New Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes/In the Garden

 

It's time for a new challenge on the Allsorts Challenge Blog:

This time our theme is 'in the garden' or if you prefer you can follow the anything goes option.  For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

We have two prizes of stamps from Lavinia on offer:

Here's another view of my card:

I decided to interpret the theme a little differently and use this cute mole from Time for Tea Designs - he's part of the 'I Really Dig You' stamp set.

I also used:

- Promarkers

- dies from Stampin' Up and Spellbinders

- patterned paper from Craft Creations

New Addicted to CAS Challenge - Garden

 

We're back today on the Addicted to CAS Challenge Blog with a new challenge:

This time it was my turn to choose our code word and I decided on 'garden' - hopefully a theme with lots of scope for everyone!  I remembered this cute stamp set from Time for Tea Designs featuring cute moles in the garden and thought I'd use it to make my card.

For more details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

And here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- I Really Dig You stamp set from Time for Tea Designs

- Promarkers

- brown card from Limetree Crafts

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

Little Red Wagon - include an animal

We Love Stamping Challenge - wildlife/anything goes

Simply Clean and Simple Challenge

New Creative Crafters Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's time for a new challenge on the Creative Crafters Challenge Blog:

Our challenges are always anything goes so everyone can join in!

For more details about today's challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's what I used to make my card:

- Boat Buddies stamp set from Time for Tea Designs available here

- Promarkers

- stitched dies from Crafters Companion

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

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

As You Like It Challenge - to add a sentiment or not (this sentiment is part of the stamp set and I think the pun finishes the card perfectly!)

CRAFT Challenge - anything goes/cute

New Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's time for a new challenge on the Creative Fingers Challenge Blog:

Our challenges are always anything goes.  For more information about today's new challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

This week's challenge is sponsored by DT member Angelique:

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- Boat Buddies stamp set from Time for Tea Designs here

- Promarkers

- dies from Crafters Companion

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

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

Double D Challenges - frames

We Love Stamping - nature/anything goes

CRAFT Challenge - anything goes/cute

New Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

 

It's time for the first challenge of 2025 on the Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog:

Our challenges are always anything Christmas goes.  For all the details about today's new challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's another view of my card:

And to make my card I used:

- Sweet Christmas stamp set from Time to Tea Designs

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up and Creative Crafting World

- Promarkers

- dies from Stampin Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

New Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes/Use Your Dies

 

We're back today with a new challenge on the Allsorts Challenge Blog and it's the first challenge following our new fortnightly format:

The theme for today's new challenge is anything goes with the optional choice of 'use your dies'.

You can find all the details about the challenge and see the cards from the rest of the team here on the challenge blog.

We have 3 prizes of Oakwood dies and coordinating stamp sets:

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I used:

- Santa's Nice List stamp set from Time for Tea Designs here

- Promarkers

- dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Reminder - Add a Bow or Ribbon

 

We're back today with a reminder of the current challenge on the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge Blog:

For this challenge we want you to add a bow or a ribbon.  As I said last week, I can't tie a bow on a card to save my life so I've just added a piece of ribbon across the middle of my card!

For all the details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's another view of my card:

Here's what I used to make my card:

- Santa's Nice List stamp set from Time for Tea Designs

- Promarkers

- dies from Stampin' Up and Spellbinders

- patterned papers from Stampin' Up

- sentiment sticker from Tim Holtz

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

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

Christmas Kickstart Challenge - anything goes Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge - Y is for your favourite colours (red and green)

Krafty Chicks Challenge - Christmas

New Cupcake Inspiration Challenge - Add a Bow or Ribbon

 

It's time for a new challenge on the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge Blog and for the next two weeks it's a theme challenge:

For all the details and to see the inspiration from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

Here's my card from the front:

To make my card I used:

- Seasons Tweetings stamp set from Time for Tea Designs

- Promarkers

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- snowflake punch from Hobbycraft

- card from Craft Creations

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

Krafty Chicks Challenge - stamps

Triple B Challenge

NBUS - first time I've used this stamp set

New Inspiration Station Challenge

 

We're back today on the Inspiration Station Challenge Blog with a new challenge:

The idea behind the challenge is that we give you a photo each month and you make something inspired by the challenge AND tell us how you were inspired.

And here is this month's photo:

For more details about today's challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

I have to admit this one had me stumped for a while as I couldn't work out what I was going to use to make my card.  And then, while I was putting away another stamp set. I spotted the 'Ewe Are Moovellous' stamp set in my Time for Tea Designs box.  I haven't the set before but I spotted the barn in it which looked a bit like the barns in the photo.

I also used:

- Promarkers

- die from Stampin' Up

- paper and card from Craft Creations

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

NBUS - first time I've used this stamp set

We Love Stamping - anything goes/hand coloured image

Crafty Animals Challenge

GDT Card for the AAA Colourful Challenge

 

Today I'm very excited to be joining the AAA Colourful Challenge as a Guest Designer:

It's a monthly challenge blog based on colour suggestions - the colours provided need to be the prominent ones you use but you can also include neutrals in your design.  You can make any type of papercraft project and it can be for any occasion.

