New Challenge #165 at Glitter N Sparkle

Hi,

Its been a nice peaceful week for a change
though the other half is insisting we start
Xmas decorating soon.
So last night was spent putting up the
1st Christmas Tree.
The rest is to be finished off on the
1st December as planned.
Honest he's  bigger kid than the Kids lol

I would also like to wish all my friends
who live in the States a
'Happy Thanksgiving'
(I know it was on Thursday,
but better late than never)
Hope you all had a fantastic day.

The Theme at

Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Incude A Bow

Our Sponsors this week are:-

Digital Delights who are offering

a $5 Gift Certificate for their store.

A Day For Daisies who are offering

a $12 Gift Certificate for their store

A Random Fan who are offering

3 Images from their store.

My Project this

week is:-

December 26th Digi Stamp

from Stitchy Bear
at Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet

(One of our sponsors)

To begin with I used Pre-cut Round Bauble Card

(stash)

which I then covered with Pearlise Gold Card.
I then Die-Cut out Circles using the

Framelet Circle Die Set (8pk)

(Sizzex)

using Green Card, Pearlised Red Card 
and Pearlised Champagne Card.

(all from my Scrap Card Box)

Which I placed on using Foam Pads
to give it a bit of depth.

For the Bauble Top I used some Glitter White Card
(Scrap Box)
which I Punched using the Lace Trim
(X-Cut)

I then stuck it on and cut it to fit.

Next I printed off the Image

on White DC Paper

And coloured them in using my Promarker Pens

Satin

Dusky Pink

Putty

Dusky Rose

Lipstick Red

Red

Berry Red

Poppy

Crimson

Yellow

Apple

Pine

Cool Grey 1

Metallic Gold

I added a sentiment of my own
'Wakey Wakey, rise and shine.
'Tis the season for Mistletoe and Wine'
in Pine Green.
which I printed on the Computer
in the Heart of the Digi Image
using the Dragline Font.

Next I made up a Die-cut Poinsettia from 
Pearlise Green and Pearlised Burgandy Paper

(which I found in my Die box - so not sure where they came from)

and to that I added a Handmade Bow
using 1.5cm White Ribbon with Gold

(Boyes Haberdashery)

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-

Crafting By Designs - Nov - Get Ready For Christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - #257 - Use Die-cuts or Punch's
Cutie Pie - #93 - Simply Cute and Christmassy
Fab 'n' Funky - #283 - Christmas
Left Of Center - #106 - Nothing Square (Top 3)
One Stitch At A Time - #251 - ATG/Winter
Papertake Weekly - Nov - Take Your Pick (Winner)
(Colour/Technique/Product)
Passion for Promarker - #324 - Christmas Is Coming
Pile It On - #97 - Use Red and Green
Suzy Bee's - #108  ATG/Add A Die-cut

Challenge #147 at Glitter N Sparkle

Here is my next card,
Well when I saw this Image and the theme for this week,
all I got in my head was this certain song going round and round.

Fields of Gold - Sting

I think it is so apt,
so I based my card around it.
Hope you like it.

The Theme at

Glitter n Sparkle was:-

Something Beginning With B
Blue, Brown, Barley, Birds, Burlap

My Project this

week was:-

Love's Garden Digi Stamp

from Stitchy Stamps at 
Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet

(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I used a Pre-cut Square Kraft Card

(stash).

Then I cut out a square of Mid Blue Card
(stash).
Next I found this gorgeous Picture 
of a Barley Field on the Internet
(Fields of Gold - Richard Hurst)

Next I printed the Image out
4 Times
1 on Blue Striped Paper,
1 on Brown Flower Strip Paper,
(both from my Scrap Box)

and 2 on White DC Paper.
On the White Paper

I coloured it in

using my Promarker Pens

                                                           Putty                  - Skin

                                                           Antique Pink     - Lips/Rose/Seed Packet

                                                           Gold                    - Straw

                                                           Sunflower          - Straw

                                                           Sandstone          - Hat Band

                                                           Cinnamon          - Ribbons

                                                           Walnut               - Wood 

                                                           Forest Green    - Leaves/Watering Can

                                                           Blue Pearl          - Collar

                                                           China Blue         - Neck Tie/Pockets

                                                           Royal Blue         - Neck Tie/Hat/Dress Cuffs

                                                           Warm Grey 4    - Tools
                                                           Warm Grey 5    - Tools
                                                           Black                   - Tools

