OSAAT #155 All White or No DP

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and this time it is a bit more challenging

All White or No Designer Paper

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps and there is a fabulous prize $9 to spend in the store for the lucky winner who uses a Store image

Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.

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You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store

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I have only ever made one all white card before and really was not happy with my results so I challenged myself to make an all white card AND not use any pretty papers!!

I chose this cute image Licky Tiggy Tiger by Barbara Jensen.  I know white tigers are rare but they do exist and I knew that I could add the black colour to the stripes and the palest pink to the fleshy parts like nose, pads on the paws and ears. I added some glossy accents to the nose and paws and cut the image out suing a Nestabilities die.

The main backing paper is a Boofles embossing folder on it’s first outing since I bought it months and months ago. It is like a patchwork effect so has quite a few different textures on it. I also used a second layer with a cuttlebug folder which has a bark effect, I thought it would emulate the stripes on the tiger. I used scissors to distress and roughen up the edges and attached a lacy edged ribbon to it following a sketch from A Die For A Sketch.

Finally I used a sentiment which was a freebie from TLC Creations and die cut it with a Nestabilities die. Both the image and sentiment have been mounted on 3D foam and this whole card is full of texture.

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 Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – 6” Square

Image – Licky Tiggy Tiger by Barbara Jensen

Sentiment – TLC Creations

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities dies, embossing folders by

Papermania & Cuttlebug

Embellishments – lacy trim ribbon, Glossy Accents

Techniques – Diecutting, Embossing, Distressing

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 365 Cards - Day 71 Textured Base
• 613 Avenue Create – Anything Goes
• A Blog Named Hero - #22 Free Style
• A Die For A Sketch - #10 Sketch for layout plus one Die
• Anything Goes - #88 Seeing Double (2 dies, 2 embossing folders)
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #16 Anything Goes
• Crafts and Me - #124 Ribbons & Lace
• Deep Ocean Challenge - #47 Cute & Cuddly
• Desert Island Crafters – #50  6, 8, 10,
• Go Fish - #37 Ribbon
• Inklings & Yarns - #7 Anything Goes
• Mayzyart Challenge – #13 Anything goes twist Animal print
• Natalie & Amy’s Challenge - #7 Use a Die Cut
• One Stop Crafts - #220 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode – PAM03162013 Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly  – 123, 1 ribbon, 2 dies, 3 colours (white, pink, black)
• Penny’s Challenge - #118 Ribbons & Diecut
• Sentimental Sundays - #146 Anything Goes
• Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
• Tuesday Alchemy - #52 Anything Goes
• Use It Tuesday - #52 Diecuts (Base embossing folder had for about 9 months and 1^st time I have used it)
• Word Art Wednesday - #71 Anything Goes

Daisy Doodles TT on a Friday

At the halfway point of our challenge we have Tableau Tuesday and that is a way for the designers to showcase some of the fabulous Digis available from the store. I’m a little late with my offering this week but better late than never eh?

Let me introduce you to Snow Worries be Happy. This fun set comes with a separate image of the snowman and the sign in 3 different formats for only $2 from the Daisy Doodles Store

I have coloured the digi with Promarkers & Flexmarkers  and added some stickles glitter glue to the snowballs. The card is covered with a patterned paper which is a wrapping paper from Paperchase. The silver embossed panel was done with a Cuttlebug folder and the snowflake ribbon is by DCWV.

I have added lots of sparkly gems and a diecut snowflake which is a cut and emboss one from Cuttlebug and cut from Doodlebug flocked paper. I’m loving all the texture on this card J

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I hope you will pop over to the blog to see the lovely creations on there and please remember that you have until Sunday Night to get your challenge entries in for our Something Sweet Challenge

I'll see you again next week with another lovely Daisy Doodles design.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Snow Worries, Be Happy  by Daisy Doodles

Patterned Paper – Paperchase

Embellishments – DCWV Ribbon, lots of gems

Tools - Scissors, Promarkers/Flexmarkers, Cuttlebug embossing folder and Die

Techniques – Diecutting and embossing

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges 

(in Alphabetical Order):-

OSAAT #85 Embossing

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and it we want you to do some

Embossing, wet or dry

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Terri from Delicious Doodles

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For my card this week I have used Santa’s Clothes from Gingerloft and had so much fun with this fab image. I coloured it with Promarkers sticking to just black white and red throughout. I created a second layer and mounted the elements onto 3d foam. Using some puffy paint from Woodware I added this to where the snow and fur would be and heated it up with my heat gun. It never ceases to amaze me how this stuff puffs up and transforms your project J

The paper and sentiment are from a Debbi Moore magazine freebie and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the snowflake background. The red and black card used for the mats is all from my scrapbox, yay!!

