Crafter's Cafe - 15th July, 2024

Crafter's Cafe challenges have changed to Anything Goes, optional twist.

This months option is balloons and Polkadoodles has some cute balloon images and are the sponsor for this month. 

I chose to use "Honey Pie Sweet Balloons.  With more packing and less room to create at the moment, I coloured the image with prisma coloured pencils.  I added extra balloons.  Once coloured I scanned the image, adding the balloon sparkle, sentiment and numbers on the balloons.  I also printed the balloons onto an envelope. 

Check out all the details at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 Entered into:

Digi Choosday - AG

C.R.A.F.T. - AG 

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes, optional Make it Cute

Polkadoodles - AG 

Gem of a Craft - AG 

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 5th July, 2024

 Another Festive Friday challenge, this month the themes are:

Christmas

Summer 

At the Beach

Use Buttons

 

Di's Digi's "Sail Away Mice" coloured with copic pens and a bit of glitter.

 

 Check out all the DT projects at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

 Entered into:

Simon Says - Add some red, white and blue

Dream Valley Challenges - Some Summer colours 

Monday Greetings - Summer Fun 

Digi Choosday - AG 

 

Pearly Sparkles, 1st July, 2024

 Christmas in July is the theme.  I have used an image from Hettie, called Beach Pony Float.  In fact you may see more of this image as I have made a few different cards with this delightful image and one that suits Australia at Christmas time. 

This is a pretty simple card, I have coloured the image with copics, typed a sentiment and added glitter to the water.

Check out all the Christmas in July projects at:

 http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

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A Place to Start - 1st July, 2024

This month at A Place to Start we have an Anything Goes challenge.  A couple of months ago, after we had packed up the craftroom (yes, we are still packing) I realised I needed a birthday card for our youngest grandson, what do you do for a 19 year old! Then panic sat in as I remembered I was also catching up with a 12 year old whose birthday card was due.

Bit of a search on google bought up a great image, in fact I think there is 16 in the set, colours to suit a lot of people.  Here is the link "Video Game Controller"  Each image is very clear and colourful and not expensive.

I downloaded the set, made one into a black and white for our grandson (colours of his favourite football team) and used a blue image for the younger of the boys.

After typing in the sentiment, printed and folded the card, luckily quick and easy as I still had to decorate the cake. 

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Crafter's Cafe - 15th June, 2024

 Great sponsor at The Crafter's Cafe this month.

Sheepski designs

 If you have never checked out her gnomes, have a look, she has amazing gnomes in the store, this month the theme at The Crafter's Cafe is to "Include a Gnome".

My project this month is not completed, for a number of reasons.  Firstly we are moving and in the middle of packing up our 46 year old home.

Now the packing is going great, thankfully we got a long settlement date.  But something had to give, when your craft/art studio is packed up. I still have a glue stick, my prismacolour pencils and some paper.  Other than that a whole lot of boxes.  

I started this card, by colouring with pencils, wasn't happy so decided to use the computer.  Liked what I saw, printed and then used my snow marker, WAIT, oh no, my heat gun is in a box, but which box? So, I decided to use my hair dryer.  Disaster, with comments from hubby, too strong, too much etc etc.

I have reprinted and the card will be finished in a couple of months, in time for Christmas.

Looks like the next few months could be a hit and miss, although I did make a few cards earlier in the year.

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

Entered into: 

Sheepski Designs - Anything Goes

The 12 Months of Christmas - Anything Goes 

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes 

 

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 7 June, 2024

 This month's themes are:

Christmas

Father's Day

Flowers

Dogs or Cats

 

I chose to go with the Dogs or Cats theme and have used an image from Ike's, called Basket Case. I have coloured the image with copic pens.  I then layered image onto some black cardstock and fussy cut to give a border. Background patterned paper and a stamped sentiment completes the card.

 

 Checkout all the teams projects at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

Entered into:

613 Avenue Create - AG

A perfect time to craft - AG 

Crafty Animals - AG 

 

Pearly Sparkles - 1st June, 2024

 The theme is One for the Girls.  I have had this image in my stash for a while, thought it would make a great birthday card for an tween girl, not a child, and not yet quite a teenager.

I coloured the image sometime ago and cannot find it on my computer, if anyone knows the name of the image, please leave a comment.  Coloured with copics, I have added a music diecut and some little paper candy.

Check out all the girly designs at:

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

Entered into:

Crafts Galore Encore - AG

Love to Craft - AG 

Creatalicious - AG

Gem of a Challenge - AG 

 

 

Crafter's Cafe - 15th May, 2024

 This month's challenge at The Crafters Cafe is "Smile Be Happy"  something we all need to do more of nowadays.