Then I did a bit of Piece Cutting,
1st I cut out the Dress and the Hat from the Blue Paper,
then I cut out the Apron from the Brown Paper.
and from 1 of the White Images I cut out the Hat Band,
Face and Collar, Watering Can, and the Pockets.
Once I had reassembled all the Pieces in the right places
on the last Image,
I fussy cut it out.

Next for my Sentiment, I took a Quote from the Song
(Fields of Gold - Sting)
which I printed off from my computer 
in Blue.
I cut it out and backed it with a piece of Burlap
(found in my Sewing Box),
with some strands placed across the corners.

To finish it off I Stamped out 2 Birds
(Fairy Bell Collection - Jodie Lee)
in Tuxedo Black Ink
(Memento)
And coloured them with 
Cinnamon and Walnut Promarker Pens.
Then cut them out and placed them on the Card.

I'd like to enter this Card in the

following Challenges:-

Crafts Galore Encore - August - ATG
Creative Ladybirds Creations - #6 - ATG
Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet - FB - August - ATG
Sugar And Betty - August - ATG

New Challenge #83 at Glitter N Sparkle

Hi Everyone,

Yes its that time of week again, 
and its been a hectic week.
We now have the newest addition arrived,
and we still have my Partners teenage nieces here,
plus for the weekend his youngest Daughter.

Question: has anyone learnt the trick of getting 
teenagers to clean up after themselves???

Anyway here is my project for this Week:-

The Theme at 
Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Tag It

Our Sponsors this week are:-

Lacy Sunshine who are offering

3 Images from their store

Meljens who are offering

4 Images from their store

Bugaboo who are offering

7 Images from their store

Stitchy Bear Stamps who are offering

an $10 Gift Certificate for their store
from Stitchy, Craftygirl, Alipeeps Art

Di's Digi Downloads who are offering

an $12 Gift Certificate for their store

My project for this week is:-

Dark Angel Digi Stamp 

from Stitchy at Stitchy Bear Stamps
(one of our sponsors)

This week I decided to make a Jewellery Box and 
matching Birthday Card for a friend.
Because the Present I had got her 
was some nice Wing Earrings, 
and I thought the Image suited.

To make the box I followed a Template for
'That's a Wrap!'
(My Time Made Easy - Pretty Packaging
Designed by Lauren Meader)
But I altered the base so that it became a 10cm Square.

I began with using an A4 sheet of 
Purple Pearlised Card

(Ross Papers)
Cut out the altered template, Top and Bottom,
and using my Ultimate Crafters Companion
to do my scoring.
for the flaps I wanted them to look nice
so I used my Ivy Blossom Corner Punch
(Emboss plus Punch - Fiskars)
And so that I can lift the Lid up I used a 
'Sweetie' Punch 
(Card Craft Punches)
half on the card,
to make a fancy hole.
And for the Inside just a Sheet of A4
Pearlised Black Card
(Ross Papers)
cut to a 10cm square with 1cm
folded down flaps 
to make it stand inside the Box.
then I punched through 2 holes,
for the Earrings to go through.

For the Box Sleeve I used an A4 sheet of
Champagne Pearlised Card
(Ross Papers)
And cut out the altered Sleeve Template.

To decorate the Box I used a sheet of
Starry Purple Vellum
(stash)
which I Die-Cut out using the 3rd largest Circles (8pk)
(Sizzix Nestables)
Then I cut it in half and place 
one on each of the top semi-circles.
With a strip of Purple Satin Ribbon
(Stash) 
along the top. 

Next I made My Tag by Die-Cutting
a scrap left over from the Champagne Pearl Card.
Using the Largest Tag Die-Cut
(free from Papercraft Essentials)
and then using the same Die cutting out some
Starry Purple Vellum
(which I trimmed down a little to give an edge)
Then I Fussy Cut out my Little Image 
and added it to the bottom of the tag.
Using a 6mm Extention Hole Punch
(XCut)
I punched a hole in the top.
Then finished it off with a Purple Paper Rose
(stash).

