Birthdays at Incy Wincy

Good morning Monday has come around again which means it's time for a new challenge over at 

Incy Wincy 

which this week is a nice easy one 

Birthdays.

As always we have a fantastic sponsor for you 

Dilly Beans.

They very kindly gave the DT some images to use I choose Tula's Hearts Framed. I coloured her with my promarkers and added some stickles to the hearts to make them sparkly. The rest of the card I kept nice and simple as I had printed my image bigger than normal. I embossed some white card with a tiny heart embossing folder and tied some black and whiite stripy ribbon along the bottom edge.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Black & White plus 1 other

Crazy 4 Challenges - Bingo ( Top row Embossing, Stripes, Text)

Artistic Impressions - No Designer  Papers & Anything Goes

Card Mania Challenge - Emboss It

Crafty Bloggers Network - Pink with Ribbon

Don't Be Square at Totally Gorjuss

I'm back to tell you about the new challenge at Totally Gorjuss which this week is Don't Be Square and we are sponsored by Crafters Companion. This card was for an order where the customer want a 007 inspired card. I have seen a few of these type of cards on the internet but struggled to find a template so I made one out of paper first so I could get the dimensions right.

Here's a picture of the inside so you can see the waistcoat, I used brads on this instead of more buttons. The bow tie is made from a piece of ribbon. and if you look carefully you can see I used velcro to hold the suit jacket closed.

I added some white paper to the back to give a space to write on.

Just a quick heads up for you all Sarah at S J Crafts is offering Free Postage on all orders over £15 this weekend ( from 10am Saturday 10th May 2014 to 10am Monday 12th May 2014) head over to the shop and have a look and see what goodies she has for you.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Fancy Folds

Open Minded Crafting - Use Some Ribbon

A Creative Romance - One for The Boys

Splendiferous Creations - Bloggers Challenges - Buttons And Bows

Crafty Catz Challenge - Black & White & one othercolour

4 Or More Papers & Brads at Incy Wincy

Good Morning hopefully the sun is shining where you are today , it's bank holiday here today in the UK and later on we are off to the Donkey Derby. As its Monday its time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy which this week might have you thinking a bit it sure did me we want you to use 4 or more papers and brads on your creation.  Our sponsor this week is Lacy Sunshine who have kindly supplied the DT with some images to use. I have coloured the image with promarkers, paper piecing the bag and adding a brad to centre of her hair bow. All of the papers are  MME Now & Then Mildred pad and I added 3 more glittery silver brads down the side of the card.

Things With Wings at Totally Gorjuss

Good morning today see a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss which this week is Things With Wings. We are sponsored this week by Ribbon Girl. I decided to make a Christmas card, I know its a bit early but it's one less to make later on, I used this cute image from Bugaboo Stamps coloured with my promarkers. I added lots of stickles to the ground for snowy/ icy floor.The paper is from a pack I bought from Wilko's last Christmas and I teamed it with aqua coloured card so I could use this cute snowflake embellishment. The border at the top is cut with a woodware punch.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cards & More Challenge - Sketch

Alphabet Challenge -  F for Feathers

Sweet Stampin Christmas - Glitter Gliter Everywhere

ABC Christmas Challenge - I for Ice

S J Crafts May Challenge

Today saw the start of the May challenge at S J Crafts. This month Sarah has drawn up a bingo board for us to play with, you need to select 3 boxes from the grid in a line (horizontal/vertical or diagonal) and include the items or technique in those 3 boxes on your project. 

For my card I decide to use the top row Ink/Mist - Border Punch - Circle(s). I started with a circular card blank which I covered with Kraft card, I cut a circle of pale blue card and stamped onto this with my Visible Image Retro Dots stamp using Weathered Wood Distress Ink and a White Versamark ink pad. I cut two strips of card with a Fiskers Threading Water border punch. The cute fish image is from Meljen's Designs as is the background stamp, both have been coloured with promarkers. I added Glossy Accents to the bubbles in the water and some stickles to the swirls in the image.

Don't forget to pop over to the shop blog and check out the fantastic layouts my teamies have come up with.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Visible Image - Anything Goes

Meljen's Design Team and Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything But Square

Crafting Musketeers - Anything But Square
Southern Girls Challenge - Dots & Spots 

Bookmark or Tag at Incy Wincy

Morning today's challenge at Incy Wincy is to make a tag or a bookmark and we have two fantastic sponsors for you this week - Delicious Doodles & Digital Delights.

