Merry Kitty-mas

‘Tis the Season’ over at Craft Your Passion this week.So we look forward to all your Christmas projects.We have 2 fabulous sponsors – Simply Betty Stamps and Letraset!Head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

I’ve printed the totally gorgeous Merry London from Simply Betty Stamps onto kraft card and coloured her with Copic Ciaos with highlights in white gel pen.This image has such an appeal and would make a great card for any cat loving girl. Just to add some extra interest I cut around the cute kitty.I usually take one design and just mix up the colours,images,embellies and such when making my Christmas cards but I’ve tweaked the layout to accommodate the image here.

Image : Merry London by Simply Betty Stamps 

Colouring Mediums : Copic Ciaos,Sakura White Gel Pen

Sentiment : Freebie Tickets from The Beary Scrap

Papers & Card: DP Basic Grey Jovial 6×6,kraft and green card from my stash

Tools : X-Cut Guillotine,Decoupage scissors,Fiskars Scallop Sentiment Border Punch,Carl Holly Punch,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch

Embellishments : We R Memory Keepers Baker’s Twine,Button from Stash

Some challenges this is for :

Card Makin Mamas : Sentiments

Fairy Tale : Christmas

Lily Pad : Buttons

Patties Creations : Christmas 

Poodles Parlour : Christmas

Sew Many : Twine

Simply Create Too : All about Christmas

Stampin with the Dragon : Anything Goes for Christmas

Totally Papercrafts : Christmas

Aud Sentiments : Any winter sentiments

C.R.A.F.T. : Unusual Christmas

Meljens : Twine or string

Paper Crafting Journey : Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed : Black Friday 

Little Red Wagon : Christmas

Papercraft Star : Anything Goes

Penny’s Paper Crafty : Tie one on

Scrapbook Sisters : Christmas

Creative Craft : Free for all week

Deep Ocean : C as … Christmas,cute,cat,cutting out (around the cat)

Everybody Art : Christmas Card

Paper Take Weekly : Christmas Cards

Paper Creations Ink : Christmas

Pollycraft : Christmas Fun

2 Sisters : Holiday

Craft Your Days Away : Buttons or Bows

Hiding in my Craft Room : Holiday – any holiday

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturday : Red,Green, Kraft,White/Cream

Gingerloft : Winter or Christmas

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

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It’s Snowtime!

Time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge!This week we have a fabby sketch by Clairebears plus the twist 0f 2 ribbons and 1 button :

The prize is a voucher to spend at Willow Designs.

For my card I’ve used the pre-coloured image of  the super cute Walter in a Pom Pom Hat from the Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD-rom by Willow Designs.Doesn’t he look oh-so-cosy.I wish I had a hat like that ,seriously ; ) The coordinating papers are from there too.I’ve also added a matching sentiment.

Image,Sentiment and Paper : Walter in a Pom Pom Hat from the Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD-rom by Willow Designs

Card base : 5 x 5 Anita’s Square Card

Coloured Cardstock :Kars Christmas Collection

Tools : X-cut guillotine,Woodware Inverted Corner Punch (also used to create border),Nestabilities Standard Circle and Inverted Scallop Circle,Big Shot

Embellishments : Woodware Primary  Colours Button,Kars Christmas  Collection (striped ribbon),brown ribbon from stash (recycled from somewhere)

Some challenges this is for :

Little Red Wagon : Christmas

My Mum’s Craft Shop : Things with Wings

Scrapbook Sisters : Christmas

Creative Craft : Free for all week

Paper Take Weekly : Christmas Crackers 

Tuesday Throwdown : Lots of circles

Daisy Doodles : Christmas

Forever Friends : Christmas is coming

Kaboodle Doodles : Baby It’s Cold Outside

Paper Creations Ink : Christmas

Pollycraft : Christmas Fun

Lollipop Crafts : Anything Goes

OSAAT : Anything Goes

Phindy’s Place : Christmas Cards

Wags n Whiskers : Christmas

Winter Wonderland : Awwwww What a Cutie

Aud Sentiments : Any Winter Holiday Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. : Unusual Christmas

Paper Crafting Journey : Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Born in a barn

Animals is the theme at Digi Doodle Shop Challenges this week.Please take a look at the challenge blog for details on how to play along and be in the chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to spend at Digi Doodle Shop.Don’t forget to check out the beautiful DT work while you’re there.

Don’t forget to check my sidebar for this months specials over at the store.One is for a very good cause.

I really wanted to make this super image the focal point of a clean and simple card and then thought why not make it the card!It’s called Funny Farm from Digi Doodle Shop and I’ve coloured it using ProMarkers.Of course the only issue is that they bleed through the card but I always line my cards with an insert so problem solved.I touched up the woodwork with a white gel pen and used it to whiten the large animals eyes and the horses teeth.Veneers?Who needs ’em?!I trimmed it into square card then shaped it at the top.

This would make a great kid’s colouring page too.You could even laminate it to make it wipe clean so they could use it time and time again.Perfect for those rainy winter days.Speaking of laminating how cute would this look once coloured (either by you or the little ‘uns) then tuned into a placemat.Beacause you can resize digi’s you could also produce matching coasters!Wouldn’t that make a fabby gift too?

Image : Funny Farm from Digi Doodle Shop

Colouring Mediums : ProMarkers,Sakura White Gel Pen

Base card : Craft Essentials A4 White Card Pack (only 99p for 20 sheets at The Works!Best card for alcohol markers in my opinion – no bleeding and no inkjet smears!)

Tools : X-cut guillotine,decoupage scissors

 

Some challenges this is for :

I Love ProMarkers : Anything Goes 

Paper Craft Star : Anything Goes 

Stampavie and more : Anything but Square

Creative Craft : Free for all week

Sassy Cheryl’s : Anything Goes 

The Crazy : Shaped cards

Lollipop Crafts : Anything Goes

Kenny K Krafty Girlz : Kids Rule 

OSAAT : Anything Goes

Allsorts : One Layer Card

Little Claire’s : Shaped Cards

CCEE :  One Layer Cards

Paper Crafting Journey : Anything Goes 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

‘Ant’ you grateful?

It’s a Photo Inspiration challenge at Craft Your Passion this week.We have Doodle Pantry as our fabulous sponsor too.So head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

Here’s the photo :

For my card I’ve used the delightful Falling Ants  from Doodle Pantry.It’s actually a set and comes with 3 main images,2 flowers and 4 sentiments!Such value for money.I’ve coloured this image with Koh-I-Noor Gioconda Soft Pastel Pencils on kraft card and set them with a fixative.He’s been cut out with Eastern Ovals Nellie’s Multi Frame Dies.The card base has been cut from kraft too with the bottom corners rounded with a Siesta Large Corner Rounder Punch.The edges of have been inked with Tangelo,Potter’s Clay and a teeny amount of Rich Cocoa.The papers came with a freebie calendar from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine last year(!) This has been layered onto some orange and  brown card from my stash.I’ve used a EK Success Large  Edger Hawaiian Flower Punch on the bottom layer.The sentiment from the same set as the ant image has been positioned and printed straight onto the base.I think this could be used in many different ways to express different kinds of thankfulness.Coupled with this cute image I’d like it to convey how we should appreciate the enjoyable times we get to spend with those closest to us,our family.Some natural raffia,copper brads and a copper Creative Expressions Craft Stapler Daisy have been used to embellish.

Some challenges this is for :

The Corrosive : Give Thanks 

OSAAT : Anything Goes

Opus Gluei : Thanks for being you

Scrappy Frogs : Kraft Cardstock

Cupcake Inspirations : 

Catch the Bug : Thanks/Thanksgiving

Di’s Digital Designs : Fall Colours

My Sheri Crafts : Be Thankful

Our Creative Corner : 

Card Makin’ Mamas : Thankful

Frosted Designs : Fabulous Friday – Die Cuts

Fairy Fun Fridays : Anything Fall

Our Craft Lounge : Thankful for you

Aud Sentiments : Thank you/Thanksgiving

CCEE : 2 Die Cuts or 2 Punches (rounder and flower border)

Crafty Purple Frog : Use Orange 

Delightful Challenges : Bingo (Patterned paper,Punches/Die Cuts,Flowers)

Little Miss Muffet : Simple plus optional charm

Meljens  Designs : Fall

Shelly’s Images : Anything Goes 

Doodle Pantry : Use a Doodle Pantry image

Crafts and Me : Simples

I Brake for Challenges : 4 Seasons (love Autumn for the beautiful,inspiring colours) 

