The last Last Challenge for 2013 - What a fabulous Year!

This will be the last challenge of the year at OSAAT and what a cracker! Our theme for a whole month will be 'Anything Goes' and our sponsor is our very own Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet with a prize of all the images that the design team chose to use in Challenge 192.  A runner up prize of $3 to spend in the store goes to the winner of the draw for projects using a non-Stitchy image

Our rules are very simple,

1. You can enter with as many Stitchy Bear images as you wish. But, if you choose to enter with a   non-Stitchy Bear image then you are allowed to enter a maximum of three times. There are hundreds and hundreds to choose from in the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet. 

2.You must link back to our challenge blog on your blog.

3. No back linking, it must be a new project blogged after our challenge goes live.

You will have until the 12th of January to enter, so plenty of time after Christmas to get your creations uploaded.  

Look at all that lovely crafty stash you've been given at Christmas.

For my card this week I chose this beautiful image by Hope Jacare Doodles called Christmas Dove of Peace.

Isn't it a gorgeous image and I've coloured it with a mixture of Promarkers and Copics. I prefer the grey shades of Copic Markers.  Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4 in red and gold foils surround  the Spellbinders Labels 4 image. I've die cut some Spellbinders Poinsettia and some Cheery Lynn leaves to finish.

Wishing you Joy and Peace at Christmas and may Santa bring you lots of crafting goodies.

Seeing Red Sunday

What a brilliant challenge we have for you this week at the  One Stitch At A Time challenge blog .  It's Seeing Red, brilliant! I love all the colours of Christmas especially red.

Our rules are pretty straightforward,

1. You can enter with as many Stitchy Bear images as you wish. But, if you choose to enter with a   non-Stitchy Bear image then you are allowed to enter a maximum of three times. There are hundreds and hundreds to choose from in the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet. You must link back to our challenge blog on your blog.

3. No back linking, it must be a new project blogged after our challenge goes live.

Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World with the top prize of three lovely Promarkers, can you ever have enough Promarkers?

 For my card this week I chose My heart Pieces - Mr & Mrs Claus.  I love Priyanka's images and I'm sure this is Mr Claus kissing his wife 'goodbye' as he  leaves on Christmas Eve to deliver all the presents.

For the background paper I've used one of the pages from Pink Petticoats 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' which is in the Christmas Scripts here. They cost £2 for the script and the type face for Jingle Bells, they are half price at the moment.  I've mounted Mr |& Mrs Claus onto a Spellbinders Postage Stamp square and added a Spellbinders Poinsetia. These are self generated sentiments.

Yay! It's Sunday!

And time for a lovely new challenge at OSAAT. The theme this week is 'Use A Digi'. Our rules are very simple.

1. You can enter with as many Stitchy Bear images as you wish. But, if you choose to enter with a    non-Stitchy Bear image then you are allowed to enter a maximum of three times.

2. You must link back to our challenge blog on your blog.

3. No back linking, it must be a new project blogged after our challenge goes live.

For my card this week I've used a sweet owl image from Sentimental Susan and you can find her here 

I couldn't make my mind up what to do with this image so I had a look in Create with TLC as I knew Paulette, the designer would have the perfect sentiment in her shop.

I've used one of the pages from the First Edition Sweet Owl collection as a background. The image has been cut with Spellbinders Ovals and Scalloped Ovals and placed on a Spellbinders Decorative Oval. a Memory Box die takes up the space in the corner.  The sentiment is from a collection by Create with TLC. I'm saving this for my husband as it's our anniversary in a few days time.

A New Challenge at OSAAT and a New Dog

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time. This week our challenge is Bingo!

Please go to our challenge blog here for all the details but it's easy peasy! We would love to see you use three elements on your card, you can use a line across or diagonally, the choice is yours which line you choose but please let us know in your blog post. Regardless of your Bingo line choice you must still use a digital image on your card.  Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World and you can win our top prize of 3 x Promarkers.

Our rules are pretty simple:

1. You can enter with as many Stitchy Bear images as you wish. But, if you choose to enter with a    non-Stitchy Bear image then you are allowed to enter a maximum of three times.

2. You must link back to our challenge blog on your blog.

3. No back linking, it must be a new project blogged after our challenge goes live.

Here's this week's card:

 
For my main image I've used Whispering Trees by Gingerloft. This is a lovely image that can be made into a card for a man or a woman depending how you 'gussy' it up. I changed to colour of the trees in my old graphics program to blend with my paper and foil.  The background paper is from the ever growing bits and pieces box and I've inked up the edges. The frame is from Spellbinders Diamond Effects and I've added a couple of Memory Box dies called Pierson Corner. A shabby rose with some distress ink added too. A very quick card to make.

My Bingo Line was across the middle, I used Liquid Pearls, Die Cuts and three layers or more.

The New Dog!

