Animals in the snow

This card is my take on animals in the snow, I thought I would use some of my Kanban stamps that I ahd not sued very much. To start this card I used a 6x6 card for the base, I then used a backing paper and layered it on the base leaving a small border. I placed fine line peeloffs around the edge of this layer of paper. I then made a smaller matt with the same backing paper and layered it onto some holographic card. My next layer is again holographic card and using an embossing folder with some blue pearl card embossed the design for the top part of the next layer. I then tore white card to make the hill shapes and placed these and the blue embossed design onto the smaller matt. I then stamped my images and coloured them before adding to my card, to finish I used glitter on the hills.

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Winner announcement

Another challenge has finished and time to announce the winner. I would like to thank the sponsor www.crafting.co.uk/  for donating such a fab prize, I would also like to thank those that entered the challenge and hope you will all join in with further challenges. Congratulations to Trudi on winning this challenge, the winner was chosen at random using Random.org number generator.
 Trudi can you please get in touch with me at comischef@btinternet.com, I can then let you know how to claim your prize.

There will be no more challenges now until after the new year, I hope you have enjoyed my challenges and will return to take part with new ones in the new year.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments are appreciated

Santa

This is my latest DT card for MTTC "Santa" challenge. This card is 6x6 and firstly layered with gold foil card, I then layered a backing paper onto this leaving a small border. I stamped and coloured santa onto a die cut shape before layering onto a larger gold foil die cut shape. This was placed onto the base card using foam pads. To finish I used a small holy stamp for the corner and added a sentiment.

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Let it snow

My Dt card for the new challenge over on MTTC  the theme this week is "Christmas but not traditional colours" For my card I used a c6 card and layered black card as my first laryer leaving a small border. I then used one of my embossing folders to create the next layer. Using the same embossing folder I embossed teh complete design again and then trimmed it and cut out the centre of the banner in the middle. The sentiment was placed on my card before putting on the banner. To finish I used some glitter and a couple of snowflakes cut from a die.

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Winner anouncement

Good morning everyone, it is -4 degrees here today so I 'm staying all cosy in my pj's and having a crafting day. Well it's time to announce the winner of my latest challenge, I would like to thank all those who joined in and of course thank you to Katy Sue designs for sponsoring the challenge and providing such a great prize. The winner was chosen at random using Random.org number generator, and the winner is Elle from http://twynk.blogspot.com.au/2012/11/otp-christmas-decorations.html. Congratulations Elle.
A new challenge starting soon, hope you can join in.

Elle please get in touch so I can send your prize to you.

Snowmen

This card is my DT sample for MTTC new challenge "Snowmen"  I started with an A5 white card and covered it with blue card leaving a small border. I then chose a backing paper and after trimming it to size, I cut both the top corners and used a snowflake punch along the bottom. I stamped my snowman image and coloured using spectrum noir pens. I then layered the images onto the same blue card used on base layer and attached to the card with foam pads. To finish I attached the snowflake border which I cut using a punch.

Domestic pets

This is my sample for the new challenge over on MTTC it is a "Domestic pets" theme. My card is 8 x8 which is layered with a backing paper. I then used one of my embossing folders to create the second matt, I placed it onto silver mirri board before putting it on to my base card. I then matt my picture onto white, then black card to help frame the picture. In case your wondering my dog is called Sasha and the cat is called Rossi, we do have another cat but he is a little camera shy lol.

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Sketch Challenge Winner

Good morning everyone, hope you are all having a good day. Another challenge is over so it must be time to announce the winner, firstly I would like to thank everyone who took part and also to Crafters companion for sponsoring the challenge and providing such a fantastic prize. The winner was picked at random using random.org number generator and the winner is Wendy Himsworth, Congratulations Wendy.
A new challenge will be starting very soon so please keep chacking back.

 Wendy could you please get in touch so I can give you details on how to claim your prize.

Vintage Christmas

 

This card is my take on the theme "Vintage Christmas" for MTTC new challenge. The image and the backing paper were taken from one of my many craft CD's. I layered the image onto matt gold card before layering it onto a contrasting red card. After trimming the backing paper to size I layered it onto the same gold card as the image. I used gold organza ribbon to embellish the backing paper, before layering it onto my base card. I then used foam pads to add some depth to the image before placing it onto the card.

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Pink and Brown

This is my sample card for MTTC "pink and brown" challenge. I started with a 6x6 card after using one of my dies to cut a border I used some brown ink to show off the embossed detail. I then used a flower die and cut some flowers in teh same pink card and again inked the embossing. The verse I used is a stamp which I stamped onto white card then used another die to cut the circle and inked the edges before removing the die. I placed the verse onto a brown scalloped die shape, I then added the flowers and leaves for embellishments and used some card candy and gems to finish.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments are appreciated x

Winner announcement

Another challenge has come to an end and I would like to thank everyone who took part and also to Tsuanmi Rose for the fabulous prize of halloween downloads. The winner of the "Not just halloween" challenge is Jenny Doe, congratulations Jenny. Please get in touch so I can give you details of how to claim your prize.

