All Sentimental @ Moving Along with the Times

Hi guys,

I am currently in Tenerife with limited internet access, but I will hopefully be able to enter some challenges with this card when I get back. Our new challenge at MAWTT, chosen by Wendy, is to have the sentiment as the focal point of your card. Can you even have a creation that is all sentiment and no image?

So my sentiment does have a couple of brids on it, but they are part of the sentiment :) This is from Tattered Lace, and the card base I got in a bag of die-cuts from a charity shop, but I thought it was perfect. I can then add a personalised name to the patch on the snowglobe stand.

Hugz Tinz

Bird Brain :D

Hi there,

I have a card to share with you this evening (I am supposed to be packing!) for the IkesArt progressive challenge on facebook.

I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, and then die-cut using X-cut nesting ovals dies. I used a pink polka base card and added several foiled sentiment and a congratulations sentiment also, as well as some flowers.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

polkadoodles wk 8

alphabet challenge - X for Xtra bling (on the sentiments)

MTTC #391 Pink and girlie

613 Avenue Create #218 Use a critter

notjustcards - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Furry Christmas

I have finally got round to making a Christmas card. I have been meaning to start making some for a while, but keep getting distracted by birthday making instead lol. But here is my House Mouse Christmas card:

I printed the image from my CD-Rom and then die-cut using X-cut scalloped circles die. I already had the pine branches in my die-cut stash so I used these behind the sentiment to frame the image. The sentiment was from the CD-Rom also. I took some musical grid patterned paper (from another collection on the same CDRom) and printed this in a yellow ochre (it is difficult to see it in this photo but it does create a musical grid behind the image) before die-cutting with M&C stitched squares die.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

WinterWonderland - Anything Christmas Goes

Addicted to CAS #153 Grid

AYLI - Birthday or Christmas - I do love creating for Christmas as I love feeling festive

AHSC #304

 

 CASology #332 Furbaby

Simon Says Wednesday - No stamps allowed

C4C472 Pets

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

BINGO @ Aud Sentiments

I went for the full house for our new challenge over at Aud Sentiments, where we are sponsored by All Dressed Up.

Here is the BINGO board to follow:

And here is my creation:

I ebossed a frame onto a 6x6 square card blank and highlighted the embossed areas with cosmic shimmer paste. I die-cut a stitched frame into some feather patterned paper in purples (one of my favourite colours). I coloured the image with promarkers and then fussy cut it before adding to come out of the square frame. I added a purple ribbon 3D bow and a foiled hunkydory sentiment to finish.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

craftycalendar - Add texture and ribbon

craftingbydesign - Anything Goes

SOS #389 Make your mark

PFP #481 Colour it

CRAFT #502 Fantasy

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creations,

Hugz Tinz

No patterned paper @ I Love Promarkers

Well it is time for a new challenge over at I Love Promarkers, and we have the gorgeous IKEsART digis  sponsoring us for this one. The theme for this fortnight is - no patterned paper.

I coloured the image with Promarker pens, and I kept the sentiment on the image too. I then die-cut a heart frame out of red glitter card. I slotted the dragon just behind the frame and then added a black glitter flower in the bottom corner.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

PFP #481 Colour it

SOS #389 Make your mark

The Male Room #105 No Design Paper

dragonflydreams - include a heart

 cardmania #113 love is in the air

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Shabby Birthday Wishes

So a new challenge started over at MAWTT on Thursday. I do like to try and play along with Team B's themes too, that way I can bring your attention to the challenge also, however this theme is not one of my strong points. So I have attempted, and this is what I did:

The image was a pre-coloured digital image from my House Mouse CD-Rom. Anybody that knows me would think this image is just perfect :D.

I simply cut the image around the printed border. I used a pale yellow card blank and stamped a patchwork square all over, using pretty colour rainbow ink, to give a shabby background - or I think it is anyway. I then stamped the flower from the same stamp set (free with a magazine) using black ink, and coloured them using watercolour pencils. I fussy cut the flowers, layered the image onto the card base, and then added a flower to each of the corners using glue dots.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #569 Wings

Allsorts #507 Kitchen

Sweet Stampin' - Love Your Pet

Addicted to stamps #171 Anything but a square

craftingbydesign - Anything Goes

I am hoping to get the base sorted for my patio this weekend, and the rubble put into the bottom ready for tamping down. Then I might actually be able to get onto my drive properly too. Only problem is I am on clay soil and so it needs to be dry to dig without getting mud stuck everywhere - and it has just started to drizzle!! Grrr.

Here is a picture of where I am at at the moment:

As you can see there is a lot of hardcore to get rid of and on the right hand side (just off the camera shot) is still some cement that I am trying to chip away at. It is taking a little bit of hard work lol. I think I may need a new spade by the time I am finished!

Anyway enjoy your weekend, whatever you are doing,

Hugz Tinz

Irresistible Love

Hi guys,

So as I said last week I used the wrong images for my DT card for Creative Moments. So here is the card I should have made - and I am using it as a reminder that our challenge is still open for another week, and the optional twist for this one is Love.

I layered the images from Decosse Dynamite Doodles on the computer before printing. The sentiment came in several colour ways so I played around and chose the one that I thought looked best on the green heart background. I then die-cut the panel using M&C nesting stitched squares. Finally I made the card base using the largest of the dies and some Spring Boutique cardstock in a lovely pastel shade (I won this from a craft magazine competition - I think it was papercraft essentials).

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

dragonflydreams - include a heart

simplycreatetoo #146 use hearts

CCM #227 Love, love, love

TIOT - Romance

TheMaleRoom #104 Love your man

Simon Says Monday - Typography

Die-cuttin' Divas #407 Love

craftingbydesign - love is in the air

C4C470 Valentines

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz