Kissing Santa

Here is the card without the tag.

I created this card with tag for this weeks Holly Jolly Christmas challenges.  The theme this week is Santa Claus and I chose to use this digital imaged called Kissing Santa from Limited Runs for my card. I thought the image was so cute. 

I used a selection of Christmas pattern  papers from my stash for the card and cut some of the papers with a selection of dies. It was a good way of using up some of my scraps.   The sentiment, Kissing Santa was from my stash of rubber stamp and is by A Muse ArtStamps. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative week.  

Pin Up Girls

It is time for another great challenge at Incy Wincy Challenges. the theme  of this week's challenge is "pin Up girls".  I used a sassy image from Karleigh Sue Digi'd called naughty or nice. 

I added my image to sa fancy die cut and coloured her with Copic markers and a  glitter pen.   The sentiment was created on my computer.   To complete my card I  added a ribbon and a metal heart.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week. 

Gentle Whispher

One of my fun Rubber Stamp groups I belong to is the Rubber Inkers and I have made this card for their "newest purchase"  card swap.  I made this card with my newest rubber stamp, gentle whisper by Penny Black.   I love their slapstick/cling stamps.  I have fell in love with watercolour crayons all over again. 

I coloured my stamp with Neocolor 2 crayons by Caran d'Ache and stamped it on watercolour paper.  I also  some black ink on parts of the stamp and over stamped the flower. I doodled the edges and added a Happy Birthday die by Tim Holtz. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes

Amusing - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything goes 

Creative Fingers  -  Always Anything Goes 

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes

Clear It Out Challenge at Come and Get It

It is a "clear it out" challenge  (use an item from your stash) at Come and Get It this week.  I have two cards to bring to you from our sponsors this week. 

The first card I used an image from QKR Stampede, one of our sponsors this week. The image is called Kickin' It, I think it is such a cute image. 

I coloured the image with Copic markers then made the rest of the card out of papers and findings from my stash. The textured kraft paper is from my friends trash, a piece of paper her glass had been wrapped in. The sentiment was created on my computer and I thought it went great with the image.  

My second card is by our other great sponsor Sentimental Susan and the image I used is called Beach Day. 

 I coloured my image with my Copic markers, gelli pen and Panpastels.  The paper used for the card was from my stash along with the rubber stamped sentiment by A Art Musestamps  and Stampin Up Punch. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week at  Come and Get It Challenges. Thank you for stopping by. 

Pirates and Princesses Challenge

We have a fabulous new sponsor at Incy Wincy Designs this week, Fabrika Fantasy. The theme of the challenge is Pirates and Princesses.  I used one of Fabrika's great images called Pirate Parrot 3  for this project. 

I coloured this image with Copic Markers and then framed the image with a life preserver  digital image from  Scrapbookgraphics  and added some die cuts from Joy Craft's dies called Seashore along with a sentiment that I created on my computer. It was a very fun card to make.
Hope you will join us this week at Incy Wincy designs.   Remember to pop over to their challenge blog to see the other great creations of the very talented design team. Thank you for stopping by 
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes
Get Creative Challenges - Fantasy Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
Crafting-With-Friends -  Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Boys to Men

Travel/ Vacation Challenge

It is time for another challenge at Come and Get It Challenges and the theme is Travel/Vacation.  I made this sailing vacation card for the challenge. I used some of my new dies that I have purchased lately to make my card. 

I used the following products to make my card:

Sail Boat - unmounted stamp which I do not remember who make it

Sentiment Birthday Die - Spellbinder

Round Stitch die - Lil' Inker designs

Distress Inks - spiced marmalade and weathered wood

Element die - Tim Holtz

Black Embossing Powder

Stampendous - Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel

Wood Grain Embossing Folder 

Joy Craft's dies - Seashore

Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Crafty Calendar -anything goes
Scrappers Delights  - Always Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin -emboss it

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers -  Anything Goes 
Jo's Scrap Shack - Boys to Men
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes4 
Crafty Chicks - Circles

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes (+ a sentiment) 

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations  - Anything GoesSouthern Girls - Layer It Up

Ribbon and Bow Challenge at Holly Jolly

It is a Ribbon and Bow challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge and I decided to make a gift card holder for this challenge. I used a digital stamp called Open Present from Eureka Stamps for my project. 

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Here is the inside of my gift holder. 

I used the Top Note Bigz Die by Stampin Up to make the gift card holder and then added it to a card front using several different coordinating papers. The image was coloured with Copic Markers and a glitter pen, ribbon and button were added to complete the project.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

No Rubber Stamps Challenge

We have anpther great challenge at Incy Wincy this week .   The challenge is to create a card not using rubber stamps.  I used a digital stamp from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps to make my card.   The image is called Biffo.  I think he makes such a great birthday card.

I coloured my image with Copic markers and added some die cut balloons which i doodled on and completed the card with a birthday digital sentiment.  Had fun creating this card. Hope you will pop over to the Incy Wincy Designs blog to see the designs of the other team members have created to inspire you. Thank you for stopping by and have a very creative day.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge - boys, boys, boys 
Scrappers Delights  -  Always Anything Goes 
Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Artiste Challenge - Anything Goes

More than one Fold Challenge

I made this card for the more than one fold card challenge at Come and Get It this week.  Our sponsor this week is Di's Digi and they have a great prize for the lucky winner. 

 I decided to get out my watercolour crayons and paper along with a Penny Black rubber stamp to make my joy fold card. 

I added my watercolour crayons directly to my stamp and then misted the stamp. It took me a couple of tries because I was a ittle out of practise using the crayons.  I like the effect.  To complete my card I embossed around my image with some rectangle dies, added a ribbon and a thank you die by  Spellbinder.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Don't forget to stop by our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations the design team has created to inspire you. 

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion -  Always Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Scrappers Delights  -  Always Anything Goes 

Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes

Creative Artiste Challenge - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - Wonderful Watercolors

Penny Black - Anything Goes

For You

I made this take for this week's challenge at Crafting with Friends.  I used a digital stamp by Moon Flower for my tag called Ashlee Toad Faerie.    The background of my tag is done with Brusho inks.  I love the watery effect it give the tag.  I also used the following products to make my tag.

copic markers
Brushos
glitter
button style letters
fibers

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this at Crafting with Friends.  

Birthday Blog Hop at Not Just Cards

BLOG HOP TIME

Its Not Just Cards

1st Birthday

so to celebrate we are having a challenge and a 

BLOG HOP

We have lots of prizes to be won by all our wonderful sponsors

Stamps by Julia Spiri 
Star Stampz
Aurora Wings
Lacy Sunshine
Nikki Burnette
All Dressed Up
Oddball
SLS Lines
Stitchy Bear
Moon flower
Diddybag
Crafty Sentiments

If you have come to my blog without doing the hop you can

Start here - http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Diddybag

bumbebee-bears

Odd Ball Art

Digi Stamp Big Eye Kawaii Girl 

Moon Flower

Sakura Maiden

SLS Lines
 goth girl digistamp with goldfish and balloons

One lucky person who comments on my blog will win the image I have used. 

Good Luck.


Complete the hop to win lots of wonderful digis along the way

Don't forget to follow me as I will be posting MY winner(s) on my blog next month

and I don't want you to miss out!

If you get lost the list of blogs to hop to are here

Lori

Tina

Gabriela

Gran Margaret

Jackie

Jan

Judy - you are here

Julie

Kemly

Lynda

Marleen

Monica B

Monica S

Traci

Valou

Remember also to check out this months challenge also

September's Blog Challenge at Not Just Cards

This month at Not Just Cards our regular challenge and a very special Blog Hop. Please check our blog  for the Blog Hop. 

Here are my projects for this month's challenge sponsored by 

Alicia Bel.  I love Alicia Bel's images.  They are so cute. 

Alicia Bel

Café y Buenos Días

Alicia Bel

Harley Davidson

I had lots of fun creating my cards.  They were such fun images to work with.  I hope you will check out Not Just Cards blog to see the creations that the design team have created to inspire you. 

Please also check out the Blog Hop.  There area a lot of  great sponsors, prizes and projects from the design team. 

For the Birthday Boy

Time for another challenge at Incy Wincy Design Challenges this week.  The theme of the challenge is "For the Boyz" and Drawn with Character is the sponsor this week. The image I used for my card is Birthday Elephant sitting on floor with Cupcake.

The products I used for was 

Pattern paper by

Square Stitch Die

Circle Stitch Die

Copic Markers

Green Glitter for the for nails

Sentiment created on the computer

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you check out our challenge blog at Incy Wincy and see the creations of our talented design team. 

Buttons and Bows

I thought I would pull out my watercolour crayons for this week's challenge at Come and Get It Challenges.   The challenge is to make a card and use a button and ribbon in your design. I used this pretty digital image from Oak Pond Creations, one of our sponsors this week for my card. The image is called simply Tulips.  I thought it was perfect for using watercolours. 

Once I had watercoloured my tulips I embossed around my image with a couple of rectangle dies and added a sentiment and of course my bow and button. To be truthful the ribbon and button were suppose  to go where the thank you was but I forgot the theme of the challenge was while I was putting the card together so I added it to the side of the card.  I liked how it worked. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Don't forget to stop by our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations the design team has created to inspire you. 

Having Tea in the Woods and Scary Spiders

It is time for an inspirational challenge at Forever Dark this month and this is my project for the challenge. 

I found this wood picture at the thrift store and thought it would make a base for my project. 

I took the wood picture apart and painted a background to accent my digital image that I was using for this month's challenge. The image I used for the project is by Jade Dragonne our sponsor this month.  I also added a moon, fence, raven, bats and some skeleton heads to complete the project. 

This is my second project for this challenge and I used another image from Jade Dragonne , our sponsor this week. 

I coloured my image with copic markers, glitter pen and PanPastels. I added my image to some spider pattern paper from my stash and added a spider  to complete the card. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this month at Forever Dark.  Pop over to their challenge blog to see the inspiring projects of the design team.   

I am entering my project in the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Mixed Media Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative / Mixed Media/ Inky Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room - Anything goes

Mix Media World - Gorgeous Textures

Our Creative Corner - Shades of Autumn
Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes

Altered Desk Organizer

This is my project for this month's Altered Eclectics anything goes challenge.  

This is the box I started with

 There are some closer looks

Some of the products that I used to make my box are:

white gesso

scrap paper cut in squares to give the box some texture

assortment of ink sprays

findings

old film

Viva Decor 3D Stamp paint

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. Remember my favourite saying by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” I hope you join me in my search for my creative side.  Remember to stop by the Altered Eclectics Challenge blog to see the projects of the other talented design team members of our design team. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Always Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Mixed Media Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative / Mixed Media/ Inky Goes

Hiding in my Craft Room - Anything goes

Mix Media World - Gorgeous Textures

Our Creative Corner - Shades of Autumn

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