Inky Impressions : Give thanks

Penny’s Paper Crafty : Give thanks 

The Pixie Cottage : Sketch and/or Family Thankfulness

Simon Says : Thanksgiving or Thank you

Whimsy Stamps  Inspiration : Flower Power

Creative Card Crew : Thankful

Party Time Tuedays : Sketch and/or Thanksgiving or Being Thankful 

Hooked on Crafts : Punches and/or Die Cuts

Nettie G’s Digital Gems : Gratitude is my Attitude (with Fall colours) 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Tree-mendous Christmas

We have a theme of Red and Green at Digi Doodle Shop Challenges this week.Please take a look at the challenge blog for details on how to play along and be in the chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to spend at Digi Doodle Shop.Don’t forget to check out the beautiful DT work while you’re there.

Don’t forget to check my sidebar for this months specials over at the store.

For my card I’ve used the cute Santa Baby & Tree from Digi Doodle Shop.He looks like he’s having a little trouble doesn’t he?It’d be no good him asking me – I’d probably be worse at it than him!One of my pet hates.But once the whole thing’s decorated and everything’s twinkling away I’m a very happy bunny indeed!He’s printed onto kraft and coloured with Copic Ciao Markers.I’ve used flicky strokes to create some texture to the tree and didn’t think it’d turned out too bad for a first attempt.The trims on his clothing and the snow have been coloured with a Sakura White Gel pen.I also added highlights to his cheeks and the light bulbs before adding Glossy Accents to them.The papers are Basic Grey Jovial and the cardstock is Kars Christmas Collection and kraft from my stash.The topper has been cut from Standard and Classic Scallop Circle Nestabilities.The border has been punched with a Martha Stewart  Aspen Edger.The ticket is a freebie from The Beary Scrap and has also been coloured with Copics and Glossy Accents on the berries.Kars Christmas Collection Ribbon and some threaded buttons have been added to complete the card.

Some challenges this is for :

Digital Tuesday : Christmas Time

Sassy Cheryl’s : Anything Goes 

Hooked on Crafts  : Punches and/or Die Cuts 

The Crazy Challenge : Recipe – 1Image,2 papers,3 Embellishments

Whoopsie Daisy : Colours of Winter

Truly Madly Crafty : Photo Inspiration  

Pile It On : Traditional Christmas

Scrappy Frogs : Use Kraft

2 Sisters : Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar : Winter Wardrobe

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge : Whatever Lights Your Candle

Marks Finest Papers : Your Favourite Technique (colouring on kraft with Copics)

Totally Gorjuss : Christmas Traditions

Fun with Shapes & More : Make 3 (buttons) 

Wags n Whiskers : Christmas Themed 

Card and Scrap : Traditional Christmas Colours

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

 

 

A very cool yule

It’s Willow Sketchie Challenge time!This week we have a fabby sketch by Pauline :

For full details on how to play along and see the fabulous DT creations please pop along to the challenge site.There’s a voucher to spend online at Willow Designs waiting for one lucky winner too!

For my card I’ve used the delightful Winnie in Earmuffs from the Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD-rom available at Willow Designs.I’ve gone for a slightly different look,well for me anyway,by printing the image onto smooth cardstock and watercolouring  with an Aquamarine AquaMarker using a waterbrush.I added some glittery tinsel stuff that was a freebie in a past issue of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine to add fluffiness to her earmuffs.I cut the panels from some more white card and embossed with a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and a Papermania A Silent Night – Snowflakes one.I used the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser around the edges before applying some glitter glue,another Cardmaking and Paper craft mag freebie (from last year!) to carry through the aqua tones.I added some white organza ribbon to pretty it up.

Here are some challenges this is for :

Creative Craft : Minimalistic

Digital Tuesday : Christmas Time

My Time To Craft : Take Two (bows)

Passion for ProMarkers : White on White

Stamp n Doodle : Tic Tac Toe (embossing,ribbon,digi) 

Critter  Sketch : Monochrome

Forever Friends : Christmas is Coming

Heart Song Inspirations : Gold or Glitter

House of Gilli : Monochromatic

Stamps R Us : Bling it On

The Pink Elephant : Embossing

Whoopsi Daisy : Colours of Winter

Kenny K Krafty Girlz : Embossing

Lollipop Crafts : Usd Embossing and NO Design Paper

The Crafty Pad : White on White

2 Sisters : Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar : Winter Wardrobe

Di’s Digi Designs : Ribbons and Bows 

Cardmadfairy’s Digi Days : Texture

Frosted Designs : Fabulous Friday – Embossing

Jellypark : Non Traditional Christmas Colours

Wags n Whiskers : Christmas

Divas by Design : Monochromatic

Paper Pretties : Christmas with non-traditional colours

Ruby’s Rainbow : Something with Wings

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

Bunnies can’t yodel…but they can ski!

