OSAAT #142 - Rick St Dennis Sponsor Image

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time and this time it is

Anything Goes

We have a new sponsor this week Rick St Dennis and I have been very lucky to have been given the opportunity to work with one of his images.

This little guy is called Cuttin Down Trees and is available from Rick’s Etsy store. He is one of many designs available from this prolific artist. He has many different styles of images and a very talented EDT on his blog. Our very own Nataliya is on there and she has done some amazing cards with his designs. Pop on over to have a look and be prepared to drool.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers & Flexmarkers using reds and greens as the main colours. I used a scalloped edged template to cut it out and an inkpad to distress the edges.

This is a large card at 8” square which enabled me to use lots of pretty papers from the Dovecrafts Back to Basics Christmas pack. All papers have been distressed on the edges and I used a fine nib on my Promarker to add faux stitches to the patchwork effect layout.

The glittery ribbon is from Dovecrafts. I added a freebie sentiment from The Alley Way and used a Quickutz Cookie Cutter die to cut it out. The pretty flowers are from Prima. They are about 5 years old and I hoard them as they are so lovely. The layers are held together with a HOTP brad.

The top left of the card looked empty and I couldn’t find an embellishment that looked right. I didn’t want to add anything to clash with the flowers but it definitely needed something. Then what should pop through my door but a subscription copy of Papercraft Inspirations magazine and it has these wonderful wooden lazer cut shapes free with it. I thought this tree was perfect, the right colour and a nice light open design which didn’t overshadow the rest of it. Don’t you just love it when something like that happens?

I do hope you will pop over to OSAAT as some other members of the DT have made some fabulous projects using Rick’s designs.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card Size – 8” Square

Image – Cuttin Down Trees by Rick St Dennis

Sentiment – Freebie from The Alley Way

Paper –Back to Basics Christmas by Dovecraft

Embellishments – Dovecraft Ribbon, HOTP Brad, Prima Flowers, Wooden die cut

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Quickutz Die die, small inkpad

Techniques – Distressing, Die cutting

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

• Addicted To Stamps #44 - Christmastime
• Allsorts #183 – Advent
• Artistic Inspirations #17 – Anything Goes
• ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• Blogger’s Challenge – All Stitched Up
• Broken Box Stock #15 – Happy Holidays
• Catch The Bug – Anything Goes
• Crafting For All Seasons #41 – Flowers
• Crafts 4 Eternity R#100 – Any Christmas Project
• Crafts and Me #112 – Ribbon or Trim
• Crafty Boots Challenge – Anything Goes
• Crafty Pad #199 – Stitching Real or Faux
• Creative Stamp Friends #65 – Christmas
• Crimbo Crackers #29 – Anything Goes Christmas
• Cupcake Craftroom – Anything Goes for Christmas
• Delightful Challenges – Festively Floral
• DL Art Thankful Thursday – Any December Holiday
• Eclectic Ellapu #8 – Santa Paws or Snowflakes
• Eureka Stamps #16 – Holiday Fun
• Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• Fussy & Fancy  #77 – I Love Christmas
• Glitter & Sparkle #9 – Flowers
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Merry Christmas
• Hanna & Friends #159 – Aimals
• House of Gilli #46 – Die Cuts
• I Love Promarkers #145 – Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #87 – Anything Goes
• Jellypark Friends – Stars
• Jingle Bells – Anything Holiday Goes
• Lady Anne Sentimental Friday – Anything Goes
• Ladybug Crafts #4 – Christmas and/or Winter
• Lexi’s Creations #78 – Christmas
• Little Red Wagon #161 – Tree
• My Graphico #141 – Anything Goes
• My Sheri Crafts #99 – Tis The Season
• One Crazy Stamper – Sketch or Holiday Theme
• Ooh La La Creations #119 – Spots & Dots
• Oozak Challenge #9 – Anything Goes & Red
• Outlawz PAM120112 – Birds
• Paper Makeup Digi Makeover #64 – Christmas
• Paper Shelter #92 – Christmas is Coming
• Papercraft Star #122 – Holiday greenery
• Papertake Weekly  – Free For All
• Partytime Tuesday #96 – Anything Goes
• Passion For Promarkers - #177 Distressing
• Pause Dream Enjoy #48 – Forgotten Stash (Prima Flowers)
• Pile It On #49 - Embellishments
• Pixie Dust Studio – Winter Holiday Creations
• Platypus Creek #21 – Christmas Flowers
• QKR Stampede #16 – Christmas
• Raise The Bar #122 – Bundled Up
• Ribbon Girls - Christmas
• Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
• Simply Create #12 – Anything Goes
• Sketchy Colours #142 – Red Green & White
• Stamp Your Life #1 – Anything Goes
• Stempelsonne Challenge #77 – Anything Goes with a Stamp
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge – Ribbons & Snowflakes (on paper)
• Tanda Teaser #203 – Anything Christmas
• The Squirrel & the Fox #32 – Summer or Winter
• Through The Craftroom Door #46 – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Alchemy #42 – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown #125 – Lots of Layers
• Unique Crafters Challenge – Christmas
• Wags n Whiskers #93 – Christmas
• Whimsy Inspirations #53 – Traditional Christmas Colours