Steampunk Hat Card

The current sponsor of the Classic Design Team Open Challenge is Julia Spiri. I chose to use the Steampunk Hat for my Design Team inspirational card.

I colored the image with Copic Markers and cut it out leaving a narrow white edge. Using my Cuddlebug Machine, I cut gears from the Sizzix Bigz Gadget Gears die. I rubbed Distress Ink over a piece of paper embossed with Pocket Watches, which I made from the Sizzix embossing folder, also in my Cuddlebug Machine. I cut out 2 watches .

I adhered a gold piece of card stock to a black base card. Next I glued the 3 gears and 2 watches onto the gold card. Finally I adhered the Steampunk Hat to the top of the card.

 I hope this card inspires you to try your luck at the Classic Design Team Open Challenge, where anything goes for those who are design team members.
Challenges:
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/ag-no-114.html
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-107.html
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-76-anything-goes.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-32.html?m=0
http://juliaspirichallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/challenge-26-anything-goes-with-twist.html

Happy New Year Card

There's a new challenge at A Snowflakes Promise and it's being sponsored by Rick St. Dennis. I chose Valentine Girl to use for my Design Team Inspirational card. Instead of Valentine's Day she is decked out for a New Year's Eve gala!

I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and blended the outfit using a Prismacolor blender. I cut the girl out leaving a white edge and put soft pads on the back to create a 3D illusion.

I trimmed a die cut sheet from the Recollections pad to fit over a multi colored blue piece of card stock. I adhered the two layers on the top of a blank scalloped edge card.

I printed and cut out a small New Year's tag in the Craft Artist 2 program, which I placed on the card and popped the Valentine Girl on top.

I hope to see your work in the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise!
Challenges:
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-76-anything-goes.html
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2016/08/challenge-100.html
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/ag-no-113.html

A Paper Doll Showcase: Penny

Penny Paper doll wears her Kimono in a scene made in Craft Artist 2.

Penny Paper doll wearing her Cheer Leader Outfit.

Penny Paper Doll wearing a Teen clothing outfit.

Did you know that Digistamps4Joy has a lovely paper doll and three so adorable outfits? Penny is so cute and because she is  digital image, she's very versatile. Each outfit is sold separately. You can merger her as I did above with each outfit and color her. In this way you can use her as you would  digi image...maybe for a birthday card. I put Penny in her Kimono and in a lovely scene made in the Craft Artist 2 with the Oriental Blossom digikit.

Penny wearing digital plaid in Ms Santa clothes.

You can print Penny and her outfits separately, add tabs for the clothing to hang from the doll and then color and cut for traditional paper doll fun. Here I have merged Penny and her cheering outfit to show you, how to work with her. Outfit and doll sold separately.

Instruction sheet

 You could also use the printed cute outfits as a template to design your own fashions. These can be colored or cut from print scrap paper. I used the Penny image to design 2 dresses. It's just another way to use this set.

 Any of these suggestions could of course be adhered to Penny and used as a motif on a card, tag or other type of project. These and many more are yours to choose.

Paper doll fun could be a young persons' first experience in the creative fashion process.

Have fun and show us your designs in the current challenge at Digistamps4Joy.
Challenges:
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-32.html?m=0
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-191-anything-goes.html
http://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-76-anything-goes.html
http://craftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/november-challenge.html

Butterfly Tag

Tag it is the current theme at the challenge at Morgan's Artworld. I chose one of the wonderful butterflies on the Fae 18 digi, for my Design Team inspirational tag.

I chose to use one of the 4 butterflies for my tag. I colored it using Copic Markers. The colored butterfly was cut out leaving a narrow white edge.

A tag was cut from Graphic 45 Secret Gardens, using the Cricut Cartridge Tag, Bags, Boxes & More. One part was cut at 7" and another cut at 7 1/2". The small tag was adhered to the larger and the butterfly was adhered to the tag. A ribbon was added.

I'm looking forward to seeing your tags at out challenge!
Challenges:
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-32.html
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-21.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-32.html?m=0

Steam Punk Sally Card

Dis Digistamps is currently sponsoring the challenge at Crafting from the Heart and you can win some pretty wonderful digi stamps, if you participate. Since the Design Team had the chance to pick their images from any artist I chose Steam Punk Sally from Stitchy Bear for my inspirational card.

Here I am practicing my Copic Markers again!
I used the following colors:

E00, E000, E13, E15, E18. E21, E29
BV11, BV08,
V17
B32, B34, B37, B39

I also used a black Micron 01 Pen for some of the fine line details. For the bit of gold I used a metallic Recollections Pen. I embossed a cream colored piece of card stock using the Sizzix Steampunk Embossing folder and rubbed Distressing Ink over the surface with a blending tool. the gears were cut using the Sizzix Gadget Gears die. I used my Cuddlebug Machine for these embellishments. I layered these on a black base card and adhered Sally to the top.

