I've made another card!

After a very slow week on card making I decided to make one today. I chose a Craft UK scalloped card blank. the bright yellow paper is from Papermill. I used my new Spellbinders Impressability 'Flower Delight' to stencil the backing paper with Distress Ink in mustard seed. The bright yellow paper was used again with the Martha Stewart deep edge punch, double arch. I decided to use a LOTV image that I got in a freebie pack in a magazine. I coloured it with Promarkers and cut it with a Spellbinders circle nestie. The tag is from my stash that I've had for ages and I tied it with two shades of gold/yellow organza ribbon. Three small gems complete the design.

I'm entering it in to the following challenges:
Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Moving Along with the Times - Ribbons and Bows
Simon Says Stamp - Tag You're It

I'm back

I've had a few days when I just wasn't up to making any cards or entering any challenges.  However, I've made the decision to stop making any more Christmas cards and buy some for this year. I had chosen a design that was taking up a lot of time - and money - I've got enough for family and close friends and all the others will get a bought card! The stress of HAVING to make them has gone and now I can nearly relax and try to catch up with the fun side of crafting.

This card is a Craft UK large square card blank and the navy blue card is from Papermill. The background scene is from Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kinkade CD. I used the digi image of a Tree from Ladybug Craft Ink and coloured the trunk with a brown Promarker before adding a Sakura gelly roll Stardust to the branches. I then touched the branches with a Quickie glue pen and added DecoArt Glamour Dust to give it a lovely wintry shimmer. I tore round the edges of the image and coloured them with Distress Ink in faded jeans colour. Two metal squares from WOC are in the top corners.

I'm entering it in to the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - Some metal
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge 47 - Winter blues
Lollipop Crafts Challenge 58 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Cracker
The CD Sunday Challenge - Trees

#89 Octopus Rockpool

The theme at One Stitch At A Time is Anything Goes. I chose the Octopus Rockpool digi by Claire of Hope Jacare at Stitchybear Stamps. I had so much fun colouring this image. I was waiting for a delivery of shells and my card was made for a few days before they arrived. They echo the shells on the backing paper perfectly. The yellow card is from Papermill and my card blank is by Craft UK. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and the 'water' is coloured with a stardust Sakura gelly roll pen. I cut round the edges of the rockpool and then raised it slightly over a Spellbinders circle nestie in silver card. The shells are by Beachcomber and the silver pebbles are by John Lewis.

The sponsor over at OSAAT this week is Creative Craft World so make sure you pop over to enter this one.

 

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - U is for Under the Sea

Daring Cardmakers - Water

Frosted Designs - Die Cuts

Shelly's Images - Anything Goes

Hooked on Crafts - Anything punched or die cut

I'm going to a Christmas Craft Fair at 10:30 so I'll enter them in to the challenges when I get home. I'm going to spend lots of money I hope.

We also want to tell you about a Cyber Half and Half Monday sale on 28 November, 5AM to 5PM EST half the day for 50% off.

Challenge Apologies

My apologies to all my usual challenge blogs. I've been caught out this week because of all the work entailed in tidying up after having new windows fitted. It threw me a few days behind and then that escalated and I just haven't felt able to catch up. Now I've realised how close to Christmas I am and how many Christmas cards I still have to make. I'm going to be off challenges for the next couple of weeks, apart from my DT cards which are ready and scheduled to post, thank goodness. I'll be back as soon as I'm able. Please come back every now and again to comment and cheer me up.  Happy days.

It's a Bargain!

I've made this card using an image by April of Reece's Scrap Pieces at Stitchybear. I've also used the beautifully coloured backing papers supplied by April. You can get the 'Just this Girl' set - image and papers - FREE by spending $5 in the Stitchybear Store and then there's 10% off all April's products - if you buy between now and Monday midnight EST. This is definitely a bargain so get over to Stitchybear Store and spend at least $5 NOW!

My card blank is by Craft UK and the dark red card is by Papermill. The backing papers and image are by April at Stitchybear. The image was coloured with my Promarkers and cut with a Spellbinders rectangle nestie before being backed with a red scalloped nestie. The red satin ribbon is from Australia. I generated the sentiment on the computer and cut it with Spellbinders circle nesties.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Hooked on Craft - Something punched or diecut
Squiggle Fly - Happy Birthday
Crafting when we can - Female Birthday
Paper Sundaes - Digital Images

Day Off

Tomorrow I'll be having a day off. It's our 47th wedding anniversary so I'm having a quiet day. Well, to tell the truth the day of rest is enforced because we're getting some new windows fitted to the upstairs back of our house and one of the windows is in my craft room. lol I'm going to finish the card I'm making at the moment and then I'll have to move my workbench across the room - and the set of drawers, the spare stool and my wastepaper bin. I've already taken the curtains down in the very back room and removed items near the window, just in case. Our bedroom is in the back as well so I'm going to have to take our curtains down after we get up tomorrow morning. We had a letter from the firm asking us to remove any valuables and cover up anything else. We've had them a few times to do various jobs and they've been fantastic so I'm not sure why we've had the letter this time - unless someone has complained about a job recently. I'm just wondering what other items I should move in my room - do I really need to move all my jars of flowers and ribbons? Do I need to move my boxes of gems and buttons? Ugh!

I'll have a lovely new window in my craft room on Tuesday, I hope! I'll be playing catch up again on all my usual challenges just as I'd got back in to the swing of things.