Crafty Catz Challenge Anything Goes with optional twist Ladies

Good morning have you had a good week and ready for the weekend. 

This week it is my turn to host CRAFTY CATZ so i am hoping you will come and play along with us. I picked the optional twist (Ladies) but as always the challenge is ANYTHING GOES so no pressure to do the twist.

We are sponsored this week by

Rick St Dennis

checkout his shop HERE

We was given some images to play along with and I have used Best Friends

I coloured the image with promarkers
The DP is a Pad i got from one of those pound shop and really is good quality
Add some scraps of DP from my scrap box
some Ribbon from stash
Dies, Spellbinders,Tim Holts leaf set, Memory box stars circle and MFT stitched oval
Tonic Novo drops for the glitter on the dresses and also the red berries
Pearls coloured with my promarkers to finish
Well i hope you like it and another for my box fingers crossed there will be plenty more befor Christmas this year.
Well as it is Friday hope you have a wonderful weekend and maybe if you are doing some crafting come and link up to the challenge we would love to see what your all making.
Pop over and see what the girls have done with Ricks images they have all done some fab work.
Have fun and catch you all very soon.

challenges
Sparkle & Glitter with Rick - Anything Goes optional Christmas
Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #58 - Always Anything Goes

• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #2 - Anything Goes
• Colouring in Scrapland - M 1st Monday, E2, winner + Top 3, No digital coloring, must have hand-colored image -  ANYTHING GOES

• Unicorn Challenge M, E3, No fully digital projects January - Anything Goes
• Incy Wincy Designs - 1st & 3rd Monday, 5E -  RED AND GREEN 
• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E - #131 ANYTHING GOES WITH option of CHRISTMAS 
• The Paper Girls - 2W 1st & 3rd Mondays, layouts, cards, F, 3E, A grand prize winner is randomly chosen every quarter - #143 GLITTER
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - M, 1st Monday, E2, SIO - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
• Use Your Stuff - W,  #294 SOMETHING NEW - image
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Love to Scrap (M, P1, E5, digis or stamping) 
•  #105 Anything Goes
• http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/anything-goes-challenge.html
• Crafty Creations - 2W (2nd/4th Wed),2E, Always Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E, Always Anything Goes
• Pennys Papercrafty challenge #362- Anything Goes
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG 
• Catch the bug - Anything goes

Craft challenge #450 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS

Good morning and today Craft has there CHRISTMAS yes 1 week in the month we celebrate Christmas in the hope that it helps with those christmas makes.

So I hope that you havent packed them all away or maybe recycle some of this years and turn them into something new.

Our sponsor for this challenge is All Dressed Up!

and they allowed us to play with some of their fab christmas images

Here is mine using Merry & Bright

Ingredients

Promarkers

Pearls glitter & Christmas ribbon

DP - DCWV - Rose tinted Christmas

Well that will start my Christmas box for this year and i hope to add  a few more as i was still making at last minute I dont think we need the extra rush so never too early to start.

Now pop along and checkout the challenge blog for details of the prize and also a gander of the teams hard work.

Enjoy your day are you up to anything nice.

Catch you all tomorrow for a new DT card

challenges
Lemon Shortbread challenge - Anything Goes
The Holly & Ivy Challenge - Anything Goes

• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E - #131 ANYTHING GOES WITH option of CHRISTMAS 
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - M, 1st Monday, E2, SIO - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
• All Dressed Up  - Anything Goes
• ABC Christmas Challenge - M, 1st Wed,- "A" for Antlers
• Creatalicious Challenges (2W, P15/last day of the M) #130 - Anything Goes
• http://craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/anything-goes-challenge.html
• Crafty Gals Corner -  2W, E2, #156 - Anything Goes
• Inspiration Destination - 2W, F - Always Anything Goes 
• The Merry Christmas Challenge - W, Christmas Only, #2 - Anything Christmas
• Pennys papercrafty challenge - Anything Goes
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG  -WON
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge (M, P15, E3, F, must be on DT) Always Anything Goes 
• Colouring in Scrapland - M 1st Monday, E2, winner + Top 3, No digital coloring, must have hand-colored image -  ANYTHING GOES

Crafty catz challenge Anything Goes with optional twist

Good morning and welcome to our 1st challenge for 2018 for CRAFTY CATZ.

