Altered Item at Crafting with Dragonflies. Challenge #19

We are challenging you to do something different for our

New Challenge over at

Crafting with Dragonflies

 

We would like to see your creativity flow by altering a tin or jar

with a Vintage Theme.

 

Here is what I made

A Money Jar to put your 2 cents worth for your phone calls

to go with the telephone digi

supplied by our Sponsor

Digistamps4joy

 

and this is how I started - the jar

 

 

Using a digi supplied by our sponsor above

I played around with it by copying it a multitude of times

inked in various colours added perfect pearls

and clear embossing it.

 

 

I scrunched it up to add effect then attached it to the jar.

 

 

Added lace with iridescent cotton and attached a

bag charm with $.

On the lid I glued old 1 and 2 cent pieces which is

old currency here in Australia.

The flower was made similar to the covered jar

again using the telephone digi (impossible for you to see lol)

with Tim Holtz Tattered Florals cut several time and finished

with an antique button.

Hope you will join in on our latest challenge

and be sure to go and visit the other Dragonflies blog

to see their awesome altered items.

 

Thanks for stopping by



It's 'One for the Boys' Challenge 72 at Send a Smile 4 Kids.

'One for The Boys'

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are

The Paper Shelter and Jelly Park

who supplied the Design Team with some

 Great Images to play around with.

 

 

My first card is from The Paper Shelter

and I used pre coloured digi's

(my favourite kind) I used basic white card stock for my base.

I topped that with paper embossed with Quickutz Polka Dots.

I backed the main image with deep orange paper and popped.

Added a little bit of orange glitter pen to parts of the background

and heat embossed the sand with

Brown Sugar embossing Powder.

My sentiment aloha is from GinaK.





When I saw this image from Jelly Park I immediately thought of
Snoopy and 'The Red Baron'  so had to colour the plane red.
He's such a cute little guy and what better way to have him doing
what Snoopy would have done -
freefalling through the sky and clouds.
 I cut the clouds out of mulberry paper to give them some depth.
I chose these colours too as this card will land up in the USA
and some 'Little Hero' will receive it

Don't forget to check out what the other
Team SAS girls have made.
Hope you will join in on the FUN and send your card
tohelp bring a smile to some sick children.
For information on this please check
Guidelines for Donated Cards.

Our winners will receive from
Jelly Park - 4 Images of your choice
The Paper Shelter - $20 Gift Certificate
Sassy Studio - 4 Images

Thanks for stopping by.



Mod Squad Challenge - case a Designer.

 

Currently over at the Mod Squad this weeks challenge is

to CASE a designer's card.

You can find the details for this

challenge over at this new blog HERE

 

The designer that I chose is Cheri Weston

and you can see her card HERE

at Stamp TV.

 

I used the following products for my card -

 

Basic card stock

DP from Kaisercraft -  Floral Delight

The tag was a perfect match to the paper so

I decided to use that instead of a stamped sentiment.

Spellbinder - Lotus Die (one I love using even though it is an oldie)

Behind the tag I heat embossed a rose stamp from Gina K

with mauve powder on the mauve paper.

Own ribbon

Added rhinestones in 2 sizes for a little bling to match

the sparkle in the ribbon.

 

 





Sketch Challenge Time at The House.

 

 

One of the current challenges over at

The House that Stamps Built is their

Sketch Challenge What if Wednesday Sketch Challenge # J2214

 

I love finding time to enter these challenges as

they are always fun and you can let your imagination run free.

Here is what I made

 

 

from this

 

 

I don't know why it is

whenever you use purple paper

it always photographs blue.

 

What I used -

White card stock

Purple textured white core card stock

embossed with CB - Dawny

DP is from Magical Moments

Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

Stamped flowers and background

from SU Vintage Vogue ( a favourite of mine)

Butterflies from Sizzix

Own binding rhinestones and brads

 

I am also entering this is the following challenge 

http://flourishes.org/2014/01/timeless-tuesday-256-2014-pantone-color/

as I have used the colour purple.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

 

My Purple Poinsettia's

 

I made this card a little while ago for a Special Girlfriend

 but have never uploaded it for a challenge

as I wanted to keep it for something special.

I found 2 challenges that I would like to enter this card in

They are



http://flourishes.org/2014/01/timeless-tuesday-256-2014-pantone-color/

where we need to use any shade of Purple (my favourite colour)

and

http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/2tc68-give-me-t-p-e.html

and use tape and something with the letters T A P E.

I chose my Poinsettia's.

I wanted to make this card different and found

 this great tutorial below



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad0U2c8C9qc

 

It is a flower pot card and the top part pulls out

to add your greeting to it.

As this was a personal message I can't show it here.

I changed the size to suit.

I used
Tape with glitter at the very top of the flower pot

 Iridescent mauve card stock

Heartfelt Creations Layered Elegant Swirls

Spellbinders Poinsettia Die & Flourish

MS Punches

Kaisercraft Sparklets

Mini Rhinestones

Marianne Designs Poinsettia

Distress Inks

Own silver ribbon.

 

Hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it

and my girlfriend was delighted too.

 



Sweet Treats - DCC115 Challenge over at The House

 

I made this SWEET and SUGARY card for a

colour challenge over at The Outlawz

 and realized it fitted perfectly for the current

Designer's Choice challenge

over at The House that Stamps Built -  HERE.

 

 

The fabulous digi is from StichyBearsDigiOutlet.

It was a fun card to make with lots of colour bling and

some balloon embellishments I got as part of a Christmas present.

I added a doily and stand for the cake to sit on.

 

 



The Dragonflies are Back

 

 

I hope you all enjoyed your time over The Festive Season

and as the New Year begins so to it does for us to start
 another year of Great Challenges over at
Crafting with Dragonflies

 

 

To ease you into the New Year we are going with an

ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE.

Now how easy is that - you can let your minds go into overdrive

with ideas then put them on paper.

 

I got itchy fingers over the break and landed up
 making 2 cas cards and couldn't decide
 which one to use so am putting them both up here.

 

 

On the card above I used -

White card stock

Unknown DP as backing

Spellbinders Lacey Circles & Circles

GinaK butterfly and sentiment stamp

Own flowers lace and ribbon

Kaisercraft Pearls

Kindy Glitz on the butterfly and a flower

 

 

and on this one -

White card stock & pink scrap paper

Kaisercraft Sweet Pea DP

Sizzix Framlets

 American Crafts Paper Flower

Spellbinders Antique Frames & Accents

GinaK Sentiment

Added colour to the background with a

brush dipped in Distress Ink.

 

So I hope you will get creative and join in

our first challenge for 2014.

 

Don't forget to check out the rest of

 the Dragonflies blogs

for what inspired them.

Thanks for looking.

 

 



Anything Goes Challenge for Send A Smile 4 Kids

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

The theme for this challenge is Anything Goes and is sponsored by

Doodle Pantry - winner receives $10 gift certificate
A Day for Daisies - winner received $12 gift certificate
QKR Stampede - winner receives 5 digi's of their choice
 

For my first card as part of the Design Team
 I chose a gorgeous pre coloured digi from Doodle Pantry

https://doodlepantry.com/ called Quirky Owl.

  

 

 I used the following items on this card

Quill Paper -  K&C Sweat Pea DP -  GinaK Wisteria Lane DP
Spellbinders Circles & Lacey Circles Ovals
SU ribbon
  

 

The second card I made is with a digi from

A Day for Daisies http://adayfordaisies.com/
 

For this card I used white cs

and purple haze dp from American Crafts.

Marianne Die CR1204

CB With Love embossing folder (one I haven't used for a long time)

Sizzix Adorning Accents Die

MS Hydrangea Punch for the flowers

Glossy Accents on the hat

Gold gel pen to highlight the hat necklace and dress

I coloured my image with Faber Castell watercolour pencils.

Paper pierced around the purple haze paper which is hard to see.

A tiny purple heart at the end of sentiment.

Don't forget to pop over to the other DT

to see what lovely cards they also made for your inspiration. 

 

Hope you get the chance to join in this challenge to start off the New Year.

 

 

 

 

 

Send a Smile 4Kids - a Very Special Kind of Blog

 

 

 

A little while ago I got the privilege of becoming the newest Design Team Member for
Send A Smile 4 Kids and you can check their blog below -

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

 

If you are unaware of what this blog does - well it is not just your every day blog

Of course there are their challenges where they have awesome sponsors

who donate great prizes but the best part is

you can donate those cards to sick children.

Please check the Guidelines on their blog for details.

I made this card as part of my introduction to Team SAS.

The gorgeous image is a pre coloured digi

called Quirky Owl from Doodle Pantry

 https://doodlepantry.com/

I have had so much fun playing with this digi.

 

I used Quill card stock

Tim Holtz Embossing folder and lightly sanded

Cut out Spellbinders Circles

Tag is from JustRite Antique Tags

Sentiment from GinaK

Cuttlebug Stars Die

 Carl Star Die with added glitter

 

I am looking forward to my first challenge with the rest of

The Design Team on Saturday 18th January.

 

 

Jugs Sketch Challenge

Over at Just Us Girls blog the current challenge is A Sketch

 

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/sketch-challenge-and-special.html

 

Here is what I made

 

I am hoping I get this in by the skin of my teeth as I have had internet problems

and time is running out.

 

This was the sketch we had to work from.

 

I have used card stock and designer paper for the background.

The floral stamp is from Close to My Heart and this is

the first time I have used it.

I clear embossed the flowers on different coloured paper and popped them.

Sentiment is from GinaK

Finished with a few pearls.

 

That's it for now. Phew!

 

Ina.

 

 

 



Something New for the New Year

A New Year has begun and with it New Challenges.

My first for the year is of course from one of my Favourite Sites

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

and one of the current challenges is

Designers choice challenge DCC11 New to You

I went for cas for this one and my "something's new" are

the Repeat Impressions Stamp - 1713 which I finally mounted just yesterday 

and the DP I bought over the Christmas break and is from American Crafts. 

I loved how bright and cheerful the paper looked 

and thought it would go beautifully with the stamp.

I used white card stock as my 2 bases and stamped the image

with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. 

I also inked the sentiment from GinaK with the same ink.

Added a little pink Kindy Glitz to the flowers.

Also scored around the edges and the cut out is from Sizzix Edgelits.

It was so nice to get back into my nearly tidy craft room 

to create this card. 

That LAST MINUTE TAG DCC1218

 

 

Talk about last minute - my tag below certainly was that.

I had to make one to put on my niece's gift.

 I had made a few tags as part of my DT duties

 but did not match the ribbon I used.

Fortunately I got to use a new stamp I got from Repeat Impressions

and I will enter it in their   Designer's Choice - Last Minute Christmas card or tag

 

 

 

It came together fairly quickly. I used some Christmas scrapbook paper and inked the

Repeat Impressions Tree Stamp 2719 with white and glitter embossing powder,

 added some small red dots with Liquid Pearls star dust stickles and dimensional magic

a strip of gold ribbon and edged with a MS punch.

Finished it off by adding a present under the tree and a few stars and red pearls.

Phew - all done...

Now just need to pack the car and head down to my niece's house for Christmas.

 

Wishing all my Blogger friends a

MERRY CHRISTMAS.

 

 

 

 

 



It's TAGGED

 

 

IT'S THE FINAL DRAGONFLY CHALLENGE

 

Don't worry -  it is just for this year. We will be back on the 22nd January

to entice you with another year full of interesting challenges.

 

But for our final challenge it is for all those last minute

 Christmas Gifts that need TAGS.

 

As my children/grandchildren are older and don't live close by

I put money in their accounts so they can save up for something really special

like my grandson did and bought himself an expensive cricket bat

or maybe just pamper themselves.

I do however make a few for relatives.

 

So to get on with the challenge and stop blabbing -

 

We are looking for tags you make to put on those

all so important gifts you spent either making or buying.

 

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

 



with 4 digi's of the Winner's Choice

 

and

 

 

with 5 digi's of the Winner's Choice.

 

I selected my image from QKR Stampede

 (QKR 19603 Pine Cone Accent)

 

I got carried away and landed up making three tags.







 





 

I used Spellbinders Labels 18 on this tag for the back tag.

Inked with distress ink to highlight the Cuttlebug Christmas Embossing Folder.

The top tag has 3 layers coloured slightly with different coloured Distress Inks

The Digi image was coloured and added Stickles Frosted Ice on the

cones to represent Ice. Added dimentional magic to the leaves and topped with glitter.

Again I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the image.

Added an embellishment from my stash and some twine to hang it with.

 

 

What can I say about these 2 tags - hmm

Of course I used my digi from QKR

I used 2 postage tags inked up with various coloured

 distress inks some PearEx for shimmer a few stamped images

white crayon on one of the tags again to try and get a snowy effect

burlap (hessian here in Australia) behind the digi and to hang one of the tags

 MS punch Spellbinder Circles Dies

JustRite Die Christmas ribbon Glitter Gems

and on the image I used Diamond Dust but could not get

a true photo of how the cones sparkle.

 

I think I have covered all the goodies I used on these tags.

As you can imagine there were products spread far and wide

in my craft room to create these tags.

Hope you were inspired to make some tags for our last challenge

and look forward to seeing your work.

 

Don't forget to check out the other Design Team Members Blogs

on the right hand side to see their gorgeous tags too.

 

That is it for me for my Dragonflies Challenges for this year

and would like to thank Hilde for inviting me to be a

Designer on her Team. I have enjoyed these challenges

as it has certainly had me out of my comfort zone a few times

but in doing so has given me the chance to explore and enjoy

my craft in different ways.

 

I would like to say Thank You to all those that have been so kind in

leaving me lovely compliments during the year

and wish you all

 

A Merry and Safe Christmas

and a Happy New Year.

 



It's Sketch Time at The House # N2713

 

 

I have said it before but will again - one of my favourite sites to go to for some

great challenges is http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

and there is just a wee bit of time for me to enter their current

What If Wednesday Sketch Challenge which can be found HERE

 

 

 

I went away from a Christmas card for this one

and decided to go a bit flowery.

I kept pretty much to the sketch.

Found some pretty DP to use as a backing

which started off with the usual white cards stock.

 I topped that with another piece which I embossed with

Polka Dots from QuicKutz. Cut 2 pieces of coloured card stock

with SU Edgelets Adorning Accents.

The floral image and sentiment is from GinaK. I touched the back flower

with a coloured gel pen fuzzy cut a second one popped it and

 added a little dimensional magic to the centre and a few gold dots to the stamen.

Finished off with 3 small pieces of ribbon and 2 brads.

 

I recently won their $25 gift certificate and bought some great stamps

which I will be using soon for their Christmas with Trees Challenge - HERE.

 

Thanks for stopping by. I really appreciate your comments.

 



It doesn't snow here ...but

Christmas and Winter come together for the Northern Hemisphere and

Christmas where I live is Sunny and Hot but

I do like playing with snowmen and you can't have them without

 adding lots of bling or sparkle. 

 

This bring me to why I am here.

Over at Send a Smile 4 Kids I found a great challenge

that suited my little snowman.

 

 

My card was really a simple one with the basic white card stock

and topped with blue. I embossed the card stock with a Cuttlbug embossing folder

glammed it up with some Star Dust Stickles.

My little snowman (small snowflakes and sentiment) is a stamp from GinaK

 which I coloured in non traditional Christmas colours for something a little different.

Finished it off with more glitter including some at the bottom to

try and represent snow. The snowman has Stickles Frosted Snow on his body.

 

Looking at him makes me feel a little cooler

but I certainly wouldn't like to have snow outside my house

as I love the warmer weather. Of course photos of snow covered

trees and houses are lovely to LOOK at.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Check back on Wednesday for something else I have been having fun with.

 



Christmas is COMING.

 

Time to try your hand at making some Christmas Tree Trimmings

and our Challenge this fortnight

at Crafting with Dragonflies is to make a

 

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FOR YOUR TREE OR WALL.

 

 

Some time ago I bought a pack of empty baubles that you pulled apart

and added photos to - perfect for one of the digi's  picked from our sponsor

 

 

Bugaboo Site

 

and the above photo is one that I played with.

They are double sided so I decided to use 2 different images.

I coloured and added glitter to them and around the edges.

Also added - big tartan bow, small bows ribbons

 and a few other little embellishments.

 

 

 

Not the easiest things to photograph so please excuse

the quality of these photos.

 

Hope you find a little time to create something for your tree or wall

for our latest challenge. We sure would love to see them

 

Also don't forget to check out the other Dragonflies on the right side bar

to see what lovely decorations they have made.

 

Thanks for popping in - always appreciate you taking the time to do so.

 Till next time -  Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



WHW #124 Tutorial

 

 

When I saw the latest Tutorial over at Inspired by Stamping 

I was fascinated with the result that Kendra got from such a simple little trick  HERE

by using painter's tape.

 I was hoping I had time to play with this and so pleased I did.

 

 

I used the technique on the 3 banners underneath the flower and

also the strip under the ribbon inking with the 3 colours I used on the banners.

Products I used are -

Cream Parchment card stock although it looks white.

Marianne Designer Paper - Dark Vintage

IBS - Vintage Labels 1

IBS Vintage Frames for Sentiment

Johnson & Johnson Cloth Tape for inking

MS Leaves

Distress Inks - Festive Berries Antique Linen Frayed Burlap

and Memento Pistachio

Store bought ribbon flower.

 

Sure hope you like my take on this tutorial.

 

 

 



November Blog Hop - IBS Crochet Trim & Ribbon

The latest Stamp Release over at

Inspired by Stamping was full of beautiful Vintage images.

So what better way to try one of them on this latest challenge.

Here.

 

 

Items I used

Cream Metallic card stock.

Merci Vintage Romance paper.

Marianne Die CR1204.

Cottage Cuts Oval Doily/Frame and inked background.

with stamp from Vintage Dress Form (New Release)

All stamps used are from the above stamp set.

Distress Inks - Frayed Burlap Antique Linen Victorian Velvet.

Ribbon from Kazazz and from stash.

Crochet Trim from IBS

Flowers from IBS

Tiny pearls

Fuzzy cut the silhouette frame after inking

 the necklace with distress embossing powder.

I really enjoyed making this card as the majority of goodies

came from Inspired by Stamping.

 If you haven't been there I urge you to do so. You won't be disappointed.

 

Thanks for coming by.

 I really appreciate it especially when you leave comments.

Hope you will come back again.