Noel Noel

Holly Jolly Christmas challenges is having a bingo challenge this week.  

Ribbon	Texture	Glitter
Rhinestones	2 designer papers	Twine
Die cuts	Punches	PEARLS

I chose to use the bottom row (die cuts, punches and pearls).  The digital image I used is from Stamp and Create, one of our sponsors this week and is called Noel Carols by Saturated Canary.

I layered my pattern papers that I cut out with a card creator die, layered a Memory Box wreath die, punched musical notes, and then added pearls and gemstones. 

The image was coloured with Copics and to complete the card I added a Noel button from my stash that I coloured with Distress Tea Dye ink.  Come join us at Holly Jolly this week.  There are lots of possibilities with this bingo challenge.  Just create your card and enter it here. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round ~ Embellish It!

Christmas Card Challenges ~ Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes

My Perfect Life – Christmas Cards

Allsorts Challenge - Christmas

Little Claire’s Design Monthly Challenge - Christmas

Halloween Wall Hanging

This is a Halloween Project I made for this week's challenge at Not Just Cards.  I have used this spooky digi from Odd Ball Images for my wall hanging along with a die from Tim Holtz , spider paper from my stash and a tombstone die. To complete the wall hanging I added a wire hanger and a ribbon. It was a quick and easy project and fun to make. 

Odd Ball images is only one of our great sponsors this week.  They have a lot of great unusual images.  Check our our challenge blog, the design team has been really busy creating different projects from our sponsors to inspire you.  

Hope you will join us this week  for a great challenge.  Just create your card or project and enter it here.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 


I am entering this wall hanging in the following challenges:

All Crafts Challenge - 2 Anything but a Card
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes and/or Spooky
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Halloween or Colors: Orange, Black, Green, Purple
Through the Purple Haze - Halloween
Whoopsi Daisy -Halloween
That Craft Place - Halloween
Open-Minded Challenges -  Halloween or Dressing Up
Sunflower Fields Designs -  Autumn/Halloween!!! 

Brown Sugar – Anything Goes

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Whenever Possible Choose Adventure

This is my creation for this weeks Not Just Cards' Challenge.  I used one of our sponsor The Stamping Dragon's image for my Art Journal page.   I thought my gelli print page suited the image and I found this sentiment on Pinterest that seemed to work well with it. 

Products I used for this art journal page are:

• The Stamping Dragon image - Aimee Goes Steampunk
• Sentiment from Pinterest - printed on tissue paper
• Coloured with Copics, glitter, acrylic paint
• Butterfly by Inkadinkado - stamped on acrylic paper, coloured with acrylic paints, glitter, diamond glaze and white tissue paper
• Background paper- gelli plate print (stencil, molding paste and assorted acrylic paints)
• Assorted Die Cuts and bling

I hope you will join us at our new challenge blog.  Pop over to Not Just Cards blog and take a look at the projects our creative design team have created to inspire you.   

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. I am ntering this project at the following challenge blogs:

All Crafts Challenge - Anything but a Card

Open-Minded Challenges -  Halloween or Dressing Up
Brown Sugar – Anything Goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - No Cards

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes with a Butterfly

My Craft Creations - Always Anything Goes

Recipe Challenge at Come and Get It

Cindy at Come and Get It Challenges has a recipe challenge this week. The card recipe is diecuts, ribbon, bling and designer scrapbook paper. 

Lacy Sunshine is one of the sponsors of the challenge and I used one of their cute images called Rory's Christmas Presents Delivery.  Isn't she cute?  

The supplies I used for this card are:

• Lacy Sunshine image
• Ribbon from my stash
• Copic Markers
• Brazzill Basic Paper - Worth Remembering
• Card Creator diecut
• Bling from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Fingers:  ATG
Creative Corners:  ATG
Sister Act:  ATG
The Paper Girls:  ATG
Art by Miran Challenge: ATG
Inspiration Destination Challenge : ATG
A Random Fan Challenge : ATG
Party Time Tuesday Challenge: ATG
House of Cards Monthly Challenge: Punches and Dies

Halloween Treat Bag

This is my project for this week's Halloween challenge at Creative Knockouts. Meljen's Designs is the sponsor of the challenge and I made a treat bag out of a lunch bag for the challenge.  I used Meljen's Designs, image called  Victorian Goth Girl along with an assortment of papers from my stash.  

