Exciting News! Mark your calendars

Just in case you haven't heard the news I thought I'd post about it here!!! I've pinched the following info from the Delicious Doodles Blog for your information. Be sure to save the date on your calendars!

 

 

Hiya folks!

Teri here from Delicious Doodles bringing you an exciting announcement!

(Well, exciting for me, tee-hee!)

Myself and the lovely ladies of the

Delicious Doodles Design Team

will be bringing you a

BRAND NEW CHALLENGE

each and every week

(maybe a break for Christmas though!)

right here on the

Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.

And to kick off our very first Challenge on

FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

we will be having a

Blog Hop

with loads of

Delicious Doodles Images

to be won!!

We really hope you can join us in this brand new venture!

Feel free to grab a banner and spread the word!

Big Hugs from

Teri and The Team

xxxx

Stampin' with the Dragon Challenge # 13 sponsored by Kenny K

Morning everyone. I can't believe it's challenge week again over at Stampin' with the Dragon! This week we are sponsored by the amazingly talented Kenny K who kindly gave the DT an image each to work with, please check out their blogs to see what they did. The challenge this week is to make a card using this sketch:

I followed the sketch exactly and came up with this "traditional " Christmas card (sorry there are so many pictures, but this winter gloom is making photography a nightmare - no glitz and glimmer shows unless I take pictures from differing angles).

 

 The image has been coloured with Promarkers, glitzed up with Sakura Gel Pens, Glossy Accents and Stickles. The white background has been embossed and then swiped with a silver inkpad. Everything has been matted and layered onto cardstock. The edges of the mats have been edged with Sakura pens. Finally I've added some black gems to the corners.

Tools
Purple Cows Guillotine
Big Shot
Sizzix texturz plate

Materials
Black, pink and white cardstock - The Papermill
DP's - mag freebie from Craftwork Cards
Stickles
Promarkers
Sakura Gel Pen
Silver Ink Pad
Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz Weekly - Black, white and one other
Stamp Something - use a digi
Allsorts - Spots n Stripes
2 Sisters - Anything goes
The Artistic Stamper - Layer it on
The Crafty Pad - Christmas Theme
ABC Challenge - Glitter
The Creative Cottage - Embossing
Stampavie & More - Christmas

Jewelled Fairy Easel Card

This going to be a really quick post from me today as I'm supposed to be ironing :( and then taking the kids out for the afternoon :)

Teri over at Delicious Doodles released this gorgeous fairy the other week and I was desperate to get her coloured and made into something. The fairy has been coloured with Promarkers and I decided that as my distress inks have been feeling a little neglected lately I would bring them out to play to create the entire background on this card and to colour the flowers. A bit more sparkle and glimmer has been added to everything by the use of Glimmer Mist, Sakura Gel Pens, Smooch, Stickles, Glossy Accents and Gems.

If you get the chance please do pop over to the Delicious Doodles Blog to check out the rest of the DT's cards as there are some amazing creations being showcased on a daily basis. Plus it's my turn to post over there today and I don't wanna be talking to myself  - LOL ;)

Oh and one more thing don't forget to enter my £30 giveaway!

Tools
Big Shot
Nestabilities
Sizzix Tattered Florals Die
Little Claire's Fern Die
Tim Holtz Blender

Materials
Image - Delicious Doodles
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Sakura Gel Pens
Stickles
Smooch Ink
Glimmer Mist
Glossy Accents
Gems

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Sparkle & Bright
I Did It Creations - Surprise Me
Speedy The Cat's Challenge - Diecuts/Punches
Craft Your Passion - Glitter/Sparkles
Karber Monthly - Fantasy
2 Sisters - Anything goes
Totally Gorjuss - Sparkle
Stamp Something - Use a digi
The ABC Challenge - Glitter
Simon Says Challenge - Punches/Die cuts

Beary Happy Christmas

OK I know you don't hear from me all week and then you get two posts in one day!

Anyway, I've made this card for my friend's little boy who is ever so slightly obsessed with bears! It was one of those cards that you plan do one thing with and then it travels in a completely different direction (please assure me that it's not only me that does this).

The bear has been coloured with Promarkers and then decoupaged. His fluffy coat is some more of the el cheapo flock that has sat in my stash for ages and his oh so shiny nose and paws are of course glossy accents. The circle background upon which he's sat has been given the stickles treatment. I've used Sakura Stardust on the snowflakes. The edges of the card have been distressed, given a dusting of Distress Inks and then faux stitched.

Tools
Sizzix Bigshot
Tim Holtz Blender
Tim Holtz Distressing Tool
Nestabilities - Large Circles

Materials
Image - Dragons Lair Designs
DP's  - Smirk
Cardbase - Craftwork Cards
Tim Holtz Distress Inks
Promarkers
Flock - The Papermill
Card Candy - Craftwork Cards
Sentiment - Papermainia
Stickles
Glossy Accents
Sakura Gel Pen
White Gel Pen

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Marks Finest Papers - Stitching
The Crafty Pad - Distressed or Torn Edges
Paper Sundaes - For someone little
Pear Tree Designs - Free for all
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
Crafty Creations  - Red, brown & green
Moving Along With The Times (sponsored by Letraset) - Anything goes Promarkers
Charisma Cards - Vintage
Meljens Designs - Anything goes
Delightful Challenges - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Stamp Something - use a digi

Pssst - I've got a secret to share!!

Want to know what it is???Here's a clue

Got it yet??? No? Well, you can either read on or click here for the answer!!! ;)

Got it now? Yep that's right, I've been invited to join those hugely talented girls over on the Sweet Pea Stampers DT !!  :)

This my first challenge card for them, and just in case you haven't guessed, this week the challenge is easel cards. There's a fantastic prize of  3 Sweet Pea stamps to be won. I really hope that some of you can find the time to pop over there and give me some support. It would be fab to see some of my followers joining the challenges and hopefully winning the prizes on offer.

Anyway as this is a huuuuuggggely long post I'll keep the deets of how I made the card brief! The picture above doesn't really show the shimmer and glimmer, so I've popped a couple more  on to try and show it.

I've coloured the image with Promarkers, created the background with distress inks and then given it a generous spritz of glimmer mist. I've added lots of gloss and sparkle with glimmer mist, stickles, sakura gel pens, gems and glossy accents. The snowflakes are Marianne Creatables which have been coloured with distress inks, glimmer misted and decorated with iridescent snowflake buttons and gems. The blue gem swirls have been created using a Eline Template (yes I really did glue each gem on individually).

Oh and just one more thing before I go, please don't forget to enter my CSN giveaway where you can win a £30 gift voucher to spend on anything you like.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes
Pear Tree Designs - Free for all
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
A Crafty Little Place - Easel card
In a Sweetpea Dream - All about Christmas
Moving Along With The Times (sponsored by Letraset)- Anything goes Promarkers
Meljens Designs - Anything goes
Delightful Challenges - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Sarah Hurley - Christmas card, but red and green must not be seen

MSE Challenge - Bling or Glitter

How To Heat Emboss A Digi Stamp

Following my post yesterday of the heat embossed Little Nut Tree pictured above, I received a few comments and a couple of emails asking how I'd embossed the digi image. So I'll try my best to explain in easy steps, it's really simple if you organise yourself!

1. Gather all your equipment (heat tool, embossing powder, a powder collection tray (you will need this as you need to work fast) and glossy cardstock (you can use photo paper, but be warned it will bubble easily).

2. Move everything next to the printer, and have your heat gun plugged in and ready to go.

3. Choose your image, do whatever you do with it and then adjust the printer settings to photo and glossy paper.

4. Hit the print button.

5. As soon as your image appears, remove it from the printer and immediately cover with powder (you need to be superfast at this point otherwise the ink will be too dry).

6. Gently discard excess powder and then use the heat gun.

7. You should by now have your beautifully embossed image.

I hope this helped some of you. If anyone else has any hints or tips for heat embossing digis, especially on non glossy papers, then please do share. x

Quick & Easy Christmas Card

It's my turn to post over at the Delicious Doodles Blog and as thing have been a bit hectic here this week I needed a fast make. When I saw this Little Nut Tree (due for release today) over at the Delicious Doodles Shop I just knew it would be perfect for something I've been wanting to try out for ages, which if everything went to plan would be a fast make. I wasn't sure it was going to work, but thought nothing ventured nothing gained! As you can see it did work and I'll definitely be using this technique again. The only thing I'd possibly change is the ribbon, but this was all I had in my stash. From start to finish the card took less than 30 minutes.

Going to have to apologise in advance for the number of piccies, but struggled to get a decent shot and wanted to show the embossing and true colour of the card.

The image was printed, heat embossed and then cut out. The card base has been cut using nesties labels 8 and then embossed with Sizzix Texturz . I've run a gold inkpad around the edges and over the embossing, added a bit of ribbon and a sentiment.

Just a quick reminder - don't forget to enter my £30 CSN voucher giveaway (click on the link at the top RH side of the page).

Tools
Heat Tool
Big Shot
Nestabilities - labels eight
Sizzix Texturz Plates

Materials
Glossy Card - Asda
Heat It Up Embossing Powder
Gold Ink Pad - Versacolour
Ribbon - stash
Sentiment - Papermainia

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
Karen's Doodles -  Colour (gold)
Cowgirl's Sunday - Create your own background
Sweet Stampin - Ribbon
Mami Doodles - Vera's Card Drive