INTAAS Autumn Colours

'Autumn Colours' is the theme for this challenge over at International Art and Soul. Please come along and join us we'd love to see your autumn colours.

My card is a 7x7 blank by Craft UK. The orange card is by Papermill and I matted a zigzag paper on to it the base orange mat. The image is Hester Hen by Claire of Hope Jacare and I coloured it with my Promarkers before cutting with a Spellbinders die and then I edged with Distress Ink. A strip of  brown hessian type material was stretched across the bottom right corner and then I sat the image to the left of the card just overlapping the material. I have a roll of this material but can't remember where I bought it, sorry.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals - Fall Colours

Cut It Up - Fall + 3 layers

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with option of Colours of Autumn

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals - Anything Goes with a critter

MAWTT Rainbows

The theme at Moving Along with the Times has been set by Janis Lewis and it's 'Rainbows'.

Whenever I see a rainbow I always recite one of my favourite poems: 'My heart leaps up' by William Wordsworth -

My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began;

So is it now I am a man;

So be it when I shall grow old,

Or let me die!

The Child is father of the Man;

And I could wish my days to be

Bound each to each by natural piety.

My 7 x 8 scalloped card blank is by Craft UK. The digi image is by Claire of Hope Jacare and I coloured it with my Promarkers before setting it on red card by Papermill. I then attempted to make a rainbow of cards. I cut strips of card in colours ROYGBIV and eventually got them matted on to yellow card, all by Papermill. Once this was matted on to the card blank I added the red mat with the rainbow image. I hope this cheers you up on a dismal day.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Craft - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Thank you all for visiting.

OSAAT #174 - Anything Goes

Anything Goes this week! Hurray - everyone's favourite theme. Come and join us over at One Stitch at Time. It was time for Josephine to pick an image for the two of us to use and she chose Claire's Christmas Rooftop. You can get this at the Hope Jacare section of the Stitchybear Digi Outlet.

I coloured the image with Promarkers, using Distress Ink on the sky. The stars were glittered with Sakura's diamond gelly roll pen. The pen adds just the right amount of glimmer to the stars. The snow on the roof and the window sill is done with Floracraft's diamond dust and a touch of glue.The card blank is by Craft UK and the beige card is by Papermill. I printed a sheet of gold/silver stars from a free download site and matted it on to the beige card. I cut the image with a Spellbinders die and matted that on to the beige card too. I placed it to the top left on the design and added a silver Christmas tree, cut with a Memory Box die, to the panel on the right.

A small neat card which won't cost too much for postage.

The winner of this week's challenge will win all the images that the design team used on challenge 172 - lots of beautiful images so you must check out the OSAAT challenge blog to see how you can win.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge - Christmas in July with a catch
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Christmas Trees
Digi Darla Challenge - Christmas  in July
Lexi's Creations Challenge - Christmas in July
ABC Christmas Challenge - O Christmas Tree
Crafting by Designs Challenge - Christmas in July
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
I love Promarkers - Christmas in July
The Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes

I've not had a good week, crying for two days didn't help an eye problem I've got, so I'm hoping for a better week ahead. I'm sorry that I'm still not back to visiting you all but I do appreciate everyone who comes to see my small offering each week.

OSAAT #153 - Green or Recycle

No recycling for me I'm afraid on this one - I took the opportunity of using my favourite colour again, GREEN! Yes, that's the challenge over at One Stitch at a Time, Green or Recycle. Come along and join us, we'd love to see you.

The image, Birds in a Tree, is by Claire of Hope Jacare over at Stitchybear Digital Stamp Store.

The sponsor is Stitchybear so come across to the challenge blog and check out the prizes.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers, using a black Sakura pen for some of the colour on the birds. I carefully cut round the image so that it would stand out on the dark green background. The dark green Papermill card was matted on to a lighter green card, Papermill again, before being affixed to the Joanna Sheen card blank. I used the same lighter green card to cut the Spellbinder leaf flourishes.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Favourite Colour
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
City Crafters Challenge - Wings of an Angel
DL Arts Challenge - Anything to do with Birds
Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes
Digi Haven - Green
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Die Cuts
Sandy's Crafty Creations - Anything Goes with a Twist - Use Green
The Crafting Cafe - Favourite Colour

#139 Thanks

'Thanks' is the theme for this week's challenge at One Stitch at a Time. I chose the image Flower Vista by Claire of Hope Jacare over at Stitchybear Digital Stamps Shop.

The sponsor is Robin's Nest but please pop over the challenge blog to see details of the prizes.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers and used Diamond Stickles on the centres of the flowers. I cut it by hand and set it on a cocktail pink shiny card from Payper Box. The card blank is a small square from Craft UK. To keep the design simple I typed the word Thanks in dark red, cut it with a Spellbinders small label nestie, edged it with a red Promarker and set it across a dark red organza ribbon which is from Joanna Sheen. To finish it off I added three small dark red pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
Paper Makeup Challenge - Thanks (with digi)
Incy Wincy Designs - Giving Thanks
The Paper Girls Challenge - Thank You
There's Magic in the Air - Pretty in Pink
Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
The House that Stamps Built - Give Thanks
Paper Pretties Challenge - Thank You
Card Makin Mamas - Thank You