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Monday, 30 July 2012

Daisy Doodles #65 Outdoors





Over at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges we have a new challenge today


Outdoors


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For my card I have combined the Boat with the Sun & Clouds which are just 2 of the images from the Summer Fun set. This fantastic set has 10 images and comes in 3 formats for only $6.


Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check these out and all the other great digi’s that are available !


I coloured my image in with Promakers & Flexmarkers adding some Sakura clear glitter to the sun, flag & anchor for a little sparkle. I found a marbled blue paper in my stash for the background. I ran a snippet of dark blue card through a bubble effect Cuttlebug embossing folder and wrapped some funky fibres around it in shades of blue. Both the tags I used are Faye Whittaker All Our Yesterdays and were a magazine freebie.


I love being on the water in a boat and definitely wish I was there…..


I hope you will pop over to the blog to see the lovely creations on there from the rest of the DT and we look forward to seeing your entries in for our Here Comes The Sun Challenge


I'll see you again next time with another lovely Daisy Doodles design.



Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Summer Fun by Daisy’s Digi Doodles

Papers – Magazine freebie from Creative Cardmaking Magazine

Sentiment – Faye Whittaker All Our Yesterdays magazine freebie

Tools - Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Sakura clear glitter pen

Embellishments – funk fibres, chipboard tag

Techniques – Embossing


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-





Alphabet Challenge – Men Only

ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes

Clearly Inspired #56 – Get Wet

Crafting For All Seasons #32 – Splash Me

Crafts and Me #94 – Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge – Fun in The Sun

Creative Craft Challenge – Summertime

Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes

Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Water

Inspire Me Fridays #69 – Anything Goes

Jellypark Friends – Olympic fever

Little Claire Designs #23 – Summer

Poodles Parlour – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp – Anything goes

SJ Crafts #7 – Olympics/Sporty

Through The Craftroom Door – Photo Inspiration (bright colours and sea theme)

Waste Not Wednesdays #27 – All Our Yesterdays Tags magazine freebie had for ages

Whimsy Inspirations #49 – Summer Fun

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Sunday, 29 July 2012

OSAAT #124 Use a Digi


There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme is


Use a Digi


We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps




The DT are all using products from the new Mini Collaboration pack. There will be a new one available every Fortnight for 1 week only. The Mini Collab is free with a purchase from the store of only $7


Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are always some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.




Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the

Stitchy Bear Store Blog




Don’t forget that we have changed the prize structure. You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store


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It was my turn to choose an image from Barbara Jensen and I have this cutie Lolly Poppy, isn’t she a little darling?


I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers in bright summery colours as I felt it matched the fun image. I have added some Sakura clear glitter pen on the lipstick, earrings and shoe laces and some glossy accents to the big wide eyes.


I used a large card blank and the patterned papers are from a lovely butterfly themed pad from Crea Motions by Artoz. It has lots of bright coloured papers in it, definitely made for me J I have used scraps of red and orange cardstock for the layering. The yellow ribbon and fabulous butterfly trim are a recent purchase from West Bromwich whilst I was waiting for my car to be MOT’d last week. I used paper and fabric flowers from my stash adding some vellum leaves I have had forever…..


The lolly has been made by forming Bakers Twin in a spiral on a glue dot. I would love to claim it was my idea but I was inspired by a fabulous Sun card by Alissa in our Sun themed challenge #121. Thanks for the inspiration J


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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – 8” Square

Image – Lolly Poppy by Barbara Jensen

Paper – CM Design Pad Butterflies by Artoz

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Embellishments – Butterfly trim, satin ribbon, vellum leaves, Flora doodle fabric flowers, Dovecraft paper flower, flower gem, bakers twine, glossy accents, Sakura glitter pen

Tools – Promarkers, Flexmarkers,


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-





Allways Something Creative #34 – Bright and colourful

ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes

Cards & Scrap #35 – Things With Wings

Crafts and Me #94 – Anything Goes

Crafts 4 Eternity R#82 – Brilliant Birthdays

Crazy Amigo Challenge – Open theme

Diva’s By Design #45 – Happy Birthday

Fashionista Challenge #5 – Baby or Birthday

Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes

Great Impressions Stamps – Stay In The Lines Colouring

Inspire Me Fridays #69 – Anything Goes

Jackson’s Digital Expressions #15 – Anything Goes

LEJ Designs #13 – Bling Bling

My Mum's Craft Shop #67 – Birthday Girls

Oldie But Goodie – Bright colours from photo (vellum leaves are years old)

Paper Pretties PWC 216 – Birthday Cards

Passion For Promarkers #59 – Feeling Fruity (colours)

Pattie’s Creations #49 – Animals/Insects

Poodles Parlour – Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon #52 – Sizzling Summer Colours

Simon Says Stamp – Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp & Show – Hey Girl

Stamp Man – Anything Goes/Celebrations

Stampavie & More #173 – Birthday

Tammy’s Scrapin Corner #20 – BINGO (Ribbon, Free, Flowers)

Top Tip Tuesday #81 – Circles

Totally Stampalicious – Texture

Use It Tuesday #36 – Uncut paper (that in itself is hoarded, also vellum leaves that I have had for years)

Waste Not Wednesdays #27 – Vellum leaves I have had FOREVER!

