Silver Sparkling Tree

Today's card was made using a very useful die-cut Christmas tree from Kanban. I found them at a craft fair last week for 50p a sheet so it would have been rude not to buy a handful of sheets - a mixture of trees and baubles ready to add colour or bling to.

I added various sized gems (the pound shop) and layered the tree on a die-cut fancy shape and dull silver card.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #108 - AG/use a die cut
Craft For the Craic - something glittery 
Winter Wonderland - sparkle and bling
Fairytale Challenge - Christmas without red & green
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenges - use die-cuts
Christmas Cards all Year Round - use a tree  

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Birthday Penguin

Today's theme at Less Is More is

NUMBERS

I had another request for a 1st Birthday card for a nephew so using my favourite penguin digi from Blackberry jelly, I created this:

I don't usually use patterned paper on CAS cards but as I've only used it on the balloon and as a border I think I might have got away with it, especially as it's such a tiny pattern. The font I've used is 'Hey Pretty Girl'.

Back to the Christmas cards...

thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Enjoy Your Day

Hello folks...

Another fortnight has passed which means it's time for another challenge at:




This week we have some marvellous sponsorship from:

A Day For daisies are offering a shop voucher as a prize for one lucky entrant so pop over to Simply Papercraft and join in the fun. Our 'anything goes ' challenges are so easy to play along with!

I decided to use one of the A Day For Daisies freebie images produced this:

What a gorgeous image to work with! I found some lovely scraps of green and pink striped paper in my 'box of bits' and coloured the image in the same shades. I've kept the layout simple so that the image is the star of the show. I've coloured the image with pro-markers and matted it on some pale green card.

The greeting was done on the computer using a sweet font called Hey pretty Girl and I've matted this using the same striped paper.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:


CCEE Stampers - feature a child playing
Chalk N Stock - anything goes
Addicted To Stamps # 171 - anything goes
Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #254 - anything goes
Crafty Gals Challenge #46 - use scraps


Thanks for looking - don't forget to join in the fun at Simply Papercraft!

Sharon
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Arrrrgh!

Today's card is for a friend's little boy who is turning five. He is pirate mad and especially loves Captain Hook, so I came up with this creation for him...

I found the image of Captain Hook and the treasure chest on Google images. I created an aged paper effect background using some mottled yellow paper and a brown pro-marker with random cuts around the edge.  You can just make out the feint map I drew with a very pale yellow marker. The greeting was created using a pirate style font. I hope he likes it!

I have entered this card into the 'anything goes' challenges at:

Crafty Girls Creations #9
Inspiration Destination #60
Creative Moments #81
Crafting With An Attitude #9


Thanks for popping in !

Sharon
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Ho Ho Ho

Christmas has already started in the Glittertastic house - I've been making Crimbo cards for a few weeks now and I'm well on schedule! Today's card is for a teenage boy - a difficult group of folk to make for so I kept it simple... very simple!

It's one layer week at Less Is More and inspired by their Santa theme I made this using an embroidery image from Urban Threads...

I used heavy white linen card for the base which I feel always adds a bit of texture to one layer cards and it's lovely to colour as the texture shows through.  I've used pro markers to colour him, and a silver gel pen for the buckle.  Peel-off circles were used for the boot buttons and I've finished it off with a tiny cotton wool ball for the pom-pom. The greeting was created using Candy Square BTN Striped font.

I've also entered this card into the challenges at:

Brown Sugar - no patterned paper
Alphabet Challenge Blog - 'Tis the season


Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Cute Giraffe

Today's card was an order from one of my regular customers who wanted a cute birthday card for her kids to give to their soon-to-be one year old cousin (I remember making 'new baby' cards this time last year! Where has this year gone??)

I used the ever so cute Georgie the Giraffe digi from Lacy Sunshine. I coloured the image using pro-markers and decoupaged parts of the image to give it some depth. the spotty papers are from my stash. I've also added embellishments in the form of pearls and lace.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:  

Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes - Lace/pearls
Cute Card Thursday - Birds/animals
Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Pearl and/or lace
Ooh La La Challenge Blog - Pearls and lace

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Penguin Couple

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome to another 'Anything Goes' challenge over at Simply Papercraft and this week we are being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps and also by Deedee's Digis. And as if that isn't enough.... also by... Sassy Studio Designs... 

All three companies are providing some marvellous prizes so join in the fun and you might get lucky!

I've used an image called 'Merry and Bright'  kindly provided by DeeDee's Designs for my design team card...

To compliment the pre-coloured image I've used some really old patterned paper from Dovecraft and used a mottled green paper for matting. A green ribbon adds some texture.

I've also entered this card into the challenges at:

Southern Girls Challenge - tape, twine or ribbon
Creative Moments Challenge - anything goes
Fab N Funky - use a die cut

 

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Lady in Blue

I finally found my way back into my craftroom this morning after a wonderful week in Glasgow watching the World Gymnastics Championships.

Inspired by the paper piecing challenge at Less Is More and the colour blue challenge at Dream Valley Challenges I made this...

The gorgeous digi is from A Day For Daisies  - I printed the image onto a linen base card then printed the image onto some pale blue spotty card. I also added a decorative strip in the same pattern down the side of the card. The body and hair were coloured with pro markers and I added a bit of bling with some pale blue gems.

The greeting was some freebie word art from Create With TLC. 

I've also entered this into the 'anything goes' challenges at:

Glitter 'N' Sparkle
Crafty Gals Corner

Thanks for visiting!

Sharon
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Stained Glass Window

Good Morning Everyone!

Welcome to another 'Anything Goes' challenge over at Simply Papercraft and this week we are being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps

 

 and also by The Stamping Boutique

 

Both companies are providing some marvellous prizes so join in the fun and you might get lucky!

I've used an image kindly provided by Stitchy Bear for my design team card...

I've printed the image onto cream vellum then coloured it in Autumnal shades using pro-markers. I've created a 'frame' to get a window effect and added a computer printed greeting.

I've also entered this card into the challenges at:

My Time To Craft - Autumnal Colours
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Autumnal Colours
Addicted To Stamps - Make your mark 
Moo Mania and More - Autumn Mood
The Crafty Addicts - Autumn Colours

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Step - Poppy

Now in my time I have been asked to put some weird and wonderful things on the front of cards as a greeting........... here's a new one for me! My work colleague asked for a masculine looking 60th birthday card for her 'Step - Poppy' (step father?)...

I've used a large 8x8 kraft card base to help the card stand out. The lovely patterned papers are from Papermania, the centre and numbers are die-cut and I've added a navy grosgrain ribbon for some texture.

I've entered this card into the challenges at:

Creative Moments - AG using spots and/or stripes
Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge - AG
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-lirious and Punchy
Crafty Gals Corner - ribbons or flourishes
Creative Card Crew - ribbon
Through The Craft-room Door - AG

Thanks for popping in!

Sharon
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Fabulous 50

Tonight's card was a request from a work colleague - a 50th birthday card for her 'Mam' as we say here in the North East...

The numbers are die-cut - a pink layer slightly displaced on a black layer. To add some shine I covered the numbers in glossy accents then added a flat-backed pearl. The background was made in Publisher - I repeated the greeting with a small heart between each repeat. This is a great way to make a newspaper effect backing paper.

The main greeting is done in the same font but larger and I've added a couple of stars and pearls.

Very quick and simple to make!

I've entered this card into the challenges at:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - anything goes
613 Avenue Create - anything goes (option to use pink)
Crafting From The Heart - anything goes

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Snow Gets In Your Eyes

Today's 'Anything Goes' challenge at Simply Papercrafts is sponsored by the most wonderful artist, Morgan Fitzsimons at Morgan's Art World.

 

There is the super prize of 3 digis for the lucky winner of this week's challenge so pop over and join in with the fun!

I've used one of Morgan's images to add to my ever growing pile of Christmas cards. I just love this image of a girl with a snowflake in her eye. It was just asking to be coloured in an icy colour.....

I wanted to make the card fancy without using lots of embellishment so dug out this gorgeous die with fancy corners I've had for a while. I've built up layers using oval nesties and used a foiled icy green patterned paper as a backing. The image is coloured with the palest aqua/green pro-markers and a couple of gems on the greeting add a touch of bling.

I've also enterered this card into the challenges at:




C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Christmas
Time Out Challenges - make your mark + monochrome
Crafting For All Seasons - tic tac toe (die cuts/digi/sentiment)
Crafty Gals Corner - bingo (2+ layers/hand coloured digi/die cuts)
Inky Impressions - fancy corners
A Snowflake's Promise - Christmas/winter

So get yourself over to Simply Papercrafts to join in the fun - it's only a click away!

