Clara Cupcake..........

Hi there......how's it going? Hope you're having a good Sunday, even if it is rather windy in these parts. Another week has rolled by and it's time for a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. Our theme this week has been chosen by the lovely Nat.....one of the DT members, and she has only one rule.....'No Square Cards'.

Our sponsor this week is........... and she is offering a gift voucher to their online store. This week, I got to colour up an image from Hope Jacare Doodles called Clara Cupcake which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store.............

Yep.....definitely not square! I kept this fairly simple, mainly because the circle card is quite a bit smaller than the 6" square I tend to make.

Clara is coloured with Copic's.....again! Prisma's will be making a comeback soon, I promise. The lacy die cut is a 'Nestie' with ribbon threaded through, papers are from Bo Bunny, and the sentiment is actually a 'freebie' from Bizzy Becks. I also added a little faux stitching around the edge with a fine line marker.

That's it for this week, so hop on over to OSAAT to check out the other DT creations.....why not join in the fun whilst you're there?

I'll be back later as usual with some challenge hopefuls.

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #98 Use a Die Cut

My Time To Craft Challenge - #128 Going Round In Circle's

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Going sentimental

Pixie Dust Studio - #62 Don't Be Square

Colour Create Challenge Blog - #64 Chocolate Strawberry and Cream (optional ribbon extra)

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Sweet Treats

One Stop Craft Challenge - #119 Birthday Card with a Cake

Home Sweet Home.............

Good morning all. Hope you're having a good one. Today is Sunday I believe, which means therefore, it's time for a new OSAAT challenge. For our theme this week, we're feeling pretty generous, so you have a choice............'Good Luck' or a photo inspiration............

.............the choice is yours! We also have another great sponsor for you this week...............
Make It Crafty

........so, no excuses, you have to be in it to win it!

This week, I got to colour up another awesome image from one of our talented creators, who you can find over at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store........Hope Jacare Doodles.............here is 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'.....................

So, I hope you can tell I opted for the second option of.......'Good Luck' and for this one, it's Copic's all the way Baby!

No Prisma pencils in sight. I find that when images are pretty small and detailed like this one, I often revert to the Copic's...........otherwise, too many fiddly bits, to get in there and blend with pencils.

I kept things fairly simple here as I think the image deals enough interest. DP is again from Cosmo Crickets 'Circa 1934' line,(love this!) together with chocolate brown card stock/Martha Stewart border punch combo. Ribbon is from 'Michaels' $1.50 bin, again tied with my new 'Bow Easy' (love this too!). The key is Maya Road chipboard which I covered with chocolate brown glitter, and the tiny tag...... I made, and printed the sentiment from my PC using the 'Batik Regular' font, which I didn't realise I had (and have been searching for!!!!!).

That's about it for the outside, so I'll show you a quick view of the inside, just to make sure we're clear what the 'Luck' is for..........

There we have it.

I hope you can join in with the challenge this week. Hop on over to the OSAAT Challenge Blog, and check out what the rest of the DT have been up to.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I hope to see you sometime during the week.

I'll be back a little later with some challenge hopefuls..........till then.........

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Challenges entered:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #57 Use a Digi

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - #16 Heart Theme

Totally Gorjuss - #65 As You Like It

Simply Create - #36 Give Your Heart Away

Love is.............

Hello again, another Sunday has rolled around, which means it's time for a new challenge over at the One Stitch At A Time Challenge Blog. Our sponsor this week, who is offering a gift voucher to their on-line store is........

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'New Beginnings', that could be New Home, New Baby, New Love/Engagement/Wedding, or even just using your vast amount of 'New Stash'......you get the picture?

So, onto my DT project for this week, here's at least one guy who is gearing up for Valentines' Day..........'Lil' Cupid'.............

Fairly vintage this week. I worked with an image from Floppy Latte Designs called, as previously mentioned, Lil' Cupid, and you can find him over at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store. He was coloured, as per usual with a combination of Prisma pencils and Copic markers, and there is quite a scattering of ultra fine glitter on there too. The sentiment is another digi I picked up a while ago through the Free Digital Stamps blog, and was created by Raindrop Echo Designs. I'm not sure which song John Lennon included these words in, but I thought how lovely they were, and would fit perfectly with what I was intending here.

I should have maybe mentioned, that the 'New Beginning' I had in mind was probably an Engagement. The papers I've used are from Basic Grey's Cappella line, together with plenty of ink and distressing. I had this idea of Cupid delivering an ancient message of love, so that's where the 'scroll' idea comes in. I added various bits of bling, ribbon and flowers and used foam dots in places, to get the dimension I wanted.

I'm not too pleased with the photo I've used here, as the light picked up the transparent bling swirl sticker, which in real life is pretty sheer. Oh well, it was too late to take another, so you'll just have to take my word for how good it looks really! (lol)

Well, that's it from me, so go visit the OSAAT blog and check out the other DT creations. I'll be entering this into a few challenges I'm sure, so I'll be back later with the deets.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

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Challenges entered:

Ooh La La Creations - #71 Bling It On

Lexi's Creations - #31 Say It With Love

Karber Weekly Challenge - Pearls (must use a digi)

Paperplay Challenges - Cutie Patootie

Meljen's Designs - #41 Square or Round shaped cards

Southern Girls Challenge - #10 Totally Loved Up

Wags 'n Whiskers - #44 With Love

The Stamp Man - #14 Distress

Mark's Finest Papers - #38 Have hearts on your project

Do You Stack Up - #2 Distress It

Order up!

Happy Sunday folks! You know what that means...........time for a new challenge (and new DT creation) over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. We have a great sponsor this week.........Joanna Sheen, who is offering a 10GBP voucher to her store. If you'd like to get some ideas as to what you could spend your possible winnings on, you can check out the store right here.........



So, the theme for the challenge this week has a few possibilities..........you have the choice of opting for a Season or an event (ie. Christmas, Birthday, Graduation etc., anything worth celebrating). I took the easy route and went with............Birthday, mainly due to the fact that I have a girlfriends Birthday coming up next month and require a card. So here it is.......complete with a gal after my own heart!

You've got to admit she's pretty cute! The image called Al la Mode is from Stitchy Stamps (which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Boutique) as is the cute little Birthday sentiment ticket. I completely love these things right now, so be prepared, you'll be seeing more of them.

Did ya notice my colouring? No Prisma pencils......again! Only Copic's for this little lady. I'm practicing right now, and I don't necessarily prefer the look of markers, I'll probably always be a pencil gal, but OMG I can colour so much quicker with them. Only problem is, my favourite fleshy colours E0000 and E000 are absolutely on their last legs, almost mummified they're so dry, so if my images start to look a little ghostly white in the near future......you'll know why! Why couldn't this have happened last month......Halloween season and all!

The DP's I've used here are from Cosmo Cricket's Nutmeg line........I love em, takes me back to the 70's baby......we probably had curtains like that in our house. The note paper tucked in behind there is from a Jenni Bowlin pad and the wording on there is printed from my PC.........my further attempt at a little humour! I used a punch from Martha Stewart and bling and ribbon, I believe are a $ store find. There's also paper piercing and faux stitching on there, and lots of Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

I think that's about it, so why not head on over to OSAAT and check out the other DT creations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Freshly Brewed Challenges - #23 Show Off Your Style

Frosted Designs - Distressing

Enjoy your day.

A little mermaid..........

Well, I'm back again, twice in two days.....Wow! Hope you're having a great weekend and enjoying what is probably the last of the good weather in these parts. It's Sunday and that means of course, time for a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog, and therefore, a new DT creation from yours truly. The challenge this week is pretty much an 'Anything Goes' type of thing, but using your favourite colours. I don't think I have a particular favourite, as it tends to be whichever colour scheme I'm creating with at the time........I think they call that 'fickle' or something like that!

Anyhow, enough rambling. I got to play with a really pretty little image from Hope Jacare this week, which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps and I Did It Creations Store. I chose to use those yummy shades of turquoise/aqua blue, you know the ones, and they are one of my favourites at least! Here is one super sweet mermaid............ Madeline.............

I have to tell ya, I love her tail, it's so pretty.

When I saw this image, my idea was to use some sort of net behind her with seashells and starfish caught in there.....great in theory! Couldn't exactly find anything that I could substitute for fishnet (not being of the fisherman type of card maker and having some on hand!), and I wasn't prepared to break out the needle and thread at this stage. So you know what I thought I'd use.............a Hairnet, or I think they were more correctly termed as a 'Wave' net........remember? Armed with this idea (last minute I might add), I hit a posse of dollar stores, as I certainly wasn't prepared to fork out big bucks on a package of 'Wave' net's..........despite what you may think I do not sleep in one of these each night! I quickly realized one thing.............anyone that is likely to wear a 'Wave' net probably dyes their hair 10 shades darker, cause the colour I had in mind was maybe a nice sandy or dirty blond and no-one (and I mean no-one!) sells anything other than dark brown/black!

OK, rambling over with, I hope the 'Wave' net wearers amongst us haven't been offended and surfed to the next blog(lol).

Shall we talk about cards? Yes, lets. My solution to the fishnet (or lack of) problem was to use a length of white tulle ( which I've had for ages trying to decide how or what to use it on), gathered in to the bow, which is pretty subtle and I'm guessing you probably can't see it too well, but at least it gave that little bit of texture I was looking for. The image is coloured with Prisma pencils and Copic markers for the fleshy areas. There is loads of glitter of course on her tail and a fair bit of Glossy Accents on her and the seashell. The sentiment is printed from my PC, torn and then inked. The two starfish, really pretty, were a $ store find I've had for a while gathering dust, and the treasure chest charm, I bought recently, I believe Blue Moon Beads, and have been itching to put it on something. Lastly, the DP's are from Queen Martha, and the seashell is chipboard I had in my stash, covered with card stock and sanded. I almost forgot to mention that I did 'pop' parts of Madeline's headgear and the seashell she is holding, to create a little more dimension.

OK, sorry if I bored you all with that.....I obviously have nothing better to do right now! Please hop on over to the OSAAT blog and check out what the other lovely ladies of the DT created, and why not join in this weeks challenge.........there are goodies up for grabs as always.

I hope you'll visit my blog again sometime if I promise not to rant over 'Hair' net's, 'Wave' nets or anything else remotely 'un'craft related!

Madeline will be swimming into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #31 Recipe (use 2 of something)

Totally Stampalicious - Monday Blues

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #84 Use your never used stash (plus a digi)

The Pixie Cottage - #44 Sketch and/or 2 colours only

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #58 Paper Tearing

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #109 Sparkle and Shine

Order Of The Opus Gluei - #79 AnAttitude of Gratitude

Paper Sundaes - #44 Pick you Sundae Toppings (I chose blue and ribbon)

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

Love...........

OK, for today's card, something waaaaay different from my 'Lollipop's' and 'Bella' stamps I usually grab for. We're going..........Vintage! I love this style of card but never make one very often, cause I think I'm scared of messing it up. Anyhow, when I saw this beautiful image...........'LOVE' by Stitchy Stamps, (which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Store right here) I knew I needed to roll back the years and go for it. I know it's not perfect, as I kept itching to add a little more, but I am pleased with it, so here goes..............

Did I mention that I 'LOVE' this image.....so classic. I also 'LOVE' the papers from Graphic 45.........been hoarding them forever!

I coloured the image of course with my Prisma pencils, and a touch of Copic markers for skin tones and the word "love". I glittered the letters and fur and then fussy cut around the image. The telegram is cut from a sheet of the DP then inked, and the ticket is from a K&Company vintage pack. Ribbon and the pearly swirl are from a $$$$ store and the stick pins are from Jenni Bowlin. I also stitched and distressed the edge of the papers, and the sentiment is cut from a Nestie, printed from Word, and inked. Phew, that's all the 'deets' over with.

This classy Lady will be entered into a number of challenges of course, one being over at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday, whose challenge this week is to chose a particular print from Cafe Baudelaire Prints, as inspiration. I chose the following, so I'm hoping you can see a connection.............
The other challenges being entered are as follows:

Creative Craft Challenges - Anniversary/Celebration........It's their 1st year 'blogiversary' so lots of prizes up for grabs!

The Crafty Pad - #95 Stitching

Incy Wincy Designs - #66 Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - #33 Stitching

Kaboodle Doodles - #43 Make It Vintage

A Spoonful Of Sugar - #128 Relish to Embellish

Cooking It Up With Katie - #36 Texture/Swirls/Black

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - #46 Glitter, Glamour, Girlie

Crafty Emma's Store Challenges - #10 Chocolate Caramel

See you tomorrow.........I'm actually organized and have something else prepared!!!! Also, don't forget the current challenge (Christmas-traditional or modern) over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog is still open til Saturday midnight!