This week our host to kick the year off is Carol and she has picked our optional theme of

ADD SPARKLE AFTER CHRISTMAS

now our challenge is always 

ANYTHING GOES so you dont have to follow the theme just show us what your making.

Our fab sponsor for this challenge that allowed the team to play with some fab images is

ALL DRESSED UP

so before you pop along and checkout the teams creations and please show some love for our new GDT  Lilly here is my make using fairy swing available here

Now i am not sure if you can see the sparkle i added to the flowers with my tonic drops which i smudged to spread across the petals and the sky has been done with shimmer chalks this time also the leaves have been coloured with them too.

Image coloured with promarkers

Lace from a win and the flowers are also a lace cut the individual flowers off.

Corner rounder punch

diecuts from stash and some peals and twine

Dp is Craft sensations lots of roses pad

Now it is your turn i do hope you will come and share your makes with us

Dont forget to pop along to our sponsors shop to see what awesome images they have

Thanks for popping and i would like to enter the following challenges

Creative inspirations - something new - digi and pearls

• Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes 
• Crafty Girls Creations Challenge (M, P1, E3, Top 3) #43 - Always Anything Goes
• All Dressed Up (2W, P2/15, E3, SIR) - atg
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #1 - Anything Goes
• Lemon Shortbread 2W, E3, no digital projects - #58 - Always Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge - 2W, 1E - (W1 of 2) U for Use 3 of Something- flowers
• Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E  - No.51 - Anything Goes 
• Emerald City Crafts Challenge Blog - M, 1st Fri, E3, C10 - No. 7 - January - Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 277 - Anything Goes#
• Lemon  shortbread challenge - Anything Goes

Craft challenge #449 - Box or bag

Good day hope your well.

Today I am sharing Craft's challenge which started today.

BOX or BAG

Now is the time to share with us those posts of the boxes and bags you made for christmas that you didnt get around to blogging.

Or have you made something new. Always nice to send something in a special presentation.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

The Cutting Cafe 

Pop along and read alittle about this fab company and checkout the awesome makes by the team.

For my make I am sharing a little box I made for a special Birthday card.

I kept is fairly CAS with the image taking the stage.

Image is from Mo manning coloured with promarkers

Dp is from stash

Pink Pearlised card

Satin ribbon, pearls for embellishment

Spellbinders scallop circles

Well now your turn I do hope you can find some time to play along with us this week.

Thanks for popping by leave a comment if you have time so i know you have called.

Have a good day

challenge

As you like it - Atg

Craftaholics R Us - W, #1 - Celebration

• Crafting By Designs - W, F, 3E - Anything Goes for January 
• Paper Shelter Challenge - W, 3E, SIO - Anything Goes 
• The Crafty Addicts M, 3E, #44 - Anything Goes
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - W, ATG 

Crafty Creations - 2W (2nd/4th Wed), 2E, Always Anything Goes (W2 of 2)

• A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) #59 - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore (M, P1, E3) January - Always Anything Goes 
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #1 - Anything Goes
• Unicorn Challenge M, E3, No fully digital projects January - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers Challenge #425 - Make It Digital

Happy New Year hope that you all had a wonderful time.

Today I am sharing the 1st challenge of the year for 

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS

and the lovely Marie has picked a very easy theme for you.

MAKE IT DIGITAL

yes so you MUST use Letraset/ Winsor & Newton markers (i.e. promarkers, aqua markers, tria or neon markers please state in your post

and use a Digital image then we would love you to come and play along with us.

The prize is 6 Promarkers from Cowling & Wilcock

So here is my make for your inspiration.

It is a gift wallet/ card holder

This is the front image is from Mo manning

 Here is the back to show how it fastened

Ingredients

Promarkers

DP is 12x12 pad which is more a thin card than paper and is also double sided from the works

I used 1 sheet and the red is the reverse.

i also used a small piece of dp from my stash

gems, snowflake punch twine and a gem Brad.

When you open it there is a card with a gift voucher attached.

Well now it is over to you. Need more inspiration then head on over to the challenge blog. 

Wow my team mates have done some awesome makes again.

