Birthday elephant

   This elephant image which I coloured using Promarkers is from Dragon Lairs Design. I matted and layered it onto pink, blue and white card leaving enough space between the pink and blue layered tp add a strip of black peel off. The sentiment was cut from black card using the ornamental happy birthday die from tattered Lace.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - something new (digi)
   Cute Card Thursday - something new (digi)
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - something new (digi)
   Allsorts - no patterned papers
   Digi Designs - birthdays
   2 crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   My Time To Craft - something new (digi)
   A Gem of a Challenge - happy anything

Forest stepper

   The digi image of the tree house in the woods is from Dragons lair Designs. I coloured it using Promarkers and then cut round the tops of the bushes and trees and matted it onto some printed sky paper. I then cut this out using a die from tattered Lace's decorative inset stepper set of dies. the stepper card was also cut using this set of dies. I wrapped ribbon round the base before attaching the digi topper and added a bow.
   The bunnies were also cut using a Tattered Lace die. I used Fluffy Stuff on their tails and Glossy Accents on the eyes and cut two strips of stamens for the grass. The mushroom was cut using Tattered Lace's forest mushroom die. Both the bunnies and the mushrooms were coloured using Promarkers and backed onto white card which was then fussy cut before attaching to the stepper card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - our furry/feathered friends
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Sweet Stampers - dies and/or punches
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   Creatalicious - anything goes with die cuts/punches
   Crafting By Designs - animals
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Pile It On - fancy folds
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Owl

   My daughter has a friend who is owl mad so this is a card for her. I printed the owl from Dragons Lair Designs behind a frame called cinnamon spice torn frame 1 also from Dragons Lair Designs and coloured it using Promarkers. The background paper is also from Dragons Lair Designs and I matted and layered this onto black and then white card. The leaves were die cut from various scraps of paper using the common foliage Tattered Lace die and the sentiments were black peel offs.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Stamping Sensations - anything goes
   Cupcake Inspirations - animals
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Digi Designs - use something digital (image and papers)
   Sweet Stampers - animals
   2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Creatalicious - anything goes with bithday
   Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Dragons Lair Designs - anything goes with wedding day
   Allsorts - something beginning with b (bird)
   Catch the Bug - photo inspiration

Wine and grapes

   This card uses the wine and grapes digi image from Dragons Lair Designs. I coloured it using Promarkers and after cutting it out using a Spellbinders square die I matted it onto core'dinations cardstock which had been cut using a Spellbinders scalloped square die.
   The background paper is from  a Kaisercraft Christmas paper pad and I matted and layered it onto beige core'dinations cardstock and white card. The leaves are cut from crepe paper using a Tattered Lace die from their foliage set and the letters for the sentiment were cut using their alphabet circus die set.
   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Pile It On - food/drink
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   As You Like It - I like old stash because I enjoy the challenge of finding a new or different use for it (an example being the crepe paper used for the die cut leaves)
   Creative Moments - anything goes

Dragon with apples

   This lovely dragon is from Dragon Lair Designs and you can request it for this month's facebook challenge. I coloured it using Promarkers and then cut it out leaving a narrow margin round it, The papers are from my stash and were printed some time ago. I edged the leaf strip using narrow ribbon and after attaching it to the autumnal paper I matted and layered it onto cream core'dination cardstock and white card. I then attached the digi to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - autumn is coming
   Incy Wincy Designs - things that fly
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with animals
   The Stamping Boutique - it's apple season

Elephant

   I could not resist this adorable elephant.
   I matted textured paper from my stash onto black card and wrapped black ribbon round it before matting it onto white card. The image is from Dragons Lair Designs and after colouring it using Promarkers I cut it out using a pearl circle die from Tattered Lace.  I then added three black card candi, a black bow and a sentiment cut from black card using Tattered Lace dies to finish the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - animals and insects
   Crafting Musketeers - monochrome
   Addicted to Stamps - die cuts
   Digi Designs - birthdays
   The Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - tic tac toe (texture, free, ribbon)
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Alphabet - y is for you choose

Goodbye

   I love this little teddy image from Dragons Lair Designs which I coloured using Promarkers and thought it would go well with designer papers I had from The English Paper Company called All Aboard. The sentiment is full of meaning for me also since I have just taken my two children back to university.
   I matted and layered two different papers from the the pack onto blue core'dinations cardstock and white card. I then attached the image and sentiment both of which were matted onto gold card onto this.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   A Bit More Time to Craft - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - something old (the papers), something new (the digi)
   Creatalicious - something old (the papers), something new (the digi)
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - something new (digi)
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - something new (digi)
   Creative Moments - anything goes with new beginnings

Decorating for Christmas

   Another card done for Christmas 2016! I matted paper from Kaiser Craft onto red card and outlined it with gold peel off strips. I'm gradually using all these peel offs up.
   The duck digi image is from Dragons Lair Designs and I printed it twice, reversing one of them. I coloured them using Promarkers, fussy cut them out and then attached them to the card using glue gel. I added some Stickles to the stars on the decorations that the ducks are holding. The sentiment was computer generated and after matting it onto paper from Kaiser Craft I attached it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   The Crazy Challenge - celebrations
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   4 crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Scrapbook stamp Society - anything goes with Christmas
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

Party boy!