To tie the Top together I pierced 2 holes in each flap
and threaded the Purple Ribbon through.
Then threaded the Ribbon through the Tag 
and Tied it off with a Bow.

 I had printed off 2 images for this project,
1 Little for the Tag and 
1 Large for the Card.
Here is a close up of the image.

I coloured in my Images both the same 
using my Promarker Pens.

               Skin -             Vanilla
                                     Satin
                                     Dusky Pink (Cheeks)
                                     Black (Lips & Nails)
                                     Lavender (Eyes)

               Hair -              China Blue
                                     Slate
                                     Cool Grey 5

               Necklace -      Slate
                                     China Blue
                                     Black
               Bodice -         China Blue
                                     Slate
                                     Black
               Skirt -             China Blue
                                     Cornflower
                                     Black

               Trousers -      Lavender                                                                               Lilac
                                     Slate
               Wings -          China Blue                                                                             Slate
                                     Cornflower
                                     Lilac
                                     Pastel Blue
                                     Lavender

Next I made my matching Card.
I started off with an A4 sheet of 
Champagne Pearl Card
which I cut down to make a 12cm Square Card.

Next I Die-Cut out the Starry Purple Vellum
I used the largest Ornate Square Frame
(XCut). 
And Fussy Cut out my Large Image 
and placed it on top.

For a Sentiment I used 
the 'Enchanting' Clear Stamp
(Fairy Belle Collection - Julie Lee)
using Tuxedo Black Ink
(Memento).

To finish off my card
I Handmade a Double Bow from 
the Purple Satin Ribbon.
Put a strip of Pastel Purple Glitter Ribbon 
(Crafting Ribbon - Craft)
across the Bottom Corner.
I added some Purple Paper Roses.

And 9 Flat-Back Purple Gems,
on the corner under the Ribbon.
(stash).

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

Addicted To Stamps - #81 - Things With Wings
Bastel-Traum - Tags
Clear It Out  - Purple/Stash
Craft-Dee Bowz - May - Anything Goes/Handmade Bows
Craft Your Passion - #211 -Things That Can Fly
Crafty Ribbons - #87 - Anything Goes With Ribbon
Digi Choosday - #17 - Wings And Things
Digitally Sweet - #86 - Anything With Wings
Imagination Crafts - May - Things With Wings
Incy Wincy Designs - Create A Tag
Just For Fun - May - Ribbon
Nutcrafters - #67 - Bingo
(Girly Image - Die Cuts - Gems)
One Stitch At A Time - #211 - Ribbon
Punk You Girl - #12 - Things With Wings
Sugar Creek Hollow - #85 - Tic-Tac-Toe
(Bling - Die-Cut - Ribbon)
The East Wind - #6 - Die-Cuts Or Punches
The Papershelter - #156 - Use That Ribbon
The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Things With Wings

New Challenge #79 at Glitter and Sparkle

Hello again,

Well its been another interesting week 
here at the old Homestead.
My folks have flown over to Denmark
to see their Grandson for the 1st time.
and Auntie here is well jealous lol.
Also we've had my partners Daughters 
for the weekend, so its been a girlie time
of crafting and baking.

So this week I got a very nice Image to work with 
and I have a Family Wedding coming up soon,
for which this card is perfect.
I hope you all like it.

Anyway here is my project this Week:-

The Theme at 
Glitter n Sparkle is:-

Pearls and Lace

Our Sponsors this week are:-

Digi Stamps Joy who are offering

5 Images from their store

Bugaboo who are offering

7 Images from their store

Stitchy Bear Samps who are offering

a $10 Gift Certificate for Images from
Stitchy, Barbara Jenson, Pookie Bear
and Panda Bear

Di's Digi Downloads who are offering

a $12 Gift Certificate for their store

My project for this week is:-

Mr + Mrs Digi Stamp 

from Stitchy at Stitchy Bear Stamps 
(one of our sponsors)

To begin with I Cut and scored 2 pieces of
A4 Cream Pearl Card
(Ross Papers).
 One at  14.5cm x 29cm
(folded in half to make 2 squares)
and the other at 16cm x 29.cm 
which I scored at 
7.4cm in from each edge,
to make the folding doors.
Then cut off a 1cm section over both the doors 
so I was left with a tab on the middle section.
Then attached both pieces of card together,
tab to the end of the folded squares.

