Anything Goes ... With Fancy Borders at OSAAT

Hello to all my friends and fellow bloggers.  Thanks for dropping by to visit.   Hope all you UK mums get thoroughly spoiled on this Mothering Sunday.  Well the snow eventually disappeared yesterday.  In fact once the thaw started it  actually happened very quickly but it was bitterly cold and carried on with snow and hail showers most of the day but didn't lay at all, thank goodness.  Unfortunately it is snowing again this morning although not so heavily today.

Mr Blogger is really playing me up and over the last few days it is not allowing me to leave comments.  Rather, I can type out the comment and press the enter button but then nothing happens.  I can reload, retype  but still nothing. This is happening on the majority of blogs but not all so if you have had a comment from it is a miracle.  I just wanted to let you know that I am really visiting your blogs but not able to leave my comments!   I will keep trying.

Please scroll down if you  are looking for my Christmas Card Club entry.

It's time for OSAAT Challenge #257 which is to use Fancy Borders.  So get out all your dies and punches and see what you come up with.

My Card

Recipe

7" square base card - Anne Marie Designs

Sentiment - "Just Between Friends" from Stitchy Stamps

white card stock - Papermania

Pink pearlescent card stock - Pennies Worth

A2 Bracket Borders One - Spellbinders

Oval Bliss - Spellbinders

Beautiful Borders - Our Daily Bread Designs

Ribbon and pearls - from Stash

Apart from die cutting all the pieces this card just made itself.  The Just Between Friends sentiment pack has five great sentiments and some graphics too so well worth taking a look in the store.  We would love you to pop over to the blog and see what the DT have produced and if you want to join in you can win a coupon to spend in the store.

Well that's all from me today.  Keep warm and well!!

Entered into:

Creative Moments  : Anything Goes with a sentiment

Di's Digi Designs : Use 2 or more dies.

Tic Tac Toe

Good morning dear friends and fellow bloggers and I hope you are all well.  It is time for another challenge at OSAAT and this time we have had great fun playing Tic Tac Toe.

If you are looking for my Christmas Card Club entry then please 

scroll down to the previous post.

My Card

Sorry it's a bit picture heavy but I wanted you to see the lovely images and all the layers.

Recipe

5 x 7 " easel card made from The Range card stock

digi image - doves and heart frame from Floppy Latte

backing papers - LOTV Petal Fresh

blue pearlescent card - Pennies Worth

classic ovals large - Spellbinders

petite scalloped ovals - Spellbinders

Oval Bliss - Spellbinders.

satin ribbon - local haberdashery

pearls - from stash

sentiment - computer generated

Promarkers to colour

I chose to use  horizontal row one for my card and as you can see I certainly managed more than three layers!  We would love you to join us in our challenge # 254 at OSAAT this time. This is what you have the chance to win from our sponsor Stitchy Bears Digital Stamp Outlet. so go ahead, choose a line and make a card!

That's all for today.  Take care!

OSAAT Challenge # 235 Daughters/Girls

Good afternoon.  Time again for another DT card for OSAAT.  As you can see the challenge is "Anything goes for Daughters/Girls".  The image I have used is Pansies by CraftyGirl Creations and is available at Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp Outlet and you can find it HERE.  It is quite some time since I have made an easel card and I wanted to show off the quotation/verse and there was no room on the front, so this seemed the ideal way. I guess  this is really for a "big girl".

My Card

Recipe

Card base made from Papermania card stock.

Spellbinders Labels 28

Spellbinders Enchanted Labels 28

Striped paper - free digi from Jak Heath - very old stash

Yellow pearlescent card from stash.

Ribbon and pearls from stash

Quotation and sentiment - computer generated

Promarkers to colour

If you click on the last image you will be able to read the quote which fits the image so well.  I do love my quotes!   A long time ago Marie-Louise  loaned me her Enchanted Labels 28 die and I die cut quite a few before returning it to her. She was so kind!!  I was so very tempted to colour my pansies in purples and mauves because I love those colours and have lots of them in my garden pots.  However I resisted the temptation - gosh it was hard!!

We would love you to join us in the challenge and here is the prize you could win.

Well, that's it for today.  Hope you are all feeling okay and enjoying this fine weather - and her's hoping it lasts too!!

OSAAT Challenge # 229 Anything Goes .... With Purple

Good afternoon dear friends and fellow crafters.   Oh boy, I'm getting a bit tired of being cold all the time but it is winter after all and there is still time for worse weather.  Let's hope not though.  Anyway, I hope you are all okay and keeping warm.  Good excuse to keep crafting.

Today it is time for the  OSAAT challenge Anything Goes .... With Purple.  I love purple so it wasn't a hardship for me.  My image is Window Shopping by Stitchy Stamps which you can find at our sponsor Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet

My Project

Recipe

X Cut - Gift Bag die

Spellbinders - Labels 10

Memory Box - Catalina Wreath

Wild Orchid Crafts - flowers

Hobby House - pearls 

Image coloured with Promarkers

Instead of a card I elected to use my new die and make a gift bag.  Hazel  (Hazels Baskets of Joy)  has been making gift bags with this die for so long now and I have always admired them so I decided to succumb and buy the die.  I keep saying I have enough dies - but then always find another one that I really need!  And how many of us do that!!!!

I do hope you will decide to play along with us this time.  This is the prize pack you have a chance to win and it is a great prize.

Before I go I just wanted to say that I have been having problems with my computer.  It crashed a couple of days ago and I lost some settings. I have been looking at all your blogs but have been unable to publish any comments.  Fortunately John has sussed it out again and I am up and running so watch out for my comments!

Enjoy what's left of the weekend.

OSAAT Challenge # 228 - Something New

Good day to you all and thanks for dropping by.  My card today is my DT card for the One Stitch At A Time  challenge.  The theme is "Something New".  Now this can be new baby, new house etc or just using something new, which is what I have chosen to do.  My "something new" is my Lattice Heart Striplet die from Sue Wilson.  I actually got it at the NEC in November but since this is the first time it has seen daylight I consider that it definitely counts.  The image I have used is "Clowning Around" by BB Kakes which is available from our sponsor  Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp Outlet

My Card

Recipe

7" x 7" base card - Anne Marie Designs

Design paper - Nitwits Pastel Dreams from LOTV

Raspberry Bazzill Basics - from stash

Squares - Spellbinders

Lattice Heart Striplet - Sue Wilson

Paper flowers and pearls - from stash

Promarkers
Computer generated sentiment.

I decided to keep it fairly simple and also flat - good for posting!  The flash seems to have leeched all the colour out of the picture so I will attempt to correct it or try taking another picture without flash. Unfortunately the days are so dark that flash seems the only option. The turquoise pearls look cream here.

We would love it if you could enter our challenge.  This is the prize you could win - so why are you hanging about?

Entered into:
Pink Gem - Something New
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - What's New
Paper Creators - Anything Goes
In The Pink - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Let's Celebrate

OSAAT Challenge # 227 - Anything Goes ... with stitching

Good day to you all.  I have scheduled today's post (and tomorrow's) because I wanted to spend Christmas with family and not worry about my blog.  However,I had two DT posts due hence the need to schedule.  But I shall be back checking out all your creations in a day or two.

My Card

The challenge this time is "Anything Goes .... With Stitching".  But the stitching can be real or faux.

The image I have used is Geranium Urn by IkesArt.  Clicking the link will take you to our sponsor Stitchy bears Digital Stamp Outlet.

My card is very CAS and I have left off the sentiment until I know who/what it will be used for.

We would love it if you were to join us, and this is the prize you could win.

Well that's all for today.  If anybody has actually dropped in I hope you have had a lovely time over Christmas.

OSAAT #223 Anything Goes - With Distressing

Good morning to you all.  Thank you for dropping by again.  My goodness the time is certainly shooting by isn't it?  It's time once again for my DT post at  One Stitch at a Time.  This time the challenge is "Anything Goes ....... With Distressing."  This is another card I struggled with because I just don't like distressing - and I'm useless at it, so I'm not 100% happy with my card.  My Report Card will say - Must try harder!  Oh boy, remember those end of term school reports?  My mum apparently kept all our reports, going back to junior school, and we found them after she died.  Amazing!

My image and backing papers today are Orchid Beauty Digital Stamp and Paper Pack from Coosty Creations, available from our sponsor. Stitchy Beary Digi Outlet  There are four papers as well as the digi image so I was spoiled for choice.

My Card

The one thing I'm pretty happy about is the colouring of my image, because colouring really is not my strong suit!

Ingredients

6 x 6" base card

Spellbinders  Labels 18

Spellbinders Large Ovals

Corner dies - Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Deco C
Sentiment - Kaisercraft "Friendship Sentiments"

Pearls from stash

I used a scrap of Core'dinations Whitewash card, embossed with SB Dainty Dots, sanded over it and then distressed the edges with a distressing tool.  I should have stopped whilst I was ahead, because that is the thing that has spoiled the card.  Ah well, these things are sent to try us. I printed the orchid as a png. image onto one of the background papers from the pack and coloured with promarkers.   I used the same paper and one of the patterned papers as backgound. The corner dies were also cut from that same backing paper and then just some added pearls into each corner.

We would love you to join us and you have the chance to win our November Prize Pack.

OSAAT Challenge # 220 - Anything Goes With A Die

Hello!  My cards are like buses - none for ages then two following each other!

Today marks the return of the OSAAT challenge.   I think we on the DT have all enjoyed our summer break and have hopefully come back refreshed and raring to go. The challenge is Anything Goes - but you must use a die cut on your card somewhere.  The format is slightly different now in that there will be only one winner but there will be the Top Three chosen by the DT.

My card is made using Lovehand Doodle from our sponsor Stitchy Bear Stamps

My Card

This is a 6" x 6" white base card and I have used patterned papers from Dovecraft which were then matted onto black card stock. The image was die cut with SB Classic Ovals Large and matted onto black card which had been die cut with SB Classic Scalloped Ovals Large. I found the sentiment on the web and die cut it with SB Classic Circles and Classic Scalloped Circles. The black pearly spray was from Hobbycrafts and I think the ribbon was too.

Winner's Pack

This is what you could win and we would love to see your entries, so what are you waiting for?

Frogs and Snails - OSAAT Challenge # 218

Good morning to you all.  We had a fabulous day on Friday when we went to Longleat. The weather was beautiful, but as Patricia said - it was very warm having to drive through with the windows up.  We did have one hitch hiker but fortunately he didn't do any damage - unless you count peeing down the back windscreen!  He jumped on the roof, walked along the roof, and then climbed down and just perched on the passenger wing mirror staring at John until it was time to leave the monkey enclosure.  My favourite animals were the giraffes and tigers - both such beautiful creatures.

Today it is time for another card for OSAAT.  This will be the last one before we break for the summer - but we will be back in September!  The theme this week is "Anything Goes". Don't forget if you use an image from our sponsor Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet you could win seven digi images.  There is also a prize even if you don't use one of these images, so there is no excuse.  We'd really love to see your entry.

My Card

My card is 6" x 6" square.  Believe it or not the green backing papers are all from a Papermania Traditional Christmas Pack that I've had more than 10 years. Okay some of it can only be used for Christmas, but at least half of the pack is so useful for other things.

The image I have used is 4You by BBKakes.  It comes with a matching girl image.  I initially planned to use the little girl but I couldn't get this nursery rhyme out of my head, and couldn't really think of anything for a little girl - so it had to be the boy.  I coloured it with Promarkers.   The ladybirds were a magazine freebie from many moons ago and I found the snail image on t'internet.  I just had to add the googly eyes because they seemed to match the smiley snail image so well.

Hope you are all well and have had a good weekend so far.  Take care.

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http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-62.html

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/p/new-challenge.html
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/ttcrd-challenge-june-17-june-23.html
http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/suzy-bees-bloomin-challenge-33-anything.html
http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/challenge-76-masculine-week-2.html

Steam Punk Girl in Hat

Hi to you all, and once again thanks for stopping by.   We had a lovely day out yesterday.  John is getting everything pulled together for when he starts the roof repairs.  He has been looking for some roof tiles because he is bound to break or chip a few -  he said so, not me!!  Our house is forty years old now and the hunt was on for reclaimed tiles for two reasons.  Firstly, this type are no longer made, and secondly new tiles would stand out like a sore thumb amongst these very old weathered tiles.   Good old Ebay to the rescue, and he located some in Derbyshire so off we went first thing.

Since it was such a long way to go we made a full day and visited Kedleston Hall, a National Trust property near Derby. It was Robert Adam's first major building commission and was designed purely to be a showpiece palace and for lavish entertaining. Fabulous fireplaces!!! There was a lot of parkland to the property so we really enjoyed strolling around in the sun.  Mind you, when you were out of the sun the breeze was pretty chilly.

My Card

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I would like to say thank you for all your lovely comments on my Safe Harbour card on Monday.  They really are so appreciated.   Well here I am a little out of my comfort zone with a steam punk card, but I still can't bring myself to do grunge so this is a very neat and tidy steam punk - if there is such a thing!  I also used nice bright colours too.

I matted my 6" x 6" card with a freebie digi paper (but don't know where it came from, sorry) and  I changed the colour from brown to lilac/purple to match my colour scheme. I used an X Cut embossing folder, Cogs from the Chronology range, on turquoise pearlescent card stock. The Marianne Craftables clock die was used on lilac pearlescent cardstock. The digi image is by BBKake from Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet and coloured with Promarkers.  This is another one of those images that I buy on impulse and never get round to using. The cog die cuts were also from the Chronology range. I was actually quite pleased with how it turned out.

Well sorry that I have droned on a bit.  Hope you are all feeling well and if not then I really hope you are well again soon. I went out to stock up the bird feeding station and it is really cold, foggy and miserable.  Glad we went up to Derbyshire yesterday!!

Entered into:

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/g-is-for-girls.html

http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-13.html

Safe Harbour

Good morning  to you all and thank you for visiting.  Well I don't know about your part of the country but here in North Oxfordshire we have had a couple of really spring-like days.  It's so nice to see the sunshine finally. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend.

My Card

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I thought I would add to my meagre stock of male cards - extremely meagre!  They are far from my favourite cards to make, but we do need them so every now and again I drop one in -  and it takes me so long! Although I must admit this one was very easy as I have used the image before. 

My card is 6" x 6" made from card stock which  I bought from Anna-Marie at one of the shows. It is good strong quality card and stands up well. This is a digi image is by Delicious Doodles from Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet, which I printed onto canvas-effect card stock and coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment is from "Life's Journey" from LOTV. The ships anchor die is from Cheery Lynn Designs. The hessian is from my stash.

The colour is not brilliant because I used navy card stock for matting and it has come up looking black.

Well that's it for today. 

Entered into:

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/challenge-203-and-dt-call.html

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/mim-182-final-make-it-monday-linky-party.html

http://craftsandmeinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/march-challenge-146-and-regrettably-no.html
http://anyoneforanya.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/march-challenge-masculine-or-grungy.html
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/make-is-manlyboyish.html
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/challenge-122-anything-goes.html
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/one-for-boys.html