Summer Holiday challenge at Crafting By Designs

Summer Holidays is the theme for the new challenge starting today at Crafting By Designs. I have used the 'Hot Air Balloons' image from Stitchy Bear Stamps, one of our sponsors this week.

I have coloured this with promarkers and added alcohol blending solution to the background - this is my first attempt at this technique and quite like the result, splodgy and a bit like clouds! My DP, Candi and sentiment are from Craftwork Cards and I've used a kraft card rather than my usual white.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Challenge #2 at Crafting With Friends

Good morning! We have our second challenge starting for you today at Crafting with Friends and our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps.

It's not my week to post, but I thought I'd join in with an older Stitchy Stamp - Vampire Witch.

I've coloured her with Promarkers. My DP is from DCWV Eek-a-Boo stack. The label die and Picture Wheel are both Tim Holtz Sizzix Bigz Dies. The glittery embellishments are from my Halloween stash.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Christmas in June at Crafting by Designs

Well, I'm late again! The new challenge is live at Crafting by Designs and this is our Christmas in June week so dig out those Christmassy Crafty bits and join us!

I have used the 'Christmas Fairy' image and coloured her with Promarkers. I have used papers from Craftwork Cards and a sketch from Sketchtanten to create my card. I've finished with matching embellishments, candi and liquid pearls.

I will enter in the following challenges -
CHNC challenge Extra - June
CH Patterned Paper Challenge - June
Natalie and Amy's - #33 Christmas
Art by MiRan - #35 AG
Simply Papercraft - #7 AG
Paper Creators Crafts - #39 AG
Sketchtanten - #10



Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Get Ready for Christmas with Crafting by Designs

Christmas time at Crafting By Designs again this week! We are doing one of these every month till December to help you get your Christmas cards started well in advance! I have used the 'Define Naughty' image from our sponsor 'Stitchy Bear' and coloured her with Promarkers and pencil then fussy cut her out.

I have used Craftwork Cards Mistletoe papers and the Spellbinders 'Floral Oval' die for the centre. The fabulous sentiment comes from Create with TLC and I've finished with a Craftwork Cards layered poinsettia.

thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

12 Days of Creepmas Day 1 with PunkYouGirl

Good Morning December! Cannot believe how fast the year has flown by and here we are now on the first of December and time for the 12 Days of Creepmas! This is a bloghop run by the girls at Smeared Ink and I will taking part this year. Check out the Blog Roll which will be on the right side bar for the duration of the hop. If you have just arrived at me and want to see what it's all about visit Terra (the hostess) at More Smeared Ink and follow the rules you could win some prizes! If you are hopping, Teresa is next!

My first post today for the First Day of Creepmas is also my post for PunkyouGirl. We are sponsored this month by Stitchy Bear Stamps and I've used the 'Scary Clown' image by Ike's Art available in the Stitchy Store.

I have made a 4x4" Chunky Page to add to my collection and used holographic red card for the base. I've coloured my clown with Promarkers, popped a Santa hat on him from The Octopode Factory. The sentiment is from Create with TLC and some card candi finishes off the page.
Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

31 DOH Day #8 & Crafting By Designs 'Boo, You Scare Me' challenge!

Welcome to Day #8 of 31 Days of Halloween! I hope you enjoyed hopping yesterday! You can find the blog roll in my side bar. Your first stop on the hop is Terra, you should have come to me from Lyneen, and your next stop is Rebecca. Remember to comment on all the blogs on the hop for a chance to win at the end of the month and keep in mind the Scavenger Hunt for daily prizes!

Today is also the start of a new challenge at Crafting By Designs - one that I think a lot of the 31DOH bloggers/hoppers will enjoy! The theme is 'Boo, You Scare Me!' and our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps. I have used a fabulous pre-coloured 'Demon' image by Ike's Art from the Stitchy store.

I have used DP from Delicious Doodles and some Martha Stewart web vellum. The top border is the Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch. The Sentiment is from Create with TLC. And I have finished the card with some rolled roses and a spider all cut from files at the Silhouette Store.

I will enter this in the following challenges -
Deliciously Dark Challenge - #2 Anything Goes/Gothic (bit of both? lol)
Your Scrapbook Place - Halloween
Creative Cutting Challenge - Halloween
Eureka Stamps - #109 Frightfully Delightful
House of Cards Challenge Blog - Use Dies and/or Punches (I used both)
My Craft Spot - #154 Trick or Treat
My Craft Creations - Always AG
Creative Card Crew - #72 Black Cardstock (for matting and die cuts)
Aud Sentiments - #117 Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - Pink Challenge Flowers (rolled roses)

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Ike's Art card for PunkyouGirl and Left of Center!

Well, you know I dont normally double up my DT projects but it just so happens that the fabulous Ike's Art are sponsoring this month's PunkyouGirl challenge And.... Stitchy Bear Stamps who stock Ike's Art, are sponsoring Left of Center!

