OSAAT #164 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 #162 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

Next week we have an extra special challenge with lots of prizes and you will need to use an image from our store

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This week my card is using one for the 3 images from the Pallaria set by Beary Dust Designs. I shoes to use this one as the fairy is flying and that enabled me to use the perfect sentiment to go with it.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers adding lots of stickles glitter. I chose purples for my colour palette so that I could match it up with these pretty papers with flowers and butterflies on.

I used a sketch from The Sketchy Challenge for the layout, matting and layering with some purple and white card throughout. I used a Nellie Snellen die for the doily which protrudes from the corner. The sentiment is a freebie from Vibygor Krafts and has been cut using a Quickutz Cookie Cutter die. I used a Fiskars border punch and my Martha Stewart butterfly punch with lots of self adhesive gems for decoration. Finally I added some gems to the image and my purple fairy is complete.

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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

Image – Pallaria by Beary Dust Stamps

Paper – Lucy Cromwell Designstax by Papermania

Sentiment – Digi Freebie from Vibygor Krafts

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Dies from Quickutz and Nellie Snellen, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Fiskars border Punch

Embellishments – self adhesive gems, stickles glitter glue icicle

Techniques – Diecutting & Punching

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

• A & T Challenge - #24 Bling
• Crafty Blogger’s Network - #11 Bingo Board (Diecut/punch, Doily, gems)
• Nana Vic’s – #4 Anything Goes
• Natalie & Amy’s Challenge - #9 Things With Wings
• No Matter Which - #9 Things With Wings
• Our Creative Corner – Anything Goes
• Sketchy Challenges - #47 Sketch for Layout
• Sparkles Forum Challenge - #44 Monochromatic
• Wags ‘n Whiskers - #104 Anything Goes
• Word Play Saturday - Magical

OSAAT #159 Bright

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

Bright

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize $9 to spend in the store 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 purchase.

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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I am still on a Christmas card making mission and this week I selected this cute image Bear n Stocking by Beary Dust Stamps to work with.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers using bright reds and greens. I selected bright papers from various Christmas packs by DCWV and Papermania and used a sketch from A Die for a Sketch for the layout, rotating it to fit my image. I used a labels die from Nestabilies to cut a mat and frame and mounted on thin 3d foam pads. The image was then mounted on 5mm thick ones.

Well they said in the week that it was going to be 18C today, sunny and T-shirt weather. Currently it is raining and extremely windy so I guess they got it wrong…..There is still piles of snow from 2 weeks ago in places by us so I could still build a snowman. Doesn’t seem quite so odd to be making Christmas cards then does it?

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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

Image – Bear n Stocking by Beary Dust Stamps

Paper – various Christmas designs by DCWV and Papermania

Sentiment – From stash mounted on gold card

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities dies, 3d foam pads

Techniques – Diecutting

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

• A Die For A Sketch - #11 Sketch for layout plus one Die
• Card Mania - #18 Punches or Diecuts
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #18 Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #202 Christmas
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Di’s Digi Designs – All About Bears
• Forever Friends - #59 Diecuts/Punches
• Glitter & Sparkle - #28 Stitching Real or Fake (stitching on stocking)
• Inklings & Yarns - #11 Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles – Recycled (all Kraft is the inner tube from gift wrap)
• Kenny K’s Krafty Krew - #139 Dies & Punches
• My Graphico – #148 Anything Goes
• Ready Teddy Go - #21 Anything Goes With a Teddy
• Sisterhood of Crafters – Animal
• Totally Papercrafts - #162 Get Krafty
• Word Art Wednesday - #75  Anything Goes

OSAAT #138 - Anything Goes

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

Anything Goes

Our sponsor this week is Crimson Cloud and the prize is a pack of die cuts for the lucky winner who uses a Stitchy  store image

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

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 for us to use and we have this fabulous image Alice from Beary Dust Stamps. She is such a sweet image and lovely to work with.

I coloured the image using Promarkers & Flexmarkers and kept to a palette of blue & white with colouring for hair and skin only. I used a Nestabilities die to cut the image out and the darker blue mat to layer it on.

The main background paper is from Creative Cardmaking magazine. They have a lovely selection of Christmas papers by Kanban and I thought it looked lovely with this image and not at all Cristmassy. Just goes to show just because it is part of a Christmas collection doesn’t necessarily dictate how it HAS to be used……

I used a scrap of wedgewood blue card to layer the image on and it looked so plain, it was already stick down so I was limited with my options until I spied some white rub ons that I had won as a challenge prize. I am pleased with the effect and I think it has made it a much prettier card. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

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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:-

Image – Alice by Beary Dust Stamps

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Paper – Kanban freebie from Creative Cardmaking Magazine

Embellishments – White rub-ons (possibly Stampin’ Up?)

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities die, Versamark small ink pad

Techniques – Die cutting, distressing

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

• 4 Crafty Chicks #114 – A Day To Remember
• Anything Goes #79 – Anything Goes
• ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes/Add A Sentiment
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #179 – Birthday
• Crafty Pad #195 – Anything Goes
• Digistamps 4 Joy #54 – Bingo (no purple, no ribbon, love in sentiment, No gems, no Halloween)
• Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes/Add A Sentiment
• Forever Friends Monthly – Anything Goes
• Inky Impressions #83 – Lots of Layers
• Lady Anne’s Stamp Challenge – Anything Goes
• Mema’s Crafts November Challenge #1 – Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper – Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp – No Square Cards
• Simply Create #9 – Anything Goes
• SJ Crafts #10 – Birthday
• Unique Crafters Challenge – Sugar & Spice

OSAAT #135 - Inspired by Music or Song

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

Music or A Song

Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World and the prize is a 3 Promarkers of their choice for the lucky winner who uses a Stitchy Bear Store image

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

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 chose Hot Chocolate from Beary Dust Stamps. I could see the potential for layering the image and also that’s another Christmas card made J

I coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers keeping to a simple colour palette of blues and browns. I added 2 decoupage layers for the bear and then the bear’s head and hat. I added some lines with a fine nib to the biscuits, lots of glitter glue to the trim and pom-pom, some black gems to the eyes and puffy applique glue to cream running around the side of the cup. The image was cut out using a Nestabilities die.

The card front is covered with a snowflake paper from Crafter’s Companion, I used a corner rounder to trim the edges and a small ink pad to distress the edges of the card and image layer. The sentiment is a freebie from Bizzy Becs that you can download from here

Well as I woke up to our 1^st thick frost of the season this morning and both myself and hubby are full of cold wrapping up warm with a nice mug of Hot Chocolate seems like a good idea to me 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:-

Image – Hot Chocolate by Beary Dust Stamps

Sentiment – Freebie from Bizzy Becs

Paper – Crafter’s Companion

Embellishments – Papermania Gems, Stickles Glitter Glue, Woodware Liquid Applique

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, 3D foam, White gel pen, Nestabilities die

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

• Anything Goes #77 – Animals
• ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• Cards by Lady Anne – Anything Goes
• Christmas Stamping All Year Long #32 – Anything Goes
• Crafts and Me #105 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Blogger’s Network #4 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations #191 – Photo Inspiration (colours pale blue, white & brown)
• Craftymess #19 – Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge #36  –  Anything Goes
• Digi Haven Monthly Challenge – Anything Goes (Free sentiment, see link above)
• Diva’s By Design #56 – Anything Goes
• DL Art Thankful Thursday – Anything Goes
• Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• House of Gilli  – Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays #80 – Anything Goes
• Just Keep On Creating – Christmas Cards
• Loves Rubber Stamps #21 – Bling Baby Yeah
• My Graphico #138 – Anything Goes
• Papelitos Challenges #15 – Anything Goes
• Paper Crafting Journey – Add Some Bling
• PaperPlay #41 – Simply Cute
• Papertake Weekly  – All Creatures Great & Small
• Passion For Promarkers #170 – Shabby Pink or Blue
• Pin & Tack Spark Your Creativity Now!  #2 – Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp – Dies & Punches
• Simply Create #6 – Anything Goes
• Sparkle & Glitter #1 – Anything Goes
• Stamp & Create – Winter Wonderland
• Through The Craftroom Door #39 – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Alchemy #35 – Anything Goes
• Whimsy Inspirations #52 – All Things Sparkly

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):-

• Allways Something Creative #34 – Bright and colourful
• ATC’s & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• Cardmadfairy’s Digi Days #37 – Summertime
• Cards & Scrap #35 – Things With Wings
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #163 – Summer
• Crafty Blogger’s Network #1 – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations #178 – Free For All
• Crazy Amigo Challenge – Hats
• Cutie Pie Challenges # 22 – Glitter & Bling
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best #116 – Summertime
• Elke Kart Een Feestje #123 - Summertime
• Everybody Art #201 – Summer
• Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude – Anything Goes
• Fun With Shapes & More #113 – Summer
• Going Grey With Scrap Creations – Something Bought in Last 2 months (paper)
• Incy Wincy Designs – Summertime
• Inky Impressions – The Great Outdoors
• Inspire Me Fridays #67 – Anything Goes
• Little Claire Designs #23 – Summer
• Loves Rubber Stamps #8 – Sweet Summer Days      
• Oldie But Goodie – Flower Power (flowers, sentiment & butterfly all older than 6 months)
• Oozak Challenge #4 – Bright Colours
• Paper Crafting Journey – Summer
• Partytime Tuesday #76 – Punches & Dies
• Pattie’s Creations #48 – Summertime
• Penny’s Paper Crafty  – Anything goes
• Poodles Parlour – Use a Digistamp
• Sassy Cheryl’s #123 – Summer Fun
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Text or Sentiment
• Simon Says Stamp – Layered
• Simply Create Too #17 – Summer
• Stamp Man – Anything Goes/Summer Colours
• Stamps & Fun = Creativity #107 – Summer
• Tammy’s Scrapin Corner #18 – Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts – Lots of Layers
• Totally Stampalicious – Fave Embellishment (Flowers)
• Truly Madly Crafty – Animals
• Waste Not Wednesdays #26 – Had actually forgotten I’d got these sentiments
• Word Art Wednesday #36 – Uplifting Sentiment