Allsorts challenge

I haven't taken part in any challenges for absolutely ages so I thought I would try some of the ones I used to visit. If anyone know of any good ones then please let me know :)

Well, it's a beautiful day, if not a little nippy, here in Scruff's Corner and I feel I should be out in the garden. However, I have wedding work to do so it will have to wait. I'm hoping for some nice weather over the long weekend so I can get out then. Monday has been reserved for shopping by DD2 as her and her boyfriend move into a flat on 3rd May and they are starting from scratch, but the rest of the weekend is free.

So the challenge I have chosen to start with is the Allsorts Challenge as it was always one of my favourites :) Their theme for this week is Spring Blossoms and I have used one of my new stamps from Clearly Besotted Designs, isn't it lovely. Stephanie is just so talented, I love her stamps and dies.

I've stamped the image onto ivory card and coloured it with Promarkers, I then embossed a piece of ivory pearlescent card and mounted them onto cream card. The label is actually stamped onto one of the labels I use for my jewellery, I added a pink bow and pink gems and hey presto a very quick and easy card but I like it a lot!

Thanks for dropping by, back soon :) xx

Allsorts challenge blog

Good morning from a very snowy Scruff's Corner this morning. I have a couple of cards made yesterday which fit the remit from the Allsorts Challenge blog which is to use Dies & Punches.

My cardmaking tends to go in waves. I have a period where I use stamps for a while, then I move onto dies or whatever then stamping etc Does anyone else craft like this or do you mix your different techniques together?

Thanks for stopping by :)

Soggy Saturday......

also known as Sugar Button!!! These are just so cute Kathryn and perfect for little girls's cards. When I bought the kit I also bought the paper pad and rubber stamps. I'm so pleased I did though because I haven't even dared to dip into the kit properly, I keep trying to use it but I just put the lid down on the box. Will this feeling ever go away? lol

 

Both cards are made using the stamps and papers from Sugar Button as I said before (I keep wanting to call them Sugar Dumpling!! lol), the netted flower on the top card is made from ivory Spiders Web from Kanban and the ribbon on the bottom card is from Kanban too, everything else is from my stash. Oh and I added lots of Glamour Dust to the fairy on the bottom card, on her stars as well as her wings :).

I will be adding my card to a Card a Day Blogging and the following challenges, Allsorts Challenge which is Bring on the Bling, the Daring Cardmakers and their challenge is Twinkle Twinkle - to have at least one star on your card, Papertake Weekly who want to see Ribbons & Pearls, either of both - well I've got pearls on the top card and ribbon on the bottom one :).

Thank you for all of your wonderful comments, they are really appreciated.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. x

Kanban Thursday

I hope you have managed to stay warm and dry wherever you are with all of the appalling weather we have had this week.

Just a very quick post today as I have to go and have blood taken at 8.30 then it's back home to start emptying our bedroom ready for the new carpet arriving today. I have windows to clean and curtains to iron and furniture to move in DS's room as we have decorated his room too this week. I think we must be a bit mad decorating two rooms but both are finished now....roll on tomorrow night when I can fall into our lovely new bed :)

Anyway, I digress...you didn't come to read about my decorating lol I have my usual two Kanban DT projects to show today but for the first time in ages I don't have just cards to show as you are about to see.

KB075

900442 Merry Christmas Mr Snowman

900441 Dreaming of Santa

900465 When Mr Snowman Met Santa

Silver mirror card

HOB1072 Diamante Snowflakes

3mm Gem AB

KB076

Green die cut card blank

Gold embossed paper

900730 Kraft Stripes

900731 Kraft Stars

Gold mirror card

Green ribbon

900725 Nativity Cuties

KB074

All of the following b/g cards were left over scraps from other projects

900171 Jubilee Sentiments

900173 Union Jack Bunting

900174 On Duty toppers

900184 On Guard – Red

900178 Cool Britannia – Navy Gingham

900179 London Icons – On Parade

900219 Jubilee Parade

900194 Westminster Red

900182 Cool BRITANNIA – Polka Navy

900193 London Kraft

900176 London Icons – Transport

900189 – About Town

Spotty Embossed card

I decided to make the little scrapbook as I had some blank C6 cards on my desk and wasn't sure what to do with them as I don't use this size very often, just when making cards for DH to give to his clients. I think it worked pretty well! :)

I'm going to enter my projects this week into the following challenges

Allsorts Challenge - Inspired by a song I(I have song for all three of my cards/ note book and they are

1. Frosty The Snowman

2. O Little Town of Bethlehem

3. Rule Britannia

Di's Snippet Challenge over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop which I haven't taken part in for such a long time!

