Steampunk Calendar

 We had a new challenge start yesterday at I Love Promarkers, which is an anything goes theme.

I used Bartholomew from our sponsor - SheepSkiDesigns.

I coloured him using promarkers - metallic red gold and gold, khaki, black, salmon pink, royal blue and a combination of slate and french navy. I layered him onto an iridescent blue card and then onto gold glitter paper. I then layered the calendar in the same way to make a hanging calendar.

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

CRAFT #662 Anything goes

Alphabetchallenge - R for Reduce

inkspirational #280 gold

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

dragonflydreams - Anything but Christmas

Leaving Luck

 A colleague at work has just handed in her notice so I have made this leaving card for her using an image I had stored in my stash.

I had previously coloured the image using promarkers, so I used x-cut nesting ovals to cut the image, leaving a straight edge to go against the side of the card. I layered a glitter card onto the card base, that matched the icing colour. I then added a paper case style border down one side. To finish I added the image and the foiled sentiment, according to the sketch below.

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

PFP 670 use die-cuts

CheerfulSketches

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

dragonflydreams - Anything BUT Christmas

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

CHRISTMAS

 Yup it is December - so our theme at MAWTT is all about Christmas.

I used some Anita's decooupage toppers (that annoyingly have to be cut manually), peel-off sentiment and foiled backing card from a magazine.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

CRAFT #660 Christmas Present

jinglebelles - Christmas

WinterWonderland - Anything Christmas

dragonflydreams - Christmas

CountryView - Christmas

Love is all around

 Good morning,

We have a new challenge starting today at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of love and romance.

I have used Love from our sponsor - ching-chou kuik to make a calendar easel card

I coloured her using my promarkers and then fussy cut. I used a patterned paper from a Forever Friends paper pad which has glitter hearts to add panels to the card base. Over the bottom one I use the calendar tab to create the stand for the easel. I also added two fabric hearts as when the calendar is being used there will still need to be a holder for the top part of the card. I then cut a heart out of the same paper using X-cut scalloped nesting hearts, and layered this onto the top portion of the card. To finish I added my girl.

Hair clips

 Hi guys,

I have made some beaded hair clips.

I wrapped the large beads with size 11 seed beads in various shades of purple, using circular peyote stitch. I then simply hot glued the beads to the hair pin to make the clips.

I would like to enter these into the following challenges:

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

SOS #484 Shine bright like a diamond

SimonSaysWed - Not a card

polkadoodles wk48 Something you can give as a gift

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Snowman Decoration

 Hi guys,

I have made a Christmas card to share with you, using an Ikes Art Digi to create a tree ornament.

This was NOT made for the I Love Promarkers challenge, although the watermark does say that. Unfortunately Sue, who owned Ikes Art, passed away earlier this year and so we could not use these digi's as prizes for this challenge. However, her designs were always amazing and such a great variety too.

I coloured the image with promarkers. I took a patterned base card and cut the scalloped circle aperture with X-cut nesting dies. I then cut the snowman with the smaller circle, and sut a second circle from the first circle off-cut to back the snowman. Finally I made a hole through the circles to add ribbon so that I could mount him to the card. To finish the card I added a peel-off sentiment and silver glitter card behind the aperture.

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

PFP 668 Traditional Christmas Colours - red, silver and green (his top is green it just looks blue in this photo!)

craftycatz #615 Christmas

craftyhazelnuts #621 use some glitter

SOS #484 Shine bright like a diamond

TIOT - Traditional Christmas

ABCChristmas - X for Xtra special

dragonflydreams - Christmas

Easel cake

 I finally finished cross stitching some cupcakes last week, and I made one of them into a birthday card.

I made this into a desk calendar that was suitable for a male, even though I used dark pink papers. I used the pink to bring out the colour of the cherry, but decided on gingham to stop it looking too feminine. I added the glitter ribbon stripes on both sections to follow the sketch shown below. The calendar tab is the stand for the easel design.

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

TheMaleRoom #168 Pop-up Element (Easel card)

613AvenueCreate #11 Fancy folds and cuts

AHSC #499

Thanks for popping along to see my blog,

Hugz Tinz

Saggitarius Birthday

 We had a new challenge start on Wednesday at I Love Promarkers. Unfortunately I used the wrong sponsor to make my card originally, and so had to remake around work, hence my post being late - BUT it is now here!

Using  Sagittarius from The Crafty Witches

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

PFP 667 Autumn colours

CraftyCalendar - Anything Goes

HappyLittleStampers - Birthday

Winter is here!

 Hey all,

Our new challenge started over at Creative Moments yesterday, with an optional theme of Winter.

I coloured the image using my Chameleon pens. Unfortunately there is a problem with my printer and it is printing extra lines on all my images :(. Once coloured I fussy cut the image and added it to a card blank with a pre-printed background pattern.

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

DragonflyDreams - Christmas

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

MTTC #494 Critters

intaas #146 Christmas card

Pop over to thre blog to see the rest of the DT creations,

Hugz Tinz

Christmas fun

 We had a new challenge start yesterday at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of Christmas.

I have used Santa skidoo from our sponsor Dr Digi'sHouse Of Stamps.

I coloured the image with promarkers and then fussy cut. Onto a blank white base card I layered some green snowflake patterned paper and then added the image to this. I added a foiled sentiment to finish.

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

AYLI - fav Christmas image - I love the amusing images for Christmas cards as hey can be used for almost anybody.

SimonSaysMonday - Christmas

polkadoodles wk44 Christmas for the guys

Black cats everywhere (and maybe a witch or two too)

 Our challenge over at Creative Moments is still running until the 10th of this month. With an optional twist of black cats or bats, what are you waiting for??

Both of these images are from our sponsor Mirtillamente who is offering a fab prize to the winner.

The witch I coloured with some fineliner pens I had in my stash. She was very fun to colour, but I didn't make her into a card - just kept her as a picture.

The kitty card was a large background image, and so I just added some sentiment bubble stickers to some of the kitty areas. I layered the image onto silver glitter card before adhering to the card base. To finish I added flat-backed self-adhesive pears to the scallops.

I would like to enter the witch into the following challenges:

MMM #186 spooky or halloween colours

ATSM #441 Make your Mark

dragonflydreams - Halloween/Autumn

CRAFT #656 Halloween

I would like to enter the cat creation into the following challenges:

daringcardmakers - creature comforts

allsorts #700 Let's Celebrate (cat is a birthday card)

TIOT - sparkle and shine

SUYP #83 Furrything Goes

Butterfly delight

 Hi all,

Here are the other two cards I made with the stamp set.

For this first card I initially stamped the image onto the yellow base card and the heat embossed with a sparkly blue embossing powder. I then stamped the sentiment onto a matching blue ribbon and heat embossed with black embossing powder. I added a large papermania flower to the top and stamped the mini butterflies to either side to finish.

This one used the layering parts of the stamp set - coloured with watercolour pencils and then pieced together (hence the wings being ever so slightly too low down the body). I then simply stamped the sentiment in Whispers brown ink into the top corner.

I would like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

DaringCardmakers - Creature Comforts

SOS #482 use eyes (eyes on the wings)

ATSM #441 Make your mark

MTTC #493 Wings

HappyLittleStampers - Watercolour

Thank you for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Bright on Dark - Firework season

 Hi guys,

It was my turn to pick the challenge theme over at MAWTT this month, and I thought as we will soon be having lots of fireworks for bonfire night, then bright on dark was a good theme for the month.

I used a stencil and neon green cosmic shimmer polish paste for the leaves background, leaving a space for the butterfly stamp at the bottom of the page. 

The butterfly was part of a free layering stamp set, but this stamp was the complete butterfly, which I initially stamped with black pretty colour ink due to the size of the stamp, however when I went to heat emboss this the powder just blew off the card. Therefore I restamped the image off to one side, to create a shadow effect, this time using the tiny versamark ink pad. I then heat embossed with Papermania Seafoam White.

I then stamped the 'peacock butterfly' label onto each side, doing one in black and the other heat embossing with the same powder.

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

ATSM #441 Make your mark (inked background)

inkspirational #277 Fireworks (inspired by colour)

MTTC #493 Wings

SimplyLessisMoore #476 Use a stencil

DaringCardmakers - Creature comforts

Please see the next post for another couple of cards using this stamp set (I wanted to make 3 different cards).

I also have a book review for you:

Kismet by Amina Akhtar

Ronnie is an American Muslim who was born and raised in New York. When her parents died she was left with her aunt, who wants to keep the traditional ways of doing things as this means she doesn’t have to raise a finger herself. Ronnie could not see a way out of this until she met Marley. Marley is a wellness and spirituality fanatic who convinces Ronnie that she knows how to enable her to have a better life. Ronnie chooses to sell her house and move to Sedona with Marley. Sedona is a large tourist attraction for those who are interested in the Earths natural energies, and crystals etc.

Slowly Ronnie and Marley’s relationship starts to deteriorate, as Ronnie realises she doesn’t like the same things Marley does, and Marley finds a new friend who can get her the attention she desires. Also, shortly after they arrive in Sedona bodies start turning up, of people that are not very much liked within the community. Furthermore, Ronnie is having strange dreams, which she believes are the cause of the ravens that she is feeding in the area.

Can Ronnie make the relationship work? Who is killing people and why is Ronnie dreaming about the murders before they happen? Who can be trusted in Sedona? These are questions that you are asked throughout the book and the story is very well written. There are certainly some unexpected twists at the end of the book. It is a little over-the-top in a lot of places, but a good light-hearted thriller none-the-less.

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Flowers

 Hey guys,

We had a new challenge start yesterday at I Love Promarkers - unfortunately I was busy at work so couldn't get my blog post done!

Our optional theme for this one is to add a flower.

Our sponsor for this challenge is  Heather Valentin - Colour of Love 

I have used Hippiekin troll field of daisies, which I coloured with the following promarkers ~ Cinnamon; Fuchsia Pink; Baby Pink; Orchid; Powder Blue; Denim Blue; Marine; Grass; Cardinal Red; Khaki; Ivory; Metallic Gold.

I fussy cut the image and then used a background paper, decoupaged with the tree, from a Jon Rattenbury paper pad. I layered this onto an ombre card base and I didn't think it needed much else.

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

PFP #663 Anything Floral

Inkspirational #276 Imagine

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Black Cats

 Welcome to my Black Cat post for our new challenge over at Creative Moments.

Sponsor for this challenge is Mirtillamente who is offering three images to the winner.

Mirtllamente Blog
Mirtillaments Shop

Here is my creation using Crazy Paw: Catz.

I used a plain white base card and layered a bright pink panel onto this at an angel. I then used some patterned paper from my scrap box for the top panel. I coloured the cats using Sharpie pens, including the new neon pack of pens. I fussy cut these and added them to the front panel. To finish I added bright pink diamantes.

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

SweetsketchWednesday #239

audsentiments #298 Halloween/Fall

CraftyCalendar - Halloween

dragonflydreams - halloween/autumn

CountryView - Halloween/harvest

inspirationstation - trick or treat (inspired by fancy dress)

SOS #481 Frightfully delightful

alphabetchallenge - N for nature (cats are nature)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Doubly Embossed

 Hi guys,

We have an extra challenge over at I Love Promarkers this week (but we are back to fortnightly challenges after this). Our theme for this extra challenge is to add some embossing (wet or dry is fine).

I used Angel Nora from our lovely sponsor Digi Doodle Studios. I coloured her with the following promarkers - daffodil bloom, eggnog, pale pink, salmon pink, dusky rose, crimson, honeycomb, pastel pink, icicle, duckegg, island lagoon, marine, cool grey 5, ice grey 3.

