Happy Birthday Boy - Crafty Catz DT Card ATG

Good afternoon are you all ready for Halloween have you got your costumes ready do you surprise the kids when you open the door or do you hate it and think it is just ok for our US cousins, Well either way today is Friday and we have everyones fave for you at CRAFTY CATZ

Yes it is

ANYTHING GOES

Our fabulous sponsora this week are

WITH A FAB PRIZE

AND OUR OTHER SPONSOR THIS WEEK IS 

The Paper Nest Dolls are a collection of original artwork, all done hand, by Christine Young the founder. All artwork is unique and inspired by one of Christine Young's children and then turned into a rubber or digital stamp.

prize is $25 to the Paper Nest Dolls

So what do I have for you for your inspiration.

 close up of image

My card is clean and simple and is actually a card that is sat in my team mates Janettes house as it is her sons Grahams birthday today.My card features a Mo's image and has been coloured with my promarkers. Dp is from my stash. Few black gems and sentiment is computer generated.

Well hope you like my card he has opened his card and i have had a email thanking me so guess it is ok. So with such a easy challenge theme and the children back at school monday we are hoping you get chance to play along with us this week.

Have a great halloween- 

challenges
art impressions - humor
ATG -  inspiration Destination    - Penny Paper Crafty - wonderful wednesday -
crafting at the weekend- kit & Clowder - crafting from the heart

Hidden Fairy - Fantasy Challenge at Craft

Good evening have you had a good day. I had loads to do but got very little done really. I did get a little time to do some colouring but have yet to finish the card.

However today being Thursday is a new challenge at CRAFT and this week they are looking for some Fantasy on your creations

our sponsors for this challenge are

Pattie's Creations Digital Stamps

Bugaboo Stamps

The Stamping Boutique

CraftsuPrint 

Fabulous selection of sponsors yet again with lots of prizes so befor you head on over to checkout the prizes and creations from the team on the challenge blog I would like to share with you my card using a image from The stamping Boutique called Hidden Fairy

This is a very small easel card made with a spellbinders scallop circle die. As fairies are small i wanted to make a small card. I have used 2 doilies and the gold mirri card has been cut with spellbinder dies. I have added a little sparkle of glitter to the flowers but not sure if you can see. The image has been coloured with my promarkers. I fussy cut the image and layered it onto some gold vellum layered onto the gold mirri die cut. A single pearl for the centre.

Not sure if i like this as it hasnt come out as i would have liked. Maybe i am still in halloween mode. lol. Well thanks for popping by leave me a comment to let me know you called.

challenges
4 crafty chicks - ATG
crafters cafe - things with wings
digi chooseday - lace (doily)
use your stash - doily
emerald fairies - things with wings

New Home for Neice & Divas By Design DT Card

Good evening well we are half way through the school holidays and the children in the road are starting to hang their halloween creations from the trees shame we have rain hope they don't spoil 

Well it is Wednesday and that means we have another challenge for you all at DIVAS BY DESIGN and this week we have everyones favourite

ANYTHING GOES

our prize this week is a surprise gift not even the team knows what it is.

So onto my card for your inspiration. It is a New Home Card I made for my Neice her and her partner has just bought their first house.

 close up of stamp from Inkilious gold embossed and black inner coloured

 close up of pins made by a friend the last of a set she sent me before she stopped crafting and a large bow made with black organiza ribbon from Meiflower crafts

The ivory card has been embossed with a latice folder and the gold diecuts behind the stamp is a spellbinders corner lined up to cut four together.Flowers are Papermania A large gem button in the centre of the bow. Lots of gold and black card to mat. I was really pleased the way it turned out and she was delighted with it.

I hope you like please leave me a comment and let me know what you think. I love to read your comments and appreciate each and every one of them.

Now please pop along and checkout the rest of the teams makes there is such a variety of style and creations for your inspiration.

Thanks for popping by and i will be back tomorrow with another little card for you.
challenges
pennys paper crafty - atg
simon says stamp - anything goes
crafty cardmaker - dies and punches
incy wincy - buttons and bows
the pink elephant - atg
amusing - atg

Thank You at Crafty Catz

Good morning well last day for the children at school a full week off. I have jobs to do at home but hoping to get some crafting done need get some Christmas cards done.

Well today being Friday it is time for a new challenge and this week it is the lovely talented Anna's turn to host. So hope you will join us again. I loved all your Black plus one cards last week and if you entered pop along and checkout the winners and top three fab creations.

