OSAAT #170 Anything Goes

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time 

Anything Goes

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize of all the images used by the DT on Challenge #168 for the lucky winner who uses a Store image.

Please head on over to the NEW LOOK  & REBRANDED Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet 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 sign up to the newsletter & become a follower at the

Stitchy Bear Store Blog

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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Our new Teamie Tanya chose this fabulous image Ivy Fairy from Delicious Doodles to work with and of course she had to be green didn’t she? She is coloured I Promarkers and Flexmarkers in only a few colours as I wanted to keep it mainly green and Kraft throughout.

I chose the sketch by I {Heart} Card Sketches to work with for the layout as I wanted to use a new die for the frame which I thought would look very pretty with it. The image was cut into an oval but some areas protruded and were fussy cut, I think this is the out of the frame technique? I call it make the image fit the frame J

Anyhoo the papers are from First Edition, the Kraft is from my stash and the green trim on the edge is a self adhesive paper trim from Papermania. I added some Prima flowers and gem centres and a couple of glittery butterfly stickers. The sentiment is from COLORink Digital Stamps

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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 – Ivy Fairy from Delicious Doodles

Sentiment – COLORink Digital Stamps

Paper – Green from Isabelle, Floral from Daydream First Edition Pads

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities D Lites Die Labels 1

Embellishments – Prima Flowers, K & Co Gems, Self adhesive Papermania paper trim

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

I {Heart} Card Sketches – Sketch 024

Sea Turtle Kiss

Over at Delightful Inspiration {From the Heart} the progressive freebie image this month is a fabulous set Sea Turtle Beach which has 3 images and 3 sentiments, what an amazing gift! Thank you so much Faith.

I love the image of the 2 turtles kissing and opted to use this. I made a turtle sentiment to go with it and printed that on the image which I then cut out with a pretty nestabilities die.

The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I matted it onto a scrap of blue card and then both patterned papers are by DCWV and have been previously cut into. Other than the card base all the papers are offcuts

If you would like this sentiment I have added it below in PNG and JPG. I would ask that you credit me and link back if you use it and please do not claim it as your own

     

I look forward to seeing next month’s image from Faith. Thank you so much for running these progressive challenges, they are so much fun.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A6

Image – Sea Turtle Beach by From The Heart

Sentiment – Freebie from Made By Mandy (Me!)

Paper – DCWV QVC drawer kit

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities die romantic Rectangles

Techniques – Diecutting

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

Delightful Inspiration – June Free Stamp of The Month

A Rocking Birthday

  

Birdie Brown has a monthly challenge and is very generous with her freebies. This month we get to work with Rocking Doggie and the sentiment You Rock. They made the perfect partnership for an image from Di’s Digi Downloads that I bought to make a card for my Brother In Law. He has a drum kit and how often do you get a cute image with a drum kit?

I coloured the images and sentiment with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and added an extra decoupage layer with the little doggie and drum on the front image. The card from is covered with red paper form a magazine freebie. I added a panel of card from the Family Ties pad and wrapped some Airmal twine around it from Dovecraft. This panel is stuck down with thin 3d foam pads to allow for the thickness of the string underneath.

The image is matted onto some scrap card and then stuck down with more 3d foam. The sentiment panel is probably one of the very oldest embellishments I have from HOTP and it is embossed with gold foil on it. I know they were blooming expensive at the time, hence I’ve never used them.

The inside of the card has more of the same red paper and then the Rocking Doggie has been fussy cut and is rocking down a storm. The sentiment has been cut using a new Nestabilities D-lite die which is more ornate for small sentiments.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Images – Little Drummer Ted by Di’s Digi Downloads & Rocking Doggie by Birdie Brown

Sentiment – You Rock by Birdie Brown

Paper – Family Ties First Edition pad and the red is a freebie from a magazine

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3d foam, Nestabilities D lite die Labels 1

Embellishments – HOTP sentiment panel,  airmail twine by Dovecraft

Techniques – Die cutting, decoupage

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

Birdie Brown – June Challenge

Di’s Digi Designs – Show us some Summer Fun (Music Festivals)

Squigglefly – #25 One Long & 1 Short (long panel on front and a short one for sentiment)

OSAAT #169 Not Square

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time 

Not Square

We want to see any shaped card but not a square

Our sponsor this week is CREATIVE CRAFT WORLD and there is a fabulous prize of 3 Promarkers of their choice for the lucky winner who uses a Stitchy Bears Store image

Please head on over to the NEW LOOK  & REBRANDED Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet 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 sign up to the newsletter & become a follower at the

Stitchy Bear Store Blog

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

Would you like to be a Stitchy’s Angel?

