Send a Smile for Kids CAS Challenge #84

It's time for another challenge over at
Send a Smile 4 Kids
and it is CAS (Clean and Simple)

 

I am one that struggles sometimes with just 'simple'
We tend to want to keep adding so here they are.
My first card was fairly simple to make.
I used layers of white card stock and scored the back one
and deciding not to pop them.
Punched the bottom with a MS punch
The lovely digi I coloured is from
DRS Designs called Leaf Butterfly Spray.
  I picked this design so I could make
this card suitable for giving to an Adult as maybe a
'Note of Thanks'
Added a colourful ribbon and a few rhinestones to finish.
 

  

Here is a really simple digi from A Day for Daisies
 I decided she needed to be surrounded by flowers.
The DP's are from American Crafts
Punch for ribbon is Stampin' Up
I used various punches from
 Carl and Martha Stewart for the flowers
The background on the digi is stamped from
SU Beyond the Basics
Fussy cut the sweet little girls dress.
Added Liquid Pearls and Startdust Stickles
 in the centre of the flowers.

Our sponsor's prizes for the Winners are

A Day for Daisies - $12 gift certificate
DSR Designs - $10 gift certificate
Kitchen Sink Stamps - $25  gift certificate

Don't forget to pop over to the other Designer sfrom
Team SAS to see their lovely cards.

Thanks for stopping by and until next time

Cherrio from


 

 

I was Inspired by a Song for Challenge #75 over at The Squirrel & the Fox

I found a great challenge that suited me down to the ground.

It is over at The Squirrel & the Fox

and their challenge is to make a card
inspired by a song or movie

Details are HERE

For this challenge I decided the
beautiful Thistle Image
needed to stand out hence it is cas card.

 

 

With the Commonwealth Games being held over in
 Glasgow Scotland my first thoughts went back to
 seeing Team Scotland march to their

National Anthem - THE FLOWER OF SCOTLAND.

 

Being born in Scotland I love Thistles even though it is a weed
and of course those Scottie Dogs.
How awesome it was to see them take centre stage
as the athletes marched in to the arena.

I have used basic card stock colours for the base and matting
Tartan paper is from a friend who just happens to live in Glasgow.
I cannot remember where this thistle image is from
so cannot give credit to (sorry)
Used a MS punch, own ribbon
and the Scottie Dog was given to me by my sister.
Sentiment is from Just believe by SU.

I really enjoyed making this card because of the
 beautiful thistle image
and just listening to the bagpipes ringing out the
music of  'The Flower of Scotland'

Thanks to the team at The Squirrel & the Fox
for this challenge and giving me the reason
to make this card and remind me of my Homeland.





A Bit of Bling over at The House that Stamps Built

 

I love creating cards with Bling so of course

I had to play with the latest challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built
 

It is Designer's Choice (DCC730)

and my friend Karen is hosting.

 

 

Our challenge is to add 'Sparkle Glitter or Bling'.

 

I have used one of my favourite RI Stamps Tulip Bouquet - 912K.

I  love this stamp because there is so much detail

that it doesn't need colouring.

I used black and white card stock

Designer Paper is from Kaisercraft

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder on black card stock

SU border punch with maroon card stock

Row of bling

Also bling on the centres of the flowers

and added a touch of shine with a gel pen

Finished with a bow using own ribbon.

 

Another quick post so that is it for now.

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

 



Sketch Challenge #206 at The Paper Players

 

 

 

I am again playing with the Retired SU Stamp Set -

Feeling Sentimental and this time for the current

Sketch Challenge #206 over at

The Paper Players

 and you can find all the details HERE

and below is the Sketch.

 

 

I used the following items for this card

Brown Red and White card stock

SU Stamps - Feeling Sentimental and

Beyond Basics on the edges of the brown card base.

Darkroom Door - Postcards for my backing

Burlap (Hessian)

Spellbinders Labels One

Memento and Distress Inks

Kaisercraft pearls

 

Thanks for popping in so

Cherrio till next time

 



It's Christmas - oh in JULY that is for Challenge #83 at Send a Smile 4 Kids.

 

Funny how time flies! Hard to believe we are on the downhill run to

CHRISTMAS!

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Sorry if I scared you into thinking it was December and not July

but I really enjoy making a few early ones and it is a nice change

from what we do the rest of the year.

Also it is so busy by December

it is good to have a few up your sleeve in ready.

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Now that you are relaxed I will fill you in on our challenge over at

SEND A SMILE4 KIDS

 

It is as you have guessed

CHRISTMAS IN JULY... for KIDS

 

 

 

This adorable little girl is from Whoopsie Daisy

and is a pre coloured one (my favourite kind)

which made this card so easy to make.

I used red card stock and the backing papers were

a freebie from a magazine - lucky me.

The white card stock is embossed with a Cuttlebug Folder

I cut out the image from Spellbinder Ovals

The snowflakes I inked to match.

Added a bit of shimmer with Iridescent Medium

and the candle with a gold gel pen.

 

 

Here I have used basic white card stock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Scrapbook Christmas Paper and from Doodle Panty

My Stately Nutcracker Image (popped) is from

 Doodle Pantry again a pre coloured image -

I am so lucky this month with being supplied with

2 pre coloured images from our generous sponsors.

The large snowflake is cut from Jac Paper from a

Cuttlebug die and  glittered.

Finished with a button, twine and sentiment from Gina K Designs.

 

Our Generous Sponsors are

Whoopsie Daisy - 2 Sheets of winners choice

Doodle Pantry - $10 gift certificate

 Sassy Studio Designs - 4 images of winners choice

 

Don't forget to stop by the other Team SAS blogs

to see what they made.

Hope you can get along and enter in our

Christmas in July Card Challenge for Kids.

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by



A Trend and Colour Challenge.

 

I have made a card for 2 challenges

They are for the

 Woodgrain Challenge over at Just Us Girls

and the Colour Challenge at The Paper Players

 

 

For the Jugs Challenge we are to use Woodgrain.

 

 

I recently bought the Hexagon die from Stampin' Up

and have been itching to try it out.

I saw a card recently that had embossing on it

so I used Tim Holtz wood grain textile embossing folder

but unfortunately it isn't as noticeable as I liked so inked it

so it stood out a little better.

 

For the second challenge at the Paper Players

 it is a Colour Challenge

 

 

I got out my favourite Stampin' Up stamp set

Vintage Vogue as I knew it would be perfect

 to attach to the popped cut out die.

I started off with white card stock and followed up by randomly

stamping the flowers and leaves from this set in the colours

to match the above.

I used Rich Razzleberry from SU

and various coloured Memento and Tim Holtz distress inks

on the background.

I fussy cut the flowers popped them after distressing them

 to give them depth.

Added some Kaisercraft pearls to the centres

and a sentiment from GinaK Designs

cut from Spellbinders Circles.

 

So that is it for me for now.

Thank you for stopping by and till next time

Cherrio from

 



JUGS Challenge #249 Trend - Woodgrain



I have been playing with a stamp set I purchased recently

called Feeling Sentimental from Stampin' Up

and saw the new Challenge over at JUGS HERE

and thought I could use one of the stamps

for this wood grain challenge.

It is a CAS card and one you could make into a gift pack.

I also thought this card suitable for the current challenge at

A Creative Need

 Their Challenge #21  is Vacation/Travel.

Now this image reminds me of my trip to Great Britain

with my sister where we saw and experienced

 the London Wheel.

 

 

I used brown red and white card stock

Image and sentiment from Feeling Sentimental by SU

Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder inked with

Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap

Sentiment is inked in Tim Holtz Festive Berries 

Image is popped and distressed.

Cotton trim brad and red twine.

 

And there you have it...

 

I'm off to play with this stamp set some more.

 

Thanks for stopping by so

Cherrio till next time

 



It's CAS over at Crafting with Dragonflies



Over at Crafting with Dragonflies the Lovely Ladies have a

CAS CHALLENGE.

 

Since I got back from my holiday I have been busy on DT duties.

Now that I have got that under control I thought this challenge

a perfect time for ME.

I recently purchased a retired SU stamp and wanted to play with it

and this was the perfect opportunity.

 

 

For this card I used white and black card stock

SU - Feeling Sentimental and popped it.

Dark Room Door - French Script and Postcard stamps

Viva Decor - Crown Lion Wings stamp

Own ribbon and button.

 

I love this SU stamp set and am thinking of making a set

to give to my sister as a birthday gift as it reminds me

of our holiday together in Great Britain.

 

As the challenge says - CAS and there it is.

 

I would also like to enter this in the

Red Rubber Inspirationals Challenge #128 Anything Goes

HERE

 

Thanks for stopping by

 



Challenge #82 - Bright Colours for Kids at SAS4Kids

 

 

It seems like an age since I have been here blogging

as I have been spending the most wonderful time away from home

with my family celebrating a wedding and a birthday ...

 

but now it is back to normal and I am now

  in my craft room again.

 

So it is again time for a NEW CHALLENGE over at

Send a Smile 4 Kids

 

Kids cards are always full of colour and this is exactly what this challenge is all about.

BRIGHT COLOURS FOR KIDS

 

Here is my BOY card.

 I used AKV Construction from our generous sponsor

 Bugaboo Stamps

 

 

 

I used the perfect housing background paper

from American Crafts.

Fussy cut the little houses to add beside my construction man.

Don't you just love him?

I also used hessian (burlap) 

a small piece of scrap paper with bricks for him to stand on

and brads to finish this off.

 

And now it is the GIRLS turn.

 

 

What little girl doesn't like ICE CREAM?

I used bright coloured card stock to match the

 pre coloured background from

another of our generous sponsor's

The Paper Shelter and is popped for a 3d effect.

Cut an extra striped banner and ice cream and popped them.

Dimensional Magic for shine, glitter on the cones and a sprinkling

underneath the cute little girl. I think her ice cream was melting lol

The first background paper fitted the picture and

I added a few stars  and sentiment to finish.

 

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are -

Bugaboo Stamps - 7  digi's of winners choice

The Paper Shelter - $20 gift certificate

QKR Stampede - 5 digi's of winners choice

 

Don't forget to pop by and check out what the other girls from

Team SAS have made.

 

Hope to see you over at

 

 

with your Bright Coloured Cards for Kids.

 

Cherrio from

 

 



Challenge #81 Animal Cards for Kids at SAS4Kids

 

Our challenge this time round for Send a Smile 4 Kids

is to make a card/cards with Animals.  

 

 

I thought the perfect digi to use on this card from

Oak Pond Creations would be the gorgeous Love Kitty.

I was also really excited when I saw a favourite store of mine

 Inspired by Stamping

was one of the generous sponsors for this challenge

 and the accessories would work in beautifully together.

My niece is a cat lover and this card will be

purring it's way to her for her Birthday.

I will just have to add lots of padding so not to damage the flowers.

 

 Items used are -

White card stock

DP from Desert Blooms

Love Kitty was paper pieced

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Ovals/Small Ovals/Labels 8/Flourish

Kaisercraft Pearls

Ribbon from stash

IBS Flowers Crochet Trim

IBS Sentiment - Small Fancy Labels 1

A touch of Kindy Glitz on the Love Kitty

 

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My second card is certainly a fabulous set

from The Cutting Cafe - Under the Sea

with so many different fabulous elements to choose from.

 

 I had a lot of fun stencilling inking cutting etc etc etc

as you can see from below

 

 

I used aqua white  & orange card stock

Memory Box Texture Waive Stencil  for background

Craft Concepts Embossing Folder - Peace

Various Distress Inks

Gel Pen Iridescent Medium

and Glossy Accents

Coloured pencils on fussy cut sea urchins

Twine and Pop Dots

Heat Embossing on Embossed Image

Gina K stamps in background and Sentiment

I think I have added everything I used...

  

Our Generous Sponsors are

 

The Cutting Cafe who has 3 sets of digis or cutting files

  OakPondCreations also with 3 digi's of the Winner's Choice
and  Inspired by Stamping with a Great Gift Certificate worth $15
Thank You.

Phew - that's done so Thanks so much for stopping by
and hope you will pop over to the other SAS Designers
for their inspirational cards.
Till Next Time - Cherrio
 

 



It's Sketch Time over at JUGS #244

 

I have just had time to squeeze this card in for the current

Sketch Challenge over at Just Us Girls 

before I head north for my granddaughter's wedding

 and a family reunion.

 

 

and this is the lovely sketch from Nancy

 that we had to work with -

 

 

The 4 stamped images are heat embossed in white

and are from SU - Good Things Grow and popped

Background is stamped also from SU - Vintage Vogue

in Rich Razzleberry

Ribbon - Purely Pomegranate by SU

Sentiment and flourish are from

Inspired by Stamping - Birthday Wishes & All Year Wishes

Bow is made from Spellbinder Petite Ovals and

JustRite Vintage Labels

Pearls are from Flourish with a Bling

Coloured card stock.

 

Well folks that is it for me for a few weeks apart from

any scheduled posts.

I will be back then to upload the

wedding cards I made - from the Grandparents (us)

from the Bride's Mother

and the Bride's Niece who is flying in from

the other side of Australia.

We will also be celebrating her birthday while she is here too.

So as you can imagine I am getting EXCITED.

 

Thanks for popping in and will be back in a wee while.

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



Challenge #80 is - For the Girls at SAS4Kids

It's time for a New Challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids
 and it is 'The Girls Turn'

Here is what I made.

My first card has the cute image from Heather Ellis
 called Pure Innocence

 

I used these items on the above card -

White Card Stock as Base

DP as backing

Pink Scrapbooking Paper

Spellbinders Opulent Ovals

Sizzix Butterfly Die

Carl Punch

Fussy cut the pink dress

Tombow Markers

Sentiment is from Trendy Circles by Inspired by Stamping

Kaisercraft Rhinestones and own Ribbon

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My second card is made with Red Riding Hood

from Meljens Designs

 

 

I tried to depict Little Red Riding Hood walking in the Woods
 I used the following items

Brown Red & White card stock

Spellbinder's Circles

Tree Stamps and Grass from Repeat Impressions

Tombow Markers

Distress Inks and Gel Pen

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 Our Generous Sponsors for this challenge are

Meljen's Designs - 4 Images non coloured for the Winner

Heather Ellis - 2 Images of Winner's Choice

Oak Pond Creations - 1 digi of Winner's Choice

Don't forget to pop over to the other Team SAS for more inspiration.

That's it for now. Thanks for popping in
Till next time - Cherrio from
 



Inspired by Stamping Blog Challenge #82

The latest challenge over at Inspired by Stamping is their

 May Blog Challenge

 

 

I thought I would try my hand at using Vellum again.

It is something I don't use too often
but love the effect you can get with it.
 

Here is what I came up with.

 

 

I used lots of different items here -

White card stock

IBS - Vintage Floral Paper

IBS Stamps - Birthday Wishes

Elegant Flowers

Birthday Tabs

IBS - Trim

White Embossing Powder

Iridescent Medium

Pink Vellum

Pink Brads

Kaisercraft Sparklet

Diamond Dust on Flower

Mini Rhinestones.

SU Edgelits

 

Here is a closer view of the Diamond Dust

 

 

That's it this time round. So Cherrio for now

 

 

 

 

 

 



JUGS Inspiration Challenge #242

 

 

This weeks JUGS Challenge is an Inspiration one

 and you can find the details  Here

 

I loved the touch of colour with the soft Tulips

 and didn't add too much black

as I wanted the focus to be on the flower.

Hence just a touch as a backing

and a little butterfly and a few pearls.

 

 

This is my take on the lovely Inspiration Photo above.

 

 

I used gold metallic card stock

Black card stock

Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder

Marianne Die for the Flower Flourish

Gina K Vogue Vases was embossed with

 Aged Rose Embossing Enamel

from Stampendous and popped

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Sentiment also from Gina K

Butterfly and Kaisercraft Pearls from stash.

 

I would also like to add this card to

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/simple-salutations-1

to use die cuts and punches.

 

Thanks for dropping in - Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



It's JUGS Colour Challenge Time - #241

 

 

 

This weeks challenge over at JUGS is a Colour One

which you can find  Here

 

and it just so happens that it is my FAVOURITE colour

and here is what I have made

 

 

Cards are hard to photograph sometimes and the true colours

 don't always come up correctly. This is such a time.

Funny how the twine came out right but the rest look blue.

 I can assure you it is Mauve - Orchid. I liked how the

frame turned out all grainy and that is because the

Kraft paper has raised lines through it.

 

I used the following items on my card -

Black card stock

Scrapbook paper for the backing of my Kraft paper

Kraft card stock

Spellbinder Labels 18

Frame from GinaK and heat embossed in white

Sentiment is from IBS - A Lovely Birthday

Trims from my stash

Kaisercraft Pearls

Marianne Die behind the Main Flower

Die-namincs die cut for Flowers

Variegated twine

I would like to enter this also in the following challenges

 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com.au/ - Purple Passion

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/ - Favourite Colour Combo

 

Thanks for stopping by

Cherrio for now

 

 



Challenge #46 at Doodle Pantry

 

As always over at Doodle Pantry their Monthly Challenge is Anything Goes.

The card below is for DPDC #46 



 

I recently received this fabulous pre coloured set

of hydrangeas from Doodle Panty

and wanted to make something nice with them.

I used white card stock as my base and the floral backing

is from the set. I printed out various sized flowers in the

3 different colours and fussy cut them.

Added a little glitter with my gel pens and inked the edges

for an outline. I also scored the white card stock for a frame.

Inked a little stamping on the sentiment - also from this set

and finished the floral background

 with some gold effects with Champagne Mist from Stampin' Up

 

Hope you like what I made today and until next time

Cherrio from



Anything Goes for Challenge #79 at SAS4Kids

It's time for another great Challenge over at

http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

 

and time again for an ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE.

How easy is that?

 

 

With winter nearing an end near the North Pole

I thought this little Penguin would make good use of the

 icy conditions and spend his time Fishin'.

This cute little fellow is from QKR Stampede

 

I used the following items

 

Black White & Red card stock

B&W glitter paper from a matt stack

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Circles

Black & Silver Twine

Red glitter pen

 

 

This beautiful stamp for this card was generously supplied to the

Design Team from Crackerbox Palace

Thank you so much

 

My base is white card stock

Background is Memory Box Texture Waive

Kaisercraft Pearls

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Gold glitter pen to highlight the hair

Distress ink - Stormy Sky 

Watercolour pencils from Faber Castell

 

Our generous sponsor's for this challenge are

 

Crackerbox Palace - $15 Gift Certificate

 

QKR Stampede - 5 Digi's of Winner's Choice

 

Sassy Studios - 4 Images for Winner

 

Don't forget to pop over to the other Team SAS girls

to see what great inspiration they have for you.

 

Till next time

Cherrio from