Elephant silhouette

Today starts a new challenge over at Catch the Bug - and it's a photo inspiration.

I was inspired by the colors. The image is Silhouette - elephant paisley, and I chose to color in the details. The dies I used are Wild Animals from Amy Design. I made the background with distress oxides and found a DP in my stash that match with the theme and colors.

This card is also for: 
Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Anything Animal Goes

Ink #218 Red and white photo

For our new challenge at Inkspirational we have a photo inpiration for you. I was inspired by the spots and the red.

I used an image from Stamping Bella. I paper pieced the armchair with a DP with red spots. The floor is made with a Tim Holtz stencil. The sentiment is made with a die from Concord&9th.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my teamies have made.

This card is also for:
Krafty Chicks - #517 All occasions
Fab n Funky - #491 Use A "Real" Stamp
Little Red Wagon - #559 Spots or Stripes

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 7

So the final day of this year's Catch the Bug Christmas in July event is here, it's day 7. We have a color scheme for you to follow.

I used a freebie paper from a magazine - I've got to use some of my freebie stash for this event -for the background and the word "Merry". The Bugaboo freebie, which will be found here, was colored with Promarkers. The die cut word is made with a Tim Holtz die.

This card is also for:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Send a Smile for Kids - Christmas in July 4 Kids or Anything Goes 4 Kids

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 6

It's day 6 of our Christmas in July event over at Catch the Bug and we have a photo inspiration for you. There's a Santa with his list, so that's what I used.

The Santa can be found here, I used a freebie stamp for the list, and the presents stamp is from Magnolia. I kept the presents uncolored. For the background I used red Dox. The sentiment is made with my Dymo and a die from Concord&9th.

This card is also for:
Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas Characters
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Santa
 

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 5

We're celebrating Christmas in July over at Catch the Bug, and for day 5 we want you to make us laugh.

This was a really quick card to make. I colored up the JJ "Naughty" Christmas List, stamped a sentiment with red ink and added a border of washi tape. Simples!

It's a sassy image, not one I'd put on a card to everyone, that would be risky, but I do know a few ladies I'm certain would appreciate this kind of card.

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 4

Today is day 4 of our Christmas in July event over at Catch the Bug. I've used the flash freebie and the middle horizontal row of the bingo chart.
I made the background with a Tim Holtz stencil and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. The edges are distressed with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. The sentiment is made with dies from Concord&9th. "Season" is covered in glitter paste - I love a bit of sparkle on Christmas cards.


This card is for:
My Time to Craft - #436 Christmas in July
Sweet Stampers - #46 Christmas in July

Guest Elf at Christmas Kickstart challenge

Today I'm honored to be invited as a Guest Elf over at Jo's Christmas Kickstart Challenge. The challenge theme is "Starry, Starry Night".

 Here is my card:

I love making Christmas cards as well as masculine ones, so I tried to combine the two. 

For the background I used a stamp from Concord&9th, I stamped it with Altenew inks in three different shades of blue. On top I used a Memory Box star stencil and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. 

Thet die cut geometric deer is from Marianne. The sentiment is a combinatoin of dies from Tim Holtz and Concord&9th.

This card is also for:

Cut It Up - #204 Create your own background paper
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #255 Christmas In July + A Sentiment
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #75 Anything Christmas Goes

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 2

It’s time for my favorite event of the year, Christmas in July over at Catch the Bug, with a week of daily challenges. For day 2 we have a sketch.

Like for yesterday's card I used freebie papers, 3 of them that came with different magazines. I really like the combination of red and aqua for Christmas. The image is Stocking Santa Present. The die used is Penny Black antique franme


This card is for:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #499 - Anything Christmas Goes + optional use A Die Cut or a Punch
Christmas with the Cuties-  #39 USE TWO OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 1

Today starts our Christmas in July event over at Catch the Bug. It's my favorite event of the year. We start off with a theme: Santa's work shop

For my card I used christmas kidz 01, colored with Promarkers. The DP with all the presents came a freebie with a magazine a while  (years?) back. I placed the image onto a die cut holly wreath from Amy Design, covered with glitter paste. I found some silver bells in my stash and added it to twine. I fussy cut the stamped sentiment.

This card is also for:
I love Promarkers - #414 Anything Christmas
Shopping Our Stash - #424 Christmas In July
Dies R Us Challenge - #149 Christmas in July

The design team is also posting one of their favorite cards made by Julie Temple in her memory.

Embrace Your Geekness Day

Wednesday is "Humour me" day over at Catch the Bug, and this is my DT card for "Embrace Your Geekness Day".

Image is Gus Birthday - Optional
colored with Promarkers and placed on top of a die cut frame from Altenew. Background is made with a burlap stencil, Nuvo expanding mousse in gold, and I  spritzed with Sangria Art Anthology mist. Sentiment from Tim Holtz' "snarky cats" set.

This card is also for:
Craft Rocket Challenges - #72 For Men/Boys
Cardz 4 Guyz - #249 No Patterned Paper

Ink #217 Use painting or coloring

For our challenge at Inkspirational this fortnight Shauna has chosen a theme I think will be very popular - Use painting or coloring.
 
I fussy cut and colored up an image from Stamping Bella with Promarkers. A little glitter glue was added to her dress and glossy accent was used for the bottle and glass.
The background was made with inks, a Tim Holtz stencil and Nuvo expanding mousse in silver. The sentiment is made with dies from Concord&9th.

I look forward to seeing your projects. You can see what my teamies made too, just head over to the challenge blog.

This card is also for:
Dream Valley Challenges - #228 ALL OCCASIONS
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 27 Anything Goes Colouring

Red, White and Blue for a boy

I'm always in need of cards for boys, so I made one in nautical style in red, white and blue and a bit of kraft for the panels.
The image is from LOTV, colored with Promarkers, and papers are from Maja Design.
The layout was inspired by the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches as they celebrate their 11th birthday. 
This card is for:
Tuesday Morning Sketches - #562
Fab n Funky - #489 For Man or Boy
Cardz 4 Guyz - #248 Red, White and Blue
Seize The Birthday - #194 Birthday + Option: Red, White And Blue

Sketch #812 - Snowflake Reindeer Silhouette

Catch the Bug is back with another sketch challenge, and for this one I used Snowflake Reindeer Silhouette.

For the background I used a stamp from Concord&9th with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. The starry panel is made with a Memory Box stencil and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. The sentiment and greeneries are made with dies from Concord&9th.

This card is also for:
Die Cut Divas - Christmas in July
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Anything Festive 

Snarky cats - birthday and Christmas

I've got two cards to show today. Both feature cats from Tim Holtz' "snarky cats" set. For both cards I used a stencil, also Tim Holtz, and Nuvo expanding mousse, in gold and in silver.

1) BIRTHDAY CARD

I placed the cat on a die cut frame from Altenew, made of black paper covered with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. I spritzed with Sangria Art Anthology mist . The pen is an older stamp, the sentiment came with the cat set. The ink splatters are made with stamps from Lawn Fawn.

This card is also for:  

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #40Anything Goes with a Critter
Show us Your Pussies - Furrything Goes

2) CHRISTMAS CARD

Here I got to use some items from my stash of leftover/ready made pieces. I gave the cat a chipboard Santa's hat. The pencil is part of the same stamp as the pen on the card above. I love this cat, look at his eyes - I think the sentiment is right for him, lol.

This card is for:
Krafty Chicks - #514 STAMP ACT
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - #24 Anything Goes