Autumn

   This fortnight we would like to see an autumn themed project for the Crafty Cardmakers challenge.
   I wrapped green satin ribbon round the right hand side of black card and matted this onto white card. I added a gold peel off sentiment to the ribbon. The decoupaged image was made using a sheet from Jayne Netley Mayhew's autumn collection.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - autumn colours
   Allsorts - feels like autumn
   The Crazy Challenge - autumn
   The Ribbon Girl - any image
   Pile It On - feathers and/or scales
   That's Crafty - fly away
   Crafty Creations - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Crafty Girls Creations - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes

Autumn

   The theme for the latest challenge at Crafty Cardmakers is autumn. I chose to use one of the decoupage sheets from Jayne Netley Mayhew's Autumn collection as it reminds me of the crab apple tree I have in my garden and to incorporate it in an easel card.
   I have lots of scarps of printed papers in my stash and I used two pieces of these on the base of the easel. I joined the two pieces together and wrapped ribbon round round the join before matting it onto core'dinations cardstock and fixing it to the base of the card. The ribbon also acted as part of the stop for the easel.
    I also matted the decoupaged design onto the same coloured core'dinations cardstock before fixing it to the easel part of the card. Lastly I added a sentiment matted again onto core'dinations cardstock and attached this to the ribbon. A further sentiment was added to the corner of the base of the card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Incy Wincy Designs - things that fly
   Fab 'n' Funky - go outside
   Inky Chicks - fairies and/or wings
   Pile It On - autumn colours/theme
   Make My Monday - autumn colours
   Creative Moments - anything goes with fall colours

Autumn dog

   This week we would like you not to use any patterned paper in your entry for the challenge at Creative Corner.

   I began by matting green card onto white card. I then made up the image from one of Jayne Netley Mayhew's Autumn collection of decoupage sheets. Next I cut three squares of different coloured core'dinations cardstock and along with the decoupage image arranged them one on top of one another in a cascading formation. Finally I finished the card with two sets of three card candi which matched the core'dinations cardstock.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Ooh La La Creations - anything goes
   Creative Inspirations - anything goes
   Craft Your Passion - anything goes
   Digi Choosday - anything goes
   Crafty Boots - all squared up
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Inspiration Destination - anything goes
   Animal Friends - animals with fur
   Make My Monday - autumn colours
   Creative Moments - anything goes with fall colours

Christmas robin

    I was asked to make a Christmas card using a robin. This is the result.
    The robin stamp is from Jayne Netley Mayhew's collection and the sentiment stamp is from Kaisercraft. I coloured both using Spectrum Aqua pens and then added loose glitter to the M, C and leaves and Glossy Accents to the birds eye. I framed the whole using silver candy strips from my stash.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Penny Black and More - anything goes with a stamp
   Cute Card Thursday - festive colours
   QKR Stampede - use some glitter
   Allsorts - clean and simple
   Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
   Crafthazelnut's Christmas Extra - anything goes
   Creatalicious - merry Christmas
   Pattie's Creations Design - any Christmas creation
   Fantasy Stampers - clean and simple Christmas
   A Gem of a Challenge - anything Christmas
   Beccy's Place - anything goes
   Dragonfly Dreams - it's Christmas
   Clear It Out - holiday/Christmas with glitter
   Sparkle n Sprinkle - anything goes

Blue Tit

 
   There is a new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and More, the theme of which is 'something old, something new'. I hope you will be able to join us.
   I have chosen to use an old favourite stamp, Jayne Netley Mayhew's blue tit from Joanna Sheen, but I have tried a new technique - that of colouring using water colour pencils. After colouring and allowing the image to dry I cut it out and shaped it slightly.
   I matted and layered paper printed using a House Mouse CD ROM (another old favourite) from Joanna Sheen onto pink mirri card and white card. I then matted white card onto pink mirri card, both cut out using Spellbinders dies, attached it to the card and then fixed the image to the circle using glue gel.
   I used a die from a new set of Tattered Lace dies called starlight circle to cut two floral pieces from a hint of silver centura pearl card. I coloured these pieces using Promarkers before fixing them to the edge of the circle. Finally using Tattered Lace dies I cut a sentiment from the pink mirri card.
 
   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Without Words - dreaming of spring
   Lisa B. Designs - anything goes (not Christmas)
   Stamping Sensations - dies and punches
   Winter Wonderland - things with wings
   Papertake Weekly - anything goes
   Glitter n Sparkle - include some pink
   Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Word Art Wednesday - anything goes
   Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
   Scribble & Scrap - anything goes
   Fantasy Stampers - happy birthday
   Party Time Tuesday - anything goes
   Ike's World - something old, something new
   Clear It Out - anything goes
   One Stitch At a Time - something new

Squirrel

   Here is another card made using another set of stamps from Jayne Netley Mayhew. This set is called 'squirrel' and I have coloured them using Promarkers.  The sentiment is stamped using one from Flower Soft's second set of floral sentiments. I matted and layered the finished design onto orange mirri card and white card.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Littles Claire's Designs - a birthday card
   ABC - U is for unique
   I Love Promarkers - autumn colours
   Paper Pretties - clean and simple
   Passion For Promarkers - favourite colour combo (orange, brown, grey and green)
   Allsorts - autumn
   Scrapebook Stamp Society - anything goes with the option use favourite colours (orange, brown, green)
   Sweet Stampin - autumn
   Pink Gem - clean and simple
   Crafty Creations - use orange

Wren

   Back to stamping and colouring for this card and this one brings back memories of blackberry picking when I was a child. The stamp used was Jayne Netley Mayhew's wren and I coloured it using Spectrum Noir pencils adding glossy accents to the berries. The sentiment was from the same set of stamps. The strip of design paper was printed using Joanna Sheen's House Mouse CD ROM and was matted onto core'dinations cardstock.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Whoopsi Daisy - things with wings
   QKR Stampede - anything goes
   Allsorts - autumn
   Brown Sugar - autumn/fall
   Glitter n Sparkle - anything with a B (bird, blackberries)
   Creative Fingers - anything goes
   Pile It On - autumn
   Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
   Open Minded Crafting - fall/autumn
   Stamping Sensations - warm autumn colours
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes/wings
   Sweet Stamping - autumn
   Pink Gem - clean and simple
   Paper Pretties - clean and simple
   Crafty Little Fairies - only one designer paper
   Simon Says Stamp Monday - fall love
   Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Butterfly Wishes

   I love butterflies and the lilac is just coming into flower so I wanted to make a card with a butterfly just balancing on lilac, although I'm not sure anyone would see butterflies this colour - at least not round here.
   I matted lilac core'dinations cardstock onto white card.
   Left hand panel: lilac flowers were stamped from Joanna Sheen's garden flowers collection and coloured using Promarkers. After dusting the edges with distress ink I matted the image onto dark purple core'dinations cardstock. A little glitter was applied to the flowers. The butterfly was stamped from Jayne Netley Mayhew colllection, coloured using Promarkers, cut out and attached using glue gel.
   Right hand panel: three butterflies from the same set as above were stamped and coloured using Promarkers. Again the panel was matted onto dark purple core'dinations cardstock. I then added a peel off sentiment.

   I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Creative Inspirations - spring flowers
   Cute Card Thursday - here comes summer
   Inky Impressions - anything goes
   Allsorts - butterflies
   Crafty Cardmakers and more - it's a bugs life
   Addicted to Stamps - things with wings
   Imagination Crafts - things with wings
   Loves Rubber Stamps - photo inspired (the colours)
   Creative Moments - anything goes/spring

Old and new

   I recently bought the Tattered Lace oriental fan die and thought I'd better use it!. I cut the fan shape out from Neenah paper and stamped three butterflies, using an old stamp I had from one of Jayne Netley Mayhew's collection. These I coloured using Promarkers. I also stamped, coloured and cut out a fourth butterfly. The Neenah paper was then matted and layered onto black mirri card and white card. I cut a second fan from red card and glued this into the fan shape cut previously. Stickles was applied to the holes in the edge of the fan and in the base of the fan. The fourth butterfly was then attached to the fan. Finally a peel off sentiment was added.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Crafty Little Fairies - things with wings
   Passion For Promarkers - butterfly kisses
   Paper Pretties - birthday card
   Whoopsi Daisy - birthdays
   QKR Stampede - anything goes
   Incy Wincy Designs - black and white and one other colour
   Addicted to Stamps and More! - anything goes
   Fantastic Tuesday - anything goes
   Love to Create - anything goes

Kingfishers

   I love kingfishers and really like this particular image.
   I matted and layered the paper printed from Pollyanna Pickerings British Wildlife DVD ROM from Creative Crafter's World onto dark turquoise mirri card and white card having first wrapped black ribbon around the lower half of the paper. I then attached a bow and some gems to the ribbon.
   The main image was printed from the same DVD ROM and I matted this onto the mirri card which had been cut out using a Spellbinders heart circle die. I stamped the flying kingfisher using a stamp from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew collection and coloured it using Promarkers. I then glittered the wings.
   The sentiment was created by using another one of the heart circle dies, a circle die, peel offs and a glittery button.