Well Anna has chosen a fab challenge

THANK YOU

Yes we all need some of these in our card box so why not come and join us.

Our sponsor this week is the fab company MEI FLOWER CRAFT with a £20 prize

So onto my card for your inspiration. I will explain the sentiment as it looks a little strange. A neighbour had just finished Radiotherapy . He asked if i could do a nurse with a chicken on a plate with the sentiment. I immediately thought of this fab image from Bugaboo. Sentiment is computer generated. DP is from a scrapbooking kit. Ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and i have done it in the style of their charity. . Image has been coloured with my promarkers.

close up of the image

Hope you like and yes the nurses did get the joke of the cooked chicken. Thanks for popping by and dont forget to pop along and see what the rest of the team has made.

Have a great weekend

challenges
fab n funky - funny
inspiration destination - atg
take heart ideas- ATG
wonderful wednesday - atg
crafty littyle fairies - 1 DP
brown sugar - atg
sisters art challenge - atg

Seasonal Project for Craft challenge

Good morning all just one more day left and the children will be break for school holidays so lots of children getting ready for that spooky time of year followed by fire works I do hope that they go to organised ones and enjoy it. So if you are having fireworks at home please be safe I always did as a child and loved it but was always aware of the danger.

Enough of my warning onto some of the fun

 at Craft  Challenge Blog and this week we would like to see

             Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Bonfire Night

Our wonderful sponsors and prizes for this challenge are

Here are the fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

Sponsor 1:  Inky Impressions

Prize is a $10 certificate for Inky Impressions

Sponsor 2: Lacy Sunshine Stamps

Prize is 3 images of choice from her shop.

Sponsor 3: QKR Stampede

Company Bio:
Do you have a sense of humor? Are you looking for a cute stamp? Then, we are the company for you! QKR Stampede is the somewhat cute somewhat quirky rubber and digital stamp company. We Showcase the artwork of Ken Herrod, who had a unique, somewhat quirky style with lots of humor and character. You are sure to get a chuckle out of our stamps! We have been offering our unique stamps and supplies to the craft industry for over 15 years. At QKR Stampede our images are available as unmounted, natural red rubber stamps OR as digital stamps! If QKR Stampede Stamps aren't exactly what you are looking for, Don't miss out on the sister companies: Eureka Stamps,  Biblical Impressions Rubber Stamps, or the newest addition; Alluring Impressions.

The Prize is 5 Digital Images of choice.

Sponsor 4: Imagine That! Digital Stamps

The prize is 3 sets of choice from her site.

So now onto my project for your inspiration. I have used one of our sponsors digital image. Angelica's Giant Pumpkin' by Inky Impressions

 close up of the image coloured with promarkers

The DP isa very old and i think is a dovecraft pad picked for the  dies & punches i have used are quickutz for the image and matting, Martha Stewart  leaf deep punch, Mc gill Halloween punch. I have also used some copper wax on the edges of the image and the bats. Ribbon from stash.

The layout is from this weeks Sketch n Stash challenge

hope you like and dont forget to checkout the rest of the teams cards for inspiration. Hope to see you over at the blog. 

challenges

sketch n stamp = layout

If you give a crafter a cookie - inspirational picture halloween

sweet stamps blog - ATG

Clear it out - halloween
just inspirational challenge -fall
Riley & company - halloween
shopping our stash - halloween
tuesdaythrow down - halloween colours
creative colours - picture inspiration

crafty boots - halloween
dream valley - halloween
love to create - halloween
ppinkydolls - halloween
stamp & create - halloween

Crafty Sentiments Use a Sentiment and new release

Good evening hope you are welll and survived the horrid winds and rain we are having in the Uk. Well today I am here to tell you that we are showcasing the new release at Crafty Sentiments below is the banner and if you would like to see some fab samples made with the new digi stamps then head over to the Inspirational blog for todays and there will be more tomorrow for the release.

Now I have told you about the new release let me share this weeks challenge details and my Dt card.

This week we would like you to add a sentiment onto your card/ creations

Dont forget  to read our rules there are not many and you might be eligible for extra entries

Our prize for the lucky winner this week is this fab santa stamp one of my fave christmas stamps and perfect for your this time of year.

so onto my card for your inspiration I have used another Christmas stamp from our last release called  All I want for Christmas and made a easel card

close up of this fab stamp

I have used my promarkers and the DP is papernaina, some organiza ribbon,die cuts are made with a marrianne and joannna sheen dies. The sentiment s a Seed stamp.