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Merry Christmas Die-cut

Today's card was made using a fabulous free die that came with a recent issue of Papercraft Essentials...

Using the 'green and gold' colour theme at Less is More, I used a holly embossing folder for the 'frame', and tiny gold gems for the berries.

I've also entered this card into the challenges at:

Bloggers Challenge - ovals or circles 
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #153 - anything goes
Little Red Wagon - clean and simple
AAA Cards - spectacular embossing

 Thanks for popping in

Sharon
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Cupcake Cutie

Today's card is one I made for a friend's niece - the brief was pink and cakes! I used this ever so cute image from Digistamp Boutique, coloured it with pro markers and used cake themed patterned paper as a background. The ribbon, appropriately, came from a box that contained cakes!

I've entered this card into the challenges at:


Creative Moments - anything goes / use a sentiment
Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge - use a sentiment

Time Out Challenges - make your mark
As You Like It - favourite layout and why - this is my favourite layout because it makes the image the star of the card by being prominently in the middle, yet there is still enough space to show off co-ordinating patterned papers. I also get to use some of my ever-increasing collection of ribbons.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Special Couple

Hello folks...

Where has tthis year gone to? Another fortnight has passed ever so quickly which means it's time for another challenge at:



As usual the challenge is 'Anything Goes' which makes it so much easier to join in!

We really do have a fabulous sponsor this week. We are being sponsored by Deedee's Digis  who are providing some freebie digis for one lucky winner..

As usual, the ladies on the design team have been given some images to play with, and being mindful that Christmas is only 17 weeks away, I opted for some festive imagery...

What a cute digi stamp image! It was pre-coloured but I 'topped up' the intensity of the colour with pro-markers. Also, it came with some matching patterned papers in pastel shades which are perfect for non-traditional colour schemes.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Moving Along With The Times - Snow in summertime
Christmas Cards All year Round - Snowflakes
Christmas Card Challenges - Anything goes
12 Months  Of Christmas - Snow People
A Snowflake's Promise - Christmas / Winter

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Seven

My niece Lucy is seven next week and is currently going through the pink and glittery stage! Hence the need to use lots of pink and sequins in today's card...

I've made the shaker using circle dies, acetate and loads of sticky pads. What I learnt today is that sticky pads are also sticky on their sides which is why there are sequins all around the edge - next time I do a shaker I'll need to use something to get rid of the stickiness!

I've tried to create an embossed effect behind the shaker using white die-cut numbers on a white backing and I've added a computer printed greeting - Copperplate Gothic font.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Crafty Friends Challenge - clean and simple 
Quirky Crafts Challenges - quirky embossing 
Glitter and Sparkle Challenges - happy birthday
CAS-ology - 

Thanks for popping in...

Sharon
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Celebrate With A Rainbow

Today's card features one of my favourite things - a rainbow...

It is based on the lovely sketch over at Less Is More..

I cut a load of 5mm strips of card in rainbow colours and fixed them to a white linen card base following the shape of the sketch. The greeting is a Paper Smooches word die. very simple to make but the bright colours really stand out - who doesn't love a rainbow!

I've also entered this card into the challenges at:

Chocolate Coffee and Cards  - use a sentiment
Alphabet Challenge Blog - N for no designer papers

Thanks for looking!

Sharon
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Loved Up Owls

Today's card was made using a fab freebie die that came with this month's Papercraft Essentials magazine. I've made owls with it but it's so versatile that frogs, cats and ladybirds can also be made with it!

Aren't they cute! I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Less Is More - congratulations
Crafty Friends - clean and simple
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Thanks for visiting

Sharon
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Pink Stiletto

Hello folks...

Another fortnight has passed which means it's time for another challenge at:



As usual the challenge is 'Anything Goes' which makes it so much easier to join in!

We really do have some amazing prizes this week. We are being sponsored  Jiggery Makery who are providing 3 digis for one winner..

And also by Bugaboo who are providing 7 (yes 7!) digis for a second winner.

Foe my design team card I have used this gorgeous shoe digi by Bugaboo:

I've coloured the shoe with pro-markers and then fussy cut the image. the patterned paper came free with Making Cards magazine many moons ago and I created the greeting in Word using Smell The Roses font.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps - make your Mark
Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #240 - Anything goes
In The Pink - Anything goes

Thanks for looking

Sharon
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