There are Angel Wings on The Cheerful Stamp Pad

Challenge #73 at the Cheerful Stamp Pad is Angel Wings and the sponsor is Michelle Perkette.  I used an image I found in my pile of scraps, it was already coloured, I don’t know the name or company of the stamp as I haven’t located it in my array of to be sorted stamps.

 

Since the image was already coloured I went with blue and white for my theme. The believe “charm” I bought at the Dollarstore 4 or 5 years ago and now am finally using it. I threaded some wh[te/silver ribbon layered with blue ribbon  Layered the image on a blue die cut oval. The background was embossed with a butterfly folder.

Thanks for stopping by today and please check out the challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.

It’s Saturday and time for a new Challenge….it’s a Thing

Challenge #149 at the Drunken Stampers the theme is THING and the thing is CHIPBOARD!!! Team Yellow Canary has lots of inspiration on the blog so don’t forget to head over and check them out!!

Chipboard is not one of my usual things to work with, I have some coasters (from the bar) and some chipboard letters as well as some odd buckles and other pieces too but really don’t know how to utilize them. I have been thinking for two weeks on how to make something work, the first two ideas went out the window, I knew I wanted to make a Christmas card and once I decided on the stamp it went together quickly. Here is what I came up with…….

The stamp I used is one of the first stamps I bought when I started stamping, it is from Hero Arts  and is called Sketch Snowman. I embossed the white layer with a cuttlebug folder from the Winter Wonderland set, the ribbon was off a gift package, I knew it would come in handy one day. lol.

Here is a close up of the chipboard piece I used. I tried to paint it with acrylic silk paint but it just beaded up then realized it was shiny and wouldn’t stick so I got out my trusty Bic markers and covered the buckle with the red ink, it turned out better than I thought it would, it looks shiny and because of the pattern on the chipboard it give dimension to it. So now you have seen what I have done and have checked out the other Yellow Canaries work it’s your turn to join the fun at the Drunken Stampers for the Theme/chipboard challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today and come visit again soon.

Anything but a Card at House Mouse & Friends Blog

Hello friends it’s another new challenge at House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge, and I’m early getting mine done. Since it is getting closer to Christmas I decided to join in the Anything but a Card challenge and make a gift card holder. Now I made one of these before and it’s a very simple design. I know I found it on someone’s blog and for some reason or other I can’t find the instruction paper with the name on it, You can be sure I will give credit when I find out.

This is the closed card, I used a DCWV Christmas pad and Riding hood Red cardstock. I used this cute little guy in an ornament it’s just perfect for this size project. It was layered on a leftover snowflake and then the scalloped punched cardstock.

          Not a very good picture but this is the gift card holder open.
Instructions:
Base 7 X 4 1/4 Score at 2 1/2 and 5 1/2
Patterned Paper:cut 2 pieces  2 1/4 X 4  and 1 piece 1 1/4 X 4
Fold on score lines, on the 2 1/2 section attach with a strong double sided tape to make a pocket..
Add the patterned paper to the front and inside as in the picture.
Belly Band: 9 1/2 X 1 1/8 Patterned paper 4 3/8 X 1
Wrap band around the card holder and attach together, add patterned paper to the front and decorate as desired.
Being crafters you shouldn’t have any trouble following the instructions it is a really quick and easy gift card holder.
I am entering this in the Anything but a Card challenge at House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge you will find HERE.
Thanks for stopping by today come back again soon.

Tuesday!! time for a NEW Challenge at Clear it Out!!!

It’s the first Tuesday of the month and it’s new challenge time at Clear it Out Tuesday. Thanks for all the entries for the Halloween challenge wow there were a lot. I hope you will join the new challenge.
The theme for the new challenge is s'more cards, stash is Brown and white. My interpretation of “s’more” was make some more cards, but you could also think chocolate and marshmallows. We have three great sponsors for the challenge, Bugaboo Digis, Lacy Sunshine and a brand new sponsor Stamp Art Whimsy Stamps.
For the first week of the challenge I used a Bugaboo digi called Christmas Teddy Cocoa, coloured with my prisma colour pencils and OMS. I chose a Christmas image as I need to make a lot of them this year, I decided that the image would look fabulous on a square card so found a 5 inch square base and envelope in my stash to use.

As you see I went with Cocoa and marshmallows. The patterned paper looks black but it is really chocolate brown. I layered the image on chocolate brown then on the white scalloped square. The marshmallows and cocoa have stickles on them and the fur on the
Santa hat is liquid pearls white opal.

I would like to enter this in the November Anything Goes challenge at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog

Thanks for looking today and get your thinking caps on and decide what S;more means to you but remember to use something from your stash that is Brown ANS White. Check out what the other design team members have done for inspiration just click HERE.

The Cheerful Stamp Pad Colour challenge continues…..

Challenge # 72 is a colour challenge…Purple and Yellow, I’m kinda liking those colours together. The sponsor is Jelly Park Digitals,   check out their store. The image I was given to use is flowers in a vase, great for a get well or birthday card. So get out your purple and yellow and head over to The Cheerful Stamp Pad and join the fun.

I didn’t finish the sentiment as I didn’t know if it will be birthday or get well, depends on which I need first. I used a so saffron base and patterned paper from Stampin’up. The flowers and vase were coloured with prisma colour pencils and OMS. I used two dies from the Opulent Ovals to make a frame for the image, it is the first time I used them together. It has quite a few dies and so many ways to use them you almost need to be and engineer.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will find some time to make a project in Purple and Yellow and add it to  The Cheerful Stamp Pad Challenge.

House Mouse & Friends Challenge and a Sketch

I hope you are having a good weekend so far and that you remembered to “Fall Back” I am always very glad to get my hour back for some reason or other my body just isn’t happy with the loss of the hour in the spring.
I have been so busy, we brought a lot of things back from the cottage and I have spent a lot of time finding homes for things, I am still digging in boxes to find crafting items when I want to make a card. It’s not really as much fun as if everything was in it’s place. I did manage to get a card done for the House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge, it is a blog hop that ends Saturday night at 11.59, I have commented on all the blogs but hadn’t finished my card. I used the current sketch challenge from Seems a Little Sketchy you will find HERE.

Supplies

Stamp…. Whee Flight from House Mouse Designs

Cardstock GP white and Red a gift from my friend Georgina

Patterned paper a Christmas pack from Stampin’ up

Snowflakes one cut with a sizzix die the other an EK punch

Red & white baker’s twine, rhinestones and liquid pearl white opal

Challenges I am entering:

Anything Goes with Twine…House Mouse and Friends challenge Blog

Sketch #51    at  Seems a Little Sketchy.

Thanks for stopping by today and if you “fall back” to standard time enjoy your extra hours sleep.

Have a crafty day

Barbara

Surprise!! A Third Week of the challenge at CIOT!!!

There are 5 Tuesdays in October so that means there are three weeks to the challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday.  There are three sponsors for the Halloween challenge, Digi Darla Designs 5 digital images of your choice, QKR Stampede 5 digital images of your choice and our newest sponsor, Stitchy Bear which is a digi outlet with an array of different sites and is giving away $10 certificate to one or all of their stores.  Now the theme is still Halloween and the stash item is still something orange. Now when you enter make sure you have the stash item and it’s Halloween, also mention the challenge and put a link back to the challenge blog, oh yes make sure it is a Direct Link to your Card, not just to your blog. I think i covered it all and now on to the star of today!

Now isn’t she just the most adorable rag doll you every saw? I picked her from QKR Stampede she is from the Autumn collection you can find HERE.

Supplies:

Image from QKR Stampede coloured with prisma pencils and oms.

Cardstock GP white, GP Black and Orange. DP is from the DCWV Halloween stack.

Accessories: Spellbinders Large rectangles, Black and white baker’s twine and my stash item the Orange button I’ve had the package for three years. and slowly using them up.

Thanks for dropping in today and I hope you will find some time to join the fun at Clear it Out for the challenge.

Happy Halloween!!!