Stitching, Real or Faux - Ooh La La Challenge

It was my turn to choose the them this week at the Ooh La La Challenge Blog, as you can see I opted for real stitching on both my background papers.  The stunning image is from the Shawn Jenkins Collection CD as are the background papers.  Leaves are cut with a JS die that I treated myself to at the NEC.

One layer Thank You

This week' is One Layer week at Less is More.  Having had a wonderful day at the NEC with Chrissie, Lady LIMette herself,  I decided to play with some new stamps I got yesterday and came up with this Thank You card.  As ever, I love my tree stamps and I found a brilliant new (to me) stamp company called Inky Doodles with some amazing stamps that create patterns.  Along with the patterns, I ended up with some solid topiary shapes which work really well for kiss stamping.

 I used a WOW dotty stamp to kiss stamp onto the tree and added a Hero Arts sentiment.  The green inks are Olympia Green Versafine, with some Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough around the edges.  There was just too much white space (sorry LIM!) so I added a double embossed line along 2 sides.

I'm also entering the following challenges:
 CAS-ual Friday - embossing
Challenges and Candies - clean and simple
Simple Create Too - give thanks
Simon Says - clean and simple

Merry Christmouse

Here's a decoupage card I have just finished up, a Joanna Sheen House Mouse design.  The DP was a giveaway with a magazine, I added some sparkly dots to my bow with Stickles.
I'm entering my card for:
Papertake - anything goes
Joanna Sheen - food for thought
Pile it On - animals with character
Squirrel and the Fox - animal antics
Sparkle & Sprinkle - anything goes with glitter/embossing powder/flocking

Less is More - Trees

Less is More has my favourite ever theme this week - Trees - but life has got in the way of me making a card and this one is just scraping in at the last minute.  The stamp is made by Inkylicious; I have had problems with their stamps in the past but they persuaded me to give them another try at Ally Pally and replaced a stamp that had deteriorated.  The stamp has a choice of the couple I have used or a child on a swing which can hang from the branches.   Background uses Autumn/Halloween shades of Pan Pastels on a linen cardstock, I do like they way they highlight the texture.  The card is made from the same cardstock and I've used Pinflair glue to add the image with some dimension.  Oh, the sentiment is by Technique Tuesday.  Sorry for the poor photo, it was take it after dark or not at all now the nights are drawing in!

I'm also entering my card for:
Simon Says - Halloween/Halloween colours
Pan Pastel UK - autumn colours
Caboodle Doodles - Halloween colours
Lady Anne's - autumn

The C*****mas Word...

Yes, it is getting to be time to start on those Christmas cards - unless you are one of the smug people who has already made them!  This lovely image is from the Joanna Sheen Hollypond Hill Christmas CD.  I've matted and layered a few times, added some paper that came free with a magazine, some punch cut snowflakes and a big bow.

My card is for the following challenges:
Simon Says - Christmas
Craftroom Challenge - our feathered friends
Deep Ocean - Christmas is round the corner

Things with Wings - Ooh La La Challenge #141

Good Morning and welcome to a new Ooh La La Challenge.  This week our theme is Things With Wings and I suspect many of the DT will have picked images from the lush new Shawn Jenkins Collection CD, which has so many stunning images with butterflies on.  I've used a pyramage design called  Tulip, the DP also comes from the CD.  I've cut a strip from it and reversed the chevrons, what do you think?  There is also a punched border, a mini pyramage, some metal butterfly charms and a butterfly sentiment - quite a theme going on here - which also fits CD Sunday's Butterfly Challenge.

I'm also entering the following challenges:
 Totally Gorjuss - wings and things
Card Crafters Circle - use three embellishments
Divas by Design - three or more layers

Clean & Simple Christmas

 This week's Less Is More Challenge is to make a White on White Christmas card.  I chose to make even the sentiment white, so I used my Silhouette to cut out the Noel.  It is mounted with Pinflair glue on  Swiss Dot embossed background, the whole card is made from pearlescent white card.  A punched snowflake rests on the O and I resisted the temptation to add more!

