Feeling Blue?

I combined Cath's fabulous Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge in the Moxie Fab World with the current doodling challenge on the Kuretake blog and made this;

I used Crate Paper Random Denim, 7 Gypsies Lille, Ruby Rock-it Vintedge and Sassafras Lass Sweetly Smitten papers, as well as a striped, doodled paper drawn with a Kuretake Wink of Stella Black pen, Ribbon Girl ribbon, leaf and rose, Kesi'art paper flower with added doodled dots, mini peg from stash, Kesi'art heart die, Spellbinders square and postage stamp dies, sentiment traced and doodled with blue and black Wink of Stella, hand stitching and inking.

TFL!

Marie Antoinette

Sharon dared us this week at Daring Cardmakers' with the awesome theme of Marie Antoinette;

I want to see your Vintage Parisian/Palace of Versailles creations as this week's theme is

Marie Antoinette

There are lots of possibilities with this theme - your card doesn't necessarily have to feature the Queen herself, but can be in a Baroque/Palace of Versailles style, or something inspired by the fantastic gowns and wigs she wore. Or, you could even opt for a 'let them eat cake' inspired card (even though she apparently never actually said that!)

This is my make - a Bon Voyage/Road trip card, made using a map of Paris and Versaille found on t'internet as a backdrop, and 'actual' French scrapbooking papers and journalling cards.

I used Kesi'art Itinérance papers and journalling card, MME Miss Caroline Howdy Doody "Like" Ledger paper, Melissa Frances 5th Avenue Ebony paper, Ikea tape measure, Ribbon Girl and Kesi'art paper flowers, Ribbon Girl leaf and seam binding, Papermania eyelets, Tattered Angels chipboard frame (coloured with a promarker and glittered), Mark Richards pearls, cuttlebug and nestability dies, Melissa Frances rub on, staple, hand stitching and inking.

Don't forget to check out the DT's gorgeous Marie Antoinette inspired cards here!

A Nordic Christmas

It's the very lovely Fran's turn to dare us this week at Daring Cardmakers and she has chosen this beautiful photograph to inspire us all;



This is my card;




Made with Lots of yummy new October Afternoon, Ribbon Girl flower, twine and ribbon, Kraft cardstock, Nesties, inking and handstitching.

TFL!

Water, Water, Everywhere....

The theme for this week's Daring Cardmaking has been chosen by the lovely Vanessa and is;
WATER

You could make a card with a watery theme (lakes, rivers, fishies, boats etc), or maybe you'll find a way to actually use some water in the making of your card eg colouring with watercolours

This is my card - using a frozen water embellishment - aka a snowflake!



I used; MME papers and tags, a Sizzix embossing folder which I inked, Flowers, Button Twine and Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, a doily, Nestabilities dies and a felt snowflake from The Range.

TFL - and don't forget to check out the other watery creations here.

'Homespun Fall'

This week's Shabby Tea Room challenge is to use this gorgeous photo as inspiration;



and this is the card that I made;



using; MME, AC and OA papers, washi tape, Ribbon Girl flower, ribbon and seam binding, Graphics Fairy image, doily, spellbinders dies and a peg.

TFL!

'Happy Halloween'

The Shabby Tea Room's dare this week is to make a Halloween card using orange and purple and twine or raffia. This is the card that I came up with;



I used MME papers, a bingo card, doily and Ribbon Girl flowers (coloured with Promarkers, Ribbon Girl lace, Spellbinders dies, MM star brads, and I unraveled some twine to stitch around the edge.

TFL!

Fantastic Felties

Nat dared us this week at Daring Cardmakers;

This week I want to see you get creative with felt.
I just love the stuff but seem to always do the same old same old with it... so I'm really looking forward to seeing what creative ideas you come up with.
You can use felt to make your own handmade embellishments (even include some threading and beading if you're feeling energetic), use some pre-made felties, or even raid the accessories sale bins for something unique to add to your project!

I made this Halloween card;



and I used Simple Stories papers and stickers, cream felt (die cut to create a feltie skull), American Crafts Mixtape Spellbinders dies and googly eyes.

TFL - and don't forget to check out the DT's felt-tastic creations!

Jingle All The Way To Christmas

As it's the 25th, The Ribbon Girls have another fun festive challenge on their blog today - to make a Christmas themed project. Andrea and Mary have a fantastic prize on offer too;



and this is my festive card;



From the Ribbon Girl, I used;

Seam Binding
Pom Pom Trim
Red Berries
Blossom Flowers
Star Pin

I also used MME papers and die cuts, Spellbinders dies, a holly punch and adhesive pearls.

You can see all the details of how to enter and all the amazing projects made by the DT here.

TFL!

Boo!

Made for Papercrafts' October Gallery Challenge using Crate Paper Random, Spellbinders dies and Ribbon Girl Pom Pom trim, twine and lace.

TFL!

2Circles2Go

This week's Daring Cardmaker's dare is a sketch, taken from Kathy's marvelous Sketch File blog;



I rotated the sketch 90° CCW and made this;

I used OA Sidewalks papers and sticker, flower and button twine from The Ribbon Girl, Spellbinders dies, Papermania gem, peg and staples from stash.

Don't forget to check out how my very talented teamies have interpreted the sketch

TFL!