OSAAT #205 - For a Woman in your Life

This week's theme is For a Woman in your Life and I've made this one for my niece. Come and join us at One Stitch at Time and you can also check out all the cards by the DT. I had to choose an image from Scrapper's Delights this week and I love the mushrooms so I chose Mushroom 1. I used Mushroom 2 last week and enjoyed colouring the image so much decided to go with more mushrooms this week! You can buy these wonderful digis at Stitchybear Dig Outlet, along with hundreds more.

I used a large card blank by Joanna Sheen and folded the front in half to take the circular image. I used my Promarkers for the image and then cut it with a Spellbinders grand circle, matting it on to the scalloped grand circle in bright pink glitter card. I've had all the glitter card for years and rarely use it but decided to go for glitter all the way this week. The glitter card is probably from Create and Craft. On the folded front I used pale pink glitter card as background for the bright pink circle. The base was bright pink glitter card with a pale pink pearlescent border on the front edge, topped with pearls by Mark Richards. I used a Memory Box Valerian flourish die in the pale pearlescent card for a little interest on the bottom panel. The 'stop' for the easel was made with pale pink pearlescent, bright pink glitter and then the sentiment generated on the computer. I added a larger pearl, Queen & Co, on each side of the stop and it was finished.

Please check out the OSAAT blog for details of the prizes.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Monochrome
Crafty Bloggers Network - Nature
Incy Wincy Designs - Monochromatic
Passion for Promarkers - Monochrome
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Glitter it
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - No patterned paper
Aud Sentiment Challenge - Anything Goes - with a sentiment
Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you all for visiting my blog. Thank you also for any comments you might want to leave for me. Every one is much appreciated. Hazel x

OSAAT # 204 - Use a Digi

The theme this week is Use a Digi so I'm sure we'll have lots of entries, come and join us. We're at One Stitch at a Time and I chose the image, Mushroom 2, from Scrapper's Delights for myself and three of my team buddies. Check out the Stitchybear Digi Outlet for details of this image and many more.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers and I heat embossed the mushroom spots with bronze embossing powder. I cut the image with a Spellbinders grand square nestie and edged it with Distress Inks before matting it on to bronze Mirri board. The glittered backing paper is from a First Edition pad called Desert Blooms and that was also matted on to bronze Mirri board. The mat was added to the Joanna Sheen card blank and the image took pride of place, The only embellishment was a bronze Spellbinders flourish. I love this card.

The prize this week will be images used by the DT but please check the OSAAT blog for details.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Nature
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Bright Colours
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Paper Minutes - Glittery Brown
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Bingo - middle vertical - diecuts, free, glitter
4kraftygirlz challenges - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

My second fun card this week!

This is one of the images I coloured earlier this week and I've just managed to finish this card this afternoon. I can't believe that this is my second card this week and just because I wanted to make them. The image is called Maid of the Riverbank by Delicious Doodles.

The card blank is by Joanna Sheen. The backing paper is from a huge pack I bought at Costco a few years back. I used a Crafter's Companion Spray and Sparkle on the backing paper before matting on to bright green Mirri board. I coloured most of the image with Sakura gelly roll pens because it gives the mermaid's tail, shells and hair a beautiful shimmer. Promarkers were used for the skin, otter and plants. The leaves were cut with a Memory Box Fresh Foliage die in two shades of green card. The corner is also a Memory Box die called Madera Corner.

I generated the sentiment on the computer and cut it with another die - I think it's from one of the cheap nestie sets that I have in my stash.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

4kraftygirlz challenges - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Wearing of Green
DL Art Challenges - Uplifting sentiment of at least 5 words

MAWTT - Make Box and Decorate it

This WAS a challenge for me so I hope you can come along and join us at Moving Along with the Times this week  and you can be challenged too! lol It was Karina's turn to host the challenge and set the theme. When I saw the theme my heart missed a beat. Oh, my goodness, I've made card boxes but I've never made a little gift box or decorated it. I don't have a box maker so I had to use my brain - a difficult feat. This was the third attempt and it worked out pretty well, though I do say so myself. I don't usually use blue very much, it's not one of my favourite colours, but the deep turquoise card was the one I pulled out of the 'blue' drawer so it ended up in turquoise and royal blue.

It's roughly four inches by two inches deep. I used card from Papermill, Mirri board from Joanna Sheen and lace from the local market. The dies that I used are Memory Box Flowering Vine to go round the sides and Fresh Foliage to add to the flowers on the top. The flowers were a present from a crafting buddy, Nataliya. The doily, cut in royal blue Mirri board, is a Marianne die and the large gems are from Create and Craft. I gave the box a light dusting of turquoise glitter over the top and that looks quite pretty.