We've adopted a new dog called Tuppence, when I get a new photo I'll post it but she is a little camera shy. I was already to get the blog scheduled but decided to take her and our other rescue dog, Alfie for a walk first. Well, we had to bath Tuppence in the garden because she had rolled in a dead bird and then into dog poo! Yuck!!!! I even bought this dog a pink collar and she did that! At least now I know she is clean and fluffy.

It's Sunday and time for a Lovely New Challenge at OSAAT

It's that day of the week when we have a lovely challenge at One Stitch At A Time. This week's challenge is everyone's favourite........ Anything Goes!  We would love to see your creations and it doesn't have to be a card, all your lovely creative ideas would be fantastic. The fab prize this week is.... (drum roll, please!) ......... All the images that the design team used in Challenge #188.  You only have to purchase one stamp from the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet to be able to enter.


Our rules are very easy:-

1. You can enter with as many Stitchy Bear images as you wish. But, if you choose to enter with a    non-Stitchy Bear image then you are allowed to enter a maximum of three times.

2, You must link back to our challenge blog on your blog.

3, No back linking, it must be a new project blogged after our challenge goes live.

For my card this week I've used 'Nataliya' and you can find her here.  Stitchy designed her just for Nataliya on the design team, how gorgeous is she.

I've used a piece of design paper from a Graphic 45 pas called Bird Song.  I've mat and layered 'Nataliya' onto a  Spellbinder's Square and then onto Marianne Designs Anja's Squares.  I've cut a Cheery Lynn Lace  Faerie Queen butterfly in sparkly parchment paper and added some Creative Expressions pearls as the butterfly trails. Some feathers. lace and pearls to finish. Voila!

It's Time For A New Challenge At OSAAT

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge on the One Stitch At A Time blog. this week the challenge is very special.  The prize for the winning entry using a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image is............ all the images the design team are using in this week's challenge.  Wow! That is one fabulous prize.   Chaka Khan....... take it away,   'Ain't nobody does it better"!

Have a look at this fab picture of the images and papers used this week, they are amazing!

Our theme this week for Challenge # 189 is Holidays. To win this fab prize just follow our easy rules:

1, You can enter with as many Stitchy Bear images as you wish. But, if tou choose to enter with a non-Stitchy Bear image then you are allowed to enter a maximum of three times.
2, You must link to our challenge blog.
3, No back linking, it must be a new project blogged after our challenge go live.

This collaboration with the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet creators will be available FREE if you spend $10 in the store, absolutely great value.

For my two cards this week for Thanksgiving I used a set of the papers and the Fall Harvest image,
Coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and some die cut leaves from a Cheery Lynn die.  I love the colours on this card so cheerful and bright.

For my second card I've used the Santa image and cut and mounted him on a couple of Spellbinders die cuts. The sentiment is from a set set by Marianne Designs. Of course it couldn't be a Christmas card without a Spellbinders Poinsettia and some leaves from my favourite Memory Box die.

This Week's New Challenge at OSAAT #188

It's Sunday and time for another great challenge at One Stitch At A Time.  This week our challenge is everyone's favourite  'Use a Digi'. This means that you must use something digital on your creation and the gorgeous prize is all the digital images that the DT used in Challenge 186, there must be $20 worth of images or thereabouts. Our rules are very simple:

1, You can enter our challenge as many times as you like as long as you use a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image available from here.  You have the chance to win out top prize of all of the digi stamps From Stitch Bear's Digi Outlet used by the DT in Challenge 186 and I'm sure that's a lot of great digis.  You may enter ONLY three times with a non-Stitchy Bear image.

2, On your post you must link to our challenge blog.

3, No backlinking, your project must be new and blogged after our challenge goes live.

For my card this week I chose My Heart Pieces beautiful image called 'Sending You Love' and you can find her here. I love Priyanka's designs they are so lovely to colour and so delicate.

 

I've used a piece of design paper that's come from my waste bits and pieces and chose the Promarkers and Flexmarkers from it although it is hidden under the die cuts. I cut the main image from a Memory Box base and used a matching frame for her and behind her is a die-cut from Spellbinders Respendant Rectangles. More Memory Box flowers and leaves. I generated a sentiment for her and highlighted her socks and bow with a Zig Wink of Stella glitter. A couple of pearls to finish.

A Granddaughters Birthday.

It was our eldest granddaughter's birthday earlier in the month and Romani has just turned thirteen so out with the fairies and teddies and in with something more grown up.

I chose a steampunk stamp from a set called Viviene by Kanban Stamps and coloured it with a mix of Promarkers and Flexmarkers and edge with some Antique Linen distress ink. I used a Spellbinders die to cut a frame and mat and layered this onto a piece of paper by Prima. A ribbon flower from some lovely trinkets I bought from a Facebook seller and leaves from Memory Box and a flourish from Marianne designs to finish.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

Crafty Sentiments Designs : Anything Goes 
Die Cutting Divas #139 - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs Challenge Blog #77 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 
Created With Love Challenge CWLC 64 - Anything Goes

A Lovely New Challenge at OSAAT # 187

It's that time of the week when there is a lovely new challenge at OSAAT. our theme this week is .......
spooky time.........

BOO!

If you're someone who doesn't do  Halloween, well, let's see Halloween colours, lots of black and red etc..  The rules are pretty straightforward, 

1, You may enter our challenge as many times as you like as long as you use a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image available from here.  You have the chance to win out top prize of 3 x Promarkers from our fab sponsor Creative Craft World. If you decide to enter with a non-Stitchy Bear image you will be placed in a draw for a runners-up prize of $3 to spend in the store but you may enter only three times.

2, On your post you must link to our challenge blog.

3, No backlinking, your project must be new and blogged after our challenge goes live.

For my card this week I've used 'Devilish Kiss' by  Sentimental Susan and you can find her here.  Well, she is certainly ready to captivate you on the 31st with those scarlet lips.

The background paper is a digi set by Gina Jane Designs called Halloween-Flourishes and I've added some die cuts from Spellbinders and the spider web is from Memory Box. The black cat at the bottom that you can just make out is a Spellbinders die from back in the days when you would often find a freebie with their dies, I have three of these but the cat is really used a lot.  The sentiment is self-generated and I used a font from Dafont.com called Bleeding Freaks, really handy for spooky writing.

I'd like to enter the following

2 Sisters Challenges #167 - Cute 'N Spooky
Crafty Calender Challenge - Halloween 
Card Making Mamas : CMM75 ~ Trick or Treat 
Craftitude Challenge # 51 - Anthing Goes / Spooky 
Crafts 4 Eternity R#147 Happy Halloween 
Craftyhands Challenge Blog #1 Anything Goes 
Cut It Up Challenge #30 - Halloween or Day of the Dead

Challenge Day at One Stitch at a Time

Midday Sunday and where has this week gone? When we were so much younger time would drag and we thought we'd never get to be sixteen, now fifty years later time just goes so quickly. I've been planning what to grow in the way of flowers and veggies next year in the garden that OH and I look after, Steady, Jen, it's not even Christmas yet.

It's that special time on Sunday when a new challenge gets posted at One Stitch at a Time.  This week is everyone's favourite, 'Anything Goes'. To enter the rules are very simple and straightforward.

1, You can enter our challenge as many times as you like as long as you use a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image available from here.  You have the chance to win out top prize of all of the digi stamps used by the DT in Challenge 184 and I'm sure that is six great digis.  You can enter ONLY three times with a non-Stitchy Bear image.

2, On your post you must link to our challenge blog.

3, No backlinking, your project must be new and blogged after our challenge goes live.

For my card this week I've used the image called 'Victoria Twilight' created by BBKakes, isn't she classy, definitely a night owl and none of that getting up at six in the morning and off to work.

I've cut an aperture through a piece of paper and cut and place Victoria inside the card.  I've coloured her with promarkers and added a few die-cuts from Memory Box and added as well three flowers from Wild Orchid.  I've kept the colours quite muted as this is one classy lady not to be hidden away by embellishments.

Time for a new Challenge #185 at OSAAT

Our challenge at One Stitch At A Time challenge blog  this week is called, 'Winter Wonderland' and such a great theme.  Our rules are quite straightforward,

1, You can enter our challenge as many times as you like as long as you use a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image available from here.  You have the chance to win out top prize of three lovely Promarkers from our sponsor this week, Creative Craft World.  You can enter ONLY three times with a non-Stitchy Bear image.

2, On your post you must link to our challenge blog.

3, No backlinking, your project must be new and blogged after our challenge goes live.

In the words of The Meerkat, 'Simples'! 

Well, my card this week, for me, proved to be difficult. Not in using Alipeeps Art's really beautiful image that you can find here but in that it was the anniversary of losing our Paul. I tried so hard but grief got in the way and I created something that has so much meaning in the image and words, selfishly, just for me.  This will stay with me forever and is so personal.

I've used the Spellbinders Grand Decorative Ovals One for the navy blue card and cut the the beautiful image with a plain oval. The stars are an X-Cut die and the silver flourish comes from Memory Box.

Time another Challenge at OSAAT

It's time for another challenge at One Stitch at A Time and our theme this week is 'Use a Digi' and our sponsor is Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet. If you use a image from one of the designers in the store  you have the chance to win all the digi's used by the design team in Challenge #182 and that's about $20 worth of images.  If you don't use a digi image from one of our fab designers then you will be placed into a draw for the chance tpo win $3 to spend in the store.  All creations need to be linked back to our challenge and no backlinking.

Carol, one of our teamies chose this beautiful image from Hope Jacare Doodles and its called 'Owl on a Swirly Branch. Aren't her designs gorgeous. The background paper is from a First Edition's pad called Sweet Owl and I've coloured the image with Promarker.  The sentiment is a freebie by Netty's Cards.  Check her blog out it, she makes gorgeous cards.

It's OSAAT Time!

Time for another great Challenge on the One Stitch At A Time Challenge Blog.  This week our theme is Autumn and we love to see your autumnal creations. Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World with a fab prize of 3 Promarkers. To win this fab prize you must use an image from our Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet store.  You can enter the challenge as many times as you like if you are using a Stitchy image. With a non-Stitchy image you may enter only three times and you will be entered into a draw for $3 to spend in the store. You must link back to our challenge in your post and enter a creation made after our blog goes live.

For my card this week I chose to use Ike's Art - Trick or Treat! Well, what can you say but a fine set of pumpkins. One for the men on your life to give to you?

The background paper I printed off from an image store and the setiment comes with the digi stamp and cut it by hand.

Another Great Challenge at OSAAT

Time for another challenge at One Stitch At A Time.  This week it 's 'Use a Digi' and to win the top prize of about $20 worth of the digi images used by the DT in challenge #180 you must use a Stitchy Bear image. The are 20 creators with fabulous images to choose from, you will be spoilt for choice.  The runner up prize is $3 to spend in the store. Have a look at the gorgeous cards the DT have created with their images.This must be a new creation after our blog goes live and no back linking.

It was my turn to chose an image for myself and two other DT members and I went for Reece's Scrap Pieces - Sweet Treats. In this gorgeous selection not only do you get six papers to choose from but 4 outline stamps and four clipart designs to choose from. The background paper is from the set as is the clip art. I printed two clipart images and cut them out and just cut the chocolate topping to give it dimension. A self generate sentiment and a big floppy  bow and a couple of card candy and a really quick and simple card was finished.

All Week Over on the OSAAT Blog - Anything Goes

It's that time on a Sunday when we post a new challenge on the OSAAT blog and this week it's a real favourite of everyone, Anything Goes.

To win the fantastic top prize of $9 to spend in the store you MUST use an Image from the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet and there are thousand to choose from.  The runner up prize for a non-Stitchy image used in a creation is for $3 to spend in the store.  Please place the hash sign # after your Stitchy Bear creation so that our Choccy can find you.

For my card I chose Pumpkin House by Gingerloft and you can find it here. This was a terrific image to work with and I loved the theme of Autumn/Fall.

The background paper is from Coosty Creations and is called Red Hat Lady Pumpkin, you can find this fab collection here at Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet. The perfect little sentiment is by Paulette of Create with TLC called Blessed Autumn. Lots of leaves from a die by Cheery Lynn.

A New Challenge Today On The OSAAT blog #180

It's Sunday and time for a new weekly challenge on the OSAAT blog here.  Our theme this week is 'Use a Digi  and the brilliant prize this week is all the Stitchy Bear Digi  Outlet images used by the design team on challenge #178. I did a very quick count and there's more than 10 and you could be entering  our challenges for ages with these gorgeous images.

This week for my DT project I've used Reeces Scrap Pieces - A Perfect Meal , so cute!  I've used one of the papers that are in this great kit and used the digi image and  coloured it with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. For a speedy card use the pre-coloured images that are included and with five different papers, there's an endless combination of cards to make. The flowers I've had for some time but I think the tulips were from Wild Orchid although I can't find them, perhaps someone will kindly let me know.  The sentiment I found online which was perfect for this card..

Birthday Card

It was a lovely friend's birthday this week and here is the card I made for her.

 

I came across the lovely LOTV images that I had tucked away and decided on this particular one. I do love these Memory Box rolled roses and the tiny little leaf tendril too. Little blossoms from Wild Ochard were added to. I love the Tied Together embossing folder too.

I am glad Gill liked it.

Make One For Christmas

It's time for a new challenge at OSAAT and the theme this week is 'Make One for Christmas'

I was lucky enough to be able to choose an image by Alipeeps in the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet store and she is called Fairy Fun.  I love her and couldn't resist giving her lots of sparkle with a Wink of Stellar pen on her dress, wings and little ballet shoes. 

I've coloured the edge of the card blank with a metallic Promarker and used a sheet of sparkly paper that I've had for a few years. The decoupage Christmas Tree I believe was from Dawn Bibby, something else from my Christmas stash box and some Spellbinders Poinsettia flowers and Flourishes. I couldn't resist with the comment and the look on her face.

To enter the OSAAT challenge, please read the rules carefully on the blog.

