City Crafter Challenge Blog - On the Border

Stella has chosen this week's challenge at City Crafter and she has chosen : 'on the border - add a border to your project.'

The Dutch border near Stella's home

For my DT card I created a background using Distress inks and Perfect Pearls and stamped it with a script stamp (Inigoblu). Then I stamped a border of pencils down the side. (This is a UM with no branding - could be Art Journey?) . Finally, using the Silhouette electronic die-cutter, I cut the sentiment from glitter paper.

Our Guest Designer this week is Brenda. I hope you'll come over to City Crafter, see what Brenda and the rest of the DT have made, and join in the challenge.

I'd like to enter:
Brown Sugar monochrome
ABC Challenge k is for kind
Moving along with the Times  no designer paper
Ruby's Rainbow  make your own background

Christmas Fairy

This photo doesn't show it but this is a really sparkly card. The stars are silver glitter paste. The fancy paper that I used to piece her skirt has embedded glitter. I covered her wings with Wink of Stella AND then threw ultrafine clear glitter over the top.

The fairy is by Lindsay Mason for Personal Impressions. When I eventually managed to get the texture paste open (am I the only crafter whose lids are all stuck on tight?) I found it had gone rock solid. A quick google failed to produce a solution, so I just added warm water and mixed it up and that seemed to do the trick.

I'd like to enter:
Ooh La La Creations  beginning with f ...fairy
Fantasy Stampers wish upon a star
Crafty Boots Christmas in July
52CCT  colours
ABC Christmas  no rules

Big Apple for Teacher

Another teacher card, using a digital stamp (Jellypark?)  coloured with alcohol markers and paper-pieced.

I'd like to enter:

Color Throwdown red, green, white
Casology chevron
Paper Artsy paper piecing

Honey Bear

I tried something here that I don't normally do ...using coloured pencils. I did that because I wanted to stamp and colour on kraft card where my usual mediums wouldn't show up. The pencils were a freebie yonks ago with Docraft Creativity magazine.  I think I need some practice as I'm not sure I am happy with the results.

All the stamps here are by Newton's Nook.

I'd like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge let's get krafty
Double D  gingham
Morgan's Art World animals

Panda with Flowers

It is nearly the end of the school term here in England, and so I'm busy making thank you cards. This one is for a male teacher.

The panda and flowers stamps are by Wplus9 , the stripes are Inky Doodles and the sentiment is Clearly Besotted.

I'd like to enter:
Use your Stuff animal
Male Room masculine flowers
Tuesday Throwdown exotic animals
Crafting By Designs  Black and white
Get Creative black and white 

For a Babe

The latest challenge from my daughter was to make a birthday card for her friend who was a fan of Anna Nicole Smith (weird!). There was no time to query my daughter's choice of friend - I had a card to make!

The lips were from a digital valentine's theme scrapbook kit and I made the sentiment, added it to the speech bubble and printed them all off.  I used a large amount of Glossy Accents on those lips!

I'd like to enter:
Shopping Our Stash say what
As you See it  red and white
Simply Create Too red, white or blue

Knight in Shining Armour

This card will be good for a Damsel in Distress Ink!

The knight comes from the Daisytrail Fantasy Digistamp Collection CD . I coloured him with Promarkers and a little silver gel pen and then masked him and added the stonework using a Prima stencil and two colours of distress ink.  I cut the arch on the Silhouette electronic cutter and stamped the sentiment.

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday - Once upon a time
Sisterhood of Crafters create your own background
Alphabet Challenge i for ink it up

City Crafter Challenge Blog 319 - The Book of Love

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Our new challenge at City Crafter  is - The Book of Love :
Make a mini book, e.g note book, mini album etc, or make something using a book, book pages (Optional - have the theme of love)

For my DT project I used my Silhouette cutting machine to make a book of pockets using Pink Paislee paper. My daughter is planning her wedding and though most of it is done online (Pinterest etc) , I thought this might be a nice place to keep little things like business cards and receipts.

Our Guest Designer this week is Dora , so I hope you'll come over to City Crafter to see what she and the rest of the DT have made, and enter your own project.

I'd like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge anything but a card
Incy Wincy - Fancy Folds

Hang in There

I've made this card for a single friend, who is exhausted at the moment, trying to manage work, family commitments and the care needs of her parents who live (separately) far away.  I thought the sentiment ( from a W plus 9 set - I cut off the second half of the stamp) was just right.

I used a stitching border stamp from Inky Doodles and birds from a Bo Bunny set (the text stamping is part of the design). I finished off with black and yellow sprays - you should see my hands!

I'd like to enter:
Casology row
Try it on Tuesday I believe I can fly
CAS Mix up stamping and markers and spray
Crafter's Cafe things with wings
Creative With Stamps ink splatters
 

Inkspirational - Anything Goes with Red

Our new challenge at Inkspirational  is to use the colour red.

For my DT card I used a typewriter die and text stamp set that I won in a challenge a while back at CD Sunday   To carry on the retro theme I used an embossing folder on Coredinations card and sanded it,

At Inkspirational we have a wonderful Guest Designer, Kaja  , so I hope you will come and see what she , and the rest of the Dt have made, and enter your own creation.

I'd like to enter:

Crazy Challenge  beginning with r ...red 

Just Add Ink just add s ....sanding