Craft Your Days Away Challenge 5 - Babies, DT Card

Oh wow, can't believe we are onto our 5th challenge already at CYDA, not sure where the time is going but I know we are speeding towards Christmas ;-) Our challenge this time has been chosen by the lovely Renate and the theme is 'Babies'.

We are being sponsored by the fab Simon Says Stamp, a $10 voucher for the store - whoo hoo! Please do come and join in the fun with your baby themed stash and check out the gorgeous creations made by my fellow team mates x

So onto my DT card, I've made a zig-zag card with the dimensions 5"x12" and scored the 12" side at 4" and 8". I found a quote online and used it as my sentiment for the front side of the card and added a personal message to the reverse and a list of baby 'statistics' that can be completed by the new parents. I absolutely love the cute Baby Blanket image by Lili of the Valley so used it twice ;-)

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Incy Wincy - Challenge 61, Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes/World Card Making Day
One Stop Craft - Challenge 100, Congratulations
Stamp Something - Something to Celebrate
Stampavie & More - Challenge 110, More Than One Fold
I Love Promarkers - Challenge 34, Pearls & Swirls

Supplies:
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics and Dotted Swiss
Paper - Craft Creations (I think?)
Image - Baby Blanket by Lili of the Valley coloured with Promarkers
Pearls - The Hobby House
Charm - from stash tied with embroidery thread
Ribbon - a RAK from my lovely friend Jennie
Tools - XCut guillotine, MS Scoreboard, circle and scallop circle Nesties, Woodware flourish punch

Cards for Men - Autumn, DT Card

It's time for a brand new challenge at Cards for Men today and the theme is 'Autumn'. I love this time of year when it's sunny but cold - lovely for long walks followed by a cup of something hot and a cake ;-)

We are being sponsored this time by Crafts & Me who are giving away a beautiful stamp to one lucky person. Crafts and Me has everything for the card maker, with a wide range of rubber stamps from around the world. Teresa has just introduced her own range of rubber stamps from three international artists Hannah Lynn, Molly Harrison and Sara Burrier.

As always the DT have made some beautiful cards, please do pop across and have a peek and have a go at the challenge while you're there.

So onto my card, I have used some new Basic Grey papers from the Wander pad, they are so gorgeous and the colours are brilliant for autumnal projects. I have used a cute boy stamp from Elzybells and paper pieced his top. The star was a shape I made in Word and just cut it out - simples!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Autumn/ Fall

Stamp Something - Something with Fall Colours

Charisma Cardz - Challenge 38, Anything Goes!

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challenge 122, Anything Goes

Supplies:
Papers - Wander by Basic Grey from The Glitter Pot
Image - Yo-Yo from Elzybells (now only £1.02 in the closing down sale!) coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - from a Woodware stamp set called Boy Zone
Buttons - Crafty Emma's Store
Tools - oval Nesties

My Ally Pally Stash...

So here it is, doesn't look much does it, oh I could have bought so much more but kept my sensible head on ;-)

Pack 50 6x6 cards/envelopes from Craftwork Cards
Craftwork Cards sentiment sheets - got these free with membership card :-)
6 packs of LOTV die cuts
Pearls in several colours
2 Distress Inks
Pack of cut n dry to use with the distress inks
2 pots sticky glue BOGOF
2 packs mixed buttons
Beautiful pearl brads, these are gorgeous and I am kicking myself now that I didn't get more
Sugar Nellie Christmas stamp
Gorgeous Christmas ribbons
Baby blue Stickles
2 sheets 12x12 blue dotty paper, double sided and only 45p a sheet!

Very pink and very girly x

The challenge I set for the Crafty Place card swap this month was 'Girly'. I am worried I've gone a bit too girly with this card, it's very pink! I popped into Hobbycraft last week for some cardstock and spied this beautiful paper by MME and well, I just had to have it. I was good and only bought one sheet and have used both sides for this card ;-) I have made YET another zig-zag card, this one is 4x12". The paper is so beautifully busy I haven't really used any images. I hope Debbie aka Padster likes it x

Supplies:

Paper - Quite Contrary by MME

Cardstock - Bazzill Basics
Charm - Crafty Emma's Store

Sentiment - A World Without Flowers by Paper Makeup Stamps

Flower image - Basic Grey (not sure of stamp set name, sorry)

Flowers - flat from Pink Gem Designs, small from Crafty Emma's Store and others are handmade using punches

Buttons - Basic Grey

Ribbon - recycled packaging from an order from Crafty JuJu x

Brad - Making Memories from Joanna Sheen

Tools - Woodware leaf punch, Hobbycraft flower punch & small scallop circle punch

A Birthday Card for a Lil Monster!

