Another progressive challenge!

I discovered a Christmas Progressive Challenge today 

offering a free digi...

My plan every year is to get all my Christmas cards made steadily through the year!

 I have not achieved this yet though - I usually have to go mad in November!

However this challenge might produce a few more cards!!

I printed and coloured the free digi (robin with holly) with Promarkers.

I then used papers from my scraps to matt and layer onto a red card blank, using an oval nesting die for the layer under the robin.

Finally I added a sticker and a few gems.

Very simple - but a very quick Christmas card!!

I am linking this to Digistamps4Joy April Challenge 

Happy Crafting!

Get Wellie Soon!

I got up today feeling most unwell - so this is probably an appropriate card to make!

I used Bugaboo's Turtle with umbrella, coloured with promarkers.

The sentiment is from Kris B at Imagine That!

I matted and layered lots from my scraps and added a ribbon and some flowers!

Hope you like it!

I am going to link this to

Catch The Bug Challenge - recipe
(Woohoo! -this card won at Catch the Bug!!)

Pinspirational Challenge #101 - turtle

The East Wind Challenge #4 - use a sentiment

Happy Crafting!

Imagine That! Progressive Freebie Challenge

Because I entered the Imagine that! Progressive Freebie Challenge last month, I just received this month's digi set - always fun to play with!!

I decided to make a Birthday card for my granddaughter.

I printed the 'Daisy Boots' coloured, cut it out and matted it onto grey card.

 I came across this DP (SEI doodley-doo Boy - Creepy crawlers) in my stash and thought it would sort of match so decided to make a 'wiper' card.

This is the card as it comes out of the envelope:

This is how it looks when it is opened out:

I will link this to Imagine That! Progressive Challenge April

If you are interested in making a 'wiper' card - here are the instructions: I wrote this picture tutorial last year when I was on the DT of Pretty Paper Studios, Dubai.

Cut two pieces from a 12 x 12 sheet, 4.25 x 8.5 inches.

Cut one piece 1.5 in by 3.5 in

Score the two larger pieces at 1.5 inches and 3 inches.

Fold each with a valley and a mountain fold as shown.

With the small piece, mark 1.5 ins up from the bottom on the left hand side. Score from this point to the corner. Fold with a mountain fold.

Stick this with white glue as shown on the back of the front of the card.

Stick the back to the front.

This is now ready for embellishing

I cut a 'topnote' and two Puppy Dogs using my Bigshot.

This is the card as it is taken out of the envelope. I used dimensionals to stick on the dog and other embellishments as shown:

On pulling the card open this is what you see:

I printed the Woof on my computer!

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Fun - make a male card!

Christmas Fun

Today starts of a new challenge over at Christmas Fun  - a Christmas card for a male!

Here is my inspiration...you too can follow the theme but you can also enter with

 'Christmas Anything Goes!'

When I showed my husband it, he looked at it for a long time -

 and then said 'Oh it's penguins - I thought it was eggs!'

He obviously thought I was making an Easter card!!

Anyway I started with a green card blank matted with a piece of 'snowflake' paper in a 'mannish' colour.

I then used the topper I have had on my computer for a while - designed by Eva Cano at CraftsUPrint.

This comprises 4 layers with an oval cut from the top three and separated by foam pads.

Easy Peasy!

I will also link this to

CHNC EXTRA for April
Completely Christmas Challenge #5
12 Months of Christmas

Happy Crafting!

Spring Colours for Easter

I am still thinking about the Indian colours of Spring

 and so this is flavouring all my crafty projects at the moment.

Last week I made a necklace from a tube of material sewn around wooden beads -

 definitely these colours!

So - when I started thinking of my Easter DT card for Just For Fun, this is what I came up with...

The sentiment and rabbit digis, which I printed on pink card, came from Get Inky!

The DP and blue card were from my scraps matted onto a white card base.

I used the same blue card behind the sentiment and the same DP for the rabbit's ear.

Finally, a gem and a flower from my stash...

Hope you will join in at Just for Fun - Easter challenge!

I will also link this to CHNC Patterned Paper for April Challenge

Happy Crafting!