Fancy Borders

Good morning all!!
It's time for a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time. For the next 2 weeks, my teamies and I are playing with Fancy Borders. For our Challenge #257 - Anything Goes With Fancy Borders, I took the opportunity to get one of my Mother's Day cards ready.

Here is a quick reminder about our rules:
1) You can enter with as many times as you wish with images from any store, we would obviously love you to use our image :) :) If you are using StitchyBear products then we have a second challenge on our FaceBook page which you can enter into too
2) You must link to our challenge blog.
3) No backlinking, you project must be a new project, blogged after our challenge goes live.

Want to know what you can win if you enter our challenge?
The Sponsor for this challenge is StitchyBear Digi Outlet with a $10 coupon to spend in our store.

 

 

Here is my creation for Challenge #257 - Anything Goes With Fancy Borders:

 

Front View

 

 

Close-up of the digital stamp

Close-up of my fancy borders.

 

Recipe

Image: Stitchy Bear's Digital Outlet "Flower Bear" by Reeces Scrap Pieces

Medium: Crayola Pencil Crayons

Cardstock: White - Recollections, Cotton Candy - CTMH, Dark Green card base - Recollections

Pattern Paper: CTMH - Kaleidoscope

Ink: CTMH Pixie and Gypsy

Flowers: Recycled from a Barbie doll bouquet

Sentiment: CTMH - "Framed" stamp set

Glitter: Stickles "Green" by Ranger

Ribbon: Offray

Gems: Dollarama

Special Tools: Border Punch by EK Success

 

I hope you will join in our challenge this week. We would all love to see how you interpret our current challenge.

 

Thanks so much for popping by to say hello.

Hugs xo

 

 

Loving Hearts

Today is new challenge day at OSAAT!! We have an easy but fun challenge for you this week;

 #197 - "White + One"

 

That means you have to use white plus ONE other colour. Body colour doesn't count but BLACK DOES!

This week's challenge is sponsored by Creative Craft World. They are giving 3 Promarkers to one lucky participant that enters using one of our images. Those with non-Stichy Bear digis will be entered in to a draw for $3.00 in our store.

 

 

 

 

I chose to use RED as my colour this week. I had to take a picture as well as scan my card with my scanner because I just couldn't get all the red to show up, and some actually came out looking black. I have uploaded both images so you can see it is all White & Red.

 

 

Camera Pic of Front

 

 

Scanned Pic of Front

 

Punched Heart Border, Ribbon Sentiment and Ribbon Roses

 

 

Close-up of heart punched corners and heart ribbon I added in corners on bottom

 

 

Here is a close-up of the "starburst" surronding some of the hearts on this paper. This is the reason I chose this digital paper pack. I fell in love with this specific paper.

 

 

 

Card Recipe

DP: Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet "Heart Throb paper pack" by Panda Bear Designs

 

I sure hope you will be around to join in the fun this week.

Hugs, xo

 



New Year, New Baby!

Good Morning Friends & Welcome Back!!

The Design Team at OSAAT is back as of today, with our weekly challenges, after a much needed break and some family time. What better theme than #195 - "Starting New", to kick off a brand new year? This could be trying a new technique, using something you had new for Christmas, or maybe a wedding card or new baby, even a birthday card is the start of something new

Our sponsor this week is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with $9 to spend in the store. To win this prize you MUST use a digi from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet. You can still enter with a none StitchyBear Digi Outlet image but will be entered into a separate draw to win $3 to spend in our store.

When thinking of 'new things' my mind automatically goes to the 2 new grand-children my hubby and I will be getting this year. We even found out the gender of each little bundle over the holidays! Our daughter and her hubby are having a boy due on May 8th! Our son and his wife are expecting their first child on June 5th, and its a girl! With these additions, we will have 4 precious grand-children, 2 girls and 2 boys!! 'New things' are pretty good I think :)

Keeping all this in mind, I'm sure my card will come as no big surprise to any of you, lol.
#195 - "Starting New"

Front

 

Handmade bow with butterfly added

 

Rocking horse trim

 

Image

As I said above, no big surprise on the theme I chose for this card ;)

Card Recipe:
Image and DP: Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp Outlet - "Baby Boy Digital Stamp & Paper Pack" by Coosty Creations.
Medium: Copics #B0000, 000, E21, 23, R000, 20, Y11, 13
Blue Cardstock: Paperbilities
Yellow Cardstock: Recollections
Ribbon: Offray
Rocking Horse Trim & Butterfly: Dollarama
Special Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch

I hope you will hop by all my DT sisters blogs and check out their fabulous posts this week. Maybe we can get your creative juices flowing again.
Hugs xo

Autumn Lamp

Good morning bloggers:

First off friends, thanks so much to all of you who were so sympathetic to my plight this past weeks regarding my broken glasses. Guess what??? I got NEW ones!! My prescription had to be changed too so having them break was rather a good thing I guess. Turns out it had been 3 years since my last exam and I really was going a wee bit blind. No excuses there now. The best part?? I no longer have to ask complete strangers what time my watch says anymore, lol. Why didn't I simply ask them what time it was you wonder?? I intentionally set my watch and clocks ahead about 10 minutes so that I'm not late for physical therapy appointments, chiropractor, etc. I have 3 appointments for these each week and have to take city bus to get there. That's why it was always strangers who had to read my watch. This way, I was being told the time I NEEDED to hear in order to make sure I was on time. Until 2 years ago, I was habitually late for everything! With my watch set 10 minutes fast, guess who isn't late anymore??

This week, at One Stitch At A Time, we have a challenge that fits in with the current time of year. It is #187 - Boo! (Autumn colours if you don't do Halloween). The sponsor of our main prize for this week is Creative Craftworld. They are generously giving 3 Promarkers to one winner who has used an image from the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet Store. One entrant using a non-Stitchy Bear image will win a Gift Certificate for $3.00 to the Stitchy Bear Outlet Store. Please remember that if you are not using images from the Stitchy Bear Store, you can only enter the challenge a maximum of 3 times. When you do use our images, you can enter as many times as you want.

It was nice that we were given that option by Choccy, as I don't do Halloween cards at all. I have never gotten a Halloween card nor have I ever given one out. The dressing up in costumes and going trick-or-treating was always enough.
Autumn colours are so beautiful and the season is so short that I take advantage of every chance to work with them. This time, I have an autumn themed birthday card to share with you all.

Front

Do you see all the distressing on the edges?

 

 

 

Flowers with orange rhinestone centers. There is my bow too.

 

 

 

Here is the sentiment tag I made.

 

 

 

Here is a close-up of the digital image I used. You can see the orange rhinestones I embellished my image with.

 

 

Card Recipe

Image: Floppy Latte Designs "Fall Lamp Post"

Medium: CTMH - Watercolour Pencils

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: CTMH

Rhinestones: Dollarama

Ink: CTMH "Black" & "Sunset"

Ribbon: 3 Girl Jam

Sentiment: CTMH "Perfect Fit - Halloween"

Special Tools: Creative Memories Custom Cutting System Ovals and 1-1/4" & 1-1/2" circle punches

 

I want to tank you so much for popping by to visit me and my card today. Be sure to drop by my teamies blogs too; I'm sure you will have a "spook-tacular" time there!

