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

Commissioned Valentine's Card

My work colleague asked me to make a Valentine's card for his fiance and I was really touched so wanted to make it extra special. The only guidance he gave me was that it should be pink and cartoon type characters would be okay. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use one of my cute squares from Lili of the Valley - the rest came together quite easily and I was really proud of the finished card. I really love this style and use Bev as my inspiration (check out the stunning cards on her blog).





The flowers wouldn't fit in a normal envelope so I made a matching box tied with pink satin ribbon for the card to be given in instead.



Supplies
Image - Love & Romance Cute Squares from Lili of the Valley
Papers - Madly In Love by Die Cuts With a View
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Sentiment - Stamp Calendars by Lili of the Valley
Ticket - Whimsy Shapeology Ticket Die & Ticket Sentiments Stamp Set
Punch - Lace Hearts by Martha Stewart
Roses - www.iamroses.com
Pearls - Nail Gems from Poundland
Ribbon - Pink Satin Ribbon from The Range
Card Blank - 148mm Square Scalloped Cards from Craftwork Cards


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

• The Crafty Pad - Challenge 109, Red, Pink and Black


• Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Love Is In The Air


• I Did It Creations - Challenge 43, Anything Goes


• Crafty Calendar - Challenge 17, Love


• Little Claire's - Challenge 1, Anything Goes


• Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C75, Use Dies


• Digi Doodle Shop - Challenge 47, Anything Goes


• Lili of the Valley - Challenge 84, Favourite Colours


• By The Cute & Girly Challenges - Red Is All Around Us


• Creative Cottage - Challenge 33, Fabulous Florals


• Craft Your Passion - Challenge 45, Pink

Christmas Design 2010

Last year I struggled to make a different Christmas card for everyone, so this time I decided to choose one design that I could repeat but changing the colours. I used a relatively simple design with elements I cut out on my Craft Robo. Even with Martin's help though it seemed to take forever to make 25 but i'm pleased with how they turned out and people seemed to appreciate them.

Doodled Thinking of You Card

Now I know this card has been received by the lovely Rusty I can post it! She's been in a lot of pain recently and ended up in hospital last week, so I wanted to send her something to hopefully cheer her up a little bit. I've used a gorgeous Mo Manning stamp and Basic Grey paper but because it's quite busy couldn't decide what embellishments to use so went doodle crazy instead...

MSE 3 B's Challenge Card

The current challenge over on MSE is to make a card with three things beginning with "B" on. This is my entry, which is a birthday card using a cute black haired tilda dressed in blue from the new fairytale range. The backing paper is from Basic Grey and is matted on to pearlescent blue card. I've used black card candy and the sheer ribbon bow has been coloured black to match.

Anniversary Celebration Card

This card was supposed to be for Martin's Aunt's birthday but i've since decided that it looks more like an anniversary card! The backing is vellum and I never know how to stick it without the glue showing through so cut little slits in the corners to hold it down instead. The Forever Friends stamp was free with a magazine and i've coloured it with ProMarkers of course.

Swirly Girly Birthday Card

My first card in 2010 is for my friend's birthday. I've used my new Miss Anya Love stamps, which are absolutely gorgeous and I've got loads of ideas for. The backing paper is K&Co and i've hand-written the sentiment (scary!). Hopefully i'm going to start building up a collection of cards i've made ready for when I need them, but have too many birthdays this month...

Santa Collage Card

I really love this image - it's absolutely gorgeous. I have seen quite a few of the girls on MSE use it before but haven't been able to find the stamp myself, so the lovely Jennie aka TheWife kindly sent me some stamped images. I'll definitely look for it for next year though. Somehow I managed to stick everything on upside down first time round so had to peel it off and start again!

18th Birthday Card

My brother asked me to make a birthday card for one of his friends who is going to be 18. I thought it would the perfect chance to use my new Basic Grey papers, which are soo pretty - I think I am officially addicted! I've used my new Miss Anya stamps coloured with Whispers pens (wish I had my ProMarkers as it was hard to colour match to the background).

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.

Chalked Snowmen Card

I came up with this idea but then didn't have the right coloured ink to stamp the image in so it co-ordinated with the backing paper. Instead i've stamped it in clear ink then chalked it with a pastel blue. I haven't done this before but love the really soft effect it gives. To finish it off i've added a few punched snowflakes, a couple of which i've covered with Glamour Dust.

Dressy Miss Anya Card

I've recently treated myself to lots of new stash (Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilites, Greeting Farm Dressy Miss Anya stamps, Martha Stewart Doily Lace border punch, Papermania Brad Making Kit), most of which i've used on this card lol! This card is going to Cards for Alicia and i'm hoping to make a few more as it's such a good cause. I don't have a particular style but I think this is quite different to all the cards i've made so far...

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.

Jingle Beans

I've finally finished all 40 tubes of Jingle Beans, complete with the added touch of mini bells. I've made them to give to all my family, friends and colleagues along with a handmade card. This a sample of two of them showing the front and back of the tags. Martin's contribution was to fill the tubes and eat the beans lol. I got the idea from here - her blog is fantastic and has loads of great ideas so definitely check it out.

Bauble Wreath Card

I saw this idea somewhere online and thought it was the perfect excuse to play with my new circle Nestabilities. It's sad because I was so excited about getting them but they make life so much easier and they'll definitely be put to good use! Anyway I think this card looks quite classy but can't decide whether or not it needs greeting in the centre maybe? Thoughts please...


Big thank you to Jennie aka The Wife for her suggestion - i've now added some die cut holly leaves and it's definitely improved the card along with making it more Christmassy.

Reindeer Gatefold Card

This card is 100% handmade including the card blank and the backing paper, which i've hand stamped (making good use of my Poundland stamps again)! The blue colour scheme makes a nice change from the usual Christmas reds and greens. I've used a Daisy & Dandelion die-cut greeting, silver card candy and snowflake brads to finish the card off.

Elegant Angel Card

I've been busy making cards this week as someone told me it's 13 weeks until Christmas, which is going to be a push with work and Martin's new obsession with Top Golf! I really like this card and thinks it looks simple and elegant. I've used the embossing trick from Ikki's Cuttlebug Cupboard - anyone with a Cuttlebug should definitely check it out for inspiration.

Christmas Pressie Card

This is my first Christmas card of the year and i've tried to make it look like a present by making good use of ribbon! I wasn't going to make Christmas cards originally, as I thought it may be a bit too much pressure to get them all finished in time, but then couldn't resist all the gorgeous Christmas stamps, papers, etc in The Range. 1 down, 29 to go...

First Commissioned Card

Here is my first ever commissioned card for my Mum's work colleague, giving me £2.50 towards stash. She wanted an anniversary card for her parents with a mole on it as their surname is Moles, so I turned an image found online into decoupage! I've also used my fab new Quickutz Banana Split Skinni Mini alphabet that I got for the bargain price of £12 from an American seller on eBay.

Floral Granny Card

This is a floral card I made for my Granny's birthday in the same colours as her living room. I also made her a sunflower themed exploding box (embossed with my Cuttlebug of course!) but forgot to get a photo of it. She absolutely loved both and said she's going to treasure them forever bless...