Metal Madness

 

Hello again, hope you're well, thanks for your visit.

Today at Cardz 4 Guyz we begin a new challenge. 

Sian has chosen Metal Madness.

Please pop to the blog to see the details and of course

to chek out the inspiration from the DT. 

For my card, I used a 7" Sq. scallop edge white card.

I used Black to mat and layer all sections. The BP is 

from LOTV paper pad Father Knows Best.

I embossed 3 strips of silvi mirri card with a Cuttlebug EF.

The stamp is by Personal Impressions. 

Coloured with shades of Grey and Blue Promarkers.

I added 3 circle paperclips for additional metal.

A peel off sentiment on black card. 

Sympathy

For the next week at My Time To Craft (MTTC) 

our challenge is to enter a project for 

SYMPATHY

At some time or another, sadly, we all have to deal with the loss 

of someone, please share your cards with us. The Design Team

have some wonderful inspiration on the blog.

Materials Used

6" x 4" card made from an A4 sheet of cream card,

Black mat card

Stamps used - Anita's - Background and Sentiment

Flower is by Personal Impressions

Distress Ink - Faded Jeans and Black Soot

Three black gems

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Use Your Metal

This week at Cardz 4 Guyz, Kim from the Design Team has asked us to 'Use Our Metal!' We can use anything we like as long as we include something which is metal. Please do pop over to the blog to see what the Design Team have used, they certainly have Used Their Metal. For my project another Happy Birthday card. The background papers are from LOTV Father Knows Best. The scripted panel was great fun, it is a piece of metal cut from a drinking can, flattened, embossed in an embossing folder. I added various splats of alcohol inks to colour the metal. The watch stamp, embossed with gold embossing powder,  is from Personal Impressions Steampunk  Frame and Watch stamps set. I also added a metal label frame, to hold the greeting. Looking forward to visiting your creations, have fun everyone. 

Steampunk at C4G

Oh! I love Steampunk, I suppose it's like Marmite isn't it? You either get it or you don't. Well I am hoping there are many who do like it for it is the challenge this week at Cardz 4 Guyz.  Please pop over to see the amazing talent of the DT, I am sure you will be inspired to have a go. For in Steampunk, anything goes. I used the following materials.
 Black and white card stock, a Cogs mask from Splodgeaway, various TH Distress inks. Promarkers.  Stamps from Tim Holtz and Personal Impressions. The sentiment is computer generated. I'm looking forward to seeing your creations for the Steampunk challenge.

E - Easter at Alphabet Challenge

Easter is late this year, Easter Sunday is April 20th, so Sheena has chosen for us to be prepared and Easter is the challenge for the next two weeks at Alphabet Challenges.  Time for pretty spring flowers, bunnies, chicks, eggs and of course chocolate.  For my card I used.....................

Scalloped White Card

Purple card

Die from Go Kreate

Stamp - Crocus - Personal Impressions 963 Q

Greeting from stash free with a magazine

Pretty purple ribbon

Coloured with Promarkers. 

Use Your Scraps

Use It Tuesday are challenging us this week to Use Scraps - this fitted in so well with an idea I had to use up some small squares I had left over from another project using TH Shabby Chic paper. The Butterflies  and upper sentiment are stamped using Lyndsay Mason Tattered Butterflies set. The flowers and swirls are made using  Marianne dies.

We're Back from our break at Make My Monday

Yes, we have returned at Make My Monday, not a wonderful August but we've had a rest and are raring to go. Val has chosen to kick us off in September with a month of Vintage. We are starting with

VINTAGE FASHION

I think this will be a popular month, so come on ladies get out your stash and have a play. We have a new Guest Designer for the month, a welcome to Alison, I look forward to seeing her contributions during the month. Please pop over to the main blog to check out what the DT have created for the topic.  Here is mine. 

The background page is from a lovely vintage pad from Craftyworks. The larger image is a newly purchased stamp from a bargain box from Dimension Stamps. The two smaller images are from personal Impressions wooden stamps I've had for years. I die cut all three with some new oval dies. The flowers were stamped from one of my favourite freebie stamps from the Craft Stamper magazine, with an added bow and of course hat pins had to be included to fit the style and fashion of the time. Hats in older days were a must, no outfit was complete without an appropriate hat. I am of an age where I remember all of my female elders wore a hat for every occasion.

I am entering this card into the following:-

Dream Valley Challenges  Something Old, Something New. 

