Sunday, 31 August 2008

Quad challenge card



Wow think this is a record for me... 4 challenges covered in 1 card! I used the sketch provided by Taylor's cupcake challenge, the Papertake Weekly challenge 'A Stitch In Time' the Penny Black challenge 'Stars & stripes' and also the Dutch Dare challenge 'Card for a girl'.
I've used:
  • Ribbed white card
  • Stars and stripes papers from the Kaboodle Doodle kit 'All star'
  • PB image 'Buzz in the air' coloured in with marvys
  • Felt flower with pink pearl centre bead
  • 'Smile' dome sticker
  • Deep pink paper
  • Silver gel pen for the faux stitching

Lots To Do- Craft Your Name



Hi everyone! this week's Lots To Do Challenge has been set by me, and I want you to Craft Your Name... it could be something with your initials on, the meaning of your name, something with your name on to personalise it... hey even something with your kid's name on it like a door plaque or door hanger, etc... So come on come join in my challenge!
I've used:
  • A beermat
  • Green, yellow, silver and orange ink
  • Permanent marker
  • Chipboard flower
  • Gold eyelet
  • Orange circles ribbon
  • Swirl stamp

Thursday, 28 August 2008

It's a puzzler!



This week's challenge over at This Thursday is 'It's a puzzler'... so after a little while of thinking and reading over the ideas on the challenge blog I decided that love was a good theme as it's puzzling how it happens and works.. and then i took the obvious idea of a puzzle and ombined the two :)
I've used:
  • Heart puzzle template
  • Red, pink, black, silver and magenta ink pads
  • Chunky card
  • Love text stamp
  • Butterfly stamp (thanks to the ooh la la team)
  • Dovecraft fantasy fairy stamps (thanks to the spoon full of sugar team)

In the water!



This week's challenge over at Cute Card Thursday is 'In the water', so I decided to alter my note pot as it's been looking rather dull on desk full of altered and colourful bits.
I've used:
  • Blue tissue paper
  • Lots of PVA glue
  • Light blue dotty ribbon
  • Blue and white sequins
  • Pink Petticoat download images from 'Best Fishes'
  • Marvy pens for colouring in

Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Little gem with flowers



Yay my first batch of Spiral Whisper stamps arrived today so I just had to use one! This is a double challenge card for the Spoon Full Of Sugar challenge '3 different ribbons' and the Arty Girlz challenge 'Summer'.
I've used:
  • Spiral Whisper 'Little gem with flowers' stamp' (so damn cute!)
  • Marvy pens
  • Blue and yellow inks for the border and background
  • 4 lilac primas
  • 2 orange primas
  • 6 pearl ball beads
  • 3 different colour hobbycraft flowery print ribbons

Dog canvas



Here's the second canvas that I've made... I used the tissue paper canvas technique found here... though sadly the photo does show the outlines of some of my tissue paper but that may be as I had a double layer on one sheet of the tissue didnt realise till i'd glued it :( so it's meant to look like a graffiti wall scene.
I've used:
  • 5x7 canvas
  • Permanent inks and watercolour pencils
  • PVA glue
  • Tissue paper
  • PB 'Just next to you!' stamp
  • Swirl corner stamp
  • Heart doodle and heart swirl stamps
  • Swirl flower stamp
  • 2 little red primas and pearl bead centres

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Bling It On!



This week's SBS challenge has been set by Donna and she picked the theme 'Bling It On'... and there's a prize on offer too so come join in!
I've used:
  • Papers and images from the Kaboodle Doodle kit 'Animals'
  • Blue glitter
  • Coloured gems
  • 2 gold eyelets
  • Sparkly gold ribbon
  • Foam pads
  • Sparkly Birthday peel off

Monday, 25 August 2008

Baby Girl



Wow a very pink card, not my usual type of thing but I needed to get using the kit and it fitted beautifully with some of this weeks challenges. The Ooh La La theme this week is 'Babies' and the Scrummy Stash Cafe challenge is a sketch which I used to design the card.
I've used:
  • Pink mottled card
  • Dotty paper, sentiment and image from the Kaboodle Doodle kit 'Baby'
  • 2 prima flowers
  • 2 small pearl beads
  • foam pads
  • grid strip done using the distressed grid technique

Sunday, 24 August 2008

Lots To Do- Iris Folding



This week's challenge over at Lots To Do has been set by Mags and she picked the theme 'Iris Folding'.... so after many hours of cursing, confusion and frustration I finally managed to get this done.... thanks Donna for scanning urs to show me how lol... So I ended up making a door hangar for Mags.
I've used:
  • Kaboodle Doodle kit 'Skulls' for backing paper and the paper for the folding
  • Word art for the text
  • Marvys to do the colouring
  • 2 pieces of thick card

Saturday, 23 August 2008

Kaboodle Doodle challenge #1



Wahey so here's the first challenge over at Kaboodle Doodles, all you have to do is download the kit from the blog and make something from it!
Cheeky me I've made my design piece also my entry for this weeks 3d designs challenge which is to use the milk carton template.
I've used:
  • Paper from the KD free challenge kit
  • Foam pads
  • Red and clear gems
  • Red scruffy strand ribbon