Delicious Doodles Challenge #10 Spots or Stripes

No you're not going mad - I'm posting a Delicious Doodles Challenge two weeks in row! This week it would normally be team A's turn to play and post the challenge, but this week is slightly different in that we are all playing. The reason for the change is that this week we have a very special challenge which is being jointly sponsored by the lovely Paulette over at Create with TLC and Teri from Delicious Doodles. So this week there will be two prizes up for grabs.

I chose the fantastic "Wishes" set which I have to say is simply stunning and will I'm sure be appearing on a few more of my projects. The theme this week is Spots or Stripes. I've used the brand new image from Delicious Doodles "Mushroom Fairy" and taken the spots on the mushroom and the very feint stripes on the DP's to fit the theme. I hope you like my card.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers - Floral
The Crazy Challenge - Dots and Stripes
Karber Weekly - Dots and Stripes
Magical Mondays - Flowers
The Crafty Pad - Girly
Gingerloft Challenge - Things that fly
Quirky Crafts - In the spring garden
Top Tip Tuesday - Flowers
Crafty Emmas - Angels & Fairies
Passion for Promarkers - Let it shine

Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - Glitz & Glamour

I can't believe that we are almost at the end of the month and that it's already time for another challenge over at Sweet Pea Stampers. This fortnight the theme is Glitz and Glamour and boy have the DT gone to town, you should stop by and checkout their fantastic creations! Talking of DT's we're going to have a DT call very soon, full details will be posted on the Sweet Pea Stampers Blog, so make sure you keep an eye out for it. Also, don't forget our fantastic followers candy which closes on 31/1. Oh and I almost forgot the challenge prize this time is for a grab bag of Sweet Pea stamps supplied by the lovely Lynnette over at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Anyway, onto my card - it's kinda bold and bright so grab your sunnies and be prepared!

I've used ching-chou kuiks Fly Butterfly for this card. The image has been stamped onto white card and coloured with Promarkers and given a mix of Stickles for a bit of glitz. I made the image background from a piece of "Caught in Crystal" that had gone slightly wrong (the paper peeled away from the acetate and left me with a pliable film). The backing paper is a piece of caught in crystal acetate (unfortunately you can't see all the inclusions and pearlescent shimmers). I've added some die cut photo corners to finish.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Oldie but a Goodie - Fairies, Mermaids, Dragons or any other mythical beings
Passion for Promarkers - Let it shine
Kaboodle Doodles - Bling It Up
The Crafty Pad - Girly
Gingerloft - Things that fly
Let's Ink It Up - Anything Goes
Crafty Emma's - Angels & Fairies
Wags 'n' Whiskers - Angels & Fairies

Just Saying Hello

My mojo has been a bit off recently, so I decided to stick to using elements that appealed to me and do you know what for the first time in ages I pulled a card together without even thinking about it! I've made this card for a friend who I don't get see anywhere near enough who is having a rough time of things at the moment. Hopefully she'll realise that although I'm not physically with her, that my thoughts are very much focused on her.

I used my trusty nesties to create the card base and  associated layers from Bazzil card and My Minds Eye So Sophie. The sentiment is part of set from Hero Arts. I've stamped it in Sepia Versafine and then cut round the image and finished it with a dusting of Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. The butterflies have been punched using a Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch , the ferns have beencut using a Little Claire's Fern Die and the flowers have been die cut using the Sizzix 3D Flower.


I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion - 2 Patterned Papers
Crafty Cardmakers - Floral
Woodware USA - Anything goes
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Clear as Mud
Digi Doodles Shops Best - Anything Goes
Paper Romance - Shaped Card
The Creative Cottage - Shaped Card
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo - Punch/die cut, Flowers & Gems (pearl)

Delicious Doodles Challenge # Get Well/ Cheer 'Em Up Card

Morning folks, it's time for a new challenge over at Delicious Doodles and this week we want you to make a get well /cheer 'em up card. The lucky winner will receive 5 digital images of their choice from the Delicious Doodles shop. Don't forget, ANY images are acceptable, it doesn't have to be a Delicious Doodles one, but if you do happen to use one of our images, then you get TWO entries into the draw! Good luck and we'll look forward to seeing your creations.

Here's the card I made for your inspiration, I hope you like it!

The card base was die cut from white card using my new Sizzix Bird House Die.  I've covered the base with some wood effect papers from my Pad of Matters and then scored the plank effect with a Marth Stewart Scoreboard. To enhance the grooves I've rubbed Walnut Stain Distress Ink into them with a cotton bud. The images are Little Birdy and Bee & Flower from Delicious Doodles. They've been coloured with Promarkers and decoupaged. I've added Glossy Accents to the bird's beak and the centre of the flower. The bee's wings have been coated with Stardust Stickles. The sentiment is handwritten.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Creative Cottage - Shaped cards 
I ♥ ProMarkers - KISS
Design Dollies - Freehand something 
Top Tip Tuesday - Sentimental
Stamps R Us - Shaped card
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Things with wings
The Crafty Pad - Something new
One Stitch at a Time - New
Quirky Crafts - In the spring garden
Craft Your Days Away - Anything goes
Paper Romance - Shaped card

Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - It's All White!!!

Welcome to the first Sweet Pea Stampers challenge of 2011. This time we want you to make a card or a project using all white with the exception of the image where you can use colours of your choice. As always we have a fantastic prize, this time its three sheets of decoupage from The Crafty Purple Frog. I really hope that you will join us and look forward to seeing your creations. Also, don't forget to check out the fantastic blog candy currently on offer.

When I first saw this challenge I kind of panicked! Not that I'm afraid of white space, far from it I love it, but Sweet Pea stamps and white space, post Christmas??? I don't think so!! However, I've had to eat my words and say that once I'd got over the initial shock of the challenge and started playing with ideas, that Sweet Pea stamps and lots of white is a fabulous combination! Don't believe me? Checkout what the other DT girls have done for this challenge - their projects are totally amazing!

I've used ching-chou kuik's Fairy of the Night for this card. The image has been stamped and heat embossed and then re-stamped, coloured with Promarkers, cut out and mounted onto the heat embossed image. I've then added plenty of sparkle with Stardust and Tumbled Glass Stickles.

The white cardstock has been embossed with my new Sizzix Texture Fades Burlap/Swirls  and Textured Impressions Winter embossing folders and the edges have been distressed with the Tim Holtz Distressing Tool. The flowers have been cut from the Sizzix Tattered Florals Die and then coated with glass particles (thanks to the lovely Kate of Downright Crafty for pointing me in the direction of this fab product) and secured with pearl brads from Kars.

Thanks for stopping by.


Claire x

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Saturday Challenge - Tons of texture
Digital Tuesday - All white
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes
Hodge Podge Shop - White on White
Meljens Designs - Square or Round card 
The Stampman - Distress

Pay It Forward 2011

I've just entered a "pay it forward" at  Droplets in a Rusty Bucket  so here I am paying it forward

I promise something handmade to the FIRST 5 people who leave a comment here. However, to be eligible, you must repost this status, offering something handmade to 5 other people. The rules are that it must be handmade (or homemade) by you and it must be sent to your 5 people some time in 2011. So if you want to play leave a comment below.

Spring is in the air - well almost

Just a quick card from me today as I've not had much time for crafting as it's been a bit of nightmare week. Firstly the cooker broke down and the engineer had to order the part - so still no cooker. Then we had problems with the plumbing, so all in all it's been an expensive and annoying week. I don't know about you, but when things like that happen it effects my mojo :(

Anyway, amidst all the disruption I managed to make this simple card. I used the new image Snowdrops from Delicious Doodles which I coloured with Promarkers and then die cut. I stamped the sentiment with the sentiments set from Ladybug Crafts Ink. I then inked the edges with Distress Inks. The card base was made using Large Scalloped Nestabilities.

Daring Cardmakers - Snowdrops