   I would like to enter this into the follow challenges:
   Paper Pretties - ribbon!
   Incy Wincy Designs - birthdays
   Crafty Cardmakers and More - come fly with me
   Kaboodle Doodles - use ribbon
   Crafty Ribbons - anything goes
   Digi Designs - tic tac toe (gems, die cuts, ribbon)
   Nutcrafters - ribbon and bling
   The Squirrel and the Fox - something spooled
   Cute Card Thursday - buttons and bows
   Sweet Stamps - anything goes
   Stamping Sensations - wings, fantasy and fiction
   Love to Create - anything goes

Penguins

   I have used another image from Jayne Netley Mayhew for this birthday card. This one is called penguins and my son loves these creatures. I have coloured it using Promarkers, cut it out using a Spellbinders majestic labels 25 die and done faux stitching around the edge. This was then attached to black core'dinations cardstock which had black ribbon wrapped round it before matting it onto white card. Four card candis were then glued to the corners of the image, a large black bow glued to the black vertical ribbon and a white happy birthday peel off attached to the lower half of the ribbon.

   I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Dream Valley - no designer paper
   Crafting With Dragonflies - anything goes
   Paper Pretties - anything goes
   Passion For Promarkers - ribbon, lace or twine
   Crafty Sentiments Designs - birthday
   V's Sweet Ideas - anything goes
   Ribbon Girl - anything goes
   Creative Fingers - anything goes + optional stitches real or faux
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes + optional use of real ribbon
   LEJ Designs - anything goes
   Animal Friends - punches/dies
   Scribble and Scrap - anything goes
   Delicious Doodles - must use ribbon
   Lacy Sunshine - bingo (ribbon, die-cut, card candi)
   Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
   Sweet Stampin - in stitches
   Sweet Stamps - anything goes
   Inky Impressions - ribbon
   Papertake Weekly - bow, dies
   Catch the Bug - photo inspiration (penguins)
   Pile It On - animals

Badger

   I think I am becoming addicted to spots! Here is another card using the black spots on white background. On its own the paper is a bit dazzling on the eyes but by adding toppers on top it becomes a little more bearable.
    The paper is matted onto black card and then white. The image (called badger!) is from Jayne Netley Mayhew's collection and I coloured it using Promarkers, going over the stamped part to emphasize the black. I cut it out using a Spellbinders circle die and matted and layered it on black card, grey core'dinations cardstock and white core'dinations cardstock all cut out using Spellbinder dies. Three more smaller circles were cut out from the same materials and matted and layered to form the base on which to stick the sentiment.

   I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
   Without Words - spots and/or stripes
   Ooh La La Creations - a man card
   I Love Promarkers - for the boys
   Paper Pretties - anything goes
   Crafty Catz - monochrome
   Crafty Cardmakers and more - black and white
   Digi Sketch - one for the men
   Digi Designs - spots and dots
   Totally Papercrafts - one for the boys
   Animal Friends - punches/dies
   Digi Darla - alphabet (B is for badger)
   Pink Gem - for the boys

Robin

   I recently bought some Aquamarkers, so I thought I would use them on this image from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew collection. Having coloured it I added glitter to the leaves and rose hips. A stamped Merry Christmas and silver peel off around the edge finished it.

   I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
   Less is More - use a bird
   Crafty Card Makers - clean and simple
   Whoopsi Daisy - things with wings
   Scrapbook Stamp Society - anything goes + optional white card, only image coloured

Owl

 Owls are one of my favourite birds. This owl, coloured with Promarkers, is from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mewhew collection.
 I embossed brown core'dinations cardstock using the Darice wood grain folder, sanded it and then used a Spellbinder die to cut the aperture, which I then ringed with peel offs. Originally I was going to place the owl onto a very dark background so that he appeared as if in a tree hollow but I decided it would be too dark, so he remains on the white Neenah background. Brown ribbon was wrapped round the bottom of the card before fixing to the base card.
  The embellishments are made from die cut flowers and ivy and a couple of candi. Finally a lighter piece of core'dinations was embossed and distressed with brown ink to form the 'wooden' happy birthday notice.

  I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:
  Paper Pretties Wednesday - monochromatic mania
 Allsorts -  furs/feathers
 Crafter Companion - dies and die cuts

kingfishers

Kingfishers

  These kingfisher stamps from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew collection are coloured with Promarkers. I then cut them out with Spellbinders postage stamp dies, distressed the edges with tumbled glass ink and off set each on turquoise mirri card. The backing paper is taken from Peerless Designs Feathered Friends CD ROM.

  I wish to enter the card into the following challenges:

  Joanna Sheen - Don't be square

  Cupcake Craft - Anything but square

  Creative Corner - Gone fishing

Blue tit

This blue tit image from Jayne Netley Mayhew's collection is coloured with Promarkers and mounted onto green mirri card. The flower embellishments are made from Bazzill card and sprayed with glitter.The easel card itself was cut using Spellbinder's grand big scalloped circles.