"Cosy Christmas Card Challenge" 12-25th November

There's a new fortnightly challenge over on the Cuddly Buddly Blog and the first one is "Cosy Christmas Card Challenge" Why don't you check it out and if you haven't got a Cuddly Buddly image you can always use one of the freebies that Kim provides or purchase one from her store here .
The prize for this challenge is a £20 Gift Certificate to spend on products of your choice, digis or tangibles or a mix of both, in the Cuddly Buddly Crafts Shop. The lucky winner will be chosen randomly and announced on the next challenge on Friday 26th November.



This is my card for the Challenge
Image - CB stamp "Candlelight Friends, which is also available as a digi stamp, this image was coloured using Copic Ciao pens
Sentiment - CB Digi Stamp "12 Christmas Greetings"
Embossing - Cuttlebug Folder "Snowflakes"
Large Snowflake - Cuttlebug Cut and Emboss "Ice Crystal"
Small Snowflakes - Cuttlebug Die "Snowflake #2"
Ribbon trim and White and Red card are from my stash
Small highlights have been added with a Clear Star Jelly Roll pen.

Michelle Perket Studio Tuesday Challenge #53

The Challenge this week is "Anything Goes" so I decided to make another Christmas card as I need to get them all done soon. Hope you like it?



Image - Cupcake Christmas Tree by Michelle Perkett, coloured using Copic Ciao
Pens
Holly - Digi download "Cozy Dayz" from Cuddly Buddly
Sentiment - Cuddly Buddly
Card & Paper from stash
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Star - Gold Glamour Dust for sparkle

Summer Fruits

We held a 1980's party over at CDAC on Priscilla Styles group as we reached 400 followers - what a milestone. Priscilla also gave all her followers a freebie stamp in her "Special Events Party" room and this image is not in her store yet. We have to make a card with the image and the winner will receive a special prize.



This is the card I made with the free image and I am also using it in this weeks Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #79 as I have used their sketch.

Image - Priscilla Styles and coloured with Copic Ciao Pens
Die - Spell binders Labels No2
Punches - Leaf, Flowers in 2 sizes EK Success
Paper and Card - From stash
Jewels - From Stash
Embossing - Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" folder

"Octo Love"

This card is for my Husband's 60th Birthday in a couple of weeks and I'm also entering it in this weeks Doodle Dragon Studio Blogspot Challenge called "Anything Goes"

Digi Image - Dustin Pike - Doodle Dragon Studios "Octo Love" which I won

in one of the previous challenges. The image was coloured

using Copic ciao Pens

Punch - Martha Stewart edger and corner punch "Optic Dot"

Die - Cuttlebug 3" x 3" Concentric Hearts Die

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug "Divine Swirls"

Corner - Sizzix Architectural Accent #3

Card & Paper - Background card Bazzil Basic and striped paper Heidi Grace

"Love Blossoms - Pinstripe"

Sentiments - Computer generated

CDAC Challenges #10

There are a new set of Challenges over at the Crafters Digital Art Centre - five in all
The Freebie Digi Challenge, The Other themed Challenge, The Embellishment Challenge, The Sketch Challenge and the Colour Challenge.

This card is for the Embellishment Challenge which is hosted by Baby Bud Designs and uses am image they supplied called "Lady Baby Bug" The challenge is "Glam it up with Glitter"

Image - Coloured using Copic Ciao pens
Die cut shapes - Nellies Multi Frames MFD 009
Sizzix Sizzlit Corners
Punch - EK Success Large Edger "Lattice Chain"
Background Paper - Inque Boutique - Mini papers -#60550 "Isn't it Romantic"

The outline of the stamp and the tiny flowers in the background paper have been traced around with a clear Jelly Roll Pen and this gives it a shimmery effect.

"Dare to Dream"

Welcome to another Michelle Perkett Tuesday Challenge and this is #52 and is called "Under the Sea" I have used one of Michelle's images called "Eva the Glam Mermaid" who is just gorgeous and you can purchase her here if you want to.

Card : White 250gsm standard card from stationers
Orange - Bazzill Basic
Image: "Eva the Glam Meermaid" coloured with Copic Ciao Pens and highlighted with a clear Jelly Roll Pen (although this does not show up on the photo)
Coral : Image from Computer - Children's Colouring Book
Sentiment: Computer generated
Backing Paper: Unknown from - my stash

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #78

It's time for another Challenge over at Priscilla Styles Blog and for this weeks Midnight Madness Sketch I have used an image from Shelly's Images called "Thanks" which I have coloured using Copic Ciao Pens and "Tea Dye" distress ink by Ranger to age the edges.The embossed design is a folder by Craft Concepts called "Corttage Floral" and has the same distress ink on it. The backing paper is from the Victoria and Albert collection by Docrafts and the small leaves are punched from a CArl CP1 punch. The Orange and White card and the Jewels are from my stash