Gardening

   This fortnight the Crafty Cardmakers challenge has the theme of 'for man or boy'.
   I have used stamps from the Tatty Twinkles set called gardening and coloured the images using Promarkers. I then matted and layered the design onto maroon card and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - in the garden
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - clean & simple or fussy & fancy
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   I Love Promarkers - anything goes with optional circles
   Passion For Promarkers - anything goes
   Whoopsi Daisy - anything goes with hand coloured image
   Stamping Sensations - anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - three of something (three bees, three flowers)
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - for the boys
   Through The Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   LeAnn's World 101 - anything goes
   A Gem of a Challenge - use three of something (three bees, three flowers)
   CAS-ual Fridays - birthday

Happy gardening

   There is a new anything goes challenge at Crafting From the Heart today so do come and join in.
   My main image used a Tatty Twinkles stamp called gardening makes you happy. After colouring it using Promarkers I cut it out using a Tattered Lace essential byzantine die and matted it onto green core'dinations cardstock which was also cut out using a byzantine die.
   I used Tattered Lace's essentials byzantine lattice die to emboss white card which I then matted and layered onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   The flower pots were stamp using a stamp from Jayne Nestorento's Cute Companions In the Garden set and coloured using Promarkers. I cut a slit in two of them and made a stack of three pots. The bird was created using a stamp form the same set. Also from the same set of stamps was the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Cute Card Thursday - dies and punches
   Brown Sugar - embossing
   The Crafty Addicts - anything goes with die cuts
   Lemon Shortbread - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - one for the ladies/mother's day
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Kitty Bee Designs - anything goes with for mum
   Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
   Do-Al(l) Creative - let your heart speak
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with mother's day
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Pattie's Creations Designs - for the girls

Baking day

   This card has been made for a special girl who loves baking and is about to turn 13. I have used the Tatty Twinkles stamp called baking day and coloured it using Spectrum Noir pens. The little border of cakes was from the same set of stamps. The banner and badge were both created using a My Craft Studio Paper Craft CD ROM and graphics program. The whole was matted and layered onto lilac mirri and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Calendar - mum's day/special female
   Addicted To Stamps - pastel colours
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Crafting With Friends - anything goes
   Pink Gem - use three b's (banner, baking, badge, border)

Coffee time

   Another challenge begins at Crafty Cardmakers today. This time we would like you to add some texture to your project.
   I have used a favourite Tatty Twinkles stamp called Coffee with friends. I paper pieced the chair back, Tatty's clothes and the table using varying textured papers. The non paper pieced parts were coloured using Promarkers and I added Liquid Pearls to the flower centre. I used handmade paper to frame the image.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   Scrapping 4 Fun - friends, love,wedding, romance
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting By Designs - anything goes
   Crazy 4 - food/dining and use some red
   Everybody Art - for girls only or valentine
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes
   Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
   Penny Black and More - use your favourite stamp

St Patrick's day

   There is another challenge beginning at Crafty Cardmakers today the theme of which is go green.
   For the background of my card I used Tattered Lace pearl square dies to cut out a series of frames in two different tones of green. The three largest I arranged with the edges parallel to the edge of a white base card and the next four I attached turned through 45 degrees, in each case alternating the tones.
   The stamped image is a Tatty Twinkles one called 'St. Patrick's Day' and this I coloured using Promarkers before roughly cutting round it and attaching to the card.
   Finally I added a sentiment cut from brown core'dinations cardstock using Tattered Lace dies.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Digi Choosday - the colour green
   Passion For Promarkers - girls only
   Whoopsi Daisy - green and add a sentiment
   Inky Impressions - let's hear it for the girls
   Incy Wincy Designs - shades of green
   Pattie's Creations Design - green
   Make My Monday - a square world
   Tuesday Throwdown - frame it
   Dragonfly Dreams - use a die cut
   Pile It On - green and two other colours

New baby

   A new challenge begins today at Crafty Cardmakers and More with the theme new. As I said in my previous post, I have three nieces each expecting a baby next month so naturally I chose to make a 'new baby' card!
   I matted and layered paper from an old magazine onto core'dinations cardstock and white card. The Tatty Twinkles stamp called baby bouncer was coloured using Promarkers and placed behind  a square of core'dinations cardstock which I had cut out using the Westminster Tattered Lace die. I then attached it to the card and coloured the metalwork of the pram using a silver gel pen. The sentiment was created from the same set of stamps and matted onto core'dinations cardstock cut using a Spellbinders die. I then coloured a flower from Wild Orchid using Promarkers and attached it behind the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - one for the girls
   Ooh La La Creations - girlie
   Stamping Sensations - anything goes with a die
   Brown Sugar - anything goes
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes
   A Bit More Time To Craft - anything goes
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes
   Sweet Stamps - anything goes
   Creative Moments - anything goes with new beginnings
   Vintage Stamping - anything goes with your new stash (stamp)

Thank you

   The theme for the new Crafty Cardmakers and More challenge starting today is thank you.
I began by matting and layering paper from The English Paper Company's Siesta collection onto red mirri card and white card. I then added a narrow strip from the same collection horizontally to the card. My stamped image is Tatty Twinkles - just for you. After colouring it using Promarkers I matted it onto red mirri card and then attached it an angle to the card. Finally I added a gold peel off to the tag.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything goes
   4 Crafty Chicks - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes

Autumn tea break

   For our challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More this time we want you to use autumn colours.
I attached a cake decorated strip from my stash onto brick paper (also from my stash) and then matted and layered this onto red core'dinations cardstock and white card. I used the Tatty Twinkles stamp Coffee with friends coloured it using Promarkers and cut it out. I then attached it to the left hand side of the card using glue gel. Finally I matted the Happy Birthday sentiment onto white card and attached it to the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - warm autumn colours
   Stamping Sensations - colours of autumn
   Fab 'n' Funky - make it square
   One Sweet Challenge - use fall colours
   Wags 'n Whiskers - fall colours
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with autumn colours
   As You Like It - colour  because they can cheer the place up
   Suzy Bee's Bloomin' - anything goes with autumn colours
   Crafty Creations - don't be blue

Fun gardening!

   If only gardening were this easy but it's how my step daughters thought of gardening (sun bathing)! So this is a birthday card for one of them.
   This stamped image of Tatty Twinkles is called 'Beautiful day' and I have coloured it using Promarkers. I then matted and layered it onto green and then pink mirri card and then white card. To finish the card I added two peel off butterflies which I coloured using permanent pens and a sentiment.

   I would like to enter this into the  following challenges:
   Dream Valley - girly
   Ooh La La Creations - happy birthday
   Whoopsi Daisy - summer fun
   Digi Sketch - in the summer time
   Brown Sugar - summer fun
   Digi Designs - summer fun
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with the twist touch of summer
   Butterfly - butterflies and F is for flowers
   A Gem of a Challenge - summer time
   Lil Patch of crafty Friends - anything goes

Shoes are a girls best friend!

   Our challenge this fortnight at Crafty Cardmakers and More has the theme dots.
   I matted and layered some spotty paper I had in my stash onto pink core'dinations cardstock and white card.
   I then made a decorative border for the right hand side of the card. I wanted to reverse the colours, having blue spots and a pink background so I cut a strip of pink core' dinations cardstock using a Spellbinders triple scallop die and a classic decorative inserts 6 die and matted it onto some blue core'dinations cardstock. I then wrapped some satin ribbon round the edge of this before attaching it to the card.
   The image is from a Tatty Twinkles stamp set called shoes and I coloured it using Promarkers. I then matted it onto pink core'dinations cardstock and attached it to the card. The sentiment is from the same set of stamps and this I matted onto blue core'dinations cardstock.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Alphabet - E is for eye-catching edges
   One Stitch At a Time - anything goes with daughters/girls
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - one for the girls
   Suzy Bee's Bloomin' - anything goes with the twist use a die or a punch
   As You Like It - favourite alcohol markers because I find I can blend easily
   Crafty Catz - it's a girl thing
   Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment
   V's Sweet Ideas - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Special wishes

   The theme for our new challenge today at Crafty Cardmakers and More is wings. I chose to use this lovely Tatty Twinkles image called Moonbeam. I coloured it using Spectrum Noir pens for the wings (I fined I can get a more delicate colour using these) and Promarkers for the rest of the image. The sentiment was stamped using another Tatty Twinkle set called 'Tommy Fairy'.  I then dusted the edges using distress ink and then matted and layered the image onto shimmery paper and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - clean and simple
   Crafty Catz - anything goes
   Glitter 'n' Sparkle - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Doodle Pantry - anything goes
   Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Through The Purple Haze - anything goes

Egg hunt

   I printed the background paper from My Craft Studio's Papercraft Library volume 4 CD ROM. Before matting and layering it onto green core'dinations cardstock and white card I cut round one of the clumps of grass and fixed a coloured egg behind it.
   Apart from the rabbit all the images are from a Tatty Twinkles Easter give away digi. The rabbit stamp used is from Clarity Stamps. All were coloured using Promarkers and cut out using scissors. I shaped Tatty and the basket slightly, placed the basket over Tatty's arm and attached both to the card using glue gel. I then attached the fencing using cut up foam pads. Finally I shaped the rabbit and second egg and attached these to the card using glue gel.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - the bunny is coming/Easter
   Cute Card Thursday - Easter
   I Love Promarkers - Easter/spring time
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option Easter
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes with the twist of an Easter card
   Animal Friends - Easter
   Dream Valley - Easter
   Papertake Weekly - a cut above
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes

Loving message

   For this challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More we would like to see stripes.
   I matted and layered some striped paper I had in my stash onto pink paper and white card. Another piece of striped paper was also matted onto the pink paper and then attached horizontally to the card.    My images are from the Tatty Twinkles stamp set called 'Message' and I coloured them all using Promarkers. I cut out the main image leaving a narrow margin of white around it because I thought this would make it stand out from the background a little more. I shaped it slightly before attaching it to the card using glue gel. The butterfly was also fixed to the card using glue gel. I palced the sentiment message just behind the envelope.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper -anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Bunny Zoe's Crafts - for the girls
   Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - spots (on bow and butterfly) and strips ( papers)