Sentiment As The Main Focus at Totally Gorjuss

Today's challenge at Totally Gorjuss is to use a sentiment as the main focus on your card and we are sponsored this week by Crafters Companion.
 I don't often make cards with a large sentiment so this was a bit different for me I didn't have any suitable sentiment stamps that I wanted to use so went hunting for one I found a lovely set from Pink Petticoat called Simple Sentiments  which at the moment are a bargain at only a £1 ( in fact everything in the store is a £1 at the moment so I treated myself to a couple of sets of papers well it would have been rude not to.) My papers are also from Pink Petticoat and are the French Script ones.  The flower is cut with Tim Holtz Tattered florals die and the butterfly an x cut punch. I have inked all the edges with weather wood distress ink .

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

Crafting Musketeers - Butterflies

Feeling Crafty - Dies and or Punches

Crafty Hands - Shades of the same colour

Allsorts Challenge - Colours beginning with B

Dragon Valentine

Morning I'm back to a male card again today this time it's the valentine card I'm going to give to hubby. I kept CAS with a sheet of chervron paper form Fancy Pants Swagger pad mounted onto some Kraft card. The dragon is a digi from Hambo Stamps and comes with the a selection of sentiments one of which I used on this card. The only embellishment I added was to punch a heart through the patterned paper in the top right hand corner.

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

Crafty Catz Challenge - Love is in the Air

Crafts 4 Eternity - With Love

Stamping With The Dragon - Love is in the Air

Simon Says Stamp - Have A Heart

Blue, Flowers and a Dog

Many of you will know that I having a standing order with a local rest home to make birthday cards for all the residents, I always try to find out what sort of things each person likes and try to tailor the cards to the person. For this card I was told the lady like the colour blue, flowers and dogs not sure they expected to get all 3 but I managed to find this cute image from Robyn Fetish which I teamed with some blue papers and flowers. I coloured the image with my promarkers adding some stickles to the centre of the flowers. The papers are from an old Papermania pad that I dug out from the bottom of my drawer.

 I seem to be having a bit of a run with my paper flowers probably because I haven't put the jar away. They started life as boring cream coloured flowers which I have coloured with my promarkers adding a card candy to the centre of each one again these were white to start with, I coloured them and then added stickles on top.

Birthday Androids

Boy - teenage boy cards are hard I seem to have spent most of the last few weeks making male cards I'll be glad to get some pretty papers out again soon. This card is for my son who was 15 on Monday. I found this cute android font on Da fonts and thought it would make a great card with the addition of googly eyes. I simply printed his name onto lime green card and stuck eyes on each of the android. The black piece of card behind the name has been embossed with my In stitches embossing folder and I stamped a Happy Birthday sentiment at the bottom.

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

City Crafter  - Splash of Colour

Cards & More - Men Only

Crafty Cardmakers - It's A Mans World

The Crafty Bloggers Network - All About Boy's

S J Crafts Sketch

Today we have a new challenge over at S J Crafts. Jennifer has drawn us up a sketch to play with, now although it's more of a scrapbooking sketch I have managed to make a card with it ( at least I hope you can see the sketch in my card!).

In a few weeks it is my darling hubby's 40th birthday so this card is for one of the kids to give to him, now 2 of his favourite things are dragons and superheros so this fab digi set from Dustin Pike was the perfect choice for him I have used the coloured images this time round although it does come with black & white images as well. I printed all the images of onto photo paper several times and then fussy cut them and layered them up. The DP is from MME Cut & Paste Flair pad I've embossed lots of the card stock with 2 different star embossing folders. For embellishments I've die cut some stars out of mirror card and added a couple of Basic Grey Candy Buttons in red. The sentiment is a computer generated one which I fussy cut and then popped up on foam pads. The 40 is form an old set of alpha stickers which I coloured to match with my promarkers.

