Traditional Christmas Colour Challenge

Time for another Christmas card challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas challenges and this week it is an traditional coloured themed challenge.  I am using a image from one of our great sponsors Odd Ball Art.  My snowball throwing lady is called Kawaii Big Eye Girl in Winter Snowball Fight.

I had fun making my card.  I cut my card shape with a step die from Cheery Lynn  and added my pattern paper.  The image was coloured with Copics and a Wink of Stella. I added some mittens, snowflakes garland, baker's twine and snowball ribbon to complete the card.  

Hope you enjoyed mt card and will join us at Holly Jolly this week.  

Thank you for stopping by. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Texture
Our Crafting Corner - Anything Goes 
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Use a Sentiment
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Monochrome Challenge

We have a monochrome challenge at Crafty CardMakers this week and I have made this card for the challenge. 

I used Stampin Up designer paper for the background layers of my card and cut the circles and square with my stitch dies. Once I layered my papers I added a my sentiment , butterfly and flower.  The sentiment and butterfly are both by Tim Holtz. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us this week at Crafty CardMakers. remember to check out their challenge blog to see the beautiful creations of the design team. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges: 
Craft Rocket Challenge - Monochrome
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Simon Says Mondays - Monochrome
Crafty Calendar - Things with Wings

Use a Doily Challenge

Come and Get It Challenges this week has another great challenge, use a doily on your card.  My Besties is the sponsor this week and Sherri has given us some beautiful stamps to design with.  I am using one of their Big Eyed Big Head digital image stamp that can be found in the Esty store here. 

The far background of the card is an embossing folder of feathers that I inked the embossing folder before I ran it through the Big Shot.  I layered the page with a couple of white doilies and a doily in the colour of her dress.   I added some flowers  from Southern Ridge Trading Company and a sentiment by Magenta.   

Hope you will join us in the challenge this week.  Pop over to our challenge blog to see the beautiful creations that our design team have created to inspire you. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delight - Anything Goes
A Beautiful Mess - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Ribbon and Charm Challenge

It is a Ribbon and Charm challenge at Come and Get It Challenges this week and I have used an image from Sasayaki Glitter called Lady Bella  for my card.  

I had fun colouring my little lady with my Copics and Wink of Stella.  I added some  die cut little butterflies, gems and of course my ribbon and charm.  

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a creative day. Please stop by our challenge blog to see the creations of our design team have made to inspire you. 

Monochromatic Challenge at SLS Lines

I created this monochromatic canvas this week for the SLS Lines Challenge blog for their May Challenge.  I fell in love with this image of a little girl reading and decided to make an altered canvas. The image is called young book reader in library. 

 

To make my canvas I covered my board with dictionary paper, used acrylic paint to colour the back ground brown and then used a Donna Downy stencil to create the words in the background using molding paste and PanPastels to colour the paste a brown tone.  The image was coloured with Copics all in shades of brown and I used distress inks to colour my sentiment.  It was a fun project.

Thank you for stopping by,  Check our SLS Challenge blog  to see what the design team has created some projects to inspire you.  

I am entering my canvas in the following challenges:

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Jade's Sparkling Butterflies - Anything Goes
Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
The Dark Attic Challenges - Anything Goes

Lots of Layers

It is a Lots of Layers challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges.  Hope you will join us  and pile on the embellishments and papers.  I have used an image from our sponsor this week, Aurora Wings called Christmas Holly Sprite with Coat.  I think she is such a cute Christmas image. 

I made a tent card for this challenge. To colour my image I used Copics, metallic pen, white gell pen, gold leafing pen,  and Wink of Stella.  I used a die cut from Elizabeth Designs to make the ten card. To complete my card I added some fabric snowflakes and a sentiment.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Faux or Real Stitches Challenge

This week at Crafty Cardmakers it is a stitches challenge, faux or real.  My card is a combination of real and faux stitches.  I used rubber stamps by Tim Holtz for the fauz stitches and ruler.  The sewing images are stamps by  Class Act Rubber stamps.  The sewing machine and scissors are chipboard by Southern Ridge Trading Company. 

I sewed my background of my card then added my rubber stamped faux stitches  and ruler. After I was happy with the background I added my stamped sewing images that I coloured with Copics and my chipboard sewing machine and scissors that I coloured with acrylic paints and Diamond Glaze. To complete the card I added  some lace and a button.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to stop by the Crafty Cardmakers blog to see the beautiful creations that the design team have created to inspire you.  Hope you will join in. 

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Always Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes
Happy Little Stamper with Dies - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards  - Anything Goes
Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes
Southern Ridge Trading Company - Anything Feminine
Pencil  Case - Summer Colours
Our Craft Corner - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Add Texture

Fancy Fold Challenge

One of my favourite challenges is the Fancy Fold challenge and we have one this week at Come and Get It.  It is fun to try new folds and revise some of our old ones.  For this challenge I used a variation of the tent card using the round according fold die from Elizabeth Crafts for the card. It was nice to find another pattern for the die.  