Thanks for popping by and look forward to seeing what you are making.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge

• A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) #59 - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) - Always Anything Goes
• Christmas Crafts All Year Round (M,P1, Must be Christmas Card) January - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations Challenge (M, P1, E3, Top 3) #43 - Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Let's Craft & Create Challenge (M, P5, F, E3) #132 - Anything Christmas Goes
• My Besties International Challenge (M P1, E1 unless My Besties image used, then E3) January - Anything Goes / optional: Baby, it's cold outside
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge (M, P15, E3, F, must be on DT) Always Anything Goes 
• 
• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Snowflakes - challenge runs till Jan 8, 2018 - TOP THREE
• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #21 - Anything Christmas Goes (Week 1) - challenge runs till Jan 7, 2018
• Unicorn Challenge M, E3, No fully digital projects January - Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
• Crimbo Crackers 2W  #148 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday W,C5 #510 Anything Goes
• Moving along with the Times - Anything but a card

Craft challenge #448 - Anything Goes

Good morning well back to my normal posting after the holidays. 

Did you have a good time, get any crafty goodies this year.

Well today Craft challenge has a nice easy one for you to play along with

ANYTHING GOES

yes come and share with us what your up to.

our sponsors for this challenge are

Digital Delights

and

Scrap N Dipity

pop along to the challenge blog and checkout the prizes and the amazing samples the team has made for your inspiration.

So onto my make which I have used a image from Scrap N Dipity

As new year is round the corner I made a bottle tag

the image is Jaimz – Happy New Year and can be found HERE

coloured with Promarkers

MFT diecut numbers with faux stitching on,

Xcut clocks embossing folder on the gold mirri card

Xcut circles a spellbinders labels dies

Well thats my make already for midnight new years eve.

Have you any plans I ususally have a quiet night in and if i havent fallen asleep let in the new Year. My poor dog isnt keen on the fireworks so he isnt looking forward to it.

well what ever your doing have a great night and do try to join in our challenge we really would love to see what your up to.

Bye for now

challenges

Moving along with the time - not a card

Crafty Creations - 2W, 2E,  Always Anything Goes 

• Crafty Gals Corner -  W, E2 , #155 - Anything Goes
• I love Promarkers - 2W, 3E Must use Promarkers, #349 - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp - W, 5E - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - W, 5E - PARTY! ENDS January 1
• The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E -  #264 HAPPY NEW YEAR 
• Use Your Stuff - W,  #294 ANYTHING GOES Challenge fisnishes January 8th

Beccys Place December Challenge

Good evening I hope you all have a Wonderful Christmas. It was a quiet one for me just the 2 of us and my Fur baby.

Well i am here to share a quick Christmas card i didnt get to blog before the day and I will have a few more to come.

This card features the Freebie that you can grab at Beccys Place for the December challenge.

I saw this and just had to colour up. I had him coloured for a while before he was made into the nearest I get to a Clean and Simple card. I didnt want to take anything away from this fab chap.

Image has been coloured with Promarkers

added glitter to the bauble and a glittered season greeting banner. 

Dp is from papermanina a few years back

Die cut snowflake with a gem centre to finish off.

Well hope you like I think he is adorable and i am sure he will be making an appearance for many years.

Now if your quick you might just be able to grab him and make something to enter the challenge. i guess it is never too early to start for next year. 

my son said people where buying up cards for next year in the sales.

Thanks for popping by and if you dont pop back before new year have a good one.

challenges

Beccys place december challenge

• Crafty Sentiment Designs W, 1E, SIO - Snowflakes - challenge runs till Jan 8, 2018
• Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #51 - Anything Goes - runs till Jan 2
• Ike's World 2W, 1E - #103 Anything Goes with a twist: Victorian Christmas (Week 2) - runs till Dec 31
• The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #21 - Anything Christmas Goes (Week 1) - challenge runs till Jan 7, 2018
• Colouring in Scrapland - M 1st Monday, E2, winner + Top 3, No digital coloring, must have hand-colored image -  NAVIDAD - CHRISTMAS
• Incy Wincy Designs - 1st & 3rd Monday, 5E -  RED AND GREEN (Week 2) ends January 14
• A Gem of a Challenge  2W   - Anything Christmas Goes Ends 6th January
• Scrap and Craft Inspiration M, 1st Saturday -December - Anything Christmas
• Pennys paper crafty challenge - snowmen
• Crafting by designs - atg

Passion for promarkers Mid challenge Reminder

Good morning a quick pop on to remind you about 

our Mega Christmas challenge at Passion for Promarkers and hope you will all join in with us again.

