New Sparkles Challenge - Thank You

It's time for our first challenge of the year on the Sparkles Challenge Blog and our theme this month is 'thank you'.   Have a look here for all the details.

For my card I've used one of the stamps from The Greetings Farm Miss Anya set.  I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers and used papers from Craft Creations.

The sentiment is from Visible Image and the flower was made using a die from Sweet Dixie.

New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - For a Teenager

We've got a new challenge on the Cardz 4 Girlz Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'for a teenager'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used an old Greetings Farm stamp set called 'Me Time Anya' - the sentiment is part of the same set.  The paper I've used is from Anna Marie Designs.

The Squirrel & the Fox - One for the Girls and I've Been Published!

The new challenge at The Squirrel & the Fox has just been launched and this time our theme is 'one for the girls'.  You can see all the details, plus the winners of the last challenge and lots of gorgeous cards from my fellow DT members here so please go and take a look!

My card was made using one of my Greetings Farm Anya stamps - this one is from the 'Miss Anya Collection' and I thought it was perfect for this challenge!  I've used some patterned papers from a pad that was free with one of the craft magazines and some Kraft paper from Craft Creations.  The little sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

A couple of challenges for this card - Papertake Weekly - 'get in shape' (oval, rectangle and square) and Craft Your Passion - a card for all occasions.

And my other news - if you've got the latest issue of "Simply Cards and Papercraft", I'm featured on pages 46 and 47 of the little booklet that comes with the magazine, "Designers' Guilde to .... Christmas Cards"!  The card is one of the ones I made with the Red Gingham Christmas stamps from Little Claire, "The Robin and the Ivy".  I was really pleased with the way it looks although I must get a better photo!!

Jade

This stamp is Jade from The Greetings Farm 'Roll Call' set.  I've used it to create a very simple one layer card using a scalloped card blank from Craftwork Cards - it's just stamped and coloured with Promarkers.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts - one of my favourites from them.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - 'clean and simples'

Alphabet Challenge Blog - 'Q is for quick and easy'

Less is More - 'anything goes'

Saturday Challenge - 'one layer card'

Just for You ....

For this card I've used a new stamp from the Greetings Farm 'Miss Anya Love' set.  I die cut the easel card using a set of rectangle dies from Go Kreate - the brown base layer was also embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.  The paper is from Pink Petticoat and the two sentiment tags from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - 'my favourite things' (the easel card, pink and brown colour combintation, the Anya stamp, my Cuttlebug)

Divas by Design - die cuts and punches (my dots are punched and the card layers are die cut)

I Love Promarkers - 'include flowers' (second entry)

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - 'something old, something new' (the stamp and paper are new and the die cuts and embossing folder are old)

Happy Day!

This little guy is part of a set called 'Happy Day' from The Greetings Farm - I have to admit that I've the set for a long time (!) but had only ever used the little girl image from it before.  I think he's very cute although I'm not too sure about the creatures he has with him!!  The black and white papers I've used (spots and stripes) are from Craft Creations and I coloured some Card Candy with my black Promarker to match the design.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

Sketch n Stash - I followed Vicky's great sketch

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - 'one for the boys'

Totally Papercrafts - 'spots and stripes'

Alphabet Challenge Blog - 'H is for half a dozen' (my Card Candy)

Here Come the Boys - 'spots and stripes'

Craft Your Passion - 'seeing red'

Pear Tree Designs - 'stamp something'
Crafty Cardmakers - 'spots and stripes'

Here Comes the Sun!

The paper I've used on this card comes from a Pink Petticoat pad that was free with a magazine I bought this week and as soon as I saw this particular design, I thought it would be perfect for a summer themed card. 

I've used one of my Greetings Farm Anya stamps and a peel off phrase from Little Claire Deisgns.  I've added a Cuttlebugged strip of card across the middle of the card, some black peel off lines, faux stitching and some Card Candy.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Saturday Challenge - embossing

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'here comes summer'

Pollycraft - 'travel/holidays'

Papertake Weekly - 'here comes the sun'

Crafts and Me Challenges - 'we are in stitches'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'summer'

A Little Bit of Me Time ....

I have used any of my Greetings Farm stamps for a little while so yesterday I used the 'Me Time Anya' set to make some ATCs for a swap.  I love these little characters and the other bits and pieces on the stamp sheet and they're the perfect size for ATCs. The paper I've used is from Do Crafts and (although you can't really see them on the photo) I used pale pink pearls to finish off the ATCs. 

I'd like to enter these in the current challenge at Divas By Design which is 'anything but a card' - hope ATCs count for this! 

Another Valentine Card

Here's another valentine card made with one of my Greetings Farm stamps - if you look closely, she's holding an envelope with a little heart on it! I've used some Dovecraft heart paper, punched hearts and some ribbon on a scalloped Craftwork Cards blank. I'm entering this one in the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - valentine

Charisma Cardz - valentine/love

Bunny Zoe - love is in the air

Paper Sundaes - valentine

Birthday Girl

I've made this card using one of my Greetings Farm stamps - I don't have a label on the packet so I'm afraid I don't know the name of this particular stamp but I think she's a real cutie! I've used various sizes of circle and scalloped circle dies to cut out the different layers and my background paper is from the Forever Friends 'Spring Time Pack'. I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Happy Birthday

Oldie But Goodie - bright and cheerful (I've had the stamp about seven or eight months at least)

Pear Tree Designs - circles

A Little 'Me Time'

I haven't tried any sketch challenges for a while so yesterday I tried two and here's the first. The sketch is from the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog and I've used one of the SWALK stamps as well as a sentiment from The Greetings Farm 'Me Time Anya' set. My backing paper is from Dovecraft and I've also added some ribbon from Little Claire Designs. I'm also entering this in the 'anything goes' challenge on the Crafts and Me Challenge Blog.

Winter Anya

My final card for this evening! This one was made using one of Greeting Farm Anya stamps, coloured as always with Promarkers. The striped background paper is from K&Co and I've added some punched snowflakes, nail head gems, crystal gems and ribbon to finish it off. I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Pear Tree Designs - where the theme is 'colourful'

Anyone for Anya - girlie fun

Anyone for Anya? Sketch Challenge

And this is my entry for the Anyone for Anya? challenge blog sketch challenge.

My image is, of course, an Anya one from The Greeting Farm and she's been layered onto papers from Dovecraft with a sentiment from Craftwork Cards. I've added white paper flowers and little black gems to finish the card.

Oldie But a Goodie Challenge 2

This is my card for the second challenge on the Oldie But a Goodie Blog where the theme is 'pink and girly'. The stamped image on your card has to be at least six months old - mine is from The Greetings Farm and is from one of the first sets I bought called 'Me Time Anya'. The words 'pamper yourself' come from the same set.

I've die cut circles and scalloped circles to make my card and then added a paper flower coloured to match my image and some backing paper from Craft Creations.

Anyone for Anya? Monochromatic

And finally for today, here's my card for this week's challenge on Anyone for Anya? where the theme is monochromatic.

This is one of the first Anya images I bought (she comes in a set with a summer and winter version) and still one of my favourites. She is coloured with Promarkers and layered onto a scalloped then plain oval and I've added some punched flowers at the side.