Crafty Calendar Challenge - All Things Spooky

Good morning.

It's the first Saturday of the month which means it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month our challenge is All Things Spooky with the optional extra of Recycle Something.

We get quite a few trick or treaters on Halloween so I decided to make a little gift bag and fill it with sweets.

I used the digi stamp 'Cherry Kisses Witch' from Pollycraft and coloured her with my Spectrum Noir pens.
I cut an oval mat from Core'dinations card to frame my image.
I printed the paper from Joanna Sheen's Cardmakers Year cd-rom onto a light weight card.
The ribbon is my 'Recycled item', this came wrapped around some pyjamas.

I think I'm going to make a few more of these in readiness!

My card is for the following challenges:

Stamp With Fun Challenge - Autumn

Heck of a Challenge - Spooktacular

Paper Pretties Blog - Fall/Autumn

Bearly-Mine Challenge - Halloween

Shopping Our Stash - Recycle (ribbon)

Crafty Creations Challenge - Colours of Autumn

Crafty Catz Challenge - Autumn

Alphabet Challenge - R for Recycle (ribbon)

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Digi

Clear It Out Challenge - Use orange, purple or black, or all three.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  Please do visit the challenge blog and take a look at the fabby creations my teamies have made.

Have a lovely weekend.

Happy Birthday

My card for today is one I have made for my nephews birthday.  I followed the theme over at Sentimental Sundays which is banners/pennants and also the bonus challenge of a sketch:

7 x 5 card  blank

Image Jerry Kisses digi stamp from Pollycraft, coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

Mat cut using Spellbinders reverse wonky rectangles die from Core'dinations card.

Sentiment banner is created with a spellbinders label die, sentiment is a peel off.

Bunting is created using a Nellie Snellen diamond die, folded in half and attached to bakers twine.

Backing paper has been in my stash for ages, inked round the edge with Antique Linen DI.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Going around in circles

StampArtic Challenge - Use dies

The Crafty Pad - Use dies/punches

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - Cards for Kids

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Masculine

Football Crazy

My card today uses one of the adorable images from Pollycraft's Swings and Slides range of digi stamps:

A5 card blank

Image printed onto Neenah card and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.

Mat the image is sat on is cut from Core'dinations card using a Spellbinders Reverse Wonky Rectangles die.

Sentiment mat is cut using Spellbinders Wonky Rectangle die.

Backing paper is printed from Crafters Companion Boys and Girls cd-rom.

Blue pearlescent card from stash, punched using a Martha Stewart edge punch.

Football vellum from stash.

Twine added to card with a football boot charm attached (from ebay).

My card is for the following challenges:

Sketch Challenges - Sketch

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Punches and Edgers

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Sporty

One Stop Craft Challenge - Olympics/Sporty

One Stitch At A Time - Sports

Shopping Our Stash - Something new - Spellbinders Reverse Wonky rectangle die, arrived today!

Little Drummer Boy

I bought this lovely digi stamp some time ago from Pollycraft and this is the first time I've used it.  I followed the current sketch at Dies To Die For Challenge.  Here is my card:

8 x 8 card blank.

Image printed onto Neenah card and colour using Spectrum Noir pens.

Mats cut using spellbinders fleur de lis rectangle dies.

Backing paper printed from SWALK 2 cd-rom, distressed around the edges with Faded Jeans Distress Ink.

Core'dinations card embossed using a Darice embossing folder and sanded slightly.

Fleur De Lis border die used to cut central strip.

Die-namics star die used to created the stacking stars.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Distressing

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

St Lukes Charity Card Challenge - Card for a Teenager

Pollycraft Linky Party

Good Morning

Pollycraft is closing down and are having a linky party.  I have all the digis in the Swings and Slides range and love them all.  Here is one of the cards I made using a stamp from this range:

You can find full details of this card on my original post HERE.

It's well worth popping over to the shop as there are some fabulous offers available.

I'd like to wish everyone associated with Pollycraft lots of luck and say a big thank you for creating all these wonderful images for us to craft with.

Fairy Among The Flowers

Good Evening

This is my second post for today, whatever next? ;)

I've combined a few different challenges to come up with my card, and here it is:

I followed the sketch over at Totally Gorjuss for my layout.  I used the bingo challenge at TotallyPaperCrafts and I selected Blue, Die-cut and Flowers.  I used an image from Pollycraft and coloured her with spectrum noirs.  I made the flowers out of fabric to tie in with the current challenge at Pollycraft Challenge.

