HLS Watercolour Challenge

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. 

Today we begin a new monthly challenge at Happy Little Stampers - Watercolour - Anything Goes. Please check the blog for more details and to see the wonderful design team inspiration. 

For my card I used a black mat to enhance my watercolour creation. I used Seedless Preserves and Spiced Marmalade Oxide DI, on a glass mat, sprayed water and placed my white card onto the dispersed ink. I dried each coat between each splashing of watered colour pigments. I stamped with a Crafty Individuals CI 519 stamp, heat embossed. From left over coloured card I fussy cut the butterfly and added with a couple of foam pads. The sentiment, also heat embossed is from my stash. I drew a faux stitch around the card. Happy Craftinga nd stay safe. 

Shades of Brown

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. The new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz , #285 Shades of Brown, has been chosen by Deb, and begins today for the next two weeks.  For more details please go to the blog, where you will also see the wonderful inspiration by the design team. 

For my card, I have a 5 x 7 in white card, the mat sheet is from a Making Cards magazine. The script is stamped using as Creative Expressions Script stamp.  The main image is a Footballer from the Flippen Men Series. Coloured with varied brown pencils. Dark brown card from my stash to mat the scipt panel and the footballer. Have fun, keep on crafting. 

Stitching- Real or Faux.

 

Hello, welocme to my blog. Today a new challenge begins at My Time To Craft - Mags has chosen     #471 Stitching - Real or Faux. For more information please pop to ther blog, whre you will also find inspiration from the Design Team. 

For my card, I used a white card, added for the mat a piece of Kraft card, with faux stitching around the edges. Then a piece of pink card with a stitches background. A tag with various stamping from Crafty Inspirtions Sewing set, an advertising poster from Inkylicious, coloured with Promarkers.  To add extra flair a shimmery pink ribbon has been added. Enjoy your crafting and please stay safe. 

Cute Christmas

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at Make My Monday. Dawn has chosen #162 Cute Christmas. For more details please pop onto the blog, where the DT have displayed their cute cards.

I have been saying for years, "I don't do Cute!" With all the cute stamps around these days, I can't as easily back out. My problem is the majority of cards I deliver are to mature adults, who I'm not comfortable enough to give them a cuddly cute card. I hope I'm ot alone in this. Don't get me wrong, cute has it's place and I do give some out but not as many as I make. 

My card was inspired by one in Creative Stamping #100, the stamps are with this issue, all by Crafter's Companion from the Cute Christmas selection,. I stamped the penguin twice, the 2nd time onto pink snowflake paper, to paper piece the hat and jumper. Enjoy your crafting. 

Q is for Quadruple

 

Hello, thanks for your visit. Over on Alphabet Challenges you will find for the letter Q we need to see 4 of something, - Q is for Quadruple.  For more details pop over to the blog, you will also find the creations by the DT.

My card is of a beautiful Pink Frog Poppy stamp, coloured with Promarkers and cut into 4 equal parts. 

Layered onto red and black card. The background is stamped with a small poppy from Hobby Art stamps - Poppy - Scene - It.  Enjoy your stamping. 

Fruits and or Vegetables

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. Our new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz which starts today was chosen by  Dawn S,- #160 Fruits and or Vegetables. For more details please go to the blog, the DT have their inspiration there to help you on your way, if you need help. 

For my card, totally guided by the magazine Creative Stamping # 98 I used the grapes, the sentiment, wine glasses stamps, the green paper. I added a torn piece of vellum for the centre wrap. Clear embossing of the grapes on the green paper and gold heat embossing on the vellum strip.  I hope you enjoy the challenge and continue to enjoy your crafting. 

Gingham, Checks or Plaid

 

Hello, welcome to my blog. The new challenge starting today at Cardz 4 Guyz was chosen by Helen. ------#284 Gingham, Checks or Plaid, for more details please call in at the blog. #The DT inspiration for the challenge is stored there. Enjoy the challenge.

