Inkspirational Challenge 52

Here's my DT card for this week's Inkspirational challenge  and here's the Inkspirational picture:

You can see I've been quite unimaginative and used the idea of both the sheep and the colours.  I used a Joanna Sheen stamp and multiple colours of Distress Ink pads and sponges.

This time we have a great Guest Designer, Gerrina , so please check out what Gerrina, and the Inskspirational DT have done, and have a go yourself.

I'd like to enter:

 Use your Stuff  animals

Fab n Funky  animals

Simply Create too  animals 

Geisha in Distress

I've not had much time to craft this week - having a heavy week at work and also building work at home, I've been struggling to stay awake past 9.30! So I've made myself stay up tonight as I feel grumpy when I don't get time to craft!

The geisha and the background paper are from Debbi Moore oriental CD and I decided to grunge them up. I sponged 'Antique Linen' ink pad over the geisha image and then melted multiple layers of clear embossing powder over the top. My intention was to crack it but it wouldn't crack!! So instead I randomly stamped a crackle stamp over the top of the ep. I coloured the edges with a gold pen.

I crumpled up the background paper and distressed it using black ink, water and a distresser tool. I added an oriental charm that was part of a lovely prize package I won a while back from CD Sunday . I have no idea what it says so hope it's not inappropriate!

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday  red
Eclectic Ellapu   vintage
Creative Card Crew charm
Addicted to stamps  anything goes
Artful Times  anything goes

Festive 48 - Week 9

Does this card look Christmassy to you? I can't decide! The stamp, the papers, sticker and die-cuts all came from Christmas ranges but still... I actually made this while at my local scrapbooking group and when I asked if it looked Christmassy, one of the women said - 'Well it will look Christmasssy at Christmas!' . Maybe she has a point.

So, the stamp is Molly Bloom, the die-cuts and stickers are from a magazine ( years old) and I used markers, glitter glue and gold liquid pearls.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me.

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

I'd like to enter:
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Fairies/angels
Jellypark Challenges Things with wings
Completely Christmas Christmas
Crafty Catz  Paper-piecing 

An InLinkz Link-up

Housework

'Housework fascinates me...I could watch you do it all day long'.
I covered an MDF tag with ripped papers , gesso, masking and ink spray. I printed the sentiment and the sticker is by October Afternoon.

I'd like to enter:
Craft - room Challenge  20th century
Card-making Mamas splish splash
Country View challenges  paper chase
Addicted to Stamps  International Women's Day

Festive 48 - Week 8

Week 8, and I'm looking around the Christmas card challenges to help me keep coming up with ideas. This week Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge  had the theme 'reindeer' and a couple of their DT linked up to my last linky. (Thank you!) They used cute reindeers so I thought I'd do something different.

I made a background by sponging red and green inks, then stamped it with stamps from a set of stamps I got free with a magazine ages ago.  Then I sprayed it with glitter varnish ( and nearly knocked myself out with the fumes!) .

I mounted it on patterned mirror card ( can you spot me in the reflection?) and added die-cut holly with liquid pearl berries.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me.

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

As well as Holly Jolly Christmas , I'd also like to enter 
Fab n Funky  Christmas 
Crafty Hazelnut Christmas  Anything goes 
Simply Create Too Shop in your stash 

An InLinkz Link-up

Pinspirational Challenge #97

It's time for another Pinspirational challenge  and here's the inspirational picture:

For my DT card I used a digi called Deacon Swing, kindly provided by our sponsors, Bugaboo. 
I printed it onto kraft card, coloured it with gel pens and paper-pieced the Tshirt. I made a gatefold card with an aperture, covered it with patterned paper and added buttons and a birthday sentiment.
(In real life the buttons are pretty much the same colour, I don't know why in the photo one looks pink!) .

What ideas does the photo give you - children, teddies, toys, green (the grass etc) ...whatever it does for you, I hope you'll have a go and join us at Pinspirational. 

I'd also like to enter:
Sisterhood of Crafters  One for the boys
Brown Sugar  colours
Papercrafting Journey boyish
Craft your Passion  birthday bonanza

Welcome Baby

It's been so long since we had a girl born amongst our family and friends that my son asked me (when 6) if all babies were boys! Never mind, if one comes along , I'm ready!

This image is from Lili of the Valley and the sentiment is from..er..somewhere else (lost packet again).
I stamped some hearts from Greeting Farm ( I won this stamp a while back) onto pearlised card for the background and also used a paper scrap, which I also used to paper-piece the blanket.

I'd like to enter:
Sentimental Sundays sketch
Make My Monday  babies
Stamping Sensations pretty in pink
ABC Challenge g is for girls
Bearly Mine One for the girls

Winter Olympics

An extra Christmas card this week because I want to enter the 'Winter Olympics' challenge at Winter Wonderland. This stamp is a very old UM , maker unknown. The paper is a scrap left from a freebie paper pack and I traced some of the swirls with a Versamark pen and embossed them. I also heat embossed the sentiment (Hero) with silver EP and added a mirror snowflake.

As well as Winter Wonderland , I'd also like to enter
Completely Christmas  anything goes
Christmas Card Challenges heat embossing

Pretty Random

I was trying something different here - inspired by a picture I've seen of stitched lines and semi-circles.

I didn't quite achieve the effect I was going for, but I quite like it anyway. Expect to see the idea re-visited!

I used two shades of grey card, patterned paper scrap, circle punch, embossing folder and pearls. I attempted a stitching effect with paper pricking and pen. I couldn't use my sewing machine because a) I can't get to it as it is hidden behind the contents of my kitchen (getting new kitchen fitted) and b) I'm a coward!

I'd like to enter:
Crazy for Challenges  orchid ( I hope I've got this shade right)
Make my Monday  Grown up card
CASual Fridays Two Shades of Grey
Artful Times Anything Goes

Inkspirational Challenge 51 - Purple White and Green

It’s time for another challenge at Inkspirational and this time, it’s a colour challenge – purple, white and green. You can choose to use any two, or all three of these colours.

This week we have been joined by a fantastic guest designer, Cathy. Please visit her blog and the Inkspiration Challenge blog to see her lovely creation.

I chose this colour combo because it’s International Women’s Day on March 8^th and purple, white and green were the campaign colours of the Suffragettes, who fought for votes for women in the UK.

For my card, I kept it very simple, parodying a well-known cosmetics advert and using die-cut ‘women’.

Please come and join us at Inkspirational and show us what you can do with purple, white and green. 

I'd like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps CAS

Delightful Challenges keep it simple 

Crafty Catz anything goes