W is for .....

Wistful!  We are up to W on the InchybyInch alphabet challenge, almost at the end!  I chose Wistful for my inchie as I thought this PaperArtsy lady looked like that!  The little bit of coloured ink is Dusty Concord Distress Ink!

Christmas in July!

It is time for a new challenge on Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge and this time we have Christmas in July as the theme!  In this heat it is difficult to think of Christmas but it is a good thing to start early on those cards!  The challenge is sponsored by Stitchy Bear, and the DT were given some images to use on our work.  The winner of this challenge will be able to pick some images as their prize from 2 artists - pop over to the blog for details!  For my DT card I chose to use the dragon image, and coloured him in with Copics and Promarkers, and used some DCWV bps and Card Candy to embellish.

Floral Friends

This card is made using an image from the Unity Floral Friends set, available from Emily at Make The Day Special.  I coloured in one of the images with Copics and used some scraps of pretty Dovecraft papers from my desk and some DCWV scraps to mat and punched flowers with an MS punch.  The centres are metallic nailheads, and the sentiment is from the {ippity} Fall for You set, also available from Emily.

Unity Friends with Flair Blog Hop

Time for the FWF blog hop again which takes place every Friday, this time I have made a 3 fold card, using stamps from the {ippity} Fall for You set and Unity Moments in Bloom, available from Emily here at Make The Day Special.  The papers I used are by My Mind's Eye from the So Sophie range with the addition of some chipboard embellishments, blooms and Card Candy.

Check out the Unity blog hop here, and if you find the blog with the blinkie and leave a comment you can be in with a chance of winning some lovely Unity stamps, as I was lucky enough to a few weeks ago!

K is for Kids

We are up to K this week on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and I chose K for Kids for this one.  I used a digi download for this card by Lilyboo, from Cuddly Buddly.  I needed to make a card for my great-nephew so this challenge was good timing.  I don't usually do digi but have used my stamps that would have been suitable for his other birthdays so needed something different!  The image is coloured in with Copics and Promarkers, and the bp is DCWV.  The sentiment is by Penny Black, and I embellished with Card Candy.

Summer Card Kit

Which Crafts? have some fab new kits in the shop, and I have made these cards using the lovely Summer Card Kit, which has My Mind's Eye papers and fab blooms included as well as colourful cards and envelopes.  Stamps used are Sugar Nellies for the first 2, a Dawn Bibby stamp for the third and a Unity stamp for the 4th.

Angelic!

The new theme on My Time To Craft this week is Angelic - to use an angelic image on our work.  For my DT work I had to use a photo of my little granddaughter looking very angelic indeed!  I made a 6" x 6" LO using  bps whose name escapes me but I will edit later when I go upstairs and look!  I punched the lace border with a MS punch.  The letters are cut on my Cricut.

V for Violin

V this week on InchybyInch's alphabet challenge, and I had a good look through my stamps and found an image with a violin on, so used part of it for my inchie!  I coloured with Copics and used Distress Ink for the background.

Wedding Day

Our niece is getting married in a couple of weeks and when I saw the challenge on Tuesday Taggers was Wedding Day I thought it would be a good chance to get the card made without leaving it until the last minute like I usually do!  This didn't turn out how I had planned because of a smudge of ink in the wrong place, but hopefully they will like it!  I stamped my Popcorn wedding image and coloured in with Distress Inks and Copics and Promarkers!  I inked the background too, which I hadn't intended to, but I had managed to get a smudge of ink on the side so needed to cover it.  I used Joanna Sheen lacey bps and cut the mat on my Slice, finishing off with some Liquid Pearls, roses and leaves cut with a Leone Em punch.

Tea Party!

For my DT work for Make The Day Special, I have made some ATCs, or they could be used as toppers for cards, using the sweet little My Cute Stamp set called Tea Party, available from Emily here.  I stamped the images with Memento and coloured them with Copics and Promarkers, and added some SU Dazzling Diamonds for a sparkly finish!

J is for Jewels

This week we are up to J on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and I chose J for Jewels as the theme.  For my DT card I used some pretty Dovecraft bp and an Autumn Leaves flower image stamped onto a Nesties mat, which I coloured with Copics.  The greeting is by Penny Black.  I punched some butterflies with my MS punch and finished off with some jewels to embellish.

