Happy 3rd Birthday SBDS

Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps store is turning 3 
on 15th March.

To celebrate Stitchy is giving a massive discount of 

33%

off ALL PRODUCTS!!

from 15th to 22nd March

This would be the ideal time for you to gather together a wishlist of the fabulous images and papers you have wanted and to make a purchase with a 
mahoosive discount.

Lady Annes Carolling Trio

Lady Anne is running a Christmas Progressive Freebie Challenge. For this second round we have 2 images from Stamp N Doodle and I chose to use the Carolling Trio image.

I used a sketch from Techonostampers for the layout and rotated it to suit the image shape. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and I used an X-Cut die for the shape and then inked the edges.

The red card blank has been covered with a paper which has a music score on it from the Papermania Christmas Tidings pack. I added some gold papermania ribbon and a bow from my stash. The pointsettia die cuts are also Docrafts and the sentiment is rub on from Dovecraft.

Thankyou Lady Anne for running this great Christmas themed challenge. It is lovely to take part in such a challenge that encourages us to keep making Christmas cards throughout the year. I am very much looking forward to using the next images and I happy to see my pile of Christmas cards increasing J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A6

Image – Carolling Trio by Stamp N Doodle

Paper – Christmas Tidings by Papermania

Embellishments – Ribbon, Bow, die cuts, rub on sentiment by Dovecraft

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers,, X-Cut Die

Techniques – Die Cutting, Distressing

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

• Cards Galore – Music
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge - #116 Merry & Bright
• Crafty Hazelnut’s Monthly Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes
• Desert Island Crafters – #50  2, 5, 6, 8
• Happy Campers - #13 Add Dimension
• Lady Anne’s Progressive Christmas Challenge
• Paper Crafting Journey – Ribbon or Lace
• Shelly’s Images TTT – Show Us What You Got
• Stamping For The Weekend – Child’s Play
• Technostamper - #255 Sketch for layout

Daisy Doodles #80 Easter

Welcome to a new challenge over at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges

Easter

  

For my card this time I have used a fab image from the store called All Your Eggs………

It comes in JPG, PNG & TIFF formats for $2 but is even more of a bargain at the moment as there is a 50% discount in the store until the end of March to help pay for the vet’s bills for Daisy’s kitty Billy.

  

Head over to the Daisy Doodles Store to check it out and all the other great digi’s that are available !

                                                                                               

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I started by printing off a second layer for the bow and cute little chick and then coloured the image in with pastel shades as they suit Easter images so well.

I covered the card blank with the spotty green paper and added a gingham panel. To this I have used my favourite glittery easter egg paper and then added my image, layering ghe decoupage sections with 3d foam.

The sentiment is a die cut which was too wide for my card so I did a bit of creative trimming and used tiny brads in the centre of the flowers to articulate the sections. This is then mounted with 3d foam and et voila the finished article.

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I hope you will pop over to the blog to see the lovely creations on there from my team mates and we look forward to seeing your entries in for our Challenge.

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

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – All Your Eggs….. by Daisy’s Digi Doodles

Papers – Easter eggs Spring Drop First Edition pad by Dovecraft. Gingham, spotty and sentiment from Lets Make Cards

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers,

Embellishments – HOTP mini brads

Techniques – Decoupage

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

• Allways Something Creative - #50 Easter
• Bloggers Challenge – Spring
• Broken Box Stock - #22 Easter
• Card Makin’ Mamas – Spring Colours
• CDAC Seasonal Fun – Easter
• Chocolate Coffee & Cards - #34 Banners
• Colour Me Creative – Spring Colours
• Craftin Desert Divas - #2 Easter Eggstravaganza
• Crafty Blogger’s Network - #9 Spring or pastel
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Easter Egg-stravaganza
• Creatalicious Challenges - #46 Lovely Easter
• Creative Corner – Fasteners (brads)
• Cutie Pie Challenges – #40 Easter
• Dare to be Sassy  – #168 Seeing Green
• Di’s Digi Designs – Easter or Spring
• Digi Haven – Easter
• Diva’s By Design – Put on Some Pink
• DL Art Thankful Thursday – #105 Easter
• Docerela Creations - #34 Pastel Colours
• DRS Designs - #63 Baskets
• Fairytale Challenge - #36 Photo Inspiration (Easter)
• Flutterby Wednesday - #231 Any Winged Creature
• Hiding In My Craftroom - #89 3 designer papers
• Hobbycutz Challenge – #2 Easter
• Inklings & Yarns - #7 Anything Goes
• Just Add Ink - #157 Lots of Green
• Lia Stampz - #37 Easter or Spring
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #43 Shades of Green
• Melonheadz Friends – Easter or Spring
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Go Green
• My Sheri Crafts - #106 Easter
• One Stop Crafts - #220 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Friday Copic & Promarker – CPC030513 Green
• Paper Shelter - #103 Easter
• Pattie’s Creations – #63 Green
• Pause Dream Enjoy - #6 Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede – #30 Dreaming of Spring
• Simply Create Too - #33 Easter
• Sincerely Yours Creations - #3 Easter
• Sparkles Forum Challenge - #42 Birds
• Stampavie & More - #189 Easter
• Sweet Pea Stampers – Spring Colours
• The Stamping Shack - #8 Easter
• Tuesday Alchemy - #52 Anything Goes
•  Wags ‘n Whiskers - #99 Go Green (colour)
• Word Art Wednesday - #71 Anything Goes

Spring Baskets

The digi pack this month from the Progressive Freebie Challenge at Delightful Inspiration {From The Heart} is an amazing array of baskets and I chose the Spring Basket as I loved the floral display with the pretty flutterbies.

I also tied it up with sketch 009, you have to love a 2 for 1 don’t you :)

I coloured my image using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and cut it out so I could layer it onto the panel of 4 squares from the sketch. I have used papers from the Spring Drop First Edition pad. The mani background paper has lots of glitter on the pretty flowers. I used the green stripe paper to cut the 4 squares and laid them offset from one another and added faux stitches. The bright pink card and green one that had been punched are from my scraps box. 

That’s another card made for the progressive freebie and I am looking forward to seeing what we can play with for the next month. Thankyou  Faith for running these challenges again, they are so much fun J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A5

Image – Spring Baskets by From The Heart

Paper – Spring Drop First Edition pad by Dovecraft

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Embellishments – Organza ribbon

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Fiskars Punch

Techniques – Punching, faux Stitches

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

• Anything Goes - #88 Seeing Double (2 Designer Papers)
• Bloggers Challenge – Spring
• Card Makin’ Mamas – Spring Colours
• Catered Crop – Flower Power
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #16 Anything Goes
• Colour Me Creative – Spring Colours
• Crafts and Me - #124 Ribbons & Lace
• Dare to be Sassy  – #168 Seeing Green
• Delightful Inspiration – February Free Stamp of The Month
• Desert Island Crafters – #50  5, 6, 8,
• Di’s Digi Designs – Easter or Spring
• Diva’s By Design – Put on Some Pink
• I {Heart} Card Sketches – Sketch 009
• Inklings & Yarns - #7 Anything Goes
• Lacy Sunshine - #4 Layer It Up
• Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT – Spring
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #43 Shades of Green
• Milk Coffee Challenge – Go Green
• QKR Stampede – #30 Dreaming of Spring
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - #68 Flowers & ribbon
• Sweet Pea Stampers – Spring Colours
• Totally Gorjuss  – #175 Something Old (ribbon 3+ years old)
• Tuesday Alchemy - #52 Anything Goes
• Use It Tuesday - #52 Punch (Ribbon is at least 3 years old and never used)
• Whimsy Inspirations - #57 Real or Faux Stitches
• Word Art Wednesday - #71 Anything Goes

OSAAT #155 All White or No DP

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

All White or No Designer Paper

Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps 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 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.

Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps store was 3 on 15th March.

To celebrate Stitchy is giving a massive discount of 

33%

off ALL PRODUCTS!!

from 15th to 22nd March

This would be the ideal time for you to gather together a wishlist of the fabulous images and papers you have wanted and to make a purchase with a 

mahoosive discount.

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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I have only ever made one all white card before and really was not happy with my results so I challenged myself to make an all white card AND not use any pretty papers!!

I chose this cute image Licky Tiggy Tiger by Barbara Jensen.  I know white tigers are rare but they do exist and I knew that I could add the black colour to the stripes and the palest pink to the fleshy parts like nose, pads on the paws and ears. I added some glossy accents to the nose and paws and cut the image out suing a Nestabilities die.

The main backing paper is a Boofles embossing folder on it’s first outing since I bought it months and months ago. It is like a patchwork effect so has quite a few different textures on it. I also used a second layer with a cuttlebug folder which has a bark effect, I thought it would emulate the stripes on the tiger. I used scissors to distress and roughen up the edges and attached a lacy edged ribbon to it following a sketch from A Die For A Sketch.

Finally I used a sentiment which was a freebie from TLC Creations and die cut it with a Nestabilities die. Both the image and sentiment have been mounted on 3D foam and this whole card is full of texture.

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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 – Licky Tiggy Tiger by Barbara Jensen

Sentiment – TLC Creations

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities dies, embossing folders by

Papermania & Cuttlebug

Embellishments – lacy trim ribbon, Glossy Accents

Techniques – Diecutting, Embossing, Distressing

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

• 365 Cards - Day 71 Textured Base
• 613 Avenue Create – Anything Goes
• A Blog Named Hero - #22 Free Style
• A Die For A Sketch - #10 Sketch for layout plus one Die
• Anything Goes - #88 Seeing Double (2 dies, 2 embossing folders)
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Challenges 4 Everybody  – #16 Anything Goes
• Crafts and Me - #124 Ribbons & Lace
• Deep Ocean Challenge - #47 Cute & Cuddly
• Desert Island Crafters – #50  6, 8, 10,
• Go Fish - #37 Ribbon
• Inklings & Yarns - #7 Anything Goes
• Mayzyart Challenge – #13 Anything goes twist Animal print
• Natalie & Amy’s Challenge - #7 Use a Die Cut
• One Stop Crafts - #220 Anything Goes
• Outlawz Saturday Paper A La Mode – PAM03162013 Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly  – 123, 1 ribbon, 2 dies, 3 colours (white, pink, black)
• Penny’s Challenge - #118 Ribbons & Diecut
• Sentimental Sundays - #146 Anything Goes
• Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
• Tuesday Alchemy - #52 Anything Goes
• Use It Tuesday - #52 Diecuts (Base embossing folder had for about 9 months and 1^st time I have used it)
• Word Art Wednesday - #71 Anything Goes

Party Cat

Birdie Brown is celebrating her 2^nd birthday and has two challenges this month to celebrate. I love Torico’s images and was lucky recently to have won some money to spend in Etsy stores and bought several of the new images. The one I used on this card is Party Cat, I know a couple of people who adore kitties and would love this as a birthday card.

I chose a sketch from The House That Stamps Built and rotated it to fit the image which has been coloured in with Promarkers and Flexmarkers in bright primary colours.

The yellow card blank has been trimmed along the edge with a Fiskars punch leaving the white inside showing as a contrast. The paper is from the Happy Birthday pack by Dovecraft. I used some curling ribbon to cover the join on the paper edge and some funky fibres to which I have attached 2 balloon shaped brads. The sentiment was a freebie and is perfect to go with the image.

Happy 2^nd Birthday Birdie Brown, I hope you will be celebrating many more J

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – 6” x 4”

Images – Party Cat by Birdie Brown

Sentiment – Freebie by When The Scrap Hits The Fun

Paper – Birthday pack by Dovecraft

Tools - Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Fiskars Punch

Embellishments – Curling ribbon, funky fibres, Balloon Shaped brads Dovecraft

Techniques - Punching

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

• 613 Avenue Create – Anything Goes
• Anything Goes - #888 Seeing Double (2 balloon brads, 2 digis)
• Birdie Brown – 2^nd Birthday Challenge 1
• Can You Digi It - #31 Male Birthdays
• CDAC Anything Goes – Any Handmade Craft
• Bloggers Challenge – Come Fly With Me (balloons flying)
• Craft Us Crazy - #38 Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge - #47 Cute & Cuddly
• Delightful Challenges – Embellishment thingies (brads & fibres)
• Digistamps 4Joy - #62 Colour My World (Used all of them!)
• Eclectic Ellapu – Birthdays
• Gingerloft - The colour Green
• Glitter & Sparkle - #23 Use some Green
• House That Stamps Built – M613 Sketch
• Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - #39 Fur or Feathers
• Inspire Me Fridays - #99 Anything Goes
• Kenny K’s Krafty Krew - #134 Happy Birthday
• Ladybug Crafts – Colour Blue
• Mayzyart Challenge – #12 Stars (in paper design)
• Nana Vic’s – Anything Goes
• Paper Pretties – #PWC248 Texture
• Robyn’s Fetish - #150 Happy Birthday
• Sandy’s Crafty Creations – Anything Goes With some green
• Simon Says Stamp – A Bit O’ Green
• Stamp & Create – Fur or Feathers
• Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
• Tuesday Alchemy - #52 Anything Goes
• Whimsy Inspirations - #56 Add Metal
• Word Art Wednesday - #70 Anything Goes