Two sponsors that have lots of fun images

Dr Digis

 https://www.doctor-digi.com/

 and 

My Besties

 https://www.mybestiesshop.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

I used an image from My Besties, called "Meet Gas the 8th Dwarft"

Coloured with copic pens, there is some glitter, not showing in photo.  Typed the sentiments at the same time I printed the image.  Not one of my better photos, but it is dark and I am running really late, so took the photo inside.

Check out all the details and humour at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

A Place to Start - 6th May, 2024

This month's them is for a Lady and the sponsor is Polka Doodles.  I've used an image called Gnome with Carrots.  The backing papers came with the image.  After seeing this cute carrot sentiment, I thought a cheer up card to a female friend, who likes her carrots was in order.

 I have used the precoloured image from Polkadoodles this time round.

Check out all the Ladies projects at:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into:

Creative inspiration - Feminine 

Ellibelles Corner - AG 

Crafty Gals Corner - AG 

Crafts Galore - AG

Polkadoodles Challenge -AG 

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 3rd May, 2024

First Friday, must mean a Festive Fridays new challenge, the themes for this month are:

Christmas

Wrap it up (use ribbon , twine, jute etc.)

Mother's Day

Spring is in the Air

 I used an image from Elena Zinski, called Santa and friends.  I have coloured the snowman with copic pens and layered him onto some patterned paper.  Sentiment complete the card.

 

  Check out all the designs at:

Digi Choosday - AG 

Fab N Funky - Add a sentiment 

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Movie (Frosty the Snowman) 

12 Months of Christmas - AG

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

ABC Christmas - H is for Hats

Pearly Sparkles - 1st May, 2024

 The theme this month is "Cats/Dogs"  I have used an image from Imagine That called, Go Fly a Kite.  Coloured with Copic pens and layered onto patterned paper.

Check out all the animal creations at:

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

Gem of a Challenge - AG

Digi Choosday - AG 

The Cutie Pie - Simply Cuties

Crafty Animals - AG with an animal

 

Crafter's Cafe - 15th April, 2024

This month at The Crafter's Cafe we are joining up with Double Trouble.  The theme is CAS (keep it simple) 

Two great sponsors 

All Dressed Up

and 

Fred She Said

For my first CAS card, I used All Dressed Up's "Little Bird". Very simple, I printed the image and a typed sentiment, coloured the little bird with Prismacolours pencil.

Entered into:

 Crafty Catz - AG plus a cute critter 

Cardz 4 Gals - Cute Animals 

613 Avenue Create - A Splash of Colour 

Ellibelles Corner I spy with my little eye - something yellow 

 

 My second card has an image from Fred She Said "Old Truck"  I have used the precoloured image, together with a typed sentiment.

 Check out the challenge blog at

 https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ for all the details

Entered into:

Seize the Birthday - Any colour and green

Fab 'n' Funky - Add a sentiment

Digi Choosday - AG 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesdau - AG

Double Trouble - CAS + splash of colour

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 5th April, 2024

 This month's themes at Festive Fridays are:

Christmas

Happy Easter

Spring is in the Air

CAS

 

I've chosen to do a CAS card this month, featuring an image from A Random Fan, called Superboy.

The image has been coloured with copic pens, and the sentiment typed, layered onto checked paper.

Check out all the themes at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

Gem of a Craft - AG 

Digi Choosday - AG 

The Creative Crafters - AG 

Ellibelle's Corner - AG 

The Paper Funday - AG

 

A Place to Start - 1st April, 2024

 This month the theme at A Place to Start is to add one or more flowers. The sponsor is  Sheepski  Designs, and I have used an image called "Cornflowers"

My craftroom is mostly packed away at the moment whilst we sell and move house.  I have been doing some pencil colouring classes at Kit and Clowder and thought this was a great time to practice with my pencils.

The image has been coloured with Prismacolour Pencils.

Check out all the flowers at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

Entered into:

Allsorts Challenges - keep it simple 

Polka Doodles - AG

Simon Says Wednesdays - AG 

Crafts Galore - AG 

Sheepski Designs - AG

 

 

Pearly Sparkles - 1st April, 2024

 This month's theme is For a Man or Boy, I've used a Di's Digi image called, Dream Boat Mice, it come with a plain boat and a patterned boat, here I have used the plain boat.

Coloured with Copic pens and fussy cut, layered onto torn blue cardstock. Typed sentiment and some small wooden elements.

 

 Check out all the male creations at:

 http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

Alphabet Challenge - Zoology (study of animals)

Gem of a Challenge - AG 

Little Red Wagon - Animal Antics

A Perfect Time to Craft - AG 

Crafty Animals - AG with an Animal 

Di's Digis Challenge - Lots of layers

 

Wedding Gift Tag

 This month's image from The Outlawz, is from Kathy Asper, and we received two images, Little Viking Lady and Little Viking Man.

I thought I would put them close together and create a wedding gift tag with a bit of humour.  Love the sentiment, which I found on the net.

Coloured with copic pens and glitter on speckled paper, which I have added gold ink to the edges.

The little verse reads:

 

When the roaring fires of your love

have burned down to embers

may you find you have married

your best friend

 

entered into:

The Outlawz Progressive Freebie challenge for March

Love to Craft - AG

Ellibelle's Corner I spy with Yellow (Yellow hair and helmet)

Crafter's Cafe - 15th March, 2024

 This month's theme at Crafter's Cafe is Food.

Beccy's Place is our wonderful sponsor for the month

Check out https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ for all the details

I used an image from Beccy's Freebie page on her blog.

Birthday Bear, coloured with copic pens, I have added some white gel pen to create white nonpareils on the icing.  (I don't know what else they are called, like a white hundreds and thousands put a little bit bigger.)

 

 Check out all the other food creations at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into:

Beccy's March Challenge - AG

613 Avenue Create - AG

Unicorn Challenge - For the Men/Boys

Creative Inspirations - AG 

Elliebelle's Corner - AG 

Crafts Galore Encore - AG 

Crafty Animals - AG with an animal 

 

A Place to Start - 4th March, 2024

This month at A Place to Start the them is Must be Square, you need to have a square project.

A great place to start is with an image, no, I did not draw this little Elephant, but I did colour it with Prismacolur pencils, it was a colouring class at Kit and Clowder .

Once coloured I uploaded to my computer, made up the little verse, added some ditigal hearts and to complete the card, al little crystal heart was added.

Check out all the squares at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

Alphabet Challenge - X is for X-tra Hearts

613 Avenue create - AG 

Crafty Animals - AG with an Animal 

Ally's Angels - AG 

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Hearts/Flowers

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 1st March, 2024

 Time for another Outlawz, Fesitve Friday, this time I have used an image from Elena Zinski - Santa and Presents

All the themes for March are:

Christmas

St. Patrick's Day

Fancy fold

Wild Animal

 

Coloured with copic pens, liquid pearls for beard, Kindyglitz for trim on hat and an added sentiment to complete another Christmas card.

 

 Check out all the themes at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

Gem of a Craft - AG

Digi Choosday - AG 

Simon Says Wednesdays - AG

Creative Knockouts - AG 

 

Pearly Sparkles - 1st March, 2024

 This month's theme is Celebrate.  I have chosen an image from My Besties, called Faith IMG019.  

Coloured with copic pens, I printed the image sitting on a little fence, straight onto some patterned paper.

Check all the Celebrations at:

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

 Entered into: 

A Perfect Time to Craft - AG

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Female

Crafting Happiness - Cute 

 

Crafter's Cafe - 15th February, 2024

The new challenge at The Crafter's Cafe is all about travel. Two great sponsors:

Sheepski Designs

 and 

My Besties

Click on the names to go straight to there stores

 I made a card with an image from Sheepski designs called "Walkies" coloured with copic pens, glitter and liquid pearls, then fussy cut and layered onto some patterned paper.

I then added some diecut leaves, ribbon, dragonfly and sentiment.  Finally some purple glitter dotted across the background paper completed my card.  I have always loved the purple/green combination.

 

Entered into:

Crafty Catz Challenge - AG / optional Love 

Polkadoodles - AG 

Allsorts Challenge - AG 

Simons Says Monday - Tie it Up 

Dream Valley Challenges - Add a Sentiment 

 I also got to create an art journal page with an image from My Besties, called "Ellie and Nib Airshow.  I think we probably underestimate how far a postman travels.

Paper Artsy paints for the background, The image has been coloured with copic pens and fussy cut, layered with a spring.  The little houses have been made with scraps of patterned paper, the envelopes hand cut after printing.  The sentiment has been typed and arranged, the birds hand drawn.

Check out all the details and the teams travel projects at:

 https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

Gem of a Challenge - AG

Outlawz Paper A La Mode - AG . card free zone

Shopping our Stash - Out your best face forward 

Inspiration Station - Photo inspiration, travel, postcards,  

Hearts

 This month's image for The Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge is an image from Cara, "Heart".

I have coloured it digitally and printed on canvas paper.  Adding a hand written sentiment, some heart ribbon and a button sewn on with embroidery thread.

Entered into:

The Outlawz Progressive Freebie Monthly Challenge for February 

Pinspirational Challenge - A project with some ribbon 

Dream Valley Challenge - Add a Sentiment 

Try it on Tuesday -  Hearts or Flowers

Simon Says Wednesdays - Love it is the Air 

Creative Knocks - Love 

Crafty Catz - With Love

A Place to Start - 5th February, 2024

This month our theme at A Place to Start is  Monochrome.  I chosen a blue and white theme.

Adding a design across the bottom, Typed sentiment, and blue glitter (which is hard to see) to finish the card.

