CD Sunday - A Sketch

Hi there,  It only seems like a couple of days since last Sunday, where has the week gone !!

As it's Sunday it's time for another challenge over at CD Sunday, this week we had a sketch to work to, it is ages since I worked to a sketch, I really enjoyed this one and made a birthday card.

The images and papers are from MCS Countryside Garden, I hadn't used this one for over a year, so it was good dig it out and have a look around, the Mirri is from Kanban, base card is Centura Pearl from Crafters Companion. the mirri scalloped circle was made using a nestie on my cuttlebug, the looped edges were made with an MS punch and some cream coloured ribbon from my stash finished of the narrow strip.

I am also going to enter this into:
totally papercrafts  birthday
top tip tuesday anything goes
tellens place  ribbon
Fairy Fun Fridays   birthday
sassy studio designs use some old stash
craft your days away anything goes
patties creations anything goes
lothian crafts. anything goes
ecp challenges. use old stash
creative inspirations  celebrate
ssds anything goes
2 sisters challenge flowers
Fairytale-challenge  flowers

Holly Christmas Card

I promised myself I would try and make Christmas cards throughout the year this year, there several christmas card challenges in blogland, so entering the challenges helps to keep me going.  I'm also going to try and keep them a little simpler this year, I sort of carried away into some quite heavy and large cards last year, as I send most of my cards abroad this turns out to be quite costly. This one folds into a DL size, is on a Centura Pearl card, images and papers are from a Joanna Sheen CD, edges are punched with a dotty Martha Stewart punch. 

Challenges:
abc christmas anything christmas
bah-humbug-christmas   holly and/or fairies
aud sentiments   two word sentiment
christmas card challenges
christmas cards all year round  anything goes
crafty hazel nuts christmas challenge. recycle something (ribbon)
dcd christmas club Punch out your sentiment
Winter wonderland christmas  go dotty (dotty punched border)

Guest Designer - Stamps R Us

I had the opportunity to to do a guest designer spot over at Stamps R Us this week, they are being sponsored by Gingerloft, the theme this fortnight is shaped cards, I do love shaped cards and it gave me a good excuse to use some of my new (I treated myself) Marianne Creatables die cut shapes, the frame and the flowers are all her dies, and of course a lovely digi which i've had for a while from Gingerloft. which I coloured with good old promarkers. the base card is my favorite Centura Pearl which I always keep plenty of in my card cupboard.

 This is also suitable for:
Paper Sundaes   Circles
Rainbow Lady  New to me (die)
Sweet stampin  Something New
the fuzzy wuzzy challenges anything goes & animal
Crazy Challenge Animals
all sorts  Fancy folds
card-ideas  Something old & New (new Die, old image)
ces challenges  creatures
delicious doodles   something new
lollipopcrafts.  fancy folds
sassy studio designs  something new
kaboodle doodles. do it with digis
cupcake crafts   something new
polly craft challenge  new things
pear tree designs.  circles
claudia and company  shaped card
creative card crew   fancy folds
sparkles forum something new (Die)

Celebrations - Gingerloft DT

2nd post today, well better late than never, if you read my first one you'll understand.

Over at Gingerloft this time the theme is Celebrations, as it's new year i thought i would stick with tradition and do a new year card. i'm using the new 2011 image available here. along with many other fab images.

 

I coloured the image with my promarkers and used a freebie backing paper from Making Cards magazine, mirri card from my stash, flower beads from Debbi Moore, some little silver stars I found in a pound shop an MS punch for the edging and used some of the waste bits as faux brads and finally generated the sentiment on my PC. all on my base card of Centura Pearl from Craftersd Companion.