Well now it is over to you I hope to see you over there when you have made your creation. Thanks for popping by.
challenges
creative card crew - bows
die cutting divas - think pink
ikes world - think pink
inky chicks - chrstmas
oldie but goodie - christmas (papers from last year and dies)
sweet stamps - ATG
crafty bloggers network - christmas
merry monday christmas - non trad colours
addicted to stamps - ATG
dragonfly dreams - mainly pink
penny black and more - get a head for christmas
crafty hazelnut christmas - something forgotten or new (stamp)

Crafty Catz DT Black plus one

Good morning it is my turn to host the challenge at Crafty Catz and i have picked a colour challenge for you all to follow. Just the one colour to add plus a compulsory colour of Black.

So Black plus one colour you are allowed to use skin and hair colour and you can use white as your colour or not. I though with halloween that the black would fit but then again alot of classic black and white or use a splash of colour. It is up to you.

Our sponsor for this challenge is The Stamping Boutique 

So onto my card I made this for a neighbour as an order she tends to like black and white cards,

I have made a sentiment card using a Inkydoodle stamp which I heat embossed and added some glitter on some of the letters. Used a cuttlebug Birds and swirls folder and a creative expressions lattice folder. The strip accross the middle is a tonic punch and a nice big satin bow to finish.

Well I hope you like my card and can come and join us again this week.

Have a great weekend yeepee it is weekend i am hoping for a lie in this weekend i really need it.

Bye for now
Anything goes with a twist - ATG /Sparkle shimmer
sister art challenge = ATG
stamploration - stamp & embossing
Really Reasonableribbon -ATG with ribbon
milk coffee  challenge - lots of layers
southern girls challenge - wordy
crafty cardmakers - sentiment as main focus
melonheadz friends - lots layers
creative card crew - black cardstock

We're Cooking Up A CRAFT Challenge

Good morning hope your well today being Thursday and nearly weekend brings another fab challenge for you at CRAFT and this week we are doing some cooking with a RECIPE. Yes just follow the Ingredients and submit your creation.

If you are one of or lucky winners you will win something from our fabulous sponsors

Meljen's Designs

Doctor Digi House of Stamps

LEJ Designs

Yours and Mine Papercrafts

One of the perks of being on the team is you get to pick an image from one of our sponsors (fancy being able to do this yourself then why not try out for our DT Call there is still time)

I have used a image from Meljens Designs  called BIG SWEATER KID

 close of the great image i think this could be for any occassion dont you not just christmas

Image coloured with promarkers, My shapes are square and rectangle, Papers are Dovecraft, Silver mirri card,  4 Snowflake with 4 gems are my embellishments. I added a diecut snow mobile which is been cut out of some Red Glitter card and i just add to use some Blue ribbon as I lovemy ribbons.

Well now it is your turn to get cooking in your Craft room and let us taste your fab creations.

Have a great day doing whatever you have planned and I will be back tomorrow with another Crafty Catz creation.  Thanks for popping bye I appreciate your visit.

challenge

MilkCoffe challenge - lots of layers

christmas at sweet craftin - snowflakes

fab n funky - christmas

I love promarkers = snowflakes

penny paper crafts - anything goes

whimsey inspirations - ATG

deep ocean challenge - christmas

Anything Goes - Inky Impression GDT

Good evening I recently won a challenge at Inky Impressions along with 4 fabulous images i won was also a GDT spot and today is the day. 

The challenge is a nice and easy one so hope that you will come and join us this week.

ANYTHING GOES

 close up of the image Cupcake Lili coloured with promarkers

Dp is from a freebie in a mag last year. Whisper sentiment stamp. Seam binding ribbon coloured with promarkers, Glitter on the corner die and the cake. Mirri card to mat the layers. Lace, buttons Doily and gem heart from stash.

Well I enjoyed colouring this image and they have a new release today some fabulous images well worth a peep.

