Cupcake craft challenge #171–DT card

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Please scroll down to see 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 and the lovely Rachel has set the theme this week and she has chosen “D.I.Y – make your own backing papers”.  I went through lots of options such as heat embossing, using my promarkers to make my background but eventually settled on using distress inks to colour my base card.  Here is my card:

I have used another new image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘Lucy and stocking’ and again it is one of the 5 new offers of the month for December.  I have to confess that I actually only own 2 different colours of distress inks so that is why I chose this particular colour combo on my card lol!  I randomly sponged my base card with the distress inks but also stamped some small snowflakes (elzybells stamp) in the same colours to add a bit of definition.  I’m really happy with the overall effect and may buy a few more colours to try it out again.  The sentiment is SU from the ‘best yet’ stamp set,

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and one lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to spend in their online store.

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsor, who for December is Polka Doodles and two lucky winners will receive a copy of the Pretty Sweet CD. 

The rest of the DT have created gorgeous samples for your inspiration 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:

Addicted to stamps challenge – Christmas card

Come and get it challenge – anything Christmasy

Divas by design challenge – anything goes

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – anything goes

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – tie one on

Do you stack up? challenge – ribbon

Paper crafting journey challenge – anything goes

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes

Southern girls challenge – ribbon madness

Simply create too challenge – all about Christmas

2 sisters challenge – punches/dies

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes

Craft your days away challenge – buttons or bows

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – holiday card

Totally gorjuss challenge – sketch

Christmas cards all year round challenge – anything goes

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 what you create (and hopefully pick up some new ideas for next time lol!)  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Lucy and stocking’

Papers: none

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, distress inks, square nesties, seam binding from wild orchid crafts, cream web ribbon from crafter on FB, SU sentiment from ‘best yet’ stamp set, SU oval all punches, SU basic gems, dovecraft snowflake punch

Stamp with fun #140–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you had a great weekend, even though the weather wasn’t that brilliant in some parts of the country.  Scotland even had some snow I think – keep it to yourselves please – I’m happy not to have any this year lol! 

I’m here this morning with my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week we have a brilliant sketch by Tina46 to use.  As always you can flip it etc as long as we can recognise the original sketch.  Here is my card:

and here is the fantastic sketch:

I have used a brand new image from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘snow person with mittens’ (which is one of 5 – yes 5 – offers of the month this month) and I coloured him with promarkers and flex markers.  When I was looking for papers to use I came across this super cute mittens paper from the ‘winter park’ paper pad by echo park and had to use it, along with a few other matching papers from the same pad.  The plain red card is SU and the alphabet beads are from my stash. 

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 the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

Addicted to stamps challenge – Christmas card

Come and get it challenge – anything Christmas

Dream valley challenge – sparkle (stickles)

OSAAT challenge – be square

Pile it on challenge – bling it up (stickles)

Quirky crafts challenge – snow

I love promarkers challenge – snowmen and snowflakes

My mum’s craft shop challenge – keeping warm

Aud sentiments challenge – use any holiday sentiment

CCEE stampers challenge – snowflakes and bling

Meljen’s challenge – inspired by a holiday song (frosty the snowman)

Shelly’s images challenge – there’s no business like snow business

Cardmadfairy’s digi days challenge – winter wonderland

Card makin’ mamas challenge – use a sentiment

Chocolate, coffee and cards challenge – celebrate

Crafty Ann’s challenge – Christmas bingo (red, glitter, snow)

Fairy fun challenge – beat the winter blues

Fairy tale challenge – Christmas

Fun with shapes and more challenge – cold as ice

Totally papercrafts challenge – let it snow

One stop craft challenge – let it snow

Sweet stampin’ challenge – snow something

By the cute and girly challenge – let it snow

Crafty calendar challenge – cold and frosty

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – let it snow

Wow there are so many Christmas themed challenges around at the moment – not surprising though as it’s only 3 weeks until the big day.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘snow person with mittens’

Papers: echo park – ‘winter park’ paper pad, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, sentiment strip from pink petticoat, dovecraft snowflake punch, oval nesties, stickles, pearls from the hobby house, alphabet beads from stash

Passion for promarkers #128–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope that you are all well this morning and that Monday was good to you!  As I mentioned it was my son’s birthday so we had pizza delivered and we all sat together munching our food and watching a film – which was really nice.    My boys are definitely not my babies anymore and there won’t be many more birthdays left like this one I don’t think *sob*. 