Then I cut 3 squares of my backing paper
which I made using the 
'Roses' Black and White Backing Paper
(My Craft Studio - Carousel of Classics, CD 4 1960-79)
which I edited on my Greeting Card Factory program,
flipping the Image so that it would make a square.
Cutting one of the so it would go on the 'Doors'.

Next I Die-Cut out my Image
using the Gold Labels 28 (S5-209)
(Spellbinders)
And from Champagne Pearl Card
(Ross Papers)
I Die-Cut out a piece to back the Image.

On plain white découpage paper I Stamped
the 'Rose and Banner'
(Apothecary Art - Stampin' Up!)
and the 'Wedding' Stamp
(All B Designs - free for Crafts Beautiful).
Both in Tuxedo Black Ink
(Memento)
Then I stamped the 'Congratulations' Sentiment,
(PMA 907439 - Papermania)
which I placed in the 'Banner,
using Gold Pigment Ink
(Dovecraft)
which I then filled in with a Gold Metallic Gel Pen.

Using the Labels Collection (125598)
(Stampin' Up!)
I cut out the 2nd Largest and the 
2nd Smallest from the 
Champagne Pearl Card.
And my stamped Images I Die-Cut out using
the next sizes down so they would fit on.

I printed off another 2 copies of my Image
so I could add some texture to the Dress by 
Embossing it using the 
corner of A6 Swirls (XCU 515125)
(X-Cut).
And Decoupaging up the Veil.

I coloured in my Image 
using my Promarker Pens.

               Skin -             Satin

               Hair -              Shale
                                     Cocoa

               Dress -           Ivory
               Veil -              Ivory
               Bouquet -       Buttercup
                                     Blossom
                                     Lavender 
                                     Apple
               Top Hat -        Cool Grey 4
                                     Cool Grey 5

               Tails -             Cool Grey 4

                                     Cool Grey 5

               Trousers -      Cool Grey 4

I also coloured in all the Roses in Ivory, 

those on the Stamp and 
those on the Backing Papers.

I put a strip of 1" Cream Lace
(Boyes Haberdashery).
across the middle of the inside card,
under the 'Congratulations'.
And another strip down each side of the 'Doors'.

To finish off my card
I used small Flat-Back Cream Pearls,
on the 'Wedding' sentiment
and the 'Mr & Mrs' Frame.
and medium Flat-Back Cream Pearls
to the 'Congratulations' sentiment.
And for my Flower Posy I placed 
1 Cream Paper Rose
(Craft Shop)
2 Gold Leaves
(Flowers)
3 small White Paper Roses
(stash)
I edged the Roses with 
3D Holographic Glitter Glue
(Glitz-It)
just to give them a bit of sparkle.

And for my final touch 
I used the Gold Wire 
(which came off the Leaves)
and twisted them to make rings.
Adding a small Flat-back Crystal Gem
to the Ladies Ring, 
and the join for the other behind the lace
to make the Gents Ring.

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

4 Crafty Chicks - #188 - Colour a Stamped Image
Bastel-Traum - Flowers, Lace and Pearls
Card And Scrap - #73 - Confirmation,Wedding or Baby
CCEE Stampers - Use Three Different Images
Crafty Sentiments - Wedding Shower
Creative Inspirations - #259 - Lovely Lace
Fitztown - #29 - Fancy Folds
Hobbybook - 2 or More Die-cuts
Inky Impressions - #153 - Fold It
Lia Stampz - #62 - Good-luck or Congratulations
One Stitch At A Time - #207 - Flowers
Patties Creations - #89 - Fancy Folds
Quick Quotes - #38 - Stamp It Up
Sweet Stamps - #163 - Dies
Whoopsi Daisy - Lace and Pearls