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

Seize The Birthday - Birthdays & Chevrons

My Time To Craft - Superhero's
The Crafty Bloggers Network - All About Boys
Crafty Cardmakers - This Is A Mans World

Colour Challenge at Incy Wincy

Good morning time for another challenge at Incy Wincy

this week our challenge is

' A Colour Challenge '

and we are sponsored by the fab

The Stamping Chef

This card was a bit of a challenge for me as it's for my DD boyfriend! I know it looks like a My Little Pony but I'm assured that this is one of the latest fads with teenage boys they call themselves Bronies ( she bought a t shirt and soft toy for his christmas present) so when I saw this image in our sponsors shop I knew it would be perfect, hopefully I've pulled it off and he will like it on his birthday next week. The image is called Sweet Treats and I have coloured her with my promarkers and I couldn't resist adding some sparkle to her with stickles. The papers are by Fancy Pants called Swagger, I matted them all onto brown card and added a couple of matt silver die cut stars. The piece of paper behind the image has been inked with Weathered Wood distress ink.

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

Dessert Island Crafts - use 3 items from their itinerary ( I used 1. Birthday, 5. Add some sparkle and 9. Favourite colour (turquoise/aqua) )
TSC Challenge - Anything goes
Fan -tastic Tuesday - Make it Cute / sweet

Sunny Colours at Totally Gorjuss

It's Saturday again which means it's time for a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss ( sorry this post is a little late but I have a poorly little girl here today who needs lots of mummy cuddles). Our challenge this week is Sunny Colours and we are sponsored by Ribbon Girl. Sorry my photo looks a little washed out unfortunately the weather didn't want to play ball and it was very dismal and grey when I tried to take the photo and this was the best of a bad bunch. This week I have dug out an old Anya stamp and coloured her up with yellow and grey promarkers to match my papers which are digi ones from Pink Petticoat. The ribbons are from my stash and the thin one I have coloured with promarkers and in real life the colour matches perfectly. Again the flowers have been coloured with promarkers and are not as bright in real life.

Lets hope we get to see some sunshine here in the UK soon as I for one am fed up with all the rain we have been having.

A Castle

A quick card for you today I have used this gorgeous digi stamp A Scottish Castle from Delicious Doodles which I coloured with my promarkers. The paper is from Fancy Pants swagger pad ( I'm afraid your going to be seeing lots more of this pad as I have had a ton of male cards to make and as it was sat on my desk I have just kept on using it plus I love the colours). I followed the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and for a change am blogging it in time to enter it! 

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

Sketch Saturday

Paper Makeup Stamps - shades of blue

Clear It Out Challenge - Blues

Ribbons & Pearls at Incy Wincy

Good morning time for another challenge at Incy Wincy

this week our challenge is

' Ribbons & Pearls '

and we are sponsored by the fab

LACY SUNSHINE & IVA NOVA CHEST

For my card this week I have used a Fizzy Moon stamp I love these little bears and use them over and over again, as usual I have coloured with my promarkers. The papers are from Dovecraft Back To Basics 3. I've added a ribbon bow at the base of the image which was coloured to match and a little butterfly charm which you can find in our sponsors Iva Nova Chest shop along with charms of every descrip[tion.

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

My Craft Spot -  Polka Dots
Digi Designs Challenge Blog - Spots & Dots

Furtastic at Totally Gorjuss

Saturday again which means it's time for a new challenge at Totally Gorjuss where this weeks challenge is Furtastic and we are being sponsored by Lili Of The Valley.

I have this cute little bunny stamp from our sponsor which I decided to use this week, I have coloured her as usual with my promarkers adding a little sparkle to the butterfly with some diamond stickles. The papers are a new pad I bought in the January sales from Prima called Hello Pastel. The purple card had been embossed and inked with Dusty Concord distress ink.

 I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Animal Friends Challenge - Punches and Dies
Lothian Crafts Online - Birthday For A Female
LOTV  Ideas To Inspire - Anything Goes

January ATC Swap

Each month I join in with an ATC swap on facebook and this month are theme is Brr it's cold outside, I thought this stamp from Inky Impressions called Lili all bundle up was perfect for the theme. She is coloured with my promarkers and I stuck her down with foam squares to give the ATC some dimension. The papers were from an old DCWV stack called The Winter Stack. I edges it with stickles and the added some die cut snowflake and tiny pearl spots. I added a sentiment on the side which I printed on the computer and then die cut.

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

(PIN)spiational Challenge - I was inpired by the colours in your picture

Shopping Our Stash - Winter Blues

The Cutie Pie Challenge  - Cute Winter Blues

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - A Snowy Day

Flower Frenzy at Incy Wincy

 

Good morning another week has gone by and it's time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy.  This week our challenge is Flower Frenzy and as always we have some great sponsors for you Kenny K and Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

For my card this week I have gone with a vintage look and used an image from one of the artists at Stitchy Bear, Gingerloft. I have coloured the image with my promakers and then inked over it with antique linen distress ink. The papers are from Papermania Vintage Notes pad . I added som ruffled lace to the bottom edge of the image and made a bow with some seam binding. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards and has been inked to match.

 

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
One Stitch At A Time - Use A Digi
Digi Galore - Monochrome
Craftitude - Anything Goes with Ribbons & Pearls
Fussy & Fancy - Monochromatic
 

Totally Gorjuss - Lace and or Pearls

It's time for a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss. This week are challenge is to use Lace and or Pearls and we are sponsored by The Hobby House.

For my card this week I have uses this Saturated Canary image coloured with my promarkers. I added sparkle to her dress with diamond stickles and dotted pearls in her hair with a Pinflair pearl wand. The papers are from an old Papermania pad that has sat buried at the back of my drawer for ages. I teamed it with some navy card. The flouirish in the corner is from a Memory box die and again I added pearls to in with the pearl wand and the flower is another memory box die with an adhesive pearl in the centre of it. The little butterflys are punched from the DP with a woodware punch.

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

Passion for Promarkers - Fairytale ( this digi stamp reminds me of Cinderella)
Seize the Birthday - Colouring
Moving Along With The Times - Girly Cards
Stamping For The Weekend - Happy Birthday

Incy Wincy Texture

Morning time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy and this week we want to see texture in you projects. We have one of my favourite sponsors this week

Bugaboo Stamps

They kindly gave the DT some images to use and I picked this one called Flower Shelf I have used my promarkers to colour it adding glossy accents to the vases, stickles on the flowers, some small purple gems and a sakura stardust pen. I used a daisy embossing folder to add texture  to my background. I tied a piece of ribbon around the card which I have coloured with my pens and added a small butterfly charm. The sentiment is a rub on.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Created With Love - Pink & Purple
That Craft Place - Charming

Totally Gorjuss - manly

Well I've been a bad DT member ( due to being so ill before christmas and only just catching up now) I haven't taken part in many of the challenges over at Totally Gorjuss since they asked me to be on the DT. This card is late (only a day I'm getting more organised) as I forgot to take a photo of it in time to go on the DT blog but thought I would post it here and link up to them.

So this weeks challenge at Totally Gorjuss is Manly a theme that was not very popular on the DT, I quite like making male cards so think I must be odd!! Our sponsor this week is 

Crafters Companion.

I have used this fab image from Digi Stamp Boutique called Golf Alf whcih I coloured with promarkers. the papers are from a paper cellar pad which I've teamed with kraft card. I added a little tag of the patterned paper held together with an eyelet as embellishment on the top of the image. The sentiment is stamped in cocoa memento straight on to the DP.

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

Digi Stamp Boutique - January Challenge

Charisma Cardz - Birthday

Crafty Little Fairies - Kraft
Dream Valley Challenge - Boys/Men

Mum Card

 

 Something a little bit different from me today not a promarker in sight!! I can remember seeing this style of card on a blog a long time ago but have no idea what it would be called. I have cut a panel out of a standard 6 x 6 card blank and stuck the letters over the gap. I have used papers from MME Cut Paste Flair pad teamed with some black card I love how the soft colours really stand out against the black. I used the word art function in word to create the letters and numbers printing them onto normal card which I then cut out and stuck onto my patterned paper, you need to use quite thick card to give the card front some strength. I have put stickles all around the edges of the letters and numbers to finish them off. I used my fiskers scalloped lace border punch for the bottom edge.

 

This gorgeous flower has been cut with Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die from some of the pink ombre paper in the pad I love the way this has allowed me to cut the flowers all from the same sheet but with the differing shades. I have used a Basic Grey Candy Button to the centre of the flower and gone round all the edges with stardust stickles.

 

Here's a view of the card slightly open, you can just about see another sheet of that gorgeous ombre paper this time in an aqua green shade.

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

Just Inspirational Challenge - Girly

Rhedd and Rosies Challenge  - Polka Dots

Miriam's Crafting Blog - Flowers

Crafting By Designs - Birthdays

Lothian Crafts - Female Birthday  using dies