Button challenge at Crafty Ribbons

 I was lucky enough to be picked for the last challenge at Crafty Ribbons blog, this time round we had to use one of the new button boxes for our challenge pieces, I chose the Tutti Frutti colour range. What can I say apart from wow what a great way to buy buttons you get a great range of sizes and styles in each box and the colours all coordinate perfectly with each other.
For my first project I decided to make a clock with buttons instead of numbers. This clock is made from an old cd the hands and mechanisms were bought from ebay. The paper is from DCWV and I have simply stuckk the buttons onto the paper where the numbers should be.

For my second project I decided to make a button hairband. With a length of elastic I measured around Aimee's head to get the right size sewed it together to make a circle, then I cut some flowers out of felt I used my Tim Holtz tattered flowers die for this and layered them up with a button for the centre of the flower. I then positioned the flower slightly to one side of the elastic circle and sewed it on. Next I sewed some buttons around the elastic so they went down tojust below Aimee's ears.

 Here's a photo of Aimee wearing the hairband and her new dress that I made for her over Easter, the colours in the fabric match perfectly with the colours of the buttons.

 Another photo of my little model thisis the one I made for her to keep.

And last photo this is the one I sent of to Ali at Crafty Ribbons basicly the same design just slightly more pastel colours.
I have to say even after making these projects I still have loads of buttons left over.

Creative Craft Challenge Make Your Backing Paper

 Time for a new challenge at Creative Craft Challenge, lets hope this one stays put ( for those of you not in the know all our posts on the challenge blog disappeared back to last year). This time we want you to make your own Background paper, this could be a stamped background, embossed background, inked. I look forward to seeing what you come up with.
As usual we have some fab sponsors for you this time.

Some Odd Girl

Rainbow Studio

Who are offering these fab stamps as a prize for our winner

Crafty Individuals

Card recipe ~
Background paper ~ Twirly stamp from Rainbow Studio ~ coloured with promarkers and the centres of the flowers have stickles on.
Image ~ Some Odd Girl ~ Flower Kaylee ~ coloured with promarkers
Punched Border ~ X Cut punch
Ribbon ~ Crafty Ribbons
Sentiment ~ Craftwork Cards

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Truly Scumptious - Sketch
Bearly Mine Challenge - Summer is here
A Spoonful of Sugar - Ribbons & Bows
Anything Goes - Here Come's Summer
Papertake Weekly - Here Come's The Sun
Top Tip Tuesday - Cross It
Some Odd Girl - All White or Kraft with 2 pops of color

Incy Wincy Challenge 99 ~ Netty's sketch

This week at Incy Wincy we have a sketch challenge for you, our very own Netty has come up with this fab sketch for you to work from.

We are sponsored this week by the fab Sassy Studios Designs who are offering the winner  4 images of their choice.

Card Recipe ~
Paper ~ Craftwork Cards
Image ~ Sassy Studio Designs ~ Victorian ~ coloured with promarkers
Sentiment ~  Personal Impressions stamp
Flowers ~ from stash with a gem added to the centre
Other ~ Silver lace from stash
 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Creative Stamp Friends - Birthday
Sassy Studios - Glam it up

Last Fathers Day Card

This is my card for my dad for Fathers Day the image reminds me of my childhood as we were forevering going out for a drive, with our dogs with their heads hanging out of the windows. These drives  would normally turn into a mystery tour where Dad would get to a junction and I would have to tell him whether to go right or left, we always ended up somewhere great.

Card recipe ~

Papers ~ Basic Grey ~ Life of the Party

Image ~ Bugaboo Stamps ~Summer Dog Car ~ coloured with promarkers

Sentiment ~ printed on computer

Other ~ Brads ~ American Crafts

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

Catch the Bug ~ It's A Mans World

Paper Creators Crafts ~ For the Men

Craft Us Crazy ~ Fathers Day

2 Sisters Challenge ~ For A Guy

Fathers Day Card for FIL

A quick card for Father's day I boo booed and thought I still had another week to make cards so had to rustle this one up a bit quick luckly I only need to make 2 this year as I already had some cards made up which I will be able to use. All I need to do now is get to the post office was going to go after I picked Aimee up from school but it was pouring with rain here so decided it could wait till tomorrow.

Card Recipe ~

Paper ~ MME Wild Asparagus

Image ~ Di's Digital Downloads

Sentiment ~ done on my pc

Other ~ Promarkers, Stickles, nesties, brad from American Crafts

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge;
Rainbow Lady Challenge Blog ~ I am Sailing

Thinking of you Card

One of the lovely ladies on MSE has had some sad news so Rusty thought it would be nice for us to make some cards so she know that we are all thinking of her at this difficult time. I have used the recipe that OAP gave us for the latest MSE challenge, which was Take 1 square card add 2 patterned papers, 1 plain paper, 1 flower, 1 length of lace or ribbon( hope rik rak counts as ribbon), 1 Focal point. Image/Quote / Topper.

