Just hang in there with The Outlawz

Good morning everyone on this the last day of March.
We are having some very unsettled weather..cool with rain one day and then piping hot the next, but I guess that is how it is with a new season, just hope we still get some rain in the next few weeks before our totally dry months are upon us.

This week at The Outlawz colour challenge the gorgeous inspirational photo was chosen by Kate and we are again giving you some options. You need to use the magenta from the palette and choose 2 other colours from the photo. You can also decide on your twist.


Our sponsor for the last time is Sweet Pea Stamps and the DT have once again excelled themselves and made such lovely cards for inspiration. I do hope you will have a chance to come and join us.

For my card I have used the image 'Hang in there kitty'.

The 2 colours from the photo are yellow and green and the twist is 'a card with more than 1 fold. I am not sure that this fold has any particular name.

The patterned paper is from my stash and the magenta paper on the inside was coloured with Pan Pastels.

The image is coloured with Distress inkpads and cut with an X-cut die.

The magenta pins are cut from a Crealies die and also coloured with Pan Pastels mounted with a small button brad. Added 2 more brads to the opposite corners

The little buttons on the inside are also diecuts.

The sentiment is a freebie from A Piece of Heart

 

 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

 

One Stitch at a Time #233...Nature

Scribble and Scrap #41...Anything goes

Crafty Creations challenge#285...Chevrons/stipes

Crafty Gals Corner #12...Anything goes

Hambo Hoedown challenge...Folded Fun

Scrapper's Delights #43...Anything goes

Whimsey Stamps challenge #81...Use a diecut

Clear it out challenge...Anything goes...Stash..brads and patterned paper

Crafty Sentiments challenge ...More than 1 fold

Die Cuttin Divas #209...Anything goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge #318...Anything goes

Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes

 Crafty Calendar challenge ...Add some mets (brads)

Simply Create Too #82...Anything goes

Simply Papercrafts #1...Anything goes

Sister Act Card challenge #99...Anything goes

 

 

Have a good day and I will see you again tomorrow with another DT card. Take care.

 

Love Ursula

 

 

 

A little quilling for Christmas

Good afternoon everyone.
I have another Christmas card to show. I am trying very hard to make my 2 Christmas cards a month for the challenge at The 12 months of Christmas link-up #3...Let it snow.
I have already entered my first card with the snowman, so this time I have done something else I enjoy and that is quilling. Making it with a day to spare.

 

There isn't much to say about it. The star was taken from peel-offs and the sentiment was from a set of printed sentiments that came with a paper in a magazine some time ago.

 

Will enter the following challenges.

The Glory of Christmas #55...Christmas tree.

Hiding in my Craftroom #193...Any holiday

Crafting with an Attitude #1...Anything goes

Fab n Funky challenge #252...Christmas

Crafty Hazlnuts's Christmas challenge Extra...Anything goes 

 

Wishing you a wonderful week ahead and hope wherever you things are going well. Take care.

 

Love Ursula

 

 

A birthday card or two

Hello bloggers and a very Happy Saturday to everyone.
I  have 2 cards to show today. The first I made for a friend's birthday and the second is just a different colour, but made it as a sample for a class that I did.

I saw this card sometime back  HERE and just loved it. Unfortunately, I don't have the exact link for it, but Wenche does have some gorgeous cards to show.

The first one I made with Kaisercraft paper and the fairy cutout in the corner is from a Graphic 45 'Once upon a Springtime' range that I have used so sparingly.

The doily and the flower in the centre are Marianne Design dies.

The sentiment is also from Marianne Design.

The Flourish is from Joycrafts.

Metal corners and pearls to finish.






The second card is much the same just different papers and picture.

For this one I inked a mesh design with a stencil, just to give the paper a different look. It is a double sided paper.

I used a different Marianne Design doily .

The picture is from a vintage sheet also of Marianne design.

It is also finished with corners and a pearl.


This is such an easy card to make but very pretty.


I will enter the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar challenge...Add some metal
Fussy and Fancy challenge #135...Girly
Sister Act Card challenge #99...Anything goes
DL.ART linky challenge...Anything goes
Seize the Birthday...Anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #12...Anything goes
Scrapper's Delights challenge #43...Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp challenge...Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door...Anything goes
Inspiration Destination #26...Anything goes
Country View challenges...Anything goes
The Sister's of Craft ...Anything goes

Enjoy your weekend, I think it will be a cloudy and cooler one for us, but I am not complaining as we had planted some young plants and they will have time to settle. Hope to see you soon. Take care.

Love Ursula

 

Right on track for a Progressive challenge

Happy Friday friends,
It is almost the end of another month, but first I have to get my entry into the progressive challenge at Deedee digis with this card. Using the freebie set 'Right on Track' I made this card for a little guy who will be 3 in a few weeks.

I must say I have become very lazy with Deedee's images, because there are precoloured images in the set and it is so tempting to use these, especially when you are running out of time. So as you can see I have used the birthday set which is only one of the options.

I have kept it very simple and matted the image onto teal card and used a yellow card base.
The sentiment is one from the new Marianne Design set and cut it out with a label die from X-cut.
2 brads to hold it in place. 3 large round dots on right.
Will enter the following challenges:
Deedee Designs...Progressive challenge
Aud Sentiments challenge#128...Anything goes with a sentiment
Simply Papercrafts #1...Anything goes
Seize the Birthday...Anything goes
Inky Impressions #202...Bold and Bright
Whimsy Stamps challenge#81...Use a diecut
Word Art Wednesday #176...Anything goes
Dragonfly Dreams #15...Add some embellishments
Love to Scrap #50...Anything goes
Simply Create Too #82...Anything goes
Sister Act Card challenge #99...Anything goes
Cardz 4 Guyz #63...Transport
Clear it Out challenge...Birthday ..stash..polka dots (not sure if round dots qualify)
Digi Chooseday #12...Lots of layers
Party Time Tuesday #196...Anything goes

That's all from me today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, doing something that you really enjoy. Have fun, take care.

 

Love Ursula

Colour challenge at The Outlawz

Hello friends and a Happy Tuesday to you all,

This week at The Outlawz the colour challenge is one of our special challenges, where you get to decide what to do.

The inspirational photo was chosen by Ina, and you can use any aspect of it for your card.

Choose the colours and for the twist let us know what has inspired you for your card.

Our sponsor for the last time this month is Sweet Pea Stamps and the DT have made lovely cards once again using these images. We would love you to come and see what we have done for your inspiration and then have a go yourselves.


This is my card using the image Easter Daffodil and I was inspired by the eggs on the photo to make an Easter card.

The patterned paper I used is very old. It was a free download from Mad about Cards (I think they have closed) and it was dated 2007...so I have had it for a long time. I matted it onto yellow cardstock.

The image was coloured with Distress inkpads cut out and mounted onto a scalloped oval that I inked with the colour from the little duck.

Sentiment is from Netty's cards She has lots of freebies, so worth a visit.

A ribbon with a bow and pearls to finish

I will enter these challenges with this card.



Artistic Inspirations #128...Anything goes with a twist of Easter
Craft-Dee Bowz...Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart #52...Anything goes
Get Creative challenges #11...Use a diecut
Whoopsi Daisy challenge...Add a sentiment
Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party...Easter
Love to Scrap challenge #50...Anything goes
Melonheads Friends...Animals.
Moo-Mania...Poultry
Whimsey Stamps challenge #81...Use a diecut

I am off to do some crafting. Lots of DT work to get through and other interesting things as well as my garden calling me. Have a good week and hope to see you back here soon, take care.

Love Ursula

Lovely new releases at Digistamps4Joy

Happy Sunday morning friends,

I hope your weekend  is going very well.
Today there are some new releases at Digistamps4Joy and I have made a card with one of them. If go and have a look  HERE you will some amazing cards made by the DT with some of the images.

Here is the card I made for a friend's 60th birthday.

 

For this card I followed the Deconstructed sketch #193.

I used patterned paper from a Marianne Design Pretty Paper bloc.- Hello Sweet Baby.

The image I coloured with Distress Inkpads and added pearls with Pontura pearl makers. Cut it out and mounted on a Marianne Design diecut, that I had embossed with an embossing folder.

The sentiment is peel-offs that I put onto two tabs behind the cake.

Finished off with pearls
Will enter some challenges:
A Gem of A Challenge #130...Pretty in pink
Allsorts Challenge #303...Cakes or cupcakes
Brown Sugar challenge #138...Anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards  #87...Something yummy to eat
Frosted Designs...Think Pink
Jo's Scrap Shack...Special birthday
Dragonfly Dreams #15...Add some embellishments
Fan-Tastic Tuesday...Anything goes ..make it square
Ants in my Pantry digital challenge #3...Anything digital
Papertake Weekly...Happy Anything
Aud Sentiments #127...Use a 2 word sentiment
Inspiration Destination #25...Anything goes
Whimsy Stamps challenge #81...Use a diecut
Crafting with an Attitude #1...Anything goes
In the Pink challenge #65...Lots of layers

That's it for today, hope you all have a wonderful weekend and see you again soon. Take care.

 

Love Ursula

Three of a kind at Creative Craft Cottage.

A very good morning friends,
Happy Saturday to everyone, and today we are having a holiday here in South Africa, but it isn't quite the same having a public holiday on a Saturday.
As of yesterday we are now heading towards winter, so that is not a nice thought either, but I do love the autum days, so will enjoy them, although the temps yesterday were more like summer.

Anyway, onto the business of the day...  we have another challenge at Creative Craft Cottage.
 #36 and the theme is 3 of a kind. A nice easy one.

The sponsor this time is The East Wind and the DT have made awesome cards using one of their images, so please hop over and see all the lovely creations.

This is my card with 3 butterflies.

 

Paper - I used a sheet from a vintage paper bloc, and it has the layers printed on it. Quite lovely I thought.

The image I used is Aurora Spring Butterfly and you can find it HERE I coloured it with Distress inkpads and added glitter.

The 3 butterflies were cut with my new butterfly dies from Crealies, I used papers from the same paper bloc, but just added some more colour and glitter to them as well.

Sentiment is from Marianne Designs.

 

I will enter it in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar challenge #138...Anything goes

Fussy and Fancy challenge #135...Girly

QKR Stampede #131...Think Spring

Sister Act Card challenge #98...Anything goes

Crafting with an Attitude #1...Freestyle

DL.ART Thankful Thursday #152...Anything goes

Dream it Up Marching into Spring

The East Wind #27...A spring in her step

Crafting from the Heart #51...Anything goes

Love to Scrap challenge # 50...Anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy challenge...Add a sentiment

Stamp and Create challenge ...Is it Spring yet

The Paper Nest Dolls challenge #3...Anything goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #219...Use your favourite embellishment...pearls

Scrapper's Delights challenge #43...Anything goes

Whimsey Stamps challenge #81...Use a diecut

Word Art Wednesday #175...Anything goes

Die Cutting Divas #207...Welcome Spring

Doodle Pantry #53...Any digi goes

Through the Craftroom Door ...Anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays #196...Anything goes

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and that the weather is great where every you are...Spring or Autumn. Will see you soon, till then take care.

 

Love Ursula