I die cut the image with a fancy frame and then used the outer frame to die cut some silver glitter card. I embossed this card in an embossing folder before adding the image. I layered these onto a sparkly base card and then stamped the sentiment onto the opposite side and heat embossed with silver embossing powder.

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

Alphabetchallenge - M for Magic

SundayPosycardArt - What's in your sky?

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Sketchy

 Hi guys,

We had a new challenge start yesterday at MAWTT, with a sketch for the theme.

Here is the sketch, which I have mirrored for my card.

I used a variety of toppers found in my stash, and a die-cut oval label, which I stamped the sentiment onto. I then added some Anita's poinsettias to finish the sketch.

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

WinterWonderland - Christmas Animals (stag)

ATSM #439 Any Occasion

SweetStampin' - Christmas in September

SimonSaysWed - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking

Hugz Tinz

Add a button

 We have a new challenge over at I Love Promarkers today, with the option of 'Add a Button' - which I have done with my snowman.

I have used - Daffodil Bloom, Pastel Beige, Grey Squirrel, Black, Apple Cider, Mint Green, Lime Green, Orange, Budding Rose, Pink Lobster, Wild Cranberry, Cardinal Red and Crimson. 

I fussy cut my image before layering onto a foiled snowflake card base, with a Merry Christmas ribbon.

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

PFP #660 Food and Drink

audsentiments #297 Christmas

Winterwonderland - Christmas Animals

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Purple box

 Hi guys,

My best friend wanted a box to keep his pencil ends in - a pencil graveyard lol. So he provided the box and I decorated it. He loves purple, so obviously I kept to this colour scheme.

I did a base coat with a purple paint and then sprayed this with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray in , to create a splatter effect. I left this to dry for 48 hours and then stamped the tree images using VersaMark ink. I heat embossed these using a black embossing powder from heat it up.

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

TIOT - Emboss it

sweetstampin' - favourite colour combination - I really like the combination of black and purple

craftycalendar - anything goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Pretty Kitty

 Hi guys,

I have made a CAS kitty card using purples and silver.

The foiled decoupage I believe is Anita's, however it has been in my stash a while so I may be wrong. I simply layered the pieces together, used one of the corner edges and added a peel-off sentiment.

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

SimonSaysWed - Little Critters

AYLI - Metallic or glitter card (I like using metallic card for matting)

CASology #407 Happy

SUYP #81 Furrything Goes

DragonflyDreams - Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Autumn is coming

 Hey guys,

So you can feel it in the air, and in the nights drawing in - Autumn is just around the corner for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Therefore, our optional twist over at Creative Moments for this month is Autumn Colours.

Our sponsor is Morgans Artworld and I have used an image I had from them a while back and hidden in my stash.

I took the image and layered it onto a scenic paper, cut to size. I also cut the sentiment from this paper pack. Finally I added an autumnal butterfly.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

SimonSaysWed - Little Critters

polkadoodles wk37 Autumn/Fall

TIOT - Animals

SUYP #81 Furrything Goes

Autumn (browns and golds)

 Hi all,

We have an autumnal optional theme for you this challenge over at I Love Promarkers.

I coloured the image with Morning Mist, Soft Peach, Soft Green, Bright Orange, Slate, Tawny Owl, Warm Grey 4, Lemon, Summer Sun, Spice, Cinnamon and Burnt Sienna Promarkers.

I layered the image onto a digital patterned paper before printing. I used double sided peel-offs and aurora flakes from cosmic shimmer to create the swirls in autumnal colours, and then layered the image panel over these.

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

PFP 658 Favourite embellishement - I love using the double sided stickers to add a bit of bling to a card

SimonSaysWed - little critters - both bats and gnome are little critters

DaringCardmakers - In the forest

polkadoodles wk37 Autumn/Fall

simplycreatetoo #184 orange and brown

Crochet necklace

 Hi guys,

I decided to do some beading again, after a little while. I just need to actually figure out what to do with it all once it is made!!