We are having a DT call so of you are interested in joining our friendly team with the opportunity of working with 19 different creators this is the time to get in touch. Take a look at the details in our challenge post here

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I had coloured this fun image Busted by Stitchy Stamps in with Promarkers an Flexmarkers in traditional Christmas colours to match the paper pack I had chosen from Panda Bear Designs called Christmas Traditions. I had initially thought about doing an easel card but opted to make an octagonal shaped card as I have not made one of those before and thought the geometric shape would work with the checked paper and the striped. The striped paper was to go along the left hand side of the card but whilst playing with positioning decided it looked so much stronger the way I have placed it.

The image has been cut using a Nestabilities labels 25 die and I used a dry inkpad to distress the outside edges. The sentiment is a free digi from Bird’s Cards. I have used the dies from the new Petite Labels 1 D-Lites dies to cut the mat and sentiment and used the inside of the die to create a glittery red gel pen frame around the wording.

Finally I added some Prima glittery fabric poinsettia flowers secured with posh brads from American Crafts. Both these items have been coveted in my stash for a long time and I am proud of myself for actually using them 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 Project are as follows:-

Card size – 5.5” Octagonal Shape

Image – Busted by Stitchy Stamps

Paper – Christmas Traditions Digital pack by Panda Bear Designs

Sentiment – Freebie Digi from Bird’s Cards

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 25, D-Lites Petite Label 1,

Embellishments – American Crafts Gem & Pearl brads, Prima Poinsettia fabric flowers

Techniques – Diecutting, distressing

Digi Sketch Challenge – Christmas in June

Eureka Stamps  – #44 Anything Goes

Melonheadz Friends – Die Cuts

Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover – #93 Punches/Dies

Imagine That Hedgehog Greetings

It is New Release day at Imagine That! Digis by Kris and there are loads of new goodies to choose from.

We have Hedgehog Greetings and PrettyPetunias, by Kris in both outline & colour. 

 

  

For my American chums who celebrate Independence Day we have some Americana themed papers from Bella’s Beauties

with images and sentiments by Daydream Designs

  

Please pop over to the store to see the New Releases.

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I approached Kris to ask if she could come up with a design based on a hedgehog holding a banner into which you could pop a sentiment to suit the occasion. I had a particular need and just could not find the right image so Kris stepped into the breach J

One of my friends Sally is just an inspirational woman. She suffers the most awful pain with her neck and shoulder yet remains the most smiley person with something lovely to say about everyone. Her little son is the coolest kid with the same sunny disposition. She has started to run a sanctuary for hedgehogs in her back garden and of course it costs money and she relies on donations and a wonderful hubby who helps build sheds, websites, feeding and anything else required !

Sally asked me if I would make some cards for her to say thankyou to the people that donate to this amazing cause. I have offered to make some for free for her as a way of supporting her so I need to make it a reasonably cheap to produce style based on supplies that I have. I do have some hedgehog images but none were ‘perfect’ I have sent some sample images to her but this one is a surprise as it has been designed especially for her and me.

I have used a Craftwork Cards base and added papers from the Woodland Friends collection by Papemania. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. You have the option of the little boy or the little girl hedgie with  a flower in her hair. I of course chose the cute whimsical option J

I used some Kraft card to mat the image on using a Nestabilities Lacey Squares die. In hindsight I made the image a bit smaller than I will do in future so I added a frame around it with a fine tipped Letraset pen. There is also a coloured option to the image so this would make it quicker and easier to mass produce. I do however prefer to colour so will more than likely use my pens.

I just wanted to say a mahoosive thanks to Kris for designing this set for me. I am sure Sally will be overwhelmed when she see’s it .

Please pop over to visit her at Happyhogs Hegehog Rescue on Facebook and her website. If you have some pennies to spare she would I am sure appreciate any donations that come her way. She is nursing some little babies back to health at the moment. Such hard work but what a privilege.

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Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – 4.5” Square

Image – HedgehogGreetings by Imagine That Digi’s by Kris

Papers – Woodland Friends by Papermania

Tools – Letraset Promarkers and Flexmarkers, gold gel pen, Letraset fine marker, Nestabilities Lacey Squares die

Techniques – Diecutting

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

Card Mania - #23 Kraft Paper

Eureka Stamps  – #44 Anything Goes

Melonheadz Friends – Die Cuts

Paper Makeup Stamps Digi Makeover – #93 Punches/Dies

OSAAT #168 Use A Digi

There's a new challenge today at One Stitch At  A Time 

Use A Digi

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize of all the images used by the DT on Challenge #166 for the lucky winner who uses a Store image

Please head on over to the NEW LOOK  & REBRANDED Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet 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. There is also a weekly free image with a purchase of over $3.

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

Stitchy Bear Store Blog

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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This week it was my turn to choose an image for myself and teamie Choccie to use. I needed to make another wedding card so am using the cute image Wedding Bears by Reece’s Scrap Pieces. In the pack you get the image in colour for quick cards and black and white if you like to colour as I do. I used Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the image in, cut  it out and mounted onto 3d foam pads.

