One for the Boys

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our and show us what you are making, we have lovely sponsor this week Ike’s Art will be giving the lucky winner $20 gift certificate for their store. 

Ike’s Art

  Prize $20 gift certificate for the store

I have made a card for my neighbour’s son, who will be 18y later this year, they have been here since he was two. I used my Distress Oxide Inks to create a background, having a bit of playtime working out which colours I would use, this panel has Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers and Broken China. Test stamped on my sample piece and heat embossed with some metallic glitter embossing powder to be sure that was the right colour combo to go with, the stamps are from my mixed bag of stamps from Darkroom Door. I added some die cut and hand punched stars to the panel before adding the sentiment which I heat embossed in black and fussy cut, adding die cut numbers for his age. Sentiment is popped up on some double sided foam tape. When it was all finished and put together I wished that I had thought to add some extra texture by way to some cotton or twine, behind the sentiment, but all was stuck down tight. Some bling added randomly to finish the card.

Here is my card:- 

What I used:-

White 5x7” (12.6x17.8cm) card blank

Blue cardstock

Silver embossed paper

Glittered paper

White cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks- Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers and Broken China (and water)

Wow! Metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter

Wow! Primary Ebony Super Fine Embossing powder

Star die unknown brand about 1cm across

Memory Box Parker Number dies

Darkroom Door Star Stamps (Mixed Bag)

Darkroom Door Brushed Sentiments

Bling from Stash

Hair Spray to set ink

Heat gun

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Diamond Glaze, double sided foam tape, Adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenge- Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes

Seize the Birthday Optional topping patterned paper (Anything goes)

Southern Girls Challenge Sparkle and Shine

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Have a wonderful week….

Megan

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Get Ready for Christmas

Hello again, 

I'm running extremely late with this post, this week brought us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our Get Ready for Christmas challenge and show us what you are making, we have a lovely sponsor this week All Dressed Up  will be giving the lucky winner $12 gift certificate for their store. 

 All Dressed Up  

PRIZE $12 gift certificate for their shop

I have used one of our sponsors super cute digi stamps A Star is Born and in an effort to keep me on track for the number of Christmas cards I need I have made a two of cards with the image, I have gone a little modern with my patterned papers, I fell in love with Kaisercraft Christmas Jewel papers they released last year, welllll, they are purple it was pretty much a given that they would find their way home with me. 

I printed the image twice one is slightly larger than the other, having a plan to use my Kaisercraft Bracket dies on one. Due to the larger size of the Kaisercraft paper pads I didn’t need to hide any paper joins on the C7 (5x7”) card blank, the sentiment came in the paper pad pre die cut. I added some stars die cut and punched from silver glitter paper to finish my card off.

My second card uses some of my scrappy papers from a pad called Home for Christmas, the striped paper was cut already, I cut it in half to make sure that it looks like it covers the whole card front masking the gap with the poinsettia paper, the sentiment was a part of a chalkboard page which I cut out.

This challenge is open until May 29th, and you can add your project by using the Linky tool below. Please be sure to link your project back to us.

What I used:-

All Dressed Up A Star is Born 

2x White 5x7” card blank (12.7cmx17.8cm)

White card for Printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Fiskars scalloped edge punch

Kaisercraft Christmas Jewel paper pad

Pebbles Home for Christmas paper pad

Silver glitter paper

Wink of Stella on drawn Stars

MFT Stitched inside and out rounded rectangles

CCD Apron lace die

Star Die

Single star shaped hand punch

Bling from stash

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, PVA, Adhesive sheet, Foam Tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Christmas as Sweet Stampin' Anything goes 

12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional theme make it feminine 

Pixie's Playground Use your Scraps 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 387 Optional use silver

Christmas Crafts All year Long Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #82 Big Bunch

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you are making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have one lovely sponsor this fortnight Polkadoodles will be giving the lucky winner a £6.75 voucher for the store.

Polkadoodles

PRIZE £6.75 voucher

I have used a cute image Big Bunch from Polkadoodles to make a birthday card, I looked through my card sketches I have collected and used one I found on Pinterest, unfortunately the link goes to a private Stampin' Up page you need to log in to see... I have again used 15cm (6") paper pad and covered the gap in the middle with the second piece of design paper I found lurking in my scrap box. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White cardstock

12.6cm x 17.8cm card blank

Polkadoodles Big Bunch

Dark red, navy and white cardstock

Fancy Rectangle dies

Fiskars Lace border punch

Deep red seam binding

Gems, pearls and lace from my stash

American Crafts dots and stripes paper pad

Heart paper from scraps box

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Lili of the Valley Digi Sentiment tags LINK 

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, Diamond Glaze, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafting with Dragonflies 5th Birthday Celebration- Birthday Card

Always Happy Birthday Challenge optional theme Flowers 

CCC Digi Creations #92 Flower Power

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Crafty Catz challenge #417 Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #107 Dies and/or Punches

Polkadoodles Challenge week Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Mother's Day

Hello again,

I’m back to share the card I made for my Mum for Mother’s Day, I have gone back to a plain fold card as last year I made a fancy ‘Joy Fold’ card which although pretty, collapsed and couldn’t support its self 😞

I have used a pretty hydrangea stamp which arrived with my magazine subscription to Australian Simply cards, Mum loves the blue/mauve hydrangea flowers and until a large storm butchered and killed our bushes, were grown in the back yard, due to our soil type the flowers were always pink and to get the blue flowers she wanted most required buying ‘blueing tonic’.

This has been the first time I have used my Prismacolor pencils, they  were a Christmas Present from my brother and his craft loving wife two Christmases ago... I will admit being a little scared of them...

After heat embossing, colouring and die cutting the main panel, I decided it was a little flimsy and I die cut an extra piece of stiff card board from a cereal box to help stiffen and straighten it out. One of my papers is very old and treasured; you know the ones you like to collect and look at from time to time but rarely bring yourself to use any… I bought a mixed paper pack from Doodlebug designs when I first bought my Cuttlebug…. Probably 10 years ago or so…

I think this must be a first for me, I’m usually madly making my Mother’s Day card the day before, and this must be a record…. Now just need to find a present…

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7” 12.6x17.8cm card blank

The Hydrangea set (ASC)
Purple card stock
Prismacolor Water-color pencils (H20 and fine brush)
Kaisercraft ‘Finders Keepers’ paper
Doodlebug designs ‘Lilac Filigree’ and ‘Linen’ petite patterned paper
Fine glitter paper
White cardstock
Wow! Metallic Super Fine embossing powder
Kaisercraft Decorative dies nesting square bracket
MFT pierced circle die
MFT stitched scallop circle die
Crafts4U Happy Mother’s/Father’s Day sentiment die
Fiskars border punch ‘Lace’
Buttercup Liquid pearl
Tiny blue brads
White gel ink pen
Black fine line pen
Bling from my stash
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam adhesive, PVA glue, Diamond glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes May
Southern Girls Challenge Punching above your weight (use punches)
Make My Monday challenge #70 Embossing
Colour Crazy Challenge week 18 Anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge May Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge
Creative Craft Cottage #107 Dies and/or Punches

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week....

Megan

P.S a Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all...