Elisabeth Bell's World 'Christmas Creations' Challenge

Good morning, afternoon or evening to you all. I hope you are well, it is turning colder here in the UK by the day and I just hope we don't get quite as much snow as some countries have.

So today I am here with a card as part of my guest term for Elisabeth Bell's team. The challenge this month at Elisabeth Bell's World Challenge is 'Christmas Creations', you can use any image from Elisabeth no matter who it is retailed by. I have used 'Gingerbread Love' which was originally retailed by the now closed Belles 'n' Whistles and is currently in retirement but who knows, it may return once Lissy Bee Stamps start producing from December 15th 2014.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Natalie & Amy's

Card Stock - Bazzill

Designer Paper - Dovecraft 'Modern Christmas 2014

Image - Belles 'n' Whistles 'Gingerbread Love'

Medium - Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils

Sentiment -Merry Christmas Sentiment #14490 by Loni Leah Designs 

Die Cuts - Christmas Gingerbread Man Corner #69272 by Studio Illustrado & Holiday Borders #68916 by Scribbles Inc

Promarkers, Flexmarkers & Spectrum Noir Pencils Used:-

Skin - Both Apricot, Oatmeal & Blush

Hair - Him Cappuchino, Caramel, Sandstone, 84 & 87. Her Umber, Firewood, Tawny Owl, 95 & 97

Holly - Olive & Pesto

Gingerbread - Saddle Brown & Terracotta

Bench - Henna, Cocoa & Cinnamon

Her Top & His Trousers - Khaki, Olive & Pesto

Her Trousers, Hair Band & Candy Cane - Berry Red, Lipstick Red & 33

His Tank, Shoes - Sky Blue, Arctic Blue, Powder Blue, 65, 84 & 86

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Stamping Sensations - Simply Christmas 03/12

That Crafty Place - Anything Goes 06/12

Fantasy Stampers - Cute Christmas 06/12

Cards Galore - Anything Goes 01/12

Die Cut Divas - Any Holiday 01/12

That's all from me.

Crafty Calendar Challenge 'Colour' Challenge

Good morning. Finally summer has arrived and boy is it hot. David my hubby went for a trial flying lesson yesterday, brought for him by my son and daughter in law for Father's Day and what a beautiful day he chose to do it. We all had a lovely time sitting in the field watching him whilst Harley merrily crawled around and ate the grass lol plus David thoroughly enjoyed the experience too so well worth it.

It is the first Saturday of the month and that mean's it is time for another challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and this month we are challenged to use the 'Colours' shown below.

We have a great sponsor this month in Hannah Lynn who gave us some images to play with but I unfortunately couldn't get them to print properly. I have a new printer and I think the settings are not set correctly yet and don't think it has anything to do with the image's themselves.

For my card I was very unsure where I was going with it to start with but it just seemed to evolve and now I love it! I cut the background on my Silhouette Cameo using the 'Swirl Background' by Loni Leah Designs and the 'Underwater Scene' which is by Sarah Bailey. I have used another of my adorable Elisabeth Bell stamps, this one is called 'Oceanessa Mermaid'. The card looks a little spotty in the photo, this is due to it having been sprayed with a glitter but it just doesn't show the shine.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Boyes

Card Stock - Bazzill

Image - Sweetpea Stamps 'Oceanessa Mermaid'

Sentiment - Paper Pretties 'Birthday Sentiments'

Medium - Promarker & Flexmarkers

Die Cuts - 'Swirl Background' by Loni Leah Designs & 'Underwater Scene' by Sarah Bailey

Shine - Perfect Pearls Mist 'Heirloom Gold'

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - Oatmeal, Apricot & Blush

Hair - Saddle Brown, Cocoa, Nutmeg & Cinnamon

Tail - Turquoise, Marine & Island Lagoon

Seahorse - Tan, March Hare, Light Fawn, Cappuccino, Caramel & Sandstone

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Heck Of A Challenge - The Sea
Bloggers Challenge - Own Background
Brown Sugar - At The Beach
Polkadoodles - Own Background
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - 2 Word Sentiment
Crafting For All Seasons - Girly
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Love Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

I am off to a garden party this afternoon with my mum which will make a nice change especially as I haven't seen her for over a week. That is after I have taken Sophie 6 and Samuel 5 my step grandchildren home as they stayed the night with us and we have had a lovely time together.