Anyway onto the reason you are here.  It’s Tuesday so that means we have a brand new challenge for you over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Tracy has set the theme and she has chosen to give us a sketch to use.  You can rotate the sketch and make minor alterations but we must recognise the original sketch.  Don’t forget you must use your Letraset pens (i.e. promarkers, flex markers, tria markers or aqua markers) to qualify for our prize draw.  Here is my card using Tracy’s sketch:

and here is Tracy’s fantastic sketch:

I decided to use the sketch to make a Christmas card for my youngest son and I used a freebie image from Pollycraft called ‘Casper silvermist – too cool for Christmas’ and coloured him with flex markers and promarkers.  The gorgeously stunning papers are bo bunny from the “snowfall collection” and the plain card is papermania from the ‘textured cardstock’ pack.  I kept the card fairly simple and just added some twine, snowflakes and pearls.  The sentiment was created on the pc.

Our sponsor this week is Sugar Nellie Stamps and the prize is yet to be confirmed. 

 

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

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

Addicted to stamps challenge – Christmas card

Dream valley challenge – sparkle (stickles)

Here comes the boys challenge – for the man/men in your life (my son)

Stamptacular challenge – anything Christmas

Craft your passion challenge – tis the season

The crazy challenge – stars and/or snowflakes

Karen’s doodles challenge – non traditional Christmas colours

Lexi’s creations challenge – one for the lads

Lollipop crafts challenge – b is for …. (blue, brown, boys)

Paper playtime challenge – use a stamped image and sentiment

Pollycraft challenge – Christmas fun

Totally stampalicious challenge – non traditional Christmas colours

4 crafty chicks challenge – snowflakes

CRAFT challenge – unusual Christmas

Crafty purple frog challenge – something for someone special (my son)

Meljen’s challenge – twine or string

Rainbow lady’s challenge – cards for men

Sew many cards challenge – twine

Simply create too challenge – Christmas

Totally papercrafts challenge – Christmas

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  We have a super special challenge for you next week, so make sure you remember to stop by and check it out.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by – it really means the world to me.

Card ingredients:

Image: pollycraft – ‘Casper silvermist’ freebie digi

Papers: bo bunny – ‘snowfall collection’ pad, papermania – ‘textured cardstock’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, die-namics snowflake die, sentiment created on pc, circle nesties, pearls from the hobby house, stickles, SU twine

Cupcake craft challenge #170–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

I’m back again as promised to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week my lovely buddy Donna has set the theme and she has chosen “let’s get krafty” so she would like to see us colouring onto kraft card.  Now I have to say this is the first time I have attempted this and my efforts and not a patch on the amazing creations I see in blogland.  In my defence I used kids colouring pencils as I don’t have any proper crafting pencils so I did the best I could!!  Here is my card:

I used a super cute image from Mo’s Digital Pencil called ‘first Christmas’ and as I say I used kids colouring pencils (which I’ve had so long they were bought in Woolworths lol!) to colour it in.  The papers are gorgeous and by my mind’s eye from the ‘be merry’ paper pad.  The sentiment is from the clipart fairy and the snowflakes are cut with a die-namics die, which I got from dies to die for. 

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’ sponsor and for November that is Crafts U Love 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 and very beautiful cards this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  You are bound to be inspired after seeing their gorgeous creations.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

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

Addicted to stamps challenge – Christmas card

Stamptacular challenge – Anything Christmas

Papertake challenge – Christmas crackers + GDT call

Everybody art challenge – Christmas card

Little red wagon challenge – Christmas theme

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – tie one on (my twine)

Scrapbook sisters challenge – Christmas time

4 crafty chicks challenge – snowflakes

CRAFT challenge – unusual Christmas

Crafty sentiments challenge – use metal (my charm)

Meljen’s challenge – twine or string

Fairy tale challenge – Christmas

Frosted designs challenge – metal (my charm)

The poodles parlour challenge – Christmas

Sew many cards challenge – twine

Simply create too challenge – Christmas

Totally papercrafts challenge – Christmas

2 sisters challenge – holiday

Craft your days away challenge – buttons or bows

Sweet stampin’ challenge – punches and dies

Ok, so that’s all from me today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today.  I really appreciate you taking the time to visit me and leaving me such wonderful comments.

Card ingredients:

Image: Mo’s digital pencil – ‘first Christmas’ digi

Papers: my mind’s eye – ‘be merry’ paper pad, SU cookie crumb cardstock

Tools: Woolworth’s kids colouring pencils, circle nesties, die-namics snowflake die, twine from the pretty little ribbon shop, charm from wild orchid crafts, sentiment from the clipart fairy, SU basic rhinestones

Stamp with fun #139–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you all had a brilliant weekend.  We had a lovely time,  yesterday we went to the cinema to celebrate my son’s 15th birthday (his birthday is actually today) and we saw his choice of film – Johnny English reborn – which I have to say was quite funny, in a silly way of course.  So I am going to embarrass him now – HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY LIAM, WE LOVE YOU LOTS AND HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY x x

Onto the reason you are here today!  It’s time for a new challenge over at stamp with fun challenge and this week we have a super easy theme for you of “stitching”, it can be real or faux, whatever you prefer.  I have done some faux stitching with a fine liner pen.  Here is my card:

This is the card I made for my eldest son to give to his brother.  I used a Kenny K image called ‘teen idol’ and coloured him with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The gorgeous papers are my mind’s eye from the ‘kraft funday happy days’ paper pad and the black cardstock is from the papermill shop.  I’ve distressed all the edges and added minimal embellishments (two ribbons which are recycled from a top I bought recently and 3 mini buttons).  

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples to inspire you as always, 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:

Cupcake inspirations challenge – photo inspiration

Cutie Sunday challenge – birthday

Here comes the boys challenge – for the man/men in your lives (my son)

Kenny K’s krafty girlz challenge – stitching

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – happy birthday

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Penny’s paper crafty challenge – tie one on (my ribbons)

Crafty purple frog challenge – something for someone special

Dutch dare challenge – recipe (I used ribbons, image, papers, layers and buttons)

Rainbow lady’s challenge – cards for men

Card makin’ mamas challenge – use a sentiment

Craft your days away challenge – buttons or bows

Mark’s finest papers challenge – make is masculine

The sweet stop challenge – sketch

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 Maria *waves hello*, thanks for following me and I hope you will visit me often.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Kenny K – ‘teen idol’ digi

Papers: my mind’s eye – ‘kraft funday happy days’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, circle nesties, buttons from stash, sentiment created on the pc, ribbons recycled from top, Letraset black fine liner pen for faux stitching, scissors for distressing edges

Winter wonderland challenge–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you’re having a good week so far.  I cannot believe it is Friday already – although I’m not complaining.  It’s been a super crazy week in work and I will be glad when today is over.  It is my son’s 15th birthday on Monday so we will be going out on Sunday to the cinema to celebrate and probably have a nice meal too, so something to look forward too. 

We’ve had more bad luck in the family this week, my hubby’s grandfather who is 95 has recently had a major operation for cancer but had come home from hospital and was recovering well when he fell and broke his hip.  He is back is hospital and recovering from surgery on his hip now as well.  I know he’s a tough old man but there’s only so much that someone that age can tolerate and I really hope he can bounce back from this. 

Onto nicer things now and today there is a brand new challenge over at winter wonderland challenge and Squirrel has chosen the theme of “nativity”.  She would like to see your images featuring baby Jesus, Mary & Joseph, the 3 wise men etc.  I decided to go for a super minimalist look for my card this time – here it is:

I used a super sweet image from Mo’s Digital Pencil called ‘in the manger’ and I coloured it with promarkers and flex markers.  The sentiment is from a clear set by personal impressions and the gems are from my stash.  The plain card is papermania from textured card pack.  I really like the simplicity of this card, although I really had to stop myself from adding more to it!! 

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and one lucky winner will receive a £15.00 voucher 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.  It is wonderful to see how many people are now playing along with our challenges – maybe it has something to do with the fact that there are only 30 days until Christmas lol!

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

Quirky crafts challenge – clean and simple

Stamptacular challenge – boy oh boy

Paper playtime challenge – use a stamped image and add a sentiment

Creative craft challenge – free for all

Digital Tuesday challenge – sparkle and shine (stardust pen on wings and gems)

Ladybug crafts ink challenge – winter blues

Papertake challenge – Christmas crackers (+ GDT call)

Everybody art challenge – Christmas card

Flutterby Wednesday challenge – open theme

I love promarkers challenge – anything goes

Little red wagon challenge – Christmas theme

My mum’s craft shop challenge – things with wings

Scrapbook sisters challenge – Christmas time

Aud sentiments challenge – use any winter holiday sentiment

CRAFT challenge – unusual Christmas

Bizzy becs challenge – Christmas and make it sparkle

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I really look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Mina *waves hello* – thanks for following and I hope you will visit me often.  Have a wonderful Friday and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Mo’s digital pencil – in the manger

Papers: none, plain card from the papermania textured card pad

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, gems from stash, personal impressions sentiment stamp

Passion for promarkers #127–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I cannot believe how grey and murky it was yesterday – I went to work in the gloomy conditions and when I came home and it looked exactly the same.  I cannot wait for spring to come around again and we get the lighter nights – I know I’m wishing my life away lol! 

Anyway onto nicer things – it’s time for a brand new challenge over at passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Michele has set the theme and she has chosen “swirls and sparkles” which is such a lovely combination and so versatile for any occasion.  I decided to make a Christmas card as I still don’t have enough yet!  Here is my card:

I have used a super cute image from sugar nellie stamps called “snow buddies” and I coloured it with promarkers and flex markers.  I used my gorgeous new echo park paper pad called ‘winter park’ and it so beautiful.  There is something really “fresh and clean” about blue and white isn’t there and with the pop of red I think it’s a really fun colour scheme.  There is an abundance of stickles on all their “fluffy” bits and sparkly gems too  and the swirls are cut out with an x-cut punch. 

Our sponsor this week is Letraset and one lucky winner will receive one of their brilliant Promarker Stamping Kits.

The design team have created beautiful cards 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 card into the following challenges:

OSAAT challenge – anything goes

Lollipop crafts challenge – anything goes

Paper playtime challenge – use a stamped image and add a sentiment

Pollycraft challenge – Christmas fun

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – baby it’s cold outside

Paper pretties challenge – non traditional Christmas colours

Do you stack up? challenge – a splash of blue

Moving along with the times challenge – let it snow

The sugar bowl challenge – sketch and option ice/snow

Phindy’s place challenge – Christmas card

2 sisters challenge – let it sparkle

One stop craft challenge – blue

Totally gorjuss challenge – swirly whirly

The beary sweet challenge – your beary best

Bizzy Becs challenge – Christmas and make is sparkle

Crafter’s companion challenge – let it snow

Crafty calendar challenge – winter wardrobe

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – Christmas is coming

I’m also entering this into the sugar nellie Facebook challenge which is an inspiration photo of a red, white and blue cake (which looks very yummy by the way)! 

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Don’t forget our DT call ends tonight at 5pm – we are certainly going to have a tough decision to make as there are so many wonderful entries.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: sugar nellie stamps – “snow buddies”

Papers: echo park – ‘winter park’ paper pack, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, stickles, SU basic rhinestones, personal impressions sentiment, circle nesties, ek success swirl punch