I hope you are planning to join the challenge at Crafting from the Heart, where anything goes!

Challenges:
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-41.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-32.html?m=0
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-21.html
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-32.html

Santa's Visit Card

Check out the current challenge at Scrapper's Delights!

For this one holiday greeting card, I used three Scrapper's Delights digital stamps, including: Room 2, Father Xmas Digi Stamp 5 and Xmas Room1.

First I colored Room 2 with Prismacolor Pencils and then cut out the window. I placed a sheet of printed card stock, to show clouds behind the window opening. It was scanned and placed in the Craft Artist 2 program.

Second I colored the Father Xmas Digi Stamp 5 with Prismacolor Pencils and scanned it and placed it in the Craft Artist 2 program, where I merged it with Room 2. I printed the room with Santa once and then printed Santa alone. I cut Santa out and placed soft pads on the back and adhered Santa to the room scene creating a 3D image.

Third I cut away the room part of Xmas Room1, saving the branches and gifts. I colored the branches and gifts with Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils and placed thicker soft pads on the make. It was adhered to the room scene letting the door show through the branches. The scene was glued to a green mat on a white base card.

There is still time to enter the challenge at Scrapper's Delights. Hope to see your work there!
Challenges:
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-41.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-32.html?m=0
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-21.html
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-32.html

New Release from Fabrika Fantasy

The new release by Fabrika Fantasy are such fun! I picked mine just in time to work on for Christmas! Mine is the Holiday Squirrel. I used Copic Markers to color the image and put him in the Craft Artist 2 program. I merged him with a background and snow from the Craft Scapes Winter VillageDigikit!

Wouldn't he be great to work on for the current challenge at Fabrika Fantasy??

I hope you plan to show your finished card there!
Challenges:

Time to Shine Card

All Dressed Up is the sponsor of the current challenge at A Snowflakes Promise. I chose to use Time to Shine for my Design Team inspirational card.

I used Copic Markers to color this lovely dancer. I merged the colored image with elements from the Showtime Digikit in the Craft Artist 2 program.

I hope you like my card and plan to join our challenge where anything goes or the twist of the seasons.
Challenges:
http://craftypurplefrog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/let-challenges-begin_10.html
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-32.html

Summer Fairy Coloring Page New Release

The new release by Fabrika Fantasy are such fun! I picked the Summer Fairy coloring page. I used Copic Markers to color the image and put it in the Craft Artist 2 program. I merged the page with an embossed background.

Wouldn't it be great to work on for the current challenge at Fabrika Fantasy??

I hope you plan to show your finished card there!

It's a Boy Card

The World Wide Open Design Team Challenge opens today and Julia Spiri continue to sponsor it. For my Design Team inspirational car I chose It's a boy. Isn't he darling!

I colored this cutie using Copic Markers and cut him out leaving a narrow white edge.

I adhered a blue stripe card stock to a white basic card. Using the Sizzix Thinlits Dies, I cut and embellished a blue baby dresser and a cute teddy bear. These were adhered to the striped card stock. I placed soft pads to the back of the boy, which gives a 3D illusion, when it was popped on top of the card.

I hope you are inspired to try your luck in the  World Wide Open Design Team Challenge, which is open to other Design Team members around the globe. Theme is as always anything goes.
Challenges:
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/11/38-november-challenge.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-31.html?m=0
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-28.html
http://craftypurplefrog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/let-challenges-begin_10.html

Birdhouse Bear Card

The current sponsor of the challenge at Crafting from the Heart is Art by Barb. I chose to use the adorable Birdhouse Bear image for my Design Team holiday card. I colored the image with Copic Markers and cut it out leaving a narrow white edge.

I used my Cuddlebug Die Cutter to cut a white basic easel card, using a new Sizzix -  Framelits by Stephanie Barnard, Regal Stand -Ups #559211. It includes 22 dies. I cut a couple of dotted background papers using a couple of dies from the set. I folded and scored the basic card to form the easel and adhered the dotted paper to it and then adhered the colored image. I added a sentiment from my stash to complete this adorable holiday card.

I hope you liked my card and plan to join us in the challenge at Crafting from the Heart, where anything goes.
Challenges:
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/11/38-november-challenge.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.nl/2016/11/challenge-31.html?m=0
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-28.html
http://craftypurplefrog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/let-challenges-begin_10.html

Places of the World: New York City

A new challenge is offered today at Mari Digi Stamps. For my Design Team inspirational card, I chose B19 Places of the World 4 (New York City). The image reminds me of my granddaughter. A year ago she won a dance scholarship to a New York city dance company. she enjoyed the city along with a friend, who got the same scholarship.

This adorable image was colored with Copic Markers and cut it out leaving a narrow white edge.
I layered a basic white card with music note scrapbook paper. I used soft pads to give the image a 3D illusion. I used a sticker sentiment to embellish the card.

