Two Cards Several Challenges

Today I have two cards to show and each fits into different challenges.

The first card is an easel card and here are the challenges that it fits into:-

Pollycraft Monday Challenges - Wonderful Christmas Time

Whimsy Stamps Challenges - Christmas

Papertake Weekly Challenges - Christmas Crackers

La La Land Challenges - Receipe (3 patterned papers, 2 colors of cardstock (white counts as a color), and 1 type of embellishment).

Supplies:-

5" easel card - A3 cardstock cut at 5"x10" & 5"x5"

Designer Papers - DCWV Multi Stack 'Christmas Wishes'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Magazine 'Freebie'

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - QD Stores

Edge Punch - Fiskars

Die - Nestabilities 'Scalloped Square'

The second card is a regular 6" square card and here are the challenges that this fits into:-

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Inspirational Photo Of Postbox

Colour Create Challenge - Green, Red & White

Sketch Saturday Challenge - Sketch (I rotated it)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Winter Wonderland (As I only have a few Penny Black stamps and none of them xmas ones I decided to go with something a little different as in the sentiment 'Dreaming Of A White Christmas'

Supplies:-

6" Square Card blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV Multi Stack 'Christmas Wishes'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Penny Black

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Blog Candy Win

Buttons - Stash

Snow - Flower Soft 'Polar White'

Jake's Birthday Card & Broken Arm...

Evening all, I just wanted to do two quick things this evening 1. post this card I made for my youngest son Jake's birthday yesterday and 2. update you all on the broken arm as I have had several emails about it.

For the card I decided that as his only two passions in life are the army and rugby I would make him a rugby related card as he had an army one last year but that was actually harder than I first thought because I was thinking a rugby ball easy it's oval oh no it's not it tapers off at the edges and trying to get that just so was no picnic. Here is the result...

As for the arm well the cast came off last Thursday and yes it really is 'deformed' as the doctor called it. After having the cast removed we waited to see the doctor only for it to be a different doctor and him to have a 2 second glance at it and so OK off you go. Well my husband, myself and Jake were all in shock, Jake was their with his bag packed to stay in and have it redone as the original doctor had agreed and this doctor said oh no we can't correct it now it's too late. After several minutes of raised voices the doctor called for the original doctor who although agreed that that was what he had said was not prepared to operate and told us to bring him back in 3 YEARS once he has stopped growing. Now maybe that would be OK for many people (well I guess only a very few lol) but when you have a child that wants to go away to army college at 16 that is a big problem as they will not accept them if they have ANY underlying medical problems. The doctor has now agreed to operate in 6 months once Jake has built the muscle back up and he can evalute how much or how little use he has of it, at the moment the wrist does not move backwards and only moves slightly forwards which is a big problem when it's your writing hand. I have told Jake that if after a month or so of exercise he still cannot move it I will be calling the hospital and asking for an earlier appointment as I will not have him left as I was until it really was too late to do any good. 

The Gypsy Spot......

For you Cricut lovers out there would you love to win the new Gypsy, well if the answer is yes and who wouldn't pop over to The Gypsy Spot where they have new blog and all the info you need to win one. The Gypsy has been generously donated by Custom Crops.  However if you want it hurry as this giveaway ends on 1st December 2009. Good luck to all.

Create 4 Fun Challenge

Here is a very quick post to show the card I made for the Create 4 Fun Challenge. I have used a large stamp which I often find difficult to use because of it's size but I think it worked well with the sketch provided.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - DCWV 'Christmas Wish Multi Stack'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Partridge In A Pear Tree'

Medium - Promarkers

Trim, Snowflake & Bow - Creativity  'Freebie'

Charm - QD Store

Friday Sketchers & Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Today's card has been made using the character Lulu and then using the ticket image which came with my deisgner papers to stamp my sentiment onto, making for another different way of using these lovely sentiment stamps from Crafty Sentiments. The stamp I have used today comes from the stamp set 'A Christmas Wish' and the designer papers are available as a free download from The Craft Table Blog.

For the card I have followed the sketch from Friday Sketchers Challenge, it also fits the theme of 'Glitter Me Silly' over at Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

Sorry about the photo I will change it once I get some daylight.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - The Craft Table Free Download 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - The Range

Stamp - Crafty Sentiments 'Lulu'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments 'A Christmas Wish'

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons

Present Embellishment - Creativity Freebie

Glitter - Stickles.

Double Dutch, By The Cute & Girly, Creative Belli & Charisma Cardz Challenges

Please scroll down for the Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop.

Second post today please scroll for previous post.

Here is my card for the Double Dutch Challenge following their very precise sketch. This card also fits into the By The Cute & Girly Challenge where the theme is 'Winter Wonderland', The Creative Belli Challenge whose theme this week is 'Christmas Themed Embellishments' and Charisma Cardz Challenge have the theme of 'Merry & Bright'.

How do you like that little line of tree's on my card, can you beleive that is ribbon!!!

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Santa's Letter'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Xcut 'Nostalgic Corner'

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'

Ribbon - Boyes

Snowflake Brads - Dovecraft

Square Brads - Making Memories

Charm - QD Stores

Glitter - Craftwork Cards. 

The Sugar Bowl Challenge

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Here is my entry into fortnights The Sugar Bowl Challenge using a lovely sketch and then adding the please include extra of 'Thankfulness'. It made a pleasant change to make a card other than a Christmas card.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Amethyst Infusion'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Teddy Too'

Sentiment - Unknown

Medium - Promarkers

Crafty Sentiments Presents......

Today, see's the release of the first three character stamps over at Crafty Sentiments and so it has been decided to have a blog hop so that we can show you just how you can use these stamps together with the sentiment sets that are already available to purchase. Although my creations are Christmas themed Crafty Sentiments also have some really lovely stamp sets for other occasions.

The blog hop starts now and will run until Wednesday 18th November 2009 at 8pm GMT to give everybody a chance to join in the fun and whilst you are visiting all the blogs be sure to leave a comment on each of them you visit as hidden in one of the blogs will be some candy. 

So without further ado here is what I made. I started out making the gift box and it kind of esculated to a Christmas Day themed set. I hope you like what I have made and enjoy the blog hop, I for one can't wait to see what the other design team members have created plus we have a special guest designer joining us.

I masked the characters so that I could use all three on this easel card.

 To make this set I have used the sentiments and snwflakes from three different sets which I will list below

Card - Snowflake 'Let It Snow' & Sentiment 'Christmas Sparkles'

Cracker - Snwflake & Sentiment 'A Christmas Wish'

Treat Favour - Snowflake 'Christmas Sparkles' & Sentiment 'A Christmas Wish'

Gift Box - Snowflake 'Christmas Sparkles' & Sentiment 'Let It Snow' 

The characters used are from left to right as on my card 'Lulu', 'Yasmin' & 'Daisy'.  

Some close up photo's so you can see the sentiments clearly, you can also click on the photo's for a better view.

This is a circular blog hop and there is candy somewhere along the way. You may start on the blog you are on and just continue by clicking on the next name on the blog. The end of the blog hop is when you land back on the blog you started on. You don’t have to hunt for the blog candy! We want you to enjoy the hop so to be eligible for the blog candy you MUST do 2 things.

1) You MUST be a follower of the Crafty Sentiments Blog and

2) You MUST leave a comment on every blog (6 comments total).

The next blog on the hop is: LISA

Now off you go and have fun.

One Card Many Challenges & It's An Easel Card Again.

Well today having finished off all my work for Sunday's Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop I decided to make another Christmas card to add to my collection. I have added stickles to the embossed white circle to give it abit more depth but it hasn't shown in the photo as well as it looks in real life. Yet again I did not make it with any challenges in mind except using the sketch I chose but it fits into quite a few, so I will list them as I think it makes it clearer. In no particular order they are:-

Create 4 Fun - Sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges - Easel Card

Secret Crafter Saturday - Easel Card

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Special Folds

Crafty Creations - Snow

Cupcake Crafts - Snow Much Fun

Susie's Sassy Designs - Christmas

Supplies:-

Card Base 6" x 12" & 6" x 6" cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Winter Wonderland'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Winter Wonderland'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Verse - Google

Medium - Promarkers

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Snowflakes'

Die - Nestibilities 'Labels 7'

Lace - local Hardware Store

Snow & Embossed Snowflake's - Stickles 'Diamond Lace'

Charm - Unknown Won In A Candy Draw. 

Don't forget the Crafty Sentiments Blog Hop starts on Sunday 15th November.

Stampavie DT, Sophisti-Cat, Stamp Something, Secret Crafter Saturday, Stamp Scrap & Doodle & Crazy 4 Challenges Challenges.