I do hope that you wil come and play along you dont have to use one of their stamps but it would be great if you could. Thanks for popping by and i will be back tomorrow with my Craft challenge
challenges
4 crafty chicks - Happy Birthday
my heart pieces - buttons and ribbon
seize the birthday - birthday
craftying at the weekend - atg
kit & clowder - atg
crafty calender - pink sentiment buttons

Texture

Good morning this is the first of my posts today yes i will be posting another very shortly. But firstly let me share with you my DT card and details of DIVAS BY DESIGN. Yes it is the A Teams turn and our boss lady would like to see

TEXTURE

So you could have some embossing on your creation, some fabric, flowers, ribbons anything really that adds a bit of texture to your creations.
We are lucky to be sponsored by Magnolialicious this time

Now you dont have to us a magnolia stamp or papers but we would love it if you could.

 close up of the stamp coloured with my promarkers

 I dont tend to use many Magnolia stamps these days so had a dig round and found a old Christmas one from way back. So I looked at my papers and couldnt find what i wanted so decided that I would use my backing as my main texture. I used a cutlebug embossing folder then used my ink duster and memento Blue ink to shade the paper. I had stamped the Lamp post which is also a Magnolia from the same collection. Added glitter another texture and some gold liquid pears on the lamp. Layered it on some midnight blue glitter card and added some ribbon a sentiment from papermania and some foam glittered shapes.

So now it is your turn hope that you will come and play along again this week. Need some more inspiration then head over to the challenge blog there lots of different styles.

Thanks for popping by i will be back very shortly
challenges =
penny s paper crafty - ATG
christmas sweet stampin challenge - snowflakes
Deep ocean challenge - christmas
I love Promarkers - snowflakes
The crafty bloggers -christmas

Crafty Sentiments Holiday Sale

Morning folks hope you are all well just thought i would share some news. Crafty Sentiments store is having a holiday sale check it out HERE

Seasonal Autumn is the ticket at CRAFTY CATZ

Hello have you seen Crafty Catz host this week is the lovely Janette and she has just announced that she has been published in Making cards. way to go Janette. Well the theme of our challenge at CRAFTY CATZ is AUTUMN so lots of lovely colours. this could be colours or seasonal image or both anything that represents Autumn and we would love you to share with us.

We are sponsored this week by

with a great prize of

$15 GC for the FSS store

AND

challenge winner we will offer a free seat to any of our online workshops on the CCO website with a regular price of $25 or less. Winners have until the end of this year (2014) to claim their prize.

so onto my card which I have used a stamp from Sugar nellie  by elizabeth bell from many moons ago but always comes to mind when you mention Autumn

 close up of the stamp coloured with my promarkers

I have used my ink dusters for the background with my memento inks. I masked the image to create the background. Used a maple leaf punch and ribbon ,lace,pearls from my stash. The Dp is from a old dovecraft pad trying to use some of my old papers up.

Hope you like my card i must use some of my older stamps more often. Thanks for popping by and hope you will come and play along with us.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges

A gem of a challenge - create a scene

crafting at the weekend- ATG

kit & Clowder - ATG

anything goes with a twist - ATG female

art by miran - atg

Docerela creations - autumn

sister art challenge - atg

wags n whiskers - fall colours

crafty little fairies - 1 designer paper
the sugar bowl challenge

Cheers to Christmas

Good evening sorry I have been missing. Had a busy week printer broke so been trying to find a decent one and been suffering with very bad headaches so have tried to leave my computer off a little. 

Well Thursday was the start of a new challenge at CRAFT and they are still running a DT call so still time to join us in both. We are celebrating CHRISTMAS .

We have another host of generous sponsors waiting to hand out prizes to our winners. They are

Sponsor 1: Flonzcraft

Sponsor 2:  Sassy Studio Designs

Sponsor 3: MilkCoffee Stamps

Sponsor 4: Fitztown

now onto my card using a i image from Milk Coffee Stamps called Tiffany Partying which you can find here which I believe you could use for many occasion

 close up of image

I have used my promarkers and the sentiments are all from a very old SeeD set from Papermania. The Dp is also very old and think is Dovecraft. Kept the layout simple to show off this fab image and just added the sentiments around  it with added matting of mirri card and a few pearls

Well hope that you have time to come and join our fun. You know it wont be long and we will be in the full swing of Christmas so will be good to get our christmas cards started.

Thanks for popping by and hope your enjoying the weekend.

Challenges I would love to enter this card into are

crafting at the weekend - ATG

kit and Clowder  - ATG

little claire designs - christmas

we dodoobadoo- christmas

Craftying from the heart - ATG

Crafty Bloggers network - christmas

Digi Make over - ATG

deep ocean challenge - christmas

holly jolly christmas - atg

digi choosday - Christmas

papertake weekly - ATG

passion for promarkers - fave colour combo (red & Black)

top tip tuesday - no traditional christmas

Everyone's Favorite at Crafty Sentiments

Good morning from a wet Manchester gosh i got socked this morning. 

