CD Sunday Plus Challenge #159 - Hosted by Me

Good morning

Already it's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday Plus.  I hope you've all been enjoying the lovely weather and have managed to get out in the sunshine.

This challenge, I'm sharing a card I've made for a friends birthday, she has 2 daughters and a son so I thought this image very fitting:

I used an image from my Faye Whittaker cd-rom from Joanna Sheen which I made into decoupage.  I used an embossing folder that I've had in my stash for a very long time, and made the little shells using paper clay and a mould from Katy Sue designs.

The sentiment I chose is a Phill Martin Sentiment, stamped using grey Versamark Ink.

As always, we love to see you creations over on our challenge blog, and hope to see you there.

Jo xx

'Take A Stamp' - The CD Sunday Challenge

A new challenge has begun over at The CD Sunday Challenge and this time as well as using elements from a cd, we are asked to use a stamp to create our card.

Like many crafters, I do not enjoy making sympathy cards, but unfortunately, we all need to make them from time to time.  This is the case for me and I hope that my card can bring a little comfort to the recipient.

I used a combination of Sue Wilson and Spellbinders dies on my card.  The stamp I used was the 'With Sympathy' sentiment and is a 'WOW!' stamp taken from a set of sentiment stamps.  The cd element is the paper in the background, which is a pink, lightly mottled paper printed from The Seraphina Alphabet Collection cd-rom by Creative Crafting World.

I created the vase using paper clay and a mould from Katy Sue Designs.  The flowers and leaves I have had for some time and are made from paper.

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

Annabelle's Garden

Hi Everyone

I'm still really struggling with the side effects of my latest additional medication which is having a huge effect on my life in general and particularly my crafting.  I've always found crafting a welcome 'release' but just lately I'm finding it really difficult to motivate myself even to do any crafting.

I needed to make a birthday card and didn't know where to start, so I visited the Seems A Little Sketchy Challenge Blog to give me the much needed layout for my card.

I had some gorgeous printed panels and a paper pack from Wild Rose Studios (Annabelle's Garden) which I wanted to put to good use too, and here is my card:

I used a 6 x 6 scalloped card blank for my base.  Some mint green card from PaperMill was used for all my mats and the Happy Birthday greeting which was die cut using Tattered Lace sentiment dies.

I cut around the image using a C'art-us Scalloped circle die and inked around the edges using Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  I added this to the card using foam pads to add dimension.

The roses were created using Martha Stewart Paper Clay and a mould I purchased from Amazon.  This is great to use for embellishments as it is light as a feather.

The ribbon strip was re-cycled.  Some pyjamas I received as a present had this ribbon wrapped around them and I thought the colours matched my card perfectly.

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

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch

Alphabet Challenge Blog - C for Country Flowers

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Use Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Girls, Girls, Girls

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Flowers

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I really do appreciate it.

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Animal Antics

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and our theme for this month is Animal Antics.

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by Cuddly Buddly and the prize they are offering is an amazing £25 gift certificate.  Cuddly Buddly ship worldwide and stock 100's of amazing European products.  You will also find everything you will need for your digital crafting!  What a choice!

The design team were lucky enough to be provided with some fabulous images to work with, and here is my card using the image Toby Tumble Just Saying Hi. (If you click on the name of the image, it will take you straight to it in the Cuddly Buddly store).

Image printed onto Neenah card and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.  I cut around the image and added to the card using foam pads to add dimension.

Oval die cut from blue cardstock (Papermill) using Spellbinders Floral Oval die, then embossed using a Darice embossing folder from Crafters Companion.  I went over the clouds with a white ink pad but this doesn't show up very well in the photo.

I used a backing paper from my stash which had come free with a magazine quite some time ago!  This was matted onto some dark brown cardstock from Papermill.

I used orange and brown ribbon from Create and Craft to pick out the colours of the sunflower.

I created the three sunflower heads using Martha Stewart paperclay and a silicone mold I purchased from Amazon.

I hope you'll visit the challenge blog to see the lovely cards my team mates have created.  I'm sure you'll agree it's well worth entering our challenge with the chance to win such a fabulous prize.

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Come and Get It Challenge - Flowers

The Corrosive Challenge - Animals

Sunflowerfield Challenge - Birthdays and/or Flowers

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Cute

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes but must use patterned paper

Die Cut Diva's - Embossing

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Flowers

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love Is All Around

Good Morning

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and this month our theme is Love Is All Around.  We're sponsored by the fabulous Hannah Lynn Art and my card uses the digi image Ladybug Love:

I coloured the image using Colour Soft pencils blended with baby oil.

Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles die.  Co'redinations Card.  The backing paper came free in a magazine. The ribbon was recycled from a Chocolate Reindeer!  The heart charm and buttons are from my stash.  The butterfly is made using paper clay which I bought from Create and Crafts months ago but have just put to good use.

Please do pop across to the challenge blog to see all the lovely creations from my fellow design team members.  I do hope you'll be able to join in our challenge this month.

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch

A Creative Romance  - Show Us Some Love

Crafty Hands Challenge - Shades of the Same Colour

Winter Wonderland - Use a Digi

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Love/Valentines

Today is my birthday.  To celebrate, I'll be putting some candy up on my blog in the next few days.