I have used a digital stamp from Bugaboo, one of our sponsors this week for the card.  The image is called Birdie .  I think the image is so cute. 

I coloured my image with Copics  and a Wink of Stella then added some grass, pearl, flowers and a sentiment.  Thank you for stopping by and have creative day.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Always Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes
Happy Little Stamper with Dies - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards  - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything with Wings
Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes
Pencil  Case - Summer Colours
Catch a Bug - Flowers Galore

Why So Serious

This is my inspirational art journal page for May at SLS Lines. I had lots of fun playing in my art journal book. The background of my page is a gelli print that I added some stenciled circles to. 

The image I used from SLS Lines is one of my favourites called  Mad Court Jestor and can be found in the SLS Lines Esty shop here. I coloured my image with Copics and a charcoal pencil.  I used molding paste and a stencil around the image.  The molding paste was coloured gold using PanPastels.  I used a stencil for the  large wording and a Dymo for the "Have Fun". 

Come join us at SLS Lines this month.  Pop over to their challenge blog to see all of the  creations that the design team have created to inspire you. 

Check out the SLS Lines design in there Esty shop here. 

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Don't forget out current  Halloween challenge, there is still time to join the fun. Remember there is a new challenge on the 20th of every month. 

New Release at SLS Lines

This is one of the new releases at SLS Lines.  If you love to colour this is the image for you.  Great image for a Art Journal, page. You can find is image at SLS Lines new web site at https://www.slslines.com/  . 

Please check out the other new images on the SLS Lines Challenge blog. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  

Card for a Women

Make a card for a women is the challenge at Come and Get It Challenges this week.  The image used for my CAS card is called  Delicate Dancer   and is by A Day for Daisies , one of our sponsors this week. 

I love the delicate drawing if this dancer.  I decided to keep the card CAS embossing my image with 2 circles and adding some bling.  The sentiment was created on my computer.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Mother's Day or Flowers Challenge at Pattie's Creations

The challenge at Pattie's Creations is a Mother's Day or Flowers challenge. I made this vase of flower card for this months' challenge at Pattie's Creations. The image is called Tulips in Vases and can be found here.  

I coloured my image with watercolours, added a doily, gold corners, glitter. and Diamond Glaze.  Tulips are one of my favourite flowers. I love the varation of colours they come in. 

Thank you for stopping by and have creation day. 

Aging Advice and thoughts from those Crazy Birds

It is time again for a challenge at Creative Artistes.  The challenge this month is anything goes and I created a mini book for my neighbours birthday.  The theme of the book is happy birthday and aging advice from those crazy birds. The mini album took quite a few days to make but was fun coming up wit the ideas. 

Here is the front of my book.  

I had fun designing the front cover, adding the bicycle and legs for the bird.  I used several different products to colour the birds including Copics, metallic markers and watercolour crayons. Some of the hats are from the collection of Tim Holtz and some of the hats are from parts of digital images and rubber stamps. Some of the ideas for the pages were completely my original ideas but some were inspired by Pinterest and other stamps that I had. 

Inside cover

There are 6 sections to the book.  Each section contains 3 or four areas to create on plus a tag. Lots of creative real estate here.  One of my dear crafting friends Marta,  taught me how to put the book together  and I decorated it.  The pattern can be found on  
Laura Denison's  blog here. 

First foldout pages

Second foldout pages

Third foldout pages

Fourth foldout pages

Fifth foldout pages

Sixth foldout pages

last pages 

I hope my friend enjoys her card.  I had lots of fun making it.  Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to pop over to Creative Artiste's blog to see the inspiring projects of the design team.  

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Jade's Sparkling Butterflies - Anything Goes 
4 Crafty Chicks - Sassy Woman
Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes
DLArt- Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze - Anything Goes
The Paper Players - Bicycle
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon - Anything but a Card
Sisterhood of Crafts - Birthdays

Meowy Christmas

The theme this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges is "Christmas Animals" and I have used this cute digital image from Bugaboo, one of our sponsors called Meowy Christmas Cats.

I used a few scraps of designer Christmas paper for the layers of my card and coloured the image with a Wink of Stella and Copics Markers. I had the perfect sentiment is from my collection of rubber stamps.  

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day. 

Butterfly Garden

Time for another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and the theme of the challenge this week is pearls and gems. 

I used a butterfly die from Memory Box called floating butterflies for my card. Behind the die I used one of my Gelli Plate prints made with acrylic paints in my favourite colours of greens and blues. To complete the card I added some pearls and gems for sparkle. 

Thank you for stopping  by.  Please pop over to the Crafty Cardmakers challenge blog to see the creations that the design team have created to inspire you.

My favourite quote is by Maya Angelou. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”  I hope you will join us in this challenge.