CD Sunday Challenge Fab n' Feminine

This is my entry into the latest challenge at CD Sunday:

I used the Fabulous Shoes cd from Katy Sue designs and printed one of the backing papers onto white card to create my card base.

I printed the main image onto photo paper and added this to the beautiful die cut using a Joy Die.

The butterflies were cut using dies from Crafters Companion Kimono range, to which I applied Debbi Moores enamelling magic.

The sentiment was also from the cd-rom.

For Someone Special

Good Morning

The current challenge over at CD Sunday Challenge is to make a card for Someone Special.  This is the card I made for my sister's birthday:

I used some photos of my sister when she was around 2 - 3 years old and placed them in frames created using Martha Stewarts' paper clay.  I used a spellbinders die to cut the mats for the photos to sit on.

I cut the large squares of card from white and purple pearlescent card and layered them up.  Pearl hearts from my stash were added to each corner.  I cut four corners using a Joy corner die (which I trimmed a bit off to make fit better) and die cut some flowers using a Cheery Lynn die, pearls were then placed in the centres of the flowers.  The backing paper is from CardCreations Plus Flowers In Bloom cd-rom.  The sentiment was cut from the purple pearlescent card using Tattered Lace sentiment dies.

I would also like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Clear It Out Challenge - Use Purple

April Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things With Wings and a DT Call

Good Morning

Another month has flown by and it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  We had lots of wonderful entries to our last challenge, so do remember to visit the challenge blog to see if you were our lucky winner or indeed one of our top 3.

This month our challenge is things with wings.  We are sponsored by the wonderful Elisabeth Bell Designs and I have used the beautiful Fairy Merrily Digi Stamp for my card:

I printed the image onto Neenah card and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens and added some Diamond Sparkles ultra-fine glitter to her wings.

I used the beautiful frame square die by Joy Crafts to cut into some glittered Core'dinations cardstock.  The backing paper is by Cupcake Crafting World and the pearls used in the corners from my stash.

Please do visit the challenge blog to see the beautiful creations my team mates have made.

I do hope you can join in with our challenge this month.

Also, we are having a DT Call! 

If you fancy joining our little team then please add "DT" after your name when you enter our challenge or you can email Lynne at lynne.h72@sky.com to let her know you are interested! 

For all the info you need please read the "DT CALL INFO" page at the top of the Challenge Blog page...
The DT call will end on the 20th April 2014!!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - D for Die-cuts (ends 9/4/14)

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Pastels (ends 10/4/14)

Bearly Mine Challenges - Spring (Spring colours and she has a 'spring' in her step!) (ends 30/4/14)

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper April Challenge - Must used patterned paper (ends 30/4/12)

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Use your favourite colour  (I think you can guess what mine is!)(ends 30/4/14)

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

3,2,1

Good Morning

My dad is staying with me for a couple of weeks and I'm really enjoying his company.

Here is a card I have made for the current challenge over at Crafty Catz which this week is to use 3 of something, 2 of anything and 1 of whatever you want:

Digital stamp from MilkCoffee Digi Stamps coloured with Promarkers

Papers printed from SWALK cd-rom from Crafters Companion.

Dark blue card from PaperMill.

Silver mirror card from Stash

Joy Crafts Rectangle Frame Die

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish Die

Marianne Flower Die

Pearls from my stash.

My card is for the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - 3,2,1 - 3 dies, 2 patterned papers, 1 image

Allsorts Challenge - True Blue

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Use a Digi

Thank you for visiting my blog today, enjoy the rest of your day.

Angelica & Friends - Isobel

I'm back with another of these delightful images from Crafter's Companion, today it's the turn of Isobel:

7" Square card

Image stamped onto Neenah card using Memento ink and coloured using Spectrum Noirs.

Backing paper from cd-rom printed onto Satin Printer Paper

Lilac card is from PaperMill cut using Joy Noor dies

Sentiment is from Lili of the Valley, stamped using distress ink onto a scalloped circle.

Marianne dies used to cut leaves and flourish, flowers and feathers from my stash, flower pin from Wild Orchid Crafts.

My card is for the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Wild Orchid Crafts  - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Owl Always Love You

I've made this to send to my daughter who's at University.  She loves hedgehogs, owls and other woodland creatures so I think she'll like this calendar:

All the papers and images are from a recent issue of Making Cards magazine.

Joy Crafts Floral Flourish Swirl no 4 die

Marianne Creatables frame die used to sit calendar on

Memory Box numbers die.

Card from PaperMill

I would like to enter my calendar in the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Dies to Die For - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Christmas Angel

I was looking through my magazine stash yesterday and found a Molly Blooms Christmas Carnival magazine that I bought ages ago and completely forgot about!  Disgraceful, I hadn't even opened the packet!  I decided this was a good opportunity to add to my Christmas card pile for next Christmas, so chose a favourite sketch over at Christmas Challenges (with sketches) to produce the following card:

Everything on the card (other than the base card itself) came with the magazine.  All the papers are double-sided, which I find a bit frustrating as I wanted to be able to use them all!

8 x 8 cream card blank from Joanna Sheen

I stamped the image onto Neenah card using Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens

Papers all distressed around the edges with a distressing tool and then Vintage Photo distress ink added using cut n dry foam.

Joy die used to die cut the square (I got this die for Christmas and I LOVE it!) and then I inked through the die with Vintage photo.

Bow created following instructions in the magazine and then a little bell from a Chocolate reindeer added.

Star stamped onto white shrink plastic and coloured using coloursoft pencils.

My card is for the following challenges:

Christmas Challenges (with sketches) - I followed sketch number 50

Joanna Sheen Challenge - With Love at Christmas

Craft Your Passion - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Jingle Belles - Something Santa brought - Die

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Say It With Flowers

Good Morning from a very damp and dreary Manchester.  A big, warm welcome to my new followers, many thanks for your interest in my crafting.

I hope my card for today will add a bit of colour to the dreariness, although it is very difficult to get a decent photo when it doesn't ever seem to get light!

8 x 8 card blank from Joanna Sheen (excellent quality)

Decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's Heart of the Garden cd-rom, matted onto silver matt card.

Backing paper from same cd-rom, printed onto satin finish paper.

Cream pearlescent card from Papermill embossed using Couture Creations 'Coinstellations' embossing folder (also from Joanna Sheen)

Corner created using a Joy die.

Three different ribbons tied on Bowdabra and a butterfly charm from Mei Flower attached.

Sentiment is a Wow stamp, heat embossed with fine detail Silver embossing powder.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Anything Goes Excluding Christmas

Flutterby Wednesday - Use Punches Or Dies Plus Add A Butterfly Or Fairy

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Pretties - Use Ribbon

Crafting For All Seasons - Use Flowers

Pin and Tack - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Pile On The Embellishments

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

J & C Creations - Floral Delights

For Someone Special

Good Evening

This is the Christmas Card I have made for one of my daughters.  I followed a sketch over at Papertake Weekly Challenge (Sketch 61) and the theme over at Bearly-Mine Challenge which is blue and silver.

8 x 8 card blank from Craft Work cards.

Decoupaged image printed from Do-crafts Me To You cd-rom.

Backing paper printed from same cd-rom.

'Ocean Blue' card frin Papermill used for all matting and die cuts.

Joy Crafts corner die.

Lili Of The Valley Christmas sentiment sat on a scalloped circle mat.

Silver mirror card embossed using a Snowflake embossing folder for vertical strip.

Silver mirror card cut with a Martha Stewart punch for horizontal strip.  Ribbon from Joanna Sheen, tied on Bowdabra and a Teddy Charm attached 

I would also like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Moving Along With The Times - Use 3 elements with the same letter - Snowman, Snowflakes and Sentiment

Cute Card Thursday - Snowflakes

Craft Punked - St Andrews Day

Allsorts Challenge - Advent

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Make it Girlie

My Time To Craft - Snowmen

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - I love Christmas

Thanks for visiting my blog today.