Vintage Transport

A new CD from Kraftyhands is launching on Create & Craft today at 3pm. It's called Vintage Transport and is a must for fabulous male cards. The CD is packed with gorgeous images and matching papers. There are Tractors, Camper Vans, Buses, Steamboats, Biplanes, Sailing Ships, Canal Boats, Motorbikes and Traction Engines. That lot should cover just about every man's interests.
For my samples I have used the Traction Engine folder.

There are three pages of Toppers per vintage vehicle, adding up to lots of fabulous images in different shapes and sizes. Plus sentiments.

Along with the Toppers, there are Card Making Sets where coordinated items have been gathered over two pages for you to print out and make a  card.

There are wonderful papers featuring each vehicle for a perfectly coordinated look to your cards.

For those who like to give vouchers or money as presents this CD has the perfect project. There are easy to assemble Gift Wallets all ready to print out on a single page. You can make one to match your card.

Another clever project on the CD is the Book Box. There is everything you need to make this wonderfully different type of card over three pages, including a choice of six toppers and five sentiments.

Don't miss the show on Create & Craft today at 3pm and be sure to visit the Kraftyhands webshop for your crafty needs. You can also find Kraftyhands on Facebook.

Scribble & Scrap challenge #6

We had a fabulous turnout of wonderful entries in our previous challenge. A big thank you to everyone who joined in. The winners have been announced on the Scribble & Scrap Blog. We hope you will all be playing along with this new challenge. Don't forget to sign up as a follower to be eligible to win.
The theme for the Scribble & Scrap challenges is always "Anything Goes" The winner will be chosen by Random.org and win a generous £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble & Scrap shop. But, if the lucky winner has used a Scribble & Scrap digi they will win a £20 voucher. The Top Three will be selected by a DT vote and will earn a lovely badge to proudly display on their blog. If you'd like to be considered for a Guest Design Team slot, then add GDT after your name on your entry. A full set of all the rules can be found on the Challenge blog.

I've used a 6"x 6" card base and a selection of Bearly Mine papers. I coloured all the matting layers with Fuchsia Pink Promarker and finished off the card with a Creative Expressions metal corner and some pearls. The sentiment was created on the computer.

I used image Vintage Steampunk Hand and Clock. The original image is in black and white but I used MCS to change the colour to  pink.

Please pop over to the Scribble & Scrap Blog and Challenge to see what the other fabulously talented DT members have created for your inspiration. Also visit the Scribble & Scrap shop to see the many lovely images for sale. Once you've made your choice, you could be playing with your purchases within minutes as everything is on instant download.
Please also ask to join the Scribble & Scrap Facebook group to make sure you don't miss out on any of the fun.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/   Challenge #17 Birthdays
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/      Vintage Style
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/   Challenge #69 Anything Goes
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/   Heavy Metal
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  Challenge #34 Anything Goes
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/   Anything Goes
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/   Challenge # 6 Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap Challenge #5

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our previous challenge, we had a fabulous turnout of wonderful entries. The winners have been announced on the Scribble & Scrap Blog. We hope you will all be playing along with this new challenge. Don't forget to sign up as a follower to be eligible to win.
The theme for the Scribble & Scrap challenges is always "Anything Goes" The winner will be chosen by Random.org and win a generous £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble & Scrap shop. But, if the lucky winner has used a Scribble & Scrap digi they will win a £20 voucher. The Top Three will be selected by a DT vote and will earn a lovely badge to proudly display on their blog. If you'd like to be considered for a Guest Design Team slot, then add GDT after your name on your entry. A full set of all the rules can be found on the Challenge blog.
I have made my DT card from an 8"x 8" card base.
                                      

I covered the card base with Kraft card, then a Bearly Mine paper. I distressed and inked the edges first. The next layer is a  vintage text paper which I also inked and distressed. I wrapped a length of lace I'd inked around the paper and then added some velvet ribbon from Docrafts. The sentiments were created on the computer.

