A great pear

 Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting today over at Creative Moments. As always we are an Anything Goes challenge blog, and this fortnights sponsor is 

The ArtsyStamper. I have used Bartlett Pear digital stamp set and coloured the image on the computer before printing out.

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

CatchTheBug - Anything Goes

Please check out the sponsor at the following links:

TheArtsystamperShop (Etsy)

Artsystamper (YouTube)
Artsystamper (Facebook)
Artsystamper (Instagram)
Artsystamper Art FB Group

Firefly

 Hi guys,

I am so sorry this post is late! I have been super busy at work and forgot to take my laptop with me yesterday :(. However, here is my DT post for our new challenge that started yesterday over at Creative Moments. Our sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Morgans Artworld and I have used Fantasy Fae 61.

I coloured the image using my Chameleon pens and the colour tops. I then simply stamped the sentiment in purple ink.

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

CuteCardThursday #681 Wings

AudSentiments #272 Anything Goes

colourmyheart #438 photo inspiration

Special Flowers for Creative Moments

 Our new challenge has started today over at Creative Moments and we are sponsored by

Bugaboo Stamps

I have used Floral Corner for my card.

I coloured the image using my Chameleon pens and colour tops. I then die cut two scalloped circles - one from patterned paper and one from card and layered them together. I stamped the sentiment using green metallic ink. I then added pink buttons and a ribbon bow to the panel before adhering to a card base.

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

CraftyCalendar - Dies/punches (scalloped circle die) + ribbon/twine (ribbon bow)

CountryView - Spring (flowers and colours)

Catchthebug - Anything Goes

Wintery Wishes @ Creative Moments

 Happy New Year and it is time for our first challenge of 2021 over at Creative Moments!

We are an Always Anything Goes challenge blog, and our lovely sponsor for this first challenge is Patties Creations.

I have used the lovely Pattieboop Winter Snowflakes for my card:

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then simply added a row of diamantes down each side after mounting her on a base card.

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

dragonflydreams - pearls/gems

SOS#436 What's new with you?/ (The image is new and everything else is from my stash)

ThePaperPlayers - Use something new

SimonSaysMonday - new/unused product

CuteCardThursday #668 Anything Goes

We cannot wait to see what you create for our first challenge of 2021!

Hugz Tinz

Swinging Summer

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting over at Creative Moments today and there is no twist for this one.

I have used an image called Pan from My Besties, one of our sponsors for this challenge.

I coloured the image using Chameleon marker pens and Tops before fussy cutting. I layered some gold foiled and embossed card onto a 6x6 square base. I took a piece of burgundy pearlescent card and dry embossed with a free folder I got with a magazine. I then used gilding wax in red and blue to highlight the embossed areas before layering onto the base card with the image on top.

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

CCM #260 Create your own background

notjustcards - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Summer Sports @ Creative Moments

Hi guys,

We have a new challenge starting over at Creative Moments today, with the optional theme of Summer sports. I have used Gus Golf from our sponsor, Bugaboo.

I coloured Gus using Chameleon pens after printing him directly onto the card base. I layered the sentiment onto the image before printing and then left it nice and simple.

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

SimplyCreateToo #161 All Summer Long

dragonflydreams - make it masculine

613AvenueCreate #234 Create a blended background (The hills are blended with Chameleon pens and tops).

inkspirational #214 funny sentiments

TheMaleRoom #137 Landscapes

AYLI - scenes or not - I do like using digital images that already have the scenes on them as they really fill out the image.

CRAFT #558 Masculine

SimonSaysWed - Masculine

Here also is an update for my Dino height chart. I have gotten stuck at the moment as I ran out of a couple of threads and they are the ones I need to finish it off!!

see you soon,

Hugz Tinz

Christmas @ Creative Moments

Hi guys,

It is time to tell you about our last challenge of the year over at Creative Moments! We have an optional Christmas theme this time, and the challenge will be open until 21st January!

I have used Gingerbread House by the sponsor All Dressed Up.

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

CASology #357 Gingerbread

Craftyhazelnuts # 467 Quick and Easy

CCM #246 No patterned paper

MTTC #411 Christmas scene

ABC Christmas - Y for yuletide

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Button it up

Hey blogging world,

A new challenge has started over at Creative Moments today, and the optional theme is to use buttons and bows. I have made a postcard to support my teamies :)

I was trying for a Charlie Chaplin theme for the Sunday Postcard Challenge - and this was the nearest I could get. It also looks slightly taller than the 4" it should be, but I did measure it! lol

The topper is from the Papermania Roaring 20's set, and I simply added it to Anita's gold card as the base, then added a pearlescent black button with a silver bow. Nice and simple.