At Craft Your Passion the challenge is Let It Snow this week.We have a fabulous sponsor too – Dig’i’s by Phooka.So head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

I’ve used the totally adorable Skiing Bunny from Digi’s by Phooka and he’s been coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao Markers.I gave a fluffy look to the trims on his hat with Polar White Flower Soft.As soon as I saw him I knew I had to have a go at making this slider card that I’d seen designed by Sharon Armstrong (of Willow Designs fame) in issue 98 of Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.The papers are Dovecraft Christmas Fancy and the cardstock is a mix of white pearlescent Kars Christmas Collection and the textured pearlescent blue is from my stash.I’ve added Crystal Glamour Dust to the snowflakes on the paper.The ‘stick’ is a Copic Marker coloured cottonbud stem with the ends snipped off and I’ve added a hand cut flag stamped with Jet Black Archival ink using a sentiment from the freebie stamps set from the same issue.I would’ve like longer stick to create a finishing line with a full banner going between the two but I couldn’t find anything that would fit the bill.Never mind.As for the title of my post I apologise if you’ve never heard of Raving Rabbids and if you have TV Party you’ll know that in one of the minigames  the lederhosen clad bunnies do yodel when they’re shot with a plunger.It was the only thing that sprang to mind.

Here are some challenges this is for :

2 Sisters : Anything Goes

Crafty Catz : Use a digi

If The Shoe Fits..Scrap It! : Try something new

Jellypark : Non-traditional Christmas Colours (red,white and blue combo)

Mami Doodles : Christmas

Wags n Whiskers : Christmas

C.R.A.F.T. : Cute

Delightful Challenges : Snowflakes 

Stamp Insanity  : Chill Out

ABC Christmas : Winter Sports

Stampavie and more : Anything Goes 

Stamp n Doodle : Sparkle and Shine

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

P-p-p-pick up a penguin!

We have a fabby sketch provided by Karen this week at Digi Doodle Challenges.Please take a look at the challenge blog for details on how to play along and be in the chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to spend at Digi Doodle Shop.Don’t forget to check out the beautiful DT work while you’re there.

Don’t forget to check my sidebar for this months specials over at the store.

Now on to my card.I’ve used this adorable Christmas Penguin from Digi Doodle Shop.Not only do you get this one you’ll receive him with a plain bauble – you can add your own message if you’d like!I’ve coloured him with ProMarkers and created some texture to his hat trims using Woodware White Fluffy Stuff.Believe me this is am amazing product -you MUST try it!I’ve defined the capital letters on the bauble with a Sky Blue Copic Atyou Spica pen before coating it in Glossy Accents.Black Soot and Broken China Distress Inks have applied to the edges.The backing piece of Core’dinations Gemstones card has been embossed with a Papermania A Silent Night folder.The edge of the vellum overlay has been punched with a Martha Stewart Aspen Edger.Some of the leftover snowflakes have been placed onto some punched from more Gemstones card using the matching corner punch.Teeny Crafts Too gems have been to the centres.More gems in the next size up have been used to cover up where I glued the vellum.Another piece of Gemstones card,in black,has been used to mount the whole image to define it from the background. A freebie sentiment stamp from a set in this month’s Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine inked with Jet Black Archival ink completes the card.

Some challenges this is for :

Crafting for All Seasons : Texture

Ruby’s Rainbow : Something with Wings

Digital Tuesday : Anything Goes 

Partytime Tuesdays : Bling It On (anything sparkly)

Top Tip Tuesday : Anything Christmas Goes 

Daisy Doodles : Anything Goes with a Digi

Forever Friends : Bling Bling

Stamps & Fun = Creativity : Winter

The Crazy Challenge : Something with Wings 

Christmas Card Challenges : Optional Sketch

I Did  It Creations : Christmas/Winter

Gem of a Challenge : Cold and Frosty

Catch the Bug : November Anything Goes 

Mark’s Finest Papers : Fall or Winter Theme

Mami Doodles : Christmas

Jellypark : Non-traditional Christmas Colours

Sweet n Sassy : Christmas Holiday Theme

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x

Krafty owl

It’s a nail-biting time for me as I’m hosting and providing the sketch at Willow Sketchie Challenge this week.