This has been crocheted, so each bead is crocheted onto the string. It is a double length necklace so can be worn in a variety of ways for several design ideas.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

CRAFT #649 Shabby Chic (colours and the fact it is crocheted)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

CM Sketch reminder post

 Hi guys,

Here is the reminder post for our challenge at Creative Moments, which has the optional twist of using the sketch.

And here is the sketch - please pop over to the blog for information on the sponsor and prize up for grabs.

I coloured my little house using promarkers and then die-cut with x-cut ovals nesting die. I used patterned papers to follow the sketch and added diamantes for the accents, finishing with a filed die-cut sentiment.

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

CountryView - Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness (toadstools are Autumnal)

MTTC #489 Fantasy/whimsical

polkadoodles wk35 Autumn colours

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Leaves in pink

 Hi all,

We have a new challenge started today over at MAWTT, chosen by Jenny the theme is Trees and/or Leaves.

I have gone for a pink theme for my card:

I stamped the leaves using a pretty colour pink ink pad and then heat embossed with a translucent red embossing powder. To stamp the leaves I masked the two sides of the card to ensure they made a panel in the middle. I then used the same ink and embossing powder to stamp the sentiment onto the label topper. I added the label topper and washi tape topper to the card.

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

TIOT - keep it simple

Intaas #141 birthdays

SimonsaysMonday - Make your own background

ThePaperPlayers #606 Sketch

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Pretty Papers

 Hi All,

We have a new challenge started today over at I Love Promarkers, with an optional them of using patterned papers, which allowed me to use up some of my scrap stash.

I have used Love shack set from our sponsor.

I coloured the image using promarkers then fussy cut. I used two nature themed patterned papers from my scrap stash for the background and then added the image. I then added a dragonfly and a sentiment topper.

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

MTTC #489 - I went for whimsical rather than fantasy for this one

SimonsaysWed - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to look,

Hugz Tinz

Christmas in August

 Our new challenge has started today over at I Love Promarkers, with the optional theme of Christmas in August.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Ching-Chou Kuik and I have used Winter snowflake.

I coloured my image with Warm Grey 1, Oatmeal, Mint Green, Pastel Green, Pastel Blue, Arctic Blue and Sky Blue. I then fussy cut her and added her to a square panel of silver glitter card. I added a layered die-cut snowflake and a foiled topper to some patterned paper, and then layered all onto a silver base card.

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

PFP 654 Things with Wings

SimonSaysWeds - Christmas

MMM #181 Christmas in August

ATSM #436 Make your mark

Sketch along with us at Creative Moments

 Hi guys,

Our new Creative Moments challenge has started today - lasting until 10th September. This month the DT have used a lovely sketch to make their creations.

Here is the sketch we have used;

Our sponsor is Mirtillamente and I have used Flow Moon.

Mirtllamente Blog
Mirtillaments Shop

I would like to enter my creation into the following challenges:

CRAFT #647 Summer

TIOT - summer blooms

AudSentiments #296 Summer

craftycalendar - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog,

Hugz Tinz

Christmas in July...what do you mean I'm late??

 Hi guys,

A new challenge started yesterday over at MAWTT with the theme of Anything Goes. As we were still in July while I was making my card I decided to go with Christmas in July. Oh well, it is a bit late going on my blog but there you have it lol.

I used a pre-patterned card with Santa and his sleigh on it. I then simply added a die-cut topper of a robin, and a foiled sentiment die-cut to this base card. I didn't want to over do it, so kept it petty simple.

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

ChristmasCraftCreations - Patterned Paper (base card was pre-patterned)

ABCChristmas - O for old

AYLI - feathers are great for Christmas cards as the Robin is such a Christmas icon

InspirationStation #35 Animal Kingdom

polkadoodle wk31 Christmas in July

craftyhazelnut #605 include a reindeer