52 Christmas Card Throwdown Guest designer spot

I was invited to be a guest designer for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, and I love making Christmas cards and sketch challenges are my favorites so I was really happy to see this great sketch.

I chose Tim Holtz' fab car die set as my main feature on this card and I teamed it up with 3 different scraps of DP. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I sed glitter and frantage for snow and an extra wintery feel.

This card is also for:
Craftaholics R Us - #22 Gingham
A Snowflakes Promise - #51 Anything Goes

Balloon and monkey

This little monkey is the Bugaboo freebie this week.
I used a simple layout and made a quick card. 
I cut the image with a wonky stitched die, added a stamped sentiment and layered the panel onto a background of two DPs.

This card is also for:
Crafter's Cafe - #196 All Creatures Great and Small
Send a Smile for Kids - Anything goes 4 Kids
Crafty Gals Corner - #166 Anything Goes

Bride and groom

I was inspired by the bookcover over at Marina's challenge and made this wedding card.

My inspiration was the bride, the car, the colors and my DP had a banner printed on it - quite fitting. I used sand ink and a freebie stamp and held my breath while stamping as it was the last thing I added to my card. The image is from Stamping Bella, colored with Promarkers and lots of WoS on her dress.Several dies used and a paper from Maja.


This card is for:
The Library Challenge - Brideshead Revisited
Crafty Friends Challenge - #84 Letter B is for... (bride) 

Butterflies X 2

Today I finished two cards for Twofer Card challenge where the theme is butterflies. My butterfly stamp is from Penny Black.

Card 1 - Roses
For this card I used a freebie set of Alternew roses. The butterflies are stamped with sand colored ink and I attached a pearl to each butterfly. The label is stamped and I chose an old looking paper.
This card is also for:
Allsorts - #468 Happy Birthday
Fussy and Fancy - #212 FAVORITE FLORALS

Card 2 - Wildflowers
Here I was inspired by the colors yellow, blue and green. I used a TH stencil and the sentiment as well as the butterfly are Penny Black stamps. The butterfly is popped on foam and I kept the die cut wildflowers white.

CAS Colours & Sketches - #272 Color Challenge
Penny Black and More - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Things with Wings

Sketch With Santa

There’s a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and since I feel I’m behind schedule for my Christmas card makes I chose this fun Santa. I cut him into a tag shame, adding ribbon and twine. The DP is Maja design. A stitched Christmas sentiment stamp in Norwegian, and again some sequins. They seem to be on all my cards lately.

This card is also for:
A Snowflakes Promise - #51 Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - #56 ANYTHING GOES
Winter Wonderland - Christmas in the snow

Say it with flowers

I have made this card for this week's challenge over at Catch the Bug where the theme is 'Say it with flowers'.

I've been digging through my piles of DPs again, where I fond two to combine. The imag has been colored with Promarkers and DIs together with water. The sentiment is made up with two staps fro different sets. I die cut a frame with a MFT die and stapled on some gold squins.

This card is also for:
Always Fun Challenges - #56 FOR A FEMALE/MOM
Artistic Inspirations - #199 ANYTHING GOES
Cut it Up - #147 FLOWERS

Color and sketch - Tim Holtz Runway image

May is a month full of bank holidays and days off work. Today I've enjoyed a 2 hour walk in the sunshine, a little time in my craft room to make this card, and tonight I'll be wathing the Eurovision semifinals part 2 on TV.

For this card I used an image from Tim Holtz, colored with
Promarkers. The sentiments are made with two stamps, one from Penny Black AVD one from Pavduro. Three yellow enamel dots were added.

My card is for:
Color Throwdown - #492
I love Promarkers - #358 CAS
CAS Colours & Sketches - #271 Sketch Challenge

Card made with a kit from a magazine

I made this card with a Hunkydory topper and paper from a set called `Love Christmas`, which came free with a magazine a while back, I'm not sure which.
I cut the paper into sections to mimic the sketch over at 52CCT,  then attached the reindeer topprt onto a die cut star shape made with dies I received from Mervi (thanks!).
I stitched around the edges and added frantage, a die cut + Dymo sentiment and I stapled on a few sequins.



This card is for:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Sketch Challenge
Back To Basics - #2 Use a CD or Kit From Magazine
Sparkles Forum Christmas - #88 Reindeer

Flowers for mum

I have made this card for this week's challenge over at Catch the Bug where the theme is 'Anything Goes'.

I've been using more DPs again lately. I have a huge amount of papers and I love them. Spots have alwas been a favorite of mine and I think the color of the paper matched well with the image colored with Promarkers. I also used a scrap for the panel and the border is made with a die that came free with a magazine.


This card is also for:
Addicted to Stamps and More - #290 Photo Inspiration
Shopping Our Stash - #352 Mother's Day
Die Cut Divas - Flowers 

Christmas + Play

This piece of blue green DP has been sitting on my desk for awhile. Finally it was put to use. I cut out the middle section to use both sides of the paper, having musical notes in the centre and snowy edges. I teamed it up with a vintage image of angels playing. 