Cities of the World

For the next two weeks we at Fashionable Stamping Challenges are looking forward to visiting Cities of the World. We are sure to have a whirlwind journey. London has featured heavily, only because for many of we Brits it is our most famous city, where there is so much going to be happening this summer, with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations and of course the Olympic and Para-Olympic Games.  For my card, first it is an A5 in the UK this is half of of an A4, so, quite a big card. The Union Jack background is from a scrapbook sheet by Personal Impressions. The building is from a set from Inidgo Blu, the two figures are from Kanban's Jasper set. Everything was coloured with either Promarkers or TH Distress Inks. The London letters were created by hand and coloured. Don't forget there is a prize and a badge for the outright winner and a badge for the Top 3. Come on bloggers, now which city of the world will you be visiting?

Fantasy

Crafty Cardmakers are for their second week challenging us to produce a Fantasy project, bearing in mind today is St. George's Day. I decided to take this literally and use a stamp I have only used once before, sadly I don't know who made the stamp. The red cross is a piece from a scrapbook page by Personal Impressions.
The shield is from Tandastamps which comes along with several other medieval stamps. Having 5 grandsons, I have had to buy a wide range of unusual stamps. Oh! yes I HAD to!

I am also entering this card into The Rainbow Lady Challenge  for St. George's Day. 

Vintage for a Male

It is Week 44 at Make My Monday, we are continuing the month for Men and or Boys, but for this week we would like to see a project in vintage style, don't forget it does not have to be card. We are being sponsored this month by Marianne Dies with some new dies suitable for males. For more information of this and the challenge please pop over to the blog site highlighted above. You will also see the fabulous samples to inspire you by the D.T. and from our Guest Designer for the month Lainey, who is providing some wonderful cards. 

I decided to keep mine fairly simple this week. I found some blue paper for the background.. The patterned paper, a left over from a scrapbook page,  was enhanced by stamping a balloon and aeroplane from the Aviation Stamp plate by Creative Expressions. The gentleman who  looks happy to be going on his exciting journey, is a wooden stamp from Personal Impressions. I look forward to visiting your blogs during the next week. I loved all of your wheel projects last week, it is always difficult to choose the Top 3. 

White on White

A Christmas card, already, I know , but I need one for a regular swap group I am in, so I thought I'd make one by entering the challenge this week at Christmas Challenges with Sketches. Their challenge this week is White on White, your only allowed to colour the image. The sketch was one I haven't tried before, I enjoyed making it, for it is something completely different to what I would normally make and I now have my card for my All year Round Christmas Swap. This will be posted tomorrow to my partner. 

  

The stamp is from Personal Impressions. I used two embossing folders, Swiss Dots and Large Snowflakes.

Easter Blessings to All

I would like to enter this card into the Easter challenge at Crafty Cardmaker's. However I would also like to wish all of my followers and  visitors, who celebrate this special time of the year, a very Happy Easter. I decided to keep my card very simple. The stamp is from Personal Impressions, I stamped it twice with Memento Rich Cocoa, coloured it in with Promarkers. From the second stamping I cut out the flowers, then laid them on top of the first stamped image. Went around the edges with a blue Promarker, matted onto white card then adhered with silicone glue to a piece of blue glitter card. The sentiment was produced from my computer.

I am also entering this card into 

The Cheerful Stamp Pad for Anything Goes

Challenge 40 at MMM

At Make My Monday we are, during March, continuing our theme of SPRING. For the next week we would like to see either a MOTHER'S DAY or a THANK YOU project. I decided on a Thank You card, it is always useful to have a small stock of these tucked away for when you need them. I love the crocus stamp which was another one of my bargain buys, so many of the wooden stamps are being sold, usually at half price, it is worth looking out for them. the image was stamped onto a die cut  I used paper from a designer stash for the backgrounds. Coloured the stamp with Promarkers. Added a few Card Candy. Stamped a Thank You from my words stamps box. I do hope you will visit the blog to see the few rules, may I ask for you to check your Word Verification is switched off, I do have great difficulty coping with it. The samples from our Guest Designer Victoria and the D.T. are truly inspirational. Mainly have some fun.
Crocus Stamp by Personal Impressions.
I am entering this into the St. Luke's Charity Card Appeal for Spring into Spring No 3

Christmas Foilage at MMM

We at Make My Monday are continuing our theme of Christmas for the month of November, for this week we would like to see your creations showing either  FLOWERS, FOILAGE or SNOWFLAKES. Such a wide choice available. Please pop over to the blog to check out the Design Teams creations which are fabulous, so many styles showing the required theme. i will again look forward to visiting your blogs.
For my card, I stamped my favourite swirl stamp, heat embossed with Silver Bells Wow! E.P.  added some pearls and crystals. I stamped the main image, the foilage heart wreath and ribbon as I had the dge of the card. Again added pearls and crystals to decorate, Matted onto a piece of silver mirri card.
Stamps used
Foilage heart from Chloe's Creative Cards    Swirl Stamp - La Blanche  - Bow stamp -Debbie Moore from the top of Christms Stockings.

