Crafting When we Can

This week on crafting when we can the theme is Friendship, so I decided to make a card for my best friend - My Husband. we are sponsored this week by Kenny K Downloads and I choose to use Mrs Claus for my card.

The image has been coloured with promarkers, the sentiment was computer generated. I have used the Tim Holtz clock using weathered core ordination card, added some muslin and somr holly with berries and that was my card made.

I would like to enter this card into

Cards for men - use 2 ( i have used 2 sprigs of holly)

Cute card Thursday - anything goes

Moving along with the times - last minute Christmas

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WOW

Todays card is for the Penny Black saturday challenge and I've used the sketch from this weeks Sketch Saturday to make it.

Penny Black challenge wanted white on white this week with only the image to be coloured. I have used the Sweet Snowman stamp and coloured the image with promarkers. The white card has been embossed using cuttlebug folders, swiss dots, snowflakes and sledding. I have also used quickutz dies for the tree and the holly.

I would like to enter this into

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - White on White

Sketch Saturday - The sketch

Joanna Sheen challenge (the 1st one) - Christmas Wishes

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crafting when we can and Friday Sketch Challenge

This week on Crafting when we can it is Borrow a sketch fortnight, We would like to see cards made with sketches from challenge blogs and please link to whichever challenge blog you have used.

This fortnight we are sponsored by the fantastic Tiddly inks and we were allowed to choose which image we wanted to use so I went for Santas Helper, and I have used the sketch on this weeks Friday Sketch Challenge blog.

The papers used on my card are from a Trimcraft 12 x 12 pad which I have had for ages, the words are on a Sizzix die. The image has been coloured used promarkers.

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Snoozing

Today I have made a card using one of my new stamps. Last week for my Birthday my lovely mum got me 4 new Lili of the valley stamps and this is one of them. I just love it.

I have coloured the image using promarkers, and then layered the image onto red card, cut using my new fleur de lis nestie. The papers are all from Hot of the Press which was a free pad with a magazine and the ribbon is from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into

Sketch N Stash - hopefully have followed the sketch and this time have used my new stamp.

Secret Crafter - this week they would like to see spots and stripes.

Here come the boys - who would like use to use red, white and green

Cards for Men - theme of Christmas cards for men

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Crafting when we can

Well another fortnight has just flown by and its time for a new challenge on Crafting when we can and the theme this time is female birthday.

We are sponsored for this challange by Stretch N' Bubbles and they have very kindly given us images to use, I have used Marcy. I have coloured the image using promarkers. The BP is Tim Holtz, The card that I have layered the image onto was from a pad of papers that came free with a magazine. I have added some lace and flowers, used a punch to cut the leaves and the sentiment is from craftwork cards and its from a set that I was very lucky to be given.

I would like to enter this card into

The paper shelter - all in pink

My partner in Crafting crime - use a freebie

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And another Christmas card

Yesterday whilst out shopping, I sort of accidently on purpose went to Hythe, where there is a real craft shop (something that is in very short supply where I live) and I saw this stamp and fell in love with it. It is a Joanna Sheen Giordano stamp called our family, it also comes with a sentiment but I haven't used it on this card.

I made this card with the sketch on Friday Sketch Challenge blog and I love it. I just used nesties to cut the squares and then embossed them in the sledding embossing folder and snowflake folder. The image has been coloured with promarkers and then I added 2 holly sprigs which I have had for years and never used.

I would like to enter this into

Friday Sketch challenge - the sketch

Charisma cardz challenge -make a cutsey project

The Paper Shelter - Christmas Fun

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Sweet Snowman

Today I finally got round to making a card to go with the sketch on this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge, it is such a great sketch I just had to play along (Thank you Nat).

I have used Penny Black sweet snowman stamp and coloured it with my promarkers. Used Nesties to cut the image out. The papers are all Hot off the Press and came free with a Magazine but I can't remember which one it was. I strategically placed the ribbon so that it was the sentiment as well, and then punched some small snowflakes from glitter card and used a cuttlebug die to cut the large snowflake.

I would like to enter this into

Penny Black saturday Challenge - Sketch

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - anything goes

A gem of a challenge - cold and frosty

Pollycraft challenge - anything goes

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Rory

Well, today I have used an old stamp called Rory by Sugar Nellie and I chose to use this stamp so that I could play along again with an Oldie but a Goodie challenge blog, I know I have plenty of old stamps but wanted to use an animal to go with cards for men challenge as well.

I have coloured the image using promarkers, the brown card is from my stash and the BP is Tim Holtz which I have also had for some time. I added 3 buttons and a string bow and an Adage ticket to finish.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges

Oldie but a Goodie - use buttons and bows as well as old stamp and stash.

Cards for men - theme of animals

Passion for promarkers - a day at the zoo (use animals found in a zoo)

Papertake weekly - anything goes

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Spooky goings on

This fortnight on Crafting When we Can the theme is Halloween and / or anything but a card or both. This week we are sponsored by Poodle Doodle images which can be bought from the digi garden

I have used a cute witch called Bekka and the pumpkins which come with the image.

The papers are from Nitwits along with the sentiment and the bats.

I would like to enter this into

Pollycraft monday challenge - spooky goings on

Saturday secret Crafter - Spooky or Whimiscal

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Christmas come Early

This fortnight the challenge on crafting when we can is the theme of Christmas come early and we are being sponsored by the fantastic Tickled pink stamps. They have a great range of both Digital and rubber stamps so pop on over to crafting when we can and you can be in with a chance to win some.

Here is my card for this fortnights challenge. I have used Tickled Pink Christmas lights Cherrie and coloured the image with promarkers, the papers are all papermania contemporary christmas and the sentiment is from stampin up.

I would like to enter this card into

Papertake weekly whose challenge is get in shape - to use 3 of them, mine are square, rectangle and circle

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Halloween

I've made a Halloween card this morning to fit with a few challenges. The image is a free digi download from Make it Crafty, which has then been coloured with promarkers. The papers and sentiment are all from Nitwits and I can always find what I want from them.
The challenges I would like to enter are

Sketch Saturday which I think I have followed
Secret Crafter Saturday challenge whose theme is Halloween
Moving along with the times whose theme is spooky halloween cards
Little Darlings whose theme is Fall or Halloween

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Crafting when we can

This week on Crafting when we can, we have a bingo challenge. Here is the grid





And here is my card

I chose to use Pink and Lime green , Distressing and Kraft cardstock.

We are sponsored this week by the amazing Sew many cards and Stryders list and I have used one of their images called Bear feeling sick. The image has been coloured using promarkers, the BP is Tim Holtz paper, the Doily is a Cheery Lynn die which I cut in Lime Green card and of course have used kraft cardstock for the scallop circle and the sentiment.

Please come along and join us this fortnight

I would like to enter this card into Cupcake craft challenges whose theme is Teddy Bears

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Giggle

Just about in time I think for this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge which has a theme this week of Friendship. I have spent a lot of the week thinking that I didn't have any suitable Penny Black stamps for this theme until I found this one in the bottom of a storage unit that I keep some of my wooden stamps in and I had totally forgotten about it. It is called Cool Friends so I think it meets the challenge ok.
The image has been coloured using promarkers, the papers are all from my stash, the card is also from stash and the Giggle stamp is one that I've had for ages and never used before. Just added a couple of lengths of bakers twine to go behind the image.

This also meets the requirement for Oldie but a goodie whose theme is one for the boys and seeing as most of the card has been made using old stash it fits in quite well

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Less is More 4

My 4th entry into the 1000 challenge set over on the Less is more challenge blog.
This time I have used an old stamp by island stamps called Peek a Boo. It has been stamped in brown versafine, edges torn, mounted onto some brown card also torn with the addition of this
string type material, no sentiment but I could always add one later.

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Hello!

Me again, with my 3rd card for the Less is more challenge this week, will they make 1000?
The hardest thing I find with making less is more cards is what image to use, some just don't work with the minimalistic look, and others do. I searched through my mound of unmounted stamps last night and found this stamp, it is part of a Joanna Sheen sheet full of cats (I got the dog one as well so maybe some dog cards will appear later).
I coloured the image with promarkers and then just added a Studio G sentiment which has never been inked before.

And its another one layer card!!!!

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Less is more No 2

And here is Number 2 for the less is more challenge. This time I have used one of my favourite stamps, I just think it is so cute, its an old Anitas one. I coloured the image with promarkers, layered this onto corrugated red card and added a hero arts sentiment.

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One Layer Christmas

I just love this image which I have had for at least a year now but never inked. It is called No peeking now and its by Little Claire. I have coloured the image with promarkers, and then just added a sentiment which came free with a magazine and stamped that in red.

Very simple card but I just love it.

I would like to enter this into

Less is more which is anything goes this week but trying to get 1000 entries so off to do some more to assist them and

Secret crafter Saturday challenge whose challenge this week is one layer.

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Bathing Beauty

I stamped this image from whipper snapper a few days ago with all intentions of making a card with her and have only just got round to making one. I have coloured the image with promarkers and the rest of the ingredients are from my stash with a sentiment from craftwork cards and 3 adhesive gems from hobbycraft. I'm determined to use paper and card from my stash for the foreseeable future as I have so much of it, I can't really justify buying any new bits for now.

I would like to enter this card into Crafty Catz weekly challenge which this week is a brilliant sketch by Aunty Sue.

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Black and Purple

When I saw what the challenge was on Cupcake craft challenges today, I knew that I had to play along, how can you resist when the challenge is Black and Purple, they don't want any other colours apart from skin tone and hair. I had to use this Kenny K download Troublemaker because I thought she would look great in purple and black. I coloured the image with promarkers layered this onto some purple card. The BP is from papertry and I hope I can be excused the small dots on it. I coloured some flowers and craftwork candi with promarkers and then cut a swirl and leaves in the purple card.

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Spit happens

Ok, so I don't know where I've been hiding these past months, but I have only just discovered Mo Manning digital images and I want them all, I'm getting there, I've got 2 now.
I have used Spit happens for this card, coloured the image with promarkers, cut a lace doily with my new die from Cheery Lyn designs and this one is French Pastry. The papers are nitwits and a free set that came with Homemade magazine, added some ribbon and craftwork candi coloured with promarkers and then the sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Friday sketch challenge - this is the 1st challenge and I for one am glad to see a new sketch challenge out in blogland, and i have followed this weeks sketch by Debra.
and
Mo's digital DP2 challenge and this is their 100th challenge and the theme is celebration and my card is to celebrate a new baby

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Fairytales

Well its time for our 2nd challenge on Crafting when we can, and I have to say I was blown away by the amount of entries for our 1st challenge.

This fortnight the challenge is this brilliant sketch along with the theme of fairytales










This time we are sponsored by the brilliant Spesch Designer Stamps and I have chosen to use the Loves me not image.

I have coloured the image using promarkers and all the papers are from the old English paper company.

Please come and join us again this fortnight




I would like to enter my card into

Di's digi design challenge, this is their first challenge and the theme is anything goes

and

Cute card Thursday whose theme is also anything goes

and

The paper shelter whose theme is fairies and elves

and

Papertake weekly whose thems is things with wings

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Hit the road Jack

Todays card is made to go with a couple of challenges and they are
Cards for men who want anything but square and
My partner in crafting crime whose theme is Planes, trains and Automobiles.

I have used a new digi stamp from Just inklined for this brilliant beetle image and a Kenny K download Teen Idol. Both images have been coloured with promarkers. The BP is from a messy rabbit pad by Joanna Sheen and I have hardly used it before despite having it for ages. Just added the words and the card was done.

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Baby Love

Thought I would play along with Pollycraft Monday challenge blog this week and their theme is Baby Love. I have used a Mo Manning digital image and have coloured this with promarkers. Th BP is a freebie from a magazine, the blue card is from my stash and just embossed some white card with the Swiss Dots embossing folder , punched the edge of the blue card with a Martha Stewart punch. The baby boy stamps are from impression obsession.

This card also fits with Charisma Cardz challenge this week and Secret crafter both of whose theme is inspired by a song, and I immediately thought of "When a Child is born" as a friend at work has just become a Nanny for the 1st time.

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Seeing Double

Todays card is to go with the brilliant Less is more challenge blog whose theme this week is Seeing double and its a one layer card week.   I went to my craft room to see what stamps I had that I could try to stamp double and after a few minutes I just happened to notice this stamp sitting on my desk and I thought Perfect.

I won this stamp a few weeks ago on the Penny black saturday challenge blog and this is its first inking.

I have stamped the image and then coloured it using promarkers, the sentiment is part of a sentiment stamp, its a clear stamp and I've got absolutely no idea where I got it from.

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