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Thursday, 19 December 2019

Christmas - The Last Stretch


Good Evening,
Today over at Craft challenge we have a new challenge which lasts for three weeks and the theme is ..
Christmas
Our two fabulous sponsors this week are..

For my DT card I chose Mac the Moose.
I think this image lends itself to a masculine card so I teamed it up with the gorgeous Christmas deers , woodland, printable digital paper pack from Poppymoondesign to make a card for my teenage nephew.
The image is coloured with Promarkers.
The sentiment –which I couldn’t resist inspite of the fact that is very corny, was made on my PC.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges..
Cute Card Thursday W,C5 #613 Anything Goes
DL ART Thankful Thursday Challenge M 1st Thurs 3E #250 Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' M, 2nd Wed, 2E – Critters
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday M, Wed, E3 - Creatures Great and Small
Mod Squad W, 3E, F - Christmas or Winter
Moo-Mania & More  2W, JFF, #206 - Anything Goes (W2 of 2)
Sisterhood of Crafters 2nd/4th Wed,3E – Christmas
The Paper Funday M, 4E #12 - Anything Goes/Optional Christmas
WaterCooler Wednesday W, C8, #252 - Anything Goes (W1 of 3)

Wednesday, 18 December 2019

Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers


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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
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
For my DT card I chose one of the elements from the

The image is coloured with Promarkers.
The beautiful paper is from the Holiday Backgrounds from LeCoqdesign - here
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges….
Arty Divas 2W, 5E, C10 - #11 – Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #51 - Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers Challenge W - must use promarkers - #523 – Anything Goes Mega Christmas Challenge - runs till Jan 7, 2020
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #62 - Anything Christmas Goes  - runs till Jan 12, 2020
·                     Crafting Happiness Challenges (W) - #27 CHRISTMAS
·                     Crafty Cardmakers  (2W, C15) #247 CHRISTMAS (Week 2) 
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges (1st & 3rd Monday,5E)  - ANYTHING GOES 

Thursday, 5 December 2019

Gift Card Holder


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Good Morning,
Today over at Craft challenge we have a new challenge and the theme is ..
Christmas Present
Our two fabulous sponsor this week is ..
All Dressed Up!
For my DT card I chose ..

 Inside
I decided to create a tag for a gift card holder which I made using a cutting file from Lori Whitlock - here
The image is coloured with Promarkers.
The card and ribbon are from my stash.
I think this is a great way to present a gift voucher especially since the garden centre I bought it from doesn’t provide envelopes for the cards!
I would like to enter this project into the following challenges…
Tales From The Craft Room (M, P4, E1) #10 - Tags and Trimmings
Sweet Stampers (M, P10, E3, use stamp or digi) #38 – Christmas
Tinker- Dream (M, P15) #83 Winter/Christmas
A Bit More Time to Craft (M, P1/15, E3) #105 - Always Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) December - Always Anything Goes
All Dressed Up (2W, M, P15, E3, SIR) #99 - Anything Goes with ADU image
Arty Divas 2W, 5E, C10 - #10 - Anything Goes (week 1)
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #61 - Anything Christmas Goes (week 2)
Fab n Funky W,1E, #460 - Anything But a Card
Crafty Creations  2W,2nd/4th Wed, 2E - #403 Always Anything Goes

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Winter Bird Snow Globe


Good Morning,
We have a brand new challenge today over at I Love Promarkers
Our theme this fortnight is…

Anything Goes / Optional Twist Circles
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 
For my DT card I chose 

Grab your winners badge
I cut out the card base and base layer on my Cricut Maker.
I coloured the image with Promarkers.
The sentiment is part of the image.
This is a very simple card but I love the way it turned out.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…
Addicted to Stamps 4W, winner + Top Picks, Must include digi or rubber/clear Stamping (no precolored digis) - Anything Goes (Week 4 of 4)
Stamping Sensations - M, 3E, Winner + Top 3, must use stamp (no pre-colored digis) Stamp must be focal point of project – (December) Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, - #124 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges (1st & 3rd Monday,5E)  - ANYTHING GOES

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Peekaboo Penguins


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Good Evening All,
We have a new challenge over 
As always the theme is…

 ‘Anything Goes’
This is our final challenge for 2019 so that our team can have  a much needed break.
So we have two fantastic sponsors for this challenge.

and
For my card I chose one of the Peekaboo Penguins  from Sherry West.
This stamp is a joy to colour and I just love how it turned out.

