GUEST DT NUMBER 1 for....

The Outlawz Network-Monday Greetings Challenge

Hiya peeps

 The Outlawz are asking for Guest Design Team members for most of the weekly challenges (each day of the week is a different challenge so each person can, if they wanted to,

enter a different make for each day!). I answered one of their ads for the Monday Greetings Challenge. Within a day I received a lovely reply asking if I would join them as a GDT for the whole month, but I could only commit for 3 weeks out of this month of November. The best of it was,

that I was asked to be on, not one, but two of the days.

I delighted in saying yes, I would, but, again only for 3 weeks out of the four. Check in later in the month for

that post...
Oh, there is also a monthly progressive challenge where
you just email the coordinator and you will receive a free
digi to use, no matter what day of the month..

Taken from the website of The Outlawz:

First, I would like to give a little bit of history how The Outlawz was created. Over the years we have been in groups where there was drama and innocent people were dragged into it. So The Outlawz was created, a place where people could meet and share their crafting in a less stressful and more friendly atmosphere.....

....The Outlawz is a place to learn and share crafting with friendly chatter and we work hard to keep it that way.

We welcome all new members and are so happy you have joined us. Let’s keep the integrity of The Outlawz as a friendly, respectful place where we share our creativity.

Thank you,

Colleen Holmes,

Creator of The Outlawz

I was pointed towards the sponsors websites to choose

free digis to use for the Monday Greetings challenges

and out of all of them, I decided to go with

QKR STAMPEDE digi's

There was a few freebies and I chose digi15816 which I think is an Angel (it has different shaped wings than what you would associate with a Fairy). The theme for today's challenge is Angels & Fairies so the choice is up to you.

I am sure you are all aware of how my card was made,
the new item used is the digi (as above), the rest of the
bits are from my own stash. (Ive resound myself to use
what stash I have as I have waaaayyyy(!!!) too much).

I hope you will join The Outlawz site, even if it is just
somewhere to show off your makes in the gallery?
Think about it.....

Its time for Creatalicious!!

Hiya peeps

& 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Its time for a new challenge over at the wonderful

Creatalicious Challenge Blog

The theme for Challenge #150 is as always, ANYTHING GOES, but with optional embossing (wet or dry).

I havent used the option of any embossing but my

digi image is from our sponsor for this challenge,

 Little Blue Button Stamps and the prize for our winner

will be a $10 voucher to use on their website.

I have made a simple 6x6 inch card using a ready

made card base, It is part of a set of mixed shapes/folds.

The digi image was printed out on to a 225gsm plain white

cardstock, coloured using my pencil crayons, mainly using the metallic colours to give the sheen that I wanted.

I fussy cut out the coloured image out & stuck her onto the 

die cut Raspberry coloured circle. That die cut was then mounted on the base card using foam pads.

I added the small ready made bow (using silicone glue gel) and the sentiment (using foam pads) which is a pun on the mermaid, then stuck a piece of blue faint patterned paper on the inside (using double sided tape), all of which

are from my own stash. The final touch was the small sentiment on the inside, which is from Lili Of The Valley 

(printed on to clear printable sticky backed paper, from my own stash)

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

World Wide Open Design Team #10

Creative Craft Cottage #112

The Corrosive Challenge #10

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #83

Creations In Pink #3

Scrapy Land Challenge #100 (Circle die from Tonic Studios)

Its nearly Halloween!!!

  Hiya peeps

Its time for a Halloween card from me and I came

up with this beauty from Aurora Wings, she is called

Halloween Sprite, she was a freebie for a limited

time when you spent over $10 at their website,

here, or on Etsy, here.

The white card is from Papermill Direct, 
A4 sheet folded in half

The green card is from Sizzix which is part of a
60 sheet multi colour pack bought from
 Hochanda Craft Channel and TV shopping

The trees, an all-in-one die, Branched Birch, are
2 lots of die cuts just slightly overlapped from

Sizzix, designed by Tim Holtz.

The moon is just an odd shaped circle cut from a scrap piece of pearlescent & linen effect cardstock.

The toadstools, black cat & sentiment are all from

a stamp set that was free with a craft magazine

that I bought at some point that I cant remember.

I coloured Halloween Sprite using my set of

Newdoer 160 Ultimate Coloured Pencil Set

(that I bought from Amazon earlier in the year).

I also used a Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle

pen on the stars in the image. That set of 3 (all the same) are widely available from craft stores on the

High Street, Superstores or Websites.

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

Aurora Wings #72

World Wide Open Design Team #10

The Corrosive Challenge #10

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge #42

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #402

Animal Friends Challenge #67

Another card for one of my DT's...

Hiya peeps

Todays card is for a new challenge over at

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog

Our challenges are always Anything Goes

so why not give the challenge a go??

The card I made for you is a 15cm square card made using half a 30cm square piece of cardstock from Crafters Companion. Topped that with a odd blue coloured patterned paper cut down to fit the card.

Folded in half then I added the lilac loopy edge

ribbon to go down the card. I then coloured the

digital image from LeAnn's World 101  and shes

called Cindy, isnt she a delight? I matt & layered

her on a lilac card, then a flower with an

emphisised center on each flower patterned

embossed square and then stuck that, at an angle

with foam pads. The final touches were a few drops

of Buttercup coloured Liquid Pearls and then

Liquid Glass on Cindy's eyes and the bubbles

coming out of the bucket.

I would like to add this card into the following challenges:

BROWN SUGAR BLOG,#238 - OCTOBER THEME

FABRIKA FANTASY #25 HALLOWEEN

IF YOU GIVE A CRAFTER A COOKIE #104 PHOTO INSPIRATION 
(The title is my link, A witch is associated with
Halloween which is in the Autumn)

WORLD WIDE OPEN DT #10 AG

CREATIVE CRAFT COTTAGES #112 PRETTY PINKS OR HALLOWEEN

COLOUR CRAZY CRAFT #41 AG

WORD ART WEDNESDAY - WK 356/357 Anything Goes

THE CORROSIVE CHALLENGE #10 AG

LEANNS WORLD 101 #7 AG

CRAFTING WITH AN ATTITUDE #44 ALWAYS AG

William K T D: Congratulations!!!

Hiya peeps

Today I would like to show you a
New Baby Boy
boxed card that my best friend &
husband (of 40+ year) middle daughter
(I will call her R for this post),
she received this week.

Its extra large, at just over 9 in x 8.5 in
in white, is a triple fold backward opening card.

The main hand coloured digital image is from the
delightful Di's Digi Designs and the cute,
lovable image of animals (on the inside fold)
is called "Animal Shelf 2" & available here 

I coloured the whole image in using pencil crayons.

I would love to be able to tell you about any
of the dies that I have used on this card & box,
but, honestly, I cant remember!! (I have that
many and dont keep packaging for them)

Blue baby feet sheer & the baby themed shaped ribbons were bought from an old website.
They might be available from elsewhere...

Organza Pale Yellow, Pale Blue (wider) Satin
and the Blue Bay Washing Line ribbons are all
available from Crafty Ribbons here in the 
West Country, England.

All the items used for this card & box
are used from my own stash.

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

Di's Digi Design Challenge Blog - #For the Boys 

World Wide Open DT Challenge #09 Anything Goes

613 Avenue #213 Anything Goes optional twist Clean & Simple

Create & Inspire #77 Anything Goes or Inspired By A Song

Cute Card Thursday #550 Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge #10 Anything Goes


Crafty Sentiments Designs - AG