Today is my first attempt at an easel card, I had seen many of them around blogland and thought how nice they looked so took the plunge and made one. I really like this style of card so beware I think you may see a few more of these. Why is it when I look at a challenge I come up blank as to what I am going to create yet this card fits nicely into many challenges when I only set out to make it for the Stampavie challenge. The challenges it fits into are as follows in no particular order:-

Stampavie Challenge - Sketch

Sophisti-Cat Challenge - Buttons & Ribbons

Stamp Something - Recipe '1 ribbon, 2 papers, 3 embellishments ( a total of 3 or 3 different)  

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Easel Cards

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturday Challenge - Special Folds

Crazy 4 Challenges - Easel Cards

Front View

Side View

Supplies:-

A3 sheet cut at 6"x12" and then 6"x6" to create card blank

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Blueberry Hill'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sarah Kay 'Spring Blossoms'

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nestabilities 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals' & 'Floral Accents'

Punch - Woodware 'Small & Medium Daisy'

Ribbon - Local Craft Shop

Button, Pearls & Gems - From Stash

Crafty Calendar Challenges DT Card

It is time for a new challenge today over at Crafty Calendar Challenges where the theme for this month is 'Weather' with the extra options of 'Pearls' and we have a great sponsor in the way of Bunny Zoe's Crafts.

For my card I decided to go with a wintery snowy scene, please pop over to the Crafty Calandar Challenges blog and see all the other wonderful creations from the rest of the design team.

Supplies:-

6" Square CArd Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Christmas Wishes & Home For Christmas'

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Winter Wonderland'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Snowflake - Papermania 'Freebie'

Buttons, Pearls & Charms - Stash

Lace - Local Hardware Store

Snow - Flower Soft 'Polar White'

Create 4 Fun, One Stop Crafts & Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential Challenges

Here is a card I made yesterday after seeing a plea on Crafty C's Crafting Library blog, Claire posted this message

'Daniel is 12 on the 7th November and is on the Autistic Spectrum. He doesn't socialize and loves recieving your handmade cards. As most will know, for the last 2 years I have asked if some of you could send a card for him to open and the response has been overwhelming. He recieving nearly 100 last year. I think he enjoys this more than the presents. Love watching his face light up. He started a boarding school for Autistic Children in Sept and although he misses home, is slowly settling in and we do get him back every weekend. So if you could help, I'd truly appreciate it.'

and as before I had my accident I used to teach special needs children how could I not oblige. I used the sketch from the Create 4 Fun Challenge, then One Stop Crafts Challenge have the theme of 'Newspaper/Text/Script/Writing' for which I hope my speach bubble fits and lastly Saturday Spotlight With Hidden Potential Challenge have the theme this week of 'In So Many Words'.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Shabby Princess

Cardstock - Sizzix

Stamp & Wording - Unknown came in a cnady win

Medium - Promarkers

Die - Nestabilities 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals' & Cuttlebug 'Slider'

Ribbon - Dovecraft

Creative Card Crew, My Time To Craft, Die Cuts R Us, Crafty Creations & Allsorts Challenges

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My cousin announced this morning that she had got engaged so I just had to make a card, this is actually the first engagement card I have ever made and as she like's a laugh I knew just what image to use. I did not make it to fit in with any challenges but it actually fits into 5. The challenges in no particular order are:-

Creative Card Crew - Ribbons & Gems

My Time To Craft - So Many Scallops

Die Cuts R Us - Nest Something

Crafty Creations - Use A Pull Out

Allsorts - Weddings

The sketch I have used is has been created by Jane for this weeks Whiff Of Joy Challenge but as I am not using a WOJ image it will not be entered.

Please click on photo's to get a closer view.

Sorry the pull out is a little blurred

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - ? DCWV

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Image - Mo's Digital Pencil 'Jack & Ginger'

Sentiment - Computer Generated

Medium - Promarkers

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Heart Block'

Dies - Nestabilities 'Labels 7', 'Classic Square', 'Scalloped Square' & 'Floral Accents'

Punch - Xcut 'Mini Heart'

Gems 'Kanban'

Ribbon - Unknown It was originally white and I coloured it with my promarkers

Lili Of The Valley & Creative Crafts Challenges

Here is a card I made a couple of days ago and forgot to upload so I am not sure if it is too late for the Lili Of The Valley Challenge but hey ho here it is anyway. I have used their 'Sketch' which I rotated and then the theme from Creative Craft Challenges which this week is 'Christmas Fun'.

On this card I have used another of the new sentiments that Suzette has available over at Crafty Sentiments.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Craft Superstore

Designer Papers - Shabby Princess

Cardstock - Paper Mill Shop

Stamp - Sugar Nellie 'Santa's Letter'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Medium - Promarkers