No he's not really a lil monster, he's a sweetie but thought he'd like this lil monster chap so popped him on a card. I think I found this stamp in a sale bin at the Hobbycrafts show at the NEC last November so it's nearly a year old and this is it's first outing! This card is for our friend's son who is soon to be 4. I have used some new Basic Grey papers from the Wander pad, they are gorgeous I think, can't wait to make more with them.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge 82, Clean Up The Dust (had the stamp for nearly a year and never used it!)
Secret Crafter - Challenge 101, Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge 31, Birthday Cards
Alphabet Challenge - U for Unused Stash (my stamp)
The Stampman - Challenge 5, Distress

The ABC Challenge - D is for Distressing

The Creative Cottage - Challenge 23, Birthday Boy

Supplies:
Papers - Wander by Basic Grey from The Glitter Pot
Image & Sentiment - Play Day by Daisy Bucket Designs coloured with Promarkers
Buttons - Crafty Emma's Store
Raffia - Papermania
Tools - scissors for distressing, hole punch

CYDA Challenge 4 - Autumn Doodles, DT card...

It's time for another Craft Your Days Away challenge and the theme this time has been picked by the lovely Carol Ann and it is 'Autumn Doodles'. I had loads of fun making my DT card for this challenge and used a gorgeous freebie digi image from the fabulous Mo Manning (the image was available on Mo's Facebook page last week). I have never done doodles on my cards before and was rather worried that after I'd coloured the cat and paper pieced the leaf, I would muck it up with my rubbish doodling but I think it looks ok, well I rather like it actually.

Please come and join in the fun with our latest challenge over at Craft Your Days Away. We are being sponsored this time by Whimsy Stamps and have a fabby prize up for grabs! My DT team mates have made some stunning creations so please pop by and take a peek.

Please be aware that the wonderful Whimsy Stamps site is having technical problems at the moment and the site is poorly :-( If you would like to order anything whilst it is being fixed please contact the lovely owner directly.. deniselynnstamps@gmail.com.

So here's my card, lots of red and rust colours here...

I paper pieced the leaf in the image and then added another on top to add some dimension.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Challege 121, Fall Into Autumn

Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge 59, Autumn Colours

Creative Card Crew - Autumn or Fall

Pollycraft - Challenge 61, Autumn Colours

Supplies:
Image - Fall by Mo Manning, freebie download from Mo's Facebook page coloured with Promarkers
Patterned papers - Nutmeg by Cosmo Cricket, I think these suit the CYDA theme perfectly
Kraft paper - Craftwork Cards (don't think they sell this any more)
Raffia - Papermania
Sentiment - generated on PC
Tools - Woodware leaf punch, circle & scallop circle Nesties

Cards For Men - Challenge 19, Transport

The theme over at Cards for Men this time is Transport, loads of scope with this one! I have chosen to use one of my fabby winter Pink Cat Studio stamps and make another zig-zag card, this one measures 4"x12".

We are being sponsored this time by Peachy Keen Stamps.

Peachy Keen Stamps is a family owned and operated leading clear stamp manufacturer based out of Northeast Wisconsin. Their stamps are made with the highest quality polymer on the market today, giving them their unique peach tint. The whimsical images designed by Kathy Jakopovich coupled with their durability make them a favorite amongst scrapbookers, card makers, and artists alike. These stamps are sold exclusively online at http://www.peachykeenstamps.com/ and at independent stamp and scrapbook stores worldwide.

Please do come and join in the fun with our Transport theme at Cards for Men and have a look at the gorgeous DT cards.

Supplies:
Images - Lily & Billy Winter by Pink Cat Studio from My Mum's Craft Shop
Paper - MME Merry Days of Christmas
Cardstock - Bazzill Basics
Buttons - Crafty Emma's Store
Sentiment - Hobby Arts stamp
Snowflake charm - Crafty Emma's Store
Tools - circle & scallop circle Nesties