Green for Luck at Ching-Chou Kuik

It's time for some more inspiration over at the Ching-Chou Kuik Challenge Blog. The challenge this month is 'Four-Legged Friends' and you can add your entry here

This week the team were challenged to use a colour we don't like or don't use very often.  I'm not the biggest fan of green, so I decided to use 'Green Moth Maiden' and created a good luck card using just one more colour. 

Product list:

• Yellow cardstock
• Recollections laser cut paper pad, 'Boho' collection
• Recollections paper flowers
• Papermania buttons
• ProMarkers - Moss, Khaki, Pastel Beige, Satin, Olive, Holly, Lush Green, Leaf Green, Pastel Pink, Apple, Meadow Green, Forest, Bright Green, Lime, Pine, Sunflower, Tulip & Buttercup

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #63 Anything Goes
2. Simon Says Wednesday - Add a Sentiment
3. The Crafty Addicts - #39 Anything Goes
4. Classic Design Team - #16 Anything Goes
5. World Wide Open Design Team - #25 Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossom Congrats

Andrea at Sheepski Designs hid a sneaky freebie in her Facebook group recently and I was very happy that it was the gorgeous 'Jean's Cherry Blossom', as I love colouring flowers. 
So naturally I had to go ahead and make a lovely CAS card to show off the image.  I'm really liking doing this style of card at the moment.  So simple, yet striking and great for posting. 

Product list:

• Cream card blank
• Pink card
• Pearls
• Sizzix Tim Holtz Celebration Script Words die
• ProMarkers - Walnut, Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Blush, Holly, Forest, Moss, Pear, Rose Pink, Blossom, Baby Pink, Magenta & Warm Grey 1

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Sheepski Designs (Facebook) - #14 Anything Goes
2. Sheepski Designs - #5 Flower Power
3. Passion for ProMarkers - WK408 Pretty Pastels
4. The Corrosive Challenge - #8 August Anything Goes
5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #63 Anything Goes

Merry Christmoose

I was lucky enough to win a set of Canadian-themed stamps by Frog's Whiskers Ink from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine a few weeks ago, so thought I'd have a play with them.  It's been a while since I did any tapestry stamping so I used these stamps in conjunction with some other stamps I have, to create a Christmas card.  It feels weird to me now making a card without a digital stamp, but I realise how much I love playing with real stamps.
I can never get my writing as nice as I'd like when writing sentiments, but I didn't have anything suitable for this card. I really wanted to to a pun-ny sentiment!

Products used:

• Cream card blank
• Papermania snowflake stamps (free from a set in the magazine)
• See-D's Morsels stamps 'Springtime Collection'
• Frog's Whiskers Inks stamps 'Maple Leaf' & 'Moose'
• Whispers inks
• Black pen

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Stamping Sensations - August Anything Goes
2. Power Poppy - Mix and Match
3. ABC Christmas Challenge - P, Q & R (Quick & Red)
4. Addicted to CAS - #117 One Layer
5. A Bit More Time to Craft - #49 Anything Goes

Four-Legged Friends at Ching-Chou Kuik

Another challenge has started over at Ching-Chou Kuik Digital Stamps Challenge Blog.  This time the theme is 'Four-Legged Friends' so we want to see your creations using animals.  Join in the fun here

I have chosen to use 'Christmas Venice Night' and made a rocking stepper card, which I haven't done for a while. I tend to shy away from colouring animals so this was a good challenge for me. 

Product list:

• Red & pale green cardstock
• Silver craft tape
• Gems
• Outline stickers
• Tag embellishment
• Vellum
• Silver & Gold Sakura Gelly Rolls
• ProMarkers - Warm Grey 1-3, Dusky Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Black, True Blue, Sky Blue, Arctic Blue, Leaf Green, Lime Green, Meadow Green, Burgundy, Cardinal, Ruby, Holly, Pine, Lush Green, Cool Grey 3, 4 & 5

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #345 Anything Goes
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - August Anything Goes
3. Show Us Your Pussies - #21 Furrything Goes
4. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #1732 Anything Goes
5. Classic Design Team - #16 Anything Goes

Sea of Wonders

Now I'm starting to get some more sea-themed embellishments, I couldn't resist another mermaid card (no tail on this one though!) and an excuse to colour up another gorgeous Aurora Wings image.

Product list:

• Cream cardstock
• Graphic 45 Voyage Beneath The Sea patterned papers, Ephemera card and chipboard embellishment
• Shell ribbon
• Cheesecloth
• Starfish
• Eyelet Outlet brad
• Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Dried Marigold & Stormy Sky
• X-Cut circle nesting dies
• Aurora Wings 'Whisper of the Sea' digistamp
• ProMarkers - Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan, Dusky Pink, Almond, French Navy, Aegean, Sky Blue, Shale, Crimson, Berry, Lipstick, Holly, Lush Green, Mint Green, Black, Cool Grey 5, Warm Grey 4&5, Blue Pearl, Powder Blue Midnight Blue, China Blue & Cardinal

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

1. Stamps by Aurora Wings (FB) - Sketch
2. Stamps by Aurora Wings - The Elements (water)
3. Lemon Shortbread - #47 Anything Goes
4. Your Scrapbook Place - August Anything Goes
5. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - August Anything Goes
6. Come and Get It - Time To Die (die cuts)

A Purrfect Christmas

I colour so many people that I wanted a break from skin tones and hair.... well almost a break from hair! I just had to colour up this adorable little kitty from Aurora Wings. Who doesn't love kittens right?! You can find the image 'Kitten In A Stocking' in the shop here.
While I was at it I figured, why not just colour two images at the same time.  I love having matching cards and gift tags, especially at Christmas. 

Product list:

• Card blank
• Red and Kraft cardstock
• Dovecraft 'A Krafty Christmas' DP
• Papermania Bakers twine
• Unbranded flower and leaf dies
• X-Cut nesting scalloped circle dies
• Flower centre embellishment
• Eyelet
• ProMarkers - Cool Grey 1-3, Crimson, Berry, Lipstick, Holly, Pine, Lush Green, Sunkissed Pink, Pastel Pink, Walnut, Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna & Caramel
• White Sakura Gelly Roll

I am entering my card & tag into the following challenges:

1. Stamps by Aurora Wings - #54 Fur and Feathers
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - #344 Anything Goes
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - August AG
4. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - August AG
5. ABC Christmas Challenge - P, Q & R (R is for RED)
6. Winter Wonderland - Use a Digi Image

Mermaid in a Vase

Well I've already shown you the card I made for my friend's 50th birthday, so today I will show you her present.  We'd been talking a while ago and I said I really wanted to make a mermaid in a jar, so that's what I did! 
I didn't want anything too cutesy, so chose to use 'Pin Up Mermaid' by JadeDragonne.  She's absolutely perfect for this project, sitting in her shell.  It was quite fiddly adding all the glass beads for bubbles. I couldn't get the invisible thread to knot big enough, so had to glue them in the end! 
I'm so happy with how this project turned out. It's just what I had in my mind.

Product list:

• Glass vase
• Course stone granules
• Shells
• Plastic foliage
• Glass beads
• Cheesecloth
• Starfish
• ProMarkers - Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Tan, Dusky Pink, Almond, Cardinal, Ruby, Lipstick, Black, Aegean, Duck Egg, Cool Grey 5, Burgundy, Antique Pink, Pale Pink, Saffron, Blush, Satin, Slate, Violet, Lavender, Caramel, Sandstone, Vanilla & Cool Aqua
• Sakura Gelly Roll, White

I am entering my mermaid into the following challenges:

1. Passion for ProMarkers - WK406 Fun in the Sun
2. Morgan's ArtWorld - #15 Anything Goes
3. Brown Sugar - #261 Anything Goes
4. World Wide Open Design Team - #24 Anything Goes
5. The Crafty Addicts - #39 Anything Goes/Girly