All Sorts Challenges

Hi everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a good start. More lovely news for me today as I've been invited by the lovely Fleur at Allsorts challenges blog to be a guest designer for February and also to sponsor the challenge with a prize. Thank you Fleur, it's such a pleasure to be joining you this month, I hope you'll pop over and join in with the challenge as I know there's some wonderful inspiration from the girls.

The theme this week is 'love' and I've used my new digi 'Valentina' coloured with markers which will be available from Monday here. The background was created on canvas using shimmer mist and water colour pigment powder and the patterns were made with pearl pens.

Enjoy your weekend.

DU2DS 29 - Buttons

Hi everyone, it’s our first challenge of 2010 on Dare U 2 Digi Stamp today and we’re starting off with a theme of buttons. There’s some great inspiration from my design team friends and we hope you can join us.

I’ve used my rose heart digi soon to be available which is coloured with markers and then cut out. I gathered some lace and glued it around the heart then added it to the lilac bazzil easel card which was embossed with a CB embossing folder then sponged with dusty concorde distress ink. The tag is cut from the same card with a nestie tag die and I added the heart shaped button, stickles and doodlebug rub on letters for the sentiment. Have a good Friday. TFL.

DU2DS 25 and Just Magnolia Featured Stamper

Hi everyone, Friday again and time for another DU2DS challenge. This time our DT friend Larissa has designed a great sketch for us to follow which we all enjoyed using and we hope you can join us. There are some digital images for a prize and some great inspiration from my DT friends.  I’ve used a soon to be available digi ‘Got Turkey’ which is coloured with copics and then cut out, I’ve also put some glaze on his eyes and nose and added some sparkle with a copic spica clear gel pen on the turkey. The paper is by K&Co and I’ve distressed all the edges with scissors. I added some doodling around the edge of the card blank, a ribbon, gem and a doodlebug sentiment to finish off.

I was delighted to be asked by Bev and Jacquie to be a featured stamper on the Just Magnolia Challenge and I’ve done a little picture ‘how to’ for distressing which is up on the challenge now. Thank you very much ladies for inviting me, I really enjoyed doing it. This is the card I made to go along with the how to and it was made to one of Rach’s lovely sketches from a few weeks back.

This gorgeous Tilda was coloured with copics and cut out. I used some dark pink card for the layers and BasicGrey Lemonade papers.

I’m hoping to have something to post tomorrow but if not hope you have a good weekend. If anyone is going to the Craft Barn Mini Fest on Saturday, I’ll be there demonstrating the new Little Clair stamps and I hope to catch up with you there. Also, if anyone is going to the NEC on Sunday, I’ll be demonstrating on the Magnolia Stamps stand for a couple of hours in the morning and it would be great to meet anyone who’s going to be there too. TFL.

Colour Create Challenge 30 - All White

Hi everyone, there's a new challenge today on Colour Create and I'm a bit late with my post I'm afraid! This time our theme of All White with a coloured image is chosen by Heather, thanks Heather, we all loved this one and all the DT cards are amazing! There's no optional extra which is just as well as I'd completely forgotten to check :D! Hope you can join us and there's a great prize of a $25 gift certificate from our sponsor Simon Says Stamp so, even more reason to join in.

I've made an 4 inch easel card from white textured card. and then I've scored a criss cross grid on my score board and highlighted with dots of stardust stickles. The image is my Poinsettia digi stamp which is printed out on watercolour paper and painted with distress inks. The image is cut out around the top and I've added some different sized yellow gems for the centre and some stickles here and there. To finish I popped on a die cut Happy Christmas sentiment. TFL.

Copic Creations 13 - Pumpkins

Hi everyone, hope you're all having a good week so far. A card today for Copic Creations where the theme this time is Pumpkins. I've used my digi image Pumpkin Patch coloured of course with copics. The edge of the image has been faux stitched and I've added some stardust stickles for sparkle. I carried on the faux stitching  with the Core'dinations card blank and sentiment which is cut with nesties then added some ribbon and buttons to finish. TFL.

Cardvaarks Challenge - Take a Bow

Hi everyone, hope you're having a good week so far. A card today that I'm entering into the Caardvarks challenge which is 'Take a Bow' and use ribbon in a wonderful way. Well may be how I've used my ribbon isn't that wonderful, I made a bow but I thought I'd enter anyway and now I have one more Christmas card done :D too. I've used my new 'partridge in a pear tree' digi available in the shop very shortly and water coloured it with distress inks. The edges are sponged with black distress ink and I've added some stickles for some sparkle here and there. The rest of the card is very simple, some gorgeous SEI Winter Song paper which is embossed and has a lovely sheen to it, that's also been sponged at the edges and some red bazzil card. I added the ribbon bow, some red and white flowers and some red pearls to finish. TFL.