The backing paper for the card is from my stash.  The mat she is sat on is a Spellbinders die cut from Core'dinations card.  The decorative strip across the card is also Core'dination, embossed using a Darice Embossing folder available from Crafters Companion.  The flourish behind the flowers is also a Spellbinders die, cut from white card.

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

ABC Challenge - M is for magical

My Time To Craft Challenge - Fairy Nice

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Use lots of shapes

Thanks for stopping by.

Pollycrafts Pirate

Good Evening

The current Pollycraft Monday Challenge is 'Bingo'.  Here is my card:

I chose to use the line - buttons/Pollycraft image/punches.

I coloured my image using promarkers.  The yellow card is core'dinations.  The backing papers are from my stash, and I used a Martha Stewart punch.  The stars are cut using a Die-namics die and buttons with bakers twine threaded through are added to each star.

I've made this card for my nephews birthday, he loves to dress up so this should fit the bill.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash - Across the border

Moving Along With The Times - Things with wings

Cards for Men - Boys and their toys

Stamps R Us Challenge - Cards for kids

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Something for the boys

Thanks for stopping by.

Jo x

Hop It

Good Evening

I hope you've had a good weekend.

My card for today uses a lovely digi stamp from Pollycraft.

Isn't he gorgeous?  I coloured him using Coloursoft pencils.  I followed the sketch over at Willow Sketchie Challenge.  The papers are from my stash, I've had them for ages!  The zig zag is a Martha Stewart punch and the shaped mat behind the main image an x-cut die.

My card is for the following challenges:

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch

My Time To Craft - Punches, dies or both

St Lukes Charity Challenge - Male card

A Thank You Note From Teddy Bea

Good Morning

I am in the middle of a batch of Thank You cards for my daughter to send to thank everyone for her 18th birthday presents.  I've had to keep them fairly straight forward but had a bit of a mental block to say the least!  The current challenge at Teddy Bo is Clean and Simple, so I decided to sit and colour my favourite bear to use on one of the cards.

Teddy Bea is coloured with coloursoft pencils and then matted onto some lovely mottled cardstock that I got from Papermill.  The flower and flourishes are cut using Marianne dies and a gem added to the centre of the flower.

My card is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge  - Clean and Simple

Saturday Challenge - White plus one other colour (not including the colour of the image)

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Monochromatic

My Time To Craft Challenge - Punches and dies

Creative Inspirations - Monochromatic

Bling It On Challenge - No patterned paper

Pollycraft Monday Challenge  - Girls, girls, girls

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I'm off to try and finish the rest of the Thank You cards.

Jo x

Boo To You

Good Afternoon

A very warm welcome to my blog.  My card for today is a spooky card for Halloween:

The image on the card is a digi stamp from Pollycraft and I have coloured her with coloursoft pencils.  The spiders web was one of those bright ideas that ends up taking an age to do.  The outer shape was created using a Marianne Die and I then threaded black cotton through to create the web.  The wording is die cut using an x-cut alphabet die and the pumpkins are from a My Craft Studio cd.

My card is for the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Halloween

Cutie Sunday - Halloween

Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Flowers/Pumpkins

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Halloween

My Time To Craft - Orange and Black

Shopping Our Stash - Spooky and/or orange and black

Crafts and Me - Use orange

Thanks for calling in today.

Jo x

Crafty Calendar Challenge - First DT Card For Me!

Good Morning

I hope you are enjoying this lovely sunshine.

Today see's a new challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge and my first DT card!  I'm very excited!!!  This month we are celebrating our 2nd birthday and there are lots of fabulous prizes on offer.  Do hop over and take it look, you really don't want to miss out!!  The theme for this month is 'Spooky' and we are sponsored by Wild Orchid Crafts - here is my card:

I've used a digi stamp from Pollycraft for my card, coloured with coloursoft pencils and blended with baby oil.  I added some holographic card to the cut out areas of the pumpkin to give the effect of a lit candle inside and to add some spooky features!  The word 'Spooky' is computer generated.  With my new printer I can print direct to card which is so handy.

This is how I decorated inside the card:

Well I hope you like my first DT card.   Don't forget to go and have a look at the challenge blog, the DT have some fabulous inspiration for you.  I look forward to seeing your spooky creations.

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - Anything Goes

The Secret Crafter - Halloween

Moving Along With The Times - Spooky Halloween Cards

Raise The Bar - Hats Off

Have a fab Saturday.

Jo x