Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #100 "Milestone Celebrations"

Good morning all.

Arrived safely yesterday, weather is dry but a little cool. Managed a little detour via Strikes garden centre for a few crafty purchases enroute! Wonder how many more crafty stops I can fit in!

It's celebration time over at CFAS today...we've reached our 100th challenge!! We've lots of sponsors this week with some fab prizes...and our theme is "Milestone Celebrations".

Here is my card:

I've used Moon Girl and Owl from Ppinky Dolls Art who are one of our sponsors. I've coloured with promarkers, then used drawing gum over the image, die cut with a square nestie and inked the background with DI whilst still in the die. Backing paper was a snippet in my stash. Edging stamp was a magazine freebie from Visible Image. Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. No's stamps are from Bo Bunny. Sequins from my stash.

We are being sponsored by all of the following who gave the DT images to work with:

All Dressed Up Stamps - Prize 2 images

Ppinky Dolls - Prize 3 images

Just Inklined - Prize $10 GC

FaeryInk - Prize 3 images

Bugaboo - Prize 7 images

Tiffany Doodles - prize 3 images

Challenges entered:

Brown Sugar - distress

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Craft your Passion - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Through the Purple Haze - anything goes

I Love Promarkers - many happy returns

Addicted to Stamps - girly but not pink

Swan Girl

Good morning all.

Had a very off day yesterday..."Women's Troubles!"...do wish this stage of my life would hurry on by!

Found this card still lurking in drafts. One I coloured for a competition on Facebook and never got around to sharing.

The image is called Swan Girl and she's from PpinkyDollArt, I've coloured her with promarkers before mounting onto my favourite Spellbinders fancy rectangle die. I also made a card base using the same die and attached the topper to the front.

Challenges entered:

Papertake Weekly - things with wings

Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

That Craft Place - girls but no pink

Anything goes with a Twist - female

Kitty Bee Designs - dies or punches

21st Birthday

Good morning all.

Well I think a spot of grocery shopping is much needed today...the cupboards are well and truly bare (according to the kids that is!). I'm sure there's plenty of store cupboard ingredients to keep us going for several weeks but of course they're not instant. Also got a basket of ironing to do but got a new iron (not that I like wasting money on such things but the old one no longer did what it said on the tin!) so I suppose I really should test it out.

Today's share is a 21st birthday card for a nephew's girlfriend.

Image is called Lillith and she's my absolute favourite from PpinkyDollsArt. I've printed on desert storm kraft card and coloured her with promarkers. Oval dies are from Spellbinders. Doily die is from Cheery Lynn. Happy Birthday Die is from Memory Box. Base mat is a PATP from Martha Stewart. Flowers are from Petal Lu, leaves are very old stash. Backing paper is from Prima. The 21st was stamped with a set of Anita's alphabet stamps and heat embossed with EP...both of which I've had unused for years :( Finished with some pearls and a bow from my stash.

I've had the Cheery Lynn doily die for quite some time and have always had trouble getting it to cut, especially in the middle so have always given up and used it as a mat thereby hiding the uncut portion. This time I persevered and was most surprised to find it cut into two parts! They say you learn something new everyday....

Challenges entered:

Crafty Catz - autumn

Wags n Whiskers - fall colours

I Love Promarkers - autumn colours

Inky Impressions - flowers and leaves

Aud Sentiments - anything goes with a sentiment

Milk Coffee Challenge - lots of layers

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - colouring on kraft

Shopping our Stash - it's the most colourful time of the year

PpinkyDolls - fall colours

Great Impressions - autumnal elegance

Lia Stampz - distressed plus kraft

Halloween Tealight

Good morning all.

I'm off down home today as I have a funeral to go to, I hope the weather behaves.

Some recycling to share today.

I started out with this:

Took out the middle and added a battery operated tealight...

and ended up with this!

Image is from PpinkyDollsArt and I've coloured with promarkers before die cutting with a Spellbinders oval and layering onto a fancy oval.

Fence die is from Magnolia, I used black card and then rubbed gold gilding wax over it. Mesh came from Crafty Ribbons and button from my stash.

Spider's web, spider and pumpkin dies are all from Spellbinders. I edged the lid with black ribbon and added the orange spotted ribbon over the top, both ribbons from Crafty Ribbons. The witches hat was made to fit the top of the lid, cord from Crafty Ribbons and stars from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Great Impressions - get your spook on

Pile it On - the witching hour

Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with buttons and ribbon

Decorate to Celebrate - anything goes

All Crafts Challenge - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Ppinky Dolls - anything goes/girly

2 Creative Chicks - any glass jar

Altered Eclectics - anything goes

Take a Word - buttons and bows

Candi Circus Little Abi

Good morning all.

No problems at the dentist yesterday thank goodness but if the new nurse had shoved the squirty, sucky thing any further down my throat during the scale and polish I swear it would have come out the other end!! On the other hand it was nice to find a helpful receptionist who happily checked up to see if eldest had any pending appointments and then changed his details to include his phone no for a reminder....the usual receptionist would have sat very smugly and told me she couldn't divulge any information due to date protection!!

A birthday card to share today, for our neighbour's little girl who will soon be one.

Image is from PPinky Dolls Art, coloured with promarkers. Sentiment from LOTV. Oval dies and circle die are from Spellbinders. All other dies from Marianne Design....the doily die and flower shape have been in my stash for ages and this must be the first time I've used them!  Border punch from Martha Stewart which I've edged with distress ink. Backing paper from Crafty Individuals. Flowers from Petal Lu.

Challenges entered:

Crafter's Cafe - card for a child

Crafting by Designs - pretty in pink

Digi Sketch Challenge - sketch and/or girly

Incy Wincy Designs - girly

PPinky Dolls Challenge - anything goes/add flowers

Use Your Stuff - border punch

Whoopsi Daisy - flowers

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Lia Stampz - girly

Marianne Design Divas - anything goes with min 3 products (used 6 dies)

Wags n Whiskers - for the girls

Happy Birthday

Good morning all.

Yesterday turned out quite a nice day albeit a bit breezy. The house has lost it's heat though and it's beginning to get very cool of an evening...I refuse to put the heating back on in August though!!

I did my first gluten free bake yesterday and made some cherry buns with polenta and ground almonds, they seemed to go down well with the natives as they had all gone by bedtime.

I've quite a few birthdays between now and Christmas so am trying to get ahead of myself as I'm way behind with Christmas cards. Here's one I made yesterday.

Using Lilith again from PPinkyDollsArt, coloured with promarkers before diecutting. I've coloured her hair blue...although it looks quite black/grey in the photo. Papers are from Echo Park. Oval and round dies are Spellbinders. Buttons and fern are from Marianne Design. Lace from Crafty Ribbons. Ribbon, twine, charm and crochet doilies are from my stash. Sentiment is a Snag em Stamp.

(Promarkers used: Midnight, Cornflower Blue, Powder Blue, Burnt Sienna, Caramel and Sandstone)

Challenges entered:

Ppinky Dolls - anything goes

Craft-Dee Bowz - anything goes with a bow

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes

Cutie Pie - buttons and bows

My Craft Creations - anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy - girly

Kit and Clowder - hair techniques

Brown Sugar - let's get krafty

CCC Digi Creations - charms or pins

Oddball Art Stamp - non traditional hair colour (blue)

Miracle

Good morning all.

Well it's been sunshine and showers for the last few days, wonder what the weekend is going to bring! Not a Bank Holiday weekend up here in Scotland but since I don't work I'll maybe pop down home for the day on Monday and go to the local agricultural show.

The smelly silicon glue seems to have struck me again!! I used Collal the other day to stick my calendar together and whilst it didn't smell at the time it does now it's dry!! I opened a new tube for this card to stick the flower arrangement and again no smell from the tube but I can smell it now it's dry...not as bad as the Pinflair glue did but it's rather off putting to say the least....grrrr.

A card to share today using another of the gorgeous PPinkyDollsArt images, this one is called Miracle.

(The one I used on my calendar earlier in the week is called Lilith not Gigi in case you go looking!).

I've coloured the image with promarkers before diecutting with an oval nestie and layering onto a co-ordinating scalloped oval. Backing papers are from Prima. Lacy die is a Tattered Lace magazine freebie, butterfly is from Marianne Design an all other dies are Spellbinders. Flowers are from Petal Lu; lace from Creative Expressions; ribbon from Crafty Ribbons; leaves and bling from my stash. Sentiments are from LOTV and a magazine freebie.

Challenges entered:

Artbymiran -anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Stempelsonnen - anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - anything goes

Crafty Ribbons - celebration with ribbons

Seize the Birthday - anything goes Birthday

Crafter's Cafe - square cards only

Paper Shelter - lace

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - anything square or rectangular

Tattered Lace - decadence

Meet Lilith...

Good morning all.

Last day of the holidays here so back to normal tomorrow.

I had a couple of hours to myself yesterday afternoon so settled down to do some colouring homework...the results could only be described as diabolical!! I decided my fine nibs might work better but could I find the two clean ones which have been put somewhere safe...could I heck!!

This image was lying on my desk so I decided to give it a whirl instead.

The image is called Lilith from PPinkyDollsArt....I've fallen in love, these are gorgeous. I've coloured with promarkers and although it's not perfect I'm very happy with the outcome...so happy I wanted to make something to keep. This years calendar stubs were still lying on my desk so voila...my favourite Spellbinder die, a pearly swirl (I've had these for ages and am too mean to use one on a card lol) and gems and I have a lovely easel calendar for my desk.

Unfortunately the colours haven't come out too well in the photos, in reality the card is a lovely dusky greeny blue colour and Gig's dress is coloured with soft green.

Challenges entered:

Fairytale Stampers - everything goes

Scribble and Scrap - anything goes

The Corrosive Challenge - B unique (blue, brown, bling, bow, boots)

The Squirrel and The Fox - anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin challenge - anything goes

Brown Sugar - anything goes

Crafts4Eternity - something old (pearly swirl)

Crafter's Cafe - anything but a card

Paper Shelter - punches and dies

Scrapper's Delight - anything goes with diecuts

All Crafts Challenge - anything but a card