Off The Page: Creative Card Crew - Red and Gold

Are you ready for a challenge?  I found this weeks theme of Red and Gold over at Creative Card Crew to be a real challenge.  I had a few false starts before this project just all fell together.

We are lucky to have Scrapping Centre on board as the sponsor for this challenge.  Play along with us for your chance to win a voucher to buy your canvas and other crafting supplies from Scrapping Centre,


Supplies:
Mini Canvas
Gold Texture paste
Word Stamp
Flowers
Trinkets
Muslin
Red silk paint
Glossy accents - to glue it all in place
Gold paint to paint the little easel.


Thanks for popping by to visit.

Elle

Mini Album: Creative Card Crew - Star Christmas Ornament

So close to Christmas, and only a few short weeks til I am off my holidays.  But, it is time again for a  new challenge over at Creative Card Crew.  As usual we have an awesome sponsor...this week that sponsor is Simon Says Stamp, one of my favourite craft supply shops.

The theme for this weeks Challenge - Star... IF your star is not obvious, please let us know where to find it it!

For my contribution I have made a mini Star album.  This tiny little album will be the only Christmas decoration this year as we will be travelling...So this little album is only 5cm (2") tall.

Supplies:

Cardstock - C'ordinations, Kaszazz
Papers - Kaisercraft
Ribbon, Lace, Petaloo Flowers
Lindy's Stamp Gang

Measurements:
5cm x 8cm (5)
5cm x 8.5cm (5)
5cm x 9cm (5)

Following is a little look at the work in progress...

Here is a closer look at the little book when it is closed:

And when it is open in a star:

And finally a few of the pages.  

 

Thanks for visiting my blog this week.

Hugs
Elle

Card: Snowflake overload

Supplies

Mpress Dies, Cheery Lyn Dies, Memory Box Dies, Whimsy Stamps, Prima Paper

C'ordinations Card Stock, Lindys Stamp Gang, Pro Markers

Challenges

Crafty catz weekly challenge - Lets have Sparkle

In the pink challenge - Punches or dies

Joyful stamper - Anything Goes

Lady annes challenges - Anything Goes

The squirre land the fox - Anything Goes

Scrap-creations - Winter

Thanks for checking out my Snowflake overload...I am pretty sure I wasn't drinking when I made this...but, well hmm.

Hugs

Elle

Card - Wishing You

Supplies:
Martha Stewart Punch around the page, Mpress Dies, Whimsy Stamp and Die, Mazy Art Digi
Pro markers, Distress Ink Pad, Flowers, Ribbons, Hat Pin

Challenges

Dream valley challenges - Anything Goes
Paper Play Time - Anything Goes

Through the Craft room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers - More then One punch & or Die cut

willow sketchie challenge - Sketch provided

Stamptacular sunday challenge - Recipe Challenge

Challenges 4 everybody - Anything Goes

Paper take weekly - Ribbons or Pearls

Loves rubber stamps challenges - Fun with ribbons

Make it Monday

Hope you all like my cute little card.

Hugs

Elle

Card: Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Hi everyone, it's time for another challenge over at the Creative Card Crew.  This week we are sponsored by Marianne Designs.  Pop on over and check out the great cards by the rest of the crew...and have fun creating.

My card this week is Christmas themed as I work to get all my Christmas cards made.  My aim with this card was to keep it simple.

Supplies

Die - Marianne Designs
Card stock - Bazzil and Kaszazz

Card: Fairy Flowers

Yesterday I needed inspiration for a special Birthday card ( for today...bad Elle).  So I spent some time catching up on all the blogs I follow.  In doing so  I came across two blog posts that gave me all the inspiration I needed.

So, special thanks to Donna who posted an awesome card over at Cheery Lynn Designs Blog...  Check out this link for the card that inspired mine...Halloween Once Again.  After finding this card I came across the latest challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges, which is Fantasy.  After that everything came together.

I hope you like this card, the recipient loved it and that's awesome!

Supplies:
Bazzill Card stock
Prima 6x6 - Fairy Flora
Wild Orchid Flowers
Spellbinders die
Memory Box Dies
Magnolia Die
Sizzix Die
Boss Kut die
Stamp - Magazine freebie


Challenges:
Crafts and Me Challenges - Fantasy

Card: It's stocking time!

