Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 91

Happy Monday everyone!

Welcome to our latest challenge, I am hosting this challenge and have chosen the theme 'Pick Three Different Techniques' 

I've taken inspiration from my youngest daughter's recent 3rd birthday and therefore would like to see 3 different techniques on your card or project. Take your pick of 3 from the following list and be sure to state which 3 you've used:

• Embossing (wet or dry)
• Distressing
• Masking
• Making your own flowers
• Paper piecing/patchwork
• Shrink plastic 
  
  
  
  
  Please ensure your creation has three techniques from the list and that you tell us which three you have used to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 
  
  
  
  
  
  PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED 
  
  
  
  
  
  We are sponsored by
  
  
  
  
  
   MILK COFFEE DIGITAL STAMPS 
  
  
  
  
  WITH A PRIZE OF 5 DIGIS FROM THEIR STORE

Milk Coffee Stamps is a digital image shop specialising in cute and girly images. We provide high quality digital images with high resolution so you could resize at a big enough size for your project. We have many different image styles; sophisticated lady, cute girl, whimsical image, cute stuff, fairytale creature, and many other varied themes so they can fit many different crafting styles.

And also by

SIR STAMPALOT

with this fabulous prize:-

Sir Stampalot is a retail shop and online website that specialises in stamps, die cutting and paper-crafting goodies.  We try to offer exceptional delivery times on your orders as well as keeping our stock fresh, new and exciting!  Our dedicated team of card makers means we have a wonderful, inspirational online card gallery with many more cards still to upload!  Sir Stampalot ships internationally as well as domestic so why not check us out if you haven’t already – www.sirstampalot.co.uk.

 Happy Crafting!

So onto my card:

I made this for Maya's 3rd birthday and used the following 3 techniques:

• Distressing (ink-distressed the image edge and scuffed up the background paper edge with my distress tool)
• Masking (I made the background paper using a mask and Picket Fence Distress Stain)
• Shrink plastic (look closely...it's small!! the Happy Birthday sentiment was cut from shrink plastic using a Marianne die, shrunk in the oven and then coloured with a ProMarker

The image is from Wee Stamps and is coloured with ProMarkers. The leaves, circles, oval, swirls and no 3 were all die cut using Marianne, Cuttlebug and Spellbinder dies.

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is from my stash.

I love the cute mermaid image and as Maya seems to love swimming, I coloured her hair blonde to look like my own little mermaid!!

Challenge 90 at Crafty Cardmakers - April Showers bring May Flowers

Hi everyone, it's challenge time again over at Crafty Cardmakers. Our latest challenge host, Tracey, has chosen the theme 'April Showers bring May Flowers'

Tracey said 'Hello friends. When I think of April, I am always reminded of the saying "April showers bring May flowers". For this challenge, I would like to see cards that include an image of something rain related and are embellished with at least2 flowers. Your image could be a child splashing in puddles, a person walking in the rain, ducks waddling through puddles, an umbrella, etc.'

Please ensure your creation has both something rain related, and a minimum of two flowers to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED 

We are sponsored by 

DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER and THE STAMPMAN who are offering the winner a £10 voucher for their store, you can spend this online, in the shop or if you're lucky enough to see them at a show!  They have a ton of items in store, enough to tickle any crafty taste bud.

Here is my interpretation of the challenge, it is a card I made for my nieces birthday:

I have used a clear stamp from Pink Gem Designs, coloured with ProMarkers. The image was cut out and raised up using silicone glue to add dimension. I've added Stickles to the raindrops to make them sparkle. I made the background paper using a mask and Bundled Sage Distress Ink. The doily and flowers are cut using Marianne dies and the ovals with Spellbinders. A pretty ribbon, bow and soft pink pearls complete this girlie card.

Here is a close up of that lovely image:

Thanks for looking, now please go visit the challenge and see what my fabulous team mates have created. Why not give the challenge a go yourself?

I'll be back again soon, Sharon x

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 89

Happy Monday everyone! 

It's time for our latest challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers, hosted by Carole who has chosen the theme 'Tag/Card with matching Gift Wrap, Bag or Box'

 Carole would like to see a card or a tag with a complimentary matching gift wrap, bag or box. Any style just as long as it matches! 

Please ensure your project has the two matching features to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED 

We are sponsored by

THE PAPER SHELTER 

with a $20 gift certificate for their fabulous store

 If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter is your one-stop boutique! This growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of themes such as everyday items, holidays, special occasions, children, adorable characters and creatures. Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, as well as in pre-colored format. Images are wonderful for coloring and make perfect additions to greeting cards and scrapbook albums. In "The Paper Shelter" you'll also find great other resources for all crafts (or digital) projects, like Paper Packs, Printables, Accessory sheet, etc. 

and 
WOODWARE CRAFT COLLECTION

 with this fabulous prize:-

 

Woodware are a Yorkshire based family owned business, as well as distributing Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous Stamps we have a wonderful range of stamps designed for us by Francoise Read and Jane Gill. We also scour the world for new and innovative products for the crafty card maker, and have a great range of punches and tools of the trade, to find stockists in your area or to see the range visit the website www.woodware.co.uk.

Our design team are playing along with the challenge so check out our blog, which is there for inspiration at www.woodware.co.uk/blog.

Our prize is £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist, either in store or on line. 
Happy Crafting! 

So, here is my creation:

I have used 'The Most Adorable Easter Bunny' digital stamp from our sponsor The Paper Shelter and papers from their 'Enchanting Dancing' digital 6x6 paper pack to make an Easter basket and matching card. The images are coloured in soft pinks and browns with ProMarkers and edged with Distress Inks. The lacy border was made using an X-Cut punch.

Now, please pop over to the challenge and take a look at the fab work of my teamies. Whilst you are there, why not have a go yourself?

That's all for now, thanks for looking

Sharon x

Challenge 88 at Crafty Cardmakers

Happy Easter everyone!

Hope you are all enjoying the Easter break.

Our latest challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers, is hosted by Suze, who has chosen the theme of Humour. 

It's April Fool's Day, a day for fun and trickery! Suze would therefore like to see some humour in your project. Perhaps a funny image or sentiment, or you might just want to add some googly eyes. Remember, laughter is the best medicine - so have fun! 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED 

We are sponsored by 

DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS

 with a

$10 GIFT VOUCHER 

and 

HOBBY ART

with these two fabulous prizes:-

Mouse Power

Bubble Bath

So, here's my creation:

I have used the Just Keep Calm clear stamp set from JustRite - this set is fab, soo many phrases to mix and match with lots of tiny images to add detail. I made the card for a friend at work who loves to buy shoes, so the 'Buy Shoes' option in the set was perfect! I stamped in Versamark and used a clear embossing powder to create a resist, I then inked around with Distress Ink. The Image and base were cut using Spellbinder dies. The base was inked very lightly with the Distress ink and the tiny shoe image was stamped randomly all over. A ribbon, bow and hat pins were added to embellish.

The challenge runs for 2 weeks so why not head over to the challenge blog and see the fab creations of my team-mates, and whilst you're there why not have a go yourself?

That's all for today, thanks for looking

Sharon x

Challenge 87 at Crafty Cardmakers

Hi all, it's challenge time again over at Crafty Cardmakers! 

Our latest challenge is hosted by Yvonne who has chosen the theme 'Friendship'.

Yvonne would like to see the word 'Friend' or 'Friendship' included somewhere on your card/project.

Please ensure your card has one of the two words stated above to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot. 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED 

We are sponsored by SATURATED CANARY with 2 of their gorgeous digis and SIR STAMPALOT with these two fabulous prizes:- Hero Arts Fancy Friendship Stamp Sheet and 'Our Friendship' single stamp.

Now onto my inspiration for the challenge. I was quite excited about this challenge, I have been a fan of one of our sponsors, Krista Smith who designs the fabulous Saturated Canary images, for quite a while and love her work so couldn't wait to colour one of her images for my card.

Here is my card:

I have used the fab Harley and Haley image from Saturated Canary coloured with ProMarkers. I wanted to keep the card really simple to showcase the fab image. I die cut a card blank, inked around the edges with Distress Ink added the sentiment and some gems. The image was mounted onto the card with silicon glue to add a bit of dimension and I added some stickles for a touch of bling!

Please come and join in the challenge and take a look at the fab creations of my fellow team-mates.

That's all for today, thanks for looking.

Sharon x

Challenge 86 at Crafty Cardmakers

Hi everyone

It's challenge time again over at Crafty Cardmakers and our latest challenge is hosted by Rebecca who has chosen the theme 'Masculine Birthday' 

Rebecca would like to see a masculine birthday card that includes some technology or a gadget. The technology or gadget could be a computer, games console, rocket or car for example.

Please ensure that you do add the technology or gadget aspect to qualify for a Winner or Top 5 slot.

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED

We are sponsored by 
DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS
with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER

and
THE STAMPMAN

 We are kindly sponsored for this challenge by The Stampman (and Lady of course!) who are ofering the winner a £10 voucher for their store, you can spend this online, in the shop or if you're lucky enough to see them at a show!  They have a ton of items in store, enough to tickle any crafty taste bud.

So, here is my take on the challenge:

I have used a Lili of the Valley rubber stamp, coloured with ProMarkers, die cut with a Spellbinders die and inked around the edge with Brilliance ink pad.

The background paper is from Papermania's new Chronology range. I have debossed the black card base for interest....actually I meant to emboss it but put the card in the embossing folder the wrong way round :o)!!

The bunting and 'boy' is die cut and the bunting is threaded with bakers twine.

Now it's time to pop over to the Challenge to see the creations of my fabulous team mates.

That's all for today, I'll be back again soon. Sharon x

Challenge 85 at Crafty Cardmakers

Hi everyone,

Sorry for MIA lately but I have been a little busy! I am now back and ready for the latest challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers which is hosted by Marie (MI), who has chosen the theme 'Blooming Images'.

Marie said 'I do love my flowers and this time I would like flower images to be the main focus of the card. No people, no landscapes. Just flower images. A single rose, a poinsettia, a daisy... you get it. Can be flowers in a vase or just the flowers. Of course you can still decorate with flowers, butterflies or what you feel like, but the image is a flower of some kind, NOT a tree and NOT a person holding a flower' 

Please ensure your card has only a flower/flowers as the main focus in order to qualify for the winner or Top 5 slot. 

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED

We are sponsored by CRAFTS AND ME with the choice of 3 digital stamps from their extensive range

So, on to my interpretation of the challenge:

I have used the lovely Hydrangea clear stamp from Inkylicious. The stamp was inked up with Brilliance inks and stamped onto white card. I cut out the image using a Spellbinders die and added some Distress Ink to give it a vintage look. The background paper is from one of the new Papermania sets 'Vintage Notes'. A large pink organza bow and pearls complete this simple card.

Now, go take a look at the challenge to see the creations of my fab team-mates. The challenge runs for the next fortnight so why not have a go yourself?

Thanks for looking, back soon

Sharon xx