Anything Goes with a Twist

It's time for a new challenge on the One Stitch At A Time (OSAAT) Challenge blog, this week's theme is Anything Goes.....with a Twist. The twist is that a Stitchy Bear digi, from any of our creator's images, must be used on your creation. There are winners from our blog challenges every week so there must be hundreds out there and we would love to see them.  There is a super prize this week, lengths of gorgeous ribbon (I know it's gorgeous as it's from my stash), flowers and scrapbooks.  The usual rules apply of no backlinking and a creation from after our challenge was posted.

Here's my card for this week.

The background paper is from Panda Bears Designs and it's called L'il Monsters paper pack,  lots of gorgeous colourways in these designs.  I've teamed it up with the Stitchy Bear's image, Bumblebrella. Isn't she cute! I've coloured her with Flexmarkers and added a Wink of Stella on her wings. I think she's a bit of a red hat bee having red antenna and a red and purple body. 

Just A little Bit Late

Sunday saw a another fab challenge over on the OSAAT blog and I'm a little late in getting my post on here.  This week's theme is 'Back To School'. You can use a Stitchy Bear image as many times as you like but allowed only three entries with a non-Stitchy image.  You must link back to our blog and no backlinking, it must be a new creation after our blog goes live.

Our sponsor this week is Creative Craftworld with three Promarkers for the selected winner using a Stitchy image.  All entries with a non-Stitchy image will be placed in a draw for $3 to spend in the store.

For my card this week I chose the gorgeous image, 'Little Mermaid' by Barb Jensen.

Isn't she gorgeous? The background paper is from a paper pack called Ocean Blue created by Panda Bear Designs. I love these papers. The Little Mermaid was coloured with a mix of blue and green  Promarkers and Flexmarkers  and her tail was highlighted with this new sparkle pen called a Wink of Stella, it's available from Joanna Sheen. My mermaid went back to shoal!  Does anyone out there get my odd sense of humour, I'd love to know.  I would like to enter the following:-

The Squirrel and The Fox - Challenge  #50 - Whimsical
Brown Sugar Challenge # 55 - Green, Blue and White
Daring Cardmakers: Colours of the Sea 
Digi Haven - Sea Life Challenge

It's Sunday and time for another challenge at OSAAT

It's time for a new challenge at OSAAT and the theme this week is everyone's favourite, Use A Digi.  Please read the rules of the challenge about using a Stitchy Bear image. You may enter as many times as you like with Stitch Bear digi for a chance to win the fab prize of all the images that the DT used in Challenge #174. Just think, buy one Stitchy Bear image and win all those images and you could be entering our weekly challenges for ages.  Please enter three times only for a non Stitchy image, any more and your entrie will be removed to give others a fairer chance of winning the prize of $3 to spend in the store.

For my card this week  I chose 'In The Castle' by Stitchy Bear and I've coloured the image with a mix of Promarker, Flexmarker and Copics to get the tones I wanted. The sentiment is self-generated and the matching flower is by Prima.

I would like to enter the following:-

Our Creative Corner ~ Words, Words, Words 
Brown Sugar # 54 - Anything Goes 
Sister Act Card Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Wags 'n Whiskers #119 Fairytale/Fantasy

It hurts so much to say goodbye

We had to have our handsome German Shepherd, Ben, put to sleep last Friday and it's been very hard to stop myself looking for him. At least Bill and I were the last people he saw.  He wasn't keen on me being out of his sight for too long and he would come up and have a doze as I was crafting. Sleep on, lovely boy. I miss kissing that lovely face.  See you at Rainbow Bridge, Ben-Ben.

I Forgot All About This One!

It was a Red Hat friends birthday back in May. I didn't blog her card as soon as I made it as she often pops in to see what I'm making. So, here's your birthday card, Marilyn and I hope you liked it.

 

I love the Justrite background stamps with newsprint features and I managed to find these little perfume bottle stamps in the US. the paper flowers I've had for ages and I think the printed paper is by Kaiser Kraft or Prima and popped on top of s page of French Script by Pink Petticoat. A Memory Box die to add some extra pink.

I'd like to enter the following: 

Die Cuttin DivasChallenge #126 - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge : Birthdays

 Party Time Tuesdays #131 - Anything Goes

Make it Monday #151 - Anything Goes

Time for another challenge at OSAAT

There's another lovely challenge over at the One Stitch At a Time Challenge Blog here.  The theme this week is 'Anything Goes' and is always popular.

The rules are very simple:

You can enter the challenge as many times as you like when you use a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image from the many creators at the Store. The prize up for grabs this week is ALL the images used by the DT in Challenge #172.  Pop the hash sign (#) after your name so our Choccy can find you.That's over $20 worth of images.  You may enter only three times with a non-Stitchy Bear image and you will be entered into a draw for a prize of $3 to spend in the store.

No back linking, your entry must have been created after the blog goes live at 12 noon on Sunday.

You must link back to the challenge blog on your own blog.

Here's my DT card for this week. the image is called Playing with Threads by My Heart Pieces. She was perfect for a card I wanted to make for my beautiful sis-in-law, Helen.  Helen was a wedding dress designer and has also taught at college.

 

I've coloured her with a mix of Flexmarkers and Promarkers and double matted her with a couple of Spellbinders 7"x5" Matting Basics. I love these as I can't cut butter straight. The background paper is from Papermania called Bookprint. The tape measure ribbon I found at Craftwork Cards ages ago. The other charms, tiles, buttons and spool came from a lovely lady on Facebook called Jude.

I would like to enter the folowing:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #217 - for the Girls (0-150) 

A.R.T. Challenge #7 - Anything Goes

Dutch Dare Card Challenge #227 - In Stitches
CRAFTS AND ME Challenges - Anything Goes 
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday #106 - Spooled Items.

Catch Up 2

Some more cards I haven't posted.

 

I made this for a Red Hat friend's birthday along with these other two for Red Hatters I took to dinner last night, all three were kit cards from either Kanban or Hunkydory.

 

Playing Catchup (1)

It's ages since I posted up a few cards that were not Design Team makes, so playing catchup and sorting out all my photos

A lovely friend at work had to have an op on her foot and will be out of action for a few weeks.  The main image came from Paulette's fabulous Create with TLC, check her Artfire store out, especially if you love vintage as I do.

 

I like to enter the following:-

Challenges 4 Everyone # 25  -  Anything Goes.

It's A Sunny OSAAT Sunday Again.

Not sure if it is in your space but in mine it's sunny and I can see lots of yachts out on the river. There's quite a breeze so good sailing weather.  It's time for a lovely new challenge on the One Stitch At a Time challenge blog here.  The challenge theme this week is 'Use Your Favourite'. Wow, lots of gorgeous ideas there, markers, distress inks, ribbon, lace, flowers and glitter, whatever is your favourite.

There aren't may rules to enter our challenge each week in fact they are quite simple:-

It must be a new project created after our challenge date, no backlinking.

You may enter to win the top prize of three Promarkers from Creative Craft World with a Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet image. If it's a non-digi image then you  may enter 3 times only and will be entered into a separate draw for $3 to spend in the store.

 For my card this week I've used one of the beautiful papers designed by Panda Bear Designs called Butterflies and you can find it here.  The image I've used is called Butterfly Love by Stitchy Bear and is one of my favourite images. I've coloured her with my favourite pens, Flexmarkers.   I've used aanother favourite which is a Memory Box die. I generated the sentiment on the computer with a font called Butterfly.  A little black butterfly to finish the punched out sentiment. These are tow Stampin' Up punched that I use a lot. Just a little glitter on my fairy's wings. I actually flipped her horizontally so that the lovely black butterflies are seen.

Time for a new Challenge at One Stitch At A Time

It's Sunday and Time for a new challenge at One Stitch at A Time and you can find it right here.  the theme this week is 'More Than One Fold' and our Sponsor this week is Creative Craft World with the great prize of 3 x Promarkers.  With these gorgeous pens you can create some fabulous projects with the help of this book by Donna Marie that will be available soon.  Donna Marie has used a gorgeous Stitchy Bear image and will be featuring other images from the Stitchy Bear creators. You can find this image and many, many more at the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.  Head over to Donna Marie's Facebook page and get the inside info.

 
Donna Marie's Promarker Colourings

You can enter this week's challenge as many times as you like if you are using a Stitchy Bear image but for a non-Stitchy Bear image you are allowed a maximum of 3 entries and will be placed into a draw for $3 to spend in the store. If you are using a Stitchy Bear image, please put a hash sign (#) after your name to help our Choccy to find you.

For my card this week I used an amazing image by BeeBeeKakes called Goth Wedding.

Isn't it a great image and so perfect for a couple that love the extra-ordinary. I coloured the image with Flexmarkers and mounted it on a couple of the Spellbinders Matting Basics die cuts. The spider's web is a  Memory Box die and I have self-generated the sentiment (from a suggestion from my other half) and made it look like a tombstone.  A black cat and a bat to finish.

A lovely new challenge at OSAAT

There's a lovely new challenge over on the OSAAT blog here. The theme this week is 'Anything Goes'.  It means just that, we would love to see your creative endeavours.  The prize this week is all the digi images used by the DT in Challenge #168, so that's over $20 in lovely digi images. For a chance to win this fab prize you must use a Stitchy Bear image that you can find in the store.  Please place a hash tag (#) after your name so that our Choccy can easily find you.

If a non- Stitchy image is used in your creation then you are allowed to enter just three times and your name will be entered into a draw to win $3 to spend in the Stitchy Bears Digi Outlet.  There are 19 creators instore so plenty to choose from.  Remember there is still an ongoing DT call too.

For my card this week I've used Bird House by My Heart Pieces and isn't it a cute image? 