I hope you like my card and plan to join us in the challenge at Mari Digis, where anything goes.
Challenges:
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/11/38-november-challenge.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-31.html
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-21.html
 http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-31.html
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-106.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-191-anything-goes.html

A Paris Cafe Card

A new challenge begins today at Scrapper's Delights. I used Paris Cafe for my Design Team inspirational card.

I colored this lovely lady using Copic Markers and placed it in the Craft Artist 2 program. The image was merged with elements from the Craft Scapes Parisan Spring Digikit. The scene was printed once and the digi image was printed once alone and cut out. I placed soft pads on the back of the cut image and placed it on the printed scene giving the lady a 3D illusion.

The printed 3D card was adhered on top of a green mat on a white base card.

I hope my card has inspired you to try your luck in the challenge at Scrapper's Delights, where anything goes.

Challenges:
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-31.html
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.com/2016/10/37-october-challenge.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/11/anything-goes-challenge-nov-1.html
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-40.html

Three Singing Elves Card Boxes

Box Holds 8 Elf Cards

Flynn

When I saw the first of Mo Manning's Singing elves, I knew right away I had to own all three!

I colored each with Copic Markers, planning where to enhance the images with simple patterns drawn with those markers.

Wynn and Bryn

Bryn

I cut each elf out in two sizes to work with a small set of blank Christmas cards. For some I used my Cuttlebug and cut black lampposts with the Tim Holtz Alterations (Sizzix) die.

Wynn

I adhered the elves and lamppost to the cards and made card stock boxes for 2 collections. Each box holds 8 cards.

Second Box

It was a fun project to work on.
Challenges:
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-31.html
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/11/challenge-269anything-mo-goes.html
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/37-october-challenge.html
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2016/11/anything-goes-challenge-nov-1.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/10/challenge-336-always-anything-goes.html

Xmas Kidz Card

The current sponsor of the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise is Bugaboo Stamps. I chose to use the adorable Christmas Kidz 01 image for my Design Team holiday card. I colored the image with Copic Markers and cut it out leaving a narrow white edge.

I used my Cuddlebug Die Cutter to cut a white basic easel card, using a new Sizzix -  Framelits by Stephanie Barnard, Regal Stand -Ups #559211. It includes 22 dies. I cut a couple of dotted background papers using a couple of dies from the set. I folded and scored the basic card to form the easel and adhered the dotted paper to it and then adhered the colored image. I added a sentiment cut  from with my Cricut Machine to complete this adorable holiday card.

I hope you liked my card and plan to join us in the challenge at A Snowflakes Promise.
Challenges:
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/11/welcome-to-challenge-28-christmas-and.html

Rory Sundae Anyone?

 This month's challenge at Creative Ladybirds, is just for fun. I chose to use Lacy Sunshine's Rory Sundae Anyone? for my Design Team inspirational card.

I colored this adorable image using the following Copic Markers:

E000, E00, E21, E23,E25
B00, B02, B41
BV000, BV11, BV13
C3, C5, C7, C9
R20, R22, R29, R35
RV10
W1, W3, W5

The colored image was trimmed and adhered to two layers of card stock and glued to a white base card.

I hope this adorable card will encourage you to participate in the challenge at Creative Lady Birds, where anything goes.
Challenges:
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.com/2016/10/challenge-30team-b-moonflower-digis.html
http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/ag-no-110.html
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-31.html

Christmas is Coming!

The theme of the current challenge at Fabrika Fantasy is Christmas is Coming. I chose to use Winter Games 2 for my Design Team inspirational card.

This fun image was colored using Copic Markers and placed in the Craft Artist 2. I merged it with various elements in the CS Winter Village digikit.

I look forward to seeing your holiday creations in the challenge at Fabrika Fantasy.
Challenges:
http://craftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/october-challenge.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/10/challenge-336-always-anything-goes.html
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2016/10/challenge-27.html
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/11/welcome-to-challenge-28-christmas-and.html
http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/challenge-15-snowsnowflakes.html

Christmas Presents

It's time for the #130 challenge at Digistamps4joy. The theme for the challenge is ATG & Christmas is Coming. What better way to say Christmas is coming, but to use the digi Christmas Presents.

I chose Christmas Presents for my Design Team inspirational card and colored it using Copic Markers and a variety of metallic  pens. I cut it out and adhered it to a gold glittery metallic card stock. This was then put on top of a basic black card.

I can't wait to check out our challenge and get to see some really special Christmas cards from you entered!

Challenges:
http://craftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/october-challenge.html
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2016/10/challenge-336-always-anything-goes.html
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.com/2016/10/challenge-27.html
http://cuteasabuttonchallenge.blogspot.com/2016/11/welcome-to-challenge-28-christmas-and.html