Thanks, Karina, you certainly set a challenge for me but I did eventually get to enjoy it.

I'm entering my box into the following challenges:
Craft My Life All Crafts - Anything BUT a card
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Bright Colours
Deep Ocean Challenge - Lace and Pearls
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Anything but a Card

Steampunk Sally

I can't remember the last time I made a card just for fun. I used to make them every day but for the last eighteen months I've only made DT cards and they've tied in to family birthdays.

Earlier this week, being well ahead with my DT cards, I decided to colour some images that I liked and with no particular theme. I printed off some Delicious Doodles images and so far I've got three completed. I love Steampunk Sally and I've made this card for one of my daughters in law. My DiL is called Sarah and doesn't have any studs, or rings in her nose, but she does have blonde hair and tattoos so I think she'll appreciate this card.

I coloured her with my Promarkers, touching up with a silver Sakura pen in places and embossing the belt studs with bronze embossing powder. I also added some turquoise pearls to the dress and jewellery. My card blank is by Joanna Sheen. The turquoise card is from Papermill. A sheet of white paper was embossed with one of the new Crafter's Companion's embossalicious folders called 'A Stitch in Time'. I matted the embossed paper on to turquoise card as the base for the design. The image was matted on to more of the turquoise card and set to the top left. I'd wrapped some baker's twine to the right and added a silver clock charm. I generated the sentiment on the computer and then attached it with a silver square paperclip.

I've really enjoyed myself and will try to keep up with making cards for fun again.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenge:

Crafter's Companion - Monochromatic - and used embossalicious folder as stated

Thanks for visiting.

Oops, forgot to watermark it so had to go back!

OSAAT #203 - For a Boy

This week I had to choose a Coosty Creations digi and I chose the Lizard Stamp and Papers Set - I only used one of the papers out of the four. You can buy this wonderful set at the Stitchybear Dig Outlet. 

The theme this week at One Stitch at a Time is 'For a Boy' and I think only boys would have a lizard as a pet! I did enjoy colouring him with my Promarkers and Spectrum Noir pens. I cut him out with a Spellbinders Wonky Square nestie and edged it with Distress Ink in Forest Moss and then cut another two wonky squares out of the lizard skin patterned papers. I matted some Kraft coloured card on to some dark brown card and these were both from Papermill. I edged it with the Forest Moss Distress Ink and then using two Promarkers in green and tan I used a spritzer to mottle the background. I tied some Ikea twine round the card before mounting it with foam pads on to the Joanna Sheen card blank.  The computer generated sentiment was also cut with a Spellbinders die and edged with the Distress Ink.

The prize this week is $9 to spend in the Stitchy store but please check the OSAAT blog for full details of the prizes.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Just keep on Creating Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes using Dies or Punches
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Nature
Digi Makeover Challenge - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge - Make your own background
4kraftyGirlz Challenges - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Make it Manly/Boyish
Craftitude - Anything Goes or Add a little green
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Stempelsonne Challenge - Young Men Birthday

Thanks for visiting, see you soon. x

OSAAT #202 Anything Goes

Anything Goes is the theme this week over at One Stitch at a Time so I'm pretty sure you'll come along and join us. It was Josephine's turn to choose an image for four of the DT to use and she chose Poppy by Stitchy at the Stitchybear Digi Outlet.

I love this silhouette image and I cut it out using a Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangle die. I matted that on to a panel of red Papermill card that I embossed with a Crafter's Companion embossailicious folder. The red and white backing paper I've had for about ten years (!!) and I think it's from Papermill too. I matted the paper on to more red card and then the red panel and poppy were set to the left of the base mat. I used a Spellbinders Parisian motif die for the fancy border down the right side - I've used this border loads of times and love it. The card blank is by Joanna Sheen. Shock and horror - I didn't use my Promarkers on this card. Aaahhh.

The prize is seven images from the Stitchybear Digi Outlet but please check the OSAAT blog for more details of the prize structure.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Crafting from the Heart - Use Flowers
Digistamps4joy - Dies or punches
DCC226 The House that stamps built challenge - Black, white and one other colour
4Craftygirlz Challenge - Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas Challenge - Stacks of layers - more than 3
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Digitally Sweet Challenges - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenge - Black, White and one other colour
Sunflowerfield Challenge - Birthdays and/or Flowers

Once again I'd like to thank you all for visiting and leaving comments. I appreciate every single comment. x