P for Punches

The new theme on the Alphabet Challenge blog this week is P for Punches, and for my DT card I used a Hero Arts floral image coloured in with Copics, and used my Martha Stewart punches to make a border and butterflies, and an unknown punch for the flowers!

Farm Fever

The new theme on My Time To Craft this week is Farm Fever.  For my DT card I used a Penny Black cow image coloured with Copics, some downloaded bp, Primas and a Leone Em punched leaf for embellishing.

Brand New Challenge Blog!

Today is the launch of the brand new fortnightly challenge blog - Craft Your Days Away and the first challenge is Favourite Things.  There is a prize of a $10 spend in Simon Says Stamp store with free p & p so pop over to the blog and have a go!  For my DT work I made a tag which I love to make, and used Distress Inks, Crafty Individuals stamps and nature theme - which are all my favourite things!!

O is for Ovals

We are up to O this week on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and the theme is Ovals.  I used one of my favourite House Mouse stamps for my DT card, and cut mats with my Nesties.  BPs are unknown from my stash and I finished with some Primas and Card Candy to embellish.

Drink it Up

This week on My Time To Craft there is an either/or challenge - Drink It Up and/or Let's Eat Cake (due to a malfunction with scheduled posting last week!).  I have made my DT card using the lovely stamps from My Cute Stamp (available from here) called Tea Party, coloured in with Copics and matted onto DCWV and Joanna Sheen bps.

And finally, Z for Zebra!

We have reached the end of our alphabet challenge on InchybyInch, and this week I have made Z for Zebra, using part of a small zebra stamp I luckily had and Bundled Sage Distress Ink.  I can't wait to see what Fiona has in store for us in September when we start something new!

N for Nature

We are up to N this week on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and I chose N for Nature as the theme.  I made my DT tag using a Paperartsy sentiment, Peeled Paint Distress Ink for the background, and a flowery stamp, Tim Holtz doodads and some butterflies punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

Ready Steady Stamp Challenge 25

We had a long list of ingredients to choose from again this time for the RSS challenge, and I went for canvas, egg shells, wings, little girl theme, acrylic paint, pink, lace and glossy accent!  I used some Claudine Hellmuth sticky canvas and stuck it over my fat book page and then painted it with Pink Sherbert and Pearl Acrylic Paint Dabbers.  I stamped a Lost Coast Designs image and cut her out and coloured her with Copics.  I used the egg shell technique down the side of my page and added some pink lace and pearls and brads to embellish.

Y is for Young

We have nearly finished our alphabet of inchies on InchybyInch - this week it is Y and I have chosen Y for Young.  I used part of a Crafty Individuals stamp for my inchie, and edged it with Mustard Seed Distress Ink (Y for Yellow!).

Moments in Bloom

For this DT card for Make The Day Special, I have again used the lovely Unity kit, Moments in Bloom.  I stamped one of the sentiments and a leaf stamp from the kit onto Basic Grey papers, and inked the edges of my card with Distress Inks.  I punched some butterflies with a MS punch and added Primas and gems to finish.  The greeting is by Penny Black.

M is for Men

Another week has flown by and we are up to M on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and for this I chose M for Men.  For my DT card I used an Elusive Images bird stamp which I love as it reminds me of the trees that used to be in the garden at the end of ours (before their owner chopped them all down) and the birds used to sit at the top singing.  I used Distress Inks for the background to try and get the look of a sunset, and unknown bps from my stash mountain! (possibly Brenda Pinnick but not sure).

X is for ...

Xmas - although I apologise to anyone offended by the use of this word for Christmas as I know some people don't like it.   I found it very hard to find something for this letter that I had a stamp of to use for my inchie!  The images are from Crafty Individuals, and the background is Barn Door Distress Ink and the challenge of course is InchybyInch's alphabet inchies.

New Challenge Blog and Blog Candy!

After the sad closure of Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge, the DT have stayed together and formed a new fortnightly challenge blog - Craft Your Days Away - with the first challenge being launched on Saturday 7th August!

We are still going to be a multi-crafts challenge blog, it'll be much the same as before just a brand new name and home and a few little exciting extras, but you'll have to wait for our first challenge to see what they will be.

Now to celebrate and of course to help spread the word we have some blog candy up for grabs for 3 lucky winners.

Prize 1

Prize 2

Prize 3

So how do you enter the blog candy....

Visit CRAFT YOUR DAYS AWAY to find out!!

Closing date for all blog candy entries will be Friday 6th August at 16:00 (UK time), and the winners will be announced along with our 1st challenge the next day.

So make sure you have the 7th August marked in your diaries 9:00 a.m. UK time for our very 1st challenge, we would love to see you all.  Are you as excited as we are?

Hugs
The Craft Your Days Away Team

xxx

Check it Out

The new theme on My Time To Craft this week is Check it Out - to use checks on our work.  I used some bps by The English Paper Company for my card and a Hampton Arts flower stamp which I coloured in with Copics.  I punched the flowers and butterflies with MS punches, the leaf punch is unknown brand!

L for Lace

We are up to L this week on the Alphabet Challenge Blog, and this week I chose L for Lace as the theme.  For my DT card I used a cute little image from Paws-fur-a-Moment, and coloured her in with Copics and Promakers.  I stamped one of the flower images from the set to embellish, and used my Martha Stewart lace punch to make the lace.   The papers are by The English Paper Co. of which I found a huge pile in my craft room that I bought ages ago and am now using!  

Ready-Steady-STAMP Challenge 24

The rules have changed on RSS and now we have a much longer list of ingredients and have to choose 5 of these.  The 5 I chose for my fat book page this time are cream, brown and green, Distress Inks, lion, dry embossed background and metal embellishment.  3 others that also fit are masculine, rectangle and embossing powder as I used Distress embossing powder on the lion.  The green paper is Basic Grey I think - I have terrible problems now all my craft stash is upstairs and the computer downstairs as I can't always remember the names of what I have used!  The lion stamp is by Tim Holtz, the metal embellishment is by him also, as is the embossing folder I used for the background, and I used Vintage Photo Distress Ink for the stamping, watercolouring and round the edges.

Butterfly Bliss

The new theme on My Time To Craft this week is Butterfly Bliss - to use butterflies on our work.  I run a house swap on a forum and the current theme is Butterflies, so for my DT work I have made one of the houses for that using Victorian Velvet and Bundled Sage Distress Inks for the  background, stamped with a PaperArtsy script stamp, and then I stamped the butterfly girl image (not sure who made it) and cut her out and stuck her on. The sentiment is Catslife Press.  Finally I punched some butterflies with my Martha Stewart punch.

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.