I've inked the edges lightly with some Weathered Wood distress ink and chosed a pale blue paper from my ever increasing stash.I cut the image out using a plain Spellbinders circle die and just cut the bottom out so that is overlapped the Spellbinders Decorative Circle. I've used Flexmarkers to colour the image and decorated it with some Wild Orchid flowers and silver sprays cut from a Memory Box die.  The sentiment is self generated and cut with a couple of trusty Stampin' Up punches.

Summer on the Beach

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge over on the One Stitch At A Time blog here.  The challenge this week is to see you create something that's 'Not Square'. Lots of ideas there, ovals, circles, and rectangles can be used.

Our lovely sponsor this week is Creative Craft World and they are offering a choice of three Promarkers if your project is chosen and you have used an image from the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet.

If you use a Stitchy Bear image, please help our Choccy to find you by placing the hash sign (#) after your name. There are over 4,000 digi images to choose from and you will be spoilt for choice. You may enter into the challenge as many times as you like as long as it is a 'Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet' image.  But, if you choose to use a non-Stitchy image, your entries will be limited to three.  You must link to our blog and it must be new created after our blog challenge goes live.

We are also having a Design Team call, can you:-

Submit two creations a month.
Have an active blog
Enjoy working with digi images
Comment on two out of ten challenge entries every week?

If so, please contact our lovely Choccy on choccy.oona@gmail.com and tell her about you and please include a link to your blog.  We are a mixed abilities team and a very happy little crowd and we have our own way of keeping in touch and encouraging each other.

For my card this week I chose to use Delicious Doodles - Beach Huts.

 

The image reminded me so much of the beach huts at Southwold in Suffolk and also on Mersea Island that I can see from my window (with good binoculars!). Can you remember the sand getting into your sandwiches if the wind blew the wrong way.  Many years ago good friend and I used to pile the kids and dogs into our old Morris Minor Estate and head off down to Dymchurch for the day. Great times.

 I cut the base card with a Spellbinders Grand Labels Twenty-Three and covered it with a digi image from Pink Petticoat Stripes Collection available here. The print reminds me of deck chair stripes.  The image I've coloured with Flexmarkers and mounted it on a further two die cuts of green and blue from the same Spellbinders dies.  The sentiment is from a collection by Create with TLC called Hello Summer and was perfect.

I'd like to enter the following:-

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #149 - Summer Fun

Colour me Creative Challenge #71 Colours of Summer 

Di's Digi Designs Challenge Blog - Show Us Some Summer Fun 

My Time to Craft #227 - Spots and Stripes

Mark's Finest Papers #165  - Beach 

Creatalicious Challenges #52 - All About Summer

Creative Corner Challenges - Summertime 

QKR Stampede #44 Summer Fun

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog # 83 - Summer

Dutch Dare Card Challenges #222 Things That Begin With The Letter  'B'

Alipeeps Art

This is a card made with a digi image called Butterfly Profile by Alipeeps Art that you can find in the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet here

Isn't she beautiful and a real joy to colour. Her skin colour I was really pleased with but I still have to practice a lot more to get the hair colouring just right.  I fussy cut her flowing hair to accentuate the lines.  I can't wait to try some of the other gorgeous designs Ali has created.

Sunny Sunday

It's been an absolutely gorgeous day here in the Essex backwaters, very peaceful and the perfect weather for breakfast and lunch in the garden.

There's a brand new challenge over on the One Stitch At A Time blog. Our theme this week is "Anything Goes" which seems to be everone's favourite and ours too as we get to see so many gorgeous creations.  The main prize this week for a lucky person who uses an image purchased from the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet is the set of images used by the Design Team in Challenge #164 and that's over $20 dollars worth.  You can use a non-Stitchy image but your creation will go into a separate draw to win $3 to spend in the store  Don't forget there is always a freebie when purchases are made to the value of $3 and there's over two thousand images all ready for you to buy.  This week it is a Hope Jacare Doodles image and it's gorgeous.

For My DT card this week I've used one of Tami of Gingerloft Digi Stamps designs called Sunflower Collage.

Rather fitting for the sunny day I took this photo.  I change the colour of the collage to sepia tints and gently tinted the sunflower with coloured pencils as I wanted it to look similar to one of the old hand coloured photos from the 20's - 30's. I've curled some simple flowers and added just a couple of leaves, the dies are from Memory Box.  The sentiment was written by Heller Keller and is perfect for this card.  The leopard butterfly came from a kit from Kanban, now, sadly, no more.

Make It Stitchy!

It's time for a new challenge over at the One Stitch At A Time challenge blog.  The theme this week is " Make It Stitchy "  Only a digi stamp or papers purchased from the Stitch Bear Digital Outlet can be used in this week's challenge and pop over to the blog here and check out the fab prizes on offer.  There is a 35% off everything at the mega  Yard Sale in the store, stock up with the gorgeous stamps on offer now.  Spend $3 in the store (not difficult at all) and get a very special digi stamp added to your basket FREE.