It's been so busy lately I haven't had the time to get into the craft room, and by golly I have missed it.  This past weekend I made time.  I cleaned up the mess out there and I then got down to some playing.

Given it isn't long til Christmas I focused on Christmas cards.  As usual I looked to the blog challenges for inspiration and there was plenty to be be found...

Supplies:

C'ordinations Card Stock
Kaiser 6" Paper pad
Sizziz dies
Embossing folders - various
Ribbon, lace flowers and hidden in there is a brass key.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Rustification.
Creative Insprirations - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky Challenges - Vintage
Divas by Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew: Purple

Hi Bloggers...It's challenge time again over at Creative Card Crew, but before we get to the challenge we wanted to send our warmest wishes to Jan, one of the awesome members of the CCC design team.

Jan, congrats on your wedding.  Wishing you all the very best for your future.

And to celebrate we are having a little blog hop showing cards that celebrate Jan's wedding: The hop starts with the  CCC  Challenge blog.  If you started there you will have come to my blog from Margaret's blog and from here you will head on to Joanne.  Happy hopping.

Hugs!

Now, on to our Challenge...

This weeks challenge is sponsored by the fabulous Robyn's Fetish.  The theme this week is Purple!  Why don't you pop over and play along with us for your chance to win some Digi images from Robyn's Fetish.

Hoping you all have an awesome week!

Take care.
Elle

Card: Gone Fishin

I stamped up a bunch of images to colour, and this one by Sullivan's stamps was just one.  I couldn't resist playing around with some drab colours to see how he would look.  And with Fathers day this weekend I guess there's no better time to think about your dad.  So that's just what I did.

One of the challenges this week called for 3-2-1... that made it fun.  So sets of 3 brads on two hinges and 1 other embellie.  Hope it met the formula!  Otherwise it was lots of anything goes.

Supplies
Stamp:  Sullivan's
Paper:  My Minds Eye - Dilly Dally, Bazzill card stock
Embellies:  Brads from Stash, News print paper bags  - Somerset Markets ( Etsy Shop, I just love Etsy).
Colouring:  Promarkers
Dies:  Spellbinders, T H  Alterations - Hardware, Boss Kut - Licence Plate, Sizziz - Blackboard Alpha

Challenges:

I love Promarkers  - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - 3-2-1
Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Anything goes
everybody-art-challenge - Anything goes
Totally Stampalicious - Anything goes

Creative Card Crew - Christmas

Well, it's that time again.  The theme this week over at Creative Card Crew is Christmas.  We are sponsored by the awesome Bugaboo.  Pop along and check out the other DT cards ...you wont be disappointed.

Quick comment on my card, I had this great paper by Megs Garden and the awesome image from Bugaboo so I wanted to keep it all pretty simple.  I love it..may not be able to give this one away.  We'll see.

Supplies:

Image:  Bugaboo Digi
Papers and Card: Meg's Garden 'a vintage Christmas', Therasa Collins 'Christmas Home', Bazzill, SU Whisper white.
Colours:  Promarkers
Embellishments:  Wild Orchard Crafts - hat pin, flowers, The lace doily was a thrift shop find

 Other Challenges:

challenge up your life.blogspot  - Christmas
craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk - Christmas in August
christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk - Red and Green
justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/ - Christmas around the corner

Card: Spread Your Wings

I love the new kite stamps and dies from Whimsy...they are great and they go with heaps.  This card is made with a digi image from outlawz challenges.ning.com.  The little fairy is one of those freebies you get with magazines.  I love the pastel look of this card.  And just to keep it all fresh the other Sentiment is from The Angel Company.

Supplies

Images:  Outlaws August  Digi Image, Whimsy, The Angel Company  Magazine Freebie

Papers: Prima "Fairy Flora', Bazzil

Dies:  Xcut Ornate Frame, Mpress Scallop Oval, Spellbinders Oval

Embellishments:  Kays Kreative Korner - Butterfly (Etsy Shop), Wild Orchard Crafts - Flowers, Lace from Frencheville.

Challenges

outlawzchallenges.ning.com - August/ Sept

thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk - Anything goes

www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com.au - Winged Things

pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - Birthdays

C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Fairies

Simon Says Stamp   - Anything goes

Card: Digi, boy's birthday

I'm home with the Flu, and have about enough energy to do any one thing for 30-40 mins before I crash.  So it's taken me a few days but I finished up my first Digi Card!  I used a fabulous digi image from kenny k downloads.

I have to say, orange and green are NOT colours I use very often (Halloween maybe?), but I am pretty happy with the way this came out.  This is also the first time I have coloured with promarkers, and again I am happy with my first attempt.

And don't forget to check out this weeks challenge at Creative Card Crew - the challenge this week is to use black card stock.

Supplies:

Kenny K Digi
My Minds Eye Paper
SU White card stock
C'ordinations cardstock
Whimsy Stamps and Dies

Challenges:
Memas crafts - Anything Goes
Oozak - Bright Colours
The Pink Elephant Challenge - Orange
Tando-creative-challenges - Texture
The poodles parlour - Use a digi

Card: Imagination knows no bounds

Last night I had a couple of friends over. They where keen to see what I did in my recent Tim Holtz workshops. The liked the Canvas project but they LOVED the technique tag book. They are now keen to pick a technique each time the come and have a play. So last night they picked the shabby chic tag. (Tag #9), they chose this one cos I didn't have a sample tag in place for this one. The reason being when I went to recreate this one I found I was out of clear embossing powder, which I replaced last weekend. So we picked a few different stamps to play with. And one was this Angel company background stamp, rather then shabby chic it took on a bit of a grunge look (never fear I did do a great shabby chic sample to finish the tag book). So I went with the industrial grungey type look and feel. I have to confess I still managed to get some Lindys mist in there... definitely addicted!

The gauges are great wooden embellishments I found on Etsy. The other two circles are from my jewellery embellishment collection and I added the spanner cos I just though it looked great.

Was a fun night, Monica and I both ended up with masculine cards, while Dee has a great shabby chic feminine card.
Elle

Layout: Hmm...

Did I mention that I was really inspired following my Tim Holtz Workshops?  Well, I was, am, whatever... Might also be that I loved working with the Swirly's 'So Chic' May kit.

Here is another layout that I have completed this weekend, two in 2 days is a lot for me...

I again used the Botanique papers from the kit, this time I used 'Imagine;  I also used a bit of my WoW Chicken wire chipboard, which I painted with Adirondack Metallic silver then dabbed on some of Lindy's Frolic in the Forest Black.

The 'hmm' was made using Thickers from the kit, along with the supplied microbeads.  I think this is the first time outside of a class that I have tried my hand at fuzzy cutting.

I would like to enter this layout to the following challenges:

Berry71bleu June-challengechipboards-chipboards

Card: Pretty in Pink, or is that Purple

You know how sometimes you really want to make something, you even know the stamp you want to play with, but just nothing comes to mind?  That was me this last several days.  I just wanted to be crafty but nothing was working.  I have three new half started projects, which in time will be finished and hopefully great, but...

Then, I checked my blog.  Thank god for my blog.  There was the inspiration I needed, all I had to do was follow the link to the Shabby Tea Room and check out the weekly challenge.

http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/week-118-shabby-beautiful.html

Supplies:

Kaszazz card stock
C'Ordinations card stock
Docrafts stamps
Flowers
Seam binding
Distress Inks
Water colour crayons
MPress dies
Lindys Stamp Gang Mists

Card: Paws for Thought

I loved the name of the challenge over at Crafty Ribbons Challenge  so much, that it is the name of this card.  The challenge made me think of this awesome Hot Diggity Stamp, I love this stamp and the pups in the picture all look so very deep in thought....

I drew a rough sketch that represented the sketchs from both Sweet Stop Sketches and Lets Capture These Sketches to see if they could work together.  I think they sorta do, lets see if the challenge owners agree.

Supplies:
Stamp:  Hot Diggity, Memories in the Making (sentiment)
Dies:  Nesties
Punch:  Paper Shapers
Pattern Paper:  October Afternoon - Thrift shop
Card Stock:  Bazzill


Challenges:
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Challenge #13 - Paws for thought
Sweet Stop Sketches - SSS147
Lets Capture These Sketches - Challenge #12 - Critters

Card: Purr-fect

I am loven the challenges, they give me a chance to try new things and remind me to play with old favorites.  This card is based on a sketch at Eat Sleep Stamp  and used the challenge at Penny Black at all Sorts.  I picked the bingo line Brown, Black and blue cos they are colours I don't normally put together.  And I used this stamp cos it is one of my favs.

Following is a close up of the bubbles...

And now that the racket next door that has kept us up all night has finally stopped, I am heading to bed to get a little sleep.  I am so tired I feel sick to the tummy...


Supplies:
Stamp:  Penny Black
Card Stock:  Stampin Up
Pattern Paper:  Kaiser craft
Colouring:  Distress Inks
Dies:  Nesties
Punch:  Tab - Stampin Up
Distress Stickles

Challenges:
Penny Black at all Sorts - Play Bingo ( Brown, Black & Blue)
Eat Sleep Stamp - Sketch #161

Card: Happy Times

I have been really wanting to bring more depth to my cards and other crafty projects, and am always looking for inspiration to use flowers or embellishments.  That's why one of the Blogs I follow is Let's Get Shabby.  So when I saw the latest Challenge and the rules ( Strawberries and Hearts) I thought of this stamp.  The I just had to have a go.

This one is called Happy Times, which if you look closely is in the text on the big heart in red, and on the little heart I captured "Happy".  After all who wouldn't be happy with all those strawberries.  And I figure you have to love them to carry so many at once...

Supplies:
Stamp:  House Mouse ( of course)
Papers:  October Afternoon - Thrift Shop (left overs from one of yesterdays cards)
Lace:  Stampin UP
Punches:  Hearts, Martha Stewart - Border Punch
Coloured with Distress Inks

Challenges:
Let's Get Shabby - Challenge #32: Strawberries & Hearts (any project) 


Only one.  This is a special card for a special challenge :}

OTP: ELLE

A couple of the challenges this week were 'Anything Goes',so I decided to splash out and play a little.  I had bought these letters at Christmas.  My original hope was to do 'NOEL', but I could get the N or O, I could however get the E and L. Given that is my name I decided I would grab the letters anyway.  

With this weeks challenges I thought it was a good time to do something with them.

This is my first take on this type of thing, I am happy with where they are now, but feel like maybe I can do more.  So I consider them Finished now, but am not ruling out a revisit later.

Love the Butterfly die, it is awesome! (Currently on loan from Pam, Thanks Pam!!!)

The papers are October Afternoon - Thrift Shop, the paint used was Jo Sonya.  And this flowers was made with fabric and Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers die.

I love, love love this heart, so I wanted to keep it simple and let it be the focal.  The lace is SU. And this ribbon used n the project is Seam Binding, died with Distress Stain.

The ribbon used to tie the floral bunch is SU Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding. ( I had fun splashing paint and smearing it here or there)

Supplies:


Papers:  October Afternoon - Thirft Shop
SU:  Cherry Cobbler Seam Binidng
Flowers  From my collection
Dies:  Tim Holtz - Tattered Flowers, Memory Box - Butterfly
Other:  Seam Binding, Paint and Distress Stain


Crafters Companion - Challenge #21: Anything Goes
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Challenge #7: Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge - Challenge #61: Altered Projects ( as long as it's not a card)

Card: Never ending Birthday

The Front

The first opening

The 2nd turn of the card

The back page.

I had several challenges in mind when I started this card.  I am pretty sure I met all of them.  For SOU challenges  it was birthday with SU supplies, for The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop it was anything goes ( but of course I felt the need to include ribbon!!!) and finally for Cutie Pie challenge the challenge was flowers.  I used flowers as often as I could and just as Corrosive Challenges  wanted, heaps of the flowers are popped up from the page!.

This card kinda just took on a life of it's own. But I really like the finished result.


Supplies
All supplies for this card are Stampin Up and include:
Punches:  1 3/8" Sq, 1" Sq, Tag, 5 Petal Flower, Butterfly, border punch
Stamps: Posy Punch, Terrific Tags, Birthday Bakery, Itty Bitty Bits, Natural Beauty, Butterfly Prints & Take a Spin.
Seam Binding and Ink : Cherry Cobbler
Cardstock and Pattern Paper

Challenges:
SOU challenges - Challenge #39: Happy Birthday
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Challenge #7: Anything Goes
Cutie Pie challenge - Challenge #12: Flower Power
Corrosive Challenges  - Challenge #163: Another Dimension