For a complete contrast, I also made this card,  the layered poinsettia, being the focal point. I stamped onto both green and red card, using gold EP. Cut, layered the levels. In the centre of the poinsettia I glued small gold beads. Stamp designed by Dawn Bibby by Personal Impressions.

A little story of the Poinsettia.............................

A Mexican legend explains how Poinsettias came to be associated with Christmas. Apparently a little girl who could not afford a gift to offer to Christ on Christmas Eve picked some weeds from the side of the road. The child was told a humble gift, if given in love, would be acceptable in God's eyes. When brought into the church, the weeds bloomed into red and green flowers and the congregation felt they had witnessed a true Chrismas miracle in the village called Poinsettia. .................

Week 6 The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge

For my second entry onto my blog today I am entering my calendar page into The Craft Barn Calendar Challenge, which  is up to week 6, the challenge is Turquoise and Lace. This has been the most difficult for me, for what is Turquoise? A bluey-green, not easy to create.  However, I think I managed to achieve it with the butterflies. I coloured the base with Broken China, gave a couple of quick short sprays with Moon Glow Desert Moon Endless Sky and Sprinky's Amethyst for a little contrast. I cut out  leaves from a piece of patterned paper and stuck the shapes on the base card. Added the lace and the calendar.
I love these Tattered Butterflies by Lyndsay Mason from Personal Impressions, I stamped them onto a sheet of copy paper, which had been previously sprayed with various sprays during one of my messy sessions.

Think Pink for October

I am thrilled to see Suzanne K is well enough to bring back the wonderful challenge blog, Let's Ink It Up. I wish her a pleasant return to good health and many best wishes. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, the first monthly challenge is so apt - Think Pink. Now everyone by now should know I am not a pink girl, but lately, I have been drawn to it with some special challenges. Thank goodness I bought a Tim Holtz Shabby Chic Stash pad, which of course has some fabulous pages in pink.
Materials used.
Martha Stewart Garden Trellis punch.
Floradora stamp from Crafty Individuals
tattered butterflies from Lyndsay Mason - Personal Impressions
Roses from stash
TH Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap
I am also entering this card into the monthly challenge blog at Crafty Individuals - Winged Things
Tuesday Throwdown - Think Pink
Crafty Cardmakers - Anything Goes First week back after re-organizing. Welcome back.
Simon Says Stamp and Show Things with Wings

My Less is More Fest No 7

To continue the Less Is More Fest,  Anything CAS Goes, aim for 1000 by midnight tonight, here is my
No 7. A good excuse to try out a recent purchase from E Bay, a Personal Impressions wooden stamp of a little girl, I wasn't sure whether to colour her in or leave her black and white, I went for the latter but will colour her later,  when not in a hurry to reach my target of 10.

Altered Mirror

I altered this mirror for a friend who came from London to the Geordieland Meet, as mentioned earlier. The 4" sq. mirror was added after the pic was taken. I used a poppy stamp from Elusive Images, the butterfly is from Personal Impressions by Lyndsay Mason, the letters for Poppies is again from Elusive Images.

Butterflies at CCM Challenge

This week over at Crafty Cardmaker's Challenge blog site we are asking for butterflies, it is well worth joining in for there will be a prize for the winner from The Stampman, so please pop over to see the wonderful butterflies the Design Team have created.  For my card the background paper is from an 8"sq. pad, but I'm now not sure which company. I stamped the butterflies, onto red vellum, each twice, the first one being stuck to the main card, the second of each are only stuck at the body section, so they appear to be in a flying position. The Tattered Butterflies stamps are from Personal Impressions designed by Lyndsay Mason. I am also entering this into Less Is More, for I feel it fits the bill of being understated and clean. Their challenge this week is to use either ribbon or a button. please pop over to check out both Chrissie and Mandi's wonderful samples and of course the wonderful support they have every week, I can spend far too long travelling around the world in awe of some of the most beautiful cards.

St. Luke's Week 2 Colour Challenge

Here we are at Week 2, my entry to the St. Luke's Charity Card Challenge - if you want to know more about this excellent fund raising charity please visit their site --this month being a colour challenge to use Black, White and ONE other colour.  Fortunately I made 3 cards last week, so my injured shoulder is only affecting the mechanics of adding the picture this week.
For Week 2, I choose a lovely shade of blue, to work with the black and white.  The main card is blue, then a layer of black card with a layer of white on top, with a band of black and the same blue across the card. Using my Cuttlebug I cut out a blue scalloped circle and a smaller black scalloped circle. The white circle is from a 3" wide punch. I used a stamp from Personal Impressions, Lyndsay Mason's Tattered Butterflies, coloured it with two shades of blue Sakura pens. I'll be back next week ladies, I still have one more card up my sleeve. Bye for this week, hope your all well.