I added some eyes, a spider,ribbon,  pearls and a bat to complete my treat bag.  Thank you for stopping by and please join us in this Halloween challenge this week.  Have a wonderful day.  

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

Hanna & Friends -  cute/stamped/person/animal- Halloween
MilkCoffee Challenge-Halloween
Cardz 4 Guyz- It's Spooky - Halloween
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations -  Halloween 
 PDE Linky Party  - Halloween Decorations

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

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Vellum Card Challenge

This is my inspirational card for the vellum challenge at Fitztown this week.  It has been awhile since I have used vellum on a card. I love how velum give a card such a soft look. 

I used this pretty image called Mystical Fae 2 from Morgan Fitzsimon's collection at Fitztown, you can find the image here. 

I die cut the vellum background with my new stitch die and made the velum flower with a couple of flower punches that I added rubbed some Inka Gold on give some interest.  

 You have still lots of time to join in this challenge. Just create your card and enter it here. Thank you for stopping to take a look. 

Recycle, Re-Purpose, Re-Invent - October, Fall, Harvest and Halloween - Part 2

This is one of my projects  for part 2 of the Recycle, Re-Purpose, Re-Invent challenge blog. 

 I wish I had taken a picture if my clock before I painted it.  The clock was one a girlfriend had given me that she found at a garage sale.  It was cheap plastic, the silver coating was peeling and the clock background was blue and gray strips.  I thought is was a good project to use on of CS Design's digital images called Solitaire/Steampunk Round.  The image is part of their Steampunk Digital Stamp Series and can be purchased here.  

I first coated the clock with a Mat Medium to stop the peeling of the finish then I spray painted the clock brown. Once the spray paint dried I then painted the clock with Kroma Crackle Paint and then another layer of Mat Medium. Once the paint cracked and was completely dried I  dry brushed on brown, orange and gold paint until I got the effect I wanted. 

The metal leaves on the clock were from some wine markers that I had.  Some of the leaves I used a couple of different embossing on it to give them some colour and the other leaved I painted with the same paint as the clock. 

The dragonfly was from a old necklace and also was coloured with paint.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can join us in the challenge.  Try something new.  

Here are the links to the other DT Blogs - I hope you will check out their projects for this second challenge from these talented ladies.

Angela …  The Paper Craft Nook  

Laine ..... Hugs 4 Hearts Design

Chris.....   CS Designs Blog

We are also having a Design team and Guest designer call.

Would you love to join our Fabulous Team. If so please add either Dt ot GD after your name on the challenge blob. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Halloween or Not
Crafters Hoarders  - Happy Fall
Lessology - Beautiful Scenery
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Baffies Kreativladen - Fall & Halloween 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Cheerful Stamp Pad - Fall Leaves

Snow Friends, Snowman Challenge at Holly Jolly this Week

It is time for a "snowman" challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges this week.  Everyone loves snowman.  I used one of our sponsors, The Stamping Boutique's images for the challenge called snow friends. 

I coloured my image with my Copics, added glitter, picture corners, gell snowflakes and a paper ribbon sentiment. It was a fun card to make. I hope you will join us this week at Holly Jolly.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Glorious Christmas - snowman
Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Snowflakes
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything goes
Little Claire's Designs - Christmas Theme
We do Doobaboo - Christmas
Crafters Blogger Network - Christmas
The Glory of Christmas Challenges - snowmen

Books Fall Open ..........

Hi fellow crafters.  This is my project for this weeks challenge at Not Just Cards.  I decided to make a wall hanging for this challenge from a cover of a popular Mechanic hard cover book I found in the thrift store and a digital stamp by Handmade Harbour one of our sponsors.  The supplies I used to make this wall hanging are:

• Digital image - called bookshop
• Quote by David McCord
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 7 die
• Dictionary pages
• Distress Inks - tea dye
• Soft molding form wire (from my husbands stash)
• Copics for colouring
• Crackle rubber stamp - unknown
• Seam binding for ribbon
• Brads
• Corner Paper Punch
• Popular Mechanics book cover
• Paper from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this project in the following challenges

A girl who crafts - Always ANYTHING GOES

All Crafts Challenge - Anything but a Card

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Distressing

Crafting With The Dragon - October - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional CAS

Crafting At the Weekend - Anything Goes 

Merry and Bright

This is one of my projects for this weeks Anything Goes challenge at Not Just Cards.  I made my little bag with my Cricut and the Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2 cartridge and used a digi from Deedee's Digis called Merry and Bright. Deedee's Digital is one of our sponsors this week. 

I printed my digital image on to a half sheet of Ink Jet Shrink Plastic and coloured the image with several different art pens. I stamped a Merry Christmas on to the plastic with Stazon Ink.  Once I finished colouring I sshrunkenthe plastic in my toaster over.  Next I added glitter on to the boarder and the Christmas lights and fastened the image to the bag and completed the project with a so glittered stars and a Christmas ribbon.  

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us at Not Just Card this week and have fun creating, 

Delicious Doodles Challenge – Christmas in October

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge - Dies and/or Punches

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge - Christmas in October

Digi Choosday Challenge - Christmas

Scribble and Scrap Challenge - Anything Goes

Party Like a Rock Star

Not Just Cards is having another great Anything Goes challenge this week.  I am using a digital image from  Faery Ink called Hip Hop Headphones Urban Afro Puffs Cutie Tube.  Faery Ink is just one of the great sponsors for this challenge and with such great sponsors we have some wonderful prizes for the winners. 

I made a CD cover with my image.  I thought it would be a great gift for a little  girl with some of their favourite music on the CD.  Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day. 

New Digs!

I just had to make another project with these wonderful digi's from Handmade Harbour , one of our sponsors of our challenge at Not Just Cards. This digi is called Tall Houses and can be purchased here.

My project was coloured with Copic Markers, white Gelly Roll pen and Panpastels. I also used a Tim Holtz stencil in the background for some interest. The sentiment is by WordsWorth.

Pop over to the Not  Just Cards web site to see the other projects that the design team has made to inspire you.  We have several sponsors this week so there are some great prizes for some lucky winners, alls you have to do is create your project and enter it here. 

A girl who crafts - Always ANYTHING GOES

All Crafts Challenge - Anything but a Card

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Distressing

Crafting With The Dragon - October - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional CAS

Crafting At the Weekend - Anything Goes 

Books Fall Open ..........

Hi fellow crafters.  This is my project for this weeks challenge at Not Just Cards.  I decided to make a wall hanging for this challenge from a cover of a popular Mechanic hard cover book I found in the thrift store and a digital stamp by Handmade Harbour one of our sponsors.  The supplies I used to make this wall hanging are:

• Digital image - called bookshop
• Quote by David McCord
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 7 die
• Dictionary pages
• Distress Inks - tea dye
• Soft molding form wire (from my husbands stash)
• Copics for colouring
• Crackle rubber stamp - unknown
• Seam binding for ribbon
• Brads
• Corner Paper Punch
• Popular Mechanics book cover
• Paper from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this project in the following challenges

A girl who crafts - Always ANYTHING GOES

All Crafts Challenge - Anything but a Card

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Distressing

Crafting With The Dragon - October - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional CAS

Crafting At the Weekend - Anything Goes 

Anything Goes Challenge at Fitztown

I am hosting the Anything Goes Challenge at Fitztown this week and this is my project.  I have decorated a cheese box for this challenge using Morgan Fitzsimon's image Fae 37. 

Top View

Front views

I had lots of fun making this box.  The image was coloured with Copics, Gell pen and glitter.  I decorated the cheese box using my Gelli Plate using colours that I used in my image. The trim at the bottom part of the box is Washi Tape stained with Tea Dye Distress Ink. 

