TSC Birthday Bash

The Stamping Chef has a weekly progressive freebie competition on their Facebook page TSC Recipes.

You email for the image, which is this case is Birthday Bash, you upload a card in the folder, you get lots of lovely comments from some very nice people and the chance to win a free image. If you ask for the freebie you MUST make a card with it though or you will not be allowed to get freebies again, it’s only fair J

I coloured the image with Promarkers using zingy colours of lime green, orange, yellow, red and a spot of brown for contrast. The image has been fussy cut and mounted on 3d foam. I used a die to cut the lacey panel and added some glitter card under the image.

I used the latest sketch from I {Heart} Card Sketches for the layout. The base gingham paper is from a freebie pad with a magazine. The orange and brown are from Desert Blooms First Edition pad and the flowery paper is from the Hideaway pad. All except the base layer are snippets including all the cardstock used for matting and layering. I used a Fiskars border punch on some more glitter card and am so glad it was sunny today so you can see all the different glitters.

I added some Glamour dust to parts of the image, a sentiment from Craftwork Cards and some 3d cardstock stickers from a Forever Friends sheet.

If you don’t take part in the challenges on Facebook you are missing out on some lovely free images so I hope you will pop over there and join in the fun.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – 6” Square

Image – Birthday Bash by The Stamping Chef

Paper – Desert Blooms & Hideaway First Edition pads by Dovecraft

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam, Fiskars punch, Nellie Snellen die

Embellishments – Glamour dust, Forever Friends cardstock stickers

Techniques – Diecutting, Punching

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

• Artistic Inspirations – #39 Lots of Layers
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Die Cutting Diva’s - #113 Anything Goes
• DL Art Thankful Thursday – May Anything Goes Linky Party
• Forever Friends Monthly – Anything Goes
• Great Impressions Stamps – Celebrations
• I {Heart} Card Sketches – Sketch 016
• Inspire Me Fridays - #101 Anything Goes
• Lexi’s Creations - #89 – Happy Birthday
• Love To Create – #63 Punches and/or dies
• Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes
• Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover – #86 Celebrations
• Passion For Promarkers - #196 Dies and / or punches
• Sister Act Card Challenges - #5 Anything Goes
• Wags ‘n Whiskers - #103 Girly Birthday

TSC Bittersweet

 The Stamping Chef has a weekly progressive freebie competition on their Facebook page TSC Recipes.

You email for the image, which is this case is Bittersweet, you upload a card in the folder, you get lots of lovely comments from some very nice people and the chance to win a free image. If you ask for the freebie you MUST make a card with it though or you will not be allowed to get freebies again, it’s only fair J

I coloured the image with Promarkers using predominantly pink and red but adding orange and yellow for flowers and gold gel pen accents for the watch fob  and key.

I used the latest sketch from I {Heart} CardSketches for the layout of the front of the easel card and used papers from the Birdsong First Edition pad throughout.  I used a scrap of red card to make the Fiskars punched border and added a fabric glitter butterfly.

The inside or the easel is covered with a pink paper and I added a die cut section mounted on 3d foam to hold the front behind. I used a gold gel pen to draw the deckled edge and added a sentiment panel. I am normally very good at giving credit but for the life of me at the moment I cannot find the digi on my computer. I will of course add the information when I find out who dunnit!

Now I have to be honest and say when I first saw this image I panicked a bit as I just couldn’t see how to use it but I am really pleased with how it has evolved. I think she looks a big like Lady Ga Ga and we all know she has her own style.

If you don’t take part in the challenges on Facebook you are missing out on some lovely free images so I hope you will pop over there and join in the fun.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – 5” Square Easel

Image – Bittersweet by The Stamping Chef

Paper – Birdsong First Edition pad by Dovecraft

Sentiment – Freebie from Don’t know at the moment L

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam, Gold Gel Pen, Fiskars punch, Nestabilities die

Embellishments – Fabric Glitter sticker from Hobbycraft

Techniques – Diecutting, Punching, Shaped card

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

• 613 Avenue Create – #16 Anything Goes & optional colours
• Artistic Inspirations – #38 Card for a Lady
• Catered Crop – Add Glitter
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Di’s Digi Designs – Anything but Square
• Dream Valley Challenges - #55 Things With Wings
• I {Heart} Card Sketches – Sketch 015
• Inspire Me Fridays - #100 Anything Goes
• Make It Monday –  #137 Anything Goes
• Melonheadz Friends – Fancy Folds
• Ooh La La Creations  – Easel Card
• Paper Playtime - #8 More Than 1 Fold
• Scribbles Designs - #4 Easel Cards
• Sparkle & Sprinkle – Use a Digi
• Whimsy Inspirations - #58 Pretty in Pink

The Stamping Chef Guest DT All Boy

This is my second card as a Guest Designer at The Stamping Chef in their All Boy Challenge.

I have used this super cool image Graffiti Jack, I thought it would make a great boy’s birthday card.

I used Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour it in and then cut the image out.

I tried to make a shaped card so the wall was on one layer in front of the sky but it was too heavy and wouldn’t stop open so I added the sky background to the card base. The paper is from an American Crafts pad Neapolitan. I got a 12’’ stack from TK Maxx for only £6.99, complete bargain but I am not sure why the sky is green?

The bottom layer of the card is an embossing folder. I used some Kraft Core cardstock from Tim Holtz and sanded it down. This whole section is mounted on 3d foam and then the image is popped up on another layer so it is very dimensional.

I do hope you will check out The Stamping Chef. Tamara creates some wonderful images, some cute, and some sassy. There is a fortnightly challenge on the blog and on Facebook there is a group TSC Recipes where there is a weekly free image Progressive Challenge. There is loads going on and the people over there are lovely.

Thanks for having me as a Guest DT Ladies J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A6

Image – Graffiti Jack by The Stamping Chef

Paper – Neapolitan by American Crafts, Kraft core card from Tim Holtz Core’dinations

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Embossing folder, 3d foam,

Embellishments – button from Papermania, Baker’sTwine, tag from stash

Techniques – Embossing, distressing

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

613 Avenue Create – #16 Anything Goes & optional colours

A Gem of A Challenge - #76 Distress It

Aud Sentiments  – #78 Card For a Guy

Cards For Men - #8 Anything Goes

CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft

Crafting By Designs – Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges – Colour My World

Desert Island Crafters – #52  (1, 2, 5, 8)

Digital Tuesday – #207 Birthdays

Inklings & Yarns - #12 Anything Goes

Kenny K’s Krafty Krew - #140 Anything Goes

Make It Monday –  #137 Anything Goes

My Time To Craft - #218 Stitching Real or Fake

Outlawz Thursday Twisted – TT0418 – Card With a Tag

Paper Shelter - #109 For The Boys

Penny’s Challenge - #124 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - #35 Use Your Stash (1^st time used embossing folder & tag 5+ years old)

Sisterhood of Crafters – Free For All

Sparkles Forum Challenge - #43 Hearts

Totally Gorjuss  – #180 Embossing

Word Art Wednesday - #77  Anything Goes

TSC Lost Fairy

The Stamping Chef has a weekly progressive freebie competition on their Facebook page TSC Recipes.

You email for the image, which is this case is Lost Fairy, you upload a card in the folder, you get lots of lovely comments from some very nice people and the chance to win a free image. If you ask for the freebie you MUST make a card with it though or you will not be allowed to get freebies again, it’s only fair J

I knew immediately that my fairy was going to be purple and coloured her with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I added loads of Glamour Dust glitter to her wings and was covered with it, I am calling it fairy dust.

I used the latest sketch from I {Heart} Card Sketches for the layout using a lilac cardstock with an allover glitter flower pattern from the Daydream First Edition pad. The butterfly papers are from the Dreamcatcher pad. I added my favourite die cut flourish from Cheery Lynn with some sequin flowers and self adhesive gems. I added a gem bindi to the fairy’s face and a freebie sentiment from Cindy of Bluebirdflats.

If you don’t take part in the challenges on Facebook you are missing out on some lovely free images so I hope you will pop over there and join in the fun.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Lost Fairy by The Stamping Chef

Paper – Daydreamer & Dreamcatcher First Edition pads by Dovecraft

Sentiment – Freebie from Bluebirdflats

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Cheery Lynn die, 3d foam

Embellishments – Dovecraft gems, flower sequins, Glamour Dust glitter

Techniques – Diecutting,

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

• 365 Cards - Day 108 Lots of Glitter
• 613 Avenue Create – #16 Anything Goes & optional colours
• A & T Challenge - #23 Flowers
• Allsorts - #203 A Passion for Flowers
• Art Impressions Stamps – #108 Layer It Up
• Broken Box Stock - #24 Lots of Flowers
• Can You Digi It - #33 Butterflies
• Catered Crop – Add Glitter
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Cheery Lynn Designs - #76 Pretty in Purple
• Crafts and Me - #129 Bling It Up
• Crafts 4 Eternity – #120 May Flowers
• Crafty Boots – Recycle (card flourish is cut from was packaging from stickers)
• Creative Inspirations Paint – Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge - #49 Flowers & Fantasy
• Desert Island Crafters – #52  (4, 6, 7, 8)
• Digi Sketch Challenge – Butterflies and/or roses
• Dream Valley Challenges - #55 Things With Wings
• Everybody Art – #232 Bling
• Flutterby Wednesday - #236 Sentiment & Fairy or Butterfly
• Go Fish - #39 Purple
• Hobbycutz Challenge – #4 Monochrome
• I {Heart} Card Sketches – Sketch 014
• Inky Impressions - #105 Punches/Dies
• Love To Scrap - #4 Die Cut or Punch
• Moving Along With The Times – Fantasy & Fairies
• Natalie & Amy’s Challenge - #8 Monochromatic
• Paper Crafting Journey – Use A sentiment
• Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover – #84 Girly Girl
• Paper Shelter - #108 At least 2 flowers
• Penny’s Challenge - #123 Use a Sentiment
• Pumpkin Spice - #16 Meaningful Sentiment
• QKR Stampede – #35 Punches or Dies
• Rhedd & Rosie’s - #4 Monochrome
• Shelly’s Images TTT – May Flowers
• Simply Create Too - #35 Use Your Stash (sequin flowers many years old)
• Stamp n Doodle – Anything Goes
• There She Goes - #203 Just Because
• Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts - #163 Monochromatic
• Wags ‘n Whiskers - #102 May Flowers
• Whoopsi Daisy – Not A Square
• Word Art Wednesday - #76  Anything Goes

TSC Cool Becca Boo

The Stamping Chef has a weekly competition on their Facebook page TSC Recipes.

You email for the image, which is this case is Cool Becca Boo, you upload a card in the folder, you get lots of lovely comments from some very nice people and the chance to win a free image. If you ask for the freebie you MUST make a card with it though or you will not be allowed to get freebies again, it’s only fair J

Becca looked like she was looking at something so I decided it would be a dog. This little cutie is from a Broken Box Stock freebie called Kirby. He looks like he needs a good home. I’d have him but Paul is not an animal lover so no chance of me having a pooch L The bone is a free image from the Stamp Fairy and is a sentiment that I have resized very small. I coloured all the images with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers, fussy cut them and mounted on 3d foam.

I used a sketch A313 from House The Stamps Built for the layout covering the base of my card with some pawprint paper from a Kanban kit from QVC. The paw print border is from the same kit. I cut a mat from some textured DCWV cardstock and mounted onto some foam. Finally I added loads of gems and a little heart as Cool Becca Boo loves her doggy.

If you don’t take part in the challenges on Facebook you are missing out on some lovely free images so I hope you will pop over there and join in the fun.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A6

Images – Cool Becca Boo by The Stamping Chef, Kirby from Broken Box Stock & Woof bone from The Stamp Fairy

Paper – Kanban & DCWV

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Marianne Creatibles die, 3d foam

Embellishments – loads of gems

Techniques – Diecutting, distressing

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

• 52 Card Pickup – 2.15 Card Link Up
• Alota Rubber Stamps - #104 Dress to Impress
• Card Mania - #18 Punches or Diecuts
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Crafty Creations  – #217 No Squares
• DRS Designs - #65 Real or Faux Stitching
• Glitter & Sparkle - #28 Stitching Real or Fake (stitching on ribbon)
• House That Stamps Built – A313 Sketch
• Inklings & Yarns - #11 Anything Goes
• Melonheadz Friends – Make It Girly
• My Craft Spot  – #94 Cute Critters
• My Graphico – #148 Anything Goes
• Pattie’s Creations – #65 Make It Sparkle
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Use Scallops
• Sisterhood of Crafters – Animal
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity - #146 Girl
• Use It Tuesday - #53 Sticky Situation (self adhesive gems in stash for 4 years)
• Word Art Wednesday - #75  Anything Goes

Imagine That Progressive Freebie

I've come across a new to me Progressive Freebie challenge from Imagine That Digis by Kris Breach and got this fab car image Speeding By which I knew would be perfect with the Racing Rachel image I won from The Stamping Chef recently.

As I was watching the Formula 1 this morning I was colouring both images in. I used the colours from Red Bull as my inspiration. Although I support Lewis Hamilton the team colours are not as vibrant with Mercedes.

Both images are coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and have been fussy cut and mounted onto 3d foam. I used a sheet of A4 card for the base and added some cardstock, the tyre border and sentiment from a Kanban card kit I had as a gift off QVC about 4 years ago.

These all combined together to make a fab card for a man and I find those so hard to do so can see me using these 2 images together again.

Please head over to Imagine That to take part in the next challenge.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A5

Images – Speeding By from Imagine That & Racing Rachel from The Stamping Chef

Paper & Sentiment – Kanban kit from QVC

Sentiment – From stash mounted on gold card

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam pads

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

• 613 Avenue Create – #15 Anything Goes option sketch
• Allways Something Creative - #51 For a man or boy
• Alota Rubber Stamps - #104 Dress to Impress
• Artistic Inspirations – #36 Anything Goes
• Aud Sentiments  – #78 Card For a Guy
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #18 Anything Goes
• Imagine That Digis by Kris - #4 Progressive Freebie
• Moving Along With The Times – Inspired by a Film (Need for Speed)
• My Graphico – #148 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode – PAM04132013 Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too - #35 Use Your Stash (Kanban card kit over 4 yrs old)
• Stampavie & More - #191 For a Boy
• The Squirrel & the Fox – #41 Song or Movie (Need for Speed)
• Word Art Wednesday - #75  Anything Goes