 Card recipe ~
Image - Pergamano Fairy coloured with promarkers and silver sakura pen.
Paper ~ Basic Grey marjolaine.
Flower ~ made from Basic Grey papers cut with scalloped circle nesties, scrunched up and held together with a silver brad which I have had for ages.
Sentiment ~ Personal Impressions
Other ~ Rik Rak not sure where this is from as again has been in my stash for ages.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Make My Monday ~ Die cut flowers
Creative Belli Blog ~ Branches
Bunny Zoe Crafts ~ Fairies
Craft Your Passion ~ It's Magical

Incy Wincy Challenge 98

This week at Incy Wincy our challenge is to make a Fathers Day/ Masculine card/project. We have a fab sponsor for you again this week, it's are very own Nikki, with her shop Limited Runs, she has some super cute digi's over there and gives away  a freebie every Friday to. This month there is a special promo of buy 4 digi's for Only $5.00 so you save $3.00 for every 4 Digi's you pick WHAT A DEAL.

I choose to make a get well card for a friend who unfortunatly had a stroke, now I know a rooster is a funny choice for a get well card but there is a reason for it. This particular friend keeps chickens in his backgarden and often brings Aimee fresh eggs to eat.

Card recipe ~

Image - Robbie the Rooster - Limited Runs

Paper - Basic Grey

Sentiment- Personal Impressions Stamp

Brads - from my stash.

Tools - Corner Chomper

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges:

Wedding Card

Shannon's friend Mum & Dad got married on Saturday and she was invited to the wedding so I rustled her up a quick card to take with her on Friday night, nothing like leaving it to the last minute! I keep it simple with just white pearlised card , an embossing folder and a doily die plus a few pearls.

I love the look of an easel card but find them very hard to take a decent photo of, this one was even worse as it was all white.

Card Recipe ~
Cardstock - White pearlised from The Range
Image - Pollycraft - Cuthbert & Kikki - Wedding
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Pearls - Ebay
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons
Tools - Corner chomper, Cuttlebug, Doily Die, Divine Swirls embossing folder

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Pollycraft - Love & Marriage
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - No Backing Papers
Pattie's Creations Challenge - Wedding/ Fathers Day
Sweet Stamps - Wedding

Pop Up Card

Before we wnt on holiday I was working extra hours at work which ment I couldn't pick Aimee up from school so Shannon & Rhys picked her up for me on their way home from school, I wanted to show them how grateful I was so I made them both a card to say Thank You, this one was for Rhys.

I followed this tutorial at Splitcoasters to make a free standing pop up card, it was really easy to follow the tutorial and I'm pleased with the results if I was to make one again I think I would cut the slit a bit larger as it doesn't pull quite as smoothly as I would like. The image is a pre coloured freebie from Dustin Pike, I've just added the sentiment on the computer.

Card Recipe ~
Image - Dustin Pike
Cardstock - Bazzill, silver mirror card from The Range
Ribbon - Crafty Ribbons
Tools - Fiskers star punch
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - No Backing Papers Allowed
Designed 2Delight - Bugs

Moveable parts at Creative Craft Challenge

 Time for another challenge at Creative Craft Challenges this time we want you to make something with movable parts. We have some great sponsors lined up for you this week first up is Stitchy Bear Stamps with a prize of some digi's for our winner.

Next we have B-Craft-E who are offering the winner  a template paper pack

And last but not least we have Crafty Individuals who are offing a stamp to our winner.

For my card I have used this fab image called Goth Angel by Bearydust who you can find at Stitchy Bear Stamps. I haven't done much with the image just coloured the dots on her wings and shoes with a purple promarker and then used a sakura pen to add some glitter to them. Then I cut her out and mounted her on some grungy looking spotty paper, added a sentiment from Papermania and some black dew drops.

 This is a close up of the movable part of my card I used the instructions here to make a spinner card, so easy I can't believe this is the first time I have made one. Basically I have cut a slit in the DP and then layered a penny, a foam pad, a penny, a foam pad and then my embellishment which in this case is a flower. the first penny goes behind the DP and the second penny on top of the DP so that they roll along the slit you have made. My flower is made from a coke can cut with my Tim Holtz Tattered Flower die and finished with a black gem brad.

Don't forget to stop by the challenge blog for some more inspiration from the DT girls.

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

Tic Tac Toe at Incy Wincy

This weeks challenge at Incy Wincy is Tic Tac Toe So, how this works is, you have to choose 3 things in a row (like Tic Tac Toe) either across, down or diagonal. For example, on my "card", I chose the bottom row Stickles or glitter, Tags, Something green. Hope that makes sense!!!

We have a fab sponsor this week Digi Doodle Shop who are offering the winner a $10 gift certificate

 

On my card I have used the image called Louis & Flowers which you can find here. I have kept this card very clean & simple the image is coloured with promarkers, the matts under the image are cut with my nesties and I have embossed the white layer with a daisy embossing folder and then added stickles to the daisies which you can see better in the photo below. The ribbon is some I won ages ago from Crafty Ribbons and then the tag is punched and I have stamped a thanks sentiment on it.

For some more inspiration visit the challenge blog to see the other DT girls work.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: