New Challenge #60 at Glitter n Sparkle

Hello again,

So it's that time of week again,

and its been a very weird week.

The crafting juices just haven't 

been flowing freely,

I've spent quite a few hours scratching 

my head trying to drag ideas out of the ether.

Anyways for this week.....

the Theme at Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Show us some Snow

Our sponsors this week are:-

Inky Impressions who are offering

a $10 Gift Cert

Sassy Studios who are offering

4 images from their store

Crafty Sentiments who are offering

3 images from their store

This is my project for this week: 

I used the Little Honeys Holiday Belle digi stamp

from Sassy Studios (one of our sponsors).

For my Base Card I used a Light Blue Card,

(stash)

Which I folded into a Tent fold card.

Then I used Blue Snowflake

Forever Friends Backing Paper,

(Docrafts)

and backed the two facing sides of the Card.

To make the Castle I used a template 

from StampARTic.

Which I cut out of White Curious Shimmer Card 

(Jellybean Crafts).

I then cut it out again on the patterned paper,

I used Grey Castle Stone Wall

(Erismann Brix),

But I cut off the top buttresses off.

To make the Windows and Door,

I Die-Cut out some of the 

White Curious Shimmer Card

using all 3 (2 of the Middle size) Tag Dies 

(free from Papercraft Essentials - 100)

then I cut out just the Middle bumps

(on the Large and Middle size Tags),

and the Middle three bumps on the Small Tag

and cut them down to 'Window' Length.

and for the Doors I used the left over

side bits from the Large Tag 

placed together and cut again to size.

Using Pure White Glitter

(Glitter Magic)

I added 'SNOW' to the Bottom of the Windows,

Doors, Buttresses and Roof,

I then decoupaged the Castle up with 

foam stickies and attached it to the 

back fold of the Base Card.

I then coloured in my digi image 

in using my Promarker Pens.

I used Chameleon White Glitter 

(Glitter Magic)

for the inside of her dress and sleeves,

and used a Crystal White Gem (stash)

for her earring.

I then cut her out and placed her on the 

front of the Base Card

using foam stickies.

For my Sentiment I used a

'Merry Christmas' Stamp

(free from Papercraft Essentials - 99)

and I heat embossed it onto

some White Curious Shimmer Card,

using Watercolour Ink Pad (Versastamp)

and Tinsel Silver Embossing Powder.

Then I Die-Cut it out using the smallest

X-Cut Rectangle Parenthesis 2.

And for the finishing touch

I added Holographic Silver Snowflakes

 (Stash).

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges :- 

Charisma Cardz - #46 - Christmas

Clear It Out - Snow is Falling

Creative Knockouts - #12 - Snowflakes

Flat Friends - #14 - Christmas Cards

Penny's Paper Crafting - #154 - Anything Goes

Scrapbooker PhD - #3 - Christmas without Green or Red

The Crafting Cafe - Nov - Winter Blues

Use Your Stuff - #110 - Let it Snow

New Challenge #59 at Glitter n Sparkle

Hello again,

So it's Sunday again.

And I'm still up North, but the Parents
came back yesterday, 
so I'm toddling back to my house
later on today,
I can get some proper crafting 

done then, lol.
I found it hard trying to do things without 
all of my carding stuff,
making do with the few things I packed
was difficult.

Anyways for this week.....

the Theme at Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Tag Me - Make or Add a Tag

Our sponsors this week are:-

Bugaboo who are offering 

7 images from their store. 

Floppy Latte who are offering 

$6 Gift Certificate for their store .

Beary Dust, Alipeeps Art and Stitchy
at Stitchy Bear Store 
who are offering 

a $10 gift certificate for their store .

This is my project for this week: 

I used Angie digi stamp

from Beary Dust at Stitchy Bear 
(one of our sponsors).

I thought a nice 3 tier tag would be nice,
maybe to be used on a Large Christmas Present,
like a Bottle of wine.......

To start with using a Dark Navy Blue Card,
(stash)
I Die-cut out 2 sizes of the X-Cut Bloom,
And 1 from Sizzix Framelit Circles #2.

Then using Forever Friends, 
Cosy Christmas Backing Paper,
(Docrafts)
I Die-cut 3 more circles to 
fit inside the Navy Blue Card
(Sizzix Framelit Circles #2).

I tried to make my Tag look as though the 
images went from ground to sky.

So for the Bottom one I coloured the
digi image in using my Promarker Pens.

I then cut her out and placed her on using
foam stickies.

Then I used Turquoise Glitter (stash)
for the collar trim of her dress,
and used 2 Tiny Blue Gems (stash)
for her earrings.

For the Second Circle I used the 
'Christmas Greetings' Sentiment Stamp
(Happy Holidays - Vintage Christmas)
and I heat embossed it on
using Watercolour Ink Pad (Versastamp)
and Tinsel Silver Embossing Powder.
Then using Silver Stickles I added some 
'Star Dots' around it.

For the Third and top Circle 
I heat embossed a Star,
(Crafts Beautiful - All B Designs)
Using the same Ink Pad and 
Silver Tinsel embossing powder.
And again added the Silver Stickle
'Star Dots'.
And on the top bump of Blue Card
I used a X-Cut 6mm Extension Punch
to make a hole.

I then added White Glitter 
Circle Peel Offs (stash),
which I thought finished them off nicely
and looked like the images were framed.
I then Used Baby Blue Brads (stash)
and connected all 3 of the Circles together.

And for the finishing touches

I added Crystal White Gems (stash)

to all the visible Blue Card Bumps.
And finally some White 8mm Ribbon,
to hang my Tag with. 
Tied with a Bow at the top. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges :- 

ABC Christmas Challenge - W for Winter Wishes
Bastel-Traum - Christmas Challenge
Card and Scrap - #65 - Christmas Tags
Crafty Calender - Nov - All Things Christmas
Great Impressions - Nov - Holiday Card or Tag
Little Claire's Designs - #39 - Christmas Theme
TokBobok - #6 - Christmas

New Challenge #58 at Glitter n Sparkle

Well hello again,

Yes it's Sunday again.

So yet again I am spending quality time 
up North with my Grandmother, 
10 whole days of fun hehe, 
while my Parents are off on their Jollies...
Just a shame that the weather is sooooo
FREEZING!!!!!!
The other down side is that 
I can't Craft away to my hearts content.
Though I did pack enough to make a few cards
while I am up here.
Might even get my Gran to make one,
think she would enjoy that.
Anyways for this week.....

the Theme at Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Autumn Colours 

Our sponsors this week are:-

Sandi's Samples who are offering 

4 images from their store. 

The Stamping Chef who are offering 

3 images from their store .

Fred She Said who are offering 

a $10 gift certificate for their store .

Digi Darla who are offering 

5 images from their store .

This Week I have done two projects:
This is the 1st one: 

I used the Sunflower Birdhouse digi stamp

from Digi Darla (one of our sponsors).

To make this I used the Birdhouse Template 

(Templates and More CD from Dreamees).

Cutting the Template out onto 
Burnt Orange Card (stash).I used Backing Paper Green Flower,

(Raspberry Road Designs),
Which I cutout and put on 3 sides
of the 'House'.
For the Roof I Used Wood Backing Paper 
(Craftsuprint - Sheila Rodgers).

I then printed out 3 copies of the Image,
and coloured them in

using my Promarker Pens.

I cut out and decoupaged the Image up,
to give it more 'body'.

I then added 2 Yellow and 
1 Orange Speckled Feathers (stash) 
to the Left side of the Image.
I also added 1 Green and 1 Deep Red Flower 
(Special Delivery - Helz Cuppleditch) 
to the front of the Birdhouse,
and glitzed them up with 
Flower Dimante Stickers 
(Great Expressions).

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges :- 

4 Crafty Chicks - #167 - Anything But A Card
Anything But A Card - #29 - Falling into Fall

Crafting My Life - Oct/Nov - Anything Goes; 
But No Cards
Crafts 4 Eternity - #149 - Anything But A Card
Crafty Creations - #247 - Autumn Colours
Digi Haven - Fall
Eureka Stamps - #64 - Fall Leaves or Feathers
Everybody Art - #252 - Autumn
Kitty Bee Designs - #12 - Fall Colors
Stampin for the Weekend - Autumn/Fall Colours

Challenge #58 at Glitter n Sparkle

Like I said in my last post,
this Week I have done two projects:

and this is my 2nd one: 

With the Theme at Glitter n Sparkle:-

Autumn Colours 

Our sponsors this week are:-

Sandi's Samples who are offering 

4 images from their store. 

