Retro Kitchenalia

I love the retro kitchen look and I’ve kept it simple here using a sketch from Pink Gem Challenge . The papers are by October Afternoon, the chipboard mixer is a magazine freebie and I used an embossing folder (Cuttlebug?). I'd also like to enter this into the Kitchenalia challenge at Daring Cardmakers .

Some Cakes For You

Gone crazy with the fancy frame die-cutters! I love this patterned paper from a Die Cuts with a View paper stack.

I’d like to enter this for the following challenges:
Do you stack up? Patterned paper
Secret Crafter Food and Drink

Challenged! - Winging it.

I've been able to join in some great challenges with this card : Gingersnap Creation's Favourite Designer Paper, Fashionable Challenges' Butterflies or Bugs, and Moving Along with the Times' Things with wings.

The stamp is by Crafty Individuals and the patterned paper is from Parisian Anthology by Pink Paislee. I used four different scraps of the paper, including one that was white embossed and  I inked.( Background, right side!) Other things I used were Promarkers and a butterfly sticker.

Hope you like it!
 

Daring to Digi - Enchanted

I cobbled the central image from My Craft Studio 'Simply Silhouettes' and 'Flourishes' CDs. I die cut and embossed black card for the frame. The background is MCS again and I dotted it with Holgraphic Stickles.

I'd like to enter this for:
CD Sunday - Enchantment
Quirky Crafts - Silhouette
Challenge Up your Life  - Bingo (purple, die cuts, sparkle)

Challenged! - One Layer Card

I wanted to make a card for Less is More's Birds challenge as it has to be a one layer card. I find one layer cards excitingly scary as, if you make a mistake, you can't just slap something on.

I used Glimmer Mist to make a sun and a Crafty Individuals seagull.

As well as Less is More, I'd also like to enter this for :
Crafty Ann's Let's think hot.
Let's Ink Up  Anything Goes

Challenged! - Wonder

Pencil Lines has a great sketch this week, perfect for scrapping the Christmas photos. I love this photo of my son.

The letters are by Anna Griffin. Not sure who made the papers as I cut off the strip and threw it away!

Challenged! - Vintage Boudoir and Chandelier

This is a combination of two challenges I really wanted to enter - Vintage Boudoir at the Shabby Tearoom and Candelabras, Chandeliers and Candles,  at Gingersnap Creations.

Despite making it specifically for these challenges, I'm not sure I did that great a job in fitting the brief for The Shabby Tearoom. I think (hope) I captured the essence of the photo inspiration  but you were supposed to include a sewing embellishment. I have several stamps and die cuts of sewing machines, scissors, tape measures etc, but none looked right. However, lace is listed as a sewing embellishment, and I have included that, so hopefully I won't be disqualified!

The flapper was taken from a big BLine stamp. ( I used the full stamp here.) The chandelier was a Craft Stamper Magazine freebie. I love it, but it's very small, so difficult to use on its own, except for small gift tag etc.

I really should have tidied my desk before taking this photo! Despite cropping the shot, you can still spot an old margarine tub lid at the side. Let me reassure you that I haven't been making sandwiches while crafting; I've just using it as a palette!

Challenged! – Soft and Comfy

This is the first time I’ve used this digital stamp from A Day for Daisies and the idea for the colour palette came from Gingersnap Creation’s challenge “Soft Yellows and White”. I paper pieced the chair using some leftover Basic Grey ‘Lilykate’ paper. I coloured the rest of the image using Promarkers. I edged three strips of the paper with ‘Buttercup’ Promarker. I used a notch punch on the corners of the central image and threaded yellow thread to make a frame.

As well as the Gingersnap challenge I’d also like to enter this for:

A Day for Daisies – Pretty Pastels

Basic Grey Challenges – Something New  ( As well as the images, most of the Promarkers used were in sets I got this Christmas.)

Doing the Docrafts - Hot Diggity...mouse???

And on with my self-imposed challenge to use every item in the new Docrafts Goody Bag.

This mouse on cake image is from a decoupage sheet called 'Hot Diggety Dog'. I'm sure there's some kind of story to these characters, as plainly, this one isn't a dog. Is it hot? Is it diggety? I don't know!

So, in addition to the same patterned paper I used before, I used the embossing folder, the decoupage sheet and the flower ...that's now 8 out of 11 items used,

I'd like to enter this card for these challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge Bingo - embossing, punch and flower
Secret Crafter Let them eat cake
 Simply Create Layers

Doing the Docrafts - Thank You

Last Sunday I set myself the challenge of using every item in the Docrafts Goody Bag. I used the first three items here.

For this card I used the paper pack again. The rubber stamp saying ‘Thank You’ has a matching die. The girl is a digi – stamp by Heather Ellis that I bought especially for this project. She was sitting on something but I cut it away so she could sit on my ‘thank you’ , coloured her in and paper-pieced the dress.  The bigger bird stamp is Kaisercraft ,paper pieced again. I stuck the girl and bird on with 3d foam pads from the goody bag.

So, as well as the paper pack I’d used previously, I used another two items from the goody bag – that’s 5 in total now, so nearly half way.

I’d like to enter this card for the following challenges :

The Squirrel and the Fox  Something New

Make My Monday Birds

Sarah Hurley Challenges Giving Thanks

Allsorts Cahallenge Paper Piecing