One layer Gifts

see the glitter! 

Still trying to make one layer Christmas cards, spurred on by OLCCC. Their theme this time is 'gifts'. The gifts and the sentiment are from a free-with -magazine set.  I made a semi-circular mask and sponged over it with distress ink, and tried to add further dimension by using a grey marker. Then lots of glitter - that's the sad thing about craft blogging, you just don't get the twinkle! 

As well a OLCCC, I'd like to enter

Color Throwdown 

Addicted to Stamps holiday

Simply Create Too get ahead for Christmas 

Challenge up your life  mask 

City Crafter - Woodland Animals

Our theme at City Crafter Challenge Blog this week is 'Woodland Animals' 

This is a much-loved theme for me - I love to include owls and foxes on cards, and usually go for an autumnal or even winter look.  But for my DT card I decided to go for a more summer-y look. I used a Kaisercraft stamp set, and the double circle stamp was free with a magazine.

I hope you will join us at City Crafter with a project featuring a woodland animal. Please come over and see what the work of the DT , and our Guest Designer, Laurie.

I'd like to enter:

Stamping Sensations  feature a creature

Craft Stamper  stamp 

Time Out  nature/ animals 

Try it on Tuesday  frame 

Make My Monday - Anything But a Card

with the lid on 

This week at Make My Monday  Fliss has chosen 'Anything but a Card'. I like to try making different kinds of things, some with more success than others. (I won't be blogging the cake that was so disastrous it didn't make it to the school summer fair on Saturday!)

I made some lip gloss, using a kit from Plush Folly. The little plastic pot came with the kit but I thought I'd find a way of dressing it up to give as a gift. 

I measured the neck of the pot, found a flower svg cutting file and made a circle (in Silhouette Studio)  in the middle to fit the pot.  Then I made an internal offset and cut the shapes out. 

I hope you'll share what you've made with us at Make My Monday. 

I'd like to enter:
Silhouette Challenges 
Simon Says Stamp

Not on Porpoise

I'm still working my way through my daughter's list of requests. This one is 'a thank you card with a dolphin on it'. I hope this is actually a dolphin and not some other , similar, marine creature!

The dolphin was a die-cut from a Tilda paper pack - I wouldn't have chosen to do this card in black and white if I hadn't found this die-cut , but I'm glad I did now, as I think it gives it a bit of a twist.

I cut the splashes and the sentiment on my Silhouette.

I'd like to enter:
Crafty Boots stripes
Crafty Gals Corner  under the sea
Time Out  nature/ animals
Fairytale  under the sea

Thanks for a teacher

Here's another of the cards my daughter asked me to make. She said 'a thank you card for a teacher - don't know what theme'. !!! How about a teacher/ school theme? (Doh!)

This is a digi from Bugaboo; the frame was empty so I added the sentiment. I coloured it with markers and added 'Wink of Stella' to the apples. The apple in the corner was cut from glittery patterned paper.

I'd like to enter:
Incy Wincy spots
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark
Try it on Tuesday  in the frame (frame round sentiment)
CRAFT thank you

Walking the Dog

I've just had a rash of card requests from my daughter and this one is 'a thank you card with a scotty dog on it.'

I die- cut the dog, coat and 'thanks' on my electronic cutting machine. I embossed the dog and the black card base with a spotty embossing folder- it doesn't show very well in the photo but it does add a lot to the card, I think.

The papers are old freebies from Making Cards magazine and I faked a turned down corner and secured it with a brad.

I'd like to enter:
Pinspirational  photo
Creative Card Crew  die cuts
Cas-ual Chic embossing
Fab n Funky  - song - Walking the dog - Rufus Thomas

City Crafter - You are my Sunshine

This week's challenge at City Crafter is 'You are My Sunshine.... Use lots of yellow. '

I was flicking through an old magazine and saw the image I've used above (by Kirsty Neale) . It was on the 'template' pages of the magazine and when I checked my computer I discovered that I had downloaded a digital version of the templates at the time. I coloured it with Promarkers, paper-pieced with Cosmo Cricket scrap patterned paper and added a die-cut balloon which I inked and stamped with a Hampton Art chevron stamp. The sketchy sun with the word 'sun' were created in Silhouette studio and I added yellow embellishments such as flowers, button, washi tape and a metal flower. 

I hope you will join us at City Crafter. Pop over now and meet our GD, Margaretha.

I'd like to enter:
Shabby Tea Room  sweet as sunshine
My Time to Craft paper piecing
Clear it Out  anything goes 

Make My Monday - The Sea

I chose this week's theme at Make My Monday , The Sea. When I chose the theme I had a vague idea for a classic nautical card. However, this card came about because I thought I'd experiment with a stencil I'd made.

I made the stencil by tracing an image using the Silhouette Cameo and cutting it from mylar. I made it to do Tshirt painting with my dolphin-mad grandson. Here's the Tshirt we made:

For my card, I created two shadowy dolpins in different shades of ink and then made the one on the top using a die-cut I made when I test-cut the stencil in card. For my background I did lots of inking and used a Creative Expression bubble stamp and a verse from Crafty Individuals.

I hope you'll join us at Make My Monday with a sea-themed project.

I'd like to enter:
Paper Artsy - stencils
Fairytale Challenge under the sea

Inkspirational - Grunge and Empty Box Project #22

When my most  CAS teammie , Sandie , told me she wanted to choose 'Grunge' as her 'Designer's Choice' theme I was really suspicious . I associate grunge with mixed media or shabby styles ...and then I realised the date we were emailing about this was April 1st! But no, she assured me that grunge was no April Fool's joke and if you look on the Inkspirational  blog, you'll find some guidelines. 

For my DT card  I used a variety of stamps - the ones stamped in red are from my empty-box-project box (brand unknown but they were probably a magazine freebie).  The word 'Christmas' and the ticket (which I did a sort of distress masking thing with)  are from a Pink Paislee stamp set; and the splatters are by Visible Image. Just in case you can't tell from the photo - the red borders are glitter paper.

Just to recap:

On New Year's day I revealed my stamping shame - a big box of unused stamps - and started my Empty Box project. My aim is to work through the box , one stamp/ stamp set at a time and see if I can use them. If I can't use them, I will dispose of them. The aim is to finish with an empty box.

So, please come over and join us at Inkspirational with your grungey projects. Ashwini is our fabulous guest designer this time.

I'd like to enter:
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards seeing red
Eclectic Ellapu  fave holiday
Winter Wonderland  all that glitters
Christmas Stamping  glitter
Simply Create Too get ahead for Christmas

Creative Cutting Challenge - Flip Flops

I made this card using the flip flops from The Creative Pointe's Beach Set :

The summer challenge at Creative Cutting Challenge  is to use any Creative Pointe SVG - and there are freebies to try if you haven't bought any. I hope to see you there.

I'd like to enter:
Fairy tale challenge flip flops
Die Cutting Divas anything goes