Skating By

Skating by is exactly what I am doing

as I'm running spectacularly late 

for Scrappy Mo's Rudolph Challenge.

No excuse as the cards have been made

just no time to post. I need more time!!

Anyway without further ado here is 

my card.

I have used this cute pre coloured image

I had in my stash.

By Sassy Cheryl from Paper Creator

called "Figure Eight Style"

Design papers are all digi papers in my stash

from various Nitwit Collections.

I love these as you can just print off as and when 

required with no fear of running out!

Sentiment is a ribbon sticker. 

I backed each paper onto oddments of white card 

to make a frame and then just layered up until I

got the look I wanted. 

I was having fun so I made another card

using teal design papers backed onto red card this time.

Must rush have a hair appointment!

Entering into the following challenges:

Scraps of Life By Scrappy Mo # Rudolph Day.

Crimbo Crackers #103 Cute kids.

Winter Wonderland # For a child.

Crafty Hazelnut's Extra # Anything goes christmas.

Sweet Stampin Christmas # Cute christmas.

Fab 'n'' Funky #298 Christmas.

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge.# Anyhing goes.

Half an Egg!

I had intended to make a casket  style egg

for Easter 

but then I realised I didn't have any of the small hinges needed

so  half an Egg it is!!

Made from half a cardboard egg shape

(painted using a yellow matchpot paint )

half a cardboard cotton reel

and loads of hotgluing .

Various flowers made from either

glass shapes, foam, ribbon, or ready made.

All from my stash.

Butterflies , lace , pearls and plaque also 

from my stash.

The sentiment was created in word.

I will let the photo's do most of the talking.

The weight of the flowers kept making 

it fall over so I remedied it by filling 

the hollow cotton reel with 20 penny

coins! 

You could say it is now a pot of Bronze!

Entering into the following challenges:

Rhedd's Creative Spirit # Anything goes.

Anma Creatief #54 Spring/Easter.

Altered Electics # Anything goes.

Paper Creator's Crafts #45 Spring colours.

Electic Ellapu # Purple team: Flora and fauna..

Crafty Gals Corner #64 Easter or Spring.

Double "D" Challenges #6 Easter.

Fab n' Funky #297 Flowers.

Little Red Waggon #334 Happy Easter /Spring.

Scrappiness #14  Easter.

The Crafter's Cafe #145 Easter.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #222  Use up your snippets.

Brown Sugar # Easter.

Crafty Boots # Spring is in the air. 

Melonheadz Friends # Throw on flowers.

Appended to add in the following.

All Sorts Challenge #356 Wings.

Owls about it.

It's challenge time again over at

Crafting From The Heart

#105 Anything Goes.

The sponsor for this week

is

Karleigh Sue Digis

I have used the image Adriannas Owl.

Coloured  with Promarkers

and chalks on the background. 

Die cut using my Xcut ovals die.

I generated the sentiment in word.

The design paper is a freebie from

Making Cards Magazine called

Owls and Trees.

mounted onto white card and then 

onto the base card which is yellow shimmer cardstock.

I actually coloured the image first and then went in search

of a suitable paper to use. 

Big whoopsy. Fundimental Flaw.

I forgot to add the piccy!!!!!

God job some of you are on the ball!!

Here it is.

The theme is Anything Goes as usual

and we would love to see you entering

your projects.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Time Challenges # Birthdays.

Petal Lu Challenge #11 Anything goes.

2 Creative Chicks #8 Anything goes.

Addicted To Stamps #186 Anything goes.

Craft Rocket Challenges #11 Anything goes.

Jade's Sparkling Butterflies #15 Anything goes /Use Diecuts or Punches.

Little Miss Muffet #134 Anything goes.

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #16 Anything goes.

Crafting With Friends #17 Anything goes.

Creative Fingers #105 Anything goes.

Make It Mint

The New Theme/ Colour

for my Butterfly Challenge is

#51 Butterflies + Mis for Margins and/or Mint.

Noun: Margins = the edge or border of something

Verb: provide with  an edge or border.

Here is my inspiration for you.

The 1st card is quite CAS in Style.

I have used  a stamp by Katzelkraft,ribbon sticker

by Papermania and butterfly sticker.

I used Distress ink on the stamp and once stamped

blended out the colour using water and a paint brush.

Card base is mint green cardstock.

2nd card I am calling Garden Chic.

Is there such a term? If not  there is now!.

Here I have used a stamp by Kaisecraft 

that I have finally managed to get my mitts on.

The stamp is called the Lake House and I just love it.

It stamps out a dream.  I used green distress ink onto white card

and coloured in using distress markers

adding a sprinkling of stickles diamond.

The stamp also comes with a trailing vine

which I have used to create the margin.

Again using distress markers to colour.

Used green mint cardstock and die cut an oval from it

as an overlay.  Finally mounted onto white shimmer cardstock

for the base of the card. 

Silver sticker for the Sentiment.

Last but not least I punched out 3 small butterflies

using a Tonic punch.

Close up of the fountain but thee stickles are not 

really showing up. They do IRL.

Entering  the card above into the following challenges:

Petal Lu Challenge #11 Anything goes.

Crafts Galore #61 Make a card.

Crafty Time Challenges # Birthdays.

Natalie and Amy''s challenge #42 Fancy borders.

Addicted to Stamps #122 Any shape.

Fashionable Stamping  #109 butterflies.

Glitter 'n' Sparkle #180 Anything goes.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #221  Use up your snippets  oddment of white card )

That Craft Place #6 Anything goes

Get Creative #35 Must use green.

Smile Please.

I have been away from my post

visiting family  for a few days 

so playing catch up.

It is time for the girls in the 

Christmas Card Club to show their makes.

Granmargaret  has chosen the theme this time

which is  use 2 or more pattern papers.

I managed to sort out my digi and christmas card to use

 but didn't have time to do anything else.

Fluff gave me a pile of freebie papers 

from magazines she had been hoarding for me

so rather than just sort them and put away

I decided to use some of them for the cards here.

The 1st card uses a digi I bought last yr

called  'Snowman Selfie ' by Sassy Cheryl

from Paper Creator 

The image comes pre coloured 

so I picked out the colours on these

snowball design papers from 

Nov/Dec 2015 Making Cards Magazines.

Base card made using orange /blue card stock.

Sentiment is an old card cut down. 

Wording strip on front  is a Metallic foiled

adhesive peel off ribbon by Kanban.

Martha Stewart punch used for the edging.

For my 2nd card I delved into my used Christmas card pile.
This picture makes me smile and is by Mary Jane.

I made a base card from Ivory card stock and 

then layered up using 3 different papers

from Dec /Christmas editions 2015

Making Cards Magazines.

I mounted the card front on 3d pads

and found matching bakers twine in my stash.

Repeated inside with the same  papers and the sentiment

is an old unused card cut down.

 I still had this last old christmas card out on my desk

and it wouldn't be christmas without me making a card using 

acetate so here is my 3rd card.

The expression on this penguin

 just creases me up.

I trimmed the card down just  slightly 

to leave the green ribbon border intact 

and layered up using 2  more designs papers 

from Dec /Christmas editions 2015

Making Cards Magazines.

I used blue cardstock  to make the base card.

Front of card is acetate sandwiched into the spine .

Decorated with various silver adhesive stick ons.

Still keeping to my resolution to use both 

recycled  christmas  cards and digis/stamps

or die cuts from my stash that I haven''t used.

Off now to see what you have all been up to

in my absence.

Button Bag.

This is not the card I was going to make

but I found this image whilst hunting

through my stored digi images on my pc

and thought how ideal it was

so here goes.

 Image is from Paper Creator

and is by Sassy Cheryl.

It comes already coloured.

There is still almost a week left

to play in my current 

Butterfly Challenge

#50 Butterflies + B is for Buttons and/or Bronze

Hope this card gives you some  inspiration.

Base card is made from green card stock

layered up with  cream shimmer  card and then 

the image trimmed to size. 

The butterflies are bronze filigree elements

in my stash that are popped up on 3d pads

to give the illusion of flight.

Word was punched out using SU punch

edged with gold gel pen and again raised on 3d pads.

Job done!

See how easy peasy it is. 

Butterflies/Buttons/ Bronze.

Entering into the following challenges:

Petal Lu Challenge #11 Anything goes.

Craft Heaven #9 Spring  has Sprung.

Crafts Galore # make a card.

Paper Creators Crafts #45 Spring colours.

Fussy and Fancy #159 Things with wings.

A Gem of A Challenge #165 Spring.

All Sorts Challenge #354 Spring is in the air.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #220   Use your snippets (cream card already cut)

Bear Hugs.

It's challenge time again over at

Crafting From The Heart

#103 Anything Goes.

The sponsor for this week

is

Robyn's Fetish

I have used the image Ms Cutie Bear.

Coloured using my promarkers and the 

Pointilism method.

I have paper pieced her dress using a digi

paper from Funky Hand. 

The  backing papers are also from Funky hand. 

Sentiment was computer generated and the silver

heart stickers from my stash. 

Scalloped die is by Crafts -Too.

The theme is Anything Goes as usual

and we would love to see you entering

your projects.

Entering into the following challenges:

Sisters of Craft #103 Anything goes.

2 Creative Chicks #8 Anything goes.

Creative Ladybirds #13 Anything goes.

Crafts Galore # Make a card.

Fab 'n' Funky #295 Paper piecing.

Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.

Crafting With Friends #16 Anything goes.

Scrapping 4 Fun # Anything goes.

That Craft Place #6 Anything goes.

Our Crafty Corner #7 Anything goes.

Watercolour Flowers.

I got my water colour paints out the other day

and had a little play.

This is the resulting card.

I started by giving the water colour card a wash

 with a large wet paint brush to cover all over.

Then I just selected pinks and mauves and colour washed

to give a subtle background which I left to dry.

The stamp is by Imagination crafts which  I stamped

using 'London Fog' to give a very light inpression and then

coloured in using the paints which I pulled out using more water.

I''m quite pleased with how it turned out.

Once competely dry I trimmed down and adhered to a purple base.

This in turn was adhered to a sheet of vellum  that was

adhered to the mauve card base.

I used silver peel off stickers  and then because

the card was for a swap which the theme was

'Use Something from the Trash to Recycle

I set about transforming a used bottle top. 

This top was already a purple colour so

it didn't need painting. I already had some previously 

made shrink plastic butterflies and this pink  one

was not only the right colour but the right size too.

I simply placed a circle of purple card in the base of the 

cap, popped in the butterfly and then commenced to put 

several layers of glossy accents into the cap to fill it up.

As each layer went from an opaque  to a clear as it set

I put another layer in.  

Sentiment is a Britannia Die.

The card is in Australia  now and my partner is a tad disappointed

that I hadnt' really used  Fish Bones on the card  as I had joked I would.

All I can say is Merry,  watch this space!!!!

Entering into the following challenges:

Our Crafty Corner #7 Anything goes.

Sisters of Craft # Anything goes.

2 Creative Chicks #8 Anything goes.

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #29 Anything goes.

Craft Your Passion #302 Anything goes.

Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.

Create and Inspire  #41 Anything goes.

Creative Moments #88 Anything goes + place a sentiment on the front.

Inspiration Destination #76 Anything goes.

Penny's Paper Crafty #268 Anything goes.

Shabby Chic Butterflies

The New Theme/ Colour

for my Butterfly Challenge is

#50 Butterflies + B is for Buttons and/or Bronze.

Your buttons can be real or 

faux (i.e button EF, die cut buttons,

button design paper.)

Here is my inspiration for you.

I decided to go Shabby Chic

and had a sort through my stash.

This is the result.

I used pink card stock for the base and then 

layered up with bronze shimmer card stock.

I used Kraft card and a butterfly EF by Darice.

Covered in  Imagination Crafts Diamond Metallic paint

Edged with Liquid Pearls Copper Pearl.

Embellishments used are flowers,laser cut bird cage,

feather , laser cut banner and shabby chic butterfly cutouts.

Large  bronze edged button from my button box. 

Hope you will play along with the new challenge.

Entering into the following challenges:

Petal Lu Challenge #10 Anything goes.

Craft Heaven #9 Spring has sprung.

Our Crafty Corner #7Anything goes.

Crafts And Me # Anything goes.

Sisters of Craft # Anything goes.

2 Creative Chicks #8 Anything goes.

Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.

Creative Ladybirds #13 Anything goes.

Crafting With Friends #15 Anything goes.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #219 Use up your snippets.

Someone Special.

Apologies if I haven't been by your blogs in a while.

Blogger is continuing to be a problem in that

I can only see my readers list whilst on my PC

and I know that some of your comments are going 

straight into my spam box due to a spam overload

which gets deleted automatically several times a day. 

So I'm working pretty much in the dark and to make

matters worse Mojo has fled the country 

taking her passport with her and refusing to come back

until I can assure her that the temperatures will be in  

the 90's.!!

I'll not  be seeing her  any time soon then so until then

I'm very much on my  own!!!!!!

It's time for the girls in the Christmas Card Club

to show our cards.

Zoe set the theme this time which  was to make 

a card for Someone Special at Christmas.

A rummage in my used christmas card box 

produced a white  heavily embossed card 

To both of You at Christmas''.

Iv'e left the card front pretty much intact just 

trimming down slightly. 

Layered up using red cardstock,silver glitter card,

red cardstock again and then the card raised on 

3D  pads all encased in an acetate fronted card. 

I have used heavy duty silver card stock for the backing. 

Ribbon down the spine of the card to finish.

This is when Mojo decided to flee the country!

Looking through my box of christmas stamps,

die cuts, stencils and embossing folders

had me totally at a loss as to what to make next.

My eyes finally rested on a pile of  christmas themed

silver stickers and peel offs and an idea was finally  born.

Use them all to make a card with.

I have used 3 different peel off sheets to

create this card.

Not showing up very clearly but they have all been

adhered to a sheet of acetate that has been

sandwiched between the base of the card

and a sheet of the same card that I had previously 

used to cut a window from and then discarded.

Apiece of red card was inserted behind the lattice work

so that it  would show up  and micic  a stained glass window.

Sentiment was created in word .

I used ribbon down the spine of the card as it was already

out on my desk.

Finally I added red gems to each cross over 

on the lattice work to complete.

I will link up to some challenges later.

Off now  to visit your blogs.

Hugs Mrs A.

Entering into the following challenges:

Jingle Belles # Layer it on me.

Crafty Hazelnut's Extra # Anything goes Christmas

Fly High

I've been chasing my tail all week.

I'm a tad late but here is my 

2nd Inspiration piece  for my butterfly challenge.

#49 Butterflies + G is for Glitter and/or Grape.

I made the glittered background following 

a tutorial by Christina Griffiths.

I love Christina's tutorials they are so easy and concise.

The base card is a pale pink 6" sq.that I cut down to 5.25"sq.

I used the off cut to make the sentiment banner with a stamp  from

a butterfly set by Sheena Douglass 'Butterfly Effect'.

The butterflies are the negative inserts from lasts weeks card

+ one extra. (just in case your counting.) Still sat on my desk!

The glitters are a pretty pink and purple that came free in 

a magazine a few years ago now. There are 6 colours in the set.

Pink pearls are from my stash

Punch for the sentiment is Su's  Modern Label.

It took 6 goes to get the sentiment centered and not smudged!!

Hope this inspires you to enter a card

You have until  next Tuesday to  play along.

Entering into the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks #8 Anything goes.

Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.

Creative Ladybirds #13 Anything goes.

Sparkle N Sprinkle # Anything goes,

Addicted To Stamps #121 Glitter and bling.

Glitter 'n' Sparkle #177 Things with wings.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #218 Use up your snippets (left over butterfly cutouts).

Artistic Inspirations #151 Anything goes.

Craft Your Passion #301 Anything goes, 

Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.

Moving Along With The Times #15 Purple Haze.