Multi challenged!

Passion For ProMarkers have a sketch as well as the colours pastel pink and cool aqua, this week.

The Stamp Something is The challenge this week fits in perfectly with summer. We'd like you to create a project featuring bugs, butterflies or other winged somethings. Over here in NH, bugs and butterflies are out in full force enjoying the long summer days. So we couldn't think of a better way to celebrate this little part of summer than to give them their own challenge!

The Daring Cardmakers challenge is On The Edge -

We'd love to see you making use of all sorts of border treatments; scallops, trims, pleats, or anything else which makes the edges of your papers and cards look special. You could use Border Punches, Die Cutters, Lace, Fancy Trims and that's just for starters - let your imagination live right on the edge this week - or maybe even go right over the edge!

And finally, The Secret Crafters challenge is

This week's challenge has been set by the lovely DONNA and she has chosen a recipe of:-
3 BUTTONS

2 DESIGN PAPERS

1 RIBBON

Any project as long as the recipe is followed.

Phew, I don't think I've ever managed a four in one challenge before!

The image is a freebie from the Pink Cat Studio from a while ago, coloured with ProMarkers and a touch of Glamour Dust.
Buttons and ribbon from stash
Scallops are Nesties and MS border punch
Butterflies MS punch

TFL

Back again...

...this time with the card I made for the sketch on Di Hickman's blog last week. I do like Di's sketches but often have to miss out (as with other challenges) when work gets the better of me!

I love using acetate on my cards and don't use it nearly enough so I took the chance with this card. I went looking for a quote or something to use as the feature on the sketch and came across my little DCWV Quote Stack which is starting to look a bit forlorn LOL I cut the front off my card leaving a border of approimately 1cm as I like to attach the acetate to it on the inside so once I've added a paper frill there is not tape showing. The ribbons were from my stash, vellum is by Papermania and is glitter embossed (and absolutely beautiful) the acetate and vellum were punched using my newest MS punch which arrived yesterday :), the flowers were from Crafts U Love and the self adhesive pearls were from my stash. I decided not to add a sentiment to the card so it can be used for any occasion.

KB DCM

Tee hee.......it looks like a code for something!

The challenge is for the Daring Cardmakers last Friday which was

Cos I'm a woman!
This week it is me, Tracie, who will be setting the dare for you - and iI hope it is a nice easy one. Seeing as this weekend is Mothers Day in the UK, and I am doing the 600 mile round trip home to see my mummy, I want the focus of your cards to be the girls. It can be any style, any theme, and any recipient - as long as she is female.

and I used Kathy's Sketch 2009 #7

The papers are all oddments again, the image is from a Whispers stamp which I bought about 4 years ago and have inked probably 2 or 3 times! I found the image in a drawer with some others so it must have been in there a while! The large butterfly was cut using one of my new Martha Stewart punches and the small one is using an X Cut punch, everything else was found on my desk!

I have a very busy day tomorrow and we are going to see Simply Red in concert tomorrow evening so it won't be too much longer before I'm in bed. I still have a bit of work to do though as I watched the Dancing on Ice final this evening as we taped it while we were away. I have to say that Ray Quinn definitely deserved to win in my opinion! My mum and dad are going to see the first night of the tour next week (sis bought them tickets for Christmas) and DD and I are so jealous. We went last year and it was fantastic to see them all live. We tried to get tickets this year and they only had them in the roof space! As you can't actually see anything from up there we didn't book :( Never mind..........it will be on telly at Christmas LOL