Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 97

I'm late! I had this one set up to publish while I was on holiday, but it didn't. So, here's hoping we're 'better late than never'!

This time, our challenge at Crafty Cardmakers is to use a recipe: One image, Two papers and Three embellishments! So, not too hard.

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My card this week is definitely busier than I usually aim for - but that's good. It forces me to think beyond fairly simple designs which tend to be what I go for.

I've used several favourites here: The image is from Sara Burrier/Crafts and Me. Sara's my favourite of the Crafts and Me artists, and that image is one of my favourites of hers. The papers are from Kate Knight - another favourite. She does the most beautiful floral patterns - bright, bold and beautiful! I've coloured the image with Promarkers and finished it with Glamour Dust. The flowers were made using some Sizzix dies, and the butterfly is from a die from Spellbinders.

I hope you can join us this time.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative Creations where anything goes,
Paper Playtime where they want patterned paper,
Whoopsie Daisy where they want 'things with wings',
Die Cutting Divas where anything goes,
Party Time Tuesdays where anything goes,
Crafting Boutique where anything goes,
Little Miss Muffet where they're 'Away with the Fairies',
Papercrafting Journey where they want die cuts,
Crafting by Designs where anything goes,
Paper Shelter where anything goes,

One Stitch at a Time Challenge 174

This week at One Stitch at a Time, we've got an 'anything goes'! So, show us what you've been up to!

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I worked with an image from Hope Jacare which I chose to try to keep up the progress on my Christmas cards! It's a sweet image called Christmas Rooftop.

I coloured the image with Promarkers. I cut with Nestibilities, and used Dovecraft papers. I edged the papers and image with Glamour Dust and added a little to the showy bits too!

I hope you can join us this week.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Hiding in my Craft Room where it's Christmas in July,
CMC where anything goes,
Crimbo Crackers where anything goes,
Sister Act where anything goes,
Polkadoodles where it's Christmas in July,
Crafting by Design where it's Christmas in July,
ABC Christmas where they want Christmas trees (mine's in the window - hope that's enough!)
Crafts and Me where anything goes,
I Love Promarkers where it's Christmas in July,
The Paper Shelter where anything goes.

One Stitch at a Time Challenge 173

This week at One Stitch at a Time, we want you to share something special with us - your favourite things!

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So, my favourite things. I've got lots of them, but one of them is definitely Science Fiction. I used to love the original Star Trek, and I've loved each new story as it's appeared. And then there's Stargate. I mean, what's not to love about that - especially a certain Jack O'Neill? And more recently, there's Firefly/Serenity. And all the hundreds of books I've read over the years too. And one thing I've defnitely achieved is that I've passed on my interest to my three children. I was so proud when my youngest chose a Serenity poster for her university room ...

Anyway, my elder son has a birthday this summer, and when I saw this pack from Cootsy Creations, I had to have it.

I've used one of the papers from the pack, and adjusted it for a square format. I added the sentiment before printing. the image I printed twice, and I coloured with Promarkers before layering. 

I hope you can join us this week.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More where they want CAS,
Crafting By Designs where anything goes,
Crafts and Me where anything goes,
I Love Promarkers where anything goes,
Nutcrafter where they want one for the boys,
Anything Goes where anything goes,
LEJ Designs where anything goes,
Tuesday Throwdown where anything goes,
4 Crafty Chicks where they want to 'Hear it for the Boys',
Creative Fingers where anything goes.

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 97

This time, Crafty Cardmakers is celebrating its birthday! The challenge blog is four years old. I remember when it started, although I wasn't on the team then, I knew several people who were, and I followed it with interest until I was ready to apply to join the team. I was really pleased when I was accepted. And that three years ago! Doesn't time fly when you're having fun!

So, since its our birthday, what we'd like is for you to make us a birthday card! As long as it has reference to a birthday on it, it fits this challenge.

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Now, I make birthday cards for everyone who works in my planning group at school. And I've found that the ones people are most impressed with are the ones with either decoupage or pyramage. I don't do a lot of either, because I always feel it's cheating a bit - because so much is done for you with those. But, they're very handy when you want something quick. And I've got two summer birthdays coming up, and so I got out my box of bits, and came up with these two.

In both cases, the image and sentiment came from a set I got from ImagEnation. They were reduced, probably because some of the sentiments had errors. (I seem to remember some said Sent with Lot's of Love or some such. I threw those bits away!)

Anyway, back to the cards. In both cases, I found some pretty paper - the green/pink version uses paper from MME, and the blue/lilac one uses some from You to Me. I matted with some co-ordinating card, then made the flower and butterfly from die cuts. I finished the flower with a 'liquid pearl', and the top layer of the butterfly uses some paper I've had forever which has some bits of pink petal and threads through it.

I hope you can join us this week.

I'd like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

Paper Minutes where anything goes,
Crafts and Me where anything goes,
My Creative Moments where the theme is 'birthdays',
Creative Corner where anything goes,
Emerald Fairies where the theme is 'Happy Birthday',
The Crafter's Cafe where anything goes,
613 Avenue Create where anything goes with an option of 'birthday',
Eclectic Ellapu where the theme is 'flowers'.