Here’s my sketch :

For full details on how to play along and see the fabulous DT creations please pop along to the challenge site.We have a fab prize up for grabs – a voucher to spend at Willow Designs!

For my card I’ve used one of my fave images (well they’re pretty much ALL my faves) from the Walter and Winnie does Christmas CD-rom by Willow Designs.She’s been coloured with ProMarkers.She’s been cut out with Standard Oval Nestabilities using the out-of-the-box technique.The gorgeous striped paper is also from the CD-rom.The kraft,from my stash,has been embossed with a Craft Concept Funky Poinsettia folder.The red textured card is Papermania Christmas Collection.I’ve added lots of Dovecraft eyelets.The stars are cut from more kraft using Xcut Dielicious Star Dies.The sentiment,also from the CD-rom,has been threaded with some We R Memory Keepers Baker’s Twine.

Some challenges this is for :

Crafting for All Seasons : Texture 

Divas by Design : Use Metal

Ruby’s Rainbow : Something with Wings 

Digital Tuesday : Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday : Anything Christmas Goes

Daisy Doodles : Anything Goes with a Digi

Stamps & Fun = Creativity : Winter

The Crazy Challenge : Something with Wings

Christmas Card Challenges : Sketch/Optional any Christmas card

Gingerloft : Bingo – Embossing,Decorative paper,Baker’s Twine

I Did It Creations : Christmas/Winter

Order of the Opus Gluei : What’s on your Head?

Catch the Bug : November Anything Goes

Mark’s Finest Papers :Fall or Winter Theme

Cardmakin’ Mamas : Cut It Out

Mami Doodles : Christmas

Sweet n Sassy : Christmas Themed

 

Thanks for looking 

Lisa x

Piec(ing) and quiet

It’s Anything Goes plus Brown at Craft Your Passion this week.We have 3 fabulous sponsors ; Bearly Mine Designs,Sassy Studio Designs and Crop Chocolate .So head on over to check how to play and win.Don’t forget to take a look at DT and GDT inspiration,they’ve done a wonderful job!

The image on my card is the cosy looking Cocoa Carol from Sassy Studio Designs . Now I know there are loads of computer competent people who’ve done this squillions of times and probably with their eyes shut but I finally managed to DIGITALLY PAPER PIECE!!Apart from her hair,face,hands and feet,which are coloured with Copic Ciaos and Sketch Markers,I added these delicious Cheery Days papers from Bearly Mine Designs to the digi stamp.I was delighted when I bought my new PC earlier this year and discovered I had Photoshop Elements installed on it but how disappointed did I feel that I hadn’t got the brain to use it?!So apart from manipulating the odd photo and adding a watermark I didn’t really use it 😦 But I found a great tutorial from Papercraft Inspirations and one I could understand!I didn’t realise it could be so easy.Other than fussy cutting the image at least I didn’t have to cut out all those fiddly little pieces of paper that I then lose and have to scrabble about to find nor waste valuable ink printing out several times!Her mug has been given a few coats of Clear Glaze Pen for a ceramic feel.I did print out more these perfectly colour coodinated papers to layer up on the card tho’ and added some depth by applying some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink around the edges.For some reason the card looks black but IRL it matches the ribbon.I used some 3 Birds alphabet stamps and Coffee Archival Ink to create the sentiment.The card has been finished off with some chocolate (what better!) pearls.

Some challenges this is for :

OSAAT : Use a digi

The Crafty Pad : Paper Piecing (hope this still counts.Pleeeeaaaase – I’m so happy that I did it!) 

2 Sisters : Ribbon

Catch the Bug : November Anything Goes

Di’s Digi Designs : Ribbons and Bows

One Stop Craft : 3 is the magic number ( 3 pearls plus 3 layers of papers and 3 mediums on the image)

Alphabet Challenge : T is for Tea Time

Craft Catz : Anything Goes

MAWTT : Food and Drink

Paper Crafting Journey : Use a digi

Pixie Dust Studio : Paper Piecing ( Again : hope this still counts.Pleeeeaaaase – I’m so happy that I did it!)

Thanks for looking

Lisa x