The base of the card is a sheet of patterned cardstock from Hunky Dory. It is the 1^st time I have used their cardstock and I have to say I am impressed with how sturdy it is.  I have added some ‘ribbon’ which is actually a shoe lace from a pack of patterned ones in different lengths that came from the local pound shop some time ago. It is amazing what you can pick up from places that you can utilize in your crafting if you just look at it a different way.

The background paper is a wrapping paper which has holographic elements to it. I used a Crafter’s Companion die to cut it out, added some scrap cardstock on the back to strengthen it and mounted on foam squares for added dimension.

The ‘Just Married’ plaque is an embellishment I have had in my stash for at least 4 years. I’d had it so long that the sticky stuff on the back was no longer sticky (I am sure we all have embellishments that has happened to!) The top was looking a bit bare so I used my Martha Stewart Heart Lattice punch on a scrap of pink card and mounted it onto some really shiny silver paper (which looks white in the photo but I promise you it isn’t!)

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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 – Wedding Bears from Reece’s Scrap Pieces

Paper – Base card by Hunky Dory, patterned paper is wrapping paper

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Die cut from Crafters Companion, Martha Stewart Heart Lattice punch, loads of 3d foam

Embellishments – patterned shoe lace and 3d lace & felt sticker from Poundland,

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

• Delicious Doodles - #40 All Creatures Great & Small
• Delightful Challenges – Wedding & Anniversary
• Inspire Me Fridays - #107 Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenges - #11 Anything Goes
• Southern Girls – Die Cut and/or punches
• Stamping For The Weekend – Cute
• Wags ‘n Whiskers - #106 Wedding/Anniversary/Love

Happy Father's Day

Today is Father’s Day and I made this card for my Father in Law who is a golfing fanatic. The image is actually a combination of 3 different digis. The Golf Background is from Digital Designs by Louby Lou and I thought it was perfect, you see many images that are golf themed but not often do you get a background image so I had to buy it. The character is AKV Golf Bag from Bugaboo Digi Stamps and I have decoupaged many of the elements. Eventhough this is an A5 card let me tell you those golf clubs are still tiny!

I used the golf ball from a larger image Golf Ball & Pole by DigiDarla Designs. The papers are from the Woodland Friends paper pack from Docrafts. I used the Fiskars border punch on the edges and the sentiment is a freebie from Hanelie at Desert Diva. If you have never visited her you seriously need to become a follower as she does the most amazing freebie sentiments and makes lovely cards too. Thankyou Hanelie for your generosity J

We are taking Dad out for a curry to our favourite Indian Restaurant tonight so that is tea sorted too!

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A5

Images – Golf Background from Digital Designs by Louby Lou, AKV Golf Bag from Bugaboo Digi Stamps and Golfball & Pole from DigiDarla Designs

Paper – Woodland Friends from Docrafts

Sentiment – Father’s Day Freebie from Desert Diva

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Fiskars Treading Water border punch, 3d foam

Techniques – Decoupage & Punching

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

• 2 Sisters Challenge - #148 Just for Dad
• 365 Cards - Day 163 Father
• A Gem of A Challenge - #84 Father’s Day
• Anything Goes - #94 Father’s Day
• Art Impressions Stamps – #112 Masculine Cards
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• City Crafter  - #163 All About Him
• Craft Your Passion - #166 Father’s Day
• Crafting By Designs – Anything Goes with a Male Twist
• Crafting Café – Here Come The Boys
• Crafting For All Seasons - #54 For The Guys
• Crafty Sentiments – Project for a Male
• Creative Craft Challenge – #12 We Love You Dad
• Cuttin & Stampin - #23 Father’s Day
• Digistamps 4Joy - #69 For the men in our lives
• DL Art Thankful Thursday – #111 Father’s Day
• Eureka Stamps  – #43 Father’s Day
• Get Inky - #6 For Boys or Men
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Father’s Day
• Inky Impressions - #112 Fathers Day
• Jellypark Friends – Masculine
• Ladybug Crafts – For the men in your life
• LEJ Designs - #57 For Men or Boys
• Lexi’s Creations - #92 Father’s Day
• Little Claire Designs - #34 Male Theme
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #56 Masculine
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Father’s Day
• Our Daily Bread - #158 Masculine or Father’s Day
• Papertake Weekly  – Hello Boys
• Pattie’s Creations – #69 Father’s Day
• Perfect Sentiment – #83 For the Boys
• QKR Stampede – #43 For Dad
• Simply Create Too - #39 Father’s Day
• Sisterhood of Crafters - card for a Man or Boy
• Stamping With The Dragon  – One for Dad
• Tammy Scrapin’ Corner - #66 Father’s Day
• The Crafter’s Café - #17 Father’s Day or for a male
• The Pink Elephant  - #203 Father’s Day
• The Stamping Chef – For dad
• Top Tip Tuesday - #103 Masculine
• Totally Gorjuss  – #188 For Dad
• Twisted Tuesday - #2TC52 Masculine with clothes on
• Word Art Wednesday - #84  Anything Goes