Creative Fingers Challenges - Rick St.Dennis

Well, here I am back with another post, this time I am here with my DT cap on for

Creative Fingers Challenges

this week our theme is Distress It & our wonderful sponsor is

Rick St. Dennis

There is, of course, a prize for the lucky winner. 

When I knew what our theme was, I knew exactly the image I wanted to use, it is Night before Christmas Santa, & here is my make

I wanted to use deep reds, so I found some papers in my stash that would fit in & set about distressing the edges, I am no good with a distressing tool, I can never get it to work properly. So I find running the edge of my scissors along the edges works for me. I rolled parts of the paper back slightly & glued it down onto my mat. 

I distressed around the edge of the digi too & added some punched snowflakes, as well as a satin bow. My sentiment has been stamped.

The image has been coloured with my beloved promarkers. The suit has been done in - Shale, Burgundy, Cardinal Red & Ruby. The skin in Coral, Sunkissed Pink & Blush, with Baby Pink on the cheeks.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope you'll join us this week & I look forward to seeing your creations.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Divas by Design: Use a digi

Fab n Funky: Traditional Christmas Colours

Holly Jolly Christmas: Traditional Colours

Created With Love: Christmas Red & Greens

The Stamping Chef - NR Mirror Mirror.

Good morning beautiful people, it's a cold one here in County Wicklow, but to brighten this grey day we have this week's new release from

The Stamping Chef

& as usual it's a beauty, she's called Mirror Mirror & you can find her here

Now before I share my make with you I want to remind you to pop by the blog to check out all the fun stuff going on for the 1st birthday of TSC & if you aren't already a member of our Facebook group, you can find us here

So, here is my make.

I adore her. For my card I used black cardstock as my mats & layered red cardstock onto it. The red had been stamped (for the back layer) & the top layer has a mask used on it. I used black soot distress ink.

I cut out a piece of coredinations with a die, ran it through an embossing folder & sanded it back. I then tied a bow & added it to one corner, using card candi in another.

I used my promarkers to colour the image. I then cut it out & mounted it onto the die cut, & there you have it. I kept it quite simple as I thought I'd let the image do the talking so to speak 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Brown Sugar: Anything Goes
Just Add Ink: masking
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz: Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs: Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze - Double team head to head.

Good morning bloggers, I hope you all had a fab weekend. This morning I am sharing with you my make for our double team head to head at 

Through The Purple Haze

All of us girls on Team A have been sponsored by

Stitchy Bear

& the image I got to play with is Dandy Lion by Kassal Digi Stamps

who a offering the winner $10 voucher to spend in the store.

Our theme this week is 

Anything Goes

& here is my make.

I used designer papers from my stash to layer onto brown cardstock. 

I coloured my image in with my promarkers & cut it out, I then added it to a frame I had cut with my dies. I also die some stars, buttons & a tag for the sentiment, which is simply DAD, also die cut. 

I wanted a border around my tag so I simply drew around the outside of the die & cut it out. I used so off cuts of red mirri I had in my bit box. 

I wasn't quite happy with this make, but it's kind of growing on me lol. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to check out what the rest of the girls have come up with.

Big hugs,

Teresa.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time:Use a digi

Pile it on: Animals with character

Quirky Crafts: Make us laugh

Happy 1st Birthday to The Stamping Chef,

Wow, can you believe it's November already, November brings the cold, the rain &

The Stamping Chef's 1st Birthday, 

be sure to pop by the blog over the next few weeks for the chance to win some celebration goodies & everyone who spends $10 or more will go into a hat for a chance to win a fab t-shirt. 

There is a fab free digi available to member of out TSC Recipes group on Facebook, so be sure to join & you can find out how to nab it, but be quick as it's only free until next Friday

So, here is my make,

Isn't it just THE cutest digi, I love it.

I wanted to use alot of colours in my image so I brought some of them over into my papers.

I used some bright ribbon & made a little flower & mounted them with some die cut foliage.

I used my promarkers to colour the image & inked around it before adding some faux stitching, & there you have it. 

I'm looking forward to seeing everyones makes with this.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Card Crafters Circle: Cute cards

Crafty Hands Challenges: Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything goes

The Stamping Chef - New Release

Good morning all, it's Friday so it's time for another new release from 

The Stamping Chef

& as usual it's another fabby one, she's called 

Screw You

& you can find her here in the Special's section, where she will be on offer for a limited time only.

So, here is my make & ssssshhhh but this one will be hubby's birthday card, don't tell him cos it's not until the 11th lol.

I matted some black card onto yellow & stamped it with white stazon, I had some little screw & wrench stamps in my stash.

I then ran some coredinations through an embossing folder & sanded it back. I stamped my sentiments onto black & also onto some of the coredinations.

My image has been coloured in with my promarkers. 

So, there ya have it., thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to pop by the challenge blog & join in if you can & we'd love to see you over on the facebook group too, you can fins us here xxxxx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

4 Krafty Girlz: Anything Goes #5

Crafty Little Fairies: For the one you love

Moving Along With The Times: no designer or digi papers

Papercraft Journey: Anything Goes
Seize The Birthday: Birthday
I Love Promarkers: Anything goes

Just Inspirational Challenges - Delicious Doodles.

Good morning blogland, this morning I am here with another challenge from 

Just Inspirational Challenges

& this week we are sponsored by the brilliant

Delicious Doodles

They of course have offered a prize for the lucky winner

Our theme this week is 

Use Kraft card or paper

& here is my make.

Now, I will confess I don't have any Kraft paper, sooooo I used the paper I had left over from wrapping my son's school books. I don't think it looks to bad. I stamped the edges with a little leaf stamp & mounted it onto brown card. I added some ribbon, handrolled roses & leaves. 

The flowers were also made from the paper. 

My image was coloured in promarkers before being mounted on brown card & I used a touch of green too.

There you have it, do pop by the main blog to see what the rest of the girls have come up with.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations: Anything Goes/Fall Colours. 

Created with Love challenges: Anything Goes

My Craft Creations: Anything Goes

Parade Your Crafts: Halloween/Fall

The Paper Nest Dolls: Anything Goes

First Christmas Card of the year. - With The Stamping Chef.

Ok, so I know as a crafter I am majorly late starting Christmas cards, but I now have the grand total of 

1 done lol. 

The fantastic image I have used is from 

The Stamping Chef & she is called Winter Wishes

She is just adorable & perfect for all the males you have cards to give to,

& so here is what I have done with her. 

My paper has been digitally embossed & recoloured to suit my card & I matted it onto black cardstock to make it pop. I cut out the latte cups & mounted them, along with my sentiment before adding some punched glittered black snowflakes.

I used a glue pad to stamp snowflakes around the bottom of my digi & brushed over it with mica powder.

The fabby image has been coloured with promarkers & mounted onto black. I then added glitter to the white parts of the santa suit.

So there you have it, my first, of many Christmas cards, thanks so much for visiting.

Promarkers used: 

Skin - coral, sunkissed pink, blush & baby pink for the cheeks.

Hair: Cool grey 2, 4, 5 & black.

Outfit: Shale, burgundy, cardinal red & berry. 

I added touches of ice grey 1 to the furry parts of her outfit.

Shoes: warm grey 2, 4, 5

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Glitter & Sparkle- Add some black.

Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges: Christmas

Sister Act Challenges: Anything Goes