Digi Doodle Challenge - 24 February 2011

The challenge over at Digi Doodle Challenge is "spots and dots".  Again I have used one of the Jayne Nesterenko Patchwork Polly images which I have stamped and then coloured with promarkers.  This time the little girl is holding a lovely patchwork balloon.  The backing papers are all freebies from a magazine.  The card is finished off with some peel-offs, stamped flowers and a sentiment.  This is another card that is going to the Docrafts Craft for Life Appeal.

This card also fits the following challenges:

I Did it Creations - Anything goes

Stamps R Us - For the girls

Tuesday Throwdown - 3D

Do You Stack Up? - Anything goes

Paperplay - Let's get sentimental

If the Shoe Fits Scrap It - Happy birthday

Lexi's  Creations - Flowers

Stampin' B's - Use a flower
Paper Romance - Anything goes

Crafty Emma Challenge - 19 February 2011

The challenge over at Crafty Emma this week is "spots and stripes".  I have used one of the Jayne Nesterenko Patchwork Polly images which I have stamped and then coloured with promarkers.  The backing papers are all freebies from a magazine.  The card is finished off with some peel-offs.  This is another card that is going to the Docrafts Craft for Life Appeal.


This card also fits the following challenges:


I Did it Creations - Anything goes
Stamps R Us - For the girls
Tuesday Throwdown - 3D
Creative Inspirations - Stripes
Do You Stack Up? - Anything goes
Paperplay - Let's get sentimental
Digi Doodle - Spots/dots
Paper Romance - Anything goes

Rainbow Lady's Challenge - 17 February 2011

Over at the Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week the topic is "use a CD".  I have used my new My Craft Studio Fab Glam 50's CD.  I have used backing papers from the CD, silver mirri card to add some sparkle/shine and decoupaged up the lady and the flowers.  The card is finished off with a personalised insert and some organza ribbon.


This card also fits the following challenges:


Totally Papercrafts - Clean and simple
Whoopsi Daisy - Free and easy
Tuesday Taggers - The sky is the limit
Paperplay - Just add shine.

Charisma Cardz Challenge - 17 February 2011

The new Charisma Cardz Challenge starts today and the topic is "spring has spring".  I have used the same stamp from my previous post but this time I have stamped the image, coloured in with Promarkers and chalked around the edges.  The card is a green embossed flower card and I have just done some simple matting and layering.  The card is finished off with some card candy and some organza ribbon.


This card also fits the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Clean and simple

Creative Inspirations - Distress

Secret Crafter - A stamped flower

Incy Wincy - Colour me wonderful - minimum of 2 different colour mediums - I have used Promarkers and chalks

Lollipop Crafts - Favourite colouring medium - Promarkers

Secret Crafter Challenge - 12 February 2011

Over at the Secret Crafter Challenge the topic this week is "a stamped flower".  For this card I have used two pieces of card stock from my stash.  I can't remember the make of the stamp but I have stamped with a red Memento ink pad, die-cut the image and then distressed the edges.  The card is finished off with some card candy and a ribbon.


This card will fit the following challenges:


Totally Papercrafts - Clean and simple
Creative Inspirations - Distress
Charisma Cardz - Spring has sprung.

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - 11 February 2011

Over at the Totally Papercrafts Challenge the topic is "clean and simple".  I have used a new Faye Whittaker stamp from Joanna Sheen that I got for my birthday.  I simply watercoloured the picture.  The card has then been mounted on some lace and the embellishments are the seahorse and tent images from the stamp set, again watercoloured.


This card also fits the following challenges:


Whoopsi Daisy - Free and easy
ABC Challenge - O is for old fashioned
Digi Doodle - Anything goes

In a Sweet Pea Dream Challenge - 9 February 2011

Here is another card I have made for the Craft for Life but I thought I would enter it into the In a Sweet Pea Challenge this week as the topic is "anything goes".  For this card I have used some gorgeous embossed card I had in my stash.  I have used a Sweet Pea stamped image I was given  from a friend.  She is a Ching-chou Kuik image entitled Koi.  I have coloured her in my equivalent paints to H2Os.  The card has been finished off with a lovely sparkly butterfly and four flowers with gem centres.

I am also entering it into the following challenges:

Sew Many Cards - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - Spring flowers
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Little Claire's Monthly - Anything goes 
Pile it On - Get bright and breezy
Craft Your passion - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Embossing
Fab n Funky - Tempting texture
Moving Along with the Times - Photo inspiration
Digi Doodles - Nature
Stamping Vacation - No! No! No! Challenge - No tags

Craft for Life Card Donations

I am in the process of making some cards for the DoCrafts Creativity! Craft for Life to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.  Click here if you want to go and have a look.  More donations to come.

Commissioned Birthday Card

I was asked to make a card for a friend.  The images and papers were from Joanna Sheen's Oriental Dreams CD.  I have done some matting and layering and added a sentiment and some butterflies.

This card will fit the following challenges:

Daring Cardmakers - Year of the rabbit - oriental or rabbit
Sentimental Sundays - Chinese New Year
Scrapbook Sisters - Red, red, red
Delightful Sketches - Come fly with me
Do You Stack Up? - Red hot 
Moving Along With The Times - Red
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Chinese New Year

Birthday Card for a Friend

A friend kindly stamped out this gorgeous Sweet Pea image for me.  I have coloured her with paints equivalent to H2O's.  The background paper is from my stash - not sure where it is from.  I have simply matted and layered the Sweet Pea image, added some ribbon, glitter, flowers and a butterfly.

This card will fit the following challenges:

Sweet Pea Stampers - Glitz and glamour
Crazy 4 Challenge - Vintage or shabby chic
Gingerloft - Things that fly
Pear Tree Designs - Flowers
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything girly
My Time to Craft - Flourishes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and flowers
Flutter by Wednesday - Open theme
Delightful Sketches - Come fly with me
Paperplay - Stamp it out

Commissioned Birthday Card

Here is another card I was asked to make for a friend.  This time I have used images from a My Craft Studio CD (Carousel of Classics) and have done some simple matting and layering.  The card is finished off with some ribbon, peel-offs and flowers.

This card can fit the following challenges:

Crafty Emma - Bold and bright
2 Sisters - Girls just wanna have fun
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything girlie
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and flowers
Craft us Crazy - Anything goes

Commissioned Birthday Card

This was a birthday card I was asked to make for a friend.  I have used a silhouette image from my Card Creations CD.  The backing paper is from the CD and the others are from my stash.  The card is finished off with a sentiment and some peel-offs.

I have never done this before but I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Frosted Designs - Monochromatic
Crazy Challenge - Happy birthday
Kaboodle Doodle - Monochromatic
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything girly
Charisma Cardz - No embellishments
Craft us Crazy - Anything goes