Elisabeth Bell's World 'Pretty In Pink' Challenge

Hello and welcome to another post for my part of Elisabeth Bell's guest design team. As this is my last challenge post I would just like to say a very big thank you to all the ladies for having me on the team, I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. 

It is time for a new challenge over at Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge and this month the challenge is 'Pretty In Pink'.

For my card I turned to the very first Elisabeth Bell stamp I ever purchased and that was back in the day when they were sold by Sugar Nellie. This image is called 'Daisy' and I love this image, it is so versatile and can be used for so many occasions, today I went with a birthday. I believe it is now available through Elphine House Australia but I could not link directly to it as the shop is down.

Although my card stock looks red it is actually a magenta or hot pink colour. My patterned paper is another from my scrap box but I do know this is from First Edition but not which stack. A die cut border and a few butterflies along with some gems to finish it off.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Limetree Crafts

Designer Paper - First Edition ?

Image - Elisabeth Bell 'Daisy'

Sentiment - Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow 'Hugs & Kisses

Gems - Crafts Too Gem Wheel - Pastels & Corner One's Unknown

Die Cuts - 4 Spring Flower Borders #57081 by Kolette Hall & Butterflies #45052 by Michelle Renee

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00 & E000

Hair - Mustard, Daffodil Bloom, Vanilla & Primrose

Jeans - Pink Lobster, Shocking Pink & Cerise

T-Shirt - Pink Carnation, Sorbet & Pink Mittens

Grass & Leaves - Marsh Green & Pressed Leaf

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Creative Card Crew - Birthday With Sentiment 02/03

Passion For Promarkers - Letters Of The Alphabet (P For Pink) 03/03

Bunny Zoe's - For The Girls 09/03

Elisabeth Bell Digi Guest DT Card

Good morning all and welcome to another post from me as my part of the Elisabeth Bell Digi Bells Guest Design Team.

I decided a couple of weeks ago whilst sorting out to try and use my never ending stash of items in my craft room before I buy any more. So with this in mind I made this card using another of the fabulous new release images from Elisabeth Bell called 'Valentine Angel Reading' along with some odd papers, just a few a of the massive amounts of flowers I have and a small piece of ribbon.

 "Flowers" I hear you shout, "you never use flowers" and that is exactly why I have so many, well that and the fact my mum purchased a massive selection of them from a car boot sale last year for just a couple of pounds but they are all unusual colours which really throws me. Anyhow I put a few on this card, still not sure if I like it or not but my stash is now 6 flowers lighter lol.

The colours for this card were determined by the flowers, I added glossy accents and then glamour dust to the wings after I first coloured it with a soft promarker.

 Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Lidl

Designer Papers - Papermania 'Happy Days'

Image - Elisabeth Bell 'Valentine Angel Reading'

Sentiment - Create With TLC freebie

Ribbon - My ever lasting stash

Flowers - Car Boot Sale

Die Cuts - Fern Branches #63957 by Kolette Hall, Heart Ribbon Border #7024 by Snapdragon Snippets & Heart Swirl #62862 by Carina Gardner

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - E21, E51, E00 & E50

Hair - Earth Yellow, Mustard, Vanilla & Primrose

Wings - Soft Lime

Top - Canary, Lemon, Soft Lime, Orange, Mango & Soft Peach

Trousers - Leaf Green, Green Shoot & Meadow Green

Book - Putty, Antique White, Mango, Soft Peach, Lemon, Soft Lime, Caramel, Cappucchino, Sandstone & Champagne

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Papertake Weekly - Hearts & Flowers 17/02

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes 03/03

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 17/02 

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes With Handmade Bow 01/03

Thanks for stopping by, see you all soon.

Crafty Calendar 'Anything Goes' & My Time To Craft 'Banners & Bunting' Challenge

Good morning all, yet another cold day here so glad to be staying in.

It is time for another challenge at both My Time To Craft & Crafty Calendar, My Time's challenge is 'Buntings or Banners' and Crafty Calendar's is 'Anything Goes' so I decided to tie the two together. 

Crafty Calendar are being sponsored by A Random Fan who gave us a couple of cute image's to play with as well as a prize for you.

I chose to use 'Winter Kiss' on my card today. The bunting/banner was cut on my Silhouette machine as was the sentiment and the image with mat layer. After putting these items together  thought the card was a little bare so decided to add the rhinestone gems.

Supplies:-

6" Card Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Limetree Crafts

Designer Papers - Me To You 'With Love'

Image - A Random Fan 'Winter Kiss'

Medium - Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils

Ribbon - The Hobby House

Rhinestone - Imaginisce

Die Cuts - Love You Banner #55228 by Kolette Hall, Pennant Garland Set #56984 by Sophie Gallo 

Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils Used:-

Oops I didn't write down the pencil numbers

Skin - E21, E51 & Eoo

Hair - Walnut, Henna & Terracotta

Heart - Berry Red & Lipstick Red

Pinks - Watermelon, Baby Pink & Pale Pink

Greens - Khaki, Frosted Leaf & Pastel Beige

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

To be edited.

Thanks for stopping by.

My Time To Craft 'Stripes' Challenge

Hello all.

It's Saturday so that means it is time for another challenge at My Time To Craft and this week we are looking for 'Stripes' on your projects. 

I did something very different (for me anyway) with this card.  I started by printing my sentiment and then cutting the piece of white (it really is white and I am not sure why it looks blue) card to 14.5 cm's square, next I took some micropore tape (that is the stuff you use to hold a bandage or gauze in place) and taped it to my craft mat. Using my blending tool and some Victorian Velvet Distress Ink I set about creating my stripes. Using the grid lines on my mat I placed micropore across my card on every centimetre line and used this as the bottom guide and then placed another piece about 0.5 cm's above thus giving me a section to ink. I continued across the card moving my micropore every centimetre until I got this effect, you can see some of the edges are a little jagged that is where I didn't change the tape soon enough and it began to bleed. This was a fun card to make, I added the frame cut on my Silhouette just to finish it off.    

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Limetree Crafts

Sentiment - Friend With Chocolate #56868 by Kolette Hall

Ink - Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink 'Victorian Velvet'

That's all for today.

It's Christmas!!!!

Good evening I just wanted to pop by with this card, I absolutely love this Elisabeth Bell image once called 'Snowflake' when it was sold by Sugar Nellie and now called 'Ebony Snowflake Christmas' and sold by Elphine House Australia. Sorry I cannot link to Elphine House as there seems to be a problem with their online store.

So I have made three cards all slightly different but with the same papers and colours, a choice I don't think I have ever used before but really like it. I will post the other cards over this coming week.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Stash

Designer Papers - First Edition 'Silent Night'

Image - Elphine House 'Ebony Snowflake Christmas'

Sentiment - Silhouette Cameo Circle Tag #51139 by Kolette Hall

Dies - Spellbinders 'Labels 2' & 'Classic & Scalloped Ovals

Snowflake Brads - Dovecraft

Ribbon, Bakers Twine, Charm - Stash

 Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils Used:-

Skin - Apricot, Oatmeal & Blush

Hair - Auburn, Terracotta & Nutmeg

Blues - Powder Blue, 67 & 69

Greys - April Showers, Pebble Blue, Sea Mist, 114, 116 & 118

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Digi Bells Guest DT Call - Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers - Cut It Out 09/11

Christmas Card - Anything Goes 02/11

Allsorts - Christmas

That's all for today.

Crafty Calendar 'Petals & Pearls' Challenge

Good morning all.

Today see's the start of a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and this month we want to see 'Petals & Pearls' on your projects, nice and easy you can use any kind of petals and then add your pearls.

We have a fantastic sponsor Dilly Bean Stamps who gave us some great images to play with as well as a prize for one of you. I have chosen Crinkles Daisy Framed, unfortunately the frame doesn't stand out to much with this deep purple card stock behind it I should have used another colours! Crinkles is coloured as always with Promarkers & Flexmarkers then I added a little cappuchino coloured pearl for this nose. My flower and sentiment are both from the Silhouette Store and links are in the supplies list below. 

