A Year of ATCs? - Day 93

This is my 93rd make for A year of ATCs?

On a yellow card base I added a background made using Color Burst powders.
I then added a die cut - grandfather and child.
Finally three flowers...

Happy Crafting!

A Year of ATCs? - Day 92

This is my 92nd make for A year of ATCs?

and my third of three ATCs using 'Elmo'
 from the Limited Runs Progressive Challenge on Facebook.

Here's my ATC:

I started with a pink card blank.
To this I added a background made using the bleeding tissue technique,
 with a strip of ribbon wrapped around it.
I coloured the image with a variety of markers, cut it out and glued it in place.

I added the tag
(printed on the computer, cut out with a Sissix die and with Picked Raspberry distress ink around the edges) with a flower brad.
Finally I added some googly eyes.

These are my three Elmo's

Happy Crafting!

12 Months of Christmas - April

This is my DT make for the April Challenge

 of The 12 Months of Christmas Link up...

  This month the theme is Ghost of Christmas Past

Our sponsors are  Lunagirl

and of course Décosse's Dynamite Doodles

 I have used a paper from Vintage Damask 1 to make the treat box and the background of my card.

To make this box I used a die - Crealies Create A Box No 4.
I used the same ribbon to tie it closed as on the card.
The image from Lunagirl is Joyeux Noel
I used stitched rectangle dies to cut out the image and the sentiment which I printed on the computer.
Finally I hand drew the 'stitching' around the edges.

Please check out the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up for details of all the prizes!

Hope to see your make in the Challenge!

Happy Crafting!

House of Cards April Challenge

This is my latest make for the Design Team of House of Cards

April Challenge: Use feathers and/or the Color Palette!

Here's my card:

I started with a kraft card base and added a piece of hand-made wood effect paper. I was shown how to do this at the crafty retreat I attended a week or so ago. Take a piece of textured card, score it vertically at random points across the width. Drip a 'school glue' onto the ridges also randomly and brush it out. When dry, wipe distress ink (I used 'Peacock Feathers') in the direction of the lines, directly from the ink pad.

I then stamped a feather - from Darkroom Doors Feathers - on some cream card, again using 'Peacock Feathers' and cut this out with a Sizzix Tag die, finishing the edges with 'Brushed Corduroy'. I added some twine and fixed this in place.
I printed the sentiment on the computer on the same cream card, die cut it with a stitched rectangle and added 'Brushed Corduroy' to this.
Having attached the sentiment I added three die cut feathers to which I had added 'Peacock Feathers'.

Hope you will join in the Challenge!

Happy Crafting!

Crafty Hazelnut's Extra Challenge for April

Starting early with my Christmas cards means I am organised come November -
 well hopefully!!

This is my first Design Team make for the April Challenge of

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes every month!

Bugaboo Stamps are proud to sponsor this challenge - they are offering four digital stamps to the randomly selected winner.

The image is WinBirdSki printed on a background of DP from
 Imagine That's Snowy Overlays
and then coloured with Promarkers, a Wink of Stella - silver and some glitter glue. I then used a nesting die to cut out the image and a layer of festive DP from my stash. The white card blank was matted with another DP to start with a ribbon embellishment. I over stamped the sentiment (from Happy Little Stampers) on a diecut banner (Craftstash) and the background and added a snowflake and some star stickers.

Once again I had printed a second smaller image and used it to make a matching ATC.
This is my 91st ATC in my 'Year of ATCs?'  

But before I really get started on April's ATCs here's a round up of March...

Do have a look at the other makes to inspire you over at Crafty Hazelnut's Extra

Looking forward to seeing your make...

Happy Crafting!