Aloha

For this card I used two images from Beyond the Fringe - the tiki table and chairs and the sign post. Both are coloured with promarkers - sandstone, caramel, canary, buttercup, vanilla, honeycomb, cornflower, poppy, marsh green and spice. Sponging in the sky with blue ink.

I tore some card and inked the edges to make my sand and water, used my nesties to cut the sun from a couple of bits of scrap paper and card, adding the computer generated sentiment and used some small seashore embellishments to finish.

I'm submitting this card for:
- Inky Impressions - Summer Fun
- Allsorts Challenge Blog #157 - Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
- Craft A Scene/ - Beach Scenes - a bit of sand and water
- Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge #188 - Anything Goes

Double Trouble

I used a freebie image from Beyond The Fringe and mirrored it, colouring with promarkers - lime green, pear green, almond, blush and rose pink, inking the back ground with a sponge in light blue.

The papers are from the Me-to-You 'Especially For You' paper pack layered on a pale yellow card. The sentiment is computer generated and I finished with a few pearls.

I used the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge #68, flipped around:



I'm also submitting for:
- My Time to Craft #180 - It Takes Two
- Simon Says - Anything Goes
- PaperPlay Challenges '12 - Week 22 - Double Delight
- Crafting for All Seasons #28 - Many Layers
- I Love Promarkers #119 - Use a Digi

Holly Jolly Christmas X-Mas

Usually I wouldn't start my Yule/X-Mas cards until mid-late October, but as I'll be away for two weeks in November this year, I decided I'd better start making at least a few now!



I kept things simple with this card, using a digi from Pollycraft, coloured with promarkers - ruby, poppy, forest green, caramel, henna, vanilla and blush.

I kept to traditional colours for this one and layered it on green card, stamped the sentiment (I'm not sure where I got it...) on a small die cut circle also layered on dark green card.

I punched a strip of green card with my x-cut lace trim edge punch and used some thick red ribbon from my stash. Putting it all together and finishing by adding gems to the main image.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #37:



And I'm also submitting to:
- Charisma Cardz Challenges #21 - Bling!
- Winter Wonderland - Holly!

Red, White and Blue

This card was largely a way to use up some paper scraps. The scraps are all from crafts beautiful magazine papers from a couple of months ago. I cut them with a nestie die and layered them all up, using some ribbon from sew sweet and a stamp from stampabilities, before finishing with a few small gems.

I'm submitting this to:
- My Mum's Craft Shop #59 - Red, White & Blue
- Moving Along With The Times - Cool Britannia
- Craft Your Day Away - Red, White & Blue

"Less is More" Week 70

This weeks "Less is More" #70 - is apt, as it's the Jubilee weekend, they have Red, White and Blue!

Homemade Magazine had some adorable toppers and so I've used a couple of those, layered on blue card and added red gems to the sentiment circle and diamonds along the side to finish.

I'm also submitting this for the One Stop Craft Challenge #185 - Crowns or diamonds AND red, white and blue

CAS-ual Fridays: CFC55

This weeks CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #55 is 'Put a Bling on It'

CFC55: Show us your Clean And Simple stylings with bling. We're looking for gemstones, glitter, anything that will make your projects sparkle.

I used some adorable stamps I got from a magazine last month layered on a piece of purple card. The images are coloured with promarkers - maroon, amethyst, lavender, lilac, rose pink and dusky rose, adding glitter and gems to make them sparkle :)

The sentiment is from a me-to-you set, as are the little flowers on either side.

I'm also submitting this to:
- Creative Inspirations #165 - Diamond... lots of sparkle
- Stampavie and More #169 - For A Girl

You Brighten My Day

I used raspberry road papers, layered on green card from the paper company. The image is a whimsy stamp from this months papercraft essentials magazine, coloured in promarkers - canary, mustard, buttercup, blush, ruby, poppy, spice, honeycomb, amber, lime green, pear green, cornflower, rose pink and black.

I cut a florish from a sizzix die and added a bunch of flowers from petaloo, with gems and buttons. The sentiment is from the same set.

I'm submitting this for:
- Sunday Sketch 'n Stamp #108 - Sketch (see below)
- Sentimental Sundays - Pocket Full of Posies
- Aud Sentiments #55 - Any Sentiment
- Party Time Tuesdays #70 - Anything Goes