Creative Craft World challenge #5 Easle cards

This fortnights challenge over at Creative Craft World is sponsored by Stitch Bear Stamps.

Its to make an Easle card.

Heres my cards.... yes i loved using my image soooo much. I had to make 4 cards !!

It actually amazed me how much you could colour and adapt digi stamps ( It was the first time i have ever used them ) It wont be the last !!

For this easle card i backed the image onto Basic Grey, Green at heart. I added red ribbon as my stopper,so the card would stand up. The flowers are Prima,Love story. Kissing red.

I made this card using just black and white. I used my nestie die to cut scalloped ovals.As i wanted to change the shape of the standing up bit,so it looked a little different. I added black ribbon. The flowers were punched using my Nellie Snedden punch, i added glossy assents to 3 of the 5 flowers to give them abit of dimention. Prima e-line gems were added to the center of the flowers.The center scalloped oval has stickles in the indents to make it 'bling' alittle, but i also added a few gems to make sure ;o) I used card candy as my stopper so the card would stand upright. Being a nearly all black card i had to find somewhere that could be wrote on,hense the smaller white oval . This card has been sent to a dear friend whos celebrated her birthday on thursday ( waves at Sylphraven)

I felt the need to make a girly card too. So heres my pink version. With faux stitching as i just dont get on with needles !. I made the stand up section of this card 1/2 inch longer than the card so i could add the loops around the page and it would look effective. Burgundy ribbon was added to match the small amount of burgundy in the backing paper. Black gems were added to the card ,on the ribbon and i used larger gems as stoppers. On this image i carried the solid black onto the wingsand added less stickles and glossy accents. I think it looks really different.

This final easle card was a little trial that i wanted to have a go at. I used my nesties label 4 die so its actually quite small. On the black card before i added the image i dusted the paper with mica pigment powders. It gave the card a very subtle glint.The image i painted over with my new mica watercolours. I love the shine that it created. But it was VERY hard to photograph (hense the angle ;o) ) As a stopper i used a flower that i had made myself.I then added a few gems just so it shone more . :O) Overall a small but VERY blingy little easle card

I will do a little tutorial later this week for the flower that i made in my last card. I see some great posibilities with these little beauties :o)

Choccy x

MSE.............A card for Rusty

'It never rains but it pours'
This was what i wrote inside as my message to my dear friend Tammy.
Rainmac ( Sarah ) suggested that we did a challenge on MSE. A card for Rusty, so heres the card i sent her. Yes its one that i had made for a DT card BUT. What i wrote inside was so apt.. As she just seems to be having one thing after another,hense it never rains it pours ( Rain on the card )

Choccy x

Cowgirl's challenge #1

The first challenge over at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge is to make a card for Mothers Day or Spring. Well since we have had Mothers Day,here in the UK. I opted to make a spring card.
My fellow teamie from Creative Craft World is a member of the Design Team here. So i wanted to show my support :o) (**waves** to Sarah)
The image is a stitchy bear stamp digi download called lil' angel. She has been coloured with Promarkers and has had stickles added so they glittered,her halo has glossy accents.
The flowers are e-line Primas that have been coloured with Promarkers. The leaves were punched with my Nellie Snedden punch. I added white satin ribbon and baby pink organza ribbon to the stamped area of the card. Then popped on 2 baby pink gems, just for added 'bling'.

Choccy x

MSE Padingtondoo's 'B' challenge

Heres my entry for our MSE challenge which was set this time by Padingtondoo. It was to make a 3 'b' card. With an extra challenge to include as many B's as possible...... Weeeeell Choccy loves a challenge ;o)
So my 3 'b' s are Blue. Beige and Bow
Heres my extra challenge ;o) 2 b or not 2 b ( as ive nicknamed it )

I started with a blue card blank. Backed onto MME paper in beige,brown and blue. That was then backed onto Beige Bazzil Basics.
The image is one from Penny Black. Showing a big black cat relaxing in a beige,brown, burgundy and blue bra or boob brace as i often call them. It hangs onto a bright red washing line with big brown pegs. Theres also a pair of big beige, brown and blue briefs and burgundy and blue briefs.
The bright orange and bright green butterflies have been blinged up using stickles. Ive added a burgundy bow to the card so that it matches the burgundy bow on the bra. Black 'bling' gems were added to the image and blue 'bling' gems were added to the card.
As the image was one of an outside scene i added 4 blooms to my card. These were from my stash and included. A beige bloom with brown bling. A brown bloom with blue bling. A blue bloom with brown bling and a blue bloom with blue bling. I then added a big blue butterfly so that it tied in wit the garden theme and the bling butterflies. I finally added 3 blue brads to the top of the card and doodled a bright buzzy bee around the blooms.

So thats it my B card with the description of the card that include 72 b's Well words beginning with b that are included in the card:o) LOL

Choccy x

Lili of the valley #52

Here comes Summer

Well its about time we all had abit of sunshine !! I wanted to make my card cheery, so mr.sun would want to come and play :o) Or just chillax under a tree ;o)

I would like to enter this card in Lili of the Valley challenge # 52

Choccy x

C.R.A.F.T. Shaped card

Challenge #48 this week at C.R.A.F.T. Is a shaped card

My friend had asked me to make a card for her mums birthday. So heres the card i made. Its deffinately not square ;O)

I decorated the card with MME paper and ivory stardream card.
I used ivory ribbon wrapped around the handle and added abit of bling to the 'clasp'
The MUM was cut using my sizzix dies.
The flowers were Prima e-line white ones that i coloured using my Promarkers.

I had great fun decorating this card, it was more time consuming than i thought it would be. But i think that the overall finished card was worth the effort.

I would like to enter this card into C.R.A.F.T. 's challenge #48

Choccy x

Magical Crafts # 14

This fortnight sees a brand new sketch challenge at Magical Crafts





Since a dear friend of mine Rainmac ( Sarah ) has taken a well deserved place on the DT team. I decided i wanted to show my support by taking part in these challenges as regularly as my time made me able.


So heres my entry to Challenge #14 the first challenge that Sarah has been part of the DT team.

I used a scalloped card blank
Backing papers were Basic Grey
The sweet pea image was sent to me, by a fellow Creative Craft World DT teamie ,Sarah.
The flowers were Prima e line coloured in Promarkers as was the image
Swirls were cut with my sizzix die.
Card candy was used for the flowers centers and gems taken from my stash.

I would like to enter this card in the Magical Crafts challenge # 14

Choccy x