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Paper - Bo Bunny Jazmyne

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Sentiment - Friends Forever Layered Sentiment #58318 by Kolette Hall

Die Cut - Flower Flourish #44748 by Lori Whitlock

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Hedgehog - March Hare, Tan, Cocoa, Cinnamon & Baby Pink

Flower - Moss, Cerise & Plum.

That's all folks, I'll be back tomorrow with my Silhouette Challenge Card and let me tell you it is so so cute.

Have a great weekend all.

Tis The Season Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to our

We are on Day 2

There are only a few stops on this hop each day, and you are going to love the projects you see.

I am the fifth stop. 

Here is the entire list of stops for day 2:

Nana @ My Crafting Channel
Pam @ Scrap N Sew Granny

Lisa @ The Paper Princess
Debbie @ Deb's Paper Palooza
Kim @ Kim's Card Corner
Millie @ Crafting With Creative M
Jessica @ Craftin and Stampin
Karen @ Karen 2005 Craftily Yours
Becky @ Becky's Craft Place
Jennifer @ Creative Cricut Designs & More
Julie @ Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers

In case you missed Day 1, here is the lineup and a direct link to my post HERE.

Nana @ My Crafting Channel

Pam @ Scrap N Sew Granny
Lisa @ The Paper Princess
Debbie @ Deb's Paper Palooza
Kim @ Kim's Card Corner
Millie @ Crafting With Creative M
Karon @ Karon's Krafty Korner
Kathy @ 3 Spoiled Dogs and a Cricut
Colleen @ Creations By Colleen
Theresa @ Scrappers Anonymous

Today I have something completely different to share with you. I have made a canvas picture for Christmas using vinyl, it is a 10" x 14" canvas. I have used a quote from the Silhouette store by Kolette Hall. This picture will go to my daughter in law who loves all these quotes and vinyled work.

Supplies:-
Canvas - Dunelm Mill
Vinyl - Free from a local business
Die Cut Quote - Merry Christmas #52050 by Kolette Hall

Now hop on over to Millie to see what gorgeousness is there for your enjoyment but not before you have left a comment here.

Some of them are offering candy as well. 

Be sure to read their requirements to be eligible as they may all be different.

Thank you for hopping with us!!!!

My Time To Craft 'Embossing' Challenge

Good morning everyone, if you are looking for the Crafty Calendar Challenge post you will find it below this one.

It's Saturday so that mean's it's time for a new challenge at My Time To Craft and we have gone really easy on you this week and chosen 'Embossing'. This can be either dry embossing or if you are feeling adventurous you can go for wet/heat embossing.

I have two cards for you today, the first I made as I couldn't resist the challenge over at Cameo Creations which is 'St Patrick's With Bling'. Now as some of you may know I got married on St Patrick's day 18 years ago this March 17th and I think I was very lucky to have done this and used that as my inspiration for the card.

I used various cuts from the Silhouette Cameo site and the 'Hearts' embossing folder from Craft Creations which is a little hard to see in the photo. 

Supplies:-

Card Stock - Bazzill

Die Cuts - Clover Card - Daniela Angelova, Lucky Banner - Kolette Hall & 5 Banner Set - Lori Whitlock

Embossing - Craft Creations 'Hearts'

Sentiment - Crafty Sentiments

Gems - Dovecraft

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Cameo Creations - St Patrick's With Bling

Southern Girls - Pennants or Banners

Cardz TV - Luck Of The Irish

My second card has been made for my eldest son's birthday on Monday, as you can probably tell he is mad on football and has always followed Tottenham Hotspurs.

I cut the football card die cut from the Cameo store and then traced the cockerel mascot myself using SCAL3. I am really pleased with how well it came out. I used the colours of the team for the elements. I embossed the base layer of the football with Cuttlebug's swiss dots.

Supplies:-

Card Stock - Bazzill

Sentiment - Teddy Bo

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots'

Die Cut - Soccer Card - 'Snapdragon Snippets' & Banner - 'SCAL3'

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

C.R.A.F.T - Embossing

Dutch Dare - For The Boys

Southern Girls - Banners or Pennants

Anything Goes - Make It Manly

Craft Room - For A Man

That's all from me, thanks for stopping by and please hop over to the challenge blog to see all the other lovely creations.