Planning on entering into:
craft your passion  anything goes
craft your days away  anything goes
crafty catz  food and drink
crafty purple frog  something new (image)
creative cowgirls something new, new year
dutch dare new beginnings
everybody-art-challenge. new year
lady bugs crafts anything goes
digis with attitude new year resolution (eat more cake)
ai factory new beginnings
lothiancrafts
ooh-la-la-creations new yhear
moving along with the times.  old and new stash
.flourishes.timeless-tuesday add flowers
ellephantastic challenges new beginnings
do it with digis. new beginnings
delicious doodles something new
creative craft world. anything goes
creative card crew new beginnings
creative cottage  something new
tellens place.  punches
stamp challenges  use a digi
simon says stamps new beginnings
crazy challenge new things

New Year, New to You - CD Sunday DT

Ooohps, rather late posting today, I seem to have a lost a day somewhere, I thought it was Saturday, so came on here to prepare my two postings in advance for Sunday morning.   That plan didn't work then , Oh well.

Over at CD Sunday the challenge this week is "New year, New to you".  I had just received my new CD Winter Celebrations from MCS, so decided to "celebrate" with it. they don't show very well but the two little bottles are little tags tied on with some ribbon, just couldn't get the angle quite right for them to show up properly. I also added some sparkle to the bubbles with my ever faithful Sakura clear sparkle pen, my base card was my favorite Centura Pearl.

Also suitable for :
southern girls challenge   Anything Goes
rainbow ladys challenge  New to me
paper take  Anything Goes
moving along with the times. Something old, something new
fab n funky Anything goes
creative friday  lets party
reasonable ribbon. something new
creative cowgirls  something new 
ooh-la-la-creations new year
crazy challenge. new things
craft your passion anything goes

Check it out

Happy New Year. I hope there aren't too many hangovers out there and the year brings you happy times, good health and good fortune.

Over at CD Sunday it's time for the monthly sponsor challenge, this month we are lucky to be sponsored by Bearly Mine Designs who have been very generous in offering a £10 voucher towards a Bearly Mine Designs CD to the lucky winner this week, there are some beautiful papers available over there, I have only just discovered BMD, wish I had found them sooner, why not pop on over and take a look. 

 The DT had a selection of papers to play with, after much playing around with it all,  I used one of the Just Plaid paper on my card, as well as Popcorn images and Centura Pearl card from Crafters Companion, I also used some mirri card from my stash, glitter on the roses and one of my fav techniques using MS punch around the page sets.
Other challenges:
woodware usa    anything goes
the crazy challenge   Punch It
digi doodle shops best   anything goes
crafts and me    anything goes
delicious doodles    purple reign
creative craft challenges  anything goes
alys sunday challenge.   anything goes
craft your days away    anything goes
aud sentiments    anything goes
ces challenges     anything goes
crafty catz   anything goes
crafty sentiments   anything goes
one stitch at a time    anything goes
creative cowgirls    Something New (BMD Papers)
creative inspirations  Something New (BMD Papers)
I Did it Creations Favorite Tecnique (MS Punching)
sparkles forum challenge Something New (BMD papers)
bunnyzoescrafts Sparkle & Shine
stamping vacation   Ligtht purple & lt blue
card makin mamas   anything goes

Stitch it - CD Sunday

Good morning I hope you had a lovely Christmas day and that Santa bought you what you wished for.

It's time for another challenge over at CD Sunday, this week the theme is entitled "Stitch It".  For my little DT creation I took images from Joanna Sheen's Ivory Cats. Aren't the family of kittens just so cute. My stitching is faux stitching and of course there is the patchwork effect paper, The frame was hand embossed and cut using my Mandala board, the flowers and scrolls were die cut on my Cuttlebug.and a MS punch was used to edge the bottom layer, all was mounted on to Centura Pearl card available from Crafters Companion.

Also entering the following "Anything Goes" Challenges
MAWTT
crafty anns challenge
digi doodle shops best
sew many challenges.
7 kids College challenge
aud sentiments
creative craft challenges.
crafts and me
crafty sentiments.
ces
crafty catz
one stitch at a time
stamps r us
paper take weekly
simon says stamp
the crafty pad
And:
anything Goes challenge    Letter C (Cats)
cc monthly challenge.   No 7
lady bugs crafts ink   Song title - Whats new pussycat
tuesday morning sketches    Embellish It
craft your days away    Punch it Out
top tip tuesday.    Embellishing
fab n funky   quick and Easy

Have a fab Boxing Day xx