Moving Along with the Times - No Designer Papers

Moving Along with the Times, Team B's turn this week and the theme, set by Sue, is No Designer Papers. This means you can make your own background papers by stamping, spraying, sponging or any other technique you like using. You could just use layers of card or leave it CAS with just the image, it's up to you but come along and join us.

I decided to use my purple Cosmic Shimmer mist first of all and after that I stamped a little flower image randomly across the paper. The stamp is by Anita and I've used it loads, it must be the one stamp that I have used regularly and I've had it for years. I used my Promarkers to colour the flowers in shades of purple and did the centres in yellow. I matted this paper on to Crafters Companion purple card. I used my Spellbinder dies on more of the CC card to make the fancy border, the Happy Birthday sentiment nestie and an ornate base for another flower which I'd cut out to use as an embellishment. I asked one of my sons if it would pass muster and he said that it was OK for an old person! I'm sure he loves me really but he does believe in calling a spade a spade. lol

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
ABC Challenge - What's old is new again.
Created with Love Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

OSAAT #187 - Boo (or Halloween Colours)

The theme at One Stitch at a Time is Boo! (if you don't make Halloween cards then please use Halloween colours instead). My image this week is Cat Nip by Pookie over at Stitchybear Digi Outlet.

My card blank is a large square by Joanna Sheen. I embossed a sheet of Crafters Companion Core-dinations card with an embossalicious folder of giant dots, the folder is also by Crafters Companion. I sanded the dots to show a slight shade of the orange undercoat. Three lengths of Creative Expressions baker's twine was wound round the black card. I used a sheet of orange paper and stamped it with spider's webs and a sheet of green card and stamped that with bats. The paper and card both from Papermill. The little orange pumpkin was stamped with a Whiff of Joy stamp and coloured before fussy cutting. Cat Nip was coloured with my Promarkers. I cut her with a Spellbinders label die and edged it with Distress Ink, stamping spiders web round the edges. Then disaster struck! I had a black ink smudge close to her head and I couldn't use anything to hide it so I had to cut her out too. I actually like this design better than the first one so it wasn't such a disaster after all. lol I typed the sentiment on the computer, cut it out as a label and tied it in her hand.

The prize this week is from Creative Craft World and is 3 Promarkers. However, please check out the OSAAT challenge blog for full details of the prizes.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
Dream Valley Challenges - Halloween
Creative Creations Challenges - Halloween
Parade Your Crafts - Halloween
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes with option Halloween
The Crazy Challenge - Halloween
The Pink Elephant Challenge - Trick or Treat
By LORi Designs Challenge - Trick or Treat
Crafting for All Seasons Challenge - Too Cute to Spook
Creative Belli Blog - Halloween
Divas by Design - Spooked

OSAAT #186 Anything Goes

This week's theme over at One Stitch at a Time is Anything Goes so come across and join us. I chose the image this week for some of my team buddies and I chose Stitchy's 'Birthday Girl' over at the Stitchybear Digi Outlet.

I used a large square card blank by Joanna Sheen. The red card is from Papermill and the blue dotted paper was a freebie in a magazine. I coloured the image with my Promarkers using a gold Promarker for her bracelet and earring. After colouring I cut the birthday girl out with a Spellbinders grand nestie oval leaving the balloons flying free!  I trimmed three pieces of red card to make a border along the bottom and one side. The diecut in the top right is another Spellbinder die and at the centre of it is a little 'sun' button by Create and Craft. I used another C&C item, the yellow swirl at the join of the red strips, just to add another piece of yellow to even out the design. Red pearls by Kanban were the final addition. I know who will get this card so I hope she appreciates it.

Please check out the prizes at the OSAAT challenge blog - one lucky winner will get all the images used by the DT on challenge 184.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes
Oozak - Anything Goes with Friendship
Anything Gies Challenge Blog - Out with the Girls
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs Challenge - Celebrate
Through the Cradt Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes
Inkspirational Challenges - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting.

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas Cuties

I'm on to my second card as part of the Design Team for the Moving Along with the Times challenges. This challenge has the theme of Christmas Cuties so, of course, I had to use House Mouse.

I've used a large square card blank by Joanna Sheen. I bought the red glitter sticky backed paper from Bluewater Craft Fair last year but I cannot remember which stall it was on, sorry! The House Mouse stamp sheet was bought from the Joanna Sheen website and after colouring with my Promarkers I cut it with a Spellbinders Resplendent rectangle die. Before removing it from the die I smudged with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink and then coloured the edge with Barn Door Distress Ink. The poinsettia doily was given to me by a crafting friend, thanks Nataliya. The red 'star' in the bottom left was cut with a Spellbbinders die as was the sentiment. I added a red button, tied with baker's twine, to the centre of the 'star'. The sentiment came from the House Mouse stamp sheet.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - Christmas is Coming
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - Christmas is Round the Corner
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

OSAAT #185 - Winter Wonderland

This week's theme over at One Stitch at a Time is Winter Wonderland. I chose the image 'Humphrey Horse' by Barbara Jensen over at Stitchybear Digi Outlet.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers (and added a little Sakura to his mane and tail to make it look as if they were frosty!) and cut round Humphrey leaving a narrow white border. My card blank is a large square by Joanna Sheen. The backing paper is from a Papermania pack and the grey card is by Papermill. I used a sheet of silver card, sorry no idea where I got this one from, and cut a strip of icicles - well, that's what they're supposed to be. lol I added some silver snowflakes cut with a Hobbycraft giant punch. Poor Humphrey is sitting in some Floracraft's Diamond Dust. This is to give the impression that he's sitting on the ice, bless him. I generated the sentiment on the computer and added that as a speech bubble.

The prizes can be checked out on the OSAAT challenge blog.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge: Something Blue
Melonheadz Friends Challenge: Animals
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Charisma Cards Challenge 40 - Animals
Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes or Things beginning with S - Snowflakes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - Sparkle and Shine
Pile it on Challenge - Humour

I'll be a little late visiting you all today as my son and DIL are coming down here for Sunday lunch. Yippee, I'll have some company! I'll see you later and I'll link up to challenges then too. Thanks for calling. I hope you're all enjoying your Sunday.

Halloween

Every year we have children knocking on the door at Halloween and every year I make up some sort of goody bags for them.

This year I'd been saving some Pringles tubs - after I'd finished the crisps! I knew they would come in handy for something so I collected about seventeen before I eventually decided that until I thought of what to do with them I shouldn't save any more. I started to think of Halloween and then thought 'oh, my Pringles tubs are going to come into play'. I had already cleaned the foil lined insides with wet wipes so I covered some of them with black leather look paper from Papermill. I used some Hobbycraft black borders to decorate the bottom edge on some of them. I ran out of the black paper before I'd covered all the tubs so decided to use something else and I found the Happy Halloween images on Dafont. I just randomly typed the letter and came up with different images so it worked well. I edged them with some black Promarker scribbles. I'd bought some witch charms last year from Bunny Zoe's Crafts and I tied one of these round each tub with some black and white baker's twine from Creative Expressions. I cut a Spellbinders scalloped circle in Papermill orange card and then stamped 'Happy Halloween' in the centre of each. The stamp was from Whiff of Joy. I stuck these on the see through lids so that the children can't see what's in the tubs until they get home.

I've made all seventeen and have loads of sweets and lollies left if any more visitors call. Last year I'd made thirty bags and only gave out about six so this year I've cut back on the work. When the tubs are empty they could 'possibly' be used as pencil holders. In reality they'll probably end up in the bin!

I'm entering my items in to the following challenges:

By Lori Designs Challenge - Black, orange and 1 other
Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Challenge - Halloween
The Paper Shelter Challenge - Charm Us
City Crafter Challenge - Trick or Treat
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel Blog - Fall and Halloween
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Craft my Life All Crafts - Anything but card
Crafty Boots Challenge - Sweet Treats

This has filled in quite a bit of time and I've enjoyed making them. I'm also making cards for two design teams so I'm managing to keep reasonably busy. Thank you all for visiting and leaving such lovely comments.

OSAAT #184 - Use a Digi

Use a Digi is the theme for this week's challenge at One Stitch at a Time so come along and join us.

It was Shell's turn to choose an image for herself, Josephine and me, and she chose Window by Priyanka at My Heart Pieces at the Stitchybear Digi Outlet.

My card blank, is a Joanna Sheen 8x8 square. The burnt orange card and the yellow card is by Papermill. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and cut it with a Spellbinders grand nestie before matting it on to the burnt orange larger size label.  The glitter paper is from a First Edition pad called Hideaway and that was matted on to the orange card.. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the yellow diecuts are from Memory Box dies.

Please check the OSAAT challenge blog for details of prizes.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Bloggers Network - Things with Wings
Lady Anne's Challenge - Things with Wings
Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs Challenge - Things with Wings
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenge - Winged Things
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
4Krafty Girlz Challenge - Anything Goes
Happy Campers Craft Challenge - Show us your Flowers
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you all for your continued support, it means as lot to me and I enjoy reading all your lovely comments.  Hazel x

Moving Along with the Times - Anything Goes

Hello Everyone

This is my first card for the Moving Along with the Times challenge blog. The theme is Anything Goes and I used my favourite colour - I think you all know - green!

The stamp I used was a freebie that I got in a magazine a few weeks ago. It's the first time I've used it though I have used most of the other stamps that came with this one. I don't make many 'cute' cards because I don't have anyone in the family that I could send one to but I'm giving this to a young friend to send to someone.

The sponsor this week is Sir Stampalot.  so check it out.

http://www.sirstampalot.co.uk/rubber-stamps.php

The prize on offer is: 

I coloured the image with my Promarkers, cut it with one of a set of very cheap dies that I bought from the Joanna Sheen website and they had no name on them. After it was cut I edged it with a Distress Ink. The green card is from Papermill and the backing paper is from a freebie pad that I got years ago in a magazine! The sentiment is one from Lili of the Valley and is set against a Memory Box diecut. The green ribbon is from a stash I bought in Australia in 2010 and I'm still using certain colours. The 6x6 card blank is by Craft UK.

The beautiful little flower is one from a lovely parcel of flowers I got from a friend in blogland, Nataliya.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - Just Add Bows
Kitty Bee's Designs - Flowers
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge - Out with the Girls - I can dream!
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Favourite Technique or Colours
Inky Chicks Challenge - Use two different die cuts
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - Ribbon
Creative Belli Blog - Ribbons and Pearls