Blue Christmas

Not much going on in my little part of the world.
Weather is dreary and my purse is empty after getting my car repaired to get it through it's MOT...these things are sent to try us.
I did manage one card though and it is a blue Christmas card to go with my mood.
I used the great sketch from Sketch and Stash challenge 21
and if I'm not too late this will fit in perfectly with Crafty Creations 37 - Blue ~~( Too Late :(  )

Stamp Something - Bling It Something

I dug out all my old Christmas papers from last year and I refuse to buy anymore until these are all used up.
The new stash are the die cut snowflakes the, large one I covered in Doodlebug Sugar Coating glitter, and the snowflake stamp by Dawn Bibby which I stamped onto the faux silk paper which I made for another challenge somewhere ??? I also added glitter to this before the glue dried and it is lovely and sparkley.
Denim by Adirondack was used to stamp the snowflake.

Let's hope I can get a few more made today eh???

Autumn Joy

Feeling full of the joys of autumn so have made this card for challenges
Crafty Creations 35 - Leaves/Autumn
Allsorts 20 - Autumn Days

The papers were a great freebie with a magazine
Image - Hero Arts 'Big Owl'
Sentiment - download
Colouring medium - Promarkers
Base card, brown card pieces and brads from my stash.

Sunday Lovely Sunday

The first card today is for 365 Cards Day 204 - Super Sketchy Sunday
Here we are again the start of another week.
At first I thought oh! no!! an oval card, but then thought again and opted for an oval shape on a usual A5.
This got rid of lots of bits and bobs in my box, I love that.
I just cut and embossed 2 new ovals in my 'Bug' and the image is a download from Pink Petticoat, which I coloured with Sakura Gel pens.
I added a single piece of card candy for balance.

and the 2nd card is for Crafty Creations #33 - Coffee or Tea
I had one set of these great images & sentiments left that a forum buddy sent me, aren't they great.
I chose Basic Grey papers and some flat backed pearls that looked like coffee beans, well if you half shut your eyes...lol!!

So that's me for today. I have a lot of stamping to do for a stamped image swap for the forum and 3 cards to make from a card kit swap, so busy, busy, busy.

Let's Pile It On

Had so many challenges piling up that I wanted to do I decided to have a go at the great challenge blog Pile It On again
So this card ticks all the neccessary boxes for
Pile It On #15 - Black & White & a POP of colour,.... mine being pink
Charisma Cardz #37 - Flower Power
Stamp Something - Fave Embellishment,.... mine are flowers and with this flower you can't go wrong
Paper Blooms - Bling,..... I added gems to the 3 corners of image and the flower is blingilicious
Crafty Creations - Dry/Wet embossing...... I wet embossed the sentiment

Ingredients used:-
Downloaded image and I think it looks like an early Marilyn Monroe hence the sentiment I chose.
Sentiment - Paper Artsy
Embossing Powder - Rubber Stampede P300 White
Bloom - Flora Doodles
Textured Base card,card pieces, gems,organza ribbon and pp from my stash

Embossing adventure

I have been playing with embossing after reading somewhere that the Fiskars Texture Plates can be passed through the 'Bug'. Very successful too. So I have 6 different textured backgrounds to play with and can resist, just for a short while, buying any more Embossing Folders.
I have used a small piece of large dot embossed card in the middle of this card, such a change from Swiss Dots which I have done to death.
Ingredients:-
The papers - Basic Grey 'Sugared'.
The ribbon - SU 'More Mustard'
The lovely sentiment is a sticker by Chatterbox.
Velvet brad - Doodlebug
Flowers - Making Memories
Metal spacer under brad - Beads Direct.
Flourish Outline Sticker

This card is for these challenges
Kezza's Sketch 2 for September
Crafty Creations #32 - Embossing

Stampin' Saturday

365 Cards Day 175 - Layering stamps, not masking
This will also fit for Crafty Creations Challenge # 29 - 'Tags'
Now I was really in my element, but I seriously didn't know when to stop...so a case of 'less is more' it is not.

Ingredients used:-
Stamps - Hero Arts 'Polka Dot Pattern', All Night Media ' Script', Hero Arts 'Skylark Bookmark', Clarity corner stamp, Image by European Memories, Sentiment by Paper Artsy
Inks - Tim Holtz Distress Inks in 'Tea Dye' and 'Walnut Stain'
Paper from Costco
Card blank - Kraft from Lakeland
Cotton twine
I still feel I need to put something else on it, like a button!..lol!!!

Mellow Yellow

This card is to cover the following challenges :-
Friday Sketchers 65 - given sketch
Crafty Creations 28 - Yellow
ABC Challenge - 3rd time round....A for Anything goes plus An Additional Animal if you want

This was a great sketch and I enjoyed using yellow for a change.
I also look forward to trying to do the whole alphabet this time around.

Supplies:-
Stamped Image - Stamping Bella 'Kittycatabella'
Papers - Basic Grey 'June Bug' & 'Lemonade'
All other items from my stash

Red, White & Blue....

Well it's the 4th of July a day for Celebrations.
To everyone in the US and to Serena Williams...Wimbledon Champion.
I have a combo of 3 for this card.
365 Cards Day 126 - 'Show Your True Colours' mine being Red, White & Blue too
Crafty Creations Ch. #22 - Celebrations
The Next Level Issue 5 - Sketch + stitching

Well the red, white and blue included, the HB blue paper very old and had CraftCreations on the bottom. The striped paper is Doodlebug 'Boy O Boy Dotted Line' and the Red card is Stardream from Joanna Sheen
The image was an old swap in my image box.
The colouring medium used was a mix of PM's and Copic
The sentiment is a misc. rub on which gives the Celebration theme
The faux stiching is by hand in white pen

I used my Fiskars punch 'Threaded Water' to edge the piece of card.
Fabulous ribbon from my stash.

Secret Garden

This is a combo for Sketch Saturday #55 , Crafty Creations Wednesday #20...'How does your garden grow?' and Chocoholics Challenge on the forum...'Something that flies'
Tilda was coloured with ProMarkers and sat inside the waste of a scalloped oval Nestie.
Kay & Co paper was cut around the lilac so that it looked as if it is falling over the frame.
The base card is Bazzill and the dragonfly was cut from a sheet of Kay & Co and mounted on dimensionals and the sticky flowers are Kay & Co to match the paper.
The sentiment is by Bo Bunny Press
I added flat backed 'bling' to the dragonfly's body and to the centre of the flower to give it a bit of sparkle.