CYDA Challenge #26 - Birthdays

Craft Your Days Away challenge blog is one year old, so to celebrate the theme this fortnight is Birthdays.  There is a fab 1st prize to be won of a £10 spend in Crafty Emma's store, plus some other crafting goodies, so pop over and take part for a chance to win.

For my DT card I used a Penny Black stamp and water coloured in with Marvy Le Plumes.  I stamped tapestry stamp flowers on the background and embellished with flowers and liquid pearls.

MTTC Challenge #141 - Toybox Treasures

The new theme on My Time To Craft is Toybox Treasures.  For  my DT card I stamped my image and coloured in with Promarkers and Copics.  The bps are by Daisy and Dandelion, the corners are cut with a Cuttlebug die and the leaves are punched.  I finished off with Card Candy and Liquid Pearls.

Going Round in Circles

The new theme on My Time To Craft is Going Round in Circles, and for my DT card I used some bps from my stash, cut some circle mats with Nesties and used a Penny Black Stickeroo.  I added a Daisy and Dandelion sentiment and added ribbon, punched flowers and Liquid Pearls to finish.

Tag Along

The new theme on My Time To Craft is Tag Along.  For my DT card I stamped and coloured in a snowman image and stamped a greeting onto a tag.  I doodled round the edges, and cut snowflake with a Martha Stewart punch - much used on all my Christmas cards! The holly leaves are punched also and the berries are Liquid Pearls.

Wedding Day

Our niece is getting married in a couple of weeks and when I saw the challenge on Tuesday Taggers was Wedding Day I thought it would be a good chance to get the card made without leaving it until the last minute like I usually do!  This didn't turn out how I had planned because of a smudge of ink in the wrong place, but hopefully they will like it!  I stamped my Popcorn wedding image and coloured in with Distress Inks and Copics and Promarkers!  I inked the background too, which I hadn't intended to, but I had managed to get a smudge of ink on the side so needed to cover it.  I used Joanna Sheen lacey bps and cut the mat on my Slice, finishing off with some Liquid Pearls, roses and leaves cut with a Leone Em punch.

G is for Green

This week we are up to G on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and I chose G for Green (it's my favourite colour!).  I used a Sugar Nellie stamp, Maggie, for my DT work, colouring her in with Copics and adding her to a green background, doodling round the edges.  I finished with a Card Candy greeting and spots (not sure what they are called!), flowers and Liquid Pearl blobs!

I have put a DT call on the blog this week as we are looking for a couple of new members, so please pop over and take a look!

First DT Card for Magical Crafts Challenge!

I was delighted to be chosen to be on the Design Team for Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge following their recent DT call, and this is my first DT card for them.  The new challenge is a sketch and is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp so pop on over and have a go!  I made my card using pretty Daisy and Dandelion papers, and coloured my image (will edit this post when I have checked who it is made by - it is upstairs and I am downstairs!) with Copics.  I used a Cuttlebug die for the corners and added a Card Candy sentiment and some Primas and punched leaves and Liquid Pearl blobs to finish!

ETA - the image is by Nellie Snellen!

Cupcake Cutie Fhiona

I made this cute little card using a delightful little stamp from Your Next Stamp, available from Make The Day Special, and she is called Fhiona!  I coloured her in with Copics, and matted her onto mats cut with Nesties edging the main one with Liquid Pearl dots..  Not sure what the pp's are, I have had them a while!  The word stamp is from a Unity March 2010 kit, Adventures in Happiness, also available from Make The Day Special.

Kids Kardz

The new challenge this week on My Time To Craft is Kids Kardz. I made my DT card using a stamped image (not sure who by!) and paper pieced her dress. The background and her dress are Funky Fairies papers (no longer available).

