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Tuesday, 7 January 2020

Mood Music and Happy New Year


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Good Evening All,
I hope you all had a peaceful and happy Christmas and New Year.
We have the first challenge of 2020 over at 
As always the theme is…
 ‘Anything Goes’
Our fabulous sponsor for this week is …
For my DT card I chose

  
I always find it so difficult to choose as there are so many fabulous images.
The image is coloured using Promarkers.
The music papers are from colourfulcreationsgr - here
The music border and notes were cut on my Cricut machine.
The sentiment was made on the PC.
If you need a little inspiration, pop over to my fellow DT members and check out their fantastic projects.
I would like to enter this card into the following challenges.
A Gem of a Challenge  2W, 3E  - #1 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Brown Sugar – M (First Friday of M), E2 - Dec  No. 297 -  ANYTHING GOES
Colour Crazy Challenge - W, 2E  - Wk 51 (W2 of 2)  and Wk 52(W1 of 2) -   ANYTHING COLORING GOES (NO Precolored Images) Weekly Challenges run for 2 Weeks 
Polkadoodles - W, C10 - Wk. 1 - ANYTHING GOES (Closes Jan 13th) 
QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 379 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 

Monday, 6 January 2020

Guest Designer at Jan's Digital Stamps Challenge


Good Morning Crafty Peeps,
I am buzzing with excitement because  I am Guest Designer for January and February at  …

 I can’t begin to tell you what a joy it is to work with these amazing images.
If you are not familiar with Jan’s work then I suggest you hop over to her shop using the link here. I promise you, you will not be disappointed.
The digital sets on there are such great value. They include black and white, coloured images and several sentiments- in fact everything you need to create the perfect card or scrapbook layout.
For my debut card I simply had to use the awesome



  This image makes me laugh so much and it’s the perfect image for my friend because we have joined a ‘Funky Step’ group. We are both well into our 60's so you can imagine what that is like!
For the background I chose a simple vinyl record image (available free here) and created a base card using my Cricut Maker.
The sentiment is one of several included in the set, but I recreated the text on a curve to fit the record.
The banner was made from music paper.
The fabulous images have been coloured using Promarkers.
I added glossy accent to both of their glasses.
I also had great fun creating this mug using the pre-coloured image in the set and waterslide decals. I edited the sentiment by cropping it and adding BFF instead of Girlfriend. So you see these stamp sets are just so versatile.
There are loads of tutorials on Youtube showing how to add water slide decals to ceramic mugs.
For more inspiration check out the fantastic design team samples and remember to become a follower to be in with a chance to win $10 to spend in the store.

Jan's Digi Stamps is having a design team call.
Details can be found here.
(the link is 
https://jansdigistampschallenges.blogspot.com/p/dt-call.html )
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) - (January) Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Shiny

Angie's Digital Stamps - M, 1st Sunday, 3E, Winner and Top Picks - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams - M, Winner + Top Picks – (January) Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge  2W, 3E  - #1 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
Crafty Friends Challenge 2W, 3E, - #126 - Something New ( new image,  new DT)
Di's Digis Designs 2W, 3E,SIO  Celebrations (W1 of 2)
Pattie's Creations - M, 2E, SIO, include an image (MUST always use digital or stamped image) – Jan - No. 166 - ANYTHING GOES
Polkadoodles - W, C10 - Wk. 1 - ANYTHING GOES (Closes Jan 13th)

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 

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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