I cut my tag from some cream card and coloured it with worn lipstick distress ink. I then stamped with peeled paint distress ink using my new stamps from Visible Image Grunge Polka Dots and grunge Flourish.

The image is the gorgeous Blossom from our sponsor Delicious Doodles, I coloured her with my promarkers and used some liquid pearls on her bracelet. I added an eyelet to the top of the tag and threaded some matching ribbons through it and added a pearly button to tie them together. As a last touch I scattered some gold gems around the image in a variety of sizes.

I would like to enter my tag into the following challenges:
Visible Image Challenge - Tags
Delicious Doodles - Pink & Girly
Sweet Stamping Challenge - No DP
Paper Crafting Challenge - No DP
Inkspirational Challenge - Pink & Green
Digi's Galore - Anything But A Card

Cuddly at Totally Gorjuss

Morning all this weeks challenge at Totally Gorjuss is Cuddly. I got asked to make a card for a lady at Marks work who had just had a baby boy so this card is a huge 8 x 8 so that everyone could write in it. 

The gorgeous bear is a freebie that I have had forever but I checked and he is still available for free from Ellephantastic Stamps here. The spotty paper is a digi one from Pink Petticoat, as is the gingham paper in the letters for Baby. 

I used a Memory Box die to cut the hearts and bows. The letters for the word Baby I did using word art and the layering them over the gingham paper, once I cut them out I stuck the letter over the heart on the die cut so they looked like they were hanging as well. I added tiny tiny pearl hearts to the centre of each bow.

Here's the sentiment I printed inside the card.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Countryview Crafts - New Beginnings

Crafts & Smash - Birth

Emergency Crafters - Polka Dots 

The Crafters Cafe - Add Glitter

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog - Cute

2 Sisters Challenge - Teddy Bears

A Gem of A Challenge - Cute & Cuddly

Furry Friends at Incy Wincy

Good morning hope you all had a lovely Easter and those of you in the UK are enjoying the extra day off work today, back to reality tomorrow morning. Today's post is for the new challenge at Incy Wincy which this week is Furry Friends and our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter.

Now this week I haven't used an image from our sponsor as I had a card to make for an order which fitted into our theme, the order was for a card for an elderly getleman with a poodle on it, how hard was it to find an image of a poodle suitable for a male card, they all had bows and handbags lol. I finally found this vintage image on Etsy which I thought was ideal. I dug out some very old Basic Grey papers which matched the colours in the image pefectly. I distressed the edges of the papers and rubbed an antique linen ink pad over the edges to match the background of the image. 

Die Cuts at Totally Gorjuss

This weeks challenge at Totally Gorjuss is a nice easy one for you Die Cuts. For my card I started by die cutting a window in a card blank and layering a die cut trellis over it. The flowers are made up from Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, scalloped circles and a woodware flower punch, to which I added a selection of brads and pearls. Behind the flowers I added a couple of green die cut swirl to look like the stems/leaves. The sentiment was stamped and then die cut in the same shape as the window and I added a punched butterfly to the top right corner. All the papers and flowers have been inked with co-ordinating distress ink.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Sentiment Only NoPpictures

MAWTT - A Card Containing The Word Happy

Scrappers Delight - Bloomin Lovely

Chocolate Coffee And Cards Challenge - Spring

Hiding In My Craft Room - Flowers

Clean & Simple at Incy Wincy

Good morning I'm back today with a card for the new challenge over at Incy Wincy which today is Clean & Simple, we have two fantastic sponsors this week for you first we have Meljen's Designs and also Iva Nova Chest.

I have used this cute dragon digi from Meljens which I coloured with my promarkers and added some stickles to create a bit of a magical feel. As it's a CAS challenge I've kept the card very simple just layering the image onto 2 sheets of green card and adding a couple of pearl stars to the corner. The sentiment is an old rub on which I applied slightly wonky ( whoops).

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calender Challenge - Things With Wings

Make My Monday Challenge - Mythical Creatures

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Winged Things

Charming at Totally Gorjuss

I'm late I'm late ........I feel a bit like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland this week I seem to have been chasing my tail all week. Aimee decided last weekend that she wanted a big girls bed rather than her mid sleeper and as she was almost as long as the slide to get off it we agreed, then I got some tins of pink paint for £1 each at work so we decided to redecorate her room. So working in the mornings coming home in the afternoon and painting and off to aqua fit 4 evenings didn't leave much time for crafting this week! 

Today's card was a very quick affair as I got my challenges muddled up for Totally Gorjuss I thought I was up to date and then realised I had missed this weeks challenge out. So enough of my moaning this weeks challenge is Charming, either in concept or with the addition of a charm or even both! And we are sponsored by Crafters Companion this week.