 

I found it to turn out a bit too dark in color, so I went with a white paper and a corner poinsettia die. WoS added to the leaves. 

Then a die cut merry from Tim Holtz and a stamped and gold embossed Christmas. A few sequins for sparkle.

This card is for:
Inkspirational - #159 Word Prompt: Play
Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Anything Goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #28 Anything Christmas goes

Christmas roses x 2

I have two cards to share today. For both cards I used some Christmas roses stamps from Panduro.

1)
For the first card I was inspired by the sketch over at LIM, keeping it all very simple. The sentiment is a freebie. I used a stitched die to cut the panel, and I also want to give credit to Imke of My Crafty Place for her idea of stapling on the sequins.

This card is for:
Less Is More - #370 Sketch
4 Crafty Chicks - #400 Less Is More
Rudolph's Day - April

2)
For the second card I was inspired by the CASE card over at CCC, but I went with a Christmas theme. I used a MB heart die and a background stap from Tim Holtz, heat embossed with white and I applied grey DI.

This card is for:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Knitting or Sewing
Crafting By Designs - Christmas
City Crafter Challenge - #09 CASE the provided card

Here's Jack

There's a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is my inspiration card. 

I used one of Jodie's newest images. With 5 nephews I was delighted to see the cute new range of Jack images - this one you can find in the store here.
Papers are from Maja Design, no embellies, just DPs and a die cut heart with a birthday greeting.

This card is also for:
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #202 Masculine + A Sentiment
Crafty Cardmakers - #210 BIRTHDAYS

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Kidz Ice cream

I have made this card for this week's photo challenge over at Catch the Bug. I used the image Kidz Ice cream.

The background DP was my starting point, and the DP and image are matted onto panels. Then I added a scrap, a piece of washi and lace along with some flowers and sentiment.

This card is also for:
Back To Basics - #1 Matting and Layering
Sweet Stampers - #19 Too Cute
Crafty Gals Corner - #164 Anything Goes

Bingo with puppies and balloons

I have made this card for this week's Bingo challenge over at Catch the Bug. I used the row of die/punch + sentiment + texture.

I used two images - Birthday Puppies and balloons from the Birthday Unicorn set - colored with Promarkers. There's a black die cut circle, a DP I've had for ages, a scrap of cardboard and a sentiment cut from a paper. And I couldn't resist adding the nevenly stitched line.

This card is also for:
Addicted to Stamps - Balloons/Bunting/Presents
Always Happy Birthday - Birthday + option of Balloons
Seize The Birthday - Birthday + Option Of Vibrant Colours
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #201 Happy Birthday

Levi's 3rd Birthday card

My youngest nephew, Levi, will turn 3 this summer and this will be my card for him. The little one in the photo looks pretty much like Levi.

I really struggle with my creativity lately, it seems I've hardly made anything, just been moving bits and bobs, changed DPs and what not. Almost nothing got glued to become a card.But I managed to make this, with a few scraps, a border with spots, cardboard, cheesecloth and washi tape. I added a bit of white splatter and a stamped birthday greeting.

This card is for:
Shopping Our Stash - #350 Yo, dude
Fussy and Fancy - #209 - Add a sentiment

Goofy snowman

There's a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is my inspiration card. 

 
I used an image from Goofy Snowmen set and colored it with Promarkers. The DPs are a random selecion from my stash and scraps. I've used the envelope from Lawn Fawn again, it seems to appear on most of my cards lately. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts.

This card is also for:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #380 Anything Christmas Goes - optional theme: Snowman
C.R.A.F.T. - #463 Christmas

Unicorns

I have made this card for this week's Saturday challenge over at Catch the Bug, the theme this week being Rainbows/Unicorns.

I used the image Unicorn Believe Blocks colored with Promarkers and cut it into separate pieces. The background I made with DI colors to pick up the ones from the image there's yellow, pink and purple. I also added a few flower shaped sequins in pink and silver with pink gem stones I've had for ages.

This card is also for:
Addicted to Stamps and More - #287 Make Your Mark

Guest Designer at Twofer Card Challenge

I’m so happy to be guest designer for Twofer Card Challenge and I’ve made two cards for the theme of pets. The cards need to be for different occasions and with different designs, and you’ll need to use the same image or die for both cards. You can read more about the rules here. I used the same cat image, one from Penny Black. For the birthday card I kept the whole image and added an extra layer on the flowers, for my Christmas version I fussy cut the cat.

Card 1 -  Birthday Card (to the left)
I cut the image with a tag die and added lace and string.  I added a piece of washi tape, some flowers and staped a few paw prints. This card is also for:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes / Spring Flowers
4 Crafty Chicks - #397 Flowers

Card 2 - Christmas Card (to the right)
I made the background using a stamp from Tim Holtz and an embossing folder with falling snow. A few die cuts, along with some sequins and a sticker sentiment. This card is also for:
Get Creative Challenges - #68 NO PATTERN PAPER
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #26 Anything Goes

Bird in the wood

I have made this card for this week's Anything Goes challenge over at Catch the Bug. One ore card for my Christas collection.

I used an older image, colored with Promarkers and fussy cut. I used tree and envelope stamps from two different Lawn Fawn sets, my stitched hills dies and my own made stencil for the clouds. I also added some white splatter, it shows IRL but no so much in the photo.

This card is also for:
ABC Christmas Challenge - H for Hats
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes Christmas
A Snowflakes Promise - #49 Anything Goes
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #438 Animals 

Special Delivery

I have far less Christmas cards made than usual for this time of year, and I need to start building up my stash. So for my "Oldie but Goodie" card over at Catch the Bug I used the image Penguin snowflake, colored with Promarkers and a white gel pen.
The envelope is made with a Lawn Fawn stamp and the sentiment came free with a magazine.
I made a cloudy sky with my own made stencil and cut the panel with a wonky stitched die. Two DPs and a die cut snowflake. It's a non fussy and postage friendly card.

This card is for:
Sparkles Forum Christmas - #87 Feature a Creature
Winter Wonderland – ANIMALS
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #378 Anything Christmas Goes

Enjoying a glass of champagne

Back from holiday and I finally felt I had a bit of mojo to create a card. The image and stamped sentiment are both from Penny Black, I purchased some of their sets only a few weeks ago. Love the cat enjoing a glass of bubbly while taking a bath.
I also added a sentiment cut from a DP. The backgrond paper is from the same paper pad as the sentiment -  Kaisercraft.
I machine stitched a double line using white thread.

This card is for:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes
Show us Your Pussies - Furrything Goes
Moving along with the Times - #68 Food & Or Drink

Rose Watering Can

I have made this card for this week's Saturday challenge over at Catch the Bug, it's a photo inspiration this time.


I used the image Rose Watering Can and teamed it up wit( some favorite DPs, lace, die cut leaves, flowers, pearls and a wooden butterfly button. I left out a sentiment to keep the card more versatile.

This card is also for:
Dream Valley Challenges - #175 SPRING COLOURS
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Do-Al(l) Kreatives - #15 - Spring / Easter

Sketch, scraps tails and birthday

There's a new sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug and this is my inspiration card. 
 
I used the image Kidz boy puppy and colored it with Promarkers.  The DPs were leftover ones. It's been a while since I last machine stitched, so I zigzag'ed with silver thread arond the edges and made a birthday sentiment with my Dymo.

This card is also for:
Sweet Stampin - Use Up Your Paper Scraps
Creatalicious Challenges - #135 Anything Goes + Birthday
Cardz 4 Guyz - #190 Things With Tails

The Frog Prince

I love green, but I'm no fan of it as a main color on my cards. I always think my green cards look different in photos than in real life. I still chose green as main color to make spring scene for my frog (or is he a prince?) from Bugaboo.
I believe all the papers are freeebie ones. I cut a treeline with a die from Marianne and stitched hills from Poppy. The card case is made with dies from Kort&Godt.
Mr Frog is colored with Promarkers and I used loose gold glitter on his crown.

This card is also for:
Allsorts #458 - Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes (The Frog Prince) Get Creative Challenges - #68 FANTASY, MYTHOLOGICAL
Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #435 - Spring
Crafty Cardmakers - #207 GO GREEN 

hero, dress, lady

This card came together quickly as no stamping and coloring were involved and I had already cut out this lady from a sheet with many retro and vintage style ladies.
The sentiment is cut from a DP with different sentiments, but I thought this one has something ‘womanly hero like’ about it and I also thought with today being the International Women’s day it would be suitable for this card.
The lamp post is cut with a Memory Box die and the star stencil is also from them.
Isn’t the lady’s dress amazing? It has a cut that would make me look gigantic, but I so love this feminine style from past times.

This card is for:
City Crafter Challenge - #402 Be Your Own HERO
Shopping Our Stash - #344 National Dress Day
Allsorts - #457 Ladies Only

Tag with Flower puppy

It's Monday and over at Catch the Bug that means we've got some "Anything but a card" inspiration for you.
I've been into dogs lately, Jodie has so many cute ones, this is Flower puppy and you can find him here.
He's colored up with Promarkers. All DPs are from Maja.


This tag is also for:
Challenge Up Your Life - #86 Tags
Crafty Calendar - Add a Tag or Make One
Eclectic Ellapu - Spring is Coming  

Birthday pup and spots

For my card I've been inspired by the new sketch over at Catch the Bug. Jodie has many cute dog images in her Bugaboo shop, this one is part of the Birthday Puppies set.


I die cut the image to a circle shape. The spotted paper is a kind of olive green color, it ma look a bit brownish or kraft like in the photo. I stamped a birthday greeting in Norwegian and added a few sequins.

This card is also for:
Alphabet Challenge - Y IS FOR YOUR CHOICE
Cute Card Thursday - #519 Anything Goes
Craftaholics R Us - #9 Sequins
Crafty Gals Corner - #160 Anything Goes