Fantastic Aud Sentiment

Hi guys,

Yes it is time for a new challenge at Aud Sentiments, and our theme this time is an Anything Goes one, so nice and easy. We are sponsored by Paper Nest Dolls for this challenge and they kindly gave me Knight Owen with Dragon to work with.

Please pop along to the challenge blog to enter and see what the rest of the Design Team have created.

I made this image into an Easel card after colouring with Promarkers. The easel stand sentiment is an Anita's one and I added it using foam pads. The rest of the embellishments were ones that I have had in my stash for a few years and find difficult to use.

Promarkers - Budding Rose, Caramel, Cinnamon, Cool Grey 2, Cool Grey 4, Cool Grey 5, Denim Blue, Holly, Ivory, Lime Zest, Orchid, Pale Pink, Pine, Satin.

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

notjustcards - Anything goes

PFP #517 Use something old

Hope you are all enjoying halloween - pictures to follow :)

Hugz Tinz

Vintage lady @ I Love Promarkers

We have a new challenge starting today over at I Love Promarkers, and the optional theme is to use three different embellishments. We are sponsored by the lovely IkesArt for this challenge, and I have used the fabulous vintage Easter Bonnet for my card.

My embellishments are: 3D butterfly sticker, ribbon bow and diamantes.

Promarkers used are - Soft Peach, Fuchsia Pink, Salmon Pink, Tropical Orchid, Metallic Red Gold, Duck Egg, Indigo Blue, French Navy, Warm Grey 2, Warm Grey 5, Icicle, Marine, Morning Mist, Magenta and Spice.

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

notjustcards - Anything Goes

PFP #517 Use something old - everything used on this card (except the card base itself) has been in my stash for over a year - some bits for a few years.

Die-cuttin' Divas #444 Anything Goes

Here are some pictures of Stripe (my little Candy Stripe Pill-bug)

hugz Tinz

Spotlight on Autumnal butterflies

Hi there guys,

I have made a delicate little butterfly card to share with you today. I am really rubbish at taking photos for the making up stages though - i will remember eventually!

I cut the panels first, ensuring that the matts would stack evenly for each of the layers. I used plain yellow card and a sunburst patterned paper for these. I then layered the sunbursts together and stamped the flowers and butterflies in a random pattern across all the layers. i then matted the layers onto the yellow card, before layering them back together. For the spotlight technique I coloured any parts of the stamps that were on the central square. I also added the peel-off sentiment into this square.

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

CCEE1943 Porch in the fall (autumnal colours)

intaas #70 Celebrate Autumn

AvenueCreate #226 Spotlight technique

dragonflydreams - use black

Doris has decided that she wants Henry's hutch now!

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Christmas in Autumn

Hi guys,

I have an unusual Christmas card to share with you today :)

The text background was in my stash from quite a while ago. The image was printed from a Birdsong CD-Rom (digital designer). I stamped the holly border across the join and added the topper above this. I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed with Tinsel green papermania powder. Finally I added papermania neon dots.

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

Winter Wonderland - Merry and Bright

ikesworld #125 J for Jaffa

colormyheart #365

CCM #243 Sparkle (embossed sentiment)

Atlantic hearts sketch #339

These guys are both the same age - but look at the size difference!!

 And Doris lost her ears in the wind (or so she was trying to have me believe lol).

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Autumn @ MAWTT

Hey everybody,

It is time for a new challenge over at MAWTT, and our theme, chosen by , is Autumn colours. Please pop to the blog to see Team B's creations.

This is what I created to fit with the challenge:

The topper is a digitally layered design from a CD-Rom (sorry can't remember the name of it at the moment), and I have added it to KRAFT card base with some fabric flowers and a diamante to jazz it up a little bit.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

The Card Concept #122 Bountiful Blessings

notjustcards - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

For the girls

Hi guys,

It is time for  new challenge over at Creative Moments, with the other half of the DT :) They have made some wonderful cards for this challenge. The optional twist is to create something for the girls - and so I made this:

I used a mini 3x3" base card. I then die-cut the foil background from an old Galaxy Easter egg wrapper I had saved. I stamped the stiletto onto white card and die-cut using the next size down. I then layered these two panels in the centre of the card before adding some Papermania Capsule collection Blitters, and a wooden butterfly.

Dies used - M&C Stitched Squares nesting dies from The Works.

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

CraftyCalendar - Autumn colours

CCM #243 Sparkle

craftycatz #479 colours of autumn

Allsorts #542 Gold or silver

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Spooky handbags

Hi guys,

So I set myself a challenge to make a spooky card based around the Card Concept inspiration, which is this:

And this is what I came up with, using the colour scheme and the suitcases as inspiration.

I used a stamp set from my stash and then added a sugar skull die-cut and peel-off sentiment, using individual letters. The die-cut is an X-cut mini die.

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

ThePaperPlyers #464 CAS

Die-cuttin' Divas #442 Adorable monsters

SimonSaysWednesday - Halloween

inkspirational #198 Mask (sugar skull)

MTTC #408 Halloween or cats

intaas #69 Halloween

TIOT - Wizards/Witches/Halloween

SimplyCreateToo #154 Spooky/Scary

craftycalendar - Halloween/Autumn colours

And I would like to leave you with a spooky photo of Bear - my new P.cambridgei T.

Yup I think he is broken lol.

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

For a child to colour

Hi there,

Our new theme at Aud Sentiments is to create something for a child (not forgetting that all important sentiment). Our sponsor for this challenge is Crafty Sentiment Designs.

I used Benson Bear Just For You for my card, and left the image uncoloured as the card will be gifted alongside some colouring pencils for the child to colour in the image themselves.

