Feeling Crafty Challenge #28

Welcome to challenge # 28 at Feeling Crafty and a big thank you to everyone who entered our previous challenge. The entries were fabulous and the winners are announced on the Feeling Crafty Challenge blog.
This month the theme is:

"One for the Ladies"

and is being sponsored by Lelli-Bot. A photo of the fabulous prize can be found at the bottom of this post. Your entry doesn't haven't to be a card, it just has to be a new crafty make that fits the theme.

Today I have a shaped card to show you that I made with Scalloped Oval dies from Spellbinders. I used three different sizes and cut the layers from white linen card. I inked the edges with Distress Ink Spun Sugar and mounted them up on foam pads. I created the sentiment on the computer.

I used Heartfelt Creations dies to cut the Delicate Asters from three different coloured card and large pearls from my stash for the centres.

I printed the butterflies onto acetate in three different sizes. The image is from an old Jem's Designs CD Whispering Wings.

Here is the prize from Lelli-Bot for the lucky winner.

Please visit the Feeling Crafty Challenge blog to see the fabulous creations from the other talented DT members. Don't forget to sign up to follow the challenge blog so you can enter your crafty makes.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Feeling Crafty Challenge #27

Welcome to challenge # 27 at Feeling Crafty and thank you to everyone who entered the previous challenge. The entries were fabulous and the winners are announced on the Feeling Crafty Challenge blog.
This month the theme is:

"Anything For A Child"

and is being sponsored by the lovely Kate Martin who has some Stampin' Up goodies for the winner. Photos at the bottom.

I have made a fold out card for a little boy using the Pirate Island Double CD from Kraftyhands. There are lots of fabulous images and papers on the CD for both boys and girls.

I used the Ahoy There die cut set from Docrafts to create the pirate ship and for some of the other elements.

I created pirate treasure maps and pictures to tuck into the envelopes.

Kate's prize for the lucky winner.

Please visit the Feeling Crafty Challenge blog to see the fabulous creations from the other talented DT members. Don't forget to sign up to follow the challenge blog so you can enter your crafty makes.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Feeling Crafty Challenge # 26

Welcome to challenge # 26 at Feeling Crafty and thank you to everyone who entered the previous challenge - Dies and Punches. We were overwhelmed with the entries, both in the quality and numbers. The winners are announced on the Feeling Crafty Challenge blog.
This month the theme is:

"Use a Digi and Bling"

and is being sponsored by the talented Teri Sherman from Delicious Doodles. She will offer four digis of the winner's choice to the lucky winner.

The papers I've used on my card are all from Scribble & Scrap, the Grungy Florals - Naturals collection and I matted them onto lilac Adorable Scorable. I die cut and coloured two butterflies and added a bow and three flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The Delicious Doodles image I chose to work with is called Butterfly Bliss. I coloured it with Promarkers and then added a touch of glitter to the butterfly wings. I didn't want shiny bling so I chose purple pearls from my stash and dotted them in the corners around the card.

Please visit the Feeling Crafty Challenge blog to see the fabulous creations from the other talented DT members. And check out the wonderful cards by the lovely Stephen Nicholls who is joining us this month as our GDT. Don't forget to sign up to follow the challenge blog so you can enter your crafty makes using a digi and bling.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/anything-goes-challenge-220.html
sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/challenge-46.html
ttcrd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/ttcrd-feb-25-mar3.html  AG
jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/things-with-wings-new-challenge-and-new.html- Butterflies
thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/new-challenge-anything-goes.html
abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/
cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/using-stamp-or-digi-stamp-anywhere-on.html
craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-march.html

Feeling Crafty Challenge #25

Welcome to challenge #25 at Feeling Crafty Challenge. We had a fabulous response to our previous challenge - Butterflies- with so many wonderful cards and projects. Thank you to all of you who took part. The winners will be announced on the blog shortly.
The theme this month is

"Dies and/or Punches"

and is being sponsored by our very own lovely Avril Watson. She will award a prize of Memory Box dies to the lucky winner so make sure you enter. Your entry doesn't have to be a card. Any recent crafty creation that fits the theme will be accepted.

As it's Valentine's Day this month I thought I'd make a topical card.

