Passion For Promarkers Challenge

I needed to make a card today for my stepdad's birthday and I was stuck for what to use until I went searching through Mo's Digital Pencil Shop where I found the perfect image called 'The Big Guy's Gardening'. My stepdad lives in his garden and he absolutely loves to grow and as well as eat tomatoes, although he looks nothing like the image but will have a laugh at it especially the cap which is one of his great pet hates lol.

I used the great sketch from Passion For Promarkers but I did turn it upside down to fit in better and as I didn't want to add flowers to the circle elements I added tomatoes lol. I also used an A5 card instead of the normal square one.

The papers are yet again all from the DCWV 'Linen Closet' stack, the tomatoes were cut on the Cricut from an SVG file I made myself from a clipart image, the border punch is the Fiskars 'Diamond' punch and the gems are 'Papermania Mosiac Tiles'.

Thanks for stopping by.

Crafty Sentiments Week 29 Challenge DT Card & Passion For Promarkers Challenge

Good morning all, where did the sun go? Is that it summer now offically over, goodness it really was a case of blink and you miss it!!

Anyhow onto better things I have managed another card, thats two this week lol. This 6" square card is for the weekly Crafty Sentiments Challenge where we are challenging you to use the wonderful sketch provided.

I used one of the July release  image stamps called 'Tess' (available via the link in the webshop now), coloured her with my Promarkers and also used one of the new release sentiments. The papers are all from the DCWV 'Linen Closet' stack, the decorative edge was made with an Xcut border punch called 'Flowers', the lace and charm are from a local craft shop and the brads are Papermania. The oval and scalloped oval were cut with Nestabilities dies and the other mats and layers were cut on my Cricut using the Penny Duncan Creations files and then also embossed using her method. 

I would also like to enter this card into the Passion For Promarkers Challenge where this week they have the theme of using the colour 'Green' as the prominent feature.

Thanks for stopping by but please do pop over to the Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog and have a look at what my fellow design team friends made.

The Sugar Bowl & Create 4 Fun Challenges Plus A Wedding Card

Good evening all. I finally had chance to play yesterday and decided to join in with a couple of challenges. The first challenge is The Sugar Bowl where they have a great sketch and the added option of the colour 'Blue', now I don't normally do blue but thought this really made it a challenge for me so here it is. The other challenge is the Create 4 Fun challenge where this week there isn't a sketch but a theme of 'Flowers' which I think I have covered with this card.

For my 6" square card I used some Laura Ashley 'Traditional' backing paper along with cordinations cardstock. The stamped image is my all time favourite 'Daisy' from Sugar Nellie coloured Promarkers. I have cut the image mat and the mats and layer cuts on my Cricut using SCAL2 using the nestie style shapes designed by Penny Duncan Creations and then embossed the mat layer using the technique shown on her blog. I added prima flowers as well as some small flower shaped gems. The sentiment is from Crafty Sentiments. 

Whilst your here I thought I would show you a wedding card I made for a friend who got married a couple of weeks ago and now she is home from honeymoon and seen the card I can let it loose lol. I also made all the cards for the bridesmaids too but I forgot to take photo's of them.

A close up of the front

The box

The card is a 6" square easel card made using Dovercraft 'Tradional Wedding' backing paper with bazzill cardstock. The stamped image is another from Sugar Nellie called 'Happily Ever After' coloured with Promarkers. I made the corner flower from a flower cut on my cricut from the 'Accent Essentials' cartridge and the butterflies were cut using SCAL2. I used the Cuttlebug 'Heart Blocks' embossing folder and added butterfly ribbon to that. All the mats and layers were cut and embossed as before using Penny Duncan Creations files. I made the box myself using SCAL2 and cut it on my cricut and then made a band of the flower ribbon and attached the name plate to that. I added a shop brought flower to the corner.

Lastly before I go I jsut wanted to head you in the direction of some lovely Blog Candy. Suzette the owner of Crafty Sentiments has some yummy candy on offer until 11th August, hop on over to her blog Craft Enthusiast and have a look for yourselves.

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully normal service will now resume lol.

Crafty Sentiments Release Blog Hop 12th - 16th July 2010

Thank you for joining us for Crafty Sentiments Release blog hop. This blog hop is running from July 12th-July 16th and will reveal a new image each day.

Below is a list of the designers that are showing this image

Lisa Jane - Mess 2 Magic

&

Liza - Pink Candy Stripes

Pop over and see what they have made using this same image as myself.

For my card today which shows another of the beautiful image's from Cheryl Alger I decided to make a personal card for the bride on her special day rather than a wedding card. This is one of those image's that could be used in several ways but this is what sprung to mind when I first saw it. I cut my image and sentiment mat & layers on my circut using SCAL2 from an svg file I got from Penny Duncan Creations. I then embossed the image surround with my cuttlebug, do you like how it turned out it could quite easily be mistaken for spellbinders nestabilites but this way is far far cheaper, pop over to Penny's site if you want to know how to do it. I coloured my image with Promarkers but tried to give the image a sort of watercoloured look but not sure it worked too well. I decided to add this little charm which says 'A new blessing' to the lace as I think it works for this occasion just as well as for a new baby. The flower is from prima and the sentiment is a new one from Crafty Sentiments.

We also have a badge for the release. That is below!

 

To be eligible for the prize: You have until July 17th at 09:00 gmt to comment on each blog post that was a part of the 5 day hop and you MUST comment on the Crafty Sentiments Blog each day to let us know you have completed the hop. You must have the blog hop badge posted to your blog to be eligible. The prize is all 5 of the wonderful images shown on the hop.

Crafty Sentiments Release Blog Hop 12th - 16th July 2010.

Thank you for joining us for Crafty Sentiments Release blog hop. This blog hop is running from July 12th-July 16th and will reveal a new image each day.

Below is a list of the designers that are showing this image

Pinky - Pinky's World
&
 Liza - Pink Candy Stripes

Pop over and see what they have made using this same image as myself.

As soon as I saw this super cute image by designer Cheryl Alger I thought of the anchor on a large ship and the captain shouting 'Ahoy there' so just had to use those things. The anchor itself was an svg I got from Aymee over at A Southernbelle's SVG's which I resized, I then added the chain effect links which I made in SCAL2 out of seperate rectangles, to give a little more effect to my card. The words Ahoy and birthday boy were cut using SCAL2 also with the font 'Hobo BT'. All the pieces were shadowed and raised on foam pads. I coloured my little 'Sailor Boy' with Promarkers and then mounted the top of him with foam pads and the bottom stuck down flat to give definition.

We also have a badge for the release. That is below!

To be eligible for the prize: You have until July 17th at 09:00 gmt to comment on each blog post that was a part of the 5 day hop and you MUST comment on the Crafty Sentiments Blog each day to let us know you have completed the hop. You must have the blog hop badge posted to your blog to be eligible. The prize is all 5 of the wonderful images shown on the hop.