Top 5 Passionista Blinkie
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge


The image is coloured with Promarkers and has been fussy cut before being mounted with foam tape onto the snowy background.
These guys are so adorable, they have such personality.
The paper is from my old favourite Bearly Mine digital set sadly no longer available.
The sentiment was made on my P.C.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…..
Addicted to Stamps 4W, winner + Top Picks, Must include digi or rubber/clear Stamping (no precolored digis) - Anything Goes (Week 4 of 4)
Stamping Sensations - M, 3E, Winner + Top 3, must use stamp (no pre-colored digis) Stamp must be focal point of project – (December) Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, - #124 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges (1st & 3rd Monday,5E)  - ANYTHING GOES

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Inspired By A Book


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 Good Morning,
Today over at Craft challenge we have a new challenge and this week it’s

Inspired By A Book
We have two fabulous sponsors this week.
 For my card this week I chose Happy Scarecrow from Sweet & Sassy


 

 The inspiration for this card came from the childrens’ book
The image was coloured using Promarkers.
The paper and the vegetables were part of a digital scrapbooking kit called In the Garden by Just So Scrappy
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…..
Always Fun Challenges - (W, 3E, Top 3 Awarded)  #138 ANYTHING GOES
Artsystamper Challenge (2W) - #4 GIVE THANKS
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenges (1st & 3rd Monday,5E)  - ANYTHING GOES 
Path of Positivity  (M, 1st Monday, any positive/inspirational project or idea welcome)  #73 OPT. twist THANKFULNESS
Use Your Stuff  (W) #385 - THANKFUL PROJECT
Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - M, 1st Sunday, E3 - (November) Thankful
Di's Digis Designs 2W, 3E,SIO  Show Thanks (Thanksgiving, Thank You) (W2 of 2)
DL ART Thankful Thursday Challenge M 1st Thurs 3E #249 November- Thankful
Crafty Gals Corner  M, 2nd W, E3, #201 – Fall
The Paper Funday M. 4E #11 - Anything Goes/Twist is Thanksgiving 
Words 2 Craft By M, 2nd Wed, C10, #71 - Thankful

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Anything Goes / Optional Twist Christmas at I Love Promarkers


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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 -Christmas
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
For my DT card I chose ‘Christmas Party Colin’
I adore Dr Digi Stamps – they are such a joy to colour.


The beautiful and very versatile papers are from Froufroucraft - here.
The image has been coloured with Promarkers.
The sentiment was made on the PC and the gems are from my stash.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges…
Dragonfly Dreams - M, Winner + Top Picks – (November) Christmas/Winter 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 Always Anything Goes
he Corrosive Challenges - M, 3E - Always Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge  2W, 3E  - #23 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
·                     Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, - #123 - Christmas (W2 of 2) 
·                     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas W,must be Christmas #465 Anything Christmas Goes - optional theme: Use Something Beginning with letter R

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Little Birds


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Good Evening All,
We have a new challenge over
As always the theme is…
 ‘Anything Goes’
Our fabulous sponsor this week is
Geko Galz
The team were so lucky to be given
This set is awesome! There are 25 stamps – all gorgeous and useful for so many occasions.
They are so lovely that I created two cards for this week.



For the first I created a birdhouse card on my Cricut maker to make a new home card. I used one of the images from the set and printed the branch several times to create a tree effect.
The papers for this card are from a Nitwits Set and a Distressed wood set both from my stash.
The second Christmas stepper card is actually for the same couple.
Those little robins are adorable.
The images were coloured using Promarkers.
The papers for this card are from Mistletoe Christmas - here
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges….
 Dragonfly Dreams - M, Winner + Top Picks – (November) Christmas/Winter
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - 2W (1st & 3rd Sun) E3 Always Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenges - M, 3E - Always Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge  2W, 3E  - #23 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, - #123 - Christmas (W2 of 2)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas W,must be Christmas #465 Anything Christmas Goes - optional theme: Use Something Beginning with letter R