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Sunday, 8 January 2012

OSAAT #95 3 Embellishments



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

Use 3 Embellishments

You can either use the same 3 embellishments or all different, the choice is yours.
We are sponsored this week by Crimson Cloud 


The prize is 3 sets of die cuts of the winners choice.


Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers.

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


Stitchy is offering some great time sensitive offers so please make sure you are signed up to the newsletter to be the first to get the gossip!

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This week I had the pleasure of working with a digi from Barbara Jensen and I chose this fabulous design called Poison Ivy. I really like the more racy designs that she does but I am really nervous of working with them as I am not sure that I can do them justice. I was however drawn to this one as I love the intense look she has in her eyes. I felt that she suited a fiery mane of hair so colouring with my Promarkers I used oranges and reddy browns to shade it in and complimented it with a pale body tone being careful with my shading and blending.

I used a Nestabilities die to cut it out and a mat in dark brown. I used a sheet of  dark green card for the base and added a copper metallic card which has a swirl design embossed onto it and a piece of handmade paper with a fern leaf flocked onto it. I added a brown suede ribbon to cover the join adding a couple of leaf brads and a self adhesive gold fabric glittered butterfly to complete the card.

This image reminded me of a Garden of Eden type image as she looks a bit like a maneater and so I used a sentiment which would entice a man to meet her in the garden. Dressed as she is I am sure no man could resist………

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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 – A5
Image Poison Ivy by Barbara Jensen
Paper – Metallic Swirl card by Kanban & Flocked paper from Poundland
Embellishments – Papermania Brads & glittered fabric sticker from Hobbycraft
Tools – scissors, 3d foam, Promarkers, Nestabilities die
Techniques – diecutting

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


Sunday, 1 January 2012

OSAAT #94 Use a Digi



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

Use a Digi


The DT are all using products from the new Collaboration pack. There will be a new one available every 2 weeks and it will be free with a purchase from the store of only $7. If you take a look at the preview below you will see there are some fabulous designs.





Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store


to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the new 



Stitchy is offering some great time sensitive offers so please make sure you are signed up to the newsletter to be the first to get the gossip!

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Myself and Choccy have used this fabulous Ice Cream Cottage digi from Hope Jacare Doodles. It reminds me of the iced gem biscuits I used to have when I was a kid and I used pink and brown as the main colours. I coloured the image using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and used a Nestabilities die to cut it out and created a matter layer with brown cardstock. The main base of the card is the same colour brown cardstock and I covered this with a spotty paper from the Sweet Owl First Edition pad by Dovecraft. The glittery patterned paper down the side is an offcut from another sheet in the pack. My first official use of a snippet in 2012 J The sentiment from my stash was trimmed down a little and then matted onto scraps of cardstock. Both the main image and the sentiment are raised on 3d foam and just to finish off I added a little punchie from a house shaped punch. Perfect card for a new home

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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 – A5
Paper – Sweet Owl First Edition pad by Dovecraft
Embellishments – Die cut sentiment from stash
Tools – scissors, 3d foam, Promarkers, Flexmarkers, House punch, Fiskars border punch, Nestabilities die
Techniques – Punching & diecutting

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


Wednesday, 28 December 2011

SBDS End of Year Sale


Stitchybear Digital Stamps has a fabulous sale on until December 31st with a MAHOOSIVE 35% off all products !!!!!


Head on over to the store to pick up those digis you have always wanted as this is an amazing bargain. 

You can also use one of your new stamps to enter the special Christmas Day challenge which is to use a stamp from the store, easy as that!

I'll see you back on the 1st January 2012 with a DT card for our new challenge.

Sunday, 18 December 2011

OSAAT #93 Anything Goes



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

Anything Goes

We have a fabulous prize this week which is a $10 voucher from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps


Please head on over to the Stitchy Bear Store to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. Also, to keep ahead of all the latest news you can become a follower at the Stitchy Bear Store Blog


Stitchy is offering some great time sensitive offers so please make sure you are signed up to the newsletter to be the first to get the gossip! In the spotlight this week is Gert from Digi Blessings. There is an amazing 50% off all her designs in the store and if you spend $5 you get a fabulous freebie too J Run to the store as this offer ends Midnight EST on Monday evening.

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I made my card this week with a combo pack called In the Meadow We Can Build a Snowman from Reece’s Scrap Pieces which has the digi image, a coloured image and 5 different patterned papers in a blue and purple colour palette.

I selected the snowman paper and the marble blue one and then coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers to match. One of the papers has the repeating phrase on it so I isolated one to print out for the sentiment. I used a punch on the blue paper and matted the image on some scrap navy blue card and mounted with 3d foam. The sentiment has been cut with a Quickcutz die, mounted onto the dark blue and raised on foam pads. I used some stickles glitter glue on the snowflakes and snowdrifts and around the sentiment panel.

