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Monday, 9 May 2011

Crafty Cardmakers Inchies Spolight



Over at Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge Cazro has set us the challenge to use at least 3 inchies on your card.

I have only ever made one inchie and it was a stand alone project which I have never added to a card or anything. I know it is in a small ziplock bag somewhere in my crafty room but goodness only knows where!

I knew immediately I wanted to use this stamp set from Crafts Away which I bought at a show at the NEC at least 5 years ago and this is the first time I have used it (slaps hand in disgust LOL)

Using Promarkers I have coloured the base layer in green and added a second layer with thin 3D foam to give depth to the flowers. I am really into my oranges, yellows and reds at the moment so they feature heavily in this card. The papers are from the Citrus Mat Stack by DCWV. The swirly background papers has loads of encased glitter in it and looks really sparkly so I added a couple of die cut fabric glitter butterfly stickers from Hobbycraft. The yellow paper behind the ribbon has been trimmed with a Martha Stewart punch that embosses at the same time.

I used a sketch from Creative sketches for the layout and added ribbon from my stash to link the green in better, a sentiment from Anitas and various Prima flowers and a red button centre. This is the first time I have used inchies on a card and it amazed me how much detail you can get in such a small square.

The rest of the teams have made some fabulous creations with inchies, much more adventurous and arty than mine I have to say. I do hope you will pop over to the blog and drool over their creations and give them some love, it is always appreciated.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you use inchies in your creations. Don't forget you've still got a week to enter our challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers too.

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Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #21


There is a new challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges this week and as the Birthstone for May is the Emerald we would like to see an Emerald card or a Birthday Card. If you manage to incorporate the 2 you will get 2 entries into the challenge, how cool is that :)

I used the Colleen in Heart Dress digi which is available to purchase HERE

in the Girly Girls section at the Happileigh Scrappin' Store.


For my creation I started with a sketch from Eat, Sleep, Stamp for the layout and as I had already coloured the image in with Promarkers I set to work choosing papers to go with it. The base card is a pale green with the white and green flower paper by Dovecraft over it. The darker green paper is by Imaginisce. The lace has a thin green ribbon threaded through it and I used 3D foam to give some dimension to Colleen. The birthday banner sentiment is from my stash.

Please pop on over to see the lovely creations my Happi Sisters have added. There are lots of lovely cards to feast your eyes upon.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.

We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in alphabetical order):-
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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Rub a Dub Dub #2


First of all Happy Mother's Day to all my friends not in the UK. Goodness only knows why we can't have it all on the same day all over the world though, doesn't make any sense to me.....

This card is a variation of one I made in March for my MIL for Mother's Day. A house guest of ours saw it as I was blogging it and asked if I would make a card for his Mum. He is from South Africa and would be sending it to her by the postal system so I said I would adapt the design to make it less prone to get damaged in transit.

The fabulous image is called Rub-a-Dub-Dub and is designed by Stitchy Bear. You can purchase it in the Stitchy Bear store here

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and I have added some stickles glitter and Papermania glitter dots to highlight some of the bubbles and added some to look like there were bubbles that had spilled out of the side.

The blue paper is from a big QVC Colorbok pack and I have added ink to the edges of this and the paper too. I made the banner from scraps of card and added rub on lettering. I have strung the flags onto white wool and 'pinned' it up using Craftwork Cards Candi.

The Mother sentiment is a Sizzlits die I bought in the sale last year. I think it cost me just 49p and I knew it would come in handy. I cut it in blue 1st and then layered a white one on top adding some little black dots and a gem on the butterfly. The rest of the sentiment was made up using the rub ons.

Our friend Jean was delighted with it. We are not sure if it has arrived yet so keeping our fingers crossed. By all accounts things go missing in the post all the time in S.A. so hoping that this gets through to her okay :)

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

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OSAAT #61 - Fancy Folds



Over at OSAAT we have a new challenge for you today hosted by Marjo. You are to make a fancy folded card and this can include an easel card (good job too as that is what I made LOL)

For this Challenge The Stamping Boutique are offering the lucky winner
5 Digis of their choice from the Boutique's store!!

If you don't already subscribe to the Stitchy Bear Newsletter I would suggest that you sign up as there are some fabulous images given away as freebies and you will always be kept up to date with the latest image news.

In the spotlight this week is the one and only Stitchy who has so many fabulous images in the store.

Father's Day / Sports Collaboration

While you are there don't forget that for the Month of May we have a store collab with the theme of Father's Day & Sports which is free with a $10 purchase.


For my card I had the great pleasure to use 2 of Stitchy's designs. I have used Mushroom Delight which is a lovely image in itself but I really wanted to experiment with the fairies in the Rainbow Magic Silhouette Pack as I wanted to try and get a fairy sitting on the larger mushroom. I have never combined images on top of one another like this but it was so easy once I got started. I use a fabulous graphics program called Xara and laid the mushroom image down first as a JPEG. The fairies are in the PNG format so you had complete visibility of the background and could place them where you wanted with great precision. Once I had the 1st Fairy down I couldn't stop and added another baby one and then one flittering about in the air as fairies do.


For the bottom section of the easel I used a freebie sentiment from Marlene but it had some frame corners around it so I removed them in Photoshop to leave just the sentiment. I added another 2 of the fairies to this section to continue with the theme.