I stamped the unicorn and the sentiment using the same free stamp set, and fussy cut the image to allow the loud background to show through.

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

notjustcards - Anything Goes

crafting by designs - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

CAS kitty cake

Hi guys,

We have a CAS twist for this challenge over at I Love Promarkers, which is sponsored by Knitty Kitty

I have used Cupcake Kitty No 48 for my image:

I coloured the image with promarkers, then wavy cut the edges. I then stamped the sentiment and some border paper lanterns straight onto the pearlescent base card, using inks to match the colours in the image.

Promarkers used - Lilac, Terracotta, Dusky Rose, Pink Lobster, Antique Pink, Warm Grey 1, Azure and Honeycomb.

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

PFP #515 Add a sentiment

Animal Friends #79 Cat

SUYP #47 (meow-birthday lol)

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog post and we hope to see you over at the challenge blog too,

Hugz Tinz

Birdie birthday

Hey guys,

I have a masculine birthday card to share with you today (whilst I am out for my colleagues leaving do).

I used a royal blue base card and added a metallic strip to the base of the card. I then layered a topper I had in my stash over this strip and finished with a couple of present toppers and a sticker sentiment.

There is lots of gold highlights on this card to make it a bit more elegant.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cheerful sketches

polkadoodles wk41

Check back on Wednesday for another new challenge,

Hugz Tinz

Alternative Moon style

Hi guys,

There are a few challenges about that are asking for a moon at the moment. I had a great idea, and then couldn't find the bits I wanted for it - so instead I used a digital sentiment topper as the moon and simply added some shimmery flowers, and some peel-off stars to create the idea of a moonlit garden.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SundayPostcardArt - The moon

modsquad - harvest moon

Thelibrarychallenge #43 The Secret Garden

dragonflydreams - use black

I have baby stick insects :)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Sketch along with MAWTT

Hi guys,

Yup you guessed it - our theme for this month over at Moving Along with the Times is a sketch, designed by Carole.

I decided to continue with my wedding scrapbook album, and came up with this page:

I die-cut some circles from two different papers, and also some strips, to make the background pattern, which I overlaid with a panel from the Forever Friends papers. I die-cut a scalloped heart in bright red (my wedding colours were red and green) and then used the die two sizes smaller to cut the photo to make the focal topper for the page. I wasn't actually sure this photo would ever be used for anything, but I think it has turned out quite nicely.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

craftingbydesigns - Anything Goes

catchthebug - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking - I will leave you with one of my little babies :)

Hugz Tinz

Spooky @ Creative Moments

Hi guys,

We have a spooky new challenge for you over at Creative Moments...just getting ready for halloween. We are sponsored by Creative Bug, and I have used Eyeball Soup for my creation.

I kept the focus on the image and simply added some pumpkin stickers. The image was coloured with Chameleon pens.

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

Craftycalender - Autumn colours/Halloween

dragonflydreams - use black

TheMaleRoom #121 Stay CAS

I also wanted to show you my completed Bunny cross stitch, from Wrendale designs.

This took just under 87.5 hours, and reminds me of my bunny - Doris

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

CAS just for ewe

I have a CAS design to share with you today using me-to-you peel-offs that I have had hiding in my stash for a while.

I started by making a grassy bank for the sheep to sit on using my distress inks. I used grass green, scattered straw and milled lavender, blending them together to make it look like it was a floral meadow. I then added the blue nose sheep sitting on the bank and a row of daffodils underneath. I used three of the smaller blue nose animals for the accents in the top corner, and then used a sentiment peel-off alongside a handwritten note (which didn't quite work out as planned - any tips would be greatly appreciated to get it looking more professional).

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

SweetSketchWednesday

AddictedtoCAS#169 Creature

CCM #242 Add a critter

TIOT - Animal Magic

AYLI - CAS or FAF - I have chosen CAS as I find it easier to create a clean card when I am not trying to have too many layers

modsquad - back to nature

And I thought I would share an update on my dino height chart. Now at a total of about 230hrs.

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Halloween Thoughts

The new challenge starts today at Aud Sentiments, with the theme of Halloween/Autumn. We are sponsored by Oddball Art by Lizzy Love for this challenge

and I have used Tiffany the terrible.

I coloured the image with Promarkers using various greens and browns. I then fussy cut the image before attaching to the card base. I then used some halloween peel-offs to add some extra elements and stamped the sentiment using green Boofle ink.

I would like to enter this too cute to spook witch into the following challenges:

CCM #242 Add a critter (spider)

TIOT - Animal magic (spider for the animal - witch for the magic :) )

PFP #513 Mythical Creatures (another witch for you guys)

ATSM #361 Anything Goes

CuteCardThursday #602 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking on this wet and cold Thursday. We are well into Autumn now :)

Hugz Tinz

Naughty Witch @ I Love Promarkers

Hi guys,

We had a new challenge start today over at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme being halloween or autumn this time. As we are sponsored by the lovely bugaboo for this challenge I decided to use JJ Witch Broomstick, as I have had this in my stash for a while and she is ace!

I coloured the image with Promarkers - Forest Green, Grass, Lime Twist, Olive Green, Lime Zest, Moss, Sandstone, Cocoa, Spice, Soft Peach, Pink Mittens, Rose Pink, Salmon Pink, Yellow and Ice Grey 3. I then simply layered onto a velvet textured backing paper, straight onto a KRAFT card base.

The sentiment was from my digital stash.

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

craftingbydesign - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - N for Naughty

PFP #513 Mythical Creatures (Witches flying broomsticks are definitely mythical)

craftycatz #476 Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz