OSAAT Challenge # 231 - "Anything Goes ..... Birthdays"

Good afternoon to you all.  Sorry I'm being such a bad blogger right now.  Life seems to be a bit hectic at the moment and I am also involved with a project with our WI group which has a deadline.

Anyway, I'm here with a card for One Stitch At A Time. The challenge is "Anything Goes ..... Birthdays", so this is a nice easy one.  My card features Sunflowers from Barb Jenson which can be found at our sponsor Stitchy Bears Digital Outlet

My Card

Recipe

7" square card - AnnaMarie Designs

Pearlescent cardstock - Create and Craft (bought at Wilko's)

Yellow backing paper - very old stash

Ribbon - Offray

Dies - Floral Ovals from Spellbinders

Sentiments - JustRite Grand Sentiments

Damask embossing folder - Couture Creations

Coloured with Promarkers

Pearls from stash

This card was a nice easy one to put together.  I thought the different shades of yellow suited the sunflower.The tiny yellow sunflower I found stuck to something else (as happened to me recently ... lol!) which I used months ago so I decided to pop it onto the centre of the bow.  I used the smallest die from Floral Ovals and just stamped a tiny sentiment onto each one.

I hope you decide to join us in the challenge this time.  If you pop across to OSAAT you can see some inspiration from the DT and this is the prize you could win. 

Take care and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Christmas Card Club Challenge # 4 - Snowy Trees

Good morning friends, crafters and fellow bloggers.  Thanks for dropping by to visit today.  Well another fortnight has sped by and it time to share a card with the rest of our little Christmas Card Club.  It is Mary's turn to choose and her choice is Snowy Trees.  Now this is not the card I intended to make.  I have a lovely stamp which is actually called Forest and I had everything ready to go - and then my stamp disappeared from my desk.  Unbelievable!!!! After a very long search I eventually gave up because time was marching on and I needed to make a card. In the end I settled for two pre-coloured digis from Pink Gem and merged them.

My Card

Recipe

Images - Winter Fence and Snowy Hugs from Pink Gem Designs

Background Papers - Traditional Christmas from Papermania

Create a Flake 4 - Spellbinders

 Snowflake punch - Xcut

Pearls from stash

The card is so simple it speaks for itself.  I didn't add a sentiment because the paper does that for me.  I added lots of glitter to the trees, hats and gloves although it barely shows in the picture.  I also used some 3D snow effect on the fence posts to add a little dimension.

If you want to see what the rest of the girls have done then you will find their contact details in my right sidebar.  Thank you for this lovely challenge Mary and  I hope you will pop back in a few days to see "Snowy Trees - Take 2" ... lol!

I hope you all enjoy the rest of the weekend.

By the way, I found my stamp so I will make the card I had originally planned and post it in a few days.  You know what these cling stamps are like - it had attached itself to the back of a die pack which was also on my desk and I just kept moving it around.  It came to light when I was filing away my die in the box and it dropped off as it rubbed against another die.  Grrr!  Ah well, at least I have found it, although I knew it wasn't really lost because one minute it was there and the next - poof!

We Are All Special

Hello to you all.  Hope this finds everybody well and enjoying some reasonable weather.  It is lovely to see so many snowdrops everywhere and some of the trees are starting to bud too.  I know February can be a bad month but although today is not sunny it is much warmer so I'm hoping Spring will not be a million miles away ... lol!

My Card

Recipe

7" x 5" card base

Pink pearlescent card - Jelly Bean

Garden Trellis embossing folder - Spellbinders

Provence die - Creative Expressions French Collection

Sentiment - LOTV stamp

Leaf die - Wreath Strip, Cheery Lynn

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon - Offray

Pearls from Stash

This die is one that I bought last year and I haven't yet used and it is so pretty.  I am determined to go through my stash and start using up things I bought because I loved them and put them in the box or drawer and left it at that.  Shameful!!

Take care.

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Crafty Calendar -Anything Goes

OSAAT Challenge # 230 Anything Goes ..... With Love

Good afternoon dear friends,  crafters and fellow bloggers.   Hope this finds you all well.

 It's time for the  One Stitch At A Time  challenge again.  This time the theme is "Anything Goes ... With Love" .  My image is Mushroom Town from Alipeeps which can be found at our sponsor Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp Outlet.   As you see I chose to make a new home card.

My Card

Recipe

6" x 6" white card base

White and Red cardstock from stash

Patterned paper - Papermania "Go Green" from Born To Shop.

Birds on a Wire - Spellbinders 

Pearls from stash

Sentiment - computer generated
Promarkers to colour

I used the Birds on a Wire die because on the background paper, amongst the foliage, are some birds, although they don't show up too well in the photo.

This is what you could win, so we would love to see you join us in this challenge.

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4crafty chicks hand coloured image

Digi Galore - anything goes

I Love Promarkers lots-of-love

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

card mania - add some red

Sentimental Sundays - seeing red, a little or a lot.

Christmas Card Club Challenge # 3 - Jolly Santa

Good morning to you all and thanks for dropping by.  Today it is time for another card from our friendly little group who make our Christmas cards throughout the year so that we don't have a mad panic close to the time.  If you would like to join us please let me know.  You can find the blogs of my other CCC pals on my right side bar.  The lovely Lorraine has chosen for her theme this week "Jolly Santa".

My Card

Recipe

5" scalloped card base

Snowflake Lattice embossing folder - Creative expressions

Holly Corner - Cheery Lynn

Image - Cuddly Buddly

Pearls - from stash

I have kept my card simple and flat enough for minimum postage.  I think Santa and his two pals knew the theme this week because they are all smiling.

The weather is still bitterly cold and although we don't have the amount of snow forecast I think this a day to be spent inside crafting.  As if we need an excuse !!!

Keep warm and well.

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CCAYR _ red and white
CHNC -challenge extra

A Mother

Good morning dear friends.  Hope you are all surviving the snow. I keep telling myself it is winter - expect the cold!!!  Doesn't mean I have to like it though!!

My Card

Recipe

Pearlescent card - from stash

Spellbinders Labels 4

Memory Box Tessatina Border

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Offray Ribbon

Pearls from stash

Sentiment- Quietfire Designs.

I made a centre step card from a piece of yellow pearlescent cardstock 11" x 5.5" I really love these centre step cards and they are so easy to make.  I actually checked out the step card die because you also get dies for matting and layering but it was so small I decided not to bother. 

This card is for my nephew to give to his mum.  Not sure whether it is for Mother's Day, or "just because".  I really love this sentiment stamp from Quietfire Designs; in fact I think I  love all their sentiment stamps. I have quite a few so I need to use them more often.

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.