Swirls, Curls and Flowers

I have made this tag for 3 challenges. The first is the Anything Goes Challenge that I set every month on Craft Swap Forum which this month is Flowers.
The second is for the Winners Wednesday challenge on Magical Crafts Forum, which this week is also Flowers.
And the third is for Tuesday Taggers which is Swirls and Curls.
I used Crafty Individuals stamps for my tag, and inked it with my gorgeous new Stormy Sky and Bundled Sage Distress Inks, finishing off with some Primas and Liquid Pearls.

In The Frame

The new challenge on My Time To Craft this week is In The Frame. For my DT card, I used K & Co Hannah papers, and I cut the frame on my Slice and used the centre piece further down on the card with a Hero Arts Happy Birthday sentiment. The rose bud stamp is from a bumper QVC kit many years ago!

Skating Snowy

Skating Snowy is one of my favourite Christmas Penny Black stamps, and I have used him for this week's challenge on Winter Wonderland, which is to use the colours Candy Cane Red and White. I coloured him with Marvy Le Plume pen and added glitter glue to his hat. The greeting is also a Penny Black stamp. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background, and some K & Co, stripey paper that makes my eyes go funny! I embellished with Martha Stewart punched snowflakes, Card Candy and Liquid Pearls.

Fairy Folk

The new challenge on My Time To Craft this week is Fairy Folk. I used my new Pink Cat Studio fairy stamp for my card and coloured it with Copics and then used Dazzling Diamonds. I used a Martha Stewart daisy border punch and a Leone Em punch for the foliage and embellished with Card Candy and Liquid Pearls.
I am also entering this card for the Hearts challenge on Fussy and Fancy .
And Secret Crafter who also have Hearts for their challenge this week.

Valentine Houses

Following on from the Christmas House Swap I ran on Craft Swap Forum, I am now running a Valentine House Swap. Here are the houses I have made, using Crafty Individuals stamps and Worn Lipstick and Fired Brick Distress Inks, embellishing with some lace, Primas and Liquid Pearls.

Snowman

This card is for 2 challenges. The weekly Christmas Card challenge on Magical Crafts Forum is to use Ribbon on our card, and the new challenge on Something Completely Different is to use Red, Green and a Snowman. I used my cute Patchwork Pals Snowman stamp and DCWV paper for my card.

Snowflakes

The new challenge on Something Completely Different this week is to make a Christmas card with Blue, White and Snowflakes. I wanted to try out my new Cricut and so made this quite simple card by cutting 2 snowflakes with it, the backing paper is DCWV and the message is from Personal Impressions. I finished it off with a brad and some Liquid Pearls.

Ho! Ho! Ho!

The current weekly challenge set by Liz on Magical Crafts Forum is to make any sort of Christmas card - so I used my lovely House Mouse Ho! Ho! Ho! stamp and cut some mats with my Slice and embossed snowflakes with a CB folder to make this quite simple but I hope effective card!

Ready-Steady-STAMP Challenge 6

The list of ingredients we have to use this time on Ready Steady STAMP Challenge 6 is - Pink, white and grey, the letter B, a mask on the background, brackets and corrugated cardstock. I think I have got them all on this fat book page I made, using a Penny Black bird stamp, a Tim Holtz mask, some spritzing with a Silver Glimmer Mist, dots with Liquid Pearls and my Slice for the little brackets!

Purple Tag with Text

I found another challenge blog I hadn't seen before while hopping yesterday - DragonsDream Tag It On - and as I love making tags I had to have a go. The current challenge is - Text it to me - Make it Purple! So I used Dusty Concord and Milled Lavender Distress Inks, a purple Glimmer Mist which doesn't show up too well on the photo and an assortment of stamps and embellishments to make my tag!

A Funky Fairys Recipe

The challenge this week on Funky Fairys is to use a recipe - use 4 patterned papers, 3 embellishments, 2 punched items and 1 image. I made my card using FF Doodlementals, Gorjuss Ginghams and Christmas Blue papers, and a stamped image from a stamp I bought ages ago and had not used before. I paper pieced her dress and balloon too. Pop over to the challenge blog and join in this week for a chance to win a FF download paper kit!