CD Challenges - Sugar and Spice

At CD Sunday Challenges for the next week we would like you to create a project that reflects the wonderful title of  'Sugar and Spice' . Lots of interesting projects ahead I guess, the DT have made some wonderful cards for your inspiration. I made my card using an image from Paintbox Poppets by Crafter's Companions. The background striped paper is from Dreamees CD. My additional elements are 

Cakes from Flippen Women - the Dieter, La Pashe.  The Kitchenalia is from Crafty Individuals CI -340. I am so looking forward to seeing your creations, please have a fun time everyone. 

Alpha/Dictionary Challenge

P - PAWN

For their 2013 challenge The Craft Barn have again produced an excellent challenge - The Alpha/Dictionary Challenge more details available at The Craft Barn. They provide a letter of the alphabet for a fortnight challenge, but to stop we crafters from getting ahead of ourselves they are cleverly and crafter-ly providing us with a letter from a mixed up alphabet, so no guessing what lies ahead each fortnight. I am late in joining in the fun, for several reasons, but I have completed letter P for the sixth week and intend to do a catch up with the previously provided letters, V, C, E, H, Ma - Me.
 For my letter P I have chosen the word PAWN, as in a Chess Pawn - dictionary definition - chess man of smallest size and value, unimportant person, subservient to others' plans. Any chess players will probably spot, I am a line short on the chessboard, instead of it being 8 x 8 squares it is actually only 7 x 8 squares, sorry I didn't spot my error until the lines were drawn around the board, too late to alter it. I have used a Crative Expressions Vintage Games set of stamps, The Queen's crown is from Kanban Jasper set of Steampunk stamps. I used some very old rub ons for lettering and a stencil for other lettering. This is my very first time in approaching a book in this way. I greatly enjoyed creating the page and may now understand the enjoyment in journalling, time will tell. Must dash to get this onto the The Craft Barn before the challenge is closed.

Alphabet Challenge D - Daffodils

This week at Alphabet Challenges it was my turn to choose the topic for the Letter D - we are looking forward to our Easter weekend, I did think Daffodils was appropriate, though here in the UK it is so cold, the daffodils are only just showing part of their leaves through the cold earth. Mother Nature has taken a longer winter break than we ever could have imagined. The up side is we can still look forward to those hosts of Golden Daffodils. For my card, I choose a DL card, tall thin and elegant for a beautiful spray of spring flowers, another bargain clear stamp, which I purchased from Dimension at a craft event last year, it is a favourite stamp of mine. Stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento and coloured with Promarkers. Once again I look forward to visiting your blog, for this next week I will at least be seeing a host of golden daffodils  in blogland. Have fun everyone. 

Addicted to Colour #38

For this week #38 at Addicted to Stamps and More it is the turn for Addicted to Colour - which are 

I don't normally use such light colours but if I can, you can. It is amazing how well they worked together. I added my two stamped strips to a cream card for I felt the white background was too bright behind the images.I have used Lavinia Stamps, to create a touch of fairyland, though I was kindly informed by a friend these are not fairies they are pixies, one must be PC. I used Worn Lipstick, Frayed Burlap and Peacock Feathers from the TH range of Distress Inks to create the colours. Have fun everyone, I'll be soon popping onto your blog to view your creations. 

Book Cover - Garden Spells at MMM

Book Cover

For our challenge this week Mynette has chosen a book cover - Garden Spells ,  to inspire us. Please pop over for the photo and more details at Make My Monday to help you with this challenge. For my card I thought a mixture of similar colours to the book cover on black would look good with WOW! powders. 

I used Versamark with the lower stamp from Little Clair and sprinkled different pastel colours onto the ink. Heat embossed the area. I then repeated this with a hanging flower stamp from Lavinia. I stamped two butterflies again embossed with Wow powders. My final greeting was embossed with white Stampendous extra fine detail powder. It's a shame the picture doesn't completely show the amount of bling on the card. Have fun when creating your challenge,I did, I felt like an alchemist working with Merlin. LOL   

Bundle of Joy

CD Sunday Challenges are this week challenging you to create a project by using a crafting CD for a Bundle of Joy. I am pleased to say, The Best of La Pashe 2012 hasn't let me down yet. Of all of the CDs I have this is my only one which could provide for this week's challenge. I decided, as I was making a card, why not two,  a blue one and a pink one, then if I put them somewhere safe (LOL) I will be prepared. I made a blue and pink card with toning background papers, layered twice with a silver mirri card. I added glitter to the crib, bows and curtains and for that extra embellishment a few paper flowers. The blue Congratulations is with the printout, the Congratulations on the pink card is from a stamp which was free with a magazine. I look forward to visiting you to see what you have found from a CD and how your have achieved the challenge. Have fun ladies and of course any gents who may be taking part. 

Addicted to CAS - Spring

Addicted to CAS this week appropriately for the time of the year, in the UK,  our word is SPRING - 

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It is such a shame that despite the calendar telling us it is now Spring, the weather in the UK is still delivering us winter weather, with snow, extreme cold, wind, heavy rains. We at home are still feeding the birds, we've just put up another small bird feeder with seeds. Oh! when will it be spring?

Back to my card. For me yellow, and pale green represent the beginning of spring, hence my choice for my Spring card. the matted image onto yellow is from only one stamp, which I love, one of my bargains. I bought this wooden stamp for £2 only, sadly the maker's name has been scribbled over. To apply the separate colours of ink, I rely on every day sticky tape. I tape the outer two images, add ink to the centre, remove the outer two tapes, add the different colours to each edge, huff and puff and stamp. I know this sounds elementary, but it took me a few bad stampings before I thought of it, so hope it may help someone else. Have fun with your CAS of Spring, and long may your Spring arrive in the UK.