I took the Scribble & Scrap key hole image into MCS and gave it a slightly blue tint before printing out and cutting with a Spellbinders die. I cut two layers and inked the edges.

I coloured plain cotton ribbon with a Promarker and made a bow. I tied three keys to some thin cord and attached them to the bow for a simple embellishment.

Please now visit the Scribble & Scrap Blog and Challenge to see what the other fabulously talented DT members have created for your inspiration. Also visit the Scribble & Scrap shop to see the many lovely images for sale. Once you've made your choice, you could be playing with your purchases within minutes as everything is in an instant download.
Please also ask to join the Scribble & Scrap Facebook group to make sure you don't miss out on any of the fun.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Kraftyhands November Challenge

As it's the first Saturday of  November, it's the start of a new challenge on the  Kraftyhands Challenge Blog. Thank you for all the lovely, colourful entries into our last challenge. The lucky winners have been announced on the challenge blog.
This month the theme is:

Classic Christmas (Red, Gold and Green)

This challenge will be "just for fun". Unfortunately, there will not be a Top £20 prize this month. Please remember to be a follower of the blog and we look forward to seeing your lovely classic Christmas creations.

For my DT card I used the fabulous S for Santa CD. I just love the humorous images and traditional colours of this CD. 

I used a 6"x 6" card base. I matted and layered three of the backing papers onto coloured card in a simple layout and then matted one of the sentiments. The poinsettia is made from a Marianne die.

I used one of the Postcard Toppers for my image. I matted that onto red card and fixed it with foam pads to give it some dimension. I used a Marianne Christmas tree die and finished the card with a cheeky robin and some sticky gems in red and gold.

For your own fantastically fun Christmas cards, head over to the Kraftyhands webshop for a copy of this brilliant CD. It includes two different Card Making Sets, nine Postcard Toppers, Gift Wallets, Inserts, over fifty Backing Papers and more. There is also a gallery to give you some inspiration.

Please visit the  Kraftyhands Challenge Blog for a full set of the challenge rules - you have to be a follower to qualify for entry - and to view the fabulous creations from the talented DT. You can also keep up to date with all the latest Kraftyhands news and see sneak peeks on the Kraftyhands Facebook page and the Kraftyhands Blog.

Feeling Crafty Challenge #22

Welcome to Challenge #22 at the Feeling Crafty Challenge. This challenge was formerly known as Emma's Crafty Challenge. The rules are the same, the most important one being 'to have fun'. A copy of all the rules can be found on the challenge blog.
The theme for this challenge is "Steampunk" and is sponsored by Lexie from Scribble & Scrap. She is offering a generous £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble & Scrap shop. You will find all of the digi images used by the DT in the shop plus so much more, including fabulous vintage photos.

We each got to chose the image we would like to work with and I chose the Vintage Steampunk Corset.

I used a pink Papermania textured card to cover an 8"x 8" card blank and matted a Bearly Mine paper. I created the sentiment on my computer.

I changed the colour of the corset in MSC and used a Spellbinder die to cut it out. I used Spun Sugar Distress Ink around the edges.

I die-cut the cogs from the Donna Salazar dies from Spellbinders using Core'dinations cardstock. I sanded them slightly to reveal the core colour and cut some more from Kraft card. I then arranged them on the card using Anita's Tacky Glue and foam pads.

Before mounting the topper on the card I attached a short length of lace from my stash. I finished the card by fixing on a pair of shoe charms.

I think Steampunk can be great fun with some of the wacky inventions from the Victorian era. It's great for masculine cards. But the theme can also be very feminine with lots of fashion images from the times from daring corsets to flouncy frocks.
Please visit the new Feeling Crafty Challenge blog to see the fabulous creations from the other talented DT members and don't forget to sign up to follow the new challenge blog so you can enter your crafty Steampunk makes.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/  challenge #18 anything goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything Goes
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes