CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Fantasy

Good morning!

I'm trying very hard to keep up with my DT duties and scheduling when I can so this is a scheduled post from me today.  I'm not much of a morning person so unless I'm on holiday I don't have time to do this real time you're more likely to catch me packing schoolbags or making breakfast while yelling at Iona to get a move on!

Todays offering is my DT card for this week's CRAFT Challenge where our theme this week is 'Fantasy' our sponsors are The Stamping Boutique and Dr Digi.

I've gone for a Dragon for the fantasy theme and used a fab image from Dr Digi called BBQ Dragon which I've coloured with Promarkers.

As it's a male card I've kept the layout simple and made the image the focal point.  I've added a Personal Impressions sentiment, Papermania Capsule Collection papers and a couple of buttons.

We'd love you to join us with your 'Fantasy' creations.

Bye for now,
Shona xx

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - A Recipe

Hello again,

I've had quite a busy time since I was on here earlier.  My daughter and I met up with a friend and her daughter and we went to the cinema to see Inside Out.  We all really enjoyed it and I did my usual and had a bit of a cry (can't help myself lol).  By the time it finished the rain had started so instead of going to the park as planned we visited an indoor soft play place.  The girls had great fun and were good company for each other while us mums enjoyed a coffee and a natter!

I'm back this evening to share my DT card for the current CRAFT Challenge.  This week we have a recipe for you:

And our sponsor is:

I have used a sponsor image called Coco The Bride for my DT card.  You can find Sunflowerfield on Facebook here.

I have coloured the image using Promarkers to match my papers which are from another Lidl paper pad.  I've used squares cut from 2 of the papers and I fussy cut the lacey border from another.  The sentiment is by LOTV and my card is finished simply with pearls and a ribbon bow.

That's me for tonight, thank you for stopping by.

Hugs, Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenge:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - August

DT Card CRAFT Challenge - Thank You!

Good Evening,

I'm afraid I've hit this time of year again when things get really mad at work.  We have a big deadline every year of 31July and every year it gets a bit manic once we hit July!

Apologies to my CRAFT Teamies for being so late in posting my card.  Our theme is 'Thank You' and we are being sponsored by A Day For Daisies and Great Impressions this week.

I've used a gorgeous digi called Fox Nap from A Day For Daisies for my DT card.

I've coloured it with Promarkers and used several papers from a Wild Rose Studio freebie pack.  The sentiment is by Personal Impressions.  I've finished off my card with gems and organza ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by,

Shona x

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - July

Aud Sentiments Challenge - #135 Animals (with a sentiment)

DT Card CRAFT Challenge - Inspired by a Book

Hello,

Better late than never.  Sorry to be behind with my DT duties.  I was away at a wedding at the end of last week and didn't get a chance to schedule this before I went and I've been feeling under the weather since I got back :(

So last weeks CRAFT Challenge is well under way by now but you still have a little bit of time to enter our 'Inspired by a Book' Challenge.

For this challenge we are sponsored by Scrapper's Delights who have a great prize for our winner.

For my DT card I've used a precoloured image called Robot Chip 2 

I took my inspiration from the book (and film) I, Robot!

The papers and sentiment are both by Kanban.

Thank you for stopping by, hugs, Shona xx

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Christmas

Hello!

I'm finally here to share this weeks DT card for the CRAFT Challenge.  It's been a busy few days with Parent's Evening, a concert my daughter was singing in, a visit to the solicitors and all the usual mundane chores and work on top.  Anyhow I finally got a chance to blog!  Our theme this week is Christmas, so if like me you still have a lot of festive cards to make, why not join us and get ahead?

Our sponsors this week are Rick St. Dennis MFA and The Paper Shelter who have some fab prizes for our lucky winners.

I have used an image from The Paper Shelter called Snow Angel which I was lucky enough to win in one of their blog challenges.  This time for speed I've used the precoloured version but the digi comes as a set so you can also opt to colour it yourself, there is also a fab background you can use.

I've teamed the brightly coloured image with some patterned papers in non traditional Christmas colours that were a magazine freebie ages ago.  The sentiment is from a set by LOTV and I've finished off my card with some ribbon, pink pearls and glitter dome stickers.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - June

CHN Christmas Challenge Extra - June

CHN Chrismas Challenge - #233 Snow in June

Craft-dee Bowz June - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

Inspiration Destination - #37 Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Father's Day

Hello!

We have a fantastic challenge running over at the CRAFT Challenge Blog, our theme this week is Father's Day or Male.  Our sponsors are The Stamping Boutique, The Cutting Cafe and Karen's Doodles who have some super prizes for our lucky winners.

I picked a digi set from The Cutting Cafe for my DT card.

I paper pieced some of the ties with some Lucy Cromwell papers which I also used for matting and layering.  I've kept my card simple with some gems, baker's twine and a large button.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs, Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenge:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - June

Birthday Blog Hop at C.R.A.F.T Challenge!!!

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday To Us

Happy Birthday Dear CRAFT Challenge

Happy Birthday To Us!

Can you believe it? CRAFT Challenge is already 6 years old. Originally started by Tracy from Just Tracy Crafts and with a DT mostly recruited from Trimcraft forum members (Hence the term CRAFT Challenge, which stood for Crafters Residing Are Friendly Trimmies. Or if you wished alternative meaning of Can't Remember A Flipping Thing) on the 4^th of May 2009.

We have now grown to be a large team of Design Team Members from all around the world, supplemented with lots of Guest Designers who join us for a month at a time.

We have always welcomed all kinds of craft, not just paper craft (unless specifically stated so in the challenge at the time) and are happy to have such a large group of faithful followers.

So, how are we going to celebrate this milestone?

Well, how else can we celebrate than to have our yearly Blogaversary Blog Hop?

We all feature one of our sponsors for this blog hop on our blogs and I have the honour of featuring and offering a prize from the following sponsor. You can win this prize by adding your name to Inlinkz at the end of this post. I would love to see your comments as well.

The prize to be won is 3 images from Lacy Sunshine Stamps.

How can you get to win any of the prizes provided by our sponsors?

That is easy! Just follow the route on our blog hop (you can also find that in our side banner), Our Blog Hop lasts for the duration of this challenge, which means a closing time of Wednesday 6pm GMT on the 20^th of May 2015.

And here are our little rules for this challenge/blog hop:

What can you win on our challenge blog?

The winner of the winning sentence wins the special pack by Trimgym's Digital Stamps and Images.

You should have come here from Myrna's blog and as you can see your next stop isRuth aka TipTop's blog. The start and finish of this blog hop are at CRAFT Challenge Blog.

And here is my project for this week, hope you like it. I have used 'Cupcake Sticky Wings' byLacy Sunshine Stamps.

My materials:

Lacy Sunshine Cupcake Sticky Wings Digi Image

Promarkers
Stardust Stickles on wings

LOTV Perfect Pair Papers

Kaisercraft Rub On Sentiment

Sizzix/Craft Asylum heart border die
X-cut circle/scalloped circle dies

Ribbon, buttons, pearls and kraft card from stash

And now for our Blog Hop route:

CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the start of the hop)

Abby

Aunty Sue

Brenda

Helen

Iona

Jo

Maggie

Marlene

Monica

Myrna

Shona (you are here now)

Ruth aka TipTop

CRAFT Challenge Blog (you are here at the end of the hop)

And here is the letter to be collected on this blog:

Your next stop is Ruth aka TipTop's blog. Enjoy the rest of your hop! Don't forget to add your name to Inlinkz below to be in with a chance of winning the prize on my blog.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Little Miss Muffet Challenges #111 - Many Layers

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #116 - Feminine

The Stamping Boutique Challenge - Die cut or punch
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Use a Charm/Add Metal

Hello!

We have a fab challenge running over at the CRAFT Challenge Blog just now and we'd love you to join us.  Our theme this week is 'Add a Charm or Use Metal'.  There are so many lovely metal embellishments out there just now such as ornate corners, butterflies, fancy metal brads as well as the more traditional charms so you should have no problem finding something to fit the theme!

Our sponsors this time are Bugaboo and Oddball Art who have some super prizes on offer for the winners.

I've made a Christmas card for my DT offering and I've used a digi image by Scribbles called Snow Fun which I've coloured with Promarkers.

The paper is from a Pippin Wood magazine freebie by Docrafts and I've added a snowflake charm.  My sentiment is by LOTV and I've finished off my card with red pearls and spotty organza ribbon.

That's me for now.

Have a lovely weekend.

Shona xx

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Christmas

Good Morning!

Today we have a fab new challenge starting over at the CRAFT Challenge blog!  This weeks theme is Christmas so it's perfect if you want to get ahead and get a few cards under your belt before the festive season creeps up on us again!

Our sponsors this week are Stitchy Bear Stamps and Yours or Mine Papercrafts who have some fab prizes for our winners

I've used a cute wee digi called 'Heart Gift' by Digi Blessings from Stitchy Bear.  I've coloured it in with Promarkers.

The sentiment is also from the digi stamp set.  I've used papers from Docrafts Capsule Collection Spots & Stripes Festive and the matching buttons.  As the papers are quite full on I've kept to a very simple layout and just added some toning ribbon and cardstock for matting and layering.

That's me for now.  Enjoy the rest of your day.

Hugs,

Shona xx

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Photo Inspiration

Good morning,

And it really is a good morning because it's my last day at work before my Easter hols!  We also have a fab new inspiration challenge starting over at the CRAFT Challenge blog today.  We would love you to share your makes with us.  Our sponsors this week are Pattie's Creations Digital Stamps and Sweet Pea Stamps.

I've used a really cute image from Sweet Pea Stamps called Karen Middleton's Easter Daffodil as I think it works well for the photo inspiration.  I've coloured my image with Promarkers.  

I've kept the layout really simple and made the image the focal point.  I've used 2 papers from the Docrafts Lemon Sorbet Capsule Collection and distressed the edges.  I've added faux stitching with a pokey tool and a fine liner pen.  I've stamped the LOTV sentiment onto more of the capsule paper and distressed the edge of that too.  I've finished off the card with some Scrapberry pearls in a lovely lemon shade.

Thank you for stopping by and if you are interested stop by later for 20 facts about me aka day 2 of the 31 day blog challenge!

Hugs, Shona xx

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - April

Penny's Challenge - #221 Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Mellow Yellow

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Mother's Day/Female

Hello,

Apologies, I'm a wee bit late posting my CRAFT Challenge DT card - it's been a bit of a mad week and I'm not as organised as usual!  The theme for our challenge this week is Mother's Day/Female and our sponsor is Little Miss Muffet Stamps - we'd love you to join us!  

For my card I've used a super cute image from our sponsor called "Kiki Bloom" and it's been coloured with Promarkers.

I've coloured it to match my papers which are a combination of First Edition Birdsong and Dovecraft Cupcake Boutique.  I've matted and layered everything on to kraft card.  The sentiment was done in Word on the pc and I've finished off with coloured pearls and some pink Hobbycraft ribbon.

Thank you for looking, have a great Friday!

Hugs, Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Sister Act Challenge - #97 Anything Goes

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - March

Penny's Challenges - #219 Use Favourite Embellishment (Pearls)

Top Tip Tuesday - Buttons or Bows

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - 3,2,1 Recipe Challenge!

Good Morning,

First of all, apologies for the look of my blog.  When I viewed my blog a couple of nights ago all the graphics on my blog had disappeared - the layout and colours were still there though.  I checked the html code and it all still seemed to be there and my chosen template is still available as a freebie from TCBOTB so I have no idea what happened.  I haven't had time to play about much with it but I tried putting on a new template, unfortunately it didn't go as planned either and the header section didn't work.  I guess this will be a job for the weekend when I've got more time on my hands.

So on to some happier news!  It's Thursday so that means it's the start of a new challenge at the CRAFT Challenge Blog and this week we have a fab recipe theme for you to play along with!

Our sponsors this week are Kenny K Downloads and Pickled Potpourri Designs who have some fantastic prizes for our winners.

I chose an amazing digi from Kenny K called Troublemaker for my DT card.  This is the first time I've used a Kenny K image and I really enjoyed bringing it to life with my Promarkers.

I matched the colours in the image to my MME My Girl papers and added a bold sentiment from the same set.  My 3 embellishments are a chevron cardstock sticker (still from same MME set), a button and a large gem.  

This is a really different type of card to what I usually make but I'm really pleased with how it's turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Penny's Challenges - #217 One for the Girls

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - March

Sister Act Challenge - #95 Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish Challenge - #253 Use a Digi

CRAFT DT Card - Clean & Simple

Good morning,

All good things must come to an end and so it is with half term.  Iona and I are back to school and work today.  On the upside it will be a very short week!

Ok on to my card and this is my DT make for this weeks theme at the CRAFT Challenge Blog which is 'Clean & Simple'.  We'd love you to join us with your own take on the challenge.  Our sponsors are Rick St Dennis MFA and The Stamping Boutique and they have some fabulous prizes on offer for our winners.

I've used a gorgeous digi stamp from The Stamping Boutique called Poppies and coloured it with Promarkers.  I added the sentiment myself using MS Word to keep everything clean and avoid an extra layer.

Inkeeping with the CAS theme all I've added is some red card and a ribbon bow.  Job done.

Thank you for stopping by.

Hugs, Shona xx

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Decoupage

Good evening,

I'm a wee bit late blogging my DT card for the CRAFT Challenge.  I usually schedule it in advance and I did try to last night while in bed on the Kindle Fire but to my shame I fell asleep with it in my hand.  Oops!!!

So this weeks challenge over at the CRAFT Challenge is Decoupage and we would love you to join us with your own creation and you could be lucky enough to win a prize from one of our fantastic sponsors.

 

I have used an image from one of the sponsors Sunflowerfield called 'Cherry Muffin'.  I've coloured it with Promarkers and used 4 layers to get a 3D effect.

The papers and paper blooms are from the Docrafts Festive Capsule Collection.  I've added a large button tied with bakers twine, a Polka Doodles sentiment, some pearls and gems.

Thank you for looking,

Hugs, Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - February

CRAFT Challenge DT Card - Recycling

Good morning,

Well it's after midnight as I'm writing up this post ready to be scheduled for the morning.  I've had some car problems this evening and that's put me on the back foot and the night has just disappeared.

So on to some happier news.  Today we start a new challenge over at the CRAFT Challenge blog.  This week's theme is recycling and we would love you join us and make a project using some recycled bits and bobs.

For my card I've used a fab digi by A Day For Daisies who are one of our sponsors this week.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and used some distress ink for the sky.  I've also used some stickles to highlight the image.  To follow the theme I used some old bubble wrap and distress ink on one of the Graphic 45 papers.  Everything was matted and layered with cardboard that was recycled off an old calendar and my ribbons were reclaimed from various sources.  I've added some spider's web, a Habico sentiment, Hobby House charm and various gems and glitter domes.

Thank you for looking!

Hugs, Shona xx