Baby Seal

Today is my turn to host the Blog for Cute As a Button and here is my card, I hope you like it!! This image is such fun and so cute at the same time!

Recipe

Image from  Cute As A Button  called Baby Seal - coloured with markers and pencils
Dp by Craft & Create
Border die cuts
Gems, ribbon and sentiment from stash

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3. DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies  Anything Goes with a Critter
5. Crafty Calendar- Totally Girly
6. Polkadoodles  - ANYTHING GOES
7. QKR Stampede - ANYTHING GOES
8. Simply Papercraft - ANYTHING GOES

Embossing

Hello and welcome to my Inspiration post, the theme is ~ Embossing! Therefore, I did. My card uses the gorgeous Come Softly and coloured her with pencils. I added an embossed frame BG which I distressed then added a piece of embossed card under the image. A word die completes the card.

Do checkout all the other wonderful makes by the fab design team on their posts this week. And please do feel free to join in with our Challenge this month, you too could win a great prize!

Also, why not join our Facebook group for a lots of wonderful inspiration and the monthly challenge

Jackiexx

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3. DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. Love to Craft  - Anything Goes
5. Fabrika Fantasy - Summer
6. Crafter's Castle  - Anything Goes 
7. Crafty Calendar  - Totally Girly
8. Crafting-With-Friends -  ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES
9. Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES
10. Polkadoodles  - ANYTHING GOES

Photo Inspiration at PDE

The Challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy this we

ek is PHOTO INSPIRATION. Please share your entries HERE. We love to see your work!

Recipe

Die cut pig

Heart BG die

Craftwork Bow

Avec DP

Pearl and sentiment from stash

Challenges

    Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 

     Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image

   DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter CraziesAnything Goes with a Critter

Card Mania - Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe  -Lots of layers

Happy Little Stampers Dies

Summertime/Seaside

This is my 3rd inspiration post for Ching Chou Kuik Facebook, our theme is Summertime/Seaside. With a chance to win wonderful prizes please enter your HERE.

Recipe

Image called Crimson Dream from the Grayscale set called Under The Sea set 2, coloured with pencils

Dps are Craft Sensations

Butterfly stickers and sentiment from stash

Challenges

•          Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
•          Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
•    D L.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes

• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes 
• The Creative Crafters  - Anything Goes 
• Sparkles Forum Challenges- Let's be Pretty
• Scrap From Your Heart - Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude Always Anything Goes

Paper piecing

Here at Always Fun Challenges we have a super new Challenge for you. This week our theme is- Paper Piecing. What will you share with us? We love to see your work! Please share HERE.

Recipe

Prima doll rubber stamping created with paper piecing and fussy cutting

Avec Dp

Border die

Charm and sentiment from stash

Challenges

1.   Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3.  DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. A Bit More Time to Craft  - Anything Goes
5. Always Happy Birthday 
6. Create and Inspire- Anything Goes
7. Let's Craft & Create Challenge - Anything Goes
8. Life in a Snapshot - Die Cutting or Fussy Cutting
9. Love to Scrap  - Anything Goes
10. Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge   - Anything Goes

Summer or Winter at ds4j

Soooooooooo........, no prizes for guessing that my choice is SUMMER!! I made this for my lovely friend  Margarets birthday and it inspired her to embroider this wall hanging. I am so pleased :)

Here is my mid challenge reminder for ds4j and our theme is as always ATG but we have an option of Summer or Winter for those who love a bit more of a challenge!

Recipe

Image called Dandelion from Digistamps For Joy

triple printed in green and coloured with a gold Spectrum pen

DP's and flowers are all Crafters  Companion

Gems from stash

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3. DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. Allsorts  - Flowers All Over
5. Crazy 4 Challenges - Shaped Cards
6. Scrap and Craft Inspiration - Summer
7. Crafty Catz - ANYTHING GOES WITH OPTION OF THINK SUMMERTIME
8. Jo's Scrap Shack - ANYTHING GOES
9. Polkadoodles  - ANYTHING GOES
10. QKR Stampede  - ANYTHING GOES

Add some Flowers ar Ching Chou Kuik

Hello and welcome to my Inspiration post, the theme is ~ Use some Flowers! So I did. My card uses the gorgeous Peony Dawn which is a  Grayscale Image. I coloured her with pencils and a white Sharpie. I added a lovely frame and some handmade paper flowers and gems. To finish I added leaf die cuts.

