New Craft Rocket Challenge - Use Embossing

 

We're back today on the Craft Rocket Challenge Blog with a new challenge:

For this challenge we want you to use embossing on your projects.  For more details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

To make my card I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder which is new to me from a destash group.  The blue card I used is from Craft Creations and I used navy blue card from Hobbycraft for my layers.

Then I used the First Steps stamp set from Stampin' Up for the footprints and sentiment both stamped in Night of Navy ink from Stampin' Up.  The gingham paper is from Craft Creations.

I finished the card with some punched navy blue dots.

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

Can You Handle the Pressure - anything goes

The Crafty Addicts Challenge - anything goes

Something a Little Bit Different and Port Sunlight Show

Just to prove that I don't just do stamping, here's a card I made at the weekend using a Lacé template I bought a little while back and have just started experimenting with!  I've got a couple of the traditional templates that you cut with a blade but this one goes through the Cuttlebug machine and cuts the shape out as well as the little pieces to fold to make the shape - very clever!!

I've layered the card up with black and white card - the main white layer was put through the Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder but it doesn't show up too well on the photo.  I finished the card off with some Card Candi coloured with my black Promarker.

A couple of challenges for this card:

Dream Valley Challenges - 'monochrome'

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'use die cuts'

And if anyone is going to be at the HSNW show at Port Sunlight on Saturday, please say hello if you spot me!  I'll be around most of the day and will be at the card competition table at the end of the day if you're still around by then!

Just for You ....

For this card I've used a new stamp from the Greetings Farm 'Miss Anya Love' set.  I die cut the easel card using a set of rectangle dies from Go Kreate - the brown base layer was also embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.  The paper is from Pink Petticoat and the two sentiment tags from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - 'my favourite things' (the easel card, pink and brown colour combintation, the Anya stamp, my Cuttlebug)

Divas by Design - die cuts and punches (my dots are punched and the card layers are die cut)

I Love Promarkers - 'include flowers' (second entry)

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - 'something old, something new' (the stamp and paper are new and the die cuts and embossing folder are old)

Fun in the Snow

Despite the warm weather today I've made another Christmas card!  For this one I've used one of my Elzybells stamps - a very cute design that is nice and easy to colour.  I wanted to make the card pink (see below for my challenge entries) but didn't have any suitable patterned paper.  Instead, I Cuttlebugged a panel of card and layered it with white card.  I added Card Candy to finish the design.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'M is for monochrome'

Bah Humbug - 'penguins'

Crafty Hazlenut's Challenge - 'anything goes'

Winter Wonderland - 'pretty in pink'

Here Comes the Sun!

The paper I've used on this card comes from a Pink Petticoat pad that was free with a magazine I bought this week and as soon as I saw this particular design, I thought it would be perfect for a summer themed card. 

I've used one of my Greetings Farm Anya stamps and a peel off phrase from Little Claire Deisgns.  I've added a Cuttlebugged strip of card across the middle of the card, some black peel off lines, faux stitching and some Card Candy.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Saturday Challenge - embossing

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'here comes summer'

Pollycraft - 'travel/holidays'

Papertake Weekly - 'here comes the sun'

Crafts and Me Challenges - 'we are in stitches'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'summer'

Rainbow Chloe

This is one of the newest stamp designs from Pink Gem called 'Rainbow Chloe' - I couldn't resist it when I saw it previewed on the blog recently! The papers I've used are from a pad that came free with one of the magazines recently - I thought these pastel ones went perfectly with the image.  I added a Cuttlebugged panel (swiss dots folder) across the middle of the card and added some punched flowers.  The card blank is from Craftwork Cards. 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations - 'no sentiment'

Anything Goes Challenge - 'here comes summer'

Sweet Stampin' Blog - 'things with wings' (the butterflies on the image)

Totally Papercrafts - 'die cuts and punches'

Stamp Something - 'something with pretty papers'

Oscar With Flowers

This is another card made with one of the very cute 'Oscar' images from DigiStamp Boutique - this one is 'Oscar with Flowers'.  I've used some green card and green gingham paper from Crafts Creations - the panel to the left of the card has been Cuttlebugged with the swiss dots folder although it doesn't show up that well on the photo.  I've added some white Card Candy and a peel off greeting.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

DigiStamp Boutique - May customer competition

My Mum's Craft Shop - 'flowers'

Craft Us Crazy - 'flowers'

One Stitch at a Time - 'emboss it'

Dream Valley Challenges - 'flowers'

Pink Elephant!

This is one of my all time favourite Little Claire stamps - it's such a cute image and another easy one to colour!  I've used it with some pink and brown card and Cuttlebugged the pink card with my swiss dots embossing folder.  The flowers are punched and I've added little pink pearls to the centre of each flower.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

Anythings Goes - 'pearls'

Allsorts Challenge - I've followed their sketch

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'all creatures great and small'

Sweet Stamps - 'for the ladies'

My Mum's Craft Shop - 'anything goes'

Craft Us Crazy - 'thinking of you with a sentiment and/or animal'

Totally Gorjuss - 'no patterned paper'

Cupcake Tree

Last card for today!  This one was made using the 'Cupcake Tree' set from Little Claire Designs - the little row of cupcakes is from the same set.  I've just used pink and brown card to put the card together - the base has a scalloped oval on it although you can only see part of it and I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder on this and the pink panel on the top of the card.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Wild Orchid Challenge - 'dieing to punch it out'

Charisma Cardz - 'to die for'

Sarah Hurley Challenges - 'embossing'

Alphabet Challenge - 'T is for trees'

Stamp Something - 'stamp something sweet'

Craft Us Crazy - 'cupcakes'

Let's Ink It Up - 'die cuts/punches'

Paper Sundaes - 'embossing' 



Pearls and Lace

This is one of latest purchases from Lili of the Valley - the design is called 'Mirror Mirror' and I just thought it looked so cute and girlie!  I've used pink and green cardstock to match the background paper which is from a Pink Petticoat pad.

Card Recipe

Stamp - 'Mirror Mirror' from Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Lace, pearl gems, pink card and green card

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley - 'say it with flowers'

Let's Ink it Up - 'embossing'

Totally Gorjuss - 'pearls and lace'

Bunny Zoe - 'lots of pearls'

Merry Wishes

Here's my Christmas card for this week made with a new stamp from 'My Favourite Things' - it's from the 'Pure Innocence' range and is called 'Presents for You'. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - image and sentiment - 'My Favourite Things'

Paper - Forever Friends

Dotty Cuttlebug embossing folder

Large snowflake punch

Craftwork Cards Card candy

Purple card and ribbon

I'd like to enter the card in two challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'embossing plus 3 embellishments'

Winter Wonderland - 'snowflakes'

Winter Wishes

This card was made using the current sketch on the Oldie But Goodie Challenge blog using a stamp from Rachelle Anne Miller which is at least twelve months old (I know I had it last Christmas!). I've used Dovecraft paper and then overlaid some strips of pale blue card which I Cuttlebugged - I've then added white punched snowflakes on the edge of the circle. The circular greeting (which is actually silver!) is from Craftwork Cards and I finished the card by adding some glitter to the ice. I'm also entering the card in the current challenge at Stamp Something which is to stamp something 'with glitter'.

Moving Along With the Times Challenge Blog

Here's another birthday card, this time made using a stamp from Cuddly Buddly. I've used a floral embossing folder for the background on pink card and then two pieces of ribbon across it. I've die cut the image into a circle and added a black paper scallop behind it. The greeting and the little dots are peel offs. I'm entering this card in the current challenge on Moving Along With the Times which is 'anything goes (no Christmas cards allowed'.

Charisma Cardz - Challenge 50

The theme on Charisma Cardz this week is 'New Year Celebrations' and here is my card for the challenge. My image is from Magnolia and I've coloured with with Promarkers and then die cut it into a circle. I've used green card with one of my Cuttlebug folders for one side of the background and some Basic Grey paper for the other side.

Calendar Card - Part 2

This is my second calendar card - this one is made with an image from one of the Crafty Individuals pad. I've also used a piece of Black Magic card which I've put through my Cuttlebug with one of the embossing folders and then sanded the surface off to reveal the purple underneath. I've finished it off with some purple and black card.

I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - challenge 42, black and purple

Anything Goes Challenge - emboss it

Snowflakes

This is a card I've made today for several different challenges using an image from Pink Gem Designs. I coloured the image with Promarkers and a silver gel pen and then stamped the central star again on silver pearl paper, cute it out and placed it over the main image. The background was made from Whitewash cardstock which I ran through my Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and then sanded. I've added three snowflake brads and a greeting from Craftwork Cards. I'm entering the card in the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - snow or snowflakes

One Stitch at a Time - winter wonderland

One Stop Craft Challenge - embossing

I Love Promarkers - snowflakes

Corrosive Challenge #72

This is my entry for the current sketch challenge on The Corrosive Challenge Blog using a floral design from Aspects of Design (The Stampman). I've Cuttlebugged the panel at the side of the card and layered it all with blue and navy card.

The strip along the front of the base was punched with a Martha Stewart punch and I've added a greeting stamped from a set by Personal Impressions.

A Little Distressed ......

I'm referring to the card here, not me!!

The image I've used on this card is Maria from The Greeting Farm Role Call set and she's been coloured with Promarkers. The background was made by running some Coredinations Whitewash Card through my Cuttlebug with a floral embossing folder and then sanding it to bring through the pink colour. I've also distressed the edges with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Ink. The flowers were coloured with Promarkers and the Vintage Photo Ink and I've added some K&Co pearls to the flower centres and down the brown card on the left.

I'm entering this for four challenges:

Quixotic Challenge - challenge 31 'Pretty Pearls'

I Love Promarkers - challenge 22 'Distressing'

One Stop Craft Challenge - challenge 87 'Distressing'

Anyone for Anya - 'Anything Goes'

Cupcake Tilda

This card uses a Tilda image coloured, as always with Promarkers and then die cut with an oval Nestabilities die. The background paper is from Imaginisce and is called 'Painted Stripes' - some of the lines are glittered although that doesn't show up on the photo. I put black peel off lines on the strips of card to emphasise them and also used my Martha Stewart punch on the top and bottom strips. I've Cuttlebugged the blue panel behind the oval and added some punched flowers and a sentiment sticker.

I'm entering this in I Love Promarkers Challenge 20 as I've followed their sketch and also Passion for Promarkers Week 57 'your favourite things' which for me is the cake that Tilda is holding!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 117

This one is my entry for the sketch challenge on Cute Card Thursday. My image is from Little Claire Designs and the backing paper from My Mind's Eye. The centre pink panel has been put through the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and I've added some paper flowers coloured with Promarkers and some black paper dots.