Krafty Chicks challenge #735 - All Occasions

Good morning lovely friends.  I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far.  It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and it's Week 4, Lori is our hostess, and our theme as always is 'All Occasions'.  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us. 

I've recently gotten back into reading again after many years of not picking up a book so I decided I needed a bookmark to keep my place.  It ended up more of a tag shape but it still works!  

Here is my bookmark:

A closer look at the image:

Plus I decorated the back:

I began by stamping the gorgeous image onto alcohol marker friendly card and coloured it with Promarkers.  I also stamped a sentiment above the image in black ink.  I trimmed it out using my paper trimmer and lightly inked the edges.  I cut another white layer slightly larger and adhered them together with double sided tape; again inking the edges.  I was going to use this as my bookmark but it didn't seem big enough so I found a piece of patterned paper that matched my colours perfectly and cut that into a tag shape, again using my paper trimmer and also inked the edges.  I added a strip of the paper to the bottom third of the back of the tag and also stamped another sentiment in the centre with black ink.  I dusted off my crop-a-dile and made a hole at the top of my tag/bookmark to thread through some coordinating twine.  I'm really happy with how this turned out and it is perfect for keeping my page.  I hope you like it too.  

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

Aud Sentiments challenge - tags and/or holidays + sentiment

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - any colouring medium (Promarkers)

Craft Rocket challenge - dots and/or stripes

Get Creative challenge - inspired by a book

Moving Along With The Times challenge - not a card

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Triple B challenge - must include birds, blooms or butterflies

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'All Occasions' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer for September, Wendy.  Thank you for all your gorgeous makes for us this month; it's been wonderful having you as our guest.    

Love and hugs, 

card ingredients:

Funky Fossil Designs - spellbound stamp set

Promarkers

Gina K Designs - sea glass ink pad

scrap of patterned paper found in my drawer

twine from stash

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently oos

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store sadly now closed

Crop-a-dile starter kit

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

AAA Birthday challenge - DT card

Good morning lovely friends; I can't believe it's already December 1st - where did November go?  As it's the first of the month it means we have a brand new challenge over at AAA Birthday. This month's theme is 'add a tag' and has been chosen by Tristan.  Our guest designer this month is Helen Brammer so please pop over to her blog and leave her some love.  

As always I toyed with lots of different ideas, including making a card and matching tag but when I was looking through my stash I found this adorable mini tag so wanted to use that.  Here is my card:

a close up of the tags:

I decorated the inside too:

I began by die-cutting 5 of the mini tags from white card and then die cut the 'happy' letters from a rainbow of coloured cardstock and adhered them with liquid glue.  I tried adding twine but it looked too busy so I dusted off my Crop-a-dile and added some colourful eyelets to the tags instead.  I cut a panel of white card 3 3/4" x 5" and used a large script stamp for my background and stamped it in light grey ink.  To finish the rainbow I stamped the 'birthday' sentiment in purple ink.  The panel was adhered to the card base with liquid glue.  I added 3 tags with foam squares and then the other 2 were added with double sided tape.  I think it added a little interest to the card instead of having them all the same height.  I finished the front of the card with 3 silver sequins around the stamped sentiment.  The inside was decorated quite simply; the same script stamp was added to a strip of white card and this was added to the bottom of the panel with liquid glue.  I stamped a sentiment in the same purple ink. 

The Design Team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the blog and check them out and perhaps leave them some love on their blogs too.  

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

Cut It Up challenge - use more than 1 die (letter dies and tag die)

Krafty Chicks challenge - ATG

Papercraft challenges - happy birthday

Seize the Birthday challenge - birthday creation - no topping this time

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - birthday

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this month but don't forget it has to be birthday themed.  I can't wait to see your creations in the linky.

Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you so much for stopping by.  

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Clearly Besotted - tag along die set (used matching stamp set for inside sentiment) - retired

Spellbinders - simply perfect alphabet

Spellbinders - colour essentials sequins - silver smooth disc

Gina K Designs - square starters stamp set (for birthday sentiment)

Gina K Designs - soft stone ink pad 

Gina K Designs - wild wisteria ink pad 

MFT - best friends red rubber background stamp

We R Makers - Crop-a-dile tool & eyelets

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm smooth white card 

rainbow colours of card from my scrap bin

Charisma cardz #10–DT project

Happy Friday everyone.  I hope you’ve all had a great week and are now looking forward to the weekend.  Here in Wales everyone is hyper about the Six Nations Rugby match tomorrow against France when we are in with a chance of winning the Grand Slam (*whispers* I’m not a big rugby fan but will be keeping one eye on the TV just to see what happens).  I’m sure Cardiff will be buzzing with all the fans from both nations supporting their teams. 