The Stamping Chef who are offering 

3 images from their store .

Fred She Said who are offering 

a $10 gift certificate for their store .

Digi Darla who are offering 

5 images from their store .

So For this one.....

I used the Just Awesome digi stamp

from The Stamping Chef (one of our sponsors).

For My Backing Card I used a 

Medium Dark Brown Plain Card (stash).

Which I have layered up with a 

Glitter Red Card (stash),

then a Glitter Yellow Card (stash).

On top of that I have used a 

Leaves Backing Paper (stash),

which I Die-cut out,

using the X-Cut Large Ornate Frame.

I coloured the image in

using my Promarker Pens.

Using a 'Just Because' Stamp 

(Hot Off The Press)

I heat embossed it on using 

Detail Gold Embossing Powder (PSX).

For the extras I Die-cut 2 Branch/Leaves 

(Joy - Vintage Flourishes),

and added a strip of Gold Ribbon

(which I couldn't see properly, 

so I backed it onto a strip of

Yellow Glitter card),

and handmade a matching 

Gold Ribbon Bow.

I then added Green and Red Paper Blossoms

(Special Delivery - Helz Cuppleditch).

I then added Sparkling Honey Yellow Glitter 

(Craft Planet), to her Necklace and Bracelet,

and some small Pink Oval Gems 

to the center of them.

I put some Gold Round Gems 

in the center of the Flowers,

and 'framed' the red card

with Brown Sparkle Gems

(all gems from my stash).

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges :- 

By LORi Designs - #59 - Ribbon & Bows
Craft Dee BowZ - Nov - Anything Goes;
Handmade Bow
Crafty Creations - #247 - Autumn Colours
Delightful Challenges - All That Glitters
Digi Haven - Fall
I ♥ ProMarkers - #193 - All That Glitters
Kitty Bee Designs - #12 - Fall Colors
Lady Anne's - #8 - More Than 1 Layer
Ladybug Crafts - Nov - Autumn Colours
Sparkle n Sprinkle - Nov - Anything Goes;
with Glitter, Embossing and/or Flocking

New Challenge #57 at Glitter n Sparkle

Well Hi there again,

So it must be Sunday again,

YAY.

Well life has kind of calmed down now

at least the house is now sorted out

and things are getting back to normal,

or as normal as they ever get.

So this weeks Theme at Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Include Some Leaves 

Our sponsors this week are:-

Delicious Doodles who are offering
4 images from their store

QKR Stampede who are offering
5 images from their store

Lacy Sunshine who are offering
3 images from their store

Di's Digi Downloads who are offering
a $12 Gift Cert

For my project this week 
I used the Scarecrow digi stamp

from QKR Stampede (one of our sponsors)

To begin with I folded some
Plain Dark Green Card (my stash),
and cut it to make a Square Base Card.

For my Backing Paper I printed off the
Eerie Pumpkin Patch Wallpaper
(Scenic Reflections),
and cut it to size.

I then coloured my Image in
using my Promarker Pens.

I added one Golden Material Leaf
(Flowers),
and the 3 Wooden Oak Leaves
(Craft for Christmas)

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges :- 

Artistic Inspirations - #65 - Fall Colours/Anything Goes

Baffies Creative Shop - #25 - Autumn

Challenges 4 Everybody - #32 - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Autumn

Cutting and Stampin - #43 - Autumn Harvest

Digitally 'Sweet' - #60 - Leaves and/or Trees

Dutch Magnolia Lovers - #67 - Autumn

Fresh Brewed Challenges - OCT - Pumpkins

Kreativeinkauf - #8 - Fall/Halloween

Lady Ann's Challenges - #7 - Autumn/Fall

LEJ Designs - #77 - Anything Goes

Nutcrafters - #55 - Autumn Splendor

Parade Your Craft - #7 - Halloween and/or Autumn

There She Goes Clear Stamps - #231 - Leaves