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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Santa’s Clothes by Gingerloft

Paper and Sentiment – Debbi Moore

Embellishments – Woodware puff paint

Tools – scissors, 3d foam, heat gun, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Techniques – Decoupage, Dry embossing,

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• 4 Crafty Chicks – Use Markers
• ABC Christmas Challenge ‘U’ – Unused stash is black paper & sentiment and Woodware puffy snow
• Alota Rubber Stamps #69 – Christmas
• Aud’s Sentiments #39 – Winter
• Bah Humbug #42 – Christmas Card for a man
• Christmas Card Challenge #47 –Any Christmas Card
• Crafting When We Can - Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #43 – Create a Scene
• Floweret Stamplar #7 – Christmas Card
• Jingle Bells – Use something soft (embossed puff snow)
• Little Claire Designs #14 – Christmas
• Make It Monday #59 – Link Up Party
• Ooh La La Creations #91 – Let It Snow
• Paperplay #42 – Use Some Black
• Paper Pretties Wednesday #176 – Black & White plus one colour
• Secret Crafter #157 – Include a Winter Woolie
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Show us What You’ve Got
• Simon Says Stamp & Show – Some Stripes (on poles)
• Top Tip Tuesday #56 – Layers
• Totally Papercrafts #89 – Layers

Daisy Doodles #42 Raise It Up

OMG this is my 750^th Post!! I can’t believe I have waffled that much but then I have been blogging since May 2007 J I don’t think I can remember life before blogs…..

Thankyou to all my lovely followers, I am truly honoured that you feel I have something worthy of looking at and reading, mwah Mwah MWAH big kisses to you all xxx

Anyhoo, enough of that kissy kisssy stuff. 

I am delighted that this is my 2^nd week as Guest Designer at 

 The challenge theme this week is Embossing and you have until Sunday 25^th September 7pm EST to get your entries in. You can emboss using a heat gun, an embossing folder or even the traditional stencils and lightbox, just make sure you use a digi OK J

I chose the image Feelin’ Bad Freddy. Don’t you just want to give him a hug to make him feel better? If you want to own him you can pop over to Daisy’s Digi Doodles store and he can be yours for only $2

You can tell he is a man as he’s in bed feeling sorry for himself. If it was a woman teddy she’d have no chance to take a rest would she girls?

The patchwork style paper on the base has been embossed and on the criss crosses and inked to brink the design out better. I have also used brown cardstock by DCVW and cut a circle for behind Freddy’s bed which has been embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and sanded with an emery board. The other brown strip has also been embossed with a Sizzix folder.

Freddy and his bed has been decoupaged with 4 layers and coloured with Promarkers. Following the sketch layout from Sketchbook Saturday I used a Nitwit collection of free papers from a magazine. I used a Martha Stewart punch, some scrummy ribbon and recycled a chipboard tag from a piece of ASDA clothing for the sentiment tag. I covered it with a scrap of blue card, distressed the edges and handwrote the sentiment.

  

I hope you like my card. I think it would have to cheer up the poorly recipient.

I'll see you again next week with another lovely Daisy's Digi Doodles design.

P.S…. Keep checking out the store for some fab new designs, Jules has been doodling and they are just blooming gorgeous J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Feelin’ Bad Freddy  by Daisy's Digi Doodles

Patterned Paper – Nitwits magazine freebie and DCWV for textured card

Sketch - Sketchbook Saturday #28

Embellishments – Recycled chipboard tag, and some pretty ribbon

Tools - 3D Foam & Scissors, Promarkers, Cuttlebug and Sizzix embossing folders, emery board, small ink pad, Martha Stewart Punch

Techniques – Embossing, distressing with inkpad and emery board, punching, recyling

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Aly’s Sunday Sketch – Add a Bow
• Anything Goes #49 – Shabby Chic
• Art With No Boundaries – Anything Goes
• Bee Crafty #54 - Frames & Borders
• Cards For Men #19 – Anything But Square
• Catch the Bug – Punches or Die Cuts
• Crafts 4 Eternity R#36 – Brown & Blue
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Bears
• Crafty Creations #135 – Anything But Square
• Creative Stamp Friends #33 – Card for a Man
• Delicious Doodles #1 – Fresh Start (used new papers)
• Di’s Digi Designs #1 – Anything Goes
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best #75 – Circles
• Do You Stack Up #36 – Texture
• Fresh Brewed Designs #63 – Use Something New (papers)
• Fun With Shapes & More #91 – Anything Goes
• Heartsong Inspirations #15 – Chipboard
• House of Gilli #16 – Embossing
• House That Stamps Built DCC831 – Card for a Guy
• I Did It Creations #72 – Anything Goes
• Inky Impressions IIC #23 – Brown & Cornflower blue
• Karen’s Doodles – Checks
• Let’s Craft & Create #27 – Blast From the Past (#25 Use a Digi)
• Make It Monday #54 – Link Up Party
• Paper Shelter #30 - Embossing
• Papertake Weekly #64 – Anything Goes
• Passion For Promarkers #116 – Patchwork
• Pile It On #37 – Lots of Layers
• Shabby Tea Room #79 – Masculine & colour inspiration
• Sketchbook Saturday #28 - Layout of Card
• Speedy The Cat’s Friends #72 – Use a Punch
• Stamp n Doodle – Anything Goes
• Stamp Something – Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss #97 – For a man or boy
• Totally Stampalicious – Anything Goes

Happileigh Scrappin' #35

We have a new challenge today over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges which is is to make a card using Cool Colours.

We have a colour wheel to show you which see the colours we want to see on your card.

For my Card I have used a new release from last week, Reach for the Stars

When Leigh first showed us this image I wanted to put it together with a Cuttlebug Embossing folder I have. I could see the little girl balancing precariously on a Christmas gift to put the star on the tree. That's what I love about digi's so much.... the designer can make it to portray one particular occasion but with a bit of imagination cardmakers can come up with something completely different to use it for :)

My base card has a Christmas paper on it from DCWV. The tree is embossed onto pale blue card and then I used an inkpad to distress the embossing and cut around the tree. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and the star has been covered with glitter glue. It was a magazine freebie and there was hardly any glitter in it so I sprinkled some extra fine on it instead. The gift has been made using a paper from Imaginisce with some bits and bobs of ribbon. All the elements except the tree are on 3d foam to add dimension.

There are loads of fabulous images in the Happileigh Scrappin' Store and Leigh has also got some gorgeous new designs available. With every purchase you this gorgeous image and sentiment free........

Also for every 3 images you purchase you can choose an extra one absolutely free. There are loads of fab images just itching to be played with so you will find it easy to spend your pennies I promise you :)

Please pop on over to see the lovely creations my Happi Sisters have added. There are lots of lovely cards to feast your eyes upon and they are all so different.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do you it will be entered into a separate draw. With freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.

We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and myself and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to

Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun!

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size - A5

Image - Reach For The Stars by Happileigh Scrappin'

Paper - DCWV & Imaginisce

Sentiment - Recycled from a Christmas card

Embellishments - thin ribbons, glitter

Tools - 3D Foam & Scissors, Promarkers, Embossing folder, ink pad

Techniques - Embossing, distressing on tree

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Aud's Sentiments #34 - Merry Christmas sentiment
• CES Challenge #49 - Mix & Match (DCWV & Imaginisce)
• Color Lab #52 - Pale blue, denim blue & pale yellow
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #115 - Gifts
• Crafter's Companion #15 - Glitter & Glitz
• Crafts 4 Eternity #32 - Blue & White
• Crafty Catz #95 - Embossing
• Crazy 4 Challenges #100 - Monochrome
• Crazy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
• Dare to be Sassy #85 - Distressing
• Digi's With Attitude #32 - Anything Goes
• Do It With Digi's #14 - Christmas in August
• Do You Stack Up #32 - Embossing
• Dream Valley Challenges #13 - Distressing
• Gingerloft #22 - Make it sparkle
• Jingle Bells - Bling on the Holidays
• Just Some Lines - Embossing
• Pile It On #33 - lots of Blue
• Pollycraft #106 - Distressing
• Scrapbook Sisters #47 - Stars
• Secret Crafter #147 - Christmas is Coming
• Simon Says Stamp & Show - Bling
• Simply Create #50 - Distressing
• Speedy the Cat's Friend #68 - Distressing
• Squigglefly #111 - Touchy Feely
• Totally Stampalicious - 1 circle, 1 square, 1 rectangle
• Wag's n Whiskers #60 - Sparkly
• Whimsy Inspirations #1 - Ribbons & Bows
• Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes