Colour Challenge at Outlawz

 

 

Here is my card for this weeks Colour Challenge over at

The Outlawz using one of the fabulous digi's

from our sponsor's this month

 

 

Here is the gorgeous Inspiration Photo Penny picked for us

and this week we use the main colour

and use any other 2 colours of our choice.

We also get to choose our own Twist.

 

I printed out the black & white image then the pre coloured

one with a Spellbinder circle and used it as a highlight.

Added a sentiment from Gina K and some dewdrops to finish.

 

A fairly easy one again this week.

Be back with my next card for Outlawz next week.

 

Cherrio for now

 

 

 



Another Word Week Challenge Card at JUGS

 

 

I have had a bit of fun making my second card for the

 WORD Challenge

over at JUGS and again I went CAS

 

 

You can find the details HERE

 

I used basic card stock for base and top and

Textured card stock for matting.

Stamps/Sentiment are from Gina K

Distress Inks

SU Beyond Basics stamp in corner

Paper Piercing

Sequins

 

Thanks for stopping by

Cherrio from

 

Word Week Challenge #257 at JUGS

 

 

I love seeing the changing colours of the leaves

in our Autumn,

even though it isn't happening at present

here in Australia as we are heading into

the beauty of Spring

but perfect for making some Fall Colour cards

for some of the Challenges around at present.

 

SO

 

This weeks challenge over at JUGS is their

WORD WEEK and it is LEAVES.

 Perfect.

 

 

For this card I went CAS using

Metallic Gold card stock

Red and green card stock

Cuttlebug Leaves

Swiss Dots embossing folder

SU Champagne Mist on the cream leaves

Cream wool behind the leaves (it looks grey)

Button

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Spellbinders Fancy Tags/Circles

Leaf spray is popped.

 

That's it for this card but I will

be back soon with more...

 

 



SAS4Kids Challenge #86 is to make Cute Fall/Halloween cards for Kids

Hello there again from SAS4Kids
It is time again for another great challenge
and this time it for Cute/Halloween cards.
 

 

My first card is pretty simple using 2 of the lovely images from

Cracker Box Palace.

 

I used the sentiment - Autumn Blessing and digi - Pumpkin.

Other items I used are -

White & Black card stock

SU Designer Paper

Sizzix leaves & butterfly

Spellbinders Labels 1 & 8

Paper piercing

Memento Inks - pistachio, olive grove and peanut brittle

Tombow and gel pens

Faber-Castell water colour pencils

Own ribbons and black rhinestone.

 

 

I am not really into the Halloween thing but

WOW I loved the images I picked from our generous sponsor

The Cutting Cafe' (Halloween Time)

I decided to print the haunted house with orange paper

the ghosts in white and fussy cut them.

The bats were hand cut and

added dimensional magic for shine.

Designer paper is Kaisercraft Blast Off

Framed behind the dp and house with grey paper

MS punch for the fence

Spellbinders Circles Die

JustRite Vintage Labels

Own ribbons and finished with a

black rhinestone for the door knob.

 

Sponsoring this time are

The Cutting Cafe' - 3 sets of digis or cutting files

Cracker Box Palace - $15 gift certificate

Stitchy Bear - 2 digis $6 value

 

Thank you to the these generous Sponsors.

 

Please take the time to pop over to the other Designers

to see what wonderful creations

they have made for this challenge.

 

After you enter your card/cards please consider

sending to inpatients of our eight children’s hospitals.

All the information you need is HERE

 

Thanks and Cherrio from

 

 

 



It's Spring Time at The Outlawz

 

Over at The Outlawz for the month of September we have

the most amazingly generous sponsor

 

Fred She Said

 

The Design Team for the Colour Challenges

got to pick which digi's they would like to use.

So each week in September I will show you what I made.

 

This was the perfect month for us in Australia

as it is SPRING and that means FLOWERS.

 

This is the photo and colour combination chosen by
Laurian

Each week is different and so too our Twist.

This week it is to add something with Wings.

 

Here is my first creation for September.

 

 

I used 3 different coloured card stock to match my image.

I pierced the pricking pattern around the framed rose which is

a pre coloured one. I just added a little colour to the edges.

The beautiful rose and the pricking pattern

 is from the Diamond Rose Set

and the butterfly from the Marigold & Morpho Set

I was really pleased how this card finished up thanks to

the beautiful images in my favourite colour from Fred She Said.

 

Hope you liked my card and you will come back
 next week to see the next colour challenge card.

 

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jugs #256 Challenge - Wildcard Week

 

This week over at Just Us Girls the challenge is
anything other than a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card.

I love making cards a bit out of the normal
and did this just recently.

Perfect for me to enter into this challenge.

 

Here is what I made

 

 

The piano keys are from a die cut and attached

 to the piano shaped black card stock.

Added cut out flowers with a little bling

a few leaves ribbon and scattered pearls.

The sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

 

Thanks for popping in. I love reading  your comments.

Cherrio from

 

 



Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge #85 is Anything Goes

Our new challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids

 is the ever popular one

 

ANYTHING GOES.

 

 

For this challenge I used a digi from one of our generous sponsors

 Dollar Graphics

This card was easy to make by just adding some embossing

 twine and cut out fishes attached to some net and

the little guy going fishin'

Good to see he caught a few lol

 

For my second card my digi came from another generous sponsor

Oak Pond Creations

I'm afraid I didn't do justice to this digi with my colouring of

the border collie but I just loved the cute expression

on his face and thought the Love You sentiment was perfect

especially as he is sitting behind the fence.

Was he left behind or did he get up to some mischief?

I again embossed the background and added layers

 a little strip of tartan ribbon

Stamped some paws for effect and punched out

2 heart shapes for the sentiment.

Finished with a few black pearls.

 

Our sponsor's for the Winners are

 

Dollar Graphics - $15 Gift Certificate

Oak Pond Creations - 3 Digi's of the Winner's choice

Fred She Said - $10 Gift Certificate

 

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors.

 

Please check out the other blogs from

TEAM SAS to see their great work.

 

Till next time - Cherrio from

 



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

 

*** 

 

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