I started by covering an 8"x 8" card blank with Kraft card. I printed out a paper I've had for a few years, that I think came from Create and Craft, and used a Docrafts Scallop border punch on red card for the top and bottom of the card. I printed the sentiment on the computer and hand cut it into a banner and mounted it onto a matching Kraft card mat. This was fixed to the card after shaping using glue at the ends and foam pads in the middle. 

The scalloped heart die is from Docrafts. I removed the center and added a hand cut bird made from Kraft card and red card.

I punched out some large hearts from red card and Kraft card. The small hearts are waste from a Memory Box die. I finished the card with self adhesive pearls.

Please visit the 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 makes using dies or punches.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
delicious doodles challenge-73-die-cuts-and or-punches
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/valentine.html
http://seemacrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/challenge-2-add-gem-or-glitter-or-candi.html

Feeling Crafty Challenge #24

Happy New Year to all my lovely followers. I hope it's a wonderful year for you all. 

Welcome to Challenge #24 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. Thank you to those who took part in our popular Christmas challenge. We hope hope you'll all join in with this one.

This month's theme is:

"Butterflies"

The first place prize is sponsored by Hayley Gillie, who is offering a £20 Stampin' Up voucher. Your entry doesn't have to be a card. Any recent crafty creation that fits the theme will be accepted.

I made an 8"x 8" card base from ivory linen card and layered with black linen card. Before attaching to the base I added an ivory, wide, organza wired ribbon and a panel of Kanban card from the Mackenzie collection.

I used three butterflies from the Kanban Mackenzie collection and mounted them on the card with foam pads.

To finish off, I fashioned a bow/butterfly shape with the ribbon and used a small flower for the center.

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 butterfly makes.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
http://time4scrap.blogspot.fr/2014/01/new-year-new-team-new-sponsors.html 
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.ca/2014/01/challenge-75-use-ribbon-or-twine.html
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/pile-it-on-1-just-because.html
http://avenue613.blogspot.nl/2014/01/challenge-53-anything-goes-woptional.html
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.nl/2014/01/anything-goes-challenge-1-happy-new.html

Feeling Crafty Challenge #23

Welcome to Challenge #23 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. Thank you to those who took part in our previous challenge. The winners will be announced in a few days.
The theme for this challenge is

" Christmas"

Our sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Phill Martin. Please visit his Honeypot Crafts shop and Phill's Crafty Place blog. The wonderful prize Phill is offering is 2x A5 Everyday Tabbed and 2x A5 Everyday Flourish from the Sentimentally Yours  stamp collection.

My card is an A5 that I made using a backing paper, topper and sentiment from the October edition of Making Cards magazine. I just love this artwork.

I covered the card base with plain red card and layered the backing paper over. I then added a strip of lace and a length of red organza ribbon.

I mounted the gorgeous topper onto red card and used foam pads to give it dimension. I added three red gems.

For the finishing touches I tied a double bow and added a gem to the poinsettia on the pretty backing paper.

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 Christmas makes.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  Challenge #172 Anything Goes
http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/ho-ho-ho-christmas-challenge.html
http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/  Christmas Cheer
http://www.robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/  Challenge #188 Christmas Cards
http://laineyscraftyspace-justforfun.blogspot.co.uk/  Christmas
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.co.uk/   #170 Christmas
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/    #195 Ho Ho Holidays  

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

A New Name for Challenge #21

Welcome to Challenge #21 at was was formerly known as Emma's Crafty Challenge. We have been renamed Feeling Crafty Challenge. The rules are the same, the most important one being 'to have fun'.
The theme for this challenge is "Autumn" and is sponsored by Hayley Gillie who is offering a fabulous £20 Stampin Up voucher for the lucky winner. The Top Three will each receive a wonderful blinkie to proudly display on their blog. A full set of rules can be found on the new challenge blog.

I chose to make this card because of the gorgeous image of crisp falling leaves and deliciously ripe apples.

This card was made from a Docrafts decoupage card kit from the Tilly Daydream collection. The kit comes complete with orange embroidery thread to stitch through the ready made holes. I did this bit first.

I popped out all the layers and mounted up the decoupage on foam pads.

Please visit the new Feeling Crafty Challenge blog to see the fabulous creations from the other talented DT members. Don't forget to sign up to follow the new blog so you can enter your Autumn makes.

I would like to enter this card in these challenges:
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Challenge #66 Autumn
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/pile-it-on-39-leaves.html  Challenge #39 Leaves
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  Challenge #179 Nature