Inspired by the Honduran Flag

Good Morning, two posts in one day. I am running behind aren't I?

This week is the start of a new challenge at Charisma Cardz where our theme is

Flag Colours!

(You must state which country in your blog post!)

 

 

Having vacationed the other week in Honduras, I was inspired to create a card using the colours of the Honduran flag and have used my stamps and inks to put a simple little note card together.

 

 

As always we have some fantastic sponsors...

PRIZE ONE -

All That Scraps are offering our first winner One Stamp set or 4 single CC Designs stamps!

 

PRIZE TWO -

Cedar Chest Designs are offering a $10 voucher to their online shop!!
Digital Supplies for the Craft WorldCedar Chest Designs offers quality products, bulk discounts, instant downloads and teacher benefits on digital stamps, digital scrapbooking images and a variety of other digital craft supplies from over a dozen unique artists

PRIZE THREE

and last but not least, Marker Pop have kindly donated a $10 voucher.

                                                                                                                                                              

 

 

We also have a DT call on so be sure to stop by the challenge blog for all of the details on that. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holiday Helper Finn

Good morning, I am running a little late with my posts this week as it has been very busy. I am really looking forward to the weekend, no plans other than laundry, crafting and maybe taking in a movie.

 

There is a new challenge this week at ABC Christmas. Our theme is

 

H for Holiday Helpers

 

Our very own Lacey has generously sponsored this challenge through her store Stamp and Create.

Stamp and Create

And an awesome prize of

 

 

For my card I have gone CAS with Little Elf Finn. I have stamped and coloured the image directly onto the card and then paper pieced the ornament before adding a sentiment to finish it all off.  I think I need to work on a few more of these as they will be very easy to pop in the mail come Christmas.

 

I hope that you will join us for the challenge, I look forward to seeing what you create.  

 

 

Snowglobe Memories

Do you remember how much fun it was to play with a snow globe at Christmas when you were a kid?

I've got a card to share today that will bring back those memories.

 

 

Our challenge this week at Charisma Cardz is to use acetate. I tried a few different things and then settled on an old standby and made a shaker card. You won't be able to tell from the photo but after stamping the large snowflake, I have doused it in Perfect Pearls which gives it a real shimmer all on its own. That wasn't enough sparkle though so I have filled this shaker with iridescent tinsel glitter before matting it on this card. These papers from MME paired with the image perfectly to give the card a real Scandinavian look to it.

 

 We have two generous sponsors who are offering two of our lucky participants some wonderful prizes.

 

PRIZE ONE
Card Mad Fairy

Prize - 3 Digis of winners choice

PRIZE TWOJ&C Creations £10 voucher

If you are crafting, why not give your own acetate creation a try.

 

Have a great week!

G for Girly

Good Morning, it has been a long time since my last post. That flu that I had a few weeks back just wanted to hang around and work has been crazy as of late so I have not been up to much crafting.

I am hoping that blogger is playing nice today as this is a scheduled post. I am currently laying in the sun on a beach in Roatan Honduras. I will tell you all about it when I return.

Today is the start of a new challenge at ABC Christmas and this week our theme is

G for Girl or Guy Creations

nice and easy.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is

Bugaboo Stamps

One lucky Random winner will win 7 Digi images

of their choice :)

 

 

As I was running short on time before we left I opted to use a LOTV image that I had previously coloured but had not yet made into a card.

This little cutie matched perfectly with these great papers from MME.  I am trying really hard to keep the embellishments relatively flat for at least some of my cards this year. It seems that I never have enough that can go in the mail when December rolls around. For this card I've limited my embellishements to just a few flowers that pick up the colours in the card.

 

I hope you will join us for the challenge. I look forward to seeing your creations.

Have a great day and be sure to stop by again tomorrow as I actually have a second post scheduled for this week.

 

 

 

 

Eyes Down for Bingo

I've stopped by tonight to tell you all about the new challenge over on the ABC Christmas Challenge.

This is the start of our E challenge and Netty has chosen the theme

 

Eyes Down for Bingo

 

She has come up with a great grid and you just need to create a new project using three in a row.

 

To reward your efforts, there are two wonderful sponsors who have generously donated prizes.

Our generous sponsors for this week are :

Stampfary Digis

 

and

 

 Shape EZ templates who are offering a fab prize:

 

 

For my card, I've chosen the line of Blue, Glitter and Ribbon. This cute StampFairy image called George CandyCanes was coloured to match my card base and accented with some puffy snow. The glittery snowflake and ribbon were added as accents to finish it all off.

I hope that you will be joining in on the fun. I look forward to seeing you creations. But before you head off to start crafting, be sure to hop over to the challenge blog and take a look at all the rest of the wonderful DT creations for some additional inspiration.

