No cards allowed ....

At Charisma Cards this week, so I have decided to enter one of my boxes.  This is a heart shaped wooden box, that has been sprayed with Glimmer Mist in a couple of blue colours, and then I have added gold leafing over the top.  The top is enbellished with some flowers and a brass dragonfly.  The bottom has some lace embroidered lace around it.

I am entering this for the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz Challenges - No Cards Allowed
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique - Winged Things
The Rubber Cafe - Anything but a card

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T'was the night before Christmas ...

Another Christmas card today.  I bought this lovely Sarah Kay image - Noel Peace -  last year and never used it.  I think it is so sweet.

I have coloured this lovely little angel with Copics, and she is peeking out from behind the curtain at the night sky - hence all the crystals added to it.  My papers are from the Basic Grey Figgy Pudding range, and sadly this is the last of this particular one.  I edged all round the patterned paper with a versamark embossing pen and  dipped the edges into Starlight embossing  powder.  I have also done the same with the snowflake border towards the bottom.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and I have removed the centre of the Christmas rose and replaced it with a brad.  The lush satin ribbon is an ebay purchase.  The acetate snowflakes are covered with Glamour Dust. 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Twas the night before Christmas
Crazy Challenge - Wings
Kaboodle Doodles - Make it Vintage
Lexi's Creations - Anything goes
Ladybug Crafts Inks TLT - Ribbon
Crafty Calendar - Snowflakes
One Stitch at a Time - Winter Wonderland
Paper Sundaes - Let it Snow
Charisma Cardz - With love at Christmas
Paper Romance - Everything but the kitchen sink!
Stamp Insanity - Punches
Freshly Brewed - Anything goes + optional sketch
ABC Christmas - W for Winter Wonderland
Oldie but a Goodie - Distressing

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Get your sunglasses out!

Time flies, and I have another card.  Again I have used a lovely Sarah Kay image, Spring is Back, but I think it evokes summer  with her pretty suntop.  However, I am slightly out of my comfort zone with the colours I have chosen, just because I wanted to use these lovely MME Market Street papers.  I have sparyed the papers with Glimmer Mist Irridescent Gold to give a summery shimmer.

Cute Card Thursday have a sketch to follow, which has been put together by the very talented Claudia.

I have coloured with Copics.  The ribbon across the middle is from stash, and I have used flowers from Wild Orchid crafts - which I seem to have gone over the top on!  These have been edged with Stickles.  The pearls are from stash.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #117 - followed the sketch above
Paper Sundaes Challenge #23 - Pretty as a Princess
Meljens Designs #12 - Fibre, ribbon or lace - I have used ribbon
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #35 - Sugar and Spice
Charisma Card Challenge #24 - All about bling


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Fussy and Fancy - more is better ...

This card  is based on a sketch created by the very talented Mindy for the Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.

I have used a lovely image from Lili of the Valley, Born to Shop, as the main image.  The Sentiment is Penny Black, and I cannot tell you what the other one is - it is so old and dirty.  I coloured with Copics and liberally doused the edges with Stickles Stardust, which has also gone on the flowers.  The lovely roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts, as is the sparkly buckle, and the other items are from stash.  The plain dusky blue card is from a Core'dinations pack, and the mottled blue is from the Bearly Mine designs Vintage Collection.  The punch used for the fancy edge at the top is a Martha Stewart.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

• Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #12 - a sketch and DT call
• Copic Creations #29 - Animals
• Pollycraft Monday Challenge #47 - Ribbon and Bling
• Corrosive Challenges #67 - Die Cuts
• Crafty Angels #38 - Favourite stamp - I have lots of favourites and this is one of them
• Cupcake Craft Challenge #94 - Dazzle us

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Is it really May?

We had hailstones yesterday and it has totally battered my lovely tulips in their pots.

This is the first time I seem to have got a decent coloured image of this stamp, although I have had it for some while.  The Sweet Pea stamps are quite exotic looking, and this is what I have tried to convey with this image, which is ching-chou kuik's Love is Gone.

I am entering this card for the following challenges:

• Bizzy Becs Creatalicious Challenge, no 9
• Whoopsi Daisy Challenge, As you like it
• Charisma Cardz Challenge, no 17 - girly with flowers
• The Corrosive Challenge - Celebrate, it's Janet's Birthday
• Crafty Angels, Week 33, with a recipe of one ribbon, two papers, three flowers

I have used Crate Paper, Plum Blossom paper, and the patterned paper is the reverse of the orange one.  The image is coloured with copics, and I have used a Sakura Clear glittery pen for accents, and some Stickles StarDust.  Ribbon is from stash and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, with leaves punched with Martha Stewart and Leome punches.  The dies for the background papers I bought at the NEC and are from Little Claire - they go throught he Cuttlebug really well.  Sentment is quite old and very inky, so not sure what it is.

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