Simply Create Too

Love To Create (Challenge #34) - Anything goes

Make It Monday - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping by :)

Allsorts challenge

I was just browsing through the Allsorts week #4 challenge the other day and noticed the following paragraph

"We cant wait to see your entries this week and don't forget any type of crafter can enter Allsorts challenges whether your craft is knitting, crocheting, crossstitching, dressmaking, altered art , painting or papercrafting we would love to see your creations"

I wouldn't have thought about entering anything but a paper craft project until I saw that so without further ado here's one I finished on Tuesday evening :) So I am now going to enter it into the Allsorts week  4 challenge.

It's to be sent off to the Kids Company, along with several other, within the next few days and as soon as I get chance to photograph and update them, they will be on the Wrap Up A Kiddie 2012 page at the top of my blog.

Thanks for looking :)

A new baby boy card

Good morning from a very grey, windy and miserable Scruff's Corner today. It's been like this since I got up an hour ago so I think it's time Mr Sunshine was woken up, we want blue skies now, not grey :)


I received an email on Thursday from a very good customer of mine with a list of cards to do over the next couple of weeks or so with the most urgent being a baby boy card for her sister as he was 'due in the next two weeks' I thought I would make a start on that one first. Good job really, he arrived yesterday! So here we have one frantically finished card lol

It's difficult to make out but baby's name is actually in the train....it says Dexter. I've always got a stash of knitted bootees and hats but always forget I've got them, until now. Everything was from my stash. But don't faint, I actually had to print off a sheet of the gingham card as I didn't have a large enough 'Snippet' (sorry Di :))


Sorry about the rubbish photos, they don't look so bad when you click and enlarge them. As I said earlier, we had grey skies and it doesn't warrant decent photos, however, the sun has made an appearance now that the card has gone:)


I would like to enter the card into the following challenges


Allsorts Challenge - week 3 of the anything goes challenges
Secret Crafter - Bingo week and I chose brads, flowers and bows (my flowers are on the beautiful 'Marianne' frame. I really like the flower and leaf detail on this one!)


Thanks for looking.

Lili Of The Valley

As I had a wedding card to make today I thought I would get out my little LOTV wedding stamp! This couple are so cute and as with all LOTV stamps, it's lovely to colour too.

Papers - Snippet folder
Mulberry roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
Other paper flowers -  My mum's stash :)
ribbon and sentiment - my supplies


I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges


Di's Snippet Challenge
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes theme with the optional extra to add a heart or do a 'love' theme.
Allsorts challenge part 2 Free and Easy February
Simon Says Stamp - Love Is In The Air


Thanks for looking :)

Black & White

DH was working last night and the event was a 60th birthday. They had a black and white colour scheme, which I overheard them telling a member of staff at the wedding fayre we did a couple of weeks ago when they came to view the venue.

The papers used are from Doodlebug but I can't remember the name of it. I've also used an off cut of silver mirror and black card, ribbon snippets, flowers and diamantes are from my stock and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.


The card will be entered into Di's Snippet challenge and
Allsorts challenge Part 1         


TFL x                                        

Kathy's Waffle Sketch File

I really need to apologise to Kathy and Lynda for the lateness of this post. The new sketch challenge went live on Tuesday and Kathy announced the winner of my little prize......it was Toni. congratulations, your prize is on it's way and if Royal Mail behaves you may well receive it tomorrow.

So the sketch for July

and here is my card

The papers used are by Stampin Up and are gorgeous. The numbers were hand cut from white glitter card, lace and Prima flowers were from my stock and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

We would love you to join in with our challenge and don't forget to let us know :)

I'm also entering my card into the Allsorts Challenge this month which is

"********"Free and Easy July"********

With school holidays looming and lots of us thinking about holidays, days out or even just a break from the everyday routines of work and the school run, we though it would be nice if we also relaxed things a bit and gave you a free rein for a few weeks, so we hope you will join in and just have fun."

Thanks for looking.

Allsorts challenge

Another challenge with a recipe this week is the Allsorts Challenge blog Now I used to avoid this sort of challenge and just stick to sketches but now I quite enjoy them, I also don't mind making cards for males either but I know there are quite a few people out there who hate it. This is the brief

"This week we have a recipe challenge for you but with a twist - and the twist is it's

A RECIPE FOR THE BOYS

so we would like to see your projects for a male using the following

1 design paper

2 punches or dies

3 buttons"

 and here is what I came up with

The papers and die cuts are all from My Mind's Eye, image is by Karen's Doodles and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.


Allsorts also have a DT call which ends tomorrow at 6 pm so I thought I might have a try!

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/06/dt-call-at-allsorts.html

and my card

Thanks for looking and good luck if you apply :)

Kathy's Waffle

Sketch File part 2!! Well just look at me....it's the second day of the month and I have created another project using the fabulous sketch for out challenge this month :)

I chose one of Anice's wonderful word books to work with for this month's challenge and instead of making the word book I chose to use the papers in the kit to make a card instead (see post below) I should have known that I wouldn't be able to resist the temptation for very long and yesterday and today I made a book from it lol

I'm really pleased with the way it's turned out and if you look hard enough you will see Kathy's Sketch on the cover.

I even made the envelope to put it in! I have just added a few die cuts, ribbon and lace, a couple of rub ons and the digi stamp on the front (which is from D Z Doodles ) and that's it, nothing else needed...well I don't think so anyway.

I am going to add this to the Daring Cardmakers challenge and their theme this week is "Spots & Stripes", and the Allsorts Challenge whose theme is "Monochrome" I might also try and sneak it into the Get Funky challenge as they have used Kathy's sketch this week too.

Thanks for looking and if you are anywhere which is suffering from adverse weather conditions as we are in the UK then I hope you can stay warm and safe.

Take care.

Penny Black...

@ Allsorts have set the challenge for this month as

Punch away

With such fabulous punches available now, it's the perfect chance to get them working. It can be as simple as a single punched element or go really wild, all we ask is that we can see some punching on your work.

 

(and yes, I am very late but I have made my second C******** card!)  I also used the sketch from Sketch Saturday

Papers are downloads from Lili of the Valley
the image is by Penny Black coloured with Promarkers
Punched border using a MS punch
Snowflakes are glitter card from stock using a Marianne Design die set
Flower Soft
Ribbon and brads from stock

TFL x

Penny Black

at Allsorts challenge #2 are looking for Glitter and Glitz this month and say "We all love our embellies so what better opportunity to pull out all those gems and glitters and get creating."

I have used Kathy's August sketch again  for this challenge

The image was stamped a couple of years ago by a lovely blogging bud...thanks Jo, yes, I am still using the images :) I've coloured the image with Promarkers and used lots of gems and Glamour Dust. Everything on this card was from my stash and/or left overs box!

Allsorts

Challenge #63 on the Allsorts blog sees Fleur choosing the challenge ...."This week it's me Fleur to pick & I'd like to see Dressing up! It could be fancy dress, a dress for a special event or even a classy pair of shoes - It's entirely up to you, as long as we can see a dressing up theme we'll be happy!"

The sketch I used is from the Passion For Promarkers challenge this week 

Image - Dress Up Maggie (Funky Kits)

Papers - Making Cards mag freebies

Promarkers

Martha Stewart punch

Prima and ribbon flowers

Doodlebug brads

Sentiment - Papermania rub on


Thanks for looking :)

Allsorts

Challenge #62 are looking for a project for a baby or child and the challenge has been sponsored by Wink Wink Ink

I thought I would make another easel card for this challenge......I don't make one for ages then every other card is an easel lol

 The fab image is a freebie from yesterday's Delightful Challenges blog hop and is just perfect for a card for a child. the freebie has now been removed but the image is available to buy from the shop. The image was coloured with my Promarkers, all papers and card were from my leftovers and the ribbon and assorted buttons were from my stash.

Thanks for looking :)

Allsorts !

This card is for the Allsorts Challenge and they would like us to "Create a scene on your card

This can be using a collection of stamps, some masking or whatever other crafting techniques you wold like to share with us". 

 

 I don't usually stamp onto my cards directly, I tend to use papers instead so I was quite apprehensive when I made a start on this card and am rather pleased with it now. I decided to break out my new Lavender fairy stamps which hadn't even been cut out let alone seen ink! They were part of my PE runner up prize donated by Crafter's Companion  so thanks Sara :) The image was coloured with Promarkers as usual! The organza butterfly at the bottom corner of the card was also part of my prize from MIC Crafts

That's it for now. I have to take DD to town this morning for a couple of bits for her prom on Thursday then it's home and work. I will be back later as it's challenge day at the ICS blog 

TFL