Vintage Masculine

 

Hello,  I hope that you are all having a wonderful weekend. I had a play with some of my Tim Holtz inks, stamps and embossing folders the other week and thought that I would would show you the masculine card I put together with one of the pieces that I had created.

 

 I have distressed the focal piece a bit and added some Walnut Stain to the edges, then I have matted it using some of the Tim Holtz resist paper that has been coloured using Distress Stains  to bring out the resist. I've added some of the film strip ribbon and some of the metal gears and spinners as embellishement and finished it all off with a sentiment.

 

I really like the end result of this one so I think that I might have to finish off another of the pieces that I had created. I will post it later this week.

 

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

 

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Metal

Sunshine and Laughter

Good evening! Today marks the start of another new challenge at Charisma Cardz.

 

The theme this week is One Layer Cards and we are lucky to have some great sponsors joining in the fun.

 

Our first sponsor this week is the lovely Pink Cat Studio who are offering 5 digis of the winners choice!!

Our second sponsor this week is our very own Team Gem DT member Jenni from... Card Mad Fairy's Creations

Jenni is offering one lucky winner the choice of 5 Digi's!! 

 

 

 

 

 

This is not my usual style but I decided to embrace it and have fun. I have seen a number of one layer cards out there that featured masking and thought I wound give it a go. To ensure that I would keep the line straight when I placed the mask (post it notes), I scored a line to use as a guide. After masking off the rest of the card I applied some distress inks with a blender, then I removed the masks and applied my stamping. I think that you will be seeing more one layer cards to come from me.

I hope that you have been inspired to give it a go yourself. Be sure to share the results in the challenge, I look forward to seeing what you create.

D for Designer Papers

 

Good Morning, I am back today with a card to share for the new challenge over at ABC Christmas. I think that you will find it to be a nice easy one this time around.  Our theme is

D for Designer Papers

All that we are asking you to do is create a Christmas project that features some of those fantastic papers that you have in your stash. 

 

For your efforts, we have two wonderful sponsors who have generously provided some prizes for a few lucky participants.

 

Stamp and create

and 

 

 

 

For this card, I have used Tilda with Long Hair which Lacey currently has available here.

I've coloured the image to match with some great papers that I had in my stash, and added a generous dose of glitter for that holiday sparkle. The layout is based on the current sketch at Seems a Little Sketchy. I've kept the embellishments simple as I really need to work on making cards that can go through the mail this year. 

 

The inside of this one is even ready to go.  I have decided that I am going to try to finish off the insides as I am working on my Christmas cards. This will save me time in November when I am trying to get them all ready for the mail. We will see if I can stick to that as the year goes on.

 

I hope that you have been inspired to join us. I look forward to seeing your creations.

 

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

 

Seems a Little Sketchy - Sketch

Winter Wonderland - A Christmas Card

Raise the Bar - Anything Goes

Ooh La La - Sparkle and Shine

Love to Create - All that Glitters

Dream Valley - Ribbon and Bling

Craft Your Passions - All that Glitters

C.R.A.F.T - Christmas

Aud Sentiments - Inner Sentiment 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring with Butterflies

Happy Family Day to all of my Ontario friends, I hope that you are enjoying your long weekend!

  I should have posted this card on Friday but it did not even cross my mind until today when I sat down to look at all of your lovely blogs. I've created this card for the current challenge on the

Stamp and Create with Magnolia Blog where the theme is Spring with Butterflies.

 

This adorable Tilda is called Teddybear Love  and I've matched her up with some great papers from MME. The flower embellishements have been in my stash forever and I am not sure who made them.

 

Be sure to stop by the challenge blog to view the rest of the DT creations and then I do hope that you will play along.

Happy Crafting!

 

 

All You Need Is Love

 

Good Morning, I am back for a second day in a row with a new card to share.  This one is for the new challenge starting today at Charisma Cardz where the theme this week is

 

Love

 

J&C Creations

 £10 Voucher to their online shop!!

 

 

 

 

Cedarchest Designs

$10.00 Winner Certificate

 

 

For my card I have chosen another Saturated Canary image called Hugs and Kisses that Krista had provided as a freebie a few weeks back.  If you missed her she is available in the shop here. 

 

I coloured her up to match some papers from one of the paper pads that I had and then when I went to put it all together I hated it so I dug through my stash until I found some others that worked, she just needed some fun bright colours to set her off. As the papers are rather busy, I have kept the layout really simple and added just the corner floral arrangement and a sentiment to finish it all off.

 

I hope that you join in the fun. I'm looking forward to seeing what you create.

 

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Card Makin Mamas - In the Mood For Love

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Love

Dream Valley Challenges - Valentines

Pink Elephant - Inspiration Photo - Love

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Valentines

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge - Hearts