 The winner is chosen as always at random using Random.org

Another challenge starting soon sponsored by Crafters companion, hope you can join in x

Halloween

It's challenge time again over on MTTC blog, the theme is Halloween. My sample today is a very simple 6 x 6 square card, firstly I inked my backing paper before placing onto my base card. My image was a freebie so I simply printed it in colour and after trimming to required size I matt this layer onto some black card. After placing the image onto my card I added some card candi to finish.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments much appreciated x

Just sepia

This card is my sample for the MTTC just sepia challenge. My base card is 6 x 4, to start I made a slightly smaller matt and inked the edges with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink. I then cut a piece of water colour card to stamp my image. I used the same ink pad to colour the flower pots, before layering it onto my base card I put ribbon around my first matt and then placed it onto my card. The image was then placed and to finish I added some flowers and bunting to embellish.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments are much appreciated x

"Winter" challenge winner

The "Winter" themed challenge has now finished so time to announce the winner which was picked by using Random.org. The winner is Avril Watson, congratulations Avril. I would like to thank everyone who took part in the challenge and also thank you to Katy Sue designs for sponsoring the challenge.

A new challenge coming soon, hope you will join in the fun x

New challenge

A new challenge starts today, you can now find my challenges by clicking the link on the right under heading challenges. This keeps them all in one place and prevents scrolling through other posts to find them. Looking forward to seeing your creations, have fun and good luck.

Please read challenge rules x

Winner of "bling" challenge

I would like to thank everyone who took part in the "bling" challenge, all the entries were lovely and I'm so glad I don't have to pick the winner. The winner is chosen  by using random.org, this time it was number 19 that was chosen and that is Julie Shepherd. Congratulations Julie on winning the fabulous Hunkydory kits, please can you get in touch so I can forward your prize onto youx

Thank you all for taking part and hope you will join in next time x

Transport

This card was quite simple one to make. Using a landscape Dl card for my base card I inked a smaller piece of white card and used as my first layer. Then I embossed a piece of core' dinations card before sanding to get extra texture, before layering onto my base card I attached bakers twine threaded through a wooden embellishment for added dimension. I stamped my car image onto white super smooth card and layered it onto some silver mirror card before placing it onto my card.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments appreciated x

All white

This card is my sample for MTTC all white except image challenge. I started with a 6x6 base card and using the same white card embossed a small piece to use as a matt. Then I chose two die shapes to creat my other two layers, stamping a sentiment onto the top layer. My second and third layer where placed on with foam pads to create some depth, I used white pearls to finish.

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Bling it up challenge

Hi everyone, welcome to my new challenge "Bling it up". This challenge is sponsored by Hunkydory who have been kind enough to supply 4 kits for the prize, all of which are Christmas themed. To be in with a chance of winning all 4 kits all you have to do is make a card or project and the only rule is that you put lots of bling on your entry.  When I recieved this prize to use for a challenge I was also sent a few sheets to make samples, hope they help you with some inspiration of what you can make using the prize.

 Samples of what can be made with some of the kits.

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Samples to hopefully give you a little inspiriation should you need it.
Samples made by Kandis, to see more of Kandis' cards her blog link is on the right under design team.
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Samples made by myself.

I would  appreciate it if you could post a link to my blog from either your blog or your facebook page, whichever you use to enter, thank you

Looking forward to all you entries and feel free to enter as many times as you wish, good luck everyone x

Winner of Floral challenge

It's time to announce the winner of the floral challenge, but first I would like to say thank you to Crafting (www.crafting.co.uk) for sponsoring this challenge and providing the prize for me to give away. I would also like to to thank everyone who took part and hope that you will all join in next time. Ok so the winner of the floral challenge was picked by using random.org generator and the lucky number is 15, the entry was posted by Daisy Collins so a big congratulations to you Daisy.

Please get in touch with me Daisy so I can arrange to send your prize. x

Next challenge will start on Monday, look forward to seeing your creations x

Coming soon

New challenge coming soon everyone and I think you will be amazed when you see what the prize is. It's not 1 or even 2 but 4 Hunkydory kits, how fantastic is that. More info soon, keep watching.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments appreciated x

Teddy's galore

This card was for an order from a friend, who wanted a card with pink and teddie bears. I am also using this card as my sample for the MTTC "more than one fold" challenge. The card itself  is just 1 sheet of card, for the stand I scored 1", 2", 3", 5", 6" and 7" and trimmed at the 8" mark. The other part of the card was used to make the two panels, trimmed to size depending on what you are embellishing with. The images are digi images which I coloured the teddies and lettering before cutting out. I decided to just trim the large teddie and round of the corners then placed it onto some pink card to contrast.The smaller teddies I trimmed down leaving a small white border. After decorating the two pieces of card I put everything together by placing the first piece of card before the first score line and then stick the last score section to the back of this,  then added the other piece of card to the back. All that was left to do was to add all the embellishments.