Not much to say about my card  as there is not much to it. I cut 3 rectangles from a sheet of paper from MME Now & Then Mildred pad. I pricked the edges of the paper and the card blank with my cutter bug. On the 2 end pieces of paper I have added a flower which I coloured to match , fixed with a sparkly brad and a couple of flat backed gems. On the middle piece of paper I tied some paper twine around it and attached a butterfly charm to the bow.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafting Musketeers - Monochrome

Simply Create Too - No Stamped or Digi Images

Easter Card & Egg Holder

Today I have a quick and easy Easter project that is featured on the blog over at S J Crafts today to show you , I made both the card and the egg holder from 1 sheet of Kraft card and 1 sheet of 6 x 6 paper.

So the card is 10 x 10 cm which was cut from the sheet of Kraft card. The paper is from MME Now & Then Mildred pad. I simply cut a strip from a sheet mounted it onto pale yellow paper and stuck it down the centre of my card blank. I coloured a cute Easter image from Pink Petticoat and mounted it on a die cut yellow scalloped circle which is then stuck to the card on foam pads to give it some dimension. I added some Studio Calico wood grain enamel dots to the corners and also in the centre of the flower on the top of the egg. Lastly I used Glossy Accents to make the chicks beak shiny.

Onto the egg holder I cut a piece of Kraft card 27 x 9 cm and then scored 11 cm, 17 cm, 19 cm and 25 cm. I made up a template below if you want to use it. Between the score lines at 19 cm and 25 cm I die cut a circle for my egg to sit into. Once folded up you can see you have almost a box shape with a flat back. I decorated the back similar to my card adding a strip of paper with die cut image attached. I also added a strip of paper and some enamel dots to the front of the box.

I hope you have enjoyed my project today.

I would like to enter my card and gift into the following challenges:

Digi Haven - Easter with a twist (must use brown)

Cut It Up Challenge - Easter and die cut

Crafts 4 Eternity - Easter

Craft For The Craic - Easter/ Spring

Splendiferous Creations - Easter

Totally Papercrafts - Easter

A Creative Romance - Eggcellent Spring

3,2,1 at Incy Wincy

Good morning Monday again which means its time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy which is 3,2,1, (  3 of something, 2 of something, 1 of something must name what you have used) and we are sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs.

 For my card I have used 3 gems, colours of card, 2 embossing folders, diecuts and 1 image. I have used Wonder Regan stamp from our sponsor for my card I coloured her using my promarkers and added gold stickles. Instead of using designer paper I have embossed some card with 2 different star embossing folders and use my spiky circle dies to create a frame for the image.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Your Next Stamp - Sketch

Craft Your Passion - No Designer Papers

White on White at Totally Gorjuss

Hello I back today with a card for the new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss which this week is White on White and we are sponsored by Ribbon Girl.

I always struggle with white on white everyone else's cards always look so elegant. I decided on a Christmas card as it's never to early to start making them is it? I embossed the main layer with a cuttlebug snowflake folder and die cut a star so it slightly overlapped the edge of the layer. Then I die cut a smaller star which I cover with glamour dust to make it all sparkly. A sentiment stamped in silver and some clear gems to finish it off. Don't forget to pop over to the challenge blog to see all the gorgeous cards from the rest of the DT.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes

DRS Designs - Who's the (em)Boss!

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Embossing

Alphabet Challenge - D for diecuts

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - Glitter

April Challenge at S J Crafts

It's a new month so that means a new challenge over at S J Crafts, this month we have a mood board for inspiration...

You could: Use the colours - Yellow, Green, Peach, White, Cork/Kraft

Use the quote 'Look How They Grow' 

Make a page about flowers or plants

Use some of the elements, eg. feathers and stars on your page 

Use the composition somehow (eg. two lines along the base of your project)

Or anything else you get from the mood board!

I was inspired by the colours and some of the elements on Jennifer's mood board. I have used kraft card, some pretty yellow striped paper from MME Now & Then Mildred pad.

 I printed my sentiment which is from Create With TLC onto Vellum like the title on the mood board and added some paper flowers, which I coloured with my promarkers, and some adhesive pearls. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Song In Your Heart - Everything Grows ( made me think of flowers growing)

City Crafter - Easter / Spring

Digi Chooseday Challenge - Flower Power

Scrap Creations - Spring

Dream It Up - Take Inspiration ( I used the mood board as my inspiration)

Milk Coffee Challenge - Spring