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Tuesday 24 September 2019

Just Hanging Out


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Good Morning All,
We have a new challenge over
As always the theme is…
 ‘Anything Goes’
Our fabulous sponsor this week is

The team were lucky enough to be given three lovely images to work with and those images are the prize for this weeks challenge.


 The images are coloured with Promarkers.
The paper I’ve had in my stash for ages.
The sentiment was made on my computer.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…..
A Gem of a Challenge  2W, 3E  - #18 - Anything Goes (W2 of 2)
Angie's Digital Stamps - M, 1st Sunday, 3E, Winner and Top Picks - (September) Anything Goes 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 Always Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) September - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Let's Craft & Create Challenge (M, P5, F, E3) #151 - Anything Goes + option: put some extra layers on
Love to Scrap (M, P1, E5, digis or stamping) #125 - Anything Goes
The Creative Crafters (M, P15, E3) #20 - Anything Goes

Thursday 19 September 2019

Autumn / Weather at CRAFT Challenge


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Good Morning,
Today over at Craft challenge we have a new challenge and this week it’s
Autumn / Weather
Our generous sponsor this week is ..
The prize for the winner is a $10 voucher
For my DT card this week I chose the adorable

 
I chose to team the image with a pumpkin element from the Nitwits Digital Kit
The gorgeous paper is available here from PeDeDesigns.
The image is coloured with Promarkers.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…
Crafty Gals Corner  M, 2nd W, E3, #199 - Fall colors
Creative Moments M, Wed 3E, #176 - Anything Goes Optional Twist: Fall colors
Paper Shelter W, 3E, #398 - Use a Digi
Arty Divas 2W, 5E, C10 - #4 - Anything Goes (week 2)
Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Fall Colors
Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #38 - Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges (W, 3E, Top 3 Awarded)  #128 FALL COLORS*
Crafty Cardmakers  (2W, C15) #241 AUTUMN COLORS (Week 1) 
Dream Valley Challenges  (2W, 3E, C10) #209 AUTUMN COLORS (WEEK 2)  


Wednesday 18 September 2019

Cats


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Good Morning,
We have a brand new challenge today over at I Love Promarkers

Our theme this fortnight is….
Cats
How you interpret this is completely up to you, as long as you use either Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Brushmarkers, Aquamarkers or Trias on your work, if not your work will not be eligible.
Our fabulous sponsor is


The image I chose is 

 

The image is coloured with Promarkers.
The paper is from Bearly Mine Christmas Swirls.
The snowflakes were made using a punch.
The gems, ribbon and bell are from my stash.
The sentiment on the moon is my own digi stamp. 
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…..
Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #38 - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #102 - Always Anything Goes (Week 2)
Show us Your Pussies - M, Cat Only Challenge-  September - Furrything Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #56 - Anything Christmas Goes (week 1)
Christmas with the Cuties  (M last Monday, 3E, must be cute Christmas) #31 TBA (WEEK )

Crafty Critter Crazies (M, P1, E5, must have a critter) #30 - Anything Goes with a Critter
A Bit More Time to Craft (M, P1/15, E3) #100 - Always Anything Goes + DT Call
A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) September - Always Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) #67 Always Anything Goes
Crafty Animals (M P1, must have animals) #30 - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes / Optional twist Sympathy

Friday 13 September 2019

Holly Jingle Bells


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Good Morning,
Today over at Craft challenge we have a new challenge and this week it’s
Christmas
This challenge will last for two weeks.
Our two fabulous sponsors are ….
For my card I chose
The card base and layers were cut out on my cricut Maker.
The image was coloured with Promarkers.
The patterned paper was from the Nitwit Set ‘Simple Joys’.
The foliage was cut using various foliage dies and the pearl ‘berries’ were from my stash.
Top 5 Passionista Blinkie
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…
Addicted to Stamps and More W, C10, #358 – Holiday
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' M, 2nd Wed, 2E - Anything Christmas
Crafting By Designs  M, F, 3E - Anything Goes (moving to monthly)
Crafty Creations  2W,2nd/4th Wed, 2E - #397 Always Anything Goes
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday M, Wed, E3 - Things Beginning with "B"- bells
Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #37 - Anything Goes
Ike's World 4W, 1E #124 - I for Icy (Christmas in September) or Anything Goes  (week 2)
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #102 - Always Anything Goes (Week 1)
Passion For Promarkers Challenge W - must use promarkers - #510 - Sequins, Pearls or Gems
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #55 - Anything Christmas Goes (week 3

