Simon Says......

This week the two challenge sites have joined forces to have a blog hop with candy strewn along the way....the challenge is called holiday fun so it can either be Christmas, thanks giving, Easter etc, you get the idea, so my entry is a Christmas card using masking for the background that I made using the set of Marianne snowflake dyes and then distressed with stormy Sky, the atc stamp is from Tim Holtz as if you didn't know that, to add a little colour to the card I used red and green embossing powder from Cosmic Shimmer to highlight parts of the design, the snowflakes were made by using the dye cuts on thin acetate (don't use thick as it won't cut) and then used clear glue and glamour mist .....you still get the appearance of semi-transparent, I then added a diamante to the centres just in case there wasn't enough bling.....lol, the background of the card was distressed with black soot and silver embossing.

Challenges

Simon Says.........holday fun

Charisma.....something new or not done before (punching out acetate and covering it).

my Time To Craft DT card

Just got back from a day out, the plan was to go to Bird world at Bourton-on-the-water in the Cotswolds as well as the motor museum with my son and grandson but the great British weather put paid to that as its rained most of the day so Bird Land is on hold until another day, we did manage the museum, after that we ended up in Cheltnam.Mind you I'm thrilled to bits that I have been picked as a Ginger Gem again this week....Its a great challenge site that gives you some great inspiration and tutorials by lots of talented ladies.
You are probably aware that this is the last challenge at 'its a crafters companion challenge' as the company has now set up their own blog with a monthly challenge there, so Rachel who has run the challenge site is now in the process of setting up a different challenge blog.....so watch this space as they say.
Today's DT card for My Time To Craft and is following the theme of Wild Things....now mine is a cutie card featuring a free digi download from Cuddly Buddly as I must confess I have nothing that would fit the theme.....and elephants are a wild animal lol, the papers are also a digi download from Cuddly Buddly called Patchwork in the colour Plum......still on offer with 25% off.

Challenges
Pink Elephant......use bright fun colours, apt name of a challenge site since my card features a pink elephant.
Paper Play.....up in the air, includes balloonns.

My Time To Craft

Today is the start of another challenge at My time to Craft, this week the theme is called Damask Delights so you can interpret this any way you like. For my DT card I went for a more traditional interpretation and used just damask designs for the card, using a cuttlebug folder for the main image which I then embossed and a damask stamp for the backgroung image again I embossed this. Have fun interpreting it and I look forward to seeing all your fantastic entries.

hugs from Daniele

Blue and Green

first time I've inked this one up but fancied a changed, stamp is from Lili of the Valley painted in Sakura pens papers are hopscotch by K&Ko, I followed the sketch from Moving along with the Times, altered it slightly as I put buttons in the corners of the image.......needed to tidy the corners up a little after punching the border for the frame, the colour challenge at Our Creative Corner is Blue and Green. Fancy edges or corners is the theme at One Stop Craft.

Hot Chocolate

Gosh its been cold today at work, we have to have a door open so you can image its been a bit cool to say the least so this mornng I got a hot chocolate to take into work with me, so it seems appropriate for todays posting as quite a few challenges this week are hot chocolate related, I have used a sugar nellie stamp for this one and the papers are papermania the pink one being from the new forever friends collection I've entered this card into the following challenges:
Moving along with the times.e as well as following the sketch the theme is also love
cute card Thursday can include new stash...papersCharisma Cardz have a colour theme using brown,Pink cream and toffee.

Fab n' Funky........anything goes.
Quixotic have the theme of hot chocolate either as an image or colour scheme.
Simon Says....hot chocolate again either the image or the colour scheme
ABC challenge......L is for Layering
Everybody art have the theme of favourite colour combo.....any thing with pink.
Spoon full of Sugar have the theme of hearts on your card...pockets and pearls in the corners
Think thats about it quite  a few challenges again ......... thank you for taking the time to look as well as your comments

Hugs from Daniele x

My Time To Craft

Morning everyone today sees a new challenge at My Time To Craft the theme is Blue and Brown so dust off your stash and join in the fun

Papertake have the theme of new beginings.........baby
Creative card crew challenge this week is distressing

Very Vintage

Another week and another challenge..... this week sees the theme of Very Vintage at My Time To Craft so get out your distressing inks and tear it up and join us in a vintage challenge

Hugs Daniele x

vintage christmas card

I have used stamps from Crafty Individuals and distressed the edges of the background paper, the main image background was distressed and then it was spritzed with water to get the mottled effect, the card has also been entered in the following challenge: Incy Wincy who have the theme Anything Goesand Ink on my Finger who have the theme of Hollyand the Ivy.....sorry no Ivy but got the Holly, Everybody Art have the theme Christmas, Creative Card Crew have the theme of Favourite Things.....easy love christmas and fave technique at the moment is distressing, Spoon full of Sugar have a colour theme Brown with either blue or Pink, 365 cards ,theme this week is Tied up in Knots.....tag has 2, Lots to Do have a free theme going this week...nice and easy one, Daring card Makers challenge this week is to use something starting with your Name i.e. D for Daniele....D=distressing  oh I think that this may be a personnel record for me....lol

Hugs Daniele x

My Time To Craft

Morning everyone its Tuesday and that means another challenge at My Time To Craft, this week we have the theme of..................Under My Umbrella. So lets see all your lovely designs and join me and the team for some fun, remember it can be any piece of art as long as it includes something to depict the theme.

Recipe

Stamp from Sugar Nellie

Papers are from Basic Grey

Flowers are from Tabby Crafts and Bee Crafty

Big Hugs

Daniele

x

Too Many Scallops ---My Time To Craft Challenge

My First challenge Card

This is my first card as a design team member at  My Time To Craft the theme this week is RIP IT UP, so this is my take on the challenge. The papers I have used are from the Paperbox, as I love plaid I just had to buy this paper not bad at £3.49. The edges have all been torn and distressed inked. I inked the edges of the background paper and then stamped the border.The sketch is from Sketch and stash (the papers are new)

Design Team Member

OMG I have been picked by Wendy to join her on her Design Team over at My Time To Craft, I only found out when I went to see what this weeks challenge was, what a great surprise.Just wanted to say hi to the other design team members and hope that we have lots of fun and inspire everyone to join in the fun.

Bright & Zingy

I hope this card fits the theme at Magnloia this week, its about as bright and zingy as I get. I followed the sketch from Sketch and Stash as it was a simple sketch but gave you the opportunity to jazz it up,the new stash I used for this was the flowers  the blue ones are from http://www.beecrafty.co.uk/ and the other two flowers are from Tabby Crafts .....loving these. My Time to Craft have a DT call and the criteria is quick and cute well I managed to complete this card in under 30mins, which is quick for me lol....

Snow Buddies

I've followed the sketch for this card from Mojo Monday's challenge, the greeting has been stamped onto acetate and then heat embossed with cosmic shimmer embossing powder, the background panels have been embossed with dots to represent snow. Over at ABC challenge the theme is embossing and My Time To Craft's challenge this week is the title  "Snow Buddies" so I've entered this card into all three challenges.