Crafty Catz challenge ATG with optional extra

Good morning and i see we are still enjoying the sunshine just a few more weeks and the children will have broken up so it will be all change i bet. Fingers crossed they get some nice weather. nothing worst than school holidays  and bad weather. Just noticed that it is the air show at Southport will be a good show with the clear skies this weekend.

Well back to my reason for my post.

Friday must mean a new challenge at Crafty Catz and this week our host is Jackie.

Jackie has picked our optional extra Summer Fun.

However the challenge is Anything goes so if it doesnt fit your cards we would still like you to share them with us.

our sponsor for this week is

The Paper Shelter

I have used a image i had on file and hope you like. It is called Life guard on Duty.

Image coloured with promarkers background done with inks

matted onto dp from Jo at craft challenge

dies are sizzix thinlets & ribbon from stash

well thats my little card i think he looks rather up for some fun dont you.

Now it is your turn come play along with us and pop over and checkout the rest of the amazing creations and our new GDt has joined us too. please show her some love.

Have a great day and a fab weekend.

Challenges

• Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday W,C5 #537 Anything Goes
• Moving along with the Times 2W,3E #75 Male Themed
• Crafting By Designs - W, F, 3E - July Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - 2W,2nd/4th Wed,2E, Always Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E, Always Anything Goes 
• I love Promarkers - 2W,3E Must use Promarkers, #361 - Anything Goes  
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO -  Bright Colors
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - #213 ANYTHING GOES
• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - #215 AT LEAST TWO DIES/PUNCHES OR ONE EACH
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except for Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - #1826 - Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E - #144 ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTION USE DIES AND/OR PUNCHES
• A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) #7 - Always Anything Goes
• Card Mania (M, P1, E5) #106 - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges (2W, P15/last day of the M) #142 - Anything Goes + Option: For a Hero
• Love to Craft (M, P1, E5 , no completely digital projects)  #24 - Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap (M, P1, E5, digis or stamping)  #111 - Anything Goes
• Pennys Papercrafty - Anything Goes

Time for Tea Inspiration Stars and Stripes

Good morning did our American friends have a great 4th July I do hope so saw some fab firework pictures. Well I went and had a peep in the shop at Time For Tea ad saw this fabulous image Jo had called 4th July and just had to colour it up.

i do hope you like and maybe hop on over and not only look at our newer stamps but at our older ones there are some fabulous images. Links to shop and all the places you can find the images are at the bottom of this post. Also please dont forget we have a monthly challenge running on our blog.

image coloured with promarkers

stitched oval die

ribbon and pearls from stash

embossing folder starry night

DP- Fancy free by Pink Paislee

The layout is Sweet Sketch Wednesday 

Well hope you like this and it has encouraged you to join and share with us some of your makes with us over on our facebook page.

have a lovely day and dont forget to drink those fluids in the hot weather something i didnt do past few days and made me ill yesterday. Lesson learnt

Bye for now here are the links i mentioned

Also you still have time to enter out June Challenge(Celebrate) HERE

Time For Tea Designs Facebook Page

Time For Tea Designs Community Facebook Page

Time For Tea Designs Shop

Time For Tea Designs Blog

Time For Tea Designs Instagram Page

challenges i am entering with this card

• Crafting By Designs - W, F, 3E - July Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - 2W,2nd/4th Wed,2E, Always Anything Goes 
• Crafty Gals Corner -  2W, E2, #169 - Red, White and Blue
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E, Always Anything Goes
• I love Promarkers - 2W,3E Must use Promarkers, #361 - Anything Goes  
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W, 3E, SIO, #346 - Celebrate
• Simon Says Wednesday - W, 5E - Red, White and Blue
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday - 2W, #140 - Sketch* (W1 of 2)
• Colour Crazy Challenge - W, 2E  - No. 256- ANYTHING GOES
• Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - No.70 - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
• Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No. 240 - ANYTHING GOES
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 302 - ANYTHING GOES
• A Gem of a Challenge  2W   - #222 - Use Red, White and Blue as dominant colors
• Sweet Stampin W, 2E, include stamping -  Bright colo
• urs
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except for Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - #1826 - Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E - #144 ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTION USE DIES AND/OR PUNCHES
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - M, 1st Monday, E2, SIO - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
• Always Fun Challenges - W, E3, Top 3 awarded - #65 PATRIOTIC
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - #213 ANYTHING GOES
• CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog - 2W, 5E, cards - #4 4TH OF JULY 
• Pennys Papercrafty - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge Reminder - ATG with optional extra

Hello and welcome. Are you having a good week I hope so.

Well i am pleased to say that England did it we are still in the footie. Cant say i watch but do when the world cup is on. Also the Tennis is on and we are having such lovely weather. 

Now if you are still enjoying the Crafting then we have a fab challenge at Crafty Catz. Our host is Jac and as our challenges are all ANYTHING GOES but with a little optional I did say Optional extra. So no excuse not to link up. You have till lunch time Thursday.

Our little optional extra is Wet or Dry Embossing

our sponsor is STAR STAMPZ

We got to play with some images from our sponsor and i picked this cutie called the Conductor

I have gone with dry embossing with a Birthday embossing folder and a trellis embossing folder

I coloured the image with promarkers

Dies stitched circle and scallop circle

Twine, gems and some distressed inks to colour the birthday folder

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

Well hope this has encouraged you to play along with us and you never know you might be our winner and get to pick some images from our sponsors shop.

Thanks for popping by have a great day and see you over at the challenge blog

• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #27 - Anything Goes
• Everybody-Art-Challenge 2W - #428 - Birthday (week 2) - challenge runs till July 18
• Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #71 - Always Anything Goes (Week 1)
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - #213 ANYTHING GOES
• Crafty Cardmakers - 2W, C15 - #215 AT LEAST TWO DIES/PUNCHES OR ONE EACH (Week 1) 
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG except for Theme on 5th Monday of a month, E3 - #1826 - Anything Goes