Family Celebrations

We had two special family events this week. 

First it was my great niece's birthday.

My great niece loves wolves, so this Lavina 'Maka' stamp was perfect for her card.  I made moon and mountains masks from scrap paper to ink the background.  All the other stamps I used were also from Lavinia and I painted the tree with a little brown Distress Ink mixed with a little water.  I layered the finished scene on a black mat.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card. 

Alphabet Challenge ~ N is for Nature

Krafty Chicks Challenge #632 ~ Stamp Act

HLS October Birthday Challenge

Critter Crazy Challenge #67 ~ Anything Goes with a Critter

Night Owl-Create-Beauty Challenge #17 ~ It runs, flies, crawls and crawls

It was my brother and sister-in-law's 30th Wedding Anniversary this week and this is the card I made for them.  I was pleased how a Golden Wedding Anniversary card I made HERE turned out, so I decided to use the same cross stitch die for this card.

The heart is a Marianne Designs 'Cross Stitch Heart' die cut.  The background was embossed with an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder.  I added a strip of patterned cream ribbon, layered on a pink mat and raised up the heart on foam pads.  Two cream pearl hearts finished off my card.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #697 ~ A/G with option of Monochromatic

Cut It Up Challenge #262 ~ BIG!

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Stitch it

Creations in Pink Challenge # 50 ~ Anything Goes in MAINLY Pink

Photo heavy....

I saw a challenge on the Creative Minds - Kind Hearts Facebook page recently to use one 12 x 12 sheet of patterned paper to make several cards, using a template to cut sixteen squares and rectangles of various sizes.  I decided to use a sheet of double-sided paper from a paper pad from The Range and these are the designs I came up with.  The patterned paper had small red and black hearts on one side and black with white flecks on the other, so I decided to stick with a black, white and red theme for all my cards.   I followed the template,  just cutting one of the larger rectangles in half diagonally to use on one of the cards.  I used plain white, red and black card, a few dies, embossing folders and punches, a couple of sentiment stamps and some red and black pearls to make my cards.  As almost all of the plain card was snippets, I'll be sharing one of my cards over in The Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Snippets Playground Challenge #438 ~ Use snippets

Bizzy Bec's October Challenge ~ Anything Goes

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #558 ~ Embossing Wet or Dry

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

 The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ Use HAPPY in your sentiment

 

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

HLS October Birthday Challenge

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

The Flower Challenge #73 ~ Use a Sentiment

Twofer

A One Layer CAS to share today.  

I started by masking off a panel and used Distress Ink and a Lavinia 'Laurel' stencil.  The images are from Stampin' Up 'Dragonfly Garden' set of stamps.  I painted them with the same Distress Ink used in the panel, mixed with a little water.  The sentiment is a Woodware stamp.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #275 ~ Technique - Use Stencils

A second card to share today, which I made for a friend's daughter a while ago and forgot to post on my blog.  I know the birthday girl loves sunflowers and music, so I incorporated both in my card.

The image is a VERY old wooden Butterfly Kisses stamp, coloured with Promarkers.  The embossing was done with a Crafts-Too 'Music Notes' embossing folder.  The Joy Fold card is kept closed with a flower brad.

I added a flower inside, made with punches.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon Challenge # 673 ~ Birthday

I Love Promarkers Challenge #519 ~ Anything Goes without the option

The Flower Challenge #73 ~ Use a Sentiment & 6th Birthday

Halloween

The Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today with the theme 'Halloween'.  Our generous sponsor this month is Oddball Art.

Our sponsor kindly gave the DT images to work with and I chose to use 'Ghost Dancer'.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and added Impression Obsession die cuts - bats and a pumpkin.  The pumpkin is raised up on foam pads.  The background was a black and white striped piece of paper from an old paper pad.  I coloured the white stripes with an orange Promarker to match the Ghost Dancer's tights.  Five black Card Candi on a strip of orange card finished off my Halloween card.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends on 28th October, so plenty of time to join in the challenge.  Please pop over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations the DT have made for inspiration. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers Challenge #519 ~ Anything Goes without the option

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ Happy Everything

Country View October Challenge ~ Halloween or Harvest

SheepSki Designs Challenge #67 ~ Autumn Things incl Halloween