DT Card for The Crafting Cafe

Hello Everyone

Today it's my turn to share a card over at The Crafting Cafe blog.

This month the theme is a nice, easy 'Anything Goes' and we have a sponsor offering the challenge winner a prize!

Here is a peek at my card:

So pop on over to the challenge blog HERE to link up your project!

Claire x

November Challenge for The Crafting Cafe

Hi Everyone

Today it's my turn to share my project over at The Crafting Cafe.  The theme for November is Winter Blues and we are sponsored by LEJ Designs who are offering a fab prize to the winner!

Here is my card, using an image from our sponsor:

I created my card by starting with the background using stamps by Lindsay Mason stamped in cocoa memento ink and coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils and watercoloured.  The sentiment was also stamped in cocoa memento and is from Paperartsy.  Next I printed the snowman out twice, I coloured him using the Inktense pencils also and watercoloured him.  Then I cut one image out whole and the second image I cut out only his hat and scarf and layered them up using foam pads.  I tore a piece of white card to create a hill for him to stand on and inked along it's edge with tumbled glass distress ink for definition.  I also added the fence posts and squirrel to this torn card from the same Lindsay Mason set.  I added silver glamour dust to just about everything that snow might land on using a quickie glue pen.  Then I inked around the edges of the card using the tumbled glass distress again.  To finish I mounted my piece onto navy cardstock before adding to a 6x6 scalloped card blank.

To visit The Crafting Cafe blog and link up your own Winter Blues project 

please click *HERE*

Thanks for stopping by today!

Claire x 

A Baby Boy - The Crafting Cafe DT Make

It's time for another challenge over at The Crafting Cafe!  This month the theme is 'A Baby Is Born' and we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.  Here is my DT make for the challenge:

The digi stamp is from our sponsor this month and was coloured with pro markers, this panel was cut out and faux stiching added around the edge.  The sentiment is from Waltzing Mouse and was stamped directly onto the 6x6 card blank.  I added the pale blue ribbon around the card blank and then mounted the digi panel onto the card front with foam pads.

Bugaboo Stamps are giving away 7 digi stamps for the winner so click HERE to pop over to the challenge blog and join in!!

Claire x

Here Comes Summer!

Hi All,

It's my turn to share a card over at The Crafting Cafe today.  The theme this month is "Summer's Here" and we are sponsored by LEJ Designs who are offering four free images to the winner!

I coloured the digi image with promarkers and fussy cut her.  All the backgrounds are from a set of free papers that came with a magazine recently.  The sentiment is a stamp from Acid Drops and Whatnot which was stamped into a frame and cut out.  I mounted the sentiment and the digi onto the card with foam pads for a bit of extra dimension.

There is still plenty of time to join in the challenge this month - click HERE to find the post to link up your project, remember there is a chance to win four digi images from our sponsor!

Thanks for looking!

Claire x

Here Come The Boys

Hi All

Today I'm sharing my DT card for The Crafting Cafe.  The theme for June is 'Here Come The Boys' and this month we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles!!

Delicious Doodles are offering a great prize for the winner this month - four images of their choice!

Hop on over to the blog HERE to see all the challenge details and to join in!

So here is the card I've created using a Delicious Doodles image:

I printed the image onto High Elegance card twice from SplodgeAway - this card is great for colouring images - it is just silky smooth!

I then coloured my image of a Scottish Castle using Inktense pencils and used a water brush to blend them.  I coloured the little wooden boat again on the second printout, cut it out and mounted it onto the first image with foam pads.

I mounted my image onto navy cardstock and then onto cream.  I then added the navy ribbon and bow before attaching the whole panel onto my card blank.

Thanks for stopping by today, please don't forget to come and join in the challenge this month!!

Claire x

DT Make for The Crafting Cafe

Hi everyone

Here is the card I made for The Crafting Cafe May challenge - the theme this month is Lady Luck and we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps, to see all the challenge details click HERE to visit the challenge blog.

My digi image is from Bugaboo Stamps, I coloured it using pro markers and gave it a faux border using a black pro marker.  I then mounted it onto green cardstock, then onto gold before finally adding it to my kraft card blank.

A simple but very sweet card I think!

Don't forget you have until the end of the month to join in with the challenge over HERE

Thanks for stopping by today,

Claire x

The Crafting Cafe - April Challenge

Morning Everyone,

It's the 15th of the month again so it's time for my DT project over at The Crafting Cafe 

This month the theme is 'Let's Celebrate' and we are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs, here is my card using one of their digi images:

I coloured the digi stamp using pro markers and mounted the panel onto textured gold card.  I then mounted the long rectangle of green card and a square of the colourful diamond paper onto the gold card also.  I stamped the happy birthday sentiment on the bottom right of the green panel and layered all the panels onto a 6 x 6 scalloped card blank.

I hope you enjoyed my project this month, do pop over to the challenge blog and join in - there are some prizes to be won from our sponsor :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Claire x

The Crafting Cafe - Challenge No. 2

Hi Everyone, today is my turn to post my DT card over at The Crafting Cafe Challenge Blog - this month our theme is our favourite colour and we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles.  Click HERE for all the challenge details.

Here is the card I've made for the challenge using an image from our sponsor:

I printed the watering can, from Delicious Doodles and coloured it using distress markers in scattered straw, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, dusty concord, pumice stone, peeled paint, forest moss and worn lipstick.  I coloured around the watering can using tumbled glass distress ink.  I then cut a square of white card, rounded the corners, cut the diamond shape using an Xcut die and embossed the card using a dots embossing folder.  I layered the watering can image onto a 6x6 kraft card blank then topped it off with the embossed panel mounted with foam pads.

Thanks for stopping by today, Claire x

The Crafting Cafe DT

Good Morning Everyone, I have some great news to share with you today! I was chosen to be a design team member for a brand new blog called The Crafting Cafe - click HERE to visit!

It is a monthly challenge and there are some fab digi stamps to be won - for the very first challenge we have chosen an anything goes theme.  My first project for the team uses the sponsor digi stamp by LEJ Designs:

To create my project I first printed out my digi and coloured the tulips using my distress markers (victorian velvet, milled lavender, worn lipstick, peeled paint and pine needles), I inked around the edges of my square with tumbled glass distress ink then I used the crackle stamp from Indigoblu stamped in vintage photo distress ink.  Then I gave it three coats of UTEE to give it an old ‘tile’ appearance.

I then used the fancy frame mask from Splodgeaway to create the background using distress inks (old paper, vintage photo, mustard seed and victorian velvet) and cut n dry foam.

I mounted my ‘tulip tile’ onto the background in the centre using foam pads, then added the ribbon and backed it onto the green cardstock before finally mounting onto my 8x8 card blank.

Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the other design team projects - there are some fab people on the team!

Thanks for stopping by, Claire x