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Sunday, 22 July 2012

OSAAT #123 Olympics Inspired


There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme is in honour of the Olympic Games




We want to see a project inspired by the picture, Olympics or Sports


Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the prize is a £10 voucher for the store




Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.




Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the

Stitchy Bear Store Blog



Don’t forget that we have changed the prize structure. You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store


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For this challenge I have used some gorgeous masculine papers by Panda Bear Designs called Doodle Boys. You get 11 papers for only $2.50  Digi papers are great to work with as you can easily manipulate them to change the scale as I have demonstrated in this project.  I teamed the papers up with a fabulous image by Stitchy Stamps called Four Iron.


I knew I wanted to have a go at paper piecing some of the elements on this image so printed out a section of the papers in full size for use on the card. The plaid pattern would be perfect for piecing the top and golf club cover but the scale was too large so I made it a lot smaller and overlaid parts of the digital image so I could cut them out. You can see in the closeup below that I pieced the brown strips on the golf bag too.





I used mainly browns and blue throughout, colouring with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers to match the colours in the paper. The mottle blue paper is a scrap of parchment paper I had in my scraps box that matched perfectly.


I added a strip of ribbon across the bottom and found this amazing button in my stash. I got it in a bad of vintage buttons when I went to a craft and food fair at a National Trust property at Christmas. It’s just plain old dark blue on one side and then this side has the most amazing sparkle, like Mica pieces suspended inside it. I just popped a bit of bakers twine through the holes and tied a knot.


The rosette was made using an 11” long strip of the paper x 3cm wide with narrow pleats. I taped strips of scrap card in a cross at the back to stabilise it and added a Craftwork Cards sentiment to the front.


As a printing tip, when I use digital papers I always use an inkpad to add some colour to the edges of the paper, either toning or contrasting to suit your project. I use a thin card to print on and the white edges would be visible especially against such a dark contrasting cardstock.


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 Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge


Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Four Iron by Stitchy Stamps

Paper – Doodle Boys by Panda Bear Designs

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Embellishments – Ribbon, Vintage Button, Baker’s Twine

Tools – Promarkers & Flexmarkers, small ink pad, tiny scissors

Techniques – Paper piecing, Distressing


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-



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Monday, 16 July 2012

Daisy Doodles #64 Here Comes The Sun (Please!)



Over at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges we have a new challenge today


Here Comes The Sun


We want to see anything which has the sunshine colours of Orange or Yellow


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For my card I have used Ice ‘n’ A Slice which has 2 images and comes in 3 formats for only $3. Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check these out and all the other great digi’s that are available !



I coloured the image in varying shades of yellow Promarkers and Flexmarkers adding a very pale blue/grey for the ice cubes. I’ve even stippled a darker yellow on the lemon skin to emulate the dimples on a lemon’s surface. It was a lovely image to colour in and the other one in the set with the bubbles and umbrella is fun. 


The pale yellow cardstock has been used for all matting and layering and the patterned paper is from a First Edition pad called Family Ties. I added some small gems to finish off and a sentiment by Meljen Designs which has been die cut and mounted on 3d foam.




Nothing screams summer more than quenching your thirst with a refreshing glass of lemonade and although we are having the most miserable of summers here in the UK in our household we are getting through plenty of lemon squash, we just need the weather to go with it please J


I hope you will pop over to the blog to see the lovely creations on there from the rest of the DT and we look forward to seeing your entries in for our Here Comes The Sun Challenge


I'll see you again next time with another lovely Daisy Doodles design.


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Ice ‘n’ a Slice by Daisy’s Digi Doodles

Papers – Family Ties First Edition pad by Dovecraft

Sentiment – Meljen Designs

Tools - 3d Foam pads, Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Marianne Creatables die

Embellishments – small gems

Techniques – Die cutting


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-



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Sunday, 15 July 2012

OSAAT #122 Anything Goes



There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and the theme is


Anything Goes


We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps



The DT are all using products from the new Mini Collaboration pack. There will be a new one available every Fortnight for 1 week only. The Mini Collab is free with a purchase from the store of only $7


Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are always some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.


Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the

Stitchy Bear Store Blog



Don’t forget that we have changed the prize structure. You must use a store image to win the main prizes and all other entries will be in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store


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It was Choccy’s turn to choose an image from Beary Dust Stamps and she chose the beautiful Belle to play with.


I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers keeping the colours to a very simple pallete of flesh tones, bright green and brown. I must admit green is not a colour I have used very much before but it is definitely growing on me more J


I used some new papers called Happier from My Minds Eye. I really liked the green paper as it is so cheerful with the little flowers, ladybirds & butterflies. I matted it onto the green cardbase and used the reverse orange paper strip that was left over and punched with a Fiskars border punch. The image has been diecut with a Nestabilities die abd the sentiment has used a smaller size. The small butterfly that Belle is looking at has been cut from the backing paper and I added some small gems. The other butterflies are tiny glittered stickers. To finish off I added an assortment of flowers and a big gem centre.


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Please pop over to OSAAT to see the fab cards from my colleagues on the DT. I look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A6

Image – Belle by Beary Dust Designs

Paper – Happier by My Minds Eye

Sentiment – Clear sticker from Lakeland added to scrap of cardstock

Embellishments – butterfly stickers, Dovecraft Gems, Prima flowers

Tools – Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Nestabilities, small brown inkpad for distressing flower, Fiskars Punch

Techniques – Diecutting, punching, distressing


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-


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