For my card, a 6" white card, covered with green spotted paper from my stash. The gnome was stamped and coloured with Promarkers. I paper pieced his/her hat and swinging heart with the plaid used for the frame. The stamp is in a set Christmas Gnomes, by Polkadoodles,  with a magazine - Creative Stamping #102. The frame was created using square dies with card and covered with the plaid paper from the same magazine.  Stay safe, enjoy crafting and take care. 

Make It Small

 

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The new challenge for the Sparkles Monthly Challenges is #146 Make It Small.

Anything less than 4" For mor details pop over to the blog, where you can also see wonderful inspiration from the design team. 

For my card, I stamped a few times two stamps from Crafty Individuals. A few were coloured with Bundled Sage and the others with Faded Jeans. DI. I mixed them up onto a 3 and 6/8 piece of white card. Then pale blue mat and a dark blue mat onto a 6" white card. With Love sentiment from my stash. 

Enjoy going small with your project, whatever you decide to make. Stay well.

#470 Texture

 

hello, welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new challenge at MTTC (My Time to Craft). Pat has chosen #470 Texture. For more details and to see the DT's inpiration please visit the blog.

For my card. A 6" white scallop edge white card. Purple card for the background and for the die cut flowers. A white sheet embossed in Creative Expressions - Circle Illusions E.F. A strip of black and white card. Die cute flowers and leaves from a Hunkydory set. The sentiment Happy Birthday from a stamp and die set by Lisa Horton.  Happy crafting everyone. Take care. 

Shabby Chic

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today at Make My Monday we begin a new challenge chosen by Meg. For #161 Shabby Chic or Vintage.  For more details and to see the DT inspirational cards please visit the blog. 

For my Shabby Chic card, I dug out my Gorguss stamps and papers.  Gorguss - Dear Apple - coloured with Promarkers. A mixture of stash dug out from forgotten places, red pearl stones. lace, butterfly ribbon, flowers and all.  An oval die and a die cut frame. Edges roughened and edges coloured. Hope you like the result. Take care and happy crafting. 

P is for Patterned Paper

 

Hello, thanks for your visit. I have been ill for the past 4 days, so being back on my blogs is a wonderful feeling of being back to normal. My thanks go to a very good craft buddy and friend for looking after  the challenge blogs which I run, including here at Alphabet Challenges.  

Today our new challenge starts for a two week period- I have chosen P is for Patterned Paper.

For more details and to see the wonderful inspiration from the design team, please visit the blog.

I used a 6" white sq, card. For the base I used a sheet of paper from a paper pad Craft Sensations - Beach Life, then a white sheet of card, where I cut and placed several pieces of paper from the same paper pad as I used for the backing sheet.  The greeting is from my stash. Enjoy your crafting and stay well.  

HLS Christmas Anything Goes + Optional Make a Scene

 

Hello, welcome to my blog, Today we begin a new challenge at HLS Christmas - we have 

Christmas - + Optional Make a Scene.

For mor information please visit the blog, where you will also find the wonderful inspiration by the design team. For my card I used a 6" sq white card. Added a silver mirri card for the base. I used 

card from a paper pad from ~The Works, perfect for the night sky.  The sand is also from the paper pad. I stamped the scene and the sentiment using stamps from  a set of stamps with a #100 edition of Creative Stamping magazine, the stamps provided in the #100 Special edition from Crafter's Companion. I also added some sparkly large stars. Enjoy your crafting and please stay well. 

Presents

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today we begin a new monthly challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges  - Dawn has chosen  #130 Presents.  Please check out the blog for more details and to see the inpiration created by the design team.

For my card, I used a scallop edge white card, with Frosty Christmas papers from LOTV.  The main image stamp is called Penguin Presents from LOTV, coloured with Promarkers, onto a label die cut.  The additional round stamp and small greetings labels also from LOTV.  I used Faded Jeans DI blended around the edges of the labels and paper etc. The white popcorn ribbon, looking like fluffy snowballs is from my stash.