Spring season....reminder of challenge at DS4J

Hello bloggers,
We are now halfway into June and it is time to remind you all of the challenge at Digistamps4Joy this month. It is an anything goes challenge with a twist of "Spring Season".  If you need any inspiration, then have a look at the lovely cards made by the DT,

We would like you to use a DS4J image if you can, but it isn't a requirement. You do get a chance in the DT choice for $10 gift voucher if you use a DS4J image.

Now on to my card.

I went with making my own background paper. I have seen  Beccy use it on her cards, and as I have so many small pieces of patterned paper, this is what I decided to so. I matted it onto pink cardstock.

The image is 'daisy bucket' and you can find it HERE. I paper pieced the bucket and printed and coloured a second image of the flowers. Coloured them and raised them on the image. Added a few gems and pearls for the flower centres. Mounted it all onto a Crealies diecut.

Added to banners made from Washi tape.  I need to use this more often...don't have too much of it, but have had it for some time.

Handmade flowers with some leaves and a peel off sentiment to finish.

I followed the sketch of  Noor & Zo but then found I had actually not used any Noor design product, so won't be entering it. Will have to make another card for that.

I will enter it in the following challenges:

Ecelectic Ellapu Pink team...anything goes
Fairytale Stampers #57...Anything goes
Lacy Sunshine, Colour your world...Anything goes
Great Impressions...Anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle#141...Anything goes
That Craft Place...Anything goes
Card Mania challenge #69...Use a metal embellishment.. bead spacers for flower centres
Beccy's Place Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart #64...Anything goes
Love to Scrap challenge #56...Anything goes
Stamps & Fun = Creativity...Anything goes
The Paper Girls #82...Happy birthday

Well that's all from me for today. I will be back tomorrow with another DT card, and I wish you all a great day.

 

Love Ursula

New releases at Digistamps4Joy

Happy Sunday friends,
It is a beautiful winter's day here after some very cold weather recently, so I am enjoying the lovely sunshine today.
There are some new image releases  at Digistamps4Joy and one of them is this gorgeous  'Cameo Lady'. Some of the DT have also used this image, so please hop over HERE to see what they have created for your inspiration.




I just got a new paper bloc of Joy Crafts and thought this was just what I needed for my card.

The image was coloured with Distress inkpads and cut out with a Noor design die. I added a few pearls in to her hairband and the necklace and earrings were done with Pontura pearl makers.

Also added pearls to the card with lace.


I will enter the following challenges:
Digi Designs ...Use diecuts
Scrapper's Delights...Anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #93...Use pearls
Frosted Designs...Felt/fabric/lace
Simply Papercraft #6...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge #110...Anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude #4...Anything goes
DL.ART Linky challenge ...Anything goes
Crafter's Café #120...Anything goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #231...Use your favourite embellishment..PEARLs
Inspiration Destination #36...Anything goes
Everybody Art Challenge #328...Card for a girl
Through the Craftroom Door ...Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #248...Frame it

I hope you are all enjoying or have enjoyed a wonderful weekend. I will be back in a day or two, till then take care.

Love Ursula

Colour challenge at The Outlawz

Happy Tuesday everyone,
After a rather cold weekend, it is a little warmer today, but we are told that it will cool again later in the week. Whatever the weather, it is great to share another card with you all today.

Tuesdays are colour challenge days at The Outlaws and this week we have a lovely inspirational photo again.  It is one of the old favourites, where we give you a colour and you choose 2 more from the photo. You also decide what the twist will be. So a great fun challenge again this week.



We are again sponsored by Sweet Pea Stamps this week and the DT have all used one of the images.










For my card I have used yellow and lavender as my 2 colours and the twist is to use embossing. I have also used the image.. 'Bella sending you smiles' and you can find it HERE

I have embossed the yellow cardstock and matted onto lavender.

With a Nellie Snellen die I cut the trim.

The image was coloured with Distress inkpads.

Sentiment from a local company Country Crafts, stamped onto an X-cut label and attached with 2 little buttons.

