Button Up

Its time once again for another challenge over at Divas & this week its Button Up & therefore we want to see buttons on your creations. This week is sponsored by Crafty Emmas.

I used a Cuttlebug flower folder, which I had never used before to make the flower, I then ran it through the Cuttlebug again, using a Swiss Dot folder this time, onto which I stuck 2 buttons to make the centre. I also used a Cuttlebug border & stuck that along the bottom edge, onto which I stuck more buttons.
Paper is from stash, as are the flowers & ribbon & brad. The leaves are a Sissiz die, coloured with Promarkers. Sentiment is a freebie from blogland somewhere.

I am looking forward to seeing what you can create using buttons & don't forget to pop over to the Divas blog & see what my fellow DT have made this week.

I am away on holiday at the moment, & whilst I have internet, its very slow, so please bear with me if I am not getting around blogland as usual & commenting on my favourite blogs.

Entered into the following challenges
Totally Stampalicious Embossing
Anything Goes Die Cuts/ Punches
The Poodles Parlour Buttons/ Brads

Twisted Santa!!

I wanted to have a go at the twisted easel cards that I had seen in blogland & decided to have a go.. Over at Come & Get It Challenges I had won a top pick for my Back To School card & they asked me to be a GDT for this week using an easel card as a technique, so it was perfect to combine the two.
The image is from Make It Crafty which I coloured with Prisma pencils.

Papers I bought last year & cannot remember who or what they are, but they are glittered as is most of this card...lol.  Ribbon, Dew Drops & Pointsettias all from stash. I have a Christmas bag with all my embellies etc in & each year I completely forget whats in there!

Copious amounts of glitter glue used around the edges of the card & I also got out embossing powder to make the sentiment which was a wooden stamp (unmarked) I have owned for years.
Voila, a twisted easel card which I am very pleased with, however I note that I have not been featured in the above challenge!! Hopefully an oversight.
Entered into the following challenges
Fussy & FancyTtry new technique (Twisted easel)
One Stop Cards Easel Cards
Victorine Stamps Easel Cards
Bows n Berries Glitter

Xmas Robin

After a very busy weekend, I managed to make this card  on Sunday evening. BP are from Bearly Mine Christmas Sparkle collection. The image is Pink Gem which was a freebie last year. It was & still is one of my favourites, so I coloured him up with Promarkers & used My Craft Studio to colour the card to match the bluey backing paper & mounted him following the sketch over at A Gem of a Challenge. Flowers are a combination of stash & Wild Orchid Crafts. Ribbon which has been made into a double bow is from stash & the sentiment is from a See D bought from QVC years ago.
Entered into these challenges
Pink Gem Sketch
Cutie Sunday Xmas
Little Miss Muffet Things with Wings

Fishy Tail

This is an image that I got when I was a member of the OSAAT DT, unfortunately the drawer of the stamp is no longer with OSAAT, so I cannot give a link.
I coloured with Promarkers & then gilded it, using my neglected Gilding Flakes. It looks splotchy in the photo, but it doesnt in real life, promise...lol

I framed the image with 3d foam & using papers from Bearly Mine, although these were a freebie from last year I think & cut out the oval with my Nesties. Backing paper is also Bearly Mine, from the same freebie set.

Added flowers & ribbon from my stash & from my monthly subscription to DuckPond Crafts ,as is the stick pin. I also gilded the leaves & a little flourish on the frame, as well as the sentiment & followed the sketch over at Sketch & Stash

Sentiment from a QVC kit purchased years ago & a little fish charm added to finish off.
I am entering this into the following challenges
Sketch & Stash Using the above sketch. Neglected stash Gilding Flakes & New stash flowers, ribbon & pin
Sir Stamp A Lot Frames
Pile It On Lots of layers
Die Cut Dreams Flower Power (at least 5 flowers, I have 8 on there)
I Love Promarkers Metal charm/embellishment