I then used the negative to make another c&s card, but chose this time to add colour, this is simply glued onto red card with some gem stars added.  If I'd stuck it down dimensionally it could also have been WoW, but I like this version too.

I'm also entering my card for:
Keep it Simple - all is white
Crimbo Crackers - embossing
Simon Says - going dotty
Divas by Design - CAS

Going Dotty

You may need your sunglasses to look at this one lol!  It's from the new Ooh La La release of artwork by Shaun Jenkins and it is a perfect fit for Simon Says Challenge this week - Going Dotty.  Dotty DP is also from the CD, I've added a few random extra butterflies, all with Stickles added to give them a bit of bling.  Some ribbon and lacy ribbon, with the corners of the DP punched out with a MS punch.  The image is raised up with Pinflair glue.  Hope my card has brightened your day :).

I'm also entering my card for:
Try it out Tuesday - going dotty
Crafting Cafe - anything goes
Fab'n'Funky - ribbon

F is For... Ooh La La Challenge

Here is my card for this week's Ooh La La Challenge Blog, which has the fun theme of "Something Beginning with F".  My Fs are Fruit and Fall and I have used a gorgeous pyramage design from the Carnival of Colour CD which is full of stunning artwork by Beverly Morgan.  This picture is called Quinces.   I have added matching backing paper and some bronzey ribbon, card candy and die cut leaves.  Chose not to add a sentiment until I know who and what it will be send to...
I'm also entering my card for
Simply Create Too - fall/autumn
Delightful Challenges - happy fall y'all
Crafty Little Fairies - autumn colours
Sugar Creek Hollow - fall is in the air
Simon Says - anything goes

The 1950s - CD Sunday Challenge DT Guest

CD Sunday's Challenge this week is the 1950s and, after a very complicated week dealing with older son departing for university no less than THREE times, returning twice due to problems with his funding and accommodation, I have made a very uncomplicated card!

The image and the strip of DP are both from Joanna Sheen's Viva La Divas CD, which I love and really should use more often...  Matted onto mirri card and then white embossed with Swiss Dots, I've simply added some purple gems.

I'm entering my card for:

Crafting for all Seasons - make it funny
Crafters Companion - embossing
Simon Says - anything goes

Snow People - CD Sunday Design Team Guest

This week's theme over at CD Sunday Challenge is Snow People, perfect for a CD I have from Ooh La La called Christmas Presence, which has loads of different snowmen in the artwork.  I chose this adorable snowman as being something a little bit different, the yellowy-green colouring is definitely not traditional!  I added some ribbon and a big bow in organza, lots of gold mirri card including a Memory Box diecut and some gems.  Can you see the gems added to the diecut?

It has been a very busy week and I haven't had much time to visit blogs, hope to catch up a bit and see what you've all been up to this week :)

When in doubt, eat a cupcake

I've a quick card to post today, made using a download from Crafts U Print.  It's decoupaged with Pinflair glue and has blue Stickles added to the cupcakes and some card candi to add to the sweetness :).  Short and sweet, busy week!

I'm entering my card for:
House that Stamps Built - food happy
Inky Impressions - food glorious food
Frilly and Funkie - eat, drink and be merry

On the Mend

Here's my card for this week's Less Is More Challenge, a one layer Get Well card.  I've used one of my beloved Acid Drops and Whatnots stamps on a cream card.  I embossed a border using a Spellbinder die and coloured inside the die with Adirondack Lake Mist.  Colouring added with Copics.
I'm also entering my card for:
Simon Says - Emboss it
A Little Bit Crafty - clean and simple

Ooh La La Challenge - Magnificent Men

This week's Ooh La La Challenge is Magnificent Men - time to make some cards for the men in your life, or even the men who were once in your life!  It is my soon-to-be ex's birthday soon and I still want to mark it by sending him a card.  I think I'm safe posting it on here early, can't imagine he'd be reading my blog these days!