Thank you for taking teh time to view my blog, all comments are appreciated x

Floral bouquet

I made this card for a sample for MTTC black, white and one other colour challenge over on their blog. This card is an A5 base card and was very simple to make. I recently bought the craft geek which allows you to punch accurately around the page. I will admit it took me a few attempts but I got there in the end. My chosen extra colour for this sample is jade. As you can see I stamped a border onto a piece of smooth card and before layering it onto my base card I used a spectrum noir pen which would contrast with the jade card used to ink around the edges, I also added my ribbon at this point. After doing my first layer I used one of my Spellbinder dies (labels twenty) to cut my second layer, I used a fine line pen to add a stitching effect. I then used a floral stamp for my image and coloured it with the same pen and other tones of the same colour used earlier. I cut out my image leaving a small border and then using foam pads placed it onto my die shape, I also used foam pads to layer it all onto my base card. To finish I added a few tiny gems for sparkle.
This card is also entered into Tuesday Alchemy challenge.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments and followers welcome x

Floral challenge

Today is the start of a new challenge and the sponsor is Crafting (www.crafting.co.uk) , the theme is "Floral" You can make anything you like a card, scrapbook page, jewellery, a box absolutley anything as long as there are flowers on your project. The prize for this challenge is the Melting Moments CD rom by My craft studio elite, a sheet of backing paper and a sheet of toppers from My paper stash.

When the prize arrived  I was also sent a backing sheet and a topper sheet to make some samples to help give you an idea of what can be achieved with this part of the prize. It was a nice suprise and was nice to be able to show you my ideas of what I made.
Link to show some of the elements on the CD.   
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6wr-0Fgrlk&feature=plcp

My two friends Kathy and Kandis also helped me make some samples using the floral theme, here is what we came up with. I hope the samples are enough to inspire you to join in to be in with a chance of winning a fantastic prize.

Please remember if you don't have a blog you can also enter using your pics on facebook or any other album you have like picassa etc.

 Looking forward to seeing all your entries, good luck everyone x

Winner of Two's company challenge

The Two's Company challenge has now ended, I would like to thank Crafters companion for sponsoring this challenge and also thank you to all thsoe who entered. I really enjoyed looking at all the designs you sent in and hope you will all join in my next challenge coming soon. The winner of the challenge was chosen at random using Random.org number generator, the winning number was 17 and that was Lise Cooke. Congratulations Lise.

Please get in touch with me so I can arrange to send your prize.

Next challenge will start on Monday 3rd September, the theme will be "Flowers" please keep popping by for more information.

Sweet 16

My daughter wanted a card for a friend who was going to be 16, she asked me for something special and in blue. This is what I came up with, my daoughter loved it so hope her friends does too. I started off with an 8x8 card, I then started to make my matts. Firstly I chose some pale blue card and layered it with paper  from one of my Nitwit collections as always leaving a small border. I then used two contrasting papers from the same collection to create smaller matts, layering onto the same blue card used for the large layer. It is hard to see in this picture but I did ink the edges of all the layers with distress ink. Once I had placed the two smaller matts onto the larger one I then made a decorative border using one of Martha Stewart's punches, this was then layered onto blue card. I added ribbon to my border before mounting it onto the other layers then placed the whole thing onto my base card. The image used is a digi image sorry don't rememebr where I got it, I coloured using spectrum noir pens. To make the flowers I used a two Marriane dies and before removing from the die I inked them with the same distress inks I used on the edges of the card. I then stamped out the numbers from my Dimension stamps onto one of the papers used in one of the matts. To finish I added the flowers, a bow and a few gems. This card is my sample for MTTC Milestone Birthday blog challenge

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments and followers welcome x

Potted plant

Morning all, it is wet and miserable here today hope the weather is better where you are. My card today is an A5 base card and to start with I printed two backing sheets from the Nitwit collection Petal fresh. The first sheet I trimmed to size leaving a small border, before putting it on my base card I inked the edges with forest pine distress ink. With the piece of green backing paper left I cut into two and again inked the edges before placing onto my card. I then used one of my dies with the other backing paper and inked the edges with frayed burlap distress ink. I stamped my sentiment onto the same paper as my die shape and then after inking the edges I placed it onto my die shape before placing it onto my card. The flower pot I stamped is one from Jane Shasky range I coloured this with spectrum noirs, still not very good at colouring but I enjoy it and hopefully will get better with lots more practise. I then trimmed by image leaving a small border and used foam pades to add it to my card. To finish I stamped and coloured the little flowers from the set and added a few gems.

Thank you for taking the time to view my blog, all comments appreciated x