The theme at PunkyouGirl is 'Sexy/Steamy'. The theme at LOC is 'At the Movies' or Anything Goes LOC style. I have used the Long Tall Sally Coloured image and a sentiment from Ginger's House Sentiments. The card blank was inked with Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks. I used the Dutch Doobadoo star stencil and Black Soot DI to make the pattern and finished by adding Black Soot around the edges too. I then simply mounted the image and sentiment and finished with a black organza bow.

I will enter this in the following challenges:
Ikes World Challenge - #18 Song/Film - Lucy Lui as a dominatrix in Payback!
A Step in the Dark - #3 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking! I hope you'll join us at these challenges this month - pop over and see what the rest of the teams have to inspire you!
Mo xxx

Anything Goes for June at Crafting by Designs

A new Anything Goes challenge starts today at Crafting by Designs! This is our monthly challenge and will last till almost the end of June so plenty time to get involved! We have some fabulous sponsors for you and I have been lucky enough to play with the 'Goth Ball' image from Stitchy Bear Stamps.

I have coloured this fabulous girl with Promarkers and layered her up with Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells papers and black pearlescent paper. The sentiment is a chalkboard senti from Craftwork Cards coloured with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to match the card. I've adding finishing touches with black lace and sticky pearls.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Friendship Challenge at Love to Create

Time for a new challenge at Love to Create today and the theme is 'Friendship'. We are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps who supply a vast range of digital images and papers. They also carry images from other designers including some of my favourites. I was glad to be able to use one of the set of 4 Shoe images designed by Ike's Art and I've gone with the skeleton hand shoe!!

I've used a 6x6 scalloped square card, tinting the edges with Fired Brick Distress Ink and layering up black pearlescent paper with some DP. The spotty paper was DCWV and black and white but I coloured it with the same DI. The top patterned card is Kanban. I coloured the image with Promarkers in Cool Greys and Black. The sentiment was printed from the pc and die cut.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Hearts and Harelquins for February at PunkyouGirl

Another wee post from me today! It's the start of a new challenge at PunkyouGirl and the theme for February is 'Hearts and Harlequins'. This month we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps and I have chosen the 'Emo Valentine Fairy' by Teresa Sherman of Delicious Doodles to work with.

We are low on team members just now for various reasons so I've created two inspiration cards for this post.... I did cheat a bit though! Being short on time, I coloured the image with promarkers and coated it in Triple Thick to give a glossy finish - its my favourite thing just now!! And rather than adhere permanently to one card, I used a couple of tiny foam pads (Candi Fix from Craftwork Cards) and I was able to peel the image off and try it out on my second card! I'm sure I'll do another image for the other card when I have the time!

So my first card uses a white with silver foiling card blank from Kanban that I dug out my stash and covered with Fired Brick and Black Soot distress ink using a foam blending tool. I added black pearlescent paper behind the aperture and more Triple Thick to the blackened heart from the centre. I have finally gotten hold of the Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch which forms the border along the top and I've hand written the sentiment.

For my second card, I have a black 6x6 card with red and black core-dinations. The black square is embossed using a Tim Holtz valentine embossing folder and the red is embossed with the Sizzix Swiss Dots folder. I've wrapped some red raffia (left over from Christmas!) around the card with a large bow and added the image.

I am entering this card into this week's challenge at Delicious Doodles - Love (good or bad!) also -
Cute Card Thursday - Lots of Love
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Love is in the air
Little Red Wagon - #223 Love
Nutcrafters - #61 A Little Bit of Love
Paper Pretties - Wednesday Challenge Valentine/Love
Stampin Royalty Challenge - #213 All About Love
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - #257 Red/Love
Just Inspirational Challenges - St Valentin/Love
Shopping Our Stash - #137 Love me Tender


I hope you can join us for Hearts and Harlequins at PunkyouGirl this month!Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx

Challenge 100 at Love to Create!

We are celebrating our 100th challenge this week at Love to Create! I hope you can join us for this fabulous sketch challenge sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps. I have used the Vampire Witch image which comes with a matching sentiment and created a celebration card with a scary vibe.

I have coloured her with Promarkers and used some Halloween themed papers from my stash - these were a blog candy present so I'm not sure of the brand. I cut rectangles of the chevron paper as per the sketch but rather than ovals I used my X-Cut parenthesis rectangles as a mount for the image. I figure her train kind of looks like the banner on the sketch and have added the sentiment and some Papermania self adhesive gems to finish.

Here is the sketch if you would like to play along!

Thanks for looking - let's see your take on the sketch!
Mo xxx

Happy New Year from Me and Crafting By Designs!

Wishing all my followers a Very Happy New Year!!! Thanks for being here on my first post of 2014... which I almost forgot to write!

We have a new challenge at Crafting by Designs and slightly new format for this - it will run for almost a full month, Anything Goes, and you can enter as often as you like! Watch out for our weekly challenges for the rest of the month too for more chances to win! This time round we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps and I have used a fabulous birdhouse image on my card.

The image is coloured using Promarkers and mounted on purple pearlescent papers. The designer papers are from Craftwork Cards Vintage Boho paper pack. I've finished the card with matching card candi.

Thanks for looking!
Mo xxx