613 Avenue Create Challenge # 178 - Anything Goes

Hi Crafters,

A nice and easy challenge for you all at 613 Avenue Create this week - 

ANYTHING GOES

Any new project, any style or craft and any theme you like.

I've made a card for a teenager.

Recipe

Image - 'Hoodie Kind of Day' SMS Digi Stamps

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Free CD rom - Making Cards Magazine

Sentiment Stamp - LOTV

Embellishment Stamps - Crafters Companion 'Just For Men'

Bakers Twine

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

Our Sponsor this week is

SMS Digistamps

Come and join in with us this week.

Lorraine

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Christmas Card Club Challenge #11 Christmas Carol

Hi Crafters,

Today I'm here to share another Christmas card creation on behalf of the Christmas Card Club.

This week Rita asked us to use the theme of a Christmas Carol.

I have gone with 'Away in a Manger'

Here's another very flat Christmas card for my growing collection.

Recipe

Nativity Scene Die - Apple Blossom Crafts

Glitter Card

How simple was that?!

These would be great for batch making. After I had cut the die from Centura Pearl card I covered the star with a pale lemon glitter and popped it back in the cut shape. I also have the letters from the cut out sentiment to use on another project.

I hope you will visit the rest of the ladies in our Christmas group for some festive inspiration, their links are in the tab at the top of my blog, however my card is a day early so theirs will be up tomorrow.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC on Saturday - #283 Use a Sentiment

Crafting From the Heart - #113 ATG

Fab 'n' Funky - #306 Christmas

I will be here again tomorrow with my DT card for 613 Avenue Create, in the mean time I hope you are having a great start to the holiday weekend.

Lorraine 

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ABC Christmas Challenge - K is for Kissing

Hi Crafters,

It's time to share another Christmas creation for the new challenge at ABC Christmas.

K is for KISSING

(Christmas themed of course)

Our sponsor for this cheeky little challenge is

Wild Orchid Crafts

with a £10 gift voucher for one lucky winner.

Digital crafting is such fun to do especially with the My Craft Studio program and I haven't done this for ages so I decided to create the background digitally using a couple of design collections after I had coloured my stamped image.

This makes it very flat for posting too.

Recipe

Stamped Image - Penny Black 'You're a Treasure'

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Digital Papers - Nitwit Christmas Linen Too,

Just So Scrappy - Ooh La La Comfort and Joy

I snipped around the mistletoe leaves very carefully and pushed the stamped oval underneath so it looks dimensional, it is completely flat and it's just the drop shadows that are creating the depth elsewhere on the card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Creative Fingers - #109 ATG

One Crazy Stamper - May Challenge

Penny Black & More - ATG with a Stamp

CHNC every Saturday - #282 ATG/Cute Christmas
Rudolph Day Challenge - May Challenge

I hope you are well and enjoying a fabulous day.

Lorraine 

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Passion for Promarkers Challenge #347 Ribbon and or Lace

Hi Crafters,

I would just like to say a big thank you to all visitors of my blog over the last fortnight and for the lovely comments regarding my mums recovery from her op. She is now able to get about and look after herself so my services are no longer required and I am back home now. I just need to get my own house back in order.

I was able to get a little colouring done while I was away and this is a card I created for a friends birthday. I used some measuring tape ribbon for this challenge and my Promarkers of course.

Recipe

Image - Knitting Bag and Sentiment - Woodware Stamp

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Embossing Folder - Knit One, Purl One - Crafters Companion

Measuring Tape Ribbon

Buttons from stash

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Fab 'n' Funky - #305 No Designers Papers
Brown Sugar - #199 ATG
Allsorts  - #364 Happy Birthday
One Crazy Stamper - May ATG
Penny Black & More - ATG with a Stamp
Crafty Girlz - #15 ATG
The Ribbon Girl - May 'Any Image' Challenge
Incy Wincy Designs - Add Texture
Crafty Cardmakers - Stitching Real or Faux

Take a peek at the challenge blog where you will find the details of the pen set from Letraset for the winner and the fabulous projects from the Design Team.

Lorraine

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As You Like It Challenge #80 - Big Bows or Little Bows & WHY

Hi Crafters,

Thank you for all the lovely comments here on my blog recently and the well wishes regarding my mum and her hip operation. She is doing very well with her recovery and hopefully will be back to her old self soon. I hope that I have the same outlook and determination when I'm 84!

I am still staying with her for a few more days yet, just popped home for a few things and to write this post, so my regular commenting won't resume just yet, however I can see your comments when the internet works on my phone at her house.

Now on to the business at hand...

A new challenge at As You Like It!

We'd like to see your projects using your favourite BIG or LITTLE BOWS and WHY, please tell us why you have made your choice in your post to be eligible for the prize which brings me nicely to our sponsor for this time...

Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps

offering $10 to the lucky winner.

I prefer small bows as I find them easier to tie and less bulky for posting too.

This is a CraftsUprint digital image and background manipulated in MCS program to fit a 7 inch square card.

This card is entirely digital except for the ribbon and bow. I printed the images a few times and layered them up for dimension.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #34 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #112 ATG

Why not pop over to the blog and see the inspirational and fabulous projects from the other DT members, then come and join in with us, this is a nice and easy challenge as I'm sure we all love to use bows on our projects.

Well that's it from me,

Lorraine

xXx

Ike's Art and a GDT

Hi Crafters,

Today is my second GDT post for I Love Promarkers for their new 'Anything Goes' challenge this week.

This fabulous image came from Ike's Art and is called Blue Tit Rowan which I have coloured with my Promarkers of course.

Recipe

Image Blue Tit Rowan - Ike's Art

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Country Companions Winter Wishes

Frame Die - Tonic Studios -'Tis The Season set

Sentiment Die - Creative Die Magazine Freebie

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Catz - #324 Dies & Punches
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings
CHNC Challenge - May Challenge

Thanks for visiting, my posts are still scheduled but normal service will resume shortly :)

Lorraine 

xXx

Passion For Promarkers Anniversary challenge #346 - Spots and or Stripes

Hi Crafters,

We're celebrating our 7th Anniversary at Passion for Promarkers this week so we have inspiration from both Design Teams and multiple Sponsors...
Letraset
Michele R Designs
DigiStamp Boutique
Bugaboo Stamps
L C Designs
Sassy Studio Designs
Di's Digi Stamps
Clearly Besotted Stamps
2 Cute Ink
Uniko
Little Lucy's Cards

We'd like to see spots and or stripes somewhere on your project and use your Letraset markers of course.

My spots are on my background panel

Recipe

Image - Baby Girl 2 by Mo Manning

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Joy Crafts Corner Die

Crafters Companion Arched Window Die

Spellbinders Labels Ten Die

Embossalicious Grande Dots

LOTV Sentiment Stamp

Various Flowers From Stash

It was very tricky to get a good photo with the pearlescent card and silver mirri card that I used in this project - if the pearl card looked good then I had a glare on the mirri and vice-versa but hopefully you can see the embossed background.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Catz - #324 Dies and Punches
Unicorn Challenge  - # 9 Spotty Dotty
Mo's Digital Pencil - # 263 ATG with a Mo Image

Please hop over to the challenge blog for a list of sponsors and prizes to be won.

Still using scheduled posts I'm afraid as I'm still looking after mum while she heals from her hip operation so sorry I haven't commented for a while on your blogs but I will try and catch up soon.

Lorraine 

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