Challenge Time at Inspired by Stamping and The Paper Players

 

It is that time of the month when Inspired by Stamping

 have their current challenges going

 and a new one at The Paper Players

 

 

 

But you can find all the details for the others from IBS Here

and The Paper Players Here

 I chose to use the Colour Challenge for my inspiration.

 

 

 

They are such pretty colours but decided to

move away from the Christmas theme and

ink up one of the IBS stamps from Vintage Pieces

as my feature.

The background was stamped from IBS Elegant Flowers

in  Memento London Fog and Summer Blue

 

I also used the following items -

Spellbinders Floral Ovals

Spellbinders Vintage Lace Motifs

IBS sentiment from A Lovely Birthday

IBS Vintage Banners

MS Punch

Kaisercraft Red Pearls

Homemade flowers

Sizzix leaf die

Memento Love Letter

Added a touch of clear Wink of Stella

to the flowers and Jug.

 

I would also like to enter this card in the current challenge

at The Paper Players featuring something

Vintage or Antique.

I thought the IBS stamps would make

a perfect match for this challenge.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by for a peek

and hope you will come back again soon.

 

 

 

 



Send a Smile 4 Kids - Happy Holidays Challenge #90

HAPPY HOLIDAY CHALLENGE TIME
 

 

We are getting close to the end of the year and for those

over 'The Pond' some of you will be lucky enough

to be able to build your own SNOWMAN.

I seem to have managed to have done this

in the way of some of my recent cards.

 

This happy little Snowman from Bugaboo is ready

to head of the skate park.

I made this card cas as I wanted to show this little fellow off.

I used basic card stock did a little tearing colouring

and of course some glitter. Added a few Starform Stickers

and sentiment to finish it off.

 

 

My second card was also simple to make.

The image is Boy Gift from Kenny K

I used -

DP I got from a magazine basic card stock

Spellbinders Circles

A little colouring in using distress/tombow pens

Glitter Sequins and a Christmas Sentiment.

 

Once again we have our Fabulous Sponsors

 

Bugaboo Stamps - 7 Digi's of the Winner's Choice

Kenny K - 3 digi's of the Winner's Choice

and Oak Pond Creations - 1 Dig of the Winner's Choice.

 

Hope to see your Happy Holiday Creations over at

Send a Smile 4 Kids

 

 

Don't forget to check out what the other

Designer's have created.

 

That's it for this time round so till next time

 

Cherrio from

 

 

I'm thinking Christmas for our JUGS Challenge

 

'Christmas' will be here before we know it!

Time to think about making those Holiday Cards and I thought

one thing that reminds us of Christmas is

'WREATHS'.
 

 

Maybe our host for this weeks challenge

The Lovely Lisa was thinking the same thing.



 

I think every crafter has bundles of buttons and I am no exception

so decided to use just a few as my Inspiration.

This card was simple to make.

I popped the DP after

stamping my sentiment on white card stock.

Then got out my buttons pearls sparklets

and tiny rhinestones and placed around

my cut out circle.

Added a few pearls along side of the sentiment

which is from Gina K Designs

Cut the bottom corners and finished with a few more

mini rhinestones to my sheer grey ribbon.

Hope you like my inspirational card

and you will join us at JUGS for

our Wreaths Challenge.

Oh! don't forget to pop over to Our Blog

and see what my other Jugheads

and our Guest  for November - Tajanna

 have made to inspire you.

 

They are AWSOME...



Challenge #264 is PHOTO WEEK at JUGS

 It's 'PHOTO WEEK'

Maria has challenged us to inspire you with her

Fabulous Photo for this weeks

Photo Challenge.

 

So many beautiful bright colours to choose from.

 

 

 

I love playing with backgrounds even though my

fingers land up coloured also.

I started off with cream card stock for the base

and used the following items to bring my scene to life

black card stock for matting

SU Inspired by Nature

SU sentiment from Just Believe

Gina K Country Roads

Memento inks - Olive Grove

Dandelion and Peanut Brittle

Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress Ink

Pearlex - Aztec Gold and

SU Champagne Mist for the shimmer

JustRite Antique Tags

***

I know the fabulous JUGHEADS

and our lovely Guest Wanda

have some amazing inspiration cards

for you to check out so pop on over

and check them out HERE

then get your craft items in the ready

to participate in this great challenge.

***

In doing so you could be a Guest in the future

if you win our Chick of the Week.

 

I'll be looking for you there.

 

Till next time

 

 

 

 

 

My Colour Challenge card for The Outlawz

 

It is PARTY TIME over at THE OUTLAWZ

 

 

There is a lot going on over there so

I encourage you to pop over and join this great group

as there are Challenges for every day of the week

and lots of prizes to be won - especially

THIS - OUR PARTY WEEK.

 

 I have made this card as part of the

Design Team. It is for this weeks

COLOUR CHALLENGE.

 

 

I used DP and flowers from Inspired by Stamping

Image  - Our Sponsor Nicecrane Designs - French Post Cards

Lace and Pearls.

The Lace is part of the TWIST for the Challenge.

 

This is the inspiration photo I chose for

this weeks Challenge to use the 3 colours above

and add the LACE TWIST.

 

Thanks for popping in and hope to see you over at

The Outlawz

 

 

 



PARTY TIME at OUTLAWZ

 

ARE YOU READY TO P-A-R-T-Y!!!!!!
 

 

Hope so, because we are having a huge party at the Outlawz!!
Yes, you read it right!! A party! At the Outlawz!! 
 
We are just about to 3000 members! Woohoo!!
 And we hope that by the end of our celebration we will have our 3000 members
and be on our way to 4000!!

The Outlawz Ladies have been working hard and have a boatload of sponsors,
 lots of prizes, and some fun and games for you, too!
 I believe there is also an extra challenge or two!!

If you are here at this blog,
then you have the opportunity to participate in our
 SCAVENGER  HUNT!!

Yes, each of us listed below has placed a clip art image on our sidebar!
 Write down what you see because on the OUTLAWZ  MAIN PAGE, 
 you will see a  black PARTY!  tab at the top under the Outlawz banner. 
Follow the links to get to the Scavenger Hunt
as well as the other activities that are going on.

 Let’s get started!

Here is the list of 14 DT members along with their blogs.
 Just visit each one and write down the Party clip art that is on the sidebar.
You will  need this to complete the hunt!
If you get lost along the way, go back to the
 Outlawz Party tab and resume!

 

Sandra -     http://cardsandcreativity.blogspot.com/

Cara -    http://creativechaosbycara.blogspot.com/

Peggy -  http://dailygracecreations.blogspot.com/

Penny O -   http://pennyskrafts.blogspot.com/

Linda W  -   http://scrappingheaven.blogspot.com/

Andrea -       http://andneil.blogspot.co.nz/

Pat M  -      http://patacakespages.blogspot.com/

Ina (that's me)          http://littlebitsofcraft.blogspot.com/

Janet -         http://mainelycards.blogspot.com/

Alex  -       http://prettypaperandinkyfingers.blogspot.com

Linda O -        http://allthingscreativeandfun.com/

Kathi  -      http://kathstales.blogspot.com/

Charlene -    http://www.crystaldolphins.net/blog/

Darcy -       http://craftingwithdarcy.blogspot.com/

And here are the items you are looking for.

They should be easy to find.

Look on the blog sidebars near the top!
Pumpkins,  Party Balloons, Fireworks, Party Girl, Color Star, Party Penguin,
Penguin Painter, Dancing Couple, Party Animal, Party Mask,  Party Hat,
Party bunting/banner, Party Confetti, Party Gnome
Complete instructions for entering the Scavenger Hunt is on the
 Outlawz Main Page  PARTY! tab.  

Have fun!!!!
And don't forget to see what other activities
are going on during our Party Week!!

See you there!












It's Sketch Time at The House

 

 

It's getting close to Christmas and what better

time to make a cas card for an overseas friend.

We will be in the height of summer here in Australia

so a snowy scene gives a cooling effect.

 

It is Designer's Choice DCC108 over at

The House that Stamps Built and you can find

Details here

 

I used a sparkly card stock for my base and die cut.

The snow scene is a stamp from an

Inspired by Stamping Christmas Set

I also used

Spellbinders Circles/Vintage Lace Motif

SU Sentiment

Glitter for the snow

Blue Pearl Embossing Powder

Pop Dots

Mini Rhinestones and a few sequins.

 

Thanks for popping in



We're CELEBRATING for Challenge #89 at Send a Smile for Kids

Our challenge over at

Send a Smile 4 Kids is 'Celebrate'

 

Here is my first card.

 



 

I had a bit of fun with my digi Trevor supplied

from Crackerbox Palace

and hand cut different sizes after printing them

out with DP from Stampin' Up.

I started with coloured card stock layering

them and popping the front which was embossed with

I inked the edges and  the bottom design.

Added a touch of iridescent medium for a bit of shine.

The sea 'scene' is stamped with Beyond the Basics

from Stampin Up to depict bubbles.

I also punched a number of circles to go

around the frame.

 

 

For my second card I used the following -

Pre coloured image from The Paper Shelter

Basic card stock in white and green

DP - American Crafts

Spellbinders Fleur de lis die

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

CB Divine Swirls, MS Punch

Flower Sequins

Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella

Sentiment from Inspired by Stamping

 

Sponsors for this 'Celebrate' Challenge are

 

Crackerbox Palace - 3 Digi's with CBP Designs

The Paper Shelter - $20 Gift Certificate

Stitchy Bear - 2 digi's - $6 value.

 

Hope you can join us with your

'Celebration' Cards.

 

Cherrio for now from

 

It's COLOUR WEEK over at JUGS

It's our Lovely Lisa's Turn to Host this week -

lucky for me she chose one of my favourite colours (purple)
 

 

 

 

I did think of making a card with a Thistle as

that is my favourite flower even though it is a weed

but changed my mind when I decided to use the

pretty designer papers -

Purple Haze from American Crafts

 

So here is what else I used on my card for

Colour Week

White & Textured card stock

SU Hexagon Hive.

 I decided not to pop this because I wanted to

 pop the navy blue die cuts

from Spellbinders Hexagon die.

Spellbinders Labels 20

Marianne Designs CR1202 for the big flower

SU Petite Petals (small flowers)

MS Leaf Punch

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping - Birthday Wishes

Rhinestones, beads and brad.

 

***

 

Hope these colours inspire you

and after you have checked out the other

fabulous projects from JUGS

and this month's Guest Wanda -  

join in this weeks Challenge.

 In doing so you could be

our weekly winner and be in the running to join

us as our Guest Designer for December.

 

I look forward to seeing your take on our

COLOUR CHALLENGE.

 

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 





It's TREND WEEK over at Just Us Girls

 

What TREND  have we over at JUGS ?

It is Sue T's turn to host and she has picked a

fabulous Trend for us all to play with called 'OMBRE'

which means to use the

same colours throughout one colour family.

 

 

 

I recently bought a retired stamp set -

 Feeling Sentimental by Stampin' Up

  and am still enjoying all the variety of cards

you can create with it.

 I thought the penny farthing bicycle would be a great choice

for this type of challenge and also

 because it makes a great male card.

***

These are the products I used on my card.

Brown & Cream card stock

Tim Holtz Speckle Stencil on the background

(a little hard to see)

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Vintage Photo & Antique Linen

Sentiment from Stamp It

Variegated Lines Stamp - Prima Marketing

Mounting squares on image.

***

There you have it for this week

a clean and simple card and love the ombre effect I got.

***

Don't forget to pop over and check the other

JUGHEADS cards for more fabulous inspiration

and then enter your card for a chance to be

GUEST DESIGNER in December.

Hope to see yours there.

 

Thanks for stopping by

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



Sketch Challenge time over at The House that Stamps Built

 

Over at The House that Stamps Built

one of their current challenges is their

What If Wednesday Sketch Challenge.

All the details can be found Here

or you can go to their web page Here 

to check out the whole site.

 

 

This is my take on the Sketch below.

 

 

I used the following items on my card -

Basic white, red & brown card stock

DP from Kaisercraft Lazy Rose

Spellbinders Fleur de lis

Spellbinders Fancy Tags & Antique Tags

Spellbinders Vintage Lace Motif Die

Stampin' Up - Best of Flowers Stamp

Sentiment - Gina K Assorted Greetings Stamp

Memento Inks - Love Letter/Angel Pink

Wink of Stella Pen

Red gemstones/twine.

 

Till next time

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 



EARLY Holiday Wishes Challenge #88 at Send a Smile 4 Kids





There's Snowmen a plenty for this

 

'Early Holiday Wishes Challenge'

 

 
Since we don't make snowmen here in Australia at Christmas time
as it is our 'Summer' it was nice to play around
with all things 'SNOWY'
I made this card cas as the Snowman and his little birdie friend
were a perfect fit for the
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder.
The digi image that I used here is from DRS Designs
I used  distress pens and a little coloured glitter
with sheer glitter for the snow.
Basic card stock in red green and white
Scattered rhinestones on the embossed paper.
Sentiment is also from DRS Designs
Spritzed the white card for a little shimmer.

 

Since I was playing with snowmen and this digi image and paper

from Stitchy Bear

was pre coloured I decided to make 2.

I again added some glitter for the snow and on

the snowflake. Also a little variegated twine on the side.

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs.

 

Again I went cas and used the coloured paper

that matched the snowmen's scarves.

Popped the snowmen after cutting out with

Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles.

Finished with sheer ribbon, bow and

SU punch in white.

Sentiment and snowflakes are also from the same set

from Gina K Designs - Snow One Like You.

 

The Winners of this Challenge will receive

Thanks to our Generous Sponsors

 

DRS Designs - $10 Gift Certificate

Stitchy Bear - 3 Digi's to the value of $10

Kitchen Sink - $25 Gift Certificate.

 

Thank you for coming by

 

 

 

JUGS CHALLENGE #261 - WORD

 

I am SO EXCITED to have been chosen to join the

FABULOUS JUGS DESIGN TEAM.
 

 

The Theme for this weeks challenge is from our Host Sharyn and is

Word Week - CELEBRATE.

 

You can find all the details Here

 

SO 

For my first DT card I wanted to make something special.

 I looked through some cards I had pinned and came across

one I thought PERFECT.

Funny enough it was from one of the Team - Vicki Dutcher

   

  I had most of the goodies that Vicki used for her

beautiful card - which you can find it

Here

These are the products I used
White card stock as my base
2 shades of pink c/s for matting
Own Lace
Kaisercraft pearls
Spellbinders Swirl
Kindy Glitz on the flowers.
Also the following are all from
Inspired by Stamping.
The beautiful DP - Vintage Floral
Flowers
Fancy Labels 1
Sentiment - Big Wishes II

There you have it for my first card as part of the
JUGS Team.

Sure hope you have time to add your 'Celebration Card'
over at JUGS because if you get picked for
'Chic of the Week'  in October
you may be chosen as a future Guest Designer.

Please check out the other gorgeous creations
from the other Designers.

Thanks for stopping by





 

It's OFFICIAL - I am a JUGHEAD

It's OFFICIAL

I am now part of the

Awesome Talented Ladies that are JUGS.

 

I was so excited when I got the news that I had been

chosen as one of the new Designers with Chris

You can find her blog  HERE

 

I thought I would showcase a card I made for

a JUGS challenge some time ago as it is

one of my favourites.

 

 

Just a quick posting with my

EXCITING NEWS.

 

Come back on the 4th October to see my

First card as part of the JUGS TEAM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Are you ready for another Fall Colour Challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids?

Yes it is that time of the year when all the leaves on the trees

 start changing colours and falling on the ground

so it was a perfect opportunity to use

this great digi Jumping in Leaves 

from one of our generous sponsors Jelly Park

 

 

 

I had a bit of fun with this one.

I wanted to use flower soft for the leaves

but found I didn't have enough of the right colours so I had a

'brilliant idea' and thought I would try grating wax crayons.

Put dimensional magic on the leaves

and then added the shavings.

As this was a trial run I didn't colour my image first.

Liked what I saw so started colouring and

then put it through the cuttlebug to cut my frame 

and the shavings got crushed

so repeated the first process to add dimension.

DP is from K&Co, sentiment from Gina K and ribbon

is from SU. Also used Spellbinders Ovals/Scalloped Ovals.

 

 

For my second card I chose

 Fall Fence from our sponsor DRS Designs

 

I used the following items -

Brown & white card stock

2 Designer Papers

Burlap or Hessian as we know it in Australia

Spellbinders Labels Eight

Tom Bow markers

Tim Holtz inks

Leaf stamp from GinaK

A little Liquid Pearls for the corn

Sizzix leaves & Fancy That Leafy Swirls

Ribbon & Sequins

 

***** 

 

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

Jelly Park - 4 images of winners choice

DRS Designs -  $10 gift certificate

Sassy Studios - 4 images of winners choice
 

 

and of course don't forget to check out the great

cards the other SAS Designers have created.

You won't be disappointed.

 

Thanks for dropping in

Cherrio from

 

 

 



Trend Week at JUGS Challenge #258

I just couldn't resist having another play with the current challenge
 over at Just Us Girls

Details can be found  Here
 

The end results are always so different.
 

   

I again got out my SU stamp - Inspired by Nature but before

I got to that part I dabbed distress inks onto my

craft mat -  spritzed and then lay my glossy paper onto it

and swirled it around. While it was still wet

I lay an octagon stencil on top to give it
 a little more dimension.

This is when I inked up my stamp with distress ink and

again spritzed it with water and stamped onto the background.

I really liked how it turned out with the flowers looking

a little variegated in colour.
I seem to be in a 'pinky mood' lately.

Stamped the leaves on the bottom,

 framing it onto my white card stock.

The Sentiment is from Gina K cut out

with a spellbinders die.

Added a little shine with iridescent medium on the

flowers and sentiment and

added own ribbon for final touch.

 

Hope you like what I made today and come back again soon.

 



 





Designer's Choice at The House that Stamps Built

 

Over at The House that Stamps Built

 one of their current challenges is their
 Designer's Choice  #DCC910

My great friend Cheri is hosting this one and

is challenging us to use Black White and Grey.

 

Here is my take on her Challenge.

 

This was an easy cas card to make.

I started off with the basic white card stock as my base.

The 4 floral images I stamped

(2 in Memento Black & 2 in Memento London Fog)

using 4 different stamps from Repeat Impressions

and cut out  small squares with a Spellbinder Die.

I added black and grey card stock as a frame.

I backed this with black card stock then

again white which was partly embossed

with Swiss Dots.

2 of the flowers are popped while the other 2 are flat.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

Added a touch of shimmer on the flowers

with a Wink of Stella pen

and finished with 3 tiny rhinestones.

 

That's it for now so till next time

Thanks for stopping by

Cherrrio from