For my DT card this week I've used a digi stamp designed by Tami of Gingerloft called Sunflower Collage.  I decided to keep fairly vintage in colour and changed the usual black outlines to more sepia tones. I've coloured the sunflower and dragonfly with watercolour pencils to keep it fairly faded. I made simple flowers from a Memory Box die and added a few tiny leaves with tendrils. The sentiment is from the internet and I've used a Spellbinders die for the the frame.  A beautiful metal corner which was a part of a lovely gift and a tiger coloured butterfly from Kanban to finish it.  You can just spot sunshine at the back of my card!!!

Where Has The Time Gone?

I just don't know where the time has gone these last few weeks, I even forgot to post my DT card on Sunday. I've been on jury service all week and have sat around reading for days on end until it was my turn. Another week to go and the frustration is mounting in not being able to start any sort of project. I am absolutely shattered when I get home. No dancing for another week, bummer!

So, here is my DT card on the One Stitch At A Time Challenge blog  for last Sunday.  This fab image from Ikes Art just made me laugh out loud. Definitely Rocky Horror or Eddie Izzard  but what a head turner this guy would be if he turned up for work wearing this outfit for a Dress Down Friday that is implemented by some firms.  Not the right outfit for a welder or shipyard worker but what fun in an office.  The image is already coloured so he is simply mounted on red and black card and I've used a sheet of paper from a Papermania pad for the background..

Freebie Alert There are over 2500 images available to purchase at Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet and if you spend $3 or more at the store you will have a gorgeous image by Digi Blessings sent to you for free. Check out this weeks gorgeous image right here. The store has 20 talented creators and you will be spoilt for choice.

April Birthdays

Lots of birthdays amongst our Red Hat chapter in April, here's just a few. I'm definitely in a blue zone at the moment, it's not until you see the photos that you understand

A lovely new challenge at OSAAT

All in all it's been a crappy couple of weeks with me, first of all falling flat on my face in a restaurant and hurting my right knee and then, five days later, cutting my left leg open and spending a few hours in A & E.  Anyway, I'm being good and resting my cut leg as I so want to go to a jive workshop this Sunday, come hell or high water I will be there.

On to the OSAAT challenge here. This week our challenge is a favourite of everyone, Anything Goes and our sponsor is our very own Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.  One lucky winner will win all the images that the design team used in Challenge 160. That comes to over $20 of beautiful digi images. Please remember to win this fab prize you must use a Stitchy image in your creation and please place a hash sign # after your name so that our lovely Choccy can find you.

You can enter into our challenge using a non-Stitchy image and you will be placed in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store. Please limit your non-Stitchy entry to three times.  There is a fab offer on over at the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet , if you spend $3 or more you will receive the gorgeous image of the week which is Delicious Doodles - Fuchsia and Hummingbird, the perfect image for any occasion.

For my card I chose to use one of the images of '3 Faces of Eve' by Stitchy.  I had a sneaky peek at the other two images and chose this one.

I've coloured her with a mixture of Copics and Flexmarkers and kept the background very plain. the blue carstock is part of the Tim Holtz/Bazzill range in Weathered Wood. The sentiment is self-generated and I could just hear the song 'In the Navy' by Village People.


I would like to enter the following:

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Paper Creator's Crafts - #8 For the Boys 
Crafty Catz - #181 - Inspired by a Song 
Delicious Doodles - #34 - Something for the Boys 
Sister Act Card Challenge #5 - Anything Goes 
Crafting Musketeers #1 - First Challenge

A New Challenge at One Stitch at a Time

It's that day of the week when our lovely Choccy posts a new challenge at OSAAT. The theme for our challenge is to 'Use A Digi' preferably from the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet here.  To win the fab prize of $9 to spend in the store you must use a Stitchy Bear store image and, to help our Choccy find you from all the entries, please put the hash sign # after your name. If you choose a non Stitchy Bear store image you will be entered into a draw for a prize of $3 to spend in the store.

If you spend $3 or more you will get a fabulous FREE image, Baby Bug by BeeBeeKakes here with your purchase. I was lucky enough to have the image to play with this week. Here's my card.  Isn't it gorgeous.



For the design team entry I had this brilliant image from Reece's Scrap Pieces called Leaving the Nest to play with. So useful for someone leaving home or going away to uni.

I've decoupage the little bird, clock and shutters to give the image some extra dimension. Lots of leaves care of a Cheery Lyn flourish Leaf Strip die and flowers I've coloured with a Promarker to tone,  Some off-cuts from a square doily to finish. The sentiment is computer generated.

I would like to enter the following with this card:-

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #140 use Blue and or Green