Well to cheer us up Crafty Sentiments has our Favorite challenge

ANYTHING GOES

so no excuse not to join us and dont forget to read our rules to get more entries into our draw for this fab stamp

So quickly onto my card today using one of our older stamps which you can find if you click on the link behind its name.  Jasmin warm cuppa

A clean and simple layout with the stamp taking pride of place and i have computer generated the sentiment either side and put a line as if she was sitting on it.

Image coloured with Promarkers DP is Making memories Just Chillin Girl. I thought it was perfect to go with the title of the stamp. Few gems to bling it up. The green panel has been embossed with a spellbinders die but think you need to look real hard to see sorry. It is like a lattice fence.

Well do hope you like my card and it has inspired you to join us again this week.

Thanks for popping by and go checkout our lovely teams creations.

Bye for now
challenges
Artistic impression - ATG
cutie pie challenge - 3 of something (colours
house of cards - punch /dies (corner rounder punch and die to emboss green panel))
Love to Scrap - ATG
stamp & create  - fall & Autumn (colours)
Timbroscrapmania - fall is in the air (colours)
craft room challenge - seasonal colours
love rubber stamps - ATG
papertake weekly - ATG
passion for promarkers - fave colour combo (autumn)
shopping our stash - coloor combo

Sentimental Crafty Catz

Good afternoon well i have been for a good long walk with the dog to clear some cob webs. Been suffering with headaches so though it might help.

Well this week it the lovely Kim's turn to host our challenge over at Crafty Catz. She has been taking a little break from crafting so it is really great to have her back.

Kim has a great challenge

All Sentimental

so she would like to see a Sentiment on your creation to qualify for our fab prize from

BUGABOO

the winner will receive 7 images of their choice

So onto my card before you hop over and checkout the rest of the teams creations

I have used a image from our sponsor

I have kept my card simple with just a few dies from memory box and cheery lyn. Embossing folder is a Crafter's Companion satin ribbon and organza ribbon from Meiflower crafts along with a few of their clear gems. The sentiment panel from Bugaboo has been shaded with distressed inks and touches of glitter pen

You have till thursday lunch to come and join us i do hope we will see you over there. Also checkout our new GDT give her a warm welcome.

Thanks for popping enjoy the rest of your day.

challenges
art by miran - ATG
fussy & fancy - lots of pink
qkr - ATG
sister art cards - atg
delightful challenges - sentiment
crafting by design - atg

Embossing is the challenge at Craft

Good evening this week at CRAFT we have a technique for you. Dont run for the hills a nice easy one. We would like to see some

EMBOSSING

see not a hard one so get out those folders etc and come and play alone with us. We are still running our DT call we would love you to check it out and if it sounds likes something you fancy add your name to our link at the very top.

So this weeks sponsors are

Sponsor 1: Scrappers Delight

Prize is 3 images of choice from her shop.

Sponsor 2: Sami Stamps

Prize is a $12.00 Gift Certificate for her shop.

Sponsor 3: Craft Classes Online
(formerly My Creative Classroom)

! One lucky winner will receive a free seat to an online workshop valued at $25 or less.  

www.craftclassesonline.com

so now onto my card which I have used a image from one of our sponsors Scrappers Delights called Vampire Witch. OOh I have been watching True Blood Catchups on Sky lately and couldnt resist and with the Witching Season coming up this is such a fab image.

 close up of sponsors image coloured with promarkers

I havent used and DP on this and just used a fiskers embossing plate which i then added some glue and gliding flaked to show off the web. I added touched of gliding wax to the edges too. Some black & pale lilac organsiza ribbon with a nice big square jewlled button. The bats and cat was done with a Mc Gill punch that comes out this time of year. some pins coloured with my promarkers and the sentiment came with the image. Ijust love this image and think you might be seeing it again soon.

Thanks for popping by off to walk the dog and get tea. See you again very soon.

challenges
aud sentiments - halloween
the sailing pineapple - halloween
crafting for all seasons - to cute to spook
A littlebit crafty - boo
always something creative - halloween
bearly mine - halloween
cute as a button - halloween
emerald fairies - things with wings
ladybug crafts - halloween
scrappers delight - no DP anything goes
too cute ink - halloween
Ppinky - anything goes/girly
The cheerful stamp pad. - Halloween costumes