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Sparkles Monthly 'Monochromatic' Challenge

Good morning all. I hope today finds you all well even though the weather is not being to kind on us and spreading lots of colds around. 

It feels like forever since I have been on here, what with some nice person hacking my blogger account and keeping my locked out for over a week grrr, they drive me crazy what do they achieve apart from deleting a couple of posts and the hassle of getting back on NOTHING so what's the point. We then had our son and his family moving from Essex to Lincolnshire, they are finally all settled and happy in their new home. Now all I need is to keep my daughter out of hospital and eating (she is pregnant and cannot keep a thing down so is spending most of her time in hospital attached to a drip) oh and if she lived nearer than the 3 hour drive it is to get to her that would help lol.

Anyhow, enough of the rambling back to the matter in hand. This month at Sparkles Monthly we are challenging you to 'Monochromatic' so make anything you like just as long as it is all in one colour shade. We have a great sponsor this month in Crafty Ribbons and here is a little about them.

 
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For my card I decided to make the base from a sheet of Bazzill cutting it down to 6" x 12" and folding it top to bottom. I then used the Kaisercraft 'Script' stamp on the top and bottom section stamping it with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink although it doesn't show up very well in the photo. I added a strip of Dotted Bazzill to the middle before adding this lovely Loni Leah Designs die cut with a Create With TLC freebie sentiment in the middle. A few gems to finish it off, this was really easy to make and yet I like the effect and simplicity of it.

Supplies:-

Card Stock - Bazzill

Stamp - Kaisercraft 'Script'

Ink - Tim Holtz Distress 'Tumbled Glass'

Die Cut - Silhouette Store by Loni Leah Designs 'Dotted Flourish Label' i.d num 21566

Sentiment - Create With TLC 'Freebie'

Gems - Anita's Gem Wheel

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Mema's Craft - Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenge - My Sentiments Exactly

Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Keep It Simple

Creative Moments - Circles

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Silhouette Challenge - Anything Goes

That's all from me, off to catch up with a few of you.

My Time To Craft 'Gothic' Challenge

Good morning all, I hope where ever you are the weather is not too bad and not caused you too much trouble. Here we have only had a very slight snow, so little in fact if you blinked at the wrong moment you would of missed it lol but I know lots of you have not been so lucky.  

We are travelling to our eldest son's this weekend, it will be the first time I have been out in the car for more than an 15 minutes at a time since my holiday in January so I am praying it does not make my back any worse than it already is!! We haven't seen our grandson since new year's eve so really looking forward to seeing him.

Anyhow onto the matter in hand the awful awful boss named Shell (ha ha only joking, she's lovely really) of My Time To Craft set us the challenge of 'Gothic' well first of all I called her the names possible then set to the challenge which couldn't of been further from my comfort zone if you tried.

I have had this rubber stamp which I won from Whimsy Stamps for probably 2 years and it had never been inked until now so another one off my list of unused stamps! However I had no papers or anything really to do Gothic. I looked online for papers but nothing struck me so looked in my large Silhouette library and found this unused background and Gothic archway so they formed my card along with a few pearls across the archway. I didn't add a sentiment as I just don't know what I would use this card for. I am not sure I am happy with this card but it was such a challenge I just didn't know what else to add.

I am sorry the photo is pants, the image is quite brightly coloured but all my camera keeps picking up is the background. The close up below does show the colours a little better.

Supplies:-

6" Square Card Blank - Boyes

Card Stock - Bazzill

Stamp - Kenny K 'Devastatia' from Whimsy Stamps

Medium - Promarkers & Flexmarkers

Pearls - Poundland

Die Cuts - 'Halloween Background' Valerie Foster Designs & 'Gothic Gate' Loni Leah Designs

Promarkers & Flexmarkers Used:-

Skin - Coral, Sunkissed Pink & Dusky Pink

Eyes - Bluebell

Hair, Clothes & Boots - Purple, Spring Purple & Cool Grey 1 to 5

Challenges I would like to enter this into:-

Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts

Addicted To Stamps - Mark It

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Use It Tuesdays - Die Cuts, Punches & Cut Outs

Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes

Well that is all from me today. Have a good weekend and I will see you all soon.

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