I bought it from) and the plain cs is bazzill bling. The ribbon is american crafts and the star brad is from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Horse card

I was asked to make this card for a man who loves horses. I stamped the image by all night media and coloured it with my pro-markers. I used bazzill bling cs and dp by imagination project. The ribbon is by american crafts and the sentiment was done on my pc. I used a sakura glaze pen to added faux stitching to the image and sentiment panel. Thanks for looking.

Deepest sympathy

I made this card for my mum to give to a neighbour who's husband recently passed away. I simply stamped the inkadinkado image with versafine onyx ink and added a few adhesive stones by papermania. The double sided dp is by chatterbox inc and used both sides for contrast. The ribbon is by american crafts and the sentiment stamp is by PSX. The card looks a little drab on the computer but it was much nicer IRL! Thanks for looking.

Another man's card

I was asked to make this card by my auntie for her friend. I used the same funstamps teddy image and coloured him with my pro-markers (I did this one before the card for my grandfather and the colours I used on the ted aren't so good - he's a little pale and uninteresting). I used dp by DCWV from the glitter stack and the plain paper is from a pack I bought from QVC a long time ago. The sentiment was done on my pc and the number stickers are by creative imaginations. The ribbon is by american crafts and again I got it in a kit from QVC ages ago. Thanks for looking.

I did promise you another wedding card!

Yet another wedding card. I made this for a friend at work who was going to a family wedding in Ireland (hence the weird and wonderful names). The colours were taken from the invitation she received. I stamped the image by stampendous and coloured it with my pro-markers, I also added stickles to the dress. I used the heart blocks embossing folder in my cuttlebug for the top of my card and plain bazzill bling cs for the bottom. The ribbon is by american crafts and the adhesive gems are by papermania. I used my pc for the sentiment. Thanks for looking.

Wedding season is definitely here!

I made another wedding card using another image sent to me by Diane, which I of course coloured with my pro-markers. On the lower half of my card I used a piece of beautiful cs by DCWV and ran it through my cuttlebug with the heart blocks embossing folder and on the top half I added a piece of dp by imagination project. To define each half I added a piece of ribbon by american crafts that I got from QVC. The sentiment is from the celebration messages set by See'D. I used a paper punch to cut out the heart. This card uses a sketch by Taylor, although I did alter it slightly but paper pricking underneath my image instead of wrapping ribbon around. Hope you like. Thanks for looking.

Penny Black Challenge

This is my card for this week's PBC which was to follow a sketch. I stamped the gorgeous image and coloured it with my pro-markers. I used the striped dp by american crafts and the words dp by ATD. The sentiment was from a clear set by Hero Arts called appropriately Merriest Wishes. The ribbon and snowflake embellishments from my stash. I really enjoyed using the sketch this week and will definitely use it again. Thanks for looking.

Fireman card

A friend asked me to make a 40th birthday card with a fireman theme and this is what I came up with. I cheated slightly and bought a ready made decoupage topper of a fireman & truck, which I thought was really funny. I used dp by american crafts, papermania adhesive stones and my pc for the sentiment. As the decoupage was quite large I didn't really need to add anything else. My friend really liked it, so I'm happy. A quick and easy card for once :) Thanks for looking.

Friday sketchers challenge

This is my card for this week's Friday Sketchers challenge. I enjoyed the sketch although I'm not that happy with the way I assembled the card, as the image panel is much too low for my liking. I used a freebie download image from Kerry which I coloured with watercolour pencils. The dp is by K & Co, plain cs from the papermill shop and the sentiment is by stampendous. The ribbon is by American crafts. This card will come in very handy with a 14yr old and 12 yr old boy in the house!! Thanks for looking.

Penny Black Challenge and CCT challenge

Due to time constraints my participation in the various challenges around has been very poor of late so this week I decided to try and combine challenges where I could. Therefore I combined the Penny Black challenge (friendship)and the Cute Card Thursday challenge (birthday card) and this is the result. I used a stamped image kindly sent to me (sorry girls I've received so many lately and they've all got mixed up and can't remember who sent it :( I watercoloured the image with marvy markers and highlighted the present with my sakura stardust pen. I stamped the stampendous sentiment and used a provocraft rub-on at the bottom. Flowers and brads from my stash. Ribbon is by American Crafts. Thanks for looking.