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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


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):-

Sunday, 8 July 2012

OSAAT #121 - Sunshine


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

Sunshine or Yellow

Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World and the prize is 3 Promarkers of your choice




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




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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Well with all the blooming rain we are having in the UK it’s about time we had some sunshine so this challenge is probably the only way we will get some unless you are going abroad for your holidays….

I have used an image called Pook Girl 1 by Pookie Designs for this challenge. I chose to make a monochromatic card in only shades of yell and using white as a neutral. Yellow is one for my favourite colours so I set to work using my beloved Promarkers & Flexmarkers in various shades of sunshine J

I haven’t made an easel card for ages and thought this would be a lovely way to use this image. All the patterned papers are from the Family Ties First Edition pad by Dovecraft. The main paper is a glittery damask pattern and I used a co-ordinating gingham pattern as I felt it would emulate the top of the dress. The darker yellow has been recycled from a glossy brochure from a recruitment agency that I have had in my stash for years.

The sentiment is a freebie from Gingers House and I used a nestabilities die to to cut it and the larger mats. I inked around the edges of the larger mat to define the shape better. I used my lovely flourish die from Cheery Lynn. I love how you can manipulate the swirls as in the front of the card, but then can snip it into shapes as for the inside. The flowers are Primas and I have added lots of twinkly gem centres.

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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 – 6” Square Easel card
Paper – Family Ties First Edition pad by Dovecraft
Sentiment – Freebie by Gingers House
Embellishments – Prima Flowers, gems
Tools – Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam pads, Cheery Lynn Die, Nestabilities die
Techniques – Diecutting,

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

Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Eskimo Kiss



Broken Box Stock has a challenge where you need to use the colours Red White & Blue and one of their digis. They are very generous with the amount of images they have for free and I thought it would be a great opportunity to make another Christmas card.

I coloured this lovely image called Eskimo Kiss with Promarkers & Flexmarkers keeping to shades of blue and of course adding red wellies and hearts.

I cut the image using a Nestabilities die and as I had used the largest size I drew around the die onto a scrap of blue marbled paper to create a mat for it.

The paper is a magazine freebie from Docrafts/Papermania and the colours are perfect for this challenge. The ribbon has been recycled from a new top I wore to work today for the 1st time. I cannot stand the ribbon loops so the always get cut off but don’t usually get used very often so that’s a good one for me J

The sentiment is from my stash mounted onto the blue paper again and I added some stickles glue to the snowflakes as I love a bit of twinkle on Christmas cards.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A6
Paper – Magazine Freebie by Papermania
Sentiment – from stash
Embellishments – Stickles Glue, thin ribbon recycled from a top
Tools – Nestabilities die, Promarkers & Flexmarkers
Techniques – Die cutting

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





Monday, 2 July 2012

Daisy Doodles #63 Independence



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


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For my card I have used Home…Sweet Home which comes in 3 formats for only $2. Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check these out and all the other great digi’s that are available !
  



We want to see anything which embodies Independence this week and for me the most important mark of my Independence was when I moved out from my parent’s home when I was 18 and started living with my hubby Paul. It turned out to be a grotty flat, with a leaky roof and an awful landlord but it was ours and we were so happy together. Our 1st meal was a strawberry cheesecake eaten in the bath, just because we could J  very happy memories…..

Anyhoo, back to my card…. I coloured the image with Promarkers & Flexmarkers extending the image so create a slightly cloudy sky. I matted the image onto green spotty paper and some cream textured card. The card blank has some leafy paper from the Woodland Friends paper pack by Papermania and the punched border strip is also by them. The pennant banner I am really proud of as I hand cut the pieces from scrap cream card, punched the holes with my Cropodile and then added them to scrap green card cutting them and leaving a small border. I used a paper piercing tool to poke holes so I could thread some twine through. The black lettering is acetate stickers by Pebbles Inc and the circle sentiment is from Lets Make Cards. The green letting is from a Brenda Pinnick QVC kit.


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 Independence Challenge

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


Materials Used in this card are as follows:-
Card Size – A5
Papers – Woodland Friends by Papermania
Sentiment – Lets Make Cards
Tools - 3d Foam pads, Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Cropodile,
Embellishments – die cut paper strip by Papermania, bakers twine, Pebbles Inc & Brenda Pinnick stickers
Techniques – Faux Stitches

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


Sunday, 1 July 2012

OSAAT #120 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 The Robins Nest 



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




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 for us to work with and I had the pleasure of choosing from Floppy Latte Designs. This gorgeous image is called Orchid and is just beautiful. The shading on it made it very easy to colour. I used shades of Promarkers and Flexmarkers inspired by the silk flower orchids I have in my stash which I knew would be a great addition to the card. I matted the image on a scrap of cardstock that was recycled from some sticker packaging.

I have lots of pink and purples in my papers so was having a look fort a nice one to go with this image and came across a pad of 6” papers that came free with a magazine by Pink Paislee. The printed image of the tweety bird and the butterflies were in the perfect places for this image to be slotted in….. how sweet is that? I simply added one of the beautiful aforementioned orchids with a pearl centre, a clear sentiment sticker and a little gem for the birdie’s eye and we can call it done. The paper and the image are so pretty I don’t think anything else is needed so told myself to step away from the card and not ad anything else!! (please tell me I’m not the only one who has to make myself not add things to fill ‘space’ up)

After having a couple of weeks away from the challenge I am glad to be back but goodness me how did it get to be July already? This year is just flying by……

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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 – 6” Square
Paper – Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee
Embellishments – Silk flower, self adhesive gem and pearl by Dovecraft
Tools – Promarkers, Flexmarkers

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