This is the last challenge for the year and we will be back again with challenge #94 on January 1st 2012 however, if you are up for it there will be a mini challenge on Christmas Day so you can pop on over and see us if you fancy a challenge after stuffing yourself full of lovely Christmas goodies.

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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
Embellishments – Stickles Glitter Glue
Tools – scissors, 3d foam, Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Martha Stewart Punch, Quickutz Cookie Cutter die
Techniques – Diecutting & Punching

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


Saturday, 17 December 2011

Craft Your Passion Blog Hop


Welcome to Craft Your Passion Challenges "Holiday Havoc 2011" Blog Hop!!
 We are very excited about holidays and wanted to add to the chaos and havoc. 
What better way to do that, than to have a BLOG HOP!!! 

If you have hopped over from Karen then you are in the right place. If you just happened to stop by and would like to join our hop from the beginning, please go to Craft Your Passion Challenges and follow along for a chance to win some AMAZING blog candy along the way and PRIZES at the end.

All Craft Your Passion DT members are going to be playing along in the hop with some very special guest designers. 

Each designer along the way is featuring a project that showcases a digital image from at least one of our amazing Blog Hop Sponsors.

What’s more exciting is you can participate too by creating a project and linking it up over at Craft Your Passion Challenges for a chance to win one of several prizes.
But, there’s a twist. Be sure to visit all the stops and leave a comment (we will be checking). Once you have finished the hop, we would like you to create a HOLIDAY project using at least one digital stamp and enter it with our Linky tool.

While you are hopping, be sure to check out the blog candy the designer's have to offer you. You don't want to miss out on any of it!


My Card was made using this fab image Meadow & Twigs Together from one of our sponsors Stretch n Bubbles

I have coloured the image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers in autumn colours. I used a Kraft cardstock base and this lovely acorn paper from a new range called Neighbourwood from Helz Cuppleditch by Trimcraft. The dark green and brown papers used for matting and layering are from Papermania

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Next stop by my good friend Jennifer’s blogto see what she has in store for you today.

Remember, once you have hopped to all the stops and left your comments (we will be checking), it's your turn to show us your "Holiday Havoc" project.

Make sure to include a digital stamp somewhere on your project, and link up your project over at Craft Your Passion Challenges by Midnight CST December 23 to be eligible for the prizes. Winners will be announced on our Monday, December 26th Challenge post.



1.   Craft Your Passion Challenges http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/   
10.           Jenny http://cookieadventures.blogspot.com/
11.           Doreen http://www.doreensdream.blogspot.com/
12.           Jodi http://kaboodesigns.blogspot.com/
13.           Lisa http://craftybunny.wordpress.com/
14.           Joyleen http://joydianne.blogspot.com/
15.           Melissa http://expressionswithearthspirit.blogspot.com/
16.           Emma http://www.paperaddictsanonymous.blogspot.com/
17.           Joanne http://www.bigislandlady.blogspot.com/
18.           Gemma http://gemslittlecreations.blogspot.com/
19.           Lizy http://lizyshouseofcards.blogspot.com
20.           Joanna L http://www.mycraftingcorner-jo.blogspot.com/
21.           Helen N http://craftinghelen.blogspot.com/
22.           Natali  justbecozoflove.blogspot.com
23.           Julie http://julieprice3.wordpress.com
24.           Helen W http://crafty-mamma-mia.blogspot.com
25.           Alethea http://lilodesigns.blogspot.com
26.           Arielle  soccermom5982.blogspot.com
27.           Lisa G lisa-scrappingspot.blogspot.com
28.           Jan http://scrappyscatty.blogspot.com/
29.           Karen http://karensdigi.blogspot.com
30.           Mandy http://amandacruxton.blogspot.com/
31.           Jennifer http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com/
32.           Jacqui  http://thepoodlesdoodles.blogspot.com/
33.           Dawn  http://cherrytreestudio.blogspot.com
34.           Roro http://rorobuildingdream.blogspot.com/
35.           Allison http://allidcards.blogspot.com
36.           Zahreen  http://splashbunny.blogspot.com
37.           Sarah http://sarahsassy468.blogspot.com
39.           Tracey http://craftyfox.blogspot.com/
40.           Susan http://sue-craft.blogspot.com/
41.           Julia http://paperandscrapscreations.blogspot.com/
42.           Craft Your Passion Challenges http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ 



Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – 5” Square
Sentiment – from stash
Papers – Neighbourwood by Trimcraft & Woodland Friends by Papermania
Tools – Scissors, 3d foam, Promarkers & Flexmarkers

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