Get Creative Challenges - Holidays

Good morning.  I'm here with my DT card for Get Creative where the theme is Holidays.  Our sponsor is Sami Stamps and the image I have used is "Waiting For Santa."  At least this is one house where Santa will arrive safely since the fireplace is totally empty ... lol!

My Card

Recipe

5" x 7" card base made from Hobbycraft card stock

Red cardstock for matting - Rymans

Snowflake lattice embossing folder - Sue Wilson

Poinsettias - Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls from Stash

Sentiment - Polkadoodles

Promarkers to colour,

Another practically flat card for posting which is always a bonus.  Please pop across to the challenge blog and check out the cards made by the rest of the DT.

Well that's it from me for today.  Take care.

I am entering this card into Rudolph Days

It's Halloween at Get Creative Challenges.

Good morning!   I hope this finds you all well.

Halloween is not  something that I make a fuss of and I think I have only made one other Halloween card prior to this, but it's good to get out of your comfort zone!! This month it's the turn of the Pink team.  Our subject is Halloween and our sponsor is the Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette . But it does  mean I get to use my favourite purple!!

My Card

Recipe

Image - Aelita from Nikki Burnette

Purple pearlescent card for stash

Bat stamps - ancient stamp I got at the NEC years ago and not used

Black cats - Clip art from Internet

Sentiment - computer generated

Coloured with Promarkers.

The black stepper card I used is from a pack I bought from Essential Crafts.  I printed the black cat twice after flipping the image before printing the second time. I really struggled with this I'm afraid.

Please pop across to "Get Creative " and join in the fun.  The winner will receive three digi images of their choice.

Well that's it from me today.  Take care.

Entered into:

Crafty Calender

Artistic Inspirations
Animal Friends

Must Use Stars - Get Creative Challenge # 19

Good morning.  Here I am for the third time in a row.  If you have ever waited ages for a bus and then two or three come together you will know why I liken my posts to buses!!  This is my DT post for Get Creative Challenges. Our sponsor is  Cute As A Button  and my fabulous image can be found here

My Card

Ingredients

6" x 6" card - made from cream card stock

Backing papers - all from Father Knows Best  by Lili of The Valley

Star brads - ancient stash

Sentiment - computer generated

Promarkers to colour

I have so many brads which have never seen the light of day for years so I decided to correct that with my last few cards.  Actually I haev removed the legs and attached them with a hot glue gun.

Well that's it from me for now.  Hope you are all okay.

"For The Boys" - Get Creative Challenge # 17

Good morning everybody.   Challenge 17 is from The Pink Team and our remit is to produce a card "For The Boys". So that's two male cards in a row for me.  Our sponsor this month is Eureka Stamps and   I have chosen Mountain Border for my card and you can find it here.  We would love it if you would join us this time. The prize is three digi images of your choice.

My Card

This quite a busy image and initially I was going to leave it black and white. My second thought was just to add colour to some parts of the image which I think works really well. My third thought was to try something I have been saying I will try but never ever getting round to it. I coloured it digitally using "Microsoft Picture It!" which is the software programme I use.  I had a few false starts before I produced something I was happy with, but it was great because you just discard it and start again.  I will certainly try it again at some stage.

Ingredients

5" x 7" Kraft cardstock base card

Embossing folder - Tartan Trellis from Sue Wilson

The spruce die - Impression Obsessions (no name on it)

Green pearlescent card from stash.

Sentiment - computer generated.

This card is for somebody special who is going through a difficult time - an encouragment card!  I trawled the internet until I found this perfect sentiment.

I hope you are all well.  We had a couple of great summer days - and then back to the cold and wind and rain!  What a start to summer!

Well I must go .  Take care.

Entered into:
Crafty Boots Challenge

Crafting For All Seasons
Creative Corner Challenges
Suzy Bees Bloomin' Challenge

Birthday Hoot

Hello everybody.  Hope you are all feeling well and enjoying life.  It is time for the fifteenth challenge at Get Creative .  Today the challenge is an ingredients one : one printed paper, one fibre, one sticker.  Now I obviously wasn't thinking clearly because I used two patterned papers and by the time I realised it I was too far along to change. My image is Owl Theo from Limited Runs Stamps and you can find them here. 

My Card

Recipe

Papermania card stock to make 6" square card base 

Crafters Companion - Cream pearlescent card

Making Cards - Patterned papers (Extremely old!)

Butterfly sticker from stash

Feathery fibre from stash

Promarkers

We would love you to join in the challenge with us.  The prize is three digi images of the winners choice.

Take care.

Get Creative Challenges # 13

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers - and if you have just wandered here by chance I hope you like what you see and drop by again.  The challenge this time at Get Creative is to use purple, pink and green - perfect colours for me.  Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and the prize is three images of the winner's choice.  The image I have used is from the Flower Pot Pretty range "Crystal Chrysanthemum".

My Card

Recipe

7" square card from Anne-Marie

Backing papers from Lili of the Valley - Snow Princess Solids

Pink pearlescent card from stash

Sentiment circle - Craftwork Cards

Spellbinders - Marvellous Squares

Sue Wilson - Faux Quilled Leaves

Promarkers to colours

Pearls from stash

I think I went a bit overboard with the leaves ... lol!

I hope you are all well and have been enjoying the lovely weather. Yesterday was very bright and sunny but pretty chilly and we had an overnight frost, but the sun is shining again this morning and it seems a bit warmer.  

Take care.

Get Creative Challenges #11

Good morning to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  Hope everything is well in your little world.

It's time for another challenge at Get Creative Challenges The challenge is to use a diecut - must be one of the easiest challenges going because so many of us use diecuts in our projects. Please think about joining us for a chance to win three images of your choice from our sponsor Oddball Art.

My Card

Recipe

Oddball Art digi - Big Eyed Bedtime Pajama Girl

Papermania cardstock- to make 6" square card.

LOTV - Pastel Dreams (Nitwit Papers)

Spellbinders - A2 Bracket Borders One

Prima - paper flowers

Pearls from stash

Rub On Sentiment - very old stash

Promarkers - to colour image

I found it difficult to get a decent picture.  The colours on the card are so pale and the sun is very bright - but I am not complaining about that!!!!!  The last couple of days have been lovely if a bit chilly at times.

Well, that's it for today.  Take care.

Get Creative Challenges # 7: Bingo Board

Good morning and I hope it finds you all well.  Here I am for the second day in a row.  This time it is to show my DT card for the pink team of Get Creative Challenges . Our challenge was to use the bingo board, which you will see further down my post.  I have only ever played a bingo board using three options, so I certainly found five items a challenge, but one which I really enjoyed.  It is good to push oneself at times.

Our sponsor this time is Rick St Dennis and my card uses one of the Shady Lady images - Rose Thorn.  For the last few days I have been singing the song by Dean Martin from when I was a little girl in the fifties - "The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane".  Since I only know a few lines John is getting a bit fed up with it ... lol!

My Card

Recipe

Digi image - Rick St Dennis

7" square card - Anne Marie Designs

Main backing paper -LOTV Snow Princess

The smaller piece is from a DCWV pad (years old!)

The dark purple pearlescent card is Cracked Ice - Pennies Worth

 Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Elegant Labels 4 - Spellbinders

Fabulous Phlox - Memory Box

Lace - from Stash (coloured with Promarkers)

Pearls - the Hobby House
The tiny silver sticker dots are ancient stash!!

Image colored with Promarkers

As you will see from the bingo board below I used the vertical row on the right.  A purple creation for the second day running.  Just as well purple and all its' shades are my favourite colour.

The prize is 2 Rick St Dennis images of your choice, or a 25% off coupon for his shop. so please do join us this time.