The image is called Nice Catch and it comes from the Boys to Men CD, which uses the artwork of Doug Laird. The CD has a wonderful mix from beautiful landscapes and small boys playing, to more light-hearted cartoons.  The DP also comes from the CD and I've added some twill tape to the vertical stripe on it.  The sentiment is Hero Arts and the tree cut from a Memory Box die finishes off the card.  Despite the awkward circumstances, I really like the card.  Hmm, perhaps it's too nice to send LOL...

Little Boys - CD Sunday Guest DT Card

This has been a very busy week, I now have the first week of my new job under my belt and yesterday I took younger son to start at Plymouth University, which seemed to involve packing much electronic equipment but worryingly little in the way of clothes!

Luckily I had prepared my card ahead of time for this week's CD Sunday Challenge, which I am a Guest for September.  This charming decoupage is from Joanna Sheen's Faye Whitaker CD.  I've added a few mats and layers, including one using a MS Bubble punch.  DP is also from the CD, the sentiment is a Hobby Art stamp.

I'm also entering my card for:
Card Making Mamas - for the kids
Crafty Catz - men/boys
Jellypark Friends - all about the kids
Polkadoodles - one for the boys
Totally Papercrafts - birthday boys
An Inky Situation - teddy bears (under his arm!)

Oh Deer

I'm enjoying my first week in a new job, but still hope to make time for my crafting.  Today I have a card to show you from the Pollyanna Pickering DVD, British Wildlife.  I think Pollyanna's work is stunning and I hope we get lots more of her images to craft with.  This is a fairly simple, masculine card.  Both background papers are from the DVD, I've added a couple of trees cut with a Memory Box die, some grosgrain ribbon and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

I'm entering my card for:
Simon Says - animal antics
Brown Sugar - animals
Bloggers Challenge - to die for
Ruby's Rainbow - it's a male thing
Whimsy Stamps - masculine

Shop till you Drop - CD Sunday DT Guest

I had great fun making this card for CD Sunday's Challenge.   The theme is Shop Till You Drop and, having just popped across to the challenge blog there are some FAB cards to be inspired by!  I used an image from the Ooh La La CD All Dressed Up, called Accesories.  I printed the image twice onto glossy photographic paper and added lots of dimensional images and plenty of gems and bling.  Sentiment is computer generated, I've matted and layered onto silver mirri card.
I'm also entering my card for:
Rogue Redhead Designs - fashionista
Totally Gorjuss - anything goes

Back to Basic Grey

After a long break from it, I'm continuing in my quest to use my 6x6 pads one by one and today's card comes from the Out of Print pad, which now only has 2 or 3 sheets left.  I've paper pieced a Dylusions Couture stamp and matted it onto a dark spotty paper with the stripe background from the same pad..  The sentiment and the ribbon are both Stampin' Up and again the sentiment is mounted on a scrap from the pad.  I've used the sketch from Sketch'n'Stash as the basis for my card.
I'm entering my card for:
Sketch'n'Stash - sketch
Basic Grey - back to school/ good luck
Happy Campers - use a stamp
Scrappers Delight - paper piecing
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Papertake - anything goes

Ooh La La Challenge - Pearls & Swirls

This week's Ooh La La Challenge is Pearls and Swirls, your chance to make a super feminine card.  I've kept mine fairly simple and understated, using the Tea Time image from the Yesterday's Memories CD.  The matching striped paper is also from the CD and I've added an embossed panel, some sepia ribbon, pearls and Memory Box swirls to my image.  Watch out for a super new release from Ooh La La, coming soon!
I'm also entering my card for:
Simon Says - anything goes

CD Sunday - Jem's Designs - Scentimental

 

I'm very excited to tell you that I have been asked to be a Guest on the Design Team for CD Sunday Challenge :).  This is a challenge I always try to join in with and I'm chuffed to bits to be a guest on their team for September.  This week we were generously given a Scentimental CD to work from by Jem's Designs, this week's sponsor and I've chosen a turquoise colourway called Toilet Water.  That gorgeous bottle is part of the DP and I've layered the vintage image with a faux postage image and decoupaged some flowers on.  Some sheer turquoise ribbon and a generous helping of Stickles completes my card.