Back To School

Its time for another challenge over at Divas By Design & this time its ''Back To School'' & is sponsored by Crafty Sentiments.
I chose an image & the backing paper from Tiddly Inks. The backing paper is now in the basement section at $1.00. My image is coloured with Promarkers & the embellies come from a sheet given away as a freebie by Shirleys2Girls which I matted onto matching card. The calculator & crayons are buttons bought from my local stationers.
Don't forget to go on over to Divas & see what my teamies have also made this week & I look forward to seeing your entries.
Entering into the following challenges
Come & Get It Challenges Back To School
Guylou's Immitability Back To School
Pixe Dust School Is Cool
Stamp Insanity Back To School
Fashionista Friday Back To School

UPDATE I have won Top Pick with this card over at Come & Get It Challenges

Its been awhile!

Now I don't usually put much about my private life here on my blog, but just want to explain why I have not been around much. (Mind you I dont think I have been missed anyway). I have arthritis & its flared up recently which has left me in a lot of pain & not wanting to be creative at all.

Anyway I did sit down & make a card, I had made my DT card for Divas ages ago & that will be shown on Wednesday.

I started out by colouring with Promarkers an image by Kenny K called Skater Chick. The backing paper is by Toucan Scraps over at the OSAAT store called City Street, onto which I added a sentiment in Dripping Markers font to look like it had been spray canned.
 I then googled trying to finda graffiti artist or something as I had this idea in my head & came across this image of a Graffiti girl at Edupics which was free to use for non commercial use. This was perfect for what I had in my head. I coloured this again with Promarkers.
I have been admiring Make It Crafty urban,street images, but thought I had better not spend any money right now, so made my own dustbins by cutting out of silver paper & scoring to look like metal dustbins. It is difficult to photograph as my reflection kept showing up in the photos.
Added some silver rik rak & some candy & here is my first card in ages.
I have entered it into the following challenges
Birthday Sundaes Birthday sentiment
Creative Card Crew Annything Goes
Charisma Cardz Anything Goes
Card Makin Mamas Use a digi (paper & images)
Stamp Something Use a digi

Magnolia Notice Board

In November I am going away for 5 days with friends on a crafting weekend in Yorkshire, we stay in a cottage & generally have a good time. I have been asked to do a class whilst we are there & this is what I have come up with. I saw a similar idea at Sir Stamp A Lot hanging up & thought I could make my own, the one at Sir Stamp A Lot was a kit, made out of chipboard & had a peg for the pencil holder I started by buying some foam board from Hobbycraft & cut out 2 x 20cm squares & made holes using my manual hole puncher (Crop O Dile wouldnt go through as board too thick). I then covered it using papers in my stash.
I then used my Craft Robo to cut out 8 circles in card & I attached them to the corners to provide more protection for the corners, by cutting away a quarter of the circle & folding around the corner. I coloured them using Promarkers.
I then painted blackboard paint onto cardboard that I had saved from some curtain packaging I had recently bought & attached that to one of the boards & decorated the top with flowers.

To the bottom board, I attached a ribbon using brads & glue, which allowed me to add the jotter pad by hooking it over the ribbon.

I covered the jotter in contrasting papers & added a Shopping Tilda to the front.
I then added ribbon to the top board by knotting it at the front of the board & also between the 2 boards by tying the ribbon at the back. I also coloured this to match the corners with the same Promarker.
I then had to decide how to attach the chalk & the pencil, so sat down with my Craft Robo & designed 2 holders, which again I covered with papers the same as the jotter & added  flowers to each. I then stuck them on using glue.

Lastly I added another Tilda to the bottom right hand of the blackboard to finish off.
Hey presto a notice board to make in Yorkshire. Now I have to prepare another 7 kits to allow the others to make it too.
Entered into these challenges.
Magnolia Stamp Lovers Flowers
Sir Stamp A Lot Whatever You Fancy
Craft Us Crazy Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges Anything But a Card
Craft Your Passion Anything But a Card