The image was coloured in with Promarkers and I added spots to the big mushroom and Sakura glitter to the fairies wings. It looks very subtle in the photos but is a lot more twinkly in real life. I added a lace and ribbon trim, a hatpin I made, some punched leaves, a couple of flower sequins and a tiny spotty brad I have had in my stash for a long time. The base panel on the easel is mounted on 3D foam to provide the lip to stand it up and to this I just added some paper flowers and one of the new patterned Candi dots from Craftwork Cards.

I am really proud of how this card turned out. It is great to have an idea and for it to come out even better than you imagined :)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical order) :-
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Thursday, 5 May 2011

AIF 079 Mother's Day



We have a new challenge for you today at AI Factory and this week we have a Mother's Day Theme. Although we have had Mother's Day in the UK there are many parts of the world that celebrate it this weekend.

There are a load of brand new Mother's Day digis in the store and this is one of the new ones called Bird Holding Flower and it is only $2. Hop on over to the store here to purchase this little cutie and take a peek at the other designs too in our revamped store.


Now for the details of my card. I have used a sketch from The Pink Elephant for the layout and the finished size of the card is A5. The image has been coloured with Promarkers in bright colours to match the papers which are from a new pad I bought today from Dovecrafts First edition ranges. It's all limes, lemons and oranges. The paper on the bottom has got lots of glitter encased in it and the colours are very springlike.

I have added a lace trim with a lime green ribbon with white stitching in it. The edges of the ribbon have an irridescent thread woven into it. The sentiment has been recycled from a shop bought card and I used a Quickutz cookie cutter die to trim it and the green mat below it. The flower is 4 layers of blooms from Prima's E line range with a Papermania spotty button in the centre. I made a hatpin from flower and butterfly decorative beads and some tiny gold ones for spacers, the orange bow is also from Papermania. Last but not least I added lots of twinkle to the image with gems and Papermania glitter dots. For someone who didn't like using green I think I can definitely say I like it now, especially these brighter zingy shades :)

To enter this week's challenge visit the AI Factory Challenge Blog where you will see the full rules and details. If you play along with us and upload your image you could win this week's image.

You are not required to use an AI Factory image to enter, but there are some great freebies available here in the freebies section of the store. You will need to link up your entry before midnight EST on Wednesday May 11th. If you use an online gallery Such as AiF, PCP or SCS then please tag your entry with the challenge code AIF079 so we can see all your cards in one place. Whilst you are at our challenge site please take a look at the rest of the DT's wonderful creations.

I look forward to seeing your entries in our challenge and Good Luck !

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Monday, 2 May 2011

Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge #20


It's Chris' turn to set the challenge over at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges this week and as it is Mother's Day in America this weekend she wants you to make your best for Mum.

I used the Sally Sunshine digi which is available to purchase HERE

in the Girly Girls section at the Happileigh Scrappin' Store.


For my creation I started with a sketch from Little Claire Designs for the layout and used 3 patterned papers from the Dovecraft First Edition Sweet Owl pad. All the papers are in shades of pink & brown which is one of my most favourite colour schemes.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and created upto 4 extra layers for the hair and clothes. All the images are on 3d foam and it makes it very dimensional.

The sentiment is a diecut frame that was from a pack I bought rcently. I have coloured it with Tim Holtz Distressing ink in Walnut Stain. I managed to get hold of one of the little applicator felt pads and cannot believe how much of a difference it makes to the application. I might actually start enjoying these ink pads now..... I added some peel off text for the sentiment and a couple of gems to cover the holes in the bookplate.

Please pop on over to see the lovely creations my Happi Sisters have added. There are lots of lovely cards to feast your eyes upon.

Remember, for our challenges you don't need to use a Happileigh Scrappin' image but if you do your entry counts twice and with freebies available here it is easy to use one of Leigh's fabulous digis.

At the Happileigh Scrappin' Store Leigh is having a Spring sale.

For Every 3 images you purchase can choose another one completely free. Leigh is also giving away a free Mother's Day sentiment with each purchase.

We would love to see lots of entries in this challenge. Leigh gives away her lovely digis to the top 3 so it is well worth entering and me and the DT love to see your creations, so come on over to Happileigh Scrappin' Challenges to join the fun.

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Sunday, 1 May 2011

OSAAT #60 Emboss It


Over at OSAAT we have a new challenge for you today which is to Emboss It.

For this Challenge Creative Craft World are offering the lucky winner 5 Promarkers


If you don't already subscribe to the Stitchy Bear Newsletter I would suggest that you sign up as there are some fabulous images given away as freebies and you will always be kept up to date with the latest image news and the surprise sale like we had last week :)

Father's Day / Sports Collaboration

While you are there don't forget that for the Month of May we have a store collab with the theme of Father's Day & Sports which is free with a $10 purchase.

For my card I used the New Job mini kit by Panda Bear Designs which marries up an image by Stitchy and some fabby job themed papers by Panda Bear.

I printed the Newspaper in black and white and added a script embossing panel which has been inked to emulate the letter that you would send if you were applying for a new job. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and a second layer was added for the head and mounted on 3D foam for dimension. I have used a Labels Nestabilities die to cut these shapes out and added black mats. The sentiment is also from the mini kit.

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