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

Addicted to CAS #172 Birthday

TheMaleRoom #124 Hobbies (my friend like to play his cello and guitar in his spare time)

I have also just finished reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

This is a story narrated by the main character to a storyteller. It tells of how Kvothe sees his entire life turned around when his family gets slaughtered. The story starts by explaining about his life before, and a bit of background about the people he met that helped him to make the decisions that he did in his future, mainly a pretty young woman, who reappears regularly throughout the book, and an Arcanist who sparks his curiosity and opens his eyes to new ways of doing things and new possibilities. After his family is murdered he becomes lost, and the story leads you through harrowing times living hand-to-mouth as a street urchin, and what it took to make him look to his future again. A large part of the book details his years at the university, learning the techniques of an Arcanist whilst trying to discover more about his parents murderers. He makes some powerful enemies, but also some great, if not very powerful, friends. I cannot wait to start on book two of this trilogy.

A couple of pictures of my moths to leave you with :)

 They are having a cuddle :)

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

Autumn @ Creative Moments

Hi guys,

Our new challenge started over at Creative Moments today, and I want to share my Autumnal creation with you, using some digital products from Decosse.

I layered the images together (all from the sponsor) and changed their colours before printing out. I printed onto a matt pearlised cardstock in an autumnal green. To finish I added a splash of autumnal orange in the form of a leaf and a paper flower with ladybird.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craftycatz #473 Anything Goes

TheMaleRoom #119 Autumn

 AYLI - favourite way to add text (I like to add any phrase as a main focal point)

Waffle says that she is chillaxing as it is the weekend! She hopes you are all enjoying yours :)

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Anything Goes @ Creative Moments

We also have a new challenge starting over at Creative Moments. Our theme is always anything goes, and here is what I have created:

I used Garden 9, from one of our sponsors - Morgan's Art World. I coloured the image with promarkers and then die-cut with the X-cut nesting oval dies. I then die-cut the next oval up from purple polka dot metallic card, and used a border from a hunkydory topper set to surround the flowers. Finally I added a bow and a button, leaving space to add a sentiment.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

SimplyCreateToo #152 Anything Goes
ColorDare #354 Tic-Tac-Toe (Bottom line)

AYLI - Fav Flower - I have chosen a favourite flower type, which is open-petalled flowers, as they are fun to colour, and good for the bees when they are real :)
PFP #505 Flower Power
SweetStampin' - Spots/Stripes

Hugz Tinz

Relaxing in the Garden for Creative Moments

Well it IS sun shining for a change lol. My card is enjoying the time spent out in the garden for our new Anything Goes challenge over at Creative Moments.

We are sponsored by My Besties and I have used Garden fancy pants dreaming.
I coloured her with Chameleon pens, but just used them as standard marker pens this time - no colour blending.  I wrapped some patterned paper with ribbon and then layered onto the card blank, before layering the image on top. I die-cut some flowers from gingham paper, slightly paler than the ribbon, and rolled them up to make little roses. I added candi to the centres. Finally, I added some purple pearls, to match the flowers on the image.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

CuteCardThursday #589 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #469 Make it pretty - flowers make everything pretty :)

AlphabetChallenge - H for hats and handbags (I think she dropped her handbag with her other shoe :)

inkspirational #190 3 or 5 of something (3 paper flowers, 3 peals top and 3 bottom)

SimplyCreateToo #151 Use Patterned Paper

ikesworld #122 G for Gingham

Some butterfly pictures for you

Thanks for looking,

Hugz Tinz

Anything Goes @ Creative Moments

We have a new challenge starting today at Creative Moments. We are sponsored by Decosse for this one, and I have used From the kit Pond life - Frog silouette for my card.

I used the patterned paper for the inside of the card. The front was trimmed with an edging border and some embossed acetate added to make it up to the correct size. I added birthday sentiments - changing happy to hoppy.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

library challenge #32 All Creatures Great and Small

MMM #95 Wings (butterflies on the acetate)

TIOT - Things with wings

alphabet challenge - C for CAS

MTTC #396 CAS

Notjustcards - Anything Goes

We cannot wait to see what you create,

Hugz Tinz

Cascading Hearts @ Creative Moments

Hi guys,

We had a new challenge start today over at Creative Moments, sponsored by Eureka Stamps.