Do checkout all the other wonderful makes by the fab design team on their posts this week. And please do feel free to join in with our Challenge this month , you too could win a great prize!

Also, why not join our Facebook group for a lots of wonderful inspiration and the monthly challenge! 

Until next week, have fun!

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3. DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. Card Mania - Anything Goes
5. Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes
6. Crafty Girls Creations Challenge - Always Anything Goes
7. Create and Inspire  - Anything Goes
8. Creative Craft Cottage Challenges  - Anything Goes
9. Eclectic Ellapu- Red, White, and Blue
10. Love to Craft - Anything Goes

ATG @ Pause Dream Enjoy

The Challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy this week is Anything Goes. Please share your entries HERE. We love to see your work!

Recipe

Image from our kind sponsor Sherry Baldy, coloured with markers and pencils

All three Dp's are Craft Sensations

Silk flowers

Word die

Gems from stash

Challenges

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge Always Anything Goes 
The Creative Crafters  - Anything Goes 
Stempelsonnen Challenge  Always Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Challenges - Let's be Pretty
My Besties Aussie Challenge (M P1, E3, F SIR) July - Anything Goes 
LeAnn’s World 101 (M, P3, E3) #2 Anything Goes
Create and Inspire (M, P10. E3) #75 - Anything Goes

Summertime/Seaside

This is my second inspiration post for Ching Chou Kuik Facebook, our theme is Summertime/Seaside, perfect for this time of year. With a chance to win wonderful prizes please enter your HERE.

Recipe

Image called Misty Eyes coloured with pencils
All Dp's are Craft Sensations
Butterfly button, sentiments and starfish from stash

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3. DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
5. A Perfect Time To Craft  - Always Anything Goes
6. Always Happy Birthday - Birthday 
7. Card Mania - Anything Goes
8. Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes 
9. World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes 
10. The Creative Crafters  - Anything Goes 

ATG @ Always Fun Challenges

Here at Always Fun Challenges we have a super new Challenge for you. This week our theme is- ATG. What will you share with us? We love to see your work! Please share HERE.

Recipe

Molly Harrison image coloured with pencils

Shape stencil

Avec Dp's

Word and flower die cuts

Challenges

1.  Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3.  DL.Art Linky Challenge Always Anything Goes
4. A Bit More Time to Craft  Anything Goes
5. A Perfect Time To Craft  - Always Anything Goes
6. Card Mania - Anything Goes
7. Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes 
8. Crafteezee  - Summer
9. Crafts Galore Encore  - Always Anything Goes
10. Sparkles Forum Challenges - Let's be Pretty

The Inspiration & He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe

Oh my! Where do I start. I adore greyscale and Julia Spiri has released these two fabulous GS images! I am in heaven! The first is The Inspiration and the second  He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe, both are wonderful! I made the first as a subtle wedding card.

Recipe

First card features The Inspiration  coloured with pencils
A cover mount free emb. folder
Word die
Pearls

Second card features He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe
Craftwork Dp's and sentiment
Orchid die
SU punch

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image
3. Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes
4. Just Us Girls  - Anything Goes
5. Colour Crazy Challenge - ANYTHING GOES
6. Imagine That! Creative Playground  Year Round Link Party

Thank you/sympathy At Ching Chou Kuik

Hellloooolo, so happy! This is my very first DT project for Ching Chou Kuik as a full design team member!! Now I must confide in you, I adore colouring these images and I have had a blissful time making these cards :) the theme is Thank you/sympathy, Please enter HERE

Recipe

Image by Ching Chou Kuik called Flowing in blue from the grayscale set Hello Natural coloured with pencils
Border die
Word die
memory Box flower die

Challenges

1. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes 
2. Crafting-With-Friends - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 
3. Creative Fingers - ANYTHING GOES
4. Jo's Scrap Shack  - ANYTHING GOES
5. Polkadoodles  - ANYTHING GOES
6. QKR Stampede - ANYTHING GOES
7. Simply Papercraft  - ANYTHING GOES
8. Crafting With An AttitudeAlways Anything Goes
9. Crafting By Designs  - July Anything Goes
10. Crafty Creations -  Always Anything Goes