Santa Superhero

Happy Easter to those who celebrate it,
We hosted a party/ Easter egg hunt yesterday and afterwards , my brother took my son away for a sleepover, so I've some crafting time today. And what better way to celebrate Easter than to make a Christmas card?

This image is a digi from A Day for Daisies. The sentiment is Hero Arts.

I'd like to enter:
Cardz4Guyz  superheroes
Watercooler  Christmas

Cross

I wasn't intending to enter this week's challenge at Casology  as I didn't have any ideas for the word 'cross'. But I was looking through some stamps for a different card and noticed this Gerda Steiner dog - I thought he looked cross and his eyes are crossed.

I designed and cut the card base and sentiment on the Silhouette. I stencilled the bricks.

Library Challenge - Memoirs of a Geisha

The new Library Challenge is Memoirs of a Geisha. I read this over 15 years ago and found it really absorbing and not as saucy as I'd imagined from the name!

My first card is inspired by the Asian setting and the cover colour scheme. I stamped and masked the Japanese doll (Hero Arts) and stamped the text background (brand unknown) ,  masking parts off with torn paper. The sentiment is Paper Arsty.
I'd like to enter:
Retro Rubber both the Asian-style stamps are way over five years old
QKR Stampede  anything goes
Just Us Girls  cas

For my second card I used the colour scheme of the cover . (I don't remember any penguins in the story!) The penguin is by Your Next Stamp and the sentiment is MFT.

I'd like to enter:
Seize the Birthday  bird
4 Crafty Chicks  anything goes
Colour Crazy  anything goes

Aeroplane Birthday

I made this card for my partner's friend, who loves any kind of transport!

I created the Silhouette cutting file (adapted from a Lori Whitlock base cutting file) last year, and it's the third time I've used it. The patterned papers are by First Edition.

I'd like to enter:
Pause Dream Enjoy fun folds
Double D  just wing it
Challenge up your life  vehicle

Australian Birthday

My daughter asked me to make a card for her colleague ( a fellow midwife) who is celebrating her 50th birthday with a trip to Australia.

I designed and cut it entirely on the Silhouette (digital cutter) , using computer fonts and outlines of images found on the net. (The hole is the outline of the map of Australia). To add texture I used a Stampin Up embossing folder, and I cut the 50 and the kangaroo (or is it a wallaby?) from glitter card.

I'd like to enter:
Cards in Envy  no patterned paper
Use Your Stuff travel
Shopping Our Stash  no ink - it was a struggle and I nearly failed at the last minute with a stamped sentiment - but ended up die-cutting it.
Little Red Wagon  hippity hoppity - the kangaroo. 

Make Waves

There's something scary on this card - can you spot what it is?

It's not the mermaid (well, I don't think she's scary) - she is from a dingbats font that I bought from the Silhouette store, I printed her onto cardstock and coloured her with Promarkers. I put shimmer pen on her tail and made scales with a white gel pen. I masked her and sprayed the background with a mixture of Cosmic Shimmer and Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays - when I was mixing them together I managed to knock one of them over and I now have very blue fingers . (Messy but not scary.)

Next I stamped an Inkylicious texture stamp in grey ink and added pink Liquid Pearls. The 'Make Waves' sentiment was from the same dingbats font as the mermaid and I cut it on the Silhouette. But I wanted it to say 'Be a mermaid - make waves' and I didn't have anything that said 'be a mermaid' so I picked up a pen and wrote it! I put my handwriting on my card! That's scary!

I'd like to enter:
As you See It  colours
Pause Dream Enjoy picture
Cardz 4Galz nautical

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Tag

This week at City Crafter, Amy wants us to use a tag. 

For my DT project I used a Paper Artsy tag stamp,and cut it out with a border, using the Silhouette digital cutter. I masked off the edges and stamped the trees (Paper Smooches) and stencilled the background (Tim Holtz). The sentiment is Paper Artsy. I coloured with markers and added shimmer pen to the heart. 

We look forward to seeing your projects for this challenge but please first go over to the blog and see wonderful projects  the rest of the DT have made.

I'd like to enter

Crafty Calendar  tag

Hiding in My Craft Room  Christmas 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin  anything goes 

Mission Control

Here's a card I made with a stamp of unknown origin, lightly coloured with Promarkers (if you call 'grey' a colour!). I masked it off and got messy with Brushos, sprays, watercolour paints. The sentiment is by My Favorite Things.

I'd like to enter:
The Male Room  space
Watercooler masculine
Craftaholics R Us anything goes

Inkspirational Challenges - Mythical

Our new challenge at Inkspirational , chosen by Carol, is to feature a mythical creature.

For my DT card I used a yeti by My Favorite Things and coloured him with white pencil. The 'happy' is by Avery Elle and the 'Christmas', Mama Elephant.

We have a fabulous Guest Designer , Mimi , so I hope you'll come over to the challenge blog, see what she and the DT have made, and enter your own mythical - themed project.

I'd like to enter:

Tuesday Throwdown stars

Aud Sentiments   bingo 3d item(stars) , stamp, pencils 

Sparkles Christmas stars 

The Holly and the Ivy  

Fab n Funky  Christmas 

Limo with Stars

Here's a card I made to combine challenges.
I used limo and balloon stamps by Waffle Flower and the sentiment is from a different Waffle Flower set. The chevrons are by Lawn Fawn . I coloured the image with Promarkers. For the stars I used a Memory Box stencil and silver glitter paste.

I'd like to enter:
Stamp Ink Paper colour
Case this Sketch 
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers zig zag
Less is More  olc stencils




Thanks to Stamp Ink Paper for picking my card.