 

I have used their Cascading Hearts image for my card.

I coloured the image using my new Chameleon colour tones pens (as you can see I am still getting used to them :D). I then die-cut using scalloped circle X-cut dies. I also die-cut a piece of gold pearlescent paper using the next size up. I added these to a colour explosion base card and finished with some peel-offs.

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

SimplyCreateToo #148 Anything Goes

Avenue 613 #220 Anniversary/Wedding

CASology #337 Burst

CRAFT #508 Inspired by a song (my heart will go on)

craftycatz #456 Use your dies

Thanks for looking and we cannot wait to see your creations,

Hugz Tinz

Anything Goes @ Creative Moments

Hi there,

We have a new Anything Goes challenge for you over at Creative Moments. I have used Shopping in Yorkshire, by Sheepski, for my card. Please check out the blog post for information on our sponsors and the prizes they are offering, as well as ore inspiration from the rest of the DT.

I layered the image onto a background on the computer. This took some doing as the image is a jpeg rather than a png and has rather a lot of white background. It proved rather difficult to get rid of this without damaging the outline of the image slightly, but I eventually managed it. I then usd a sentiment that I had on the computer before printing out. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils.

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

ikesworld #118 C for CAS

dragonflydreams - For a special female

AYLI - Layers, one or many? - I like creating one layer cards, but find it difficult. So if I am uing digital I do tend to try and create a one layer card. They are uch easier for posting.

SimonSaysMonday - Whatever the weather

SimonSaysWednesday - Create a scene

Here are some photos for the start of my patio and Doris (the rabbits) tunnel:

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

Romance with Creative Moments

Hi guys,

Our little twists are now back to our challenges over at Creative Moments, now that January is out of the way and we are starting to get straight again, and this time e have Romance as our twist. I am working with Decosse, one of our lovely sponsors for this challenge, and have created this from her lovely collections (Sorry Lisa - this is not the set I requested, I got myself all confused!). I will therefore have another card to follow showcasing another lovely sentiment, and some more hearts too - so keep your eyes peeled.

However, this is what I have created so far:

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

The Paper Players #427 Love is in the Air

Allsorts #505 Love

polkadoodle - wk5 Love

Daring Cardmakers - Elemental Challenge (colours, heart and cut out of lace - butterfly punch edges).

 

ColorMyHeart - Mood Board

MTTC #389 All you need is love

TIOT - Romance

Dragonfly Dreams - include a heart

 Animal Friends #71 Butterfly

I cannot wait to see what you guys all create too,

Hugz Tinz

A load of coffee @ Creative Moments

Happy New Year to all our followers! It is time for our first challenge of 2019 over at Creative Moments and I am sure the eagle eyed among you will have realised that it is not Wednesday today, and yes our posting dates have now changed to 7th and 22nd of each month.

Another new element to our challenge blog is that we will not be having any twists, so all our challenges are Anything Goes. I used the Coffee image from our sponsor Scribbles. I layered it onto Kraft card (after die-cutting both pieces with X-cut nesting lrge labels dies). I coloured the coffee cup with Promarkers. To finish I added a flower and some gems and used Crushed Straw distressed ink arund the egde of the card.

We cannot wait to see what you have been creating :D.

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

Simply Create Too #145 Anything Goes

MMM #87 Use words or a sentiment

AYLI - Anything Goes

PFP #474 Add a Sentiment

Hugz Tinz

Christmas @ Creative Moments

Welcome to the last challenge of 2018 for the Creative Moments challenge blog!!  

 We have decided on a Christmas twist, but as always you can play Anything Goes. Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo, and I have used Three Penguins for my icy card.

Once again I used one of my new polka dot card blanks, this time in an icy blue to give the effect of falling snow. I coloured the image using Promarkers and then used my Hobbycraft paper cutter on the wavy blade to trim to size. I added two stripes of tree patterned washi-tape before layering the image onto the card, and then added a Hunkydory foiled sentiment topper. To finish I added a felt tree and star and some Pepper and Friends glitter stickers.

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

613 Avenue Create #216 Use Washi Tape

addicted-to-stamps #169 Non-traditional Christmas colours

notjustcards - Anything Goes

The Male Room #101 The colour blue

Alphabet Challenge - S for Seasons Greetings

WinterWonderland - Anything Christmas

CCM #224 Christmas

Catch the bug - BINGO (top line)

 

Thanks for looking and have a very Merry Yule,

Hugz Tinz