   A nice quick card this time. I coloured the image from Dragons Lair Designs using Promarkers. After cutting it out I matted and layered it onto paper from DCWV, black card and white card. I then cut the party phrase from the paper and glued it to the background of the image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - use the colour blue
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Creatalicious - guys/male themed cards
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Digi Stamps 4 Joy - anything goes with b (boy, blue)

Christmas bells

   This digi saying is from Dragons Lair Designs. I cut it out using a Spellbinders large decked rectangle and while it was still in the die inked the background using distress ink. I then drew round the outside of the die on dark green core'dinations cardstock which I then cut out and used as a matting.
   The background of the card is paper from Wild Rose Studio's 'A robin's Christmas'. I attached narrow gold ribbon to this, weaving the horizontal and vertical strips before matting and layering it onto dark green core'dinations cardstock and white card. The bells were cut from gold mirri card using the Tattered Lace die Florentine bell. I matted this onto some more dark green core'dination cardstock before attaching it to the card using glue gel.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   The Glory of Christmas - green and gold
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Get well soon

   This poorly teddy is a digi stamp from Dragons Lair Designs. I coloured it using Promarkers and matted it onto dark brown core'dinations cardstock.
   The design paper was printed using a Crafter's Companion CD ROM. I matted it onto pink core'dinations cardstock and before matting it onto white card I wrapped washi tape round it twice to simulate the wrapping round of a bandage. The words were die cut from the brown core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies and stuck to the pink cardstock before gluing to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   I Love Promarkers - anything but square
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting From The Heart - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Tuesday Throwdown - anything goes
   The Pink Elephant - anything goes
   Party time Tuesday - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - all creatures great and small
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Easter eggs!

   I began this card by matting the spotty paper onto brown core'dinations cardstock and wrapping yellow organza ribbon round one end before matting the whole onto white card.
   The digi eggs are from Dragons Lair Designs and to it I added a chicken using a stamp from Clarity Stamps. I coloured the design using Promarkers cut round part of it and matted it onto wood panelling design paper. I then cut this out using a Spellbinders classic rectangle die making sure that the chicken was outside the die. I then matted it onto core'dinations cardstock and attached it to the card.
   I added a bow to the ribbon and then attached peel off letters which had been coloured using a permanent marker pen.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Easter
   Cute Card Thursday - spring fever
   Papertake Weekly - happy anything
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the otion of Easter
   Animal Friends - Easter
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - spring colours
   Dream It Up - marching into spring
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - spring
   Crafty Boots - spring
   QKR Stampede - think spring

Dragon baby

   I have used part of a digi from Dragons Lair Designs to create this quick card. I coloured the image using Promarkers, cut it out using a Spellbinders circle die and then matted and layered it onto blue core'dinations cardstock and green mirri card both cut out using a Spellbinders classic scalloped circle die. The design paper is from DCWV and I matted it onto brown card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   My Craft Creations - anything goes
   Dragon Lair Designs - new beginnings
   Little Claire Digi Stamp - open
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   The Pink Elephant - anything goes

Christmas elf?

   I hope everyone has had a peaceful and fruitful Christmas. Now I'm getting ready for Christmas next year!! It seems ages since I wrote anything on the blog and I'm beginning to suffer withdrawal symptoms.
   Although it doesn't show in the photo graph, the image from Dragons Lair Designs is actually decoupaged. Before attaching it to the card I matted and layered red textured card onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card. I die cut the Christmas rose design using a Tattered Lace die, cutting into it and colouring it using Promarkers.
 
   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - Christmas
   Creative Inspirations - Christmas/New Year
   Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
   The Glory of Christmas - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - anything goes
   Christmas Cards All the Year Round - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes

Dream dancer

   I thought I'd have a little break from making Christmas cards, although I've still got a lot of those to make. The background paper was created using My Craft Studios 'A Very Important Date' CD ROM and a silhouette dancer from Dragons Lair Designs. I matted it onto white card and trimmed it with narrow peel off. The dancing figure was printed a second time, cut out and decoupaged onto the card.
   The flowers are from Wild Orchid. The butterflies are cut from iridescent paper backed onto card using a flying beauties Spellbinders die. A floral oval Spellbinders die was used to cut the base on which the peel off sentiment was attached.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Cardmakers and More - cut it out
   CD Sunday - silhouettes
   Imagination Crafts - anything goes
   Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   The Pink Elephant - anything goes
   Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes
   Clear It Out - use orange and orangey things

Wishes

   I cut an aperture in yellow core'dinations cardstock using a S pellbinders die and attached the sentiment stamped using one of Flower Soft's stamps from their second set of floral sentiments behind it before layering it onto white card.
   The stamp used for the bumble bee was from cArt-Us.  I coloured it using Promarkers, cut it out and shaped it slightly before attaching it to the card using glue gel. The leaves were cut from mirri card using Spellbinders foliage dies. The flower was printed in two sizes from a digi sheet from dragons Lair Designs having first altered the colours. I cut them out and layered two of the flowers, having shaped them, and glued three tiny pearls in the centre.

   I wish to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - autumn colours
   Creative Inspirations - autumn colours
   Inky Impressions - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - anything goes
   Love to Create - fussy cut
   Addicted to Stamps and More - clean and simple
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   One Stitch at a Time - anything goes with a flower
   Make My Monday - autumn/fall colours