 

Check out all the monochrome designs at:

 https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into:

 

 

 

Festive Friday at The Outlawz - 2nd February, 2024

 Themes for this month's Festive Friday challenge

Christmas

Valentine's Day

Washi Tape

Winter Birds

Another Christmas theme card from me,  this time using Sweet November"s -Christmas Set.

I love using this pieces, I make a collage o the different piece and some paper piecing along the way.

Check out all the Design Teams projects at:

https://theoutlawzchallenges-friday.blogspot.com/

 

Entered into: 

ABC Christmas - A for Anything Goes for Christmas

Crafty Animals - AG with an animal

Merry Little Christmas - AG 

Simon Says Wednesday - AG 

 

 

Pearly Sparkles - 1st February, 2024

 This month's theme is Love/Have a Heart.  I have used an images from Di's Digis called, Hedgies Summer Umbrella.  

The image has been coloured with copic pens, the background paper was some girft paper I received, it was so pretty I couldn't throw it out.  I have added as small heart to the sentiment, her shoes havd glossy accents and glitter on the umbrella

Check out all the Love and hearts at:

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

Entered into:

Gem of a Challenge - AG

Allsorts Challenge - AG but square 

The Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge 

Digi Choosday - AG 

Crafty Animals - AG with animals 

Di's Digis Challenge - Anything new (new image)

Snowman Tag maybe

 Hi everyone, this month's image for The Outlawz , Progressive Freebie is Challenge is Mr Squiggles drawn by Cara.

I decided to practice with my pencils and coloured the snowman with Prismacolour pencils. Firstly to show my husband what ombre was in colouring as our daughter had her nails done last week in blue ombre, but as her father has a form of colour blindness, the subtle changes were not apparent to him, so I made them more prominent.

Couldn't resist adding colour to the yellow nose and rosy cheeks though.  Marker snow and some glitter completed the image.   

Rummaging through a box for a label, I came across a pad of labels I bought a long time ago and I am sorry I can't remember where as I would love to have more of these labels.

At this stage I have made a tag, but maybe I might turn him into a card.  The square at the top with the hole, is perforated and can be removed, leaving the top the same shape as the bottom.

Entered into:

The Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge for January

The Outlawz Sunday Songs and Rhymes - The Snowman by Wallace Stevens 

Shopping your Stash - Fairy tale.  {The Snowman by Hans Christian Anderson) 

ABC Christmas - A for Anything Goes 

The 12 monthsa of Christmas - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - 15th January, 2024

 This month's challenge is to decorate the edges of your project, deckle, stamp, ink, fancy cut etc, whatever you would like to do with the edges.

The sponsor is the wonderful Polkadoodles, check out the challenge blog to get all the details https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

I chose to use Rebel Girl for a card that I am giving to a friend going through a hard time.  Something totally new for me, I printed the image on top of some digitally patterned paper, coloured the image with Prismacolour pencils.

For the edges I distressed them and then added  glue and some Gold Glitter.

Check out all the edges at:

https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/

 

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Festive at The Outlawz - 5th January, 2024

 Hi everyone, my first time on the team at Festive Fridays.  The themes for this month are:

 Christmas

Love is in the Air

Fun in the Snow

Something New

 I've chosen to create with the Christmas theme, using  Hettie's, "Beach Pony Float".  Coloured with copic pens and glitter, layered onto some striped paper.  Would have to say the sentiment is perfect for 99% of our Christmas days, sadly not the recent one, rained all day

 Entered into:

Crafty Animals - AG with animals 

Merry Little Christmas - AG with Christmas 

Creatalicious - AG 

Little Red Wagon - Something New (New DT for me) 

Simon Says Wednesday - Something New(New DT for me)

A place to Start , 1st January 2024

Happy New Year.  Let's hope 2024 sees as creating more.

The optional theme to start the new year is to make a Gatefold Card.

I haven't made one for years, but think there could be more coming this year, I had great fun using patterned papers from Uniquely Creative and diecuts from 49 and Market.

The Happy Birthday was made with a Stampin Up die, I used 4 layers of white and one layer on patterned paper.

CARD CLOSED

LEFT SIDE OPENED

RIGHT SIDE OPENED

CENTER INSIDE

OPENED CARD

THE CLOSER

 Check out all the design teams creations at:

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/

Entered into: 

A Perfect time to Craft - AG

Crafting Happiness - AG 

Crafts Galore Encore  - AG

Love to Craft - AG

 

Pearly Sparkles, 1st January, 2024

 The theme this month is CASs. I have used an image from "Imagine That", called Airplane. Coloured with copic pens, the background is a cloud die, ive coloured blue around the clouds. Typed symbol completes my card.

 .

Check out all the CAS designs at: 

http://pearlysparkleschallenge.blogspot.com/

Entered into: 

Simon Says Wednesdays - Party Time

Alphabet Challenge - T is for texture (cloud embossing folder)