Flower Fairies

For this card I've stamped and coloured 'Bluebell' from the Crafters Companion Flower Fairies stamp range. The image and scalloped mats were inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and Spice Big and Juicy ink pad. The backing paper is from My Craft Studio Quintessential Garden allow with the layed flower. For the border I've use a deep edge Martha Stewart punch and some ribbon.

Challenges Entered:

365 cards: Day 72 -Colour Scheme
Oldie but a goodie challenge: Die cuts and punches
Bearlymine-challenges: Fairies
Crafty calendar challenge: Things with Wings

A Taste of Summer

The current monthly challenge over at Crafters Companion is 'Here comes summer'. I decided to get out my Jane Nestrorenko Summer Adorables stamps and CD.
I've used a beach scene from the CD and stamped the donkey in Black Soot Distress ink and coloured with Spectrum Noir's. I alse created a sand background using a stamp from the same set with Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy distress ink.

I'm also entering this card over at:
Creative Inspirations - Animal Antics
Sweet stampin challenge : 4 Legged Friends
One stop craft challenge: Celebrations

World Cardmaking Day

Here's another card to celebrate World Cardmaking Day, which was on 1st October. This card uses decoupage from Crafters Companion Popcorn Pals CD.

 Competion/challenges entered:
Crafters companion news  - World Cardmaking Day
CC monthly challenge - Pink and Green

World Cardmaking Day

It was World Cardmaking Day on 1st October and crafters companion news have a great competition running. Here is my entry using stamps from Summer Adorables, coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.

Christmas - special friends

Another Christmas card made, this time using a stamp from Crafters Companion Popcorn Bear range. The image has been stamped with Black soot distress ink and coloured with Spectrum Noir pens. The 1st backing paper is from My Minds Eye and the 2nd is Core'dination whitewash cardstock embossed  with a Snowflake embossing folder. The embossing was then sanded and inked with Vintage Photo Distress ink. Polar white flowersoft, gltter and glaze has been added to the stamped image.

Challenges entered:
Winter Wonderland - Special friend
Crafters companion monthly challenge - Christmas Wishes
Oldie but a goodie - Christmas in September
Christmas cards all year round - Stash Challenge - everything older than 1 year.

Another Christmas card and a birthday card

This card uses stamps from the Crafters Companion Adorables stamp plate playing. The main characters were stamped first in black soot distress ink and then masked whilst the trees were stamped using Brushed Corduroy distress ink. The characters have been coloured in with ProMarkers and glitter added to the trees and ground. The backing paper was made using a snowflake brayer, waterfall big n juicy ink and cosmic shimmer mists.

Challenges Covered:
Polly craft challenge - Glitter Christmas
Creative inspirations - Winter Woodland

 

The second card in this posting is a birthday card using forever friends decoupage and backing paper. The cupcake and the number 7 are from the cute comapnions birthday stamp plate and have been coloured with ProMarkers. 

Challenge covered:

Forever friends challenge - Chocolate / Cake

Christmas - Think Pink

This card is inspired by the current challenges over at Sunday sketch and stamp, which has a sketch to follow this fortnight, (couldn't believe it but I actually won the previous fortnights challenge) and Creative Inspirations, which is 'Pink Christmas'.

The stamp is from Joanna Sheen's Messy Rabbit colection, which I have coloured using ProMarkers and the backing paper is from the CC adorables CD

Christmas card - sketch and doodles

I made this card following the sketch for the current challenge at Crafts 4 eternity and you also have to add some doodling so I edged the papers with faux affect stitching using a black pen. The papers are from the Crafter's Companion Adorables cd and the image and boarders are from my Christmas stash.

I'm also entering this card into the challenge at Pollycraft , where the theme is doodling.

Quick and Easy Christmas card

This is the theme for the current challenge at Polka doodle .
This card uses the tree stamp for the Crafter's Companion Adorables stamp plate - Playing. I stamped the image twice using distress ink - Pine Needles and blended the colour out a little with a damp brush. I then added some glitter to the trees and layered the image onto some green card and then onto silver mirror board. A sentiment strip was also mounted onto silver mirri and added to the bottom of this A6 card.

Canterbury Bell - Good Luck Card

I made this Good Luck card using the Crafter's Companion Flower Fairy's CD. I've used the Canterbury Bell Twisted Pyramage image and some co-ordinating backing paper from the same CD, which I matted and layered. The current challenge at pear tree designs is the theme 'Good Luck', so I'm entering this card.

Popcorn Anniversary card

I've used one of the Popcorn the Bear romance stamps for the main image of this card, which has been coloured with ProMarkers. It's taken me a while to find the colours I liked for colouring in Popcorn but I'm quite happy with how it's turn out. I used Tan and Blush for the darker bear and Satin and Ivory for the other bear, also Cinnamon for the darker patches on feet and ears. I added some foiled swirly paper to the base card and also stamped 2 flourishes in Versamark and dusted with Cosmic Shimmer Mica.
Pearls have also been added to the flourishes and gems to the sentiment.

Challenges Covered:
Just Cute Bears - Swirls and Bling
I Love Promarkers - Pearls and Swirls
Pear Tree Designs - Celebration
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Pink and Brown

Adorables

I've made this card using following the sketch, which is the current challenge at Pear Tree Designs along with adding gems to the project. The main image is from the Crafters Companion / Jayne Nestorenko new cd - Adorables, the backing paper is also from this CD and i've added border, greeting, punched holly and gems from my stash.

I'm also entering this into the challenge at Winter Wonderland, which the theme is red, greeen and holly.

Another Beatrix Potter christmas card

This time I've used a decoupage image from the World of Beatrix Potter CD and added some Stickles glitter glue. As you can enter the special Beatrix Potter challenge at Crafters Companion  as many times as you wish, I'm entering this card also.

Beatrix Potter - Christmas

Here's a card I've made with the Crafter's Companion Beatrix Potter - A Winters Tale free downloads, which are available on their website.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafter's Companion monthly challenge - Beatrix potter challenge
Cupcake craft challenge - Transport

Beatrix Potter

Here's a card I've made using the Robin image from the Crafter's Companion Peter Rabbit CD-Rom, this is in the framed decoupage section. The front backing paper was made using a background stamp, distress inks and cosmic shimmer mist, the other paper is from the CD-Rom. I've followed the sketch on crafter's companion monthly challenge blog and they also have an extra competition running in which the card has to be made from Beatrix Potter products, so I'm entering this card in both challenges.

Another card for today

This card is made using a popcorn Bear floral stamp that I've coloured with watercolour pencils. The spotty backing paper is from a My Minds Eye paper pad. I'm entering this card into the  Just Cute Bears weekly challenge, the current theme is 'lets go dotty'. Although I'm rather late at entering this week as a new challenge starts tomorrow!

Easel Card

This is my first attempt at an Easel card, I've been meaning to give it a try but never quite got round to it.
The current challenge at The Stampman is an Easel card - anything goes, so I though i would pop on over and enter this card.

Also at cd sunday  this week, the challenge is 'wedding anniversary' - I've used an image and coordinating backing papers from the Romance Popcorn Platinum CD.

Sweet Pea

Today's card uses decoupage and coordinating backing papers from the Flower Fairies CD - Sweet Pea.
I'm entering this card into this weeks challenge at cupcake craft challenge, the theme is  2's (2 papers, 2 ribbons, 2 flowers)

Popcorn the Bear

This card uses a popcorn the bear stamp from Crafter's Companion. I've used backing papers from the Popcorn floral CD and added a strip of backing paper, buttons and ribbon from my stash. Popcorn has been colored in with ProMarker's - Ivory, Satin and Cinnamon for Popcorn and Cornflower, Mustard and Pear Green for the flower.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Just Cute Bears : Buttons and Blooms theme
Stamptacular sunday challenge :Buttons and Bows
Crafty sentiments : Use the colors Olive, Light Blue and Tan

Souffle

Here's a cute card I've made today using the Crafters Companion Souffle CD-Rom. The image is from the invertage section and the backing papers are also from the CD.
I've made it with the Crafters Companion monthly challenge in mind.