CHNC - Challenge 36 - No Sentiment

Am cutting it fine with my entry for this weeks super challenge over at
CHNC This weeks theme 'No Sentiment' The digi image is from Maljen's Designs
I decided to go with very simple.

I have coloured in the very pretty holly leaves
with Promarkers with adding sparkle with a sakura pen.
I added some dimension to the berries with glossy accents.

List of Supplies

6x6 Base Card - Faux Leather White Card
MalJen Designs Digi Image
Fluid Chalk
Tartan Ribbon
Glossy Accents
ProMarkers

CHNC 33 - Simply Christmas - Just One Layer

I have left this to the very last minute, making and entering this weeks challenge over at CHNC that is .. time seems to have run away with me this week ..I have ever so quickly made my card for Hazel's challenge of 'Just One Layer' I did find the concept actually quite daunting .. but knuckled down and stamped my image. I had a few goes with several types of inks, in the end I opted for Elysbells Pigment Ink. I had in mind of adding some eyelets, so did this and threaded through some ribbon. Both the stamp and Debbie More Metal Magic are both new to me ... I have had both a little while just never got round to using them. This has then given me the chance to get ahead and enter my card into this weeks
Bah Humbug Challenge 'Something New'

Here is my 1st ever 'one layer card' I would hope with more practice I could come up with other ideas of how to achieve.

List of Supplies

Base Card - Black DL Card
Papermania Christmas Cheer RubberStamp
Elzybells Pigment Ink
Debbie Moor Designs Metal Magic Embossing Powder (Silver)
Eyelets
Sheer Ribbon

CHNC 32 - Black and White with one other colour

Hazel has set yet another fab. challenge over at
CHNC Hazels asks

This week I would like you to make a card with black, white and one other colour.

I have only ever done 'Black and White' before so adding one other colour has been very interesting. I did this by using 'Eyelets'
Here is my card

List of Supplies

Base Card - White Linen Card
Ornament CB Embossing Folder
'Just For You Ornament' CB Cut N' Emboss
Black Satin Ribbon
Blue Eyelets
Stickles

Lace and Festive Food - Bah Humbug Challenge 30 - CHNC 31

Here we are almost at the end of July. I simply cannot believe how quickly the summer is passing by. The sun has made an appearence today, of which is indeed very welcome.
I have a busy week ahead with one thing and another so I am needing to be quick off the mark with both the Bah Humbug Challenge 30 'Lace' and CHNC 31 'Festive Food' I ended up m aking two cards as I could not really make a decision as to which image I was going to use. I do Like the 'Drake Pudding' Image. I have used him a couple of times before, I do so enjoy the ease of colouring the image. I have had this fab. Santa Claus Cupcake image since the beginning of the yr. but as yet not got round to using him ..He was a delight to colour.


I have added blue cotton lace to the embossed middle strip pf gold lustre card, I have used the same card
on the corner with an added eyelet. Drake really does look very proud of his Christmas Pud.



He really is a jolly Santa Cupcake. I added 'Star Crystal' Stickles to his moustache, eyebrows and hat trim.
I have again added Cottpn lace to embossed strips of card.

List of Supplies

6x6 Base Card - White Linen Card
Patterened Papers .. will need to seek info. sleeve info. is missing.
Gold Lustre Card
White/Red Card
Scor-Pal
Cotton Lace
Digi Images
Nesties Circle/Scallop and Oval
ElsyBells Clear RS Sentiment/Holly
Freebie Mag. Papers Sentiment
Stickles
Eyelet
ProMarkers

CHNC 30 - Reindeer

Time waits for no one .. that is so true, time is flying by. I cannot believe we are soon coming into the month of August.

Over at CHNC Hazel asks that

This week I would like you to see at least one reindeer on your card.

I decided I would use my lovely 'Sizzix Embosslits' Reindeer. I embossed him onto Core'dinations Whitewash, once sanded it brought out the nice brown core. I mounted him onto some gold mirror card. I used a piece of Kraft card, embossed with swiss dots and swiped over with fluid chalk. I have also embossed the Nellies Scalloped rectangle. My card also fits perfectly for Bah Humbugs Challenge 29 'Beads' 
The Humbuggers say

I threded a small shimmering red pony bead onto a piece of the pretty organza. Poundland have them in at the moment covering various spectrums and tones of colour. The set I used goes from cream, various shades of browns, gold to the very pretty shimmering dark golden brown I used on this card. I am guessing that if you were to get a sample of each colour at your local haberdashery it would be much more than a pound for the combination of colours included in each pack.

Cast your beady little eyes ...*snigger* ... around all the nooks, crannies and crafty cubbyholes until you find your box of delightful beads ... crystal beads ... plastic beads ... sparkly beads ... micro-beads ... wooden beads ...  in fact any kind of beads at all ... EXCEPT the 'beads of sweat' that are threatening to tickle your top lip, 'cos that's absolutely NOT what we want to see ... so hurry and wipe them away LOL.  

Finally, My card also fits in nicely with 'Christmas In July over at
The Rubber Cafe


List of Supplies

Base Card 6x6 White Faux Leather Card
Brown Kraft Card
Red Card
Gold Mirror Card
Nellies Scalloped Rectangle
Cuttlebug embossing folders
Organza
Bead

CHNC 29- Seeing Stars

Hazel's Challenge this week is to use 'Stars' within a card. Anything with stars and I immediately turn to my 'swirls and stars' rollagraph wheel. I have very simply made a swirls and stars background and used it as the main focus of the card. I punched out circles, used the negative sheet then stamped snowflakes onto the circles. These stand proud from the negative sheet with 3D foam. I used the 'star' paper with the background as well as the corner embellishments.
Here is my finished card

 List of Supplies

DL Base Card
White Card
English Paper Co. 'Stars'
'Whispers Snowflake' RS
Swirls and Stars Rollagraph
Circle Punch
Bashful Blue ink
Fluid Chalk
Stickles
Blue Lace
Card Candy
Mini Brads

Computer Generated Sentiment

Bah Humbug Challenge 27 - Meeces

I am no fan of mice, they terrify me! Thankfully over at Bah Humbug the likkle mice featured in their fabulous DT designs are just so cute. Challenge 27 is  'Meeces' I don't have anything mice related within my stash so I scoured my digital downloads folder. I found two images, I could not decide which one to use so decided to use both. The first image is called 'Party Mouse' isn't he fabulous Not 100% sure where he is from though. The second is from the  very talened illustrator Elizabeth O Dulemba
My cards also fit in very nicely with CHNC 'Spots's before your eyes'



His eyes are soooo very big .. he is such fun





These 'meeces' are indeed very busy



List of Supplies  

6x6 Base Card - Faux Leather White Card
Bazzill Basics Card
'Spots' paper - Barking Dog
'Party Mouse' Digital Image
'Elizabeth O Dunelmba' Digital Image
Nesties Label
Eyelets
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder 'Swiss Dots'
Sheer Ribbon
Sugar Loaf See D Christmas Sentiment RS Image
Stickles
ProMarkers

CHNC 27- Pink and/or Purple

Here we are in July, not sure where June went, time seems to have passed me by.
This weeks challenge over at CHNC is about colour 'Pink and/or Purple' You can't see that clearly that the background paper has a mixture of pinks and purples as well as other colours. I have used a A4 piece of white card, trimmed to 6" wide. Once measured, I scored to make a valley/mountain fold, I then attached another piece of card for the base, this folds up and fits nicely into a C6 envelope.

I am also entering my card in the 'Christmas in July Challenge over at Creative Friday


List of Supplies

White Smooth Card
Purple Bazzill Basics
Background papers (I believe to be by K&Co ?)
'Flying Penguin' Digital Image (Unknown)
Nesties Label
Mini Brads
Sugar Loaf 'Sentiment' RS
ProMarkers
Fluid Chalk
Scor-Pal

Bah Humbug Challenge 25 - Penguins

I am having to post and run so to catch the post .. Another fab. challenge over at Bah Humbug I am just loving the DT cards .. such a fabulous array of cute penguins and style of cards/fancy folds. I must admit to having a bit of a soft spot for penguins. They may be ever so cute looking but, if you have ever watched 'March of the Penguins' then you will know that they do not have an easy life, such extreme weather and conditions they have to endure to protect their young.
I had loads of ideas buzzing around my head then I remembered that I had a Penguin Trinitage that I had never tried before .. even though I had the instructions to follow I went terribly wrong .. so this is a show of how not to make a trintage card! I will have to have another go .. no time now but its on my 'to do list'
Here is my finished card .. remember this is 'how a trinitage card should not look like! You can see the 'tubes!!!

I think it is because I did not print off at 100% ...not the template for the tubes, I did that freehand rather than use the template provided as could not work out where the 100%  option was. Hence the rest of the images were not at 100% either. I think this is why it has gone wrong, not 100% sure, no idea anyhow to do that .. my lexmark isn't the easiest to master such things! I know one thing .. am 100% sure I got it wrong! Hey Ho .. this is how we learn isn't it.

My card also fits in very nicely with CHNC 26 'Anything Goes'





List of Supplies
La Pashe Penguin Trinitage Sheet
White card
Pink mottled card
Fluid Chalk
SU Tab Punch
Rangers Stickles
Scor-Pal
3D Foam

CHNC 25 - Christmas Wings

This week over at Crafty Hazelnuts Challenge Blog Hazels says

So for challenge 25 I'd like to see some Christmas wings - in other words, I'd like you to include an angel or a fairy on your card.

I had stamped both an Angel and a Fairy but for the fairy image I realsied I did not have quite the right colourway in card so went for using the lovely Hero Arts Handrawn Christmas Angel. I have kept the card fairly simple.

List of Supplies 

DL Card

Hero Arts 'Handrawn Christmas' Clear RS

CB Swiss Dots Embossed panel

Oval Scallop Nesites

 Nesites Label

Yellow Sheer Ribbon

Tartan Ribbon

Mini Brads

ProMarkers

Rangers Stickles

Christmas with Attitude

This weeks theme over at Bah Humbug
challenge, No. 23

.. is to create a Christmas card or project for a

Teenager

I had several ideas mulling around my head before I came up with this card using Sugar Nellie Goth Girl RS
My card also fits in very nicely with CHNC Challenge 24 'Buttons' Hazel requests that you use at least 'one button' of which I have .. you will need to spy very carefully on the Goth Girls Tartan Kilt . it is meant to be a pin embellishing the Kilt but my pins were just a tad too bit, so added a tiny button instead.
I coloured the doilie with black soot reinker - I don't have, as yet, the ink pad.



List of Supplies

A5 While Leather Card
Green and Purple Bazzill Basics
Silver Mirror/Silver Matt Card
Black Card
Small Doilie
White Smooth Card
Sugar Nellies Goth Girl
Large Circle
Nellies Floral Die
Mulberry Floers
Nellies flower punch/embosser
Miniture Brads
Nellies Photo Corners
Corner Chomper
Sizzix Snowflake
Gems
Promarkers
Gel Pens
Competer Generated Sentiment
Herringbone Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Glamour Dust

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

CHNC 23 - Wintertime Blues

Over at CHNC this weeks theme is 'Wintertime Blues' Such a fab. theme. I just love Hazel's Card .. most defiantely 100% cute. So love the cute penguin too. I have used a DL card as my base then cut away half of the front on the diagonal.  I have used a rollagraph 'swirls and stars' to make the background. This is the 1st time of using the inkadinkado RS .. decided to leave it in its 'natural' state, Usually if  I start faffing around with a RS image it all goes horribly wrong.

Here is my finished card.  

 

List of Supplies

DL Base Card
Blue Hologram Card
White Card
SU Rollagraph Swirls and Stars
Bash Blue Ink
inkadinkado Clear RS Winter Birds
Elzybells Clear RS Sentiment
Impress ink blue
Fluid Chalk Blue
Gems
Satin Ribbon
SU Window Punch

CHNC 22 - Use Some Ribbon - Bah Humbug - Surprise! Surprise!!

I paid a visit to Beccy's Place quite recently. Such a lovely blog. Becky has put together an A-Z of Folded Cards

I've decided to put together a list of different card folding techniques, and then slowly work through the list to produce instructions and examples on how to go about making each card. I've come up with a pretty good list of cards so far, but I need your help in finishing it off. If you can think of other types of folds that aren't mentioned below, please let me know and I'll add them. I'm not looking for techniques, such as embossing or stamping, but actual folds or types of cards. Let's see what we can put together!

Beccy's technique class from the list is Accordian Cards I just love her finished card, the fuchsia digital image is just so pretty. I decided that the card would be totally perfect for Hazel's Challenge 22 'Use Some Ribbon'

I am also entering my card in for the  Bah Humbug Challenge 21 'Surprise! Surprise!! I have decided to go with option 1 of 'Surprise us' (Select my own theme') The theme being 'Funky Folds'

List of Supplies

6" x12" Blue Card (Finished card = 6"x3")
Elzybells SnowFlake Fairy RS
Bazzill Basics Card
Snowflake Printed Card
Nestie Ovals
Fluid Chalk
ProMarkers
Glamour Glitz Glitter
Snowflake Satin Ribbon
Blue Sheer Ribbon
SU Tab Punch
Fiskars small Hole Punch Plier Punch
Scor-Pal

CHNC 21 - Lets see some Scallops

Over at CHNC Challenge 21 asks 'Let's see some Scallops'

This is very similar to the the card below this posting .. I have just added some 'scallops' Apologies for the dark pic. especially so that of the base of the card.

List of supplies

DL Base Card

Black Card

Silver Mirror Card

English Paper Co.

Brick UM RS

Little Claire Designs 'Santa' clear RS

25th Dec. Clear RS

Fired Brick Distress ink

Broken China Distress ink

Glamour Dust

Pro Markers

1" scalloped circle punch

Bah Humbug Challenge 19 - Snowflakes

Another week another challenge .. yes, its that time over at Bah Humbug and CHNC where fab. challenges have been set. I have managed to combine two challenges with one card. Challenge 19 over at
Bah Humbug is 'Snowflakes' The DT designs, as ever, are just lovely and over at CHNC chllenge 20 is
'Don't get distressed about distressing' as is usual,  Hazel's work is stunning.

Here is my card. Not the best Pic. I know. I am just getting used to a new camera phone - not owned one before. I dropped my old phone last week- A very basic Nokia - the inner screen smashed! I have had for an eternity, it has served me well. I took the plunge on getting somthing a bit more up to date.
I took the pics. quickly late last night as time was going to be against me today.
I have used a 'Tatty Teddy' clear RS, of which is a freebie with the recent creativity magazine. I have coloured him with promarkers. I have added a likkle cuttlebug snowflake - as if Tatty Teddy is holding the snowflake. I have embellished the snowflake with tiny irridescent 3D type sequins
These have also been added to the corners and above the nestie circle. I have embossed, using the snowflake Cutlebug embossing folder, onto whitewash C'ordinations card and then distressed it by sanding the embossing,the edges are distressed using a pair of scissors and some fluid chalk.

List of Supplies

6x6 base card - Blue
Silver matt card
Whitewash C'ordinations Card
Tattie Teddy Clear RS
Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing folder
Cuttlebug Snowflake die cut
Cuttlebug Alphas
3D Sequins - silver and blue
Nestie Circle
Sheer Ribbon
Fluid Chalk

CHNC 19 - Photo Inspiration

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Hazelnut's Challenge Blog is to draw inspiration from this  Photo

I'd like you to use this photo as the inspiration to make your Christmas card. You can interpret your response in any way you wish - it might be one or more of the colours or patterns, or stockings, Santa, teddy, snowman, presents ... whatever the photo inspires you to make

Here is my take on this fab. challenge
I have used the tag elements from within a 12x12 English Paper Co. I layered these onto the red kraft card.
I used 'red brick' distress inks to 'distress' the edges of the papers, tags and nesties as well as colouring the sheer ribbon, of which was originally white.

List of Supplies

6x6 Base Card
Brown Stardust Card
Red Kraft Card
Red Mirror Card
English Paper Company 'Stockings'
English Paper Company 'Tags'
Bigz Sizzix Tag Die Cut
Distress Ink Pad
Nestie Scalloped Circles
Marianne Designs Flourish Die Cut
Gems
Sheer Ribbon

Bah Humbug Challenge 17 - Pleats and Ruffles

Wow .. Another fab. challenge has been set over at Bah Humbug
Challenge seventeen is to create a Christmas project that features 'Pleats and Ruffles' I had to do a bit of searching of google for inspiration and tutorials on either pleats or ruffles - as not really done a lot of either within cardmaking.
Came across a nice tutorial for making

Layered Ruffled Ribbon

This is my finished card. As you may notice I have a rather bit more on my card than the tutorial showed - of which I think is so elegant and pretty with it, mine is most definately not 'less is more' My apologies about the pic. Was struggling with light as well as camera!

My card also fits in nicely with Hazels Christmas Challenge over at
CHNC Challenge 18 asks that you 'Use a Die-Cut'I got a bit carried away and used more than one ..



List of Supplies

8x8 Craftwork Card
Basic Bazzill Card
Silver Mirror Card
Paper - No recollection of the maker/collection I am afraid
Elzybelles Clear RS Sentiment
Molly Blooms 'Bunting' RS
Snowmen Fall From Heaven Unassembled Digital Image (must do better in attaching info. to saved files as to where the digital image came from)
Grosgrain Ribbon
Nesties labels
Nestie Circles/Scallops
QK Nesting Circles
Promarkers
Brad
Gems
Photocorner

CHNC 17 - A Touch of Easter For Christmas

Another week and another fab. challenge  over at Hazel's Christmas Blog
CHNC 17 - A Touch of Easter For Christmas

Hazels says

I'd like you to bring a touch of Easter into your Christmas crafting. Yellow is a colour we associate with Easter and, of course, it's a time of year when eggs feature (oh yum, I know that I'm getting a Hotel Chocolat dark choc egg) and, of course, eggs are oval in shape. So I'd like you to use either the colour yellow - little or a lot (you can use other colours as well, as long as yellow is visible) and/or an oval shape on your card.

I have gone for using 'Yellow' I had planned making a distressed ink background and adding likkle cute Hero Arts RS Angel images but then I had remembered I had some Artoz Crea Motions (Winter)  papers that would fit the challenge perfectly. Just love the cute likkle penguins. All or most of the papers are deeply embossed or heavily glittered and some have such a pretty sheen, like that if you had heat embossed a RS image. The paper/light card really is of such excellent quality. I have used some of the 'border' type images that feature in full A4 Page within the pad.
I have used a DL sized card for the base. The lace is a recent bargain from my local Emmaus, two large part reels of 2 differing widths bought for a couple of pounds.

List of Supplies

DL Sized Base Card
Silver Mirror Card
Lace
Artoz Crea Motions 'Winter' Papers
Sheer White Ribbon

Bah Humbug Challenge 15 - Christmas Stockings

How time if flying past. We are on Challenge 15 over at Bah Humbug  This weeks challenge,  'Christmas Stockings' There certainly seems to have been some actvity going over at Humbug Hall ... made me giggle indeed.
I wasn't quite sure how I was going to put together a card for their challenge as I wanted it also to fit in with CHNC Challenge 16 - Sing Song  I searched for some clipart that might fit both challenges, and came up with an image of Santa falling, strike that, coming down the chimney, he does look a bit worse for wear doesn't he, Poor Santa, anyway back to the song, which features in Happy Holiday / The Holiday Season (Medley) From The film "Holiday Inn" (1942)

As the holly berries are 'black' I had to do somthing to make them standout a bit more with colour, so came up with adding gems.

List of Supplies

6x6 Red Base Card
Clip art Image - Apologies, no info. of where it originated
Papers - I forgot to take note - Apologies
ProMarkers
Flower Soft - Polar White
Miniture brads
Green Card
Fluid Chalk
Red Gems
Red Satin Ribbon



 

Bah Humbug Challenge 14 - Candy Cane - CHNC - Circles

Over at Bah Humbug the theme for this weeks challenge is 'Candy Canes'  I was raring to go, in fact I planned to make 2 projects for the challenge. I started by making a card on Friday evening then I was going to do my second make, a Christmas Hot Chocolate gift pack, using the dame digi image but that had to be put to one side as I said I would help make some bunting for a Royal Wedding street party.

I wasn't 100% happy with the finished card, it was lacking something, after a bit of searching for inspiration I remembered seeing how other crafters have used lace and punched borders to add extra interest to their cards.
Once I had added several additions of lace and punched edging I was a little happier with my finished card. With the 'waste' from the victorian photo corners I atteched around the nestie circle.

I am so pleased as my card also fits perfectly in with the 'Going round in Circles' challenge theme over at CHNC

List of Supplies

6x6 Base Card

Pressed Petals red grid paper (freebie with a scrapbook mag.)

Bazzill Basics Card

Red Kraft Card

My Minds Eye Papers

CB Victorian Photo Corners

Candy Cane Digi Image (I am sorry I am not entirely sure where the image originates from)

ProMarkers

Tim Holtz On the edge Die

Lace

American Crafts Ribbon

   Nesties