Here is the colourboard for this month:

For more information about the challenge and to see what inspiration the Design Team have for the challenge, head over to the challenge blog here.

To make my card I used a two step Plaid layering stencil from the Uniko Picked Posies collection.

I used - Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight and Grapefruit Grove inks as well as the following Distress Inks - Barn Door, Spiced Marmalade and Dried Marigold.

My birthday sentiment is from the Bold Sentiments Stamp Set from Time for Tea Designs.

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

Stencil Fun Challenge

Seize the Birthday - anything goes

Halloween and Other Crafts All Year Round Challenge - birthday

New Cut It Up Challenge - A New Year (Use a New Tool, Technique or Craft Item)

 

Today I'm very excited to be sharing my first DT project for the Cut It Up Challenge:

The theme for today's new challenge is A New Year - we want you to use a new tool, technique or craft item.  For more details about the challenge and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

I've used some new craft items:

- banner die from the It's Your Day Sentiment Die set from Time for Tea Designs

- Simple Birthday Sentiment Die from Time for Tea Designs

- Bright and Beautiful patterned paper from Stampin' Up

I also used some navy blue card to layer up my card and for the punched dots which I used as embellishments.

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

As You Like It Challenge - favourite paper brand (Stampin' Up because of the range of patterns and paper quality)

Rabisco Challenge - anything goes

613 Avenue Create - anything goes

New Moving Along With The Times Challenge - Winter Animals

We're back today on the Moving Along With the Times Challenge Blog with a new challenge:

And this month we want to see winter animals featured on your creations.  For all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team, head over to the challenge blog here.

To make my card I used:

- Stop Dachshund Around stamp set from Time for Tea Designs here

- Promarkers

- patterned paper from Stampin' Up

- curved die from Stampin' Up

- stitched square die from Elizabeth Craft Designs

- card base from The Works

- other paper and card from Craft Creations

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

Dream Valley Challenges - anything goes

Crafting From The Heart - anything goes

New Cutie Pie Challenge - Four Legged Friends

 

We're back today with a new challenge on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'four legged friends'.

You can find out more about the challenge and see the cards from the rest of the team here on the challenge blog.

To make my card I used:

- Queen for the Day stamp set new from Time for Tea Designs

- Promarkers

- patterned paper from Craft Creations

- dies from Stampin' Up and Memory Box

- Card Candi from Craftwork Cards

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

Creative Inspirations - red, white and blue or Royal

Passion for Markers - use a cute character

NBUS Challenge - the first time I've used this stamp set

New Addicted to CAS Challenge - Garden

 

It's time for another challenge on the Addicted to CAS Challenge and this time our code word is:

For all the details and to see the cards from the rest of the team, have a look here on the challenge blog.

To make my card I used a new stamp set from Time for Tea Designs called 'I Really Dig You' - you can find it here on their website.

Here's another view of my card:

I stamped the mole, flower trough and butterfly from the set and coloured them with Promarkers.  I then added a sentiment and stamped the trowel separately, cut it out and added to the scene.

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

Triple B Challenge - birds, butterflies, blooms

NBUS - this is the first time I've used this stamp set

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

New Inspiration Station Challenge

 

We've got a new challenge today on the Inspiration Station Challenge Blog and here is our inspiration photo:

The idea behind our challenge is that we want you to use the photo as your inspiration for your creation and also tell us how it inspired you.

For more details and to see the cards from the rest of the team, have a look here on the challenge blog.

When I looked at the photo I saw the open road so I decided to use a stamp and die set from Time for Tea Designs that I bought recently called 'Car Critters'.

I stamped the road and then stamped, coloured and die cut the car, the panda and the traffic lights.  I put them all together and then die cut the scene with a scalloped stitched die from Stampin' Up.

The background paper I used is from an old road atlas.

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

Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

Crafty Creations Challenge - anything goes

New Male Room Challenge - Our 8th Birthday!

 

We're back today with a new challenge on The Male Room Challenge Blog:

Have a look on the challenge blog here to see the prizes we have on offer and to see the cards from the rest of the team.

Here's another view of my card:

To make my card I've used:

- stamp set from Time to Tea Designs

- Promarkers

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- paper and card from Craft Creations

New Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything But Square

There's a new challenge today on the Crafty Catz Challenge Blog - our challenges are always 'anything goes' and this week it's 'anything but square' (chosen by me!).

You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

This week our challenge is sponsored by:

To make my card I used:

- 'Sledging' digi stamp from Time for Tea Designs available here

- Promarkers to colour my image

- card blank from Craftwork Cards

- sentiment stamp from Uniko

- patterned paper from Simply Cards and Papercraft

- other paper and card from Craft Creations