Will enter this in some challenges:

Artistic Inspirations #133...Anything goes/layers
Crafting from the Heart #63...Anything goes
Craft your Passion #265...Anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls #6...Anything goes
Use your Stuff #187...Sentiment
ATW challenge ...Anything goes
Eclectic Ellapu Pink team...anything goes
The Corrosive challenge #226...Pile it on
Digi Designs challenge...Use die cuts
Scrappers Delights #45...Anything goes
Sweet Stampin challenge ...something old, something new ( old..flower buttons, new..trellis die)
Crafts 4 Eternity #229...Birthday
Simply Papercraft challenge #6...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge #109...Anything goes
Brown Sugar challenge #149...Anything goes
DL. ART...Linky challenge
Seize the birthday...Animal birthday
Moving along with the times...Happy birthday
Allways Something Creative #100...Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore ...Anything goes
Card and Scrap #98...Use dies
Through the Craftroom Door ...Anything goes
Ants in my Pants challenge #6...Anything goes

Wishing you all a wonderful week, have fun. See you soon and thanks for visiting.

 

Love Ursula

Flowers with Creative Craft Cottage

Good morning friends
Happy Sunday and I do hope you are all enjoying the weekend.  It is  time for another challenge #41 at Creative Craft Cottage and I guess as it is spring in the northern hemisphere, it is a perfect time to have flowers as the theme for this challenge, and we all love flowers. You can use images or stamps with flowers, floral  paper or paper flowers, ribbon or lace flowers....any flowers, just come and join in the fun.

We are so lucky to have 2 sponsors for our challenge.
Lacy Sunshine Stamps                                and            The East Wind


                   

The DT have made awesome cards using various images from these two sponsors, so please pop in and leave them some love.

For my first card I used Annie's tulips from Lacy Sunshine. You can find it HERE.

For a change I made a stepper card.

I used Kraft cardstock and matted paper  from a KaiserCraft paper block.

The image is coloured with Distress inkpads and cut out with a scalloped square die.

The large flower and leaves are cut from a Marianne Design die and it is finished with ribbon and a large brad that has been embossed with copper EP. The small flowers are punched.

The sentiment is a Hero arts and stamped onto a Nellie Snellen label.

The flourish on the front is a Crealies die
Pearls and some ribbon to finish

I also made a card with an image from The East Wind called Aurora fuchsia and you can find it HERE.

The paper was from an old paper pad, and I don't have the name. A pity it isn't fucshias but the roses are lovely anyway.

The image is again coloured with Distress inkpads, using the new 'abandoned coral' such a gorgeous colour. I added pearls for the flower centres in her hair. and added glitter to the lantern.

The flower is a Marianne Design die.

Sentiment is Hereo Arts.

Pearls to finish.




I will enter these in the following challenges:
Melonheadz Friends...Flowers everywhere
The Paper Nest Dolls #6...Anything goes
Blog Quick Quotes #52...Flowers for summer
Simply Papercrafts#6...Anything goes
Crafty Calendar challenge...Fancy folds
Digi Design challenge ...Use diecuts
Scrapper's Delights challenge #45...Anything goes challenge
Brown Sugar #149...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge #109...Anything goes
Aud Sentiments #133...Bingo..Left Row doen (Ribbon, patterned paper, diecut)
Crafting with an Attitude #4...Anything goes
DL.ART Linky challenge...Anything goes
Moo-Mania...Anything goes
Crafting by Designs ...Anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #230...Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #186...Anything goes
Wonderful Wednesday ...Anything goes
Inspiration Destination #36...Anything goes
Papertake Weekly...Anything goes
Ants-in-my-pants challenge#6...Anything goes

I do hope you will join in this lovely challenge and show us some flowers on your projects. We are having some real winter weather at the moment...it has been very cold with icy winds, but at least the sun is shining.  Have a great Sunday, take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula

Add some sparkle

Hello to all my friends,
Hope everyone is doing well this Friday morning....the weekend is only a few hours away, so that's something good.

To day I have a card for the challenge at Let's Craft and Create
#102...Add some sparkle.  I think this will be a popular one, because we all love to add sparkle. The DT have made some lovely cards, such different ideas, so lots of inspiration.

For my card I used some of the Core'dinations, whitewash range cardstock. It is plain on one side and the other is slightly textured. If you sand it the main colour shows through. I used the front of a piece to emboss, with a cuttlebug folder, sorry don't know the name, and then slightly sanded it to show the colour. Matted it onto a piece showing the back with the solid colour. I added some gems to the design.

The image is Crafty Individuals, which I have had for many years. It was one of my first rubber stamps. I just added some glitter to the flowers with gems for the centres and then added two little punched out butterflies as well. Coloured the flowers on the side lightly.

Added a ribbon with a sparkly brad.

These are the challenges I will be entering:
Come and Get it...Distress it
Penny Black and More...Dies and Punches
Card Mania #69...Use a metal embellishment (large brad)
Craft-Dee Bowz...Anything goes
Craft your Passion #164...Anything goes
Get Creative challenges #16...Must include butterflies
Crafting from the Heart #62...Anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania...Bling,bling
Everybody Art Challenge #327...Green & Pink
Loves Rubber Stamps #154...Anything goes
Clear it out challenge...Anything goes ..stash gems
Papertake Weekly...Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door ...Anything goes
Aud Sentiments #133...Bingo Diagonal top left to bottom right.
Crafting with Attitude #4...Anything goes
Moving along with the times...Happy Birthday
Seize the Birthday...Animal birthday

I hope you all have a lovely weekend. Spend some time having fun. Take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula

Colour challenge using the colours of the flag.

Good morning friends,
The first week of June.....WOW! and as it is Tuesday there is a new Colour challenge at The Outlawz.

It was my turn to choose the challenge this week and as I have previously used the flag of my own country, I decided to use one of our neighbours'.. Botswana. The colours are a little different from many of the other African countries, so I hope you will be inspired to join us this week.

As it is a new month we also have a new sponsor. Sweet Pea Stamps


We invite you to come and see the cards made by the DT for your inspiration and they have all used one of the images from our sponsor.






This is my card:

I used blue cardstock and matted a patterned paper diecut onto it. The paper is from my stash...still trying to use up all the scraps, some large, some small. I used a Marianne Design die to cut the 2 papers.

Coloured the image "Abbie" with Distress Inkpads. Added glitter and pearlescent paint to the balloons. Also put some  on the 2 little hearts. Cut a rectangle and rounded the corners.

The sentiment was a freebie

Finished off with a bow, a small pearly heart and some pearls in the corners.

Will enter these challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper...Anything goes
Artistic Inspirations #132...Anything goes with a twist of die cuts
Crafting from the Heart #62...Anything goes
Craft your Passion #264...Anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls challenge #6...Anything goes
Craft-Dee Bowz...Anything goes
Corrosive challenges #225...Anything goes
Challenge up your Life #16...Digi stamps
Hiding in my Craftroom #201...Freestyle
Papertake Weekly...Anything goes
Ants in my Pants challenge #6...Anything goes
Cards and Scrap #98...Use dies
Ladybug Crafts...Use your dies

That's all from me for now. Thank you for visiting, I do love to read your comments. Take care and see you soon.

 

 Love Ursula

The Outlawz Progressive challenge ...new month, new image

Hello friends,
A new month so a new image for the progressive challenge at The Outlawz. We are so happy to have an image from Anne's Digital Art  to work with this month.
Please have a look at the cards made by the DT for inspiration.
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If you haven't yet joined this challenge it isn't too late. You need to let us have your email address and then we can let you have the image. As long as you make a card and enter it you will receive the next image.


This is my card, keeping it fairly CAS this time.










Paper - Patterned paper is from 'The country diary of an Edwardian Lady' by Rowena Stott designs. It was a freebie with a magazine a number of years back. Matted onto green cardstock.

Image - Poppies. coloured with distress inkpads, Added some black pontura dots to the centres.

Sentiment - Whiff of Joy

Finished off with a ribbon.



Will be entering these challenges:
Brown Sugar challenge #148...Ribbon & flowers
Hiding in my Craftroom"> #201...Freestyle
Crafty Catz #281...Springtime
Pattie's Creations #110...Use a digi or stamped flower image
Sister Act Card challenge #108...Anything goes
Simply Create Too #86...Keep it simple
A Gem of a challenge #145...Flowers
The Paper Shelter #2025...Flower Power
Tuesday Throwdown #246...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart #62...Anything goes
Melonheadz Friends ...Flowers everywhere
Craft-Dee Bowz...Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore...Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper...Anything goes
Sparkles Challenges ,,,,It's Spring
The Sisters of Craft...Anything goes
Petal Lu challenge...Anything goes

I hope you have a wonderful month, enjoy the summer if that is what you are having and hope the winter won't to be too harsh if you are in that region. We have had such mild weather up till now, but the forecast for this week is...winter will be here. Oh well it has to come sometime.

 Take care and see you soon.

Love Ursula