I completed my box by adding some knobs that I stained also with  Distress Ink, die cut butterfly, bling and some metal elements. 

Hope you will join us this week.  Just create your card or project and enter it here. 

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

Anything Goes With a Twist - Female 

The Stamping Boutique -  Outside the Box

Cute Card Thursday -  Anything But a Card

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes must be mixed Media

The Corrosive Challenges - Halloween Colors
Open-Minded Challenges - Fall / Autumn 
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit- Halloween or Not

The Mirror Cracked- Mixed Media

Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent 1st Challenge plus a Blog Hop

I am excited to be a member of the new Design Team of a new and exciting challenge blog called Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent.  

Chris Stern  is the designer and owner of CS Designs, The digital designs are unique and original.  Check out Chris' designs here.   The theme of the challenge this month is Fall, Harvest and Halloween and they always allow Anything Goes but any project you enter must included recycling, or be re-purposed or re-invented.  


We're Also Having A Blog Hop with lots of Fun Prizes To help us Celebrate our 1st challenge here on Recycle, Re-Purpose & Reinvent.    There are 7 blogs participating in this Hop and 6 Great Prizes to be given out. Because we want you to become acquainted with our  fabulous new team you must  visit and leave a comment on Every Participating Project Post along the way in order to be eligible to win any of our prizes.

There will be 6 winners altogether,:  3 will be chosen from all the comments left on our participating posts, 2 will be chosen from all those that participate in our 1st challenge and 1 from those that find the hidden ghost somewhere on the CS Designs Store. Our Blog Hop starts today Oct 1st, 2014 and ends  at 11:55 October 13th, and winners will be announced on Nov 1st. All Winners will receive their choice of 3  digital designs from the CS Designs Online Store.    Art you ready to party? 
Start Here ... on this blog   (There are two ways to win on this blog, join our challenge or leave us a comment)

Recycle, Re-Purpose & Re-Invent     http://doodleartifacts.blogspot.com/
Angela   http://papercraftnook.blogspot.com.au/
Judy   http://insearchofmycreativeside.blogspot.com/
Laine    http://hugs4theheartdesigns.blogspot.com/
Marg  http://craftycardsbymarg.blogspot.co.uk/
Chris / Doodle Pieces  http://www.doodlepieces.blogspot.com/
Chris / CS Designs      http://cs-designs.blogspot.com/  

Chris ... Doodle Pieces Chris / CS Designs  .. The store does not allow comments so to play and be eligible for a prize you will have to find my little ghost hidden somewhere among my designs and write to Chris with where you found him. Chris will chose 1 winner from all those who find him.

This is one of my projects for this challenge, a Tea-Light using Chris' image called Raven and the background Halloween paper is also from 

Chris' collection and is called Mixed Halloween Text.  All of the images for this project were from the Gothic Macarbe Halloween Digital Stamp Collection. 

I used several recycle items for the project.  The top of the tea-light is made from a couple of different ribbon rolls, buttons are from a old top, the card board for the top and bottom of the tea-light is a cereal box and the acetate was from some packaging.  The ribbon came from a box of chocolates.

My second project this week is a Halloween door hanger.  I thought the shrunken heads would make a interesting door hanger for Halloween.  I also used the spider digital paper and a Zombie powder advertisement.  All of the images for this project were from the Gothic Macarbe Halloween Digital Stamp Collection. 

I used several recycled items for door hanger including the large padlock I  found a few years ago at a thrift store and have used it in other Halloween projects and cardboard to reinforce the shrunken heads and twine from the recycle bin .

  These projects were fun project to make. 

 I hope you will join our first challenge and the Blog Hop.  

I would like to enter these projects in the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge - Seasonal Colors
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Halloween Costumes & Fun

Incy Wincy Designs - Something Old, Something New (re-cycled item, new images)
Through the Purple Haze - Tags (Shrunken Heads)
The Corrosive Challenges - Halloween Colors
Open-Minded Challenges - Fall / Autumn 
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Rhedd's Creative Spirit- Halloween or Not

The Mirror Cracked- Mixed Media