I’m here this evening with a catch up post for this week’s charisma cardz challenge.  This week it’s my turn to set the theme and I have chosen “alter it”, so I would like to see something altered to look different from it’s original state – whatever you do is up to you.  I have very little time to create my project so I decided to alter a plain white gift bag (I know I’ve done this before but they are really very useful lol!).  Here is my altered project:

and here is a photo of the bag before I altered it:

I used another new image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘Easter Rosie’, which is currently one of the offers of the month and available at the special prize of just £1.00.   I also used the little egg images which come in the ‘Easter collection 2’ which again is available at a special prize at the moment.  Why not pop over to the DSB shop and grab them while you can!  I coloured the images with promarkers and the pretty papers are from the first edition ‘hideaway’ paper pad, it’s hard to tell but they are lovely and glittery.  I did add a sentiment and a few more mini eggs on the back of my bag but forgot to take a picture d’oh!

Our sponsor this week is All That Scraps and one lucky winner will receive this amazing prize:

The design team have done an amazing job once again this week, 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 altered bag into the following challenges:

Kaboodle challenge – show us some green

Digital Tuesday challenge – think spring

Crafts and me challenge – let’s see circles (lots on my paper)

Divas by design challenge – citrus colours

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Simon says stamp challenge – a bit o’ green

Crafty Ann’s challenge – spring into spring

Really reasonable ribbon challenge – spring with ribbon

The pretty little ribbon shop challenge – spring colours

4 crafty chicks challenge - chicks rule!

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge this week.  Your entry doesn’t have to be anything too complicated (just look at my project) the main thing is to have fun!  I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers – Vicki and Tonya *waves hello*.  Thanks for joining me ladies and I hope you will visit me often.  I’m running late with my post for the winter wonderland challenge but hopefully I’ll get around to posting it tomorrow.  Have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

Ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Easter Rosie"’

Papers: first edition – ‘hideaway’ paper pad, SU cardstock (from mixed pack – brights I think!)

Tools: promarkers, circle and oval nesties, twine and ribbon from the pretty little ribbon shop, cropadile, plain paper bag from crafts u love 

Charisma cardz #48–DT project

Good evening dear friends.  I hope you are all ok and have survived this cold and wintery week.  A special shout out to all my friends in the North of England and Scotland – I hope you’re all ok and managing to keep warm and safe in all the dreadful weather you’ve been having over the last few days. 

I’m having a bit of week this week – I’m behind on posting most of my DT cards so I’m going to have a catch up session today and I’m starting with my DT project for this week’s charisma cardz challenge (which was due yesterday oops!).  Our theme this week has been set by Jenni and she has chosen “no cards”.  I’m sure you can come up with lots of brilliant ideas, such as tags, bags, boxes etc and for my project I decided to decorate a plain gift bag:

Here is a side view

and a close up of the image

I used an image from DigiStamp Boutique from the “Rudolph” set which is on offer for December.  There are two super cute images in the set and they are available at the brilliant price of just £1.50 for both, until January, so grab a bargain now while you can.  I coloured the image with my promarkers and flex markers and the papers are scraps from my stash. 

We have lots of sponsors this week – firstly we have Bunny Zoe crafts and they are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

 

Our second sponsor is Whiff of Joy who are offering one lucky winner a stamp of their choice!

Our third sponsor is The Stamping Boutique and they are are offering 5 digis of the winners choice!

We also have a surprise prize which is chosen from all the entries added to our Facebook page.  

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples for your inspiration, 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 gift bag into the following challenges:

Come and get it challenge – anything Christmas

Cutie Sunday challenge – Christmas presents (I’m going to fill my bag with sweeties)

Incy wincy designs challenge – non traditional Christmas colours

Karen’s doodles challenge – recipe 3 different embellies, 2 papers, 1 image (eyelets, pearls, ribbon)

Lexi’s creations challenge – one for the lads

Lollipop crafts challenge – dark red, chocolate and cream

Creative card crew challenge – tis the season

Papertake challenge – anything goes

Scrap creations challenge – make it a present

ABC Christmas challenge – Y is for yippee (anything Christmas goes)

The paper variety challenge – inspired by a song (Rudolph the red nosed reindeer)

The pixie cottage challenge – last minute cards and gifts

Cute card Thursday challenge – anything goes

Do you stack up? challenge – something old (my papers)

Moving along with the times challenge – last minute Christmas

Crafty catz challenge – anything goes

Fairy tale challenge – make a gift box or bag

Stamping for the weekend challenge – Christmas

Challenge up your life challenge – packaging/wrapping

I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s winter wonderland challenge so I hope you will pop back later and check it out.  Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by.

Ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘”Rudolph” set

Papers: scraps from stash, kraft card from Elzybells (only tiny bits left now!)

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, SU sentiment and ribbon across papers, fancy ribbon from fantastic ribbons, crop-a-dile to create holes and eyelets, nesties labels 8, pearls from the hobby house

Charisma cardz #44–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  It’s time for Team Gem to share their cards over at charisma cardz challenge this week and Joyce has chosen the theme of “cutesy”.  So you make anything you like as long as it includes something cute – easy peasy!!  I was lucky enough to use an image from one of our sponsors – here is my card:

The image is by pink cat studio and is called ‘Lily hot cocoa’ and I coloured her with both promarkers and flex markers.  I decided to go for another non traditional colour combo of pink and blue and used papers from the ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad by first edition.  I distressed all the edges and added stickles to her “fluffy” bits for a bit of added sparkle. 

Our sponsors this week are Pink Cat Studio who are offering one lucky winner 5 digis of their choice and Simon Says Stamp who are offering one lucky winner a $20 voucher to spend in their online store.

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous and super cute 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:

Pile it on challenge – keep warm

Crafty boots challenge – young at heart

The cutie pie challenge – use a charm

Die cut dreams challenge – so charming

Incy wincy designs challenge – dots and stripes

Lexi’s creations challenge – charming

The pink elephant challenge – distressing

Sketch n stash challenge – sketch (new image/neglected eyelets)

Papertake challenge – anything goes + option sparkle & bling

Divas by design challenge – use metal (eyelets and charm)

I love promarkers challenge – glitter and glitz

Totally papercrafts challenge – glitter it

A gem of a challenge – cold & frosty

Bizzy becs challenge – distress your edges

Crafter’s companion challenge – let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – Christmas

Creative belli challenge – 1-2-3-4 (1 image, 2 eyelets, 3 papers, 4 gems)

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

 

 

Card ingredients:

Image: pink cat studio – ‘Lily hot cocoa’ digi

Papers: first edition – ‘Christmas joy’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, stickles, circle nesties, SU oval all punches, seam binding from wild orchid crafts, eyelets from WRMK, cropadile, charm and gems from stash, sentiment stamp freebie from craft magazine

Cupcake craft challenge #143–DT project

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down for 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.  The lovely Delphine has set the theme this week and she has chosen “bookworm” so we want to see an image with a book on it, someone reading a book or a bookmark.  I decided to use an image of books (and a bookworm) and make a bookmark.  Here it is:

The fun image is from Karen’s doodles and is called ‘reading is fun’ and I coloured him with my promarkers.  I also coloured my white ribbon with my meadow green promarker so that it would match my project.  The papers are from Echo Park ‘springtime’ paper pack (I won a sample pack from the Claudia & company challenge a few weeks ago and it is lush! ).  

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Emma’s store and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 gift voucher to spend in her online store. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ monthly sponsor and for May that is Crafts U Love and they are offering a £15.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

The rest of the cupcakes have made amazing samples as usual 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 bookmark into the following challenges:

I’ll be back later to add these!

Ok, so that’s my lot for today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I cannot wait to see your gorgeous creations.  Whatever you’re up today I hope you have a wonderful day (even if it’s just at work like me!).  Thanks for stopping by.

Bookmark ingredients:

Image: Karen’s doodles – ‘reading is fun’

Papers: echo park – ‘springtime’, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, SU oval all punches & label punch, SU white ribbon, button from stash, crop-a-dile, sentiment created on pc

Stamp with fun #110–DT card

Hello friends, I’m sorry for the lateness of my posts today but we all went out for the day yesterday to celebrate my son’s 17th birthday and I was too tired to do my posts last night.  I cannot believe my baby is 17 – it is making me feel really old lol!  He had a fairly low key birthday but had a good day never-the-less. 

Onto this week’s stamp with fun challenge which is a lovely sketch by Andrea-Emmi41 and here it is:

and here is my card:

I made this card for my youngest son to give to his brother for his birthday.  The Mario image is a bit of a joke as when I kept asking my son what type of birthday cake he wanted he would joke around and say a Mario brothers cake so when I found this image on one of the colouring pages I knew I just had to use it!!  I really enjoyed using the sketch as I love the clean lines and layers – which is one of my faves things as you know.  I didn’t add any embellishments just the sentiment and the circular age tag.  I saw this font on another crafter’s blog called ‘junkos typewriter’ but I stupidly didn’t bookmark the page, I’m sure if you search for it you’ll find it too.  I think it is brilliant for men/boys cards as it is so funky!!  The fab papers are basic grey.

We are sponsored this week by In2stamps and the lucky winner will receive two stamps.

The rest of the design team 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:

The crafty pad challenge – spots and dots

Cards for men challenge – for someone special

Here comes the boys challenge – anything goes (2nd entry)

Lexi’s creations challenge – friendship (my boys are the best of friends)

Pollycraft challenge – boyz to men

Stamps & fun = creativity challenge – dots

Ladybug crafts ink challenge – going dotty

Papertake challenge – anything goes

Top tip Tuesday challenge – open challenge (2nd entry)

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or one for the boys

Paper play challenge – show us your style

Crafty Ann’s challenge – happy birthday

Stamp something challenge – May digi day

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes

Mark’s finest papers challenge – no embellishments

I’ll be back in a little while with my cupcake craft challenge – I’m playing catch up big time lol!  We’ve had some freaky weather here today, thunder, lightening and hailstones – such a change from last week’s lovely weather.  I hope it’s only a temporary blip!  Be back soon.

  

Card ingredients:

Image: free colouring page

Papers: basic grey – ‘Oliver’ paper pad, SU crumb cake cardstock

Tools: promarkers, SU circle punch, crop-a-dile for tiny hole

Cupcake craft challenge #131–DT project

Hello again everyone, as promised I’m back with my project for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Delphine has set the theme and she has chosen “anything but square”.  I decided to make my son a bookmark as he has started to read the Percy Jackson books and is really enjoying them but at the moment is using a piece of paper to keep his page (aww poor love).  Here is my bookmark:

I bought the fab digi image from Tiddly Inks and coloured him with my promarkers (the digi also comes with some extra book images too).  I thought it looked a bit like my son (well the floppy hair at least) but my son doesn’t think so lol!  I inked all the edges with a tim holtz ink pad just to soften the papers a little. 

We are lucky enough to have two sponsors this week – Lili of the Valley are offering one lucky winner a £10.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

and Tickled Pink stamps are offering a prize of either 1 rubber stamp or two digi images of the winner’s choice from their store. 

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ prize and for February we are sponsored by Crafts U Love and they are offering a £10.00 voucher to their online store.

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous and very non-square projects for your inspiration 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 bookmark into the following challenges:

Stampin’ royalty challenge – sketch (oops just realised you can only enter 3 other challenges – oh well)

Corrosive challenge – distressing (I inked all my edges)

Anything goes challenge – distressing (inked the edges of my papers)

Delightful challenges – use your scraps

CCEE stampers challenge – distressing (as above)

Digi doodle challenge – spots/dots (my papers)

Easy craft projects challenge – something for the boys

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s get all cute (my image is cute I think)

Do you stack up? challenge – anything goes (second entry)

Dream valley challenge – anything goes (second entry)

Ok so that’s all from me for today.  I hope you have a wonderful Monday.  I hope you can call back tomorrow to see my DT card for this week’s PFP challenge.  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: tiddly inks – ‘schoolboy’

Papers: MME – ‘Hattie’ paper pad, SU soft suede cardstock

Tools: promarkers, oval nesties, twine from the ribbon girl, crop-a-dile and eyelet from kit, SU choc chip ribbon