Sights, Tastes & Sounds of Summer

Good Afternoon,

                       It’s time for our last ever weekly challenge at

613 Avenue Create

From 7^th August we will become a monthly challenge.

As always we are anything goes with the optional twist of creating your own challenge using the table below.

Our three generous sponsors are

Bugaboo Stamps , Toadstool Printables & Ppinky Dolls

 

  

I chose sights: beach ball; bathing suits; flip flops; blue skies.

Tastes: margaritas

Sounds: Ocean waves ( paper)

I chose this fun image from Bugaboo called Stella and Gus socks and sandles

The image was coloured with Promarkers

The papers are from Katie Pertiet’s Seaside Value Pack here

The tag is part of the pack

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges….

Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) Always Anything Goes- entry 1

Hiding in my Craft Room W,1E #261 Anything Christmas

The Pencil Case 2W, E2  #25 Anything Goes  (W1 of 2)

Craft for the Craic - M, 5E (First Friday of the month) - July - Summer Breeze

Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No.149 - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - W, C10 – No.30 - Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 34 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes

It's Summer - well it is at CRAFT Challenge.

Good Morning,

Time for a new challenge  CRAFT Challenge and this week we are celebrating ….

Summer

Our generous sponsors this week are

Imagine That! Digital Stamps       &            Star Stampz

Our sponsors kindly gave us some of their stamps to play with.

This little cutie is called ‘My Sweet Rose’ from Star Stampz.

I have been dying to make a flower pot pocket card for some time and decided that this challenge was the perfect time.

The image is coloured with Promarkers.

The card shape was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo- here, but there are loads of templates out there to use - here

The flowers were made using a Tattered Lace poinsettia die and then distressed around the edges with tea die distress ink.
The leaves were made using a doohockey rose leaf die and distressed using bundled sage.
The beautiful shabby papers are from ChelseaLeDesigns on Etsy - here

The lace, ribbon and gems are from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…….

Crafty Gals Corner -  W, E2 - #82 Anything Goes

Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #95 Always Anything Goes/ NO optional twist (Week 2 of 2)

Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 2) Anything Goes  Entry 2

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - Always Anything Goes entry 2

Simon Says Stamp - W, 5E - Anything Goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #259 Anything Goes (two week challenge)

Cuttlebug Mania W, 3E -  Summer (Week 2)

Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #30 - Anything Goes entry 1

Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes entry 1

Christmas in July at I love Promarkers and new DT position.

Good Morning,

It’s the last Wednesday in July and I am super excited!

I have joined the DT  of I Love Promarkers.  I can’t begin to tell you how thrilled I am to be joining this awesome team.

Our challenge for the next two weeks is

‘Christmas’

Our two fabulous sponsors are…

Col Art (Letraset)     and       Opal Crafts

Here is my first DT project.

The template is from Sandra’s Scrap Shop.

The papers are from the Raspberry Road Collection Christmas Chic.

The Santa is from Rick St Denis and the Reindeer is from Motivet.

The bunting was made using a Marianne die and the letters using Tattered Lace Alphabet dies.

The ‘button’ and lace are from my stash.

The sentiment was made on the PC.

The large snowflake is a tonic die and the smaller one a memory box die.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges …….

Challenge Up Your Life  2W,E1, #46 Christmas in July (W1 of 2)

Hiding in my Craft Room W,1E #260 Christmas in July

My Time to Craft 2W  #325 Christmas in July (W2 of 2)

Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  July -  Anything Goes 

Send a Smile for Kids 2W, 2E  Christmas in July for Kids  (W2 of 2)

Come and Get It - W, 3E - (July 24) Kids Cards

Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 2) Anything Goes  Entry 1

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - Always Anything Goes Entry 1

Passion For Promarkers Challenge W - must use promarkers - #356 Christmas in July

Getting Ready for Christmas - At CRAFT

Good Morning,

Time for a new challenge  CRAFT Challenge and this week we are celebrating ….

Christmas

Our generous sponsors this week are

SheepSki Designs & Melonheadz Doodles

For my DT project this week I chose an image that is actually not a Christmas stamp called ‘Birthday Cocktail’ by SheepSki Designs - here

The inspiration for this card came from The Stamps by Chloe Project Book issue 3 - here

Firstly I used the stamp to create a background paper and added Merry Christmas to the design.

I glittered the edges using Stamps by Chloe Sparkelicious glitter – Hawaiian Blue - here

The glasses were coloured with Promarkers, cut out and glittered using Sparkelicious glitter Pink Starburst &  Mintalious

The sentiment was made on the PC and the word celebrate glittered using Tonic Nuvo Glitter – Pure Sheen Glitter Diamond - here

I added Glossy Accents to the ice cubes

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…….

Colour Challenge at 613 Avenue Create

Good Morning,

                       It’s Sunday and time for another challenge over at

613 Avenue Create

As always we are anything goes with the optional twist of colour challenge using the table below.

  

Our fabulous sponsor this week is ….

The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnett 

For my card this week I chose ‘Cadence’

From the table I chose ‘white, pink and green' 

I decided to remove her wings as I prefer her without.

She is coloured with Promarkers.

I am afraid I can’t remember where the papers are from.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The tulle, gems, ribbon and lace are from my stash.

The doily was cut using a cheery Lynn die.

The banner with a doo hickey die.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges….

 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 Always Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girls - 2W, must use ribbon, must be a card – (July 17) "Anything Goes as long as it has an image" (W1 of 2)

Little Claire's M 3rd Saturday,P15, 3E, SIO  July - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - W, 3E – #333 - Add Bling

Creative Fingers -  2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.113 - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 33 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes

Thank You Teacher

Good Morning,

Time for a new challenge  CRAFT Challenge and this week as the school holidays are approaching we would like you to create a project to say…

Thank you teacher

Our generous sponsors this week are

Bugaboo Stamps ,   The Paper Shelter  & Di's Digistamps    

For my DT project this week I chose this delightful image called

Vintage Teacher from The Paper Shelter

As always the image has been coloured with Promarkers.

I have added glossy accents to her glasses

The pencil buttons are from my stash.

The die cut thank you was made using a Joanna Sheen signature die.

The papers are from the Nitwit Collection Live n Learn - here

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges ….

Craft Rocket Challenges 2W,3E #19 Anything Goes (W2 of 2)  

Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes 

Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges 2W,1E,SIO Always Anything Goes

Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #94 Always Anything Goes/ optional twist of Ribbons and/or Bows (Week 2 of 2) 

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

Sketch time at CRAFT

Good Morning,

Time for a new challenge  CRAFT Challenge and this week we have a sketch for you to follow.

Our generous sponsors this week are

DRS Designs    &       Digital Delights

For my DT project this week I chose this fun image from Digital Delights called

Grillin George and rotated the sketch 90◦ clockwise.

George  is coloured with Promarkers as always.

The papers are from AMBIllustrations – Backyard BBQ papers - here. At the moment there is 80% off so the whole pack of 12 digital papers was 95p!

The gems are from my stash.

The sentiment was made on my computer specially for our Son in Law who is 40 in a few weeks.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges .....

·                     Sweet Stampin W, 2E  Summer/Holiday Destinations

• Dragonfly Dreams - M – (July 3) Anything Goes
• Colouring in Scrapland - M, 1st Monday, E2, No digital colouring - (July) Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - W - #349 It's Summertime!
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W,3E, SIO - #256 Sunny Days

GD at Crafting By Designs

Good Morning,

Today I would like to share my GDT card for Crafting By Designs.

This week they have a Black and White  challenge.

The image is from Saturated Canary, which sadly is closing down at the end of August and is perfect for our oldest daughter's birthday because she has just become a mummy for the first time.

The image was coloured with Promarkers.

The papers are from the Katie Pertiet collection Artistry De Blanco set - here and the raspberry road For the Record Papers - here.

The faux stitching was added using a graphics program on the PC.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges ....

Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes (Week 1) entry 1

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes entry 1

Get Creative Challenges - 2W, 3E - (Week 2) Black & White

Colour Your World with Lucy Sunshine - 2W, F, E3, (no pre-colored images) (June 25) Anything Goes  (W2 of 2)

A Rose by any other name ....

Good morning,

                      This week over at 613 Avenue Create we have a brand new challenge

‘American Beauty’ with the optional twist ‘Use A Rose’.

We have three very generous sponsors this week…

The Stamping Boutique,    Eureka Stamps  and Melonheadz Illustrations 

Something completely different from me this week – no colouring!

It’s my turn to play the twist this week and I have used this lovely sentiment from The Stamping Boutique – ‘Quilt of Life Sentiment Stamp’

I used a Crafters Companion Embossalicious folder – Chantilly Corner.

I used Spellbinder dies to frame the sentiment.

Tonic Nuvo Pure Sheen Glitter

Gems and Tule from my stash

The roses were from Wild Orchid crafts.

Enjoy the challenge and please pop by my fellow DT members and leave them some Craft Love.

Hugs Sheryl xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges……

Crafting with Dragonflies 2W,1E, Cards only  #60 Card with Sentiment as Main Focus (W2 of 2)

Creative Fingers -  2W , 3E, No totally digital projects - No.112 - (W2 of 2) Anything Goes

Simply Papercraft - 2W, E3 - No. 32 (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes

Southern Girls 2W,1E,C10 137 Anything Goes (W2 of 2)

Crafting By Designs - W,F, 3E  July Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters  - 2nd and 4th Wed, 3E - Create Your Own Background

Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects Always Anything Goes entry 3

Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 2) Anything Goes

Mixed Media Anyone?

Good Morning,

It’s the first Friday of the month – July already, and we have a new challenge over at

Creative Artiste Mixed Media Challenge

This month the theme is straight Anything Goes

And our sponsor this month is Scrapmatts & Papertole Australia

The disign team were lucky enough to work with some of the awesome products from the shop.

I used stencil bubbles, hearts frame, scrap words 26, circle mesh

The rest of the things were from my stash, cosmic shimmer misters, primary elements, gems & lace, 8 x 8 canvas.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges....

Crafty Girls Creations 2W,3E Always Anything Goes

Southern Girls 2W,1E,C10 137 Anything Goes (W2 of 2)

Inspiration Destination - W, F- #90 Always Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters  - 2nd and 4th Wed, 3E - Create Your Own Background(Week 2 of 2) 

We Love 2 Create  - 2W, 2E, F, SIO - #13 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes (W2 of 2)