Dragonflies Challenge Time - An Unusual Fold.

Here we go again over at Crafting with Dragonflies

Our latest challenge for you is to

CREATE A CARD WITH AN UNUSUAL FOLD.

Now isn't that a great idea - get away from our every day type card 

and challenge ourselves to do something a little different.

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

with 4 digi's of the Winner's Choice 

and

Di's Digi Designs
with a $10 gift voucher

Again the Design Team were supplied with images for this challenge from Delicious Doodles and being a Scot there is nothing I like better than what everyone (including myself) calls a weed. 

They are but I still love THISTLES and it is called St Andrew's Day Thistle.

The card I made is not a hard one but is one I like and looks stylish.

Here is the link that I found as inspiration

Folded Paper Frame

and here is my card

A side View

and a close up

I used the following products on my card

Cream card stock

Creative Memories Reminisce Designer Paper

Spellbinder Decorative Labels 27

Spellbinders Antique Frames/Accents

Distress Inks

Glossy Accents

Glitter

Own Ribbon

Kaisercraft pearls.

Please check out our other Design Teams gorgeous creations

Barb

Hilde

Judith

Kelli

Susan

Tania

Hope to see what you come up with after viewing our take on the challenge.

Inspired by Stamping WHW #018 - creating frames

On my last post I showed you a card I made for 

the Inspired by Stamping Ribbon Challenge. 

I am so happy that my name was picked out as the WINNER. 

I can now choose 2 packs of crochet trim and there is 

some beautiful ones there for me to choose. Whoo Hoo

Their new challenge is to create a card using a frame. 

Below you can click on the link to see how Joanne showed us how with her Tutorial.

 http://joannamunster.com/2013/07/03/whw-018creating-frames-with-ibs-nestie-dies/

How often do we use our dies but don't think of using 

2 together to create a lovely frame. 

That got me interested so I got to playing with 

some new Spellbinder dies to do just that.

This is what I came up with.

I used the following products for my card

Basic white card stock

DP - Old World Mat Stack

Spellbinders Opulent Ovals

Spellbinders Vintage Lace Motifs

Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder

Distress Ink - Iced Spruce

GinaK stamp - Assorted Greetings

MS Punches - Hydrangea and Leaves

Fancy That Leafy Swirl

Flower - CR1204 by Marianne Designs

Kaisercraft Pearls

Liquid Pearls 

I really enjoyed making this card for the challenge and hoping next time 

I will have some lovely IBS stamps on my next project for you to drool over.

Till then

 HAPPY CRAFTING

and thanks for stopping by.

Inspired by Stamping Ribbon Challenge #107

Over at Inspired by Stamping there is a challenge to go with their 

Whoo Hoo Wednesday Tutorial which you can find here - 

http://joannamunster.com/2013/06/25/whw-107ibs-ribbon/

I love playing with ribbon and lace 

so I was keen to make a card after seeing the tutorial.

Here is what I made.

What I used - 

White card stock designer papers pink card stock

Heat embossed image added lace with pink ribbon

Added a double bow and some Kaisercraft pearls.

I am entering this card in 

Inspired by Stamping Ribbon Challenge #107 

Thanks for looking. 

It's Music Music Music

Our colour challenge over at Outlawz this week  is Red Green & White and was chosen by Guylou and her twist - which we have every week is  ADD MUSIC.

Don't you just love these guys - could be 4 Tenors.

And where would we be without our generous sponsors. This month we have

https://www.redonkulousdesigns.com/

and here is what I made as part of the Design Team

 for inspiration for our many members.

It was a fairly simple card to make just adding red & green paper 

after I embossed with swiss dots and some music notes.

Added my popped & glittered shamrock  from a Spellbinder cut out 

and attached a small piece of Irish ribbon to match.

I am entering this card in the 

Thank You for the Music Challenge

at 

http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.com.au/

Thanks for popping in to see my work

It's Vintage with Layers & Lace

Here we are already into our 5th Challenge over at 
Crafting with Dragonflies. 

It only seems like yesterday we were the new

'Blog on the Block'

And now we are moving on to
Our New Challenge for you which is

It's Vintage with Layers & Lace

Our Sponsors for this challenge are

who generously supplied the DT with our choice of images.

I chose French Love Letter - perfect for the theme of my card PARIS.

and

Here is my card

I started with black cs and topped it with scripted dp.

Added layers with blue floral print and a pale rose pink paper.

Both these have been pierced around the edges.

Behind the main focal image are some Spellbinder flourishes.

For the main image I stamped the Eiffel Tower over the 

French Love Letter Script

and then various other stamps randomly on the page. 

All stamps are from Kaisercraft

Inked the edges with black to highlight.

Sponged with Peacock Feathers & Victorian Velvet Distress Inks and gold shimmer.

I also sponged my double bow with ribbon from Kazazz with Victorian Velvet 

and placed a few pearls to add the final touch.

Hope you like what I have made for your inspiration 

and you will pop over to my other Design Team Friends 

to see what lovely Vintage they have made for you too.

Barb

Hilde

Judith

Kelli

Susan

Tania

Once you have done that we would love to see

YOUR VINTAGE LAYERS & LACE.

I am entering this card in the Vintage Challenge over at

http://pinkbydesignstamps.com/2013/06/24/vintage-challenge/#.Ucosxzs6Jc0

and

http://joannamunster.com/2013/06/20/june-blog-hop-vintage-theme/

Inspiration from Just Us Girls Challenge #194

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/just-us-girls-194-inspiration-photo.html

I found this fabulous inspiration challenge and just had to enter. 

I love the bright colours of yellow black and white as they always seem so fresh.

I thought for this challenge CAS would be perfect

 to showcase the colours so here is what I made

HOW

Started with the basic white card stock and topped with 

a layer of swiss dots embossed paper.

Loved the bright yellow and though it a perfect highlight

 by using the good oldSpellbinders Fleur de Lis

I then showcased the white with the Marianne Quinn Flourish Die

and added a folded black & white flower topped with a yellow button.

Finished with a strip of black velvet ribbon and a sentiment for Stampin' Up.

A nice cheerful cas card suitable for any occasion.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

A Bit of Sparkle & Sprinkle - Sketch Challenge SNSSC20

I found a new craft site recently and found that over at

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com.au/

they have a fabulous little sketch challenge for this month and it is a

Sketch Challenge

I had a little bit of fun with this and here is what I came up with

HOW - 

Burgandy and white card stock

Inked the background - French Script with SU Rich Razzleberry on burgandy paper

Added 2 different ribbons

Cuttlebug embossing script on background tag

Stamped Just Right Labels 20 

and Gina K sentiment in Rich Razzleberry

on a Spellbinders Label 8 cut out.

Added a double bow and some rhinestones to finish.

That's it for this challenge but have a few more in the making 

so come back soon for updates.

Just a reminder that a new challenge over at

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.co.uk/

will go live tomorrow Wednesday 26th June 

and I will have my DT item uploaded here.

Thanks as always for visiting.

A Day to Scrap - GOING HOME Layout.

I finally got back into doing some scrapbooking thanks to the

Scrapbook Challenge 20 - 06/20/13

over at http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/ this week. 

Our challenge is an Anything Goes but we must use stamps on our page.

I must admit I had started on this layout and has been on the

  to finish list for a little while. 

My card making seemed to have overtaken lately. 

But not yesterday. It was a dreary cold wintery rainy day

 - perfect to get my head in and finish my layout.

This will be the last double page of my 

Homecoming Scotland Trip 

I took with my sister/husband my niece and cousin.

I stamped the top page with a Kaisercraft travel stamps and

 the bottom with a grunge stamp from Tim Holtz.

Added lots of memorabillia from the airline we flew with.

Photos were taken at Heathrow and Dubai Airports.

Hope you like it and Thank You for visiting.

Sketch Time over at The House that Stamps Built.

It had been a long time since I have had a chance to enter my cards over at 

The House that Stamps Built 

and is so nice to be able to get back there for one of their current challenges - 

A SKETCH.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-j1213/

Please go over and check out what 

The Rock Stars have made for our inspiration.

I was at a Papercraft Convention in Brisbane last week end 

and I was eager to try out some new Spellbinders dies 

I had purchased and thought this was a perfect time to do so.

My base card stock is white and topped with Geometric Circles embossing folder 

which was spritzed with SU Rich Razzleberry.

Top dies used were - Floral Ovals Opulant Ovals and Radiant Rectangles.

Inked the Repeat Impressions Stamp Flowering Vine 4314 -K 

in Rich Razzleberry. Finished with a Carl punched flower and Liquid Pearls.

Thanks for popping in to see my latest creation.

It's a new Colour Challenge over at The Outlawz

It is Colour Challenge time again over at The Outlawz. 

As you may know I was recently asked to be on the 

Design Team for the Colour Challenge Group. 

Each week one of the Design Team gets to choose the colour palette and twist. 

This week was my turn and below is what I came up with. 

I loved the soft colours of these roses  - a perfect colour combination.

Of course there is always a twist and I love layering  - so there too is my Twist.

Again our generous sponsor is

https://www.redonkulousdesigns.com/

Here is what I made

I used a creamy pearl paper throughout embossing the background and sponging in pink and apricot ink for the first layer. The second layer I used a MS punch attaching my own apricot ribbon to it - second layer then added one of my favourite Spellbinder dies - the poinsettia cut out with mottled dp. 

The leaves are also from the cream card stock - more layers. 

Added a bit of glitter with a gel pen to the centres of the flower and leaves 

and finished off with a pearl brad and a tag with sentiment from GinaK

Hope you get a chance to pop over to The Outlawz and check out all the

 different challenges there - one for every day of the week 

and also see what the other talented Ladies from the 

Colour Challenge have made for inspiration. 

Thanks for popping in to see my work. I  appreciate you taking the time to do so.

New challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies - Make a Box.

Our challenge for you over at Crafting with Dragonflies 

this fortnight is to

  Make a Box - any theme.

but before I get into the details I would just love to say how awesome it was to see 
SO MANY enter our 'One for the Girls" Challenge.
 It was enormously popular and so rewarding to see you uploading them to our blog.

Just a word about our challenges. 
To be eligible for our Sponsored Prizes you need to be a follower.
and our simple rules are here
 http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge-rules.html

Our sponsor QKR was generous in giving the Design Team
 a digi image to work with.
 I chose QKR1705 Rose.

I decided to make a box for my cards to fit nicely inside and is perfect as a gift 
for someone who likes handmade cards and just adds that personal touch.

Here is what I made.

My box with cards displayed

- cards inside

close up of QKR1705 Rose highlighted with gold gel pen.

This is the Tutorial on how I made it.

and the items I used to do so - 

All papers used are from American Crafts - Purple Haze

Spellbinders Fancy Labels 2 behind Rose

Spellbinders Labels 20 

Spellbinders Blossoms 3

Martha Stewart & SU punches

Marianne Die LR0139

Gina K stamps - Dogwood & Butterflies & Country Roads

Kaisercraft pearls

Own ribbons

Our prizes for this challenge are sponsored by

QKR - 5 Digis of winner's choice

Sassy Studio Designs - 4 Digis of winner's choice

Don't forget to pop over to the other Design Teamies to see their gorgeous boxes on their blogs.

Barb

Hilde

Judith

Kelli

Susan

Tania

Thanks for visiting my blog and hope to see your creations over at

 Crafting with Dragonflies.

Outlawz Challenge Cards

It is that time of the week and I have made a couple of cards for the current challenges over at The Outlawz

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/

This weeks CAS challenge is 'Pillow Fight' - all about Feathers 

so my card is really CAS

As you can see it is really just that.

I have used black and orange card stock for the base.

I cut out a circle to use as a mask and coloured the white card stock with 

Memento Peanut Brittle

The swan image is from GinaK as is the sentiment. 

The swirl is one from my stash.

I finished off my card with a gold gel pen 

around the swan to give it a bit of shineand there you have it.

I am a Guest Designer this month for the Greeting Challenge and 

here is what I have made for that one.

We had to create a Wedding or Anniversary project in gold or silver.

What I used - 

Cream card stock MS punch Spellbinders Labels 20 

Kaisercraft pearls and own ribbon

Sentiment is from GinaK

I am also on the Design Team for their Colour Challenge 

and this week our colours and twist were chosen by Roxann

and Ursula posted this challenge which is sponsored by

 

https://www.redonkulousdesigns.com/

I made a CAS card for this one as I had been away on holiday for a few weeks.

I used the Honeycomb Embossing Folder from SU with Spellbinders Labels 20 

some ribbon from Kazazz and added a little bit of bling.

Thanks for coming over to check out my latest cards.