Ready-Steady-STAMP Challenge 23

For this RSS challenge we were asked to use Turquoise, Lime Green and Purple, a house, rectangles, acetate and handwriting.  I used DCWV paper to cover my fat book page and cut the house from some too.  The roof is Papermania bp.  I used acetate behind the windows and added flower images by HOTP.  I stamped round the edges and wrote the words by hand. 

Zig Zags

The new challenge for this week on My Time To Craft is Zig Zags - to use anything zig zag shaped on our work.  For my DT card I used some Daisy and Dandelion bp, and stamped a zig zag stitch stamp all round the edges.  I used a Penny Black image, coloured in with Copics, and the sentiment is also PB.  I used pinking shears to cut the mat for the image and finished with some adhesive gems.
I am also entering this card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge which is In Stitches.

U is for Unhappy!

We are up to U in the InchybyInch challenge for the alphabet inchies, and the obvious one for this was umbrella but I don't have a stamp of one small enough, so I looked through my stamps for inspiration and thought that this little girl on a Crafty Individuals stamp looked unhappy so went for that!  As usual the edges are coloured with Distress Ink, Crushed Olive this week.

As requested last week, here also is a pic of all the inchies so far!

Flower Power

The new theme on Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge is Flower Power.  This fortnight the challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and you can win $10 to spend in the store, so pop over to the blog to join in!
For my DT card I used a poppy foam stamp from QVC and watercoloured it in with Marvy Le Plumes and added black Stickles to the centres.  I embellished with punched flowers and leaves and Primas and little jewels.  Sorry it is so big but if I make it smaller it is blurred for some reason!

Make The Day Special DT Blog Hop

The draw for prizes is now closed! Thank you to everyone who left comments!

THE WINNER OF THE DRAW IS JAN

Well done Jan, please email me with your details and I will get your prizes in the post!!

Welcome to the Make The Day Special Blog Hop!  The hop is open until 10am on Monday 28th June when a draw will be made on each of the DT blogs from all the comments submitted.  Each blog will have a winner and the prize will be the item made by the DT member, and maybe some extras! plus some lovely prizes on the Make The Day Special blog - so make sure you visit all the blogs to be in with lots of chances!  You should have come here from Kim's blog, if not go back to Make The Day Special and start at the beginning!

I have made a tag using Unity stamps, available from Emily here and they are from the May Moments in Bloom kit and {ippity} Fall for You, available here.  The papers are from the So Sophie range by My Mind's Eye and I have embellished the tag with Card Candy, Prima flowers and Liquid Pearls.


If you would like a chance to win this tag, plus the 4 Unity stamps show above, then please leave me a comment to go in the draw!

Please go from here to Jo's blog for the next part of the hop!

I is for Icy Colours

We are up to I this week on the Alphabet Challenge Blog (third time round!) and this week I have chosen Icy Colours as the theme.   I decided to make a Christmas card for my DT work, one more to add to the growing pile!  I used cool greens and blues and my cute polar bear stamp that I have had for ages and comes out every year!  I embossed some white card with my Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and punched some snowflakes with my MS punch.  The sentiment is HOTP and I cut the mats for it with Nesties.

Yuletide in June

This week on My Time To Craft, the theme is Yuletide in June - a chance to make an early start on those Christmas cards!  For my DT card I used some DCWV bps and a Penny Black slapstick snowman image, coloured in with Copics and Promarkers.  The greeting is also by Penny Black, which very nicely covers over a smudge of ink!!!  I used my Martha Stewart snowflake punch that appears on a lot of my Christmas cards!!

T is for Thimbles

We are up to T on the InchybyInch alphabet challenge, and I have used a tiny thimble stamp for my inchie, inking the edges with Victorian Velvet DI.

Moments in Bloom

Here is another little 4" x 4" card, I love this size, using a stamp from the May Unity kit - Moments in Bloom, available from Emily at Make The Day Special. 
I stamped the fern image using green Memento ink, and used Antique Linen DI for the background and edges of the card.  The paper is by My Mind's Eye and I love these, must get some more!  The little greeting is by Kanban and seemed perfect for the style of image.