You are precious

Today starts a new challenge over at Catch the Bug and our challenge this week we have a photo of penguins.

I used an image with a penguin from Snowman Set 02 and I was also inspired by the snow.

For the the panel I mixed blue, green and yelllow DIs. I used a stitched hill dies(Poppy), a bubble speech stitched die  and stitched frame die (MFT). The sentiment is from Altenew. I mounted the panel onto an embossed snowflake background.

This card is for:
Sweet Stampers - #40 Winter/Snow
Use Your Stuff - #390 FRIENDSHIP
Send a Smile for Kids - January: Valentines or Love Cards 4 Kids or Anything Goes 4 Kids

Ink #205 Glitz/Glitter

We have bew challenge for you at Inkspirational. This challenge we'd like to see some glittery stuff - glitter, shimmer paste, anything shiny on a strip or small area of your work. Please head over to the challenge blog to see inspiration from my teamies.

I actually made two cards, one feminine and one masculine.

1) Feminine card

I mixed old and new wahi tapes, one is a glitter one, on a black card base. I stamped a few birthday sentimnets. The woman is actually a fairy from Stamping Bella, but I removed her wings. I added 3 sparkly pearls.

This card is also for:

Alphabet Challenge - U is for USE WASHIE TAPE
Do-Al(l) Kreatives - #37 Three of a Kind

2) Masculine card

This card is made with the same concept as the feminine one, mixing bits of washi tapes. The background is a mop up of inks and a bit of splatter. I used a die cut silhouette and blue colors, being inspired by the book cover of  "Where the Red Fern Grow" over at The Library Challenge.

 

Twofer Card Challenge - Hearts and 2nd blogaversary

Here are my two cards for the Twofer Card Challenge #23, where the theme is HEARTS. 

For both cards I used a heart die from Xcut/Docrafts. I made a card for a non specific occasion and a card with a choice of sentiment to congratulate someone on their birthday, on a new job or a new home.

 

 

1) "A balanced diet is a cupcake in each hand"

That's what this sentiment in Norwegian says. I think it's fun and works for a card for many or no occasion at all. A really old DP (Bo Bunny?) and the image is a pre colored topper from Katy Sue Designs.

This card is also for:  

Allsorts - #555 More Than A Single Word Sentiment
Crafty Catz - #489 ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTIONAL TWIST FUNNY

2) "Congratulations on..."

I used a sentiment where you can tick off for the appropriate occasion, the choices being a birthday, a new job or a new home. I think this DP is from Bo Bunny, I used a spellbinder oval frame and a sticthed rectangular frame from MFT. The image is a pre-colored topper from Katy Sue Designs, which is also my "new" item.

This card is also for: 

Cute Card Thursday - #617 What's New'
Daring Cardmakers - SOMETHING NEW

Sketch with hugging cats

We are back with another sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug. 


I colored up Kitties with Promarkers.
I created a sort living room background with floor, wallpaper and a curtain. I used grey and white only.

This card is also for:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Make your Mark

Bugaboo's 10th birthday - Day 6 - Color challenge

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 10th birthday. You can see a list of all challenges for this celebration week here so you can work ahead.

I made my card using the image Ewe Move Me, colored with Promarkers.
If you're a regular follower you might have noticed I've been having lots of fun with my inks and brushos lately, but this is the last one of the batch I made. This is probably my favorite one, I like how it came out with the stamped grass and flowers.


This card is also for:
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #525 Animals
Creative Fingers - #177 ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

Bugaboo's 10th birthday - Day 5 - Make us laugh

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 10th birthday. You can see a list of all challenges for this celebration week here so you can work ahead.

I made my card using the image Make it Snappy - Birthday ewe. I colored the image with Promarkers. The background is made with Distress Oxides and brushos, experimenting with more colors this time.
Ribbon, a scrap of DP, washi tapes and stitching - a messy card for me but lots of fun to make.

This card is also for:
I love Promarkers - #401 Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - #297 ANYTHING GOES

Bugaboo's 10th birthday - Day 4 - Farm bingo

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 10th birthday. You can see a list of all challenges for this celebration week here so you can work ahead.  


For day 4 the theme is "BINGO".
I made my card using the new realease image. The background is made with just a few splatter of inks and brusho, I stamped a few curly party elements (no idea what they're called), added a piece of washi, ribbon and sentiment and stitchem them in place. The frame is made with a die from Altenew, which I glues and stapled in place.

This card is also for:
Seize The Birthday - #180 Birthday/Option - Layer It
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #34 - Anything Goes with a Critter
The Male Room - #127 Anything masculine goes

Bugaboo's 10th birthday - Day 1 - Farm birthday project

Over at Catch the Bug we're having a week long birthday bash - Bugaboo is celebrating its 10th birthday. You can see a list of all challenges for this celebration week here so you can work ahead.

For day 1 the theme is "Farm birthday project".   I made my card using the images Bobblehead Farm Cow, Bobblehead Farm Pig and Bobblehead Farm Sheep. I colored the image with Promarkers. The background is made with Distress Oxides and brusho

This card is also for:
Fab n Funky - #463 No Designer Paper
Crafty Catz - #488 ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTIONAL TWIST ANIMALS
Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes

Ink #204 Fauna

We have a new challenge at Inkspirational. This challenge we'd like you to be inspired by the word 'Fauna'.

Yup, it's January, and I've already started making this year's Christmas cards. Here I used a stamp set from Avery Elle, new to me and used for the first time. I gave the arctic animals paper pieced hats and scarf, the sentiment is a combination of Dymo and die. A DP used as background. A clean and light weight card ready and done!
Please head over to the challenge blog to see inspiration from my teamies.

 

This card is also for:

Christmas 24 - #1 Anything Goes
Creative With Stamps Challenge - #46 Scarf
Tuesday Throwdown - #448 Something New

 

First Stella Says Sketch of 2020

We are back with the first sketch challenge of 2020 over at Catch the Bug.


I colored up Dog Heart topper with Promarkers.
I placed it onto a background made with Distress Oxides and brusho. Using my stamping platform I first stamped the sentiment onto the background, then I added the image and stamped again. I think the sentiment came out nicely and without the booboos I feared would happen.
Along the edges I added a brand new washi tape.

This card is also for:
Crafty Friends Challenge - #126 Something New
Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - New Stash

Distress Oxides and brushos

Today starts the first challenge of 2020 over at Catch the Bug our challenge this week is Anything goes.

I used a pup holding a heart, colored with Promarkers.

For the background I tried something new for me, misxing Distress Oxides in reds and pinks and a little bit of brusho. I finally got hold of some watercolor paper, which I managed to keep quite flat.

I used a leftover piece of DP with hearts.
The sentiment is part of a new die/stamp set from Concord & 9th.

This card is for:
Alphabet Challenge - T IS FOR TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Craft Rocket Challenges - #66 Something New
Moving along with the Times - #114 All Things New

First Christmas card for 2020

I hope you all had a great start on the new year. Since I had lots of Christmas items on my desk and I got a magazine with a freebie set of of cute Christmas cats I thought I would get started on this year's Christmas cards - only 11 months left before they need to get posted, lol.
I was inspired by the colors at Color Throwdown and was mindful of keeping my card light weight for postage.
I embossed the background, added a die cut scene all in white, added a chipboard sentiment and colored my cat with Promarkers.


This card is for:
Color Throwdown- #574
Sweet Stampers - #38 Christmas
Allsorts - 551/2 Anything Goes