Remember our rule of you must use Promarkers Flexmarkers Aquamarkers from Winsor & Newton/ leterset.

This challenge will last for a whole month so that the team can catch up and get ready for their Christmas so just 2 weeks left to enter, but we have some awesome sponsors for this challenge and amazing prizes from

Bugaboo - 7 images ($21.00 voucher)
DigiStamp Boutique - £10.00 voucher
All Dressed Up stamps - $12.00 voucher
Dies to Die For - £15.00 voucher
Di's Digi Stamps - $12.00 voucher
Crafty Sentiments designs - 3 digi images
Sasayaki Glitter - 1 digi image
Alicia Bel - €10.00 voucher
Uniko stamps - 1 stamp set (must be in stock)

Please pop along to the challenge blog to checkout the details.

Our theme for this challenge is a nice and easy one

ADD A SENTIMENT

so this week it is team 2 turn to share their makes  so please pop along and show some love.

Well I am off now have far too much to do and seems like each job i find a hiccup. Presents bought to be found that others have bought same so have to return and find something else.

Bye for now stay safe

Santa claus is coming to town - Crafty Catz challenge and gdt call

Good evening I am late posting this as i have been busy with jobs for Christmas and then had visitors my Brother with his annual Christmas rounds.

Well today it is time for a new challenge at CRAFTY CATZ. This is our last for 2017 and is also a GDT call for January.

Our challenge is Anything goes but we have a optional twist of Santa coming to town.

If you would like to follow the option that is great but we would love to see what your making even if it doesnt have a Santa on it. If you fancy joining us at GDT for the month of January then add GDT after your name.

Our sponsor this week is

DIGITAL PAPER CRAFT

So here is my card featuring this fabulous image from Sassy Cheryl called Once apon a star santa and can be found HERE

Items used to make this is

Promarkers

flowers from wild orchid

Hessian ribbon and twine

Diecuts from ebay

dp is from stash

sentiment ribbon from Dovecraft

chipboard embellishments

cheesecloth and paint

tonic glitter

Kraft base card 8x8inch

Well that my card so now come share with us at the blog what you have made. Checkout the teams amazing samples and all the Santas wow they are so different too.

Dont forget the GDT it closes mid day Thursday so you have just under a week.

Thanks for popping by and hope that all your festive arrangements are coming together wont be long now. I am sure you will all be ready when the itme comes and before you blink it will be New year.

off to add this into some challenges.

Crafting by designs -December challenge

Creative inspirations - winter christmas

• Colour Crazy Challenge - 2W,2E  - No.50 - Anything Goes
• Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - No.57 - Anything Goes 
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W, E3, C10 - No. 202 - Christmas 
• Jo's Scrap Shack - W, 3E  - No. 219 - Anything Goes 
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 274 - Christmas or Anything Goes
• Simply Papercraft - M, Last Fri - No. 53 - Anything Goes
• 
• Winter Wonderland - 2W, 3E, must be Christmas – Anything Christmas Goes (W2 of 2) Ends 5th January
• Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes
• Moving along with the Times 2W,3E #60 Inspiration from the poem A Visit From St Nicholas
• A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) - Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra (M, P1) - Always Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper (M, P1) Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge (M, P15, E3, F, must be on DT) Always Anything Goes 
• Christmas Cards All Year Round (M,P1, Must be Christmas Card) December - Anything Goes
• card Mania (M, P1, E5) #99 - Christmas
• Creative Fingers -  M , 3E, No totally digital projects - No. 141 - Anything Goes  
• Emerald City Crafts Challenge Blog - M, 1st Fri, E3, C10 - No. 6 - Anything Goes
• pennys paper crafty challenge - atg #359
• Crafting With An Attitude M,1st Thurs,3E Always Anything Goes
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges 2W,1E,SIO Always Anything Goes (W2 of 2)
• Through the Purple Haze 2W, E3, C10 #140 Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - M, 2nd Wed, 2E, Anything Goes for Christmas
• I love Promarkers - 2W, 3E Must use Promarkers, #349 - Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
• Sisterhood of Crafters - 2nd/4th Wed, 3E - Christmas (W1 of 2)