Never Ever Give Up

I made this gatefold card using an A Day for Daisies digi , coloured with markers  and some Glitz papers and the little sentiment 'Never ever give up'. I thought this might be a nice encouragment card - I believe that ballerinas need a lot of determination to succeed so I thought it went nicely with the image.
I added a feather and also I traced, enlarged, duplicated and cut out (Silhouette) a flower from her dress and added them to the feather with gems.
I'd like to enter:
A Day for Daisies add a flower
Mod Squad gatefold
Polkadoodle more than one fold
Stamp and Create one for the girls

Banner

I made this card for Addicted to CAS banner challenge and Catchy Challenge  (inspired by shop header). The photo is a bit disappointing. I hope you can see the butterflies stamped and embossed on the flags.

Welcome Neighbour

We knew our neighbours were moving in August, and , of course, that we'd be getting new ones. As well as the 'good luck' card I'd made for our  neighbours , I'd always intended to make a welcome card for the new ones. So why was I surprised when yesterday, as we drove in from a few days away, we found a removals van on the drive next door? I somehow thought we had more time!

What's a crafter to do when she needs an idea for a card . and fast? ! A quick scout around the latest challenges revealed Little Red Wagon's shaker card challenge. Okay, not really a quick and easy option but it gave me a clear idea of what I could make AND , while I was away , a bag of sequins I'd ordered had been delivered through my lettterbox, so nice and handy for a shaker.

I used my Silhouette cutting machine and a house SVG by Miss Kate Cuttables and I made it into a shaker by creating an inner frame, cutting it out LOTS of times and sticking them together. I also cut out a fence and the word welcome (using a font on my pc) and made a background with patterned paper.

As well as Little Red Wagon, I'd like to enter:
Crafting by Designs  windows
Cute Card Thursday one word
Crafters Cafe  use some torn paper

Bear in the Orchard

What is it with me and bears at the moment? I seem to be using them all the time AND I've just bought a new stamp set with bears on it.

Anyway, this bear was a free digi from Birdie Brown. Actually almost everything on here was free , as the tree and the basket of apples (bottom left) were the daily freebies from Miss Kate's Cuttables. I am stunned by all this generosity.

So, the Silhouette cutting machine was used extensively here. I cut out the tree and the basket and cut out some extra apples and put them on with 3d foam and added Wink of Stella. I coloured the bear with Promarkers and paper-pieced his jumper and basket.

I'd like to enter:
Curtain Call  orchard
Scribbles birthday
A Gem of a Challenge   animals

City Crafter - SNAP

Our challenge at City Crafter this week is to create a project with a camera.

I'm pleased Kirsty chose this challenge because I have several scrapbooking papers with cute cameras that I really should use. 

The papers I used are by Amy Tangerine. I cut out the camera, punched some holes on the side and added twine. I covered the heart at the front with white enamel. 

Your camera could be a stamp or an embellishment ...anything goes as long as it's a camera. See you over at City Crafter. 

I'd like to enter:

Crafting when we can  twine 

Pastel Polar Bear

The big sentiment stamp is Indigoblu and the polar bear is Hobby Art.

I'd like to enter:
abc Christmas  off the edge
Tis the Season  photo
One Layer Christmas  I seem to be haunting this challenge lately
Christmas Stampin All Year Long anything goes
Sparkles Forum Christmas  ditch the design papers

Random Male

I made this card just playing around with stuff I had on hand - really random but I quite like it. The background is paints and stencils. The flowers and grasses stamps are Paper Artsy, the text is Hampton and the man and the circular stamp are Artistic Outpost.

I'd like to enter:
Fashionable Stamping Challenges  all about the men
Paper Artsy  flowers
Mixed Media Mojo  anything goes

Don't Feed the Bears

When I was a teenager I remember other girls saying you shouldn't go camping when you're on your period as bears smell the blood and attack you. Given that our camping trips were local to NE Lincolnshire, I think the risk of a bear attack was pretty low!

Here's a fun card (I hope) use a Dearie Dolls free digi, coloured with markers, a cutting file from Lettering Delights (sign) and a scrap of patterned paper.

I'd like to enter:
Die Cuttin Divas  great outdoors (die is the signpost)
Catdz4Guyz beginning with t - tent
Fairytale boys and men
Crafty Calendar bingo - die cuts, kraft, blue
A Gem of A Challenge  animals

Inkspirational Challenge - Beach Photo

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is to make a project inspired by this photo:

For my DT card I brayered a mix of shades of blue ink onto glossy card and cut the card into 3 sections. I die - cut  a palm tree on my electronic cutting machine and stamped the sentiment (unknown brand). The slight wonkiness of the word 'here' was entirely deliberate - just didn't want it to look too perfect like a Hallmark card! - no honestly, it was deliberate!

Please come over to Inkspirational . We have fabulous card from our DT and a wonderful Guest Designer, Lucille , and we'd love you to enter our challenge this fortnight.

I'd like to enter:
Stampin Royalty  by the sea
Eclectic Ellapu  by the sea
Sparkles Forum sun, sea, sand

Creative Cutting Challenge - Fun in the Sun

During the summer , Creative Cutting Challenge is challenging you to use any Creative Pointe SVG. I made this using the sun/title from the summer set:

The file cuts 3 layers- a background oval, the oval with the cut out tile and the wavy sun.  I enlarged the file and cut my photo out with the background oval. The patterned paper is by Simple Stories. 

I hope you'll join us at Creative Cutting Challenge. 

I'd like to enter:

Crafty Cardmakers anything but a card