Round Again at CD Sunday Challenges

Hello again, here at CD Sunday Challenges, still going for two week themes for the summer, are asking for a project which is going Round Again or  Re-Cycled.  For me the actual main body of this card, has been used earlier, for a card for my husband, but I decided to re- use it, with of course a different topper and design. The decoupaged topper is waste from a print out, not a re-cycle but a use up, waste cut offs, which I should do more often. I have a box of them, waiting for that 'one day'! My greetings label is also a lift off from a previous card, along with the pretty button. Do look on the blog to see how the DT have inspired you with their Round Again projects. I'm looking forward to visiting you. Take care everyone and have fun. 

Christmas in June

I know, Christmas in June,  I hear you say. Then again why not? So here we go at My Time To Craft  for the next two weeks, yes for the summer we are going fortnightly, our theme is Chistmas in June. Please pop over to the blog to see the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team.  Have fun everyone and go on, dig out the Christmas Card making box. For my card, I used paper from Papermania Festive Spots and Stripes pack. A Doily, ivy leaves, paper roses, white lace and green ribbon with a diamante ribbon slider. Greetings labels from LOTV  - Set 32 Christmas Sentiment Tags, I love them, I guess they will be on every Christmas card I make this year. The image is of course LOTV - A Christmas Dance, coloured with Promarkers, a Quickie  glue pen, with Glamour Dust sprinkled for her fur trims and the snow. I am looking forward to visiting you to see your early Christmas cards. Have fun and stay well. 

Stamping at Ruby's Rainbow

Hello, and welcome to my visitors, every individual visitor makes having a blog all worthwhile, but when you leave a comment, well, you have no idea how happy and upifting it is, unless of course, you too have a blog. For the next two weeks at  Ruby's Rainbow the theme is STAMPING. Come on ladies, let us see your stamping.  Please do pop over to see the wonderful samples from the Design Team. My card was made for the challenge in the Shabby Chic style, yet the topper started out as a tutorial at my card class.  I had a request to show how to use Flowersoft, which has been sprinkled on the baskets on the bike. The bike is a Katy Sue Designs stamp, one of their very first stamps, so I suppose it could now be called an antique stamp, but I still love it, it is so useful and versatile. The topper was coloured using Promarkers. The papers are a mixture from my stash. Embellishments consist of hessian, pretty flowery cotton ribbon, handmade flowers, Martha Stewart leaf punch. I look forward to seeing your stamping, enjoy the challenge and again, thank for popping by.
I am also entering these challenges
Whoopsi Daisy Challenges - Summer
Sweet Stamps - Summer
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Weekend Activities
Vintage Stamping - Summer Blooms

~Sport time at Cardz 4 Guyz

At Cardz 4 Guyz for the next week we have for our theme - SPORT - Julie has chosen this for us, at this apt time, with so many major sporting events being held over the summer  months. As long it is a project related to a sport and for a male person then why not enter. I made my card with a decoupaged image from the Fabulous Fellas CD by Katy Sue Designs. I matted the image onto patterned papers with a Baseball design, bringing together the UK and US sports. I also constructed the card below, using the decoupage image and the template from the same CD. If you look closely I added a brad for a door handle and the numbers 25 on the door, of course you could add any numbers, for maybe someone's age. It was fun making so I thought I woudl share it with you.

Here Comes Summer

Stamp used is  Grasses from Woodware Stamps

At Fantasy Challenges you will find for the next two weeks our challenge which is 'Here Comes Summer'. So many choices for you with this theme. Here in the NE of England, the summer has been with us for a week or so, today is no exception. I am only hoping over the neaxt two weeks it stays warm and sunny for Wimbledon. I made my card with the memories of long warm sunny walks in the countryside, minutes from my door. I stamped the entrire background with a Versamark pad. I added mica powder in stripes. I then stamped with Versamark onto the background, which lifted mica powder off with the stamp, which gives a soft shadow effect. I then lightly sprayed from a distance with  cheap hair spray. When completley dry, left aside for a few days, I finally stamped the same stamp slightly away from the previous impression, this time using a black Memento ink pad. The sentiment is from Hobby Art. I look forward to visiting your creations over the next two weeks, enjoy the summer weather wherever you may be. Have fun. 

J is for Jingle Bells

At  Alphabet Challenges we are now letter J, which is to be Jingle Bells. It doesn't have to be for Christmas. Bells are rung for many other occasions during the year. I am saying this and yet, yes, I went for the obvious.
I have only recently got the Shawn Jenkins Collection CD from Ooh! La! La! Creations. Once I saw this iamge it was a no brainer to be making a card for the challenge. The background paper is from the same disc. I used a Kraft card rather than a white one. The ribbon tied into a bow to decorate along with  a few card candi. I am looking forward to visiting you over the next few weeks. I hope you can continue to enjoy the summer we are experiencing in UK at present.

Happy Anniversary

For our theme this week at Cardz 4 Guyz we are celebrating - a Happy Anniversary - .My card is more CAS than I normally make but I needed to jump out of my comfort box again.  I  found I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. I have used papers from a Generations Stackers - Natural Colours Block, punched the larger hearts with a Fiskars Scissor punch, (love it!)  The smaller hearts were stamped using a heart in the Woodware Baby Patch Elephant stamp set. Black ribbon from stash. Greeting stamp from a free set with a magazine. i do hope ypu pop over to the blog, we have been going now for almost six months and it is wonderful when we have new and following visitors popping by. The Design Team have again excelled.