 

Hugs & Boos, xo

 

 

Spring Swing

Good Evening Everyone!
I am back to share another card with you. This time it is my Crafty Cardmakers Design Team card, and it turned out so nice, if I do say so myself. Our challenge this time is:

#97 1,2,3 - 1 IMAGE, 2 PATTERNED PAPERS, 3 EMBELLISHMENTS

Elaine  is our hostess this time and she would like to see projects along the theme of

1,2,3 - 1 image, 2 patterned papers

and 3 embellishments

Please ensure your project has the required elements in the required quantities and that you tell us what your three embellishments are

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED

 

Now, I will show you my card for this challenge:

 

Front

 

Handmade flower spray

 

 

 

Image Close-up

 

 

Side Lace & Sentiment

 

 

Bottom Lace & Die-cut Corners of Image

 

Card Recipe

Image: The Paper Shelter - 'Spring Swing'

Medium: Copics #B0000, 000, 00, 02, C3, 5, 7, E11, 13, 21, 23, 25, 29, 31, 33, 34, G24, R000, 01, 20, RV04, 10, 11, 13, 237

Cardstock: Copic & Recollections

Patterned Papers: Creating Keepsakes

Lace: Fabricland

Flowers: Shabby Chic & Crafts

Ribbon: Offray

Ink: CTMH ;Cotton Candy'

Sentiment: CTMH 'Perfect Fit - Birthday'

 

We are sponsored by

THE PAPER SHELTER

with a $20 gift certificate for their fabulous store

If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter is your one-stop boutique! This growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of themes such as everyday items, holidays, special occasions, children, adorable characters and creatures. Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, as well as in pre-colored format. Images are wonderful for coloring and make perfect additions to greeting cards and scrapbook albums. In "The Paper Shelter" you'll also find great other resources for all crafts (or digital) projects, like Paper Packs, Printables, Accessory sheet, etc.

and

WOODWARE CRAFT COLLECTION

With a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist, either in store or on line.



Woodware are a Yorkshire based family owned business, as well as distributing Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous Stamps we have a wonderful range of stamps designed for us by Francoise Read and Jane Gill. We also scour the world for new and innovative products for the crafty card maker, and have a great range of punches and tools of the trade, to find stockists in your area or to see the range visit the website www.woodware.co.uk.

Our design team are playing along with the challenge so check out our blog, which is there for inspiration at www.woodware.co.uk/blog.

 

I am entering this card into these challenges:

Pile It On - #30 'Anything Goes'

The Ribbon Reel - #58 'Rose Cottage'

                                            

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Please be sure you visit all of my DT sisters too. They have some amazing creations to share with you.

Hugs xo

 

 

Lady in Red

Good Morning Blog-Land:

How has your weekend been? It has been so cold here; I'm scared our summer is done already. We have actually had our furnace on for the past 3 days. Crazy, right?
Well, it is now time for a brand new challenge at One Stitch At A Time - #174 'Anything Goes'. I know how much you love this type of challenge, and all of us on the DT can hardly wait to see your creations this week. I know my team-mates would love to visit your blogs and they will be super happy if you visit them too.
To get you started with some inspiration, here is the card I made for this week:

Front

 

There are actually 2 different pattern papers on this card.

 

 

A rose on my handmade bow

 

 

 

A last look at the image I used

 

 

Card Recipe

Image: Ike's Art - Rapunzel

Medium: Copics #E000, 00, 21, 23, 25, R20, 22, 24, 29

Cardstock: Copic & Recollectiions

Patterned Paper: HOTP

Flower: Dollarama

Sentiment: Provo Craft Stickers

Bow: Details & Accessories Satin

Gems: Dollarama

 

 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Pile It On - #30 'Anything Goes'

Ribbon Carousel - 'RCC83 Celebrate Your Heritage & Show Your Country Pride' (Canadian flag is RED & WHITE)

The Paper Shelter - #122 'Anything Goes'

Craft-Dee BowZ - CDB03 'Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow

365 Cards - Day 202 Super Sketchy Sunday

 

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Hugs xo

Birthday Boy

Good Afternoon:
We have a new challenge happening at Crafty Cardmakers Challenge Blog right now and you still have 2 - 1/2 days yet to join in. Challenge #96 'Birthday' is the theme right now. He is what our wonderful hostess has to say:

Welcome to our latest challenge, hosted by Lin, who has chosen the theme of 'Birthday'.

As it's our birthday, 4 years since our very first article was published and Crafty Cardmakers was born, Lin would like to see your birthday creations to celebrate our birthday.
Please ensure your project meets the birthday challenge theme in order to qualify for a winner or Top 5 slot.

I made a card that shows one little guy who is REALLY enjoying his cake.....

Front

Bow & handmade tag

 

 

This silver paper is shimmery, but I don't think you can really see it.

 

 

Image - he is definitely enjoying his birthday cake; lol.

 

 

Card Recipe
Image: BB Kakes - 'Birthday Boy' from StitchyBear Digital Stamp Outlet
Medium: Crayola Pencils
Cardstock: Recollections & 'unknown'
Patterned Paper: A Buck Or Two
Shimmer Paper: Recollections
Ribbon: Dollarama
Sentiment: CTMH 'Say It In Style' stamp set
Ink: CTMH

We are sponsored by
DI'S DIGISTAMPS

 

with a $10 GIFT VOUCHER

 

AND

 

HOBBY ART
with this fabulous prize:-

CS028D Spring Clear Stamp Set

 

 

 

Be sure you stop by all my Crafty Cardmaker teamies blogs and leave them some nice comments on their projects. I know they would all love to hear from you :)

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, and I hope to see your 'Birthday' themed card in our list.

 

Hugs xo

Yo Girl!

Good morning friends;
Another week has come and gone and its time for a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time! This week is #172 - 'Use a Digi'. This theme is super popular with all of you, and we always have so many of you enter. I love going around to all the different blogs to see what each of you have been busy creating for us.
The card and image I chose to work with this week was super fun for me, I just love her and know I will be using her again. Here is what I made to share with you all this week:

Front

 

Die-cut Corner

Close-up of Butterfly Clip, Flower & Handmade Bow.

 

I tried to focus in enough so you can see the glitter I added to her nail polish and hair band. Its very hard to see on here though :(

 

Card Recipe

Image: Barbara Jensen 'Yo'

Medium: Copics #E31, 33, 34, 37, R000, 01, 20, FRV1, RV00, 02, 04, 06, V000, 01, 04, 06, 20, 22, 25 & 28. I used Spica 'Clear' on her nail polish and hair tie.

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: DCWV

Flower: Recollections

Ribbon: 3 Girl Jam

Butterfly Clip: Recollections

Special Tools: Paper Shapers Corner Punch

 

I am entering this card into:

A Die For a Sketch - #14 (corners have die-cuts on them)

 

                                                    

The sponsor for this weeks challenge is StitchyBears Digi Outlet with the digi images that the DT  team used in challenge #170. So that's $20 + worth of images.

 To win our main prize you MUST use an image that's available in StitchyBear Digi Outlet by any of our creators.. Remember to put a # after your name so Choccy can find you easily. Occasionally she does catch ones from our store but just in case please add # after your name.
 You can still enter with a none StitchyBear Digi Outlet image but will be entered into a separate draw to win $3 to spend in our store.

 

                       Be sure you check out all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of

                                             

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you decide to play along with us this week.

Hugs, xo

Watercoloured Flowers

 Hi again:
Its new challenge time at the Technique Time Tuesday blog! July's technique is called 'Blurred Vision Water Colouring' and as always, the fabulous Mynnette has an awesome tutorial on the blog for you. One thing I learned while making my card is if you are using CTMH inks, you must work VERY fast!!

Here is the card I made:

Front of my card

 

Close-up of the technique

Close-up of my tag, bow and bling

 

 

Card Recipe

Cardstock: Recollections

Patterned Paper: CTMH 'Chantilly'

Bling: Dollarama

Blue Flowers: Prima

Ribbon: Offray

Ink: CTMH - Sunset, Pear, Outdoor Denim & Cotton Candy

Sentiment: Hand written with CM pink pen

Stamps: CTMH

Special Tools: CM Fancy Square Punch for my tag.

 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons - #55 Make It Girly

Craft-Dee BowZ - July is Anything Goes

Cupcake Craft Challenges - #249 Anything But Square (it is rectangular)

Southern Girls Challenge - Leaves it Out (or on as the case might be) Mine are stamped on this time.

365 Cards - Day 174 Super Sketchy Sunday (I rotated the sketch onto its side)

                               

 

 

Thanks for popping by today. Be sure you check out my teamies cards too. I really hope you can play along with us this month.

Hugs, xo

Summer in Paris

Hello All :)

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!

 

It is time for a new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers! Challenge #95 - Holidays.....WAIT....ITS NOT WHAT YOU ARE THINKING!!  Josephine is our lovely hostess this fortnight and here is what you have to do:

Josephine would like to see projects that depict or are inspired by a holiday. Any holiday themed creation will qualify, but you might want to really inspire us, like a few of the team have below and create something to depict a holiday you would like to have, but have not gotten around to yet.

PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE RULES BEFORE ADDING YOUR CREATION AND CHECK IT MEETS THE CRITERIA AS LAID OUT ABOVE - ANY ENTRY NOT COMPLYING WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE REMOVED

 

 

I chose Paris as my holiday destination. Why you ask?? My hubby & I have loved each other for 30 years, (we were high school sweethearts), and Paris is the 'City of Love'. We have never been, but maybe some day we'll get there.

Here is my card:

 

Front of whole card

 

Eiffel Tower die-cut

 

Oodles of flowers, leaves & bling

 

Bottom Lace. I wove the ribbon into the lace first, then attached it.

 

 

Top Lace & More Bling. Here again I have woven the ribbon into the lace first.

 

 

 

I made both my bows on my 3 Girl Jam Bow Maker and added bling to the centers to both.

 

We are sponsored by 

SIR STAMPALOT

Sir Stampalot is a retail shop and online website that specialises in stamps, die cutting and paper-crafting goodies.  We try to offer exceptional delivery times on your orders as well as keeping our stock fresh, new and exciting!  Our dedicated team of card makers means we have a wonderful, inspirational online card gallery with many more cards still to upload!  Sir Stampalot ships internationally as well as domestic so why not check us out if you haven’t already – www.sirstampalot.co.uk.   Happy Crafting!

                                      with this fabulous Hero Arts embossing folder and stamp set

 

Card Recipe:

Cardstock: CTMH & Recollections

Patterned Paper: CTMH 'Chantilly'

Image: Die-cut Eiffel Tower

Ribbon: Offray

Lace: Walmart

Flowers: Prima & Dollarama

Leaves: Michaels

Gems/Bling: Dollarama

Special Tools: Cricut 'French Manor' cartridge, 3G Jam Bow Maker (always used for all my bows. I love this tool!!)

 

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons - #55 'Make it Girly'

Inspired by Stamping - Whoo Hoo Wednesday #107 'IBS Ribbon'

Simon Says Stamp - 'Anything Goes'

365 Cards - Day #177 Word Wednesday 'Beautiful' 

Addicted to Stamps - #59 'Gorgeous Lace'

An Inky Situation - #1 'Anything Goes'

Southern Girls Challenge - 'Leaves  It Out (or on, as the case may be)'

Pile It On - #26 'Bling'

Bearly Mine Challenges - #92 'Monthly Sketch'

                                      

 

The Ribbon Reel Challenges : #56 'Candy Colours' (create a card / project inspired by the photo and include FLOWERS, RIBBON & LACE.)

                                           

 

C....is for Challenge - #1 Flowers

                                       

 

Inspired by Stamping - June Blog Hop 'Vintage/Shabby Chic

 

                                        

 

Well, that is it from me today. Time to go and weed the garden for a bit then head out with my family to enjoy some Canada Day festivities. Have a fabulous day everybody.

 

Hugs, xo