Tuesday 10 September 2019

Pop Up Shadow Box


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Good Morning All,
We have a new challenge over
As always the theme is…
 ‘Anything Goes’
Our fabulous sponsor this week is

  

The prize is $15 Gift certificate to spend in their store.
The DT were lucky enough to be given a fabulous new stamp / die set called

I decided to make a pop up shadow box card.
There are lots of videos out there but I found this one to be the best one to follow.


The beauty of this card is that it folds flat for posting.
The papers are from the now defunct Bearly Mine.
The images are coloured with Promarkers.
The snowflakes are cut using a variety of dies and punches.
The gems are from my stash.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges …
613 Avenue Create - M (1st Sunday), 8E, Any Craft Accepted (check for recognition each week, top DT choices, winners, and crafter's voting by on-line community) - (September) #225 Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Exploding Boxes/Pop Up Boxes
The Corrosive Challenges - M, 3E - Always Anything Goes
Christmas with the Cuties  (M last Monday, 3E, must be cute Christmas) #30 LET'S BUILD A SNOWMAN (WEEK 3)
Crafty Cardmakers  (2W, C15) #240 PEARLS AND/OR GEMS (Week 2) 
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  (W, ATG except for Theme on 5th Monday of a month, 3E) #1936 - ANYTHING GOES 


Thursday 5 September 2019

Decoupage at CRAFT Challenge

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Good Morning,
Today over at Craft challenge we have a new challenge
Decoupage
Our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is….
The Paper Shelter
For my DT card I chose Getting Ready For Christmas


I coloured the image twice using Promarkers.
I put the whole image onto the card using foam pads to give it dimension.
I then cut out the items of clothing and the bows and placed them on top using foam pads to create a second layer.
I then added the die cut sentiment, snowflakes and border die.
I would like to enter this project into the following challenges ….
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #55 - Anything Christmas Goes (week 2)
Christmas Crafts All Year Round (M,P1, Must be Christmas Card) September Christmas/Winter Food or Drink
Creative Craft Cottage Challenges (M, P7, F, E3) #121 – Christmas
SheepSki Designs Challenges (M, P1, 3E, C10, SIO) #30 - Die cuts and/or Punches
Sparkles Forum Christmas (M, P1, Christmas) #104 - Winter Wishes
Sweet Stampers (M, P10, E3, use stamp or digi) #35 - Dies and/or Punches
The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up (M, P1, E3, Christmas cards) #57 - Anything Goes optional: Kraft Paper

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas W,must be Christmas #453 Anything Christmas Goes - optional theme: Something Beginning with S

Wednesday 4 September 2019

Three layers


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Good Morning,
We have a brand new challenge today over at I Love Promarkers
Our theme this fortnight is….
Anything Goes / Optional Twist –Use Three Layers
How you interpret this is completely up to you, as long as you use either Promarkers, Flexmarkers, Brushmarkers, Aquamarkers or Trias on your work, if not your work will not be eligible.
Our fabulous sponsor is

The image I chose is Bee Happy Spring Flowers



The image is coloured with Promarkers.
The paper is from Stamping All Day.
The gems are from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…..
Arty Divas 2W, 5E, C10 - #3 - Anything Goes (week 2)
Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #36 - Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #101 - Always Anything Goes (Week 2)
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges  (W, ATG except for Theme on 5th Monday of a month, 3E) #1935 - ANYTHING GOES
Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) #67 Always Anything Goes
·                     The Creative Crafters (M, P15, E3) #19 - Anything Goes
·                     The Flower Challenge (M, P4, C6, E5, must use flower image/stamp) #35 Favourite flower