Umbrella Girl

Wow this month has flown by fast! I can't believe that this is already my last GDT post at Papertake Weekly. Before I tell you all about this weeks challenge I just want to say thanks for having me ladies,

I have had so much fun with these challenges.

For this weeks challenge we have a great sketch from Dawny P.

This adorable image called Rainy Day is from Saturated Canary and she is such a doll to colour.  I have matched the colouring to these great papers from the MME Quite Contrary line that I picked up about a month back, so glad that I did as that raindrop paper was just perfect for this image.

Once she was all coloured up this cutie just called for flowers and I have gone all out raiding my stash of Wild Orchid pretties to embellish this card.  I have tucked in a little Umbrella charm as a final finishing touch.

I hope to see you all out to play this week, I do look forward to seeing your beautiful creations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Anything Goes

Dutch Dare - Ribbon, Images, Pattern Paper and Layers

Moving Along With the Times - Ribbons and Bows



A Christmas Story

Once Upon a Time in a land far away... who didn't love a great Christmas story as a child.

This week our Papertake Weekly challenge is Christmas Crackers, that is (use a Christmas image that you are crackers about).

When I stumbled across this wonderful printed book box in Winners I immediately thought Lil Victorian Christmas Lolita Lylah , a wonderful image from Tickled Pink Stamps. Before I knew it this box was coming home with me and this challenge has been the perfect opportunity to bring the vision to life.

After colouring the image with Copics and cutting her out, I have mounted the image on the box and set to work embellishing.

To add the perfect Victorian touches I have used lots of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts layered over a piece of greenery from a Christmas pick and accented with lots of my favorite red pearls.

I hope you will join us for the challenge, I love stopping by your blogs for a visit and I am looking forward to seeing all of your favorite Christmas images.

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to stop by the Papertake Weekly blog for more inspiration.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy - Anything But a Card

Truly Scrumptious - Anything But a Card

Wild Orchid Crafts - A Child's Christmas

Once Upon A Christmas....

Good morning! Today marks the start of another challenge on the Papertake Weekly challenge and this was a fun one for me. The theme this week is to make a card that doubles as more than a card and I decided that this was the perfect opportunity to have a go at making a book card.

You can find the tutorial that I used here.

The image is Silent Night Tilda which is a favorite of mine but an image that I have not yet used this year and she has been coloured up to match this beautiful background paper from the Basic Grey Nordic collection.

The blue mat was again created using the emboss resist technique and the same swirl stamp that was used on my card yesterday. To embellish, I have layered on a lace doily, a piece of silver twig from a Christmas pick and some sparkly snowflakes for a winter wonderland effect.

Inside is the perfect spot to tuck a little gift and I think that I have the perfect gift in mind. It has been finished off with two sentiments and another snowflake leaving plenty of room to add a handwritten message for the recipient.

I hope that you will join us for the challenge. Be sure to stop by the Papertake Weekly blog and see all of the wonderful DT creations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Whatever Lights Your Candle

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions (poinsettias)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Christmas

Simply Magnolia - Anything Goes

Magnolialicious Highlites - Photo Inspired (November)
Oldie but a Goodie - Let it Snow

Stamps R Us - Blling it On

Holiday Shopper

Good morning and welcome, I have my second Papertake Weekly card to share with you today.

This week our theme is

The First Chrismas (Card of the Papertake Weekly year)

I know it is not the first Chrismas card that you have seen from me and it won't be the last but it is the first time that I am using this image this year. This is the sweet Jenny Bear from LOTV and she is out doing all of her holiday shopping (getting it out of the way nice and early, smart girl).I have chosen to colour her up in nice rich colours to pair her up with my 12 Days of Christmas Papers from MME and she has been accented with a generous dose of stickles and glitter for sparkle.

To take things one step further I have also made this into an easel card, adding a pocket to tuck a gift card behind the sentiment. I already have the perfect Christmas Gifts that I will be able to tuck inside. Now I just need to make one more like this.

I want to thank you for stopping by. Be sure to pop over to the Papertake Weekly blog and see the gorgeous creations  from the rest of the team. I hope that you will join us and I look forward to seeing your gorgeous Christmas creations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges :

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - sketch (turned upside down)

Lili Of the Valley - Bright and Sparkly

Charisma Cardz - Cutesy

7 Kids College Fund - Fancy Folds

Winter Wonderland - Make Your Card Sparkle

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Bright and Sparkle

Fairy Dust and Floral Wishes

Good morning, I have a little secret to let you in on today.  I have been selected to participate on the Papertake Weekly challenge as a Guest Designer for the month of December. 

Today I would like to share my first Guest DT card. The theme this week is Anything Goes and we are sponsored by the wonderful people at Lili Of the Valley.  I just love their stamps and lucky for me I just happened to have an image already coloured sitting and waiting to be put on a card so this was the perfect opportunity.

Everything about this card just came together. As luck would have it I happened to have the perfect matching papers too. No I don't usually pick my papers in advance, that would be far too organized. All of the great papers on this card are from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection and the soft colours are beautiful.

The image was give a generous dose of magical fairy dust otherwise know as stickles and even the embellishments came together quickly once I settled on the obvious choice of flowers and pearls.

I hope that you will join us for the challenge this week. I am looking forward to stopping by your blogs for a visit. Thanks for stopping by.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - Flowers, Pearls and a Punch

Always Something Creative - Sparkle

Polka Doodles - Magical and Mystical

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Spooky or Mystical

Basic Grey Challenge - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Glitter It

Hanna and Friends - Glitter