What an Easel......

Happy Monday everyone!

Well, it's back to work for me today after a 3-week holiday, it's going to be super busy but you need to go back sometime, right? In the meantime, Ooh La La's new challenge is also starting up, we are challenging you to make an "EASEL CARD" this time around.

Here's my make, another image from the Yesterday's Memories CD!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Pretty in Orange image from the Yesterday's Memories CD
* Authentique Irresistible & First Edition Hideaway DPs
* Black Soot Distress Ink
* Memories Direct Paper Flowers
* Robin's Nest Dew Drops
* Studio G sentiment stamp
* Rounded corner punch
* Washi tape from stash

Come on and join us if you have time, we'd love to see your projects!

Challenges:
* Let's Craft & Create (Let's Celebrate)
* Card & Scrap (Use Flowers)
* Charisma Cardz (Birthdays)
* A Little Bit Crazy (Celebrate)
* Natalie & Amy (One for the Girlies)
* Crafty Calendar (Celebrate)
*  HobbyVision (Goud van Oud) Alle materialen zijn ten minste 4 maanden oud (behalve the Distress Inkt)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* Diva's by Design (Anything Goes)
* C.R.A.F.T (Anything Goes)

Tweet

Easel Does It

Good morning all!

It's time for another challenge over @ Ooh La La, asking for your "Easel Cards". I love easel cards, although I've had to tell several people that I sent them to how they work as I've seen them displayed upside down or sideways LOL

I've used an image from the Ooh La La's Fleur D'Imagination CD called Pink Blossom. As usual, the CD has several toppers & decoupage using this image with lovely matching DPs, so I really didn't need to use any other paper this time around.

Materials:
* Ooh La La Pink Blossom image & DPs from the Fleur D'Imagination CD
* Petaloo Celebrations 3D Butterfly
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Buttons from stash

We'd love to see your work at the challenge blog, please share your easel projects with us!

Challenges:
TBA

Tweet

Challenging Colour Combo

Hi all,

It's Wednesday again, so time for another Fab 'n Funky challenge! Our lovely teamie Pat has chosen a colour challenge theme, so if you want to play along you should use "Pink, Green & Brown". We are sponsored by MayzyArt, which is quickly becoming one of my favourite digi companies. Such lovely fun images and a doddle to colour! I decided to make an Easel card, as I hadn't done that in a while.

Let's see what you can do with this challenge!

Materials:
* MayzyArt Swoopy Melva, coloured with Promarkers
* Docrafts Country Companions DP & K&Co Hopscotch Girl Tag Pad Tag
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink & Dovecraft Cocoa Brown Ink
* Fairy Doodles sentiment stamp
* Rounded corner & Flower punches
* Pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Art Impressions (Check Us Out)
* Addicted to Stamps (Easel Cards)
* Cute Card Thursday (Anything Goes)
* Totally Papercraft (Easel Card)
* Bunny Zoe (Girly)
* Allsorts (1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments)
* One Stop Craft (Anything Goes)
* Scrapbooking Queen (A Hint of Green)
* Aud Sentiments (Sentiment for a Girl)
* Colour Me Creative (Spring Colours)

Tweet

I Love You This Much

<<< Scroll down a little for my Ooh La La GDT card!>>>

Hi All!

We are starting another PCD challenge today and as Valentine's Day is approaching fast, our theme this time is Valentine/Love. I thought I'd make an easel card again, as I hadn't been doing alternative folding techniques for a while now. I hope you can join us this fortnight :)

Materials:
* Platypus Creek Digitals Row of Hearts digi, coloured with Promarkers
* Digital Delights Love is in the Air Sentiment set
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park & Paper Mania Summer Bloom DPs
* Inkssentials Crackle Accents Glaze
* Gloss Glaze
* Red ink & Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Brads, Silver border peel offs from my stash

Challenges:
* Avadares (Valentine's Day/Love)
* One Crazy Stamper (Anything Goes)
* Stamp & Create (Love)
* Let's Craft & Create (Anything Goes)
* Diva's by Design (Make it Girlie)
* Paper Creator's Craft (Love it All Around)
* ATC's with Attitude (Add a Tag or Sentiment)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Sentimental)
* Card Mania (Oh So Girly)
* One Stitch in Time (Love)

Tweet

A Shapely Christmas

Hi all!

I can't believe it's November again, where does the time go? I say that with every passing month though :)
Nevertheless, I don't think any of us can deny that Christmas is coming fairly close and we all need to get a move on with the Christmas card. Perhaps the November challenge @ Christmas Cards All Year Round can help you out with some inspiration? This month, the challenge is "Shapes or Fancy Folds". I've made an Easel card, I love making this fold! Our sponsor this month is Beccy's Place, who also provided us with some great digis for our DT projects. I've used Quilt Puddings:

Materials:
* Create & Craft CS
* Beccy's Place Quilt Puddings, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Basic Grey Jovial & Dovecraft Noel DPs
* Delightful Challenges Winter Tickets Sentiment Set
* Cart-Us Cutlery stamps
* Black & Red ink
* Cosmic Shimmer Red Fire Twinkles
* Ribbon from stash

What will you be making? Share it with us, we'd love to see!

Challenges:
* Creative Card Crew (Fancy Folds)
* Crafty Ribbons (Christmas)
* My Heart Pieces (Use Ribbon)
* Paper Crafting Journey (Ribbon or Twine)
* Crafty Ann's Challenge (Christmas in October)
* Stampin' For the Weekend (Anything Goes)
* Hot Shot Craft (Bling It On)
* Sweet Stampin' (What's Cooking/Something to Eat)
* Basic Grey (Anything Goes)
* Fussy & Fancy (Anything Goes)

Tweet

Last card for the Mamas

Good morning everyone,

Today, I am sharing my last card at a DT member for Card Makin' Mamas. I've had a blast being part of their lovely team, but am now looking for new opportunities and challenges. Nothing lined up yet, just seeing where my crafting takes me :) I really want to thank Jess for giving me my first break in a DT, it was fun but all good things come to an end. So, my last challenge with CMM is an inspiration photo challenge, a lovely pastel 4-tiered cake. I've use the colours and the flower theme for my card, what will you be inspired by?

Materials:
* Tickled Pink Digi (Easter Pinkette Daisy August), coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs
* First Edition Spring Feast DP
* Eline Vintage Sentiment Stamp
* Flowers, brads, plain papers and flower gems from my stash

Challenges:
* Aud Sentiments (Anything Goes)
* Scrap it with a Song (Spring Fever)
* Moving Along with the Times (Gardening or Flowers)
* Crafts 4 Eternity (Spring)
* Crafty Catz (Anything Goes)
* I Love Promarkers (Flower Power)
* Little Darlings (Flowers)
* Scapalicious USA (Flower Power)
* Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes)
* A Gem of a Challenge (Pink, Blue and Green)

Tweet

It's Christmas! Almost........

Hi everyone, I'm back! Finally we managed to set up the crafty table in my new crafty room so I could start creating again. We are really settling in to our new home, it's already so familiar even though there is still a ton of boxes to unpack. How much stuff can a person collect, honestly!

I have a Christmas card to share with you on my comeback (it's feels a bit like that!). I thought I was completely covered as far as Christmas cards were concerned, but of course when I started making the list I was a few short! So back to the Crimbo drawing board I went, happily coinciding with Card Makin' Mamas new challenge, we want to see CHRISTMAS CARDS. Not so hard right? Our teamie Lizzie provided the lovely digi images, have a look on the challenge blog to see more of her creations and of course how all the teamies used them on their cards!

This is my make:

Not bad for a first outing, huh? I'm pretty happy with it to be honest. Hope to see you at the challenge!

Materials:
* Scalloped white base card, folded to make an easel card
* Giftful Lilly digi, coloured with Promarkers
* Basic Grey Jovial DPs
* Pearls from stash
* Stickles on the Poinsettia of the stopper (I liked leaving the flower whole, so that it pops up a little)
* Sentiment from Studio Light
* Rounded corner punch

Challenges:
* Aud Sentiments (Winter Holiday sentiment)
* Moving Along with the Times (Last Minute Christmas)
* Meljen's Design (Use Green)
* Paper Crafting Journey (Christmas)
* Sarah Hurley (Christmas)
* ABC Christmas Challenge (Christmas)
* My Mum's Craftshop (Traditional Christmas Colours)
* Stampavie (Easel card)
* Christmas Inspirations (Unusual Folds)
* Cute Card Thursday (Anything Goes)

Tweet

Lilac Lady

Good morning everyone!

Is it just as humid where you are? Today I have a card to share with you that is a little different, it's my first easel fold card! I know, I am not really cutting edge since this fold has been around for such a long time, but I had never actually tried it. I don't know why not, because it's so incredibly easy! The only drawback is that the card is much heavier due to the extra card panel, but it's nice to do something different!

This card really links up well with our latest challenge over at Card Makin' Mamas, we would like to see "BIRTHDAY" cards! I am sure you all need birthday cards, so why not join us? We are being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps; they are offering the winner of the challenge their choice of 2 digis or one rubber stamp from their Lil Lad, Lil Lolita or Lil Pinkette ranges. The image I have used is from the Lil Lolita range, called Lil Victorian Steampunk Lolita Evie. I think she is just gorgeous and just so versatile. I've used this to make a card for one of my 'aunts' birthday, I think she will really appreciate it. Well, let's hope so! I'd better include instructions how the card works ;)

Materials used
* White base card
* Tickled Pick Stamps Lil Victorian Steampunk Lolita Evie, coloured with Promarkers
* StudioLight sentiment
* Docraft Country Companions DP
* Lace, pearl, ribbons, holographic paper, gems from stash

Challenges
* Scrap Creations (Buttons and/or bows)
* Shopping Our Stash (Vellum, Violet or Violins)
* Emerald Fairies (Lace)
* NettieG's Digital Gems (Fancy Folds)
* Stamps R Us (Birthdays)
* Incy Wincy (Monochromatic)
* Let's Craft and Create (Use a digi)
* Little Darlings (Girly)
* Lollipop Crafts (Celebrations)
* Sparkles Forum (For the Girls)

Hope you like it, come and join us if you have the time!

Tweet