CYP Challenge #83

I was really chuffed when Lisa who is the Guest Design Team Coordinator over at Craft Your Passion contacted me to see if I'd like to join them for GDT throughout November. Of course I said yes and got crafting straight away on my first project for their blog using some lovely Bearly Mine papers and cute girly images from Sassy Studio. I've played with a number of techniques on my card including distressing and paper piecing.

The challenge is ANYTHING GOES + BROWN so please pop over and join in here!

The top corner actually detaches from the card and is a matching bookmark:

Supplies
Image - Reading Rachel by Sassy Studio
Colouring Medium - Premier Prismacolor Pencils
Cardstock - 270 gsm coloured card from Lidl
Papers - Cheery Days by Bearly Mine
Distress Inks - Spiced Marmalade, Worn Lipstick, Tea Dye
Die - Classic Circle and Classic Scalloped Circle Nestabilities
Borders - Daisy Fan design cut on Craft Robo
Seam Binding - Local craft shop, coloured with distress inks
Pearls - Hobbycraft

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

• Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge 55, Colour Combo
• Di's Digi Designs - Ribbon and Bows

Boxed Cards to Sell

The girls at work keep asking when I'm going to bring in some homemade cards for them to buy, so I decided i'd make some Christmas cards to take in. I did four cards each of five different designs and boxed them up together. They were really well received and I managed to sell them for £10 a box, which I was really pleased with!





















I actually had to make this extra as a special request for my colleague who loves all things penguin related...

DIY Dad Birthday Card

It was my Dad's birthday on Friday and as he's a builder I made him this card. I found it really hard to make and it took me about a week in the end - I had an idea in my head of what I wanted but then it didn't look right! Cue attacking it with my Distress Inks to try and bring everything together lol. It hasn't turned out too bad and I'm definitely loving my new Woodware button punch.

Fold-Flat Nose Reindeer Card

I've made this card using one of the templates in Papercraft Inspirations for Rudolph. It's really cute and I love the effect of the nose! I inked the edges then layered the reindeer onto a window complete with acetate for the glass. The snowflake paper is Daisy & Dandelion and santa with his sleigh is a peel off (coloured with ProMarkers of course).

Christmas Dog Card

This card uses a freebie stamp that came with DoCrafts magazine. I stamped it with Distress Inks but it went a bit blotchy, so I blended the colour over the whole image with a bit of water then added a bit of gold shimmer chalk. I don't think it turned out too bad and just adds to the charm of the dog. I've matted the image, added eyelets and drawn a few faux gold stitches.

Christmas Pudding Card

Last week I treated myself to a Tim Holtz Distress Ink and the blending tool. I absolutely love it - the effect you can get is amazing and I've already ordered another one. This is the card I made when I was playing with it for the first time and I think inking the edges has given it more depth. The christmas pudding was cut out using my Nestabilities.