Feburary Challenge for Seemacrafts

Today sees the launch of the February challenge over at Seemacrafts and the theme for this month is Valentine/Love and I decided I was going to use my new Bebunni love themed kit. I love this little bunny he is just too cute!

 I used a 6x6 card blank to make an easel card base and I cut a piece of white card to 6x6 for the top part. I covered this with some heart paper that I had in my stash and some plain red card for contrast, I cut a strip of silver mirror card and embossed this with some little hearts using a small embossing punch that was in a set my Sister bought me as a gift, this I then used to cover the join. I cut 4 corners using dies from the Emily Frame set by Tonic and mounted these in the corners. I mounted the foiled topper onto some of the red card and then silver mirror card and popped this to the centre of the card using foam tape to add some dimension. For the stopper I cut a strip of the same red card which I matted onto silver mirror card and popped this across the centre of the base. I added a sentiment and 2 die cut hearts to finish off  for what I think is a sweet card.

I hope you will join in with is and we have a fab prize for this month which was kindly donated by Kath (Mucky Paws) Halstead, it includes masks that she designed herself for Imagination Crafts and a tub of sparkle medium, a great prize I'm sure you will agree.

Just For Fun Challenge

Today see the halfway point over at the Just For Fun blog challenge and so it's the turn of team B to show of their projects. The theme for this month is new- new baby, new home etc and I chose to go with the theme of new job. I used a decoupage sheet from Joanna Sheen's Gruffie's selection and this is what I came up with.

I covered the A5 base card with some embossed paper that I've had in my stash forever and I cut two borders in a holographic mirror card using a Martha Stewart punch. I mounted the base layer of the decoupage and the sentiment onto the same mirror card for the mat and layered up the decoupage elements using 1mm foam tape. I added a thin ribbon to the middle of the card ans added a few gems to finish off my card.

Seemacrafts Challenge

Today sees the first challenge for 2014 over at Seemacrafts and the theme is anything goes. I had to make some cards for a friends 40th Birthday and also wanted to give a little keepsake too. He is a football fan and I came across this while looking at the designs on card-making downloads.

I printed all the sheets on to 250gsm super smooth card and cut out all the elements. assembled as shown in the photograph included in the file and decoupaged the little footballs using foam tape. I cut the acetate to size for the windows and made up the box. I cut the 40 topper on the cake twice ensuring to mirror the image on one of them on my Cameo and I attached one either side of a cocktail stick and popped this on top of the cake for a quick an easy keepsake that my friend absolutely loved.

Just For Fun Monthly Challenge

Today is the mid month posting for team B (that's me) over at the Just For Fun challenge and the theme is Christmas. I chose to make this card using a lovely sheet from craftsuprint as I just love the imagery used on it.

I printed the sheet on to 160gsm super smooth paper and cut out all the elements. I mounted the card base on to an 8" card blank and layered the decoupage using 1mm foam tape, then I added some iridescent gem stones to the centre of the snowflakes for a very quick, but beautiful card. 

Seemacrafts Challenge

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Seemacrafts and the theme for this month is Christmas (of course lol). I decided I wanted to do something a little different from a straight forward card and so I chose to make a shaker card.

 I used a sheet from craftsuprint and printed it on to a 160gsm supersmooth card, cut out the base layer and mounted this on to a blank 8x8 card and then to the back of the shaker topper I stuck a piece of acetate using doublesided tape. I used a 3mm foam tape which I placed so that it wasn't visible, (ensuring that there were no gaps) and popped some courser glitter on the topper and then stuck the shaker topper over the top. I added a few gems and some card candi to the corners to for a quick, but lovely card.

LEJ Designs is sponsoring again this month and the winner can choose any three digi's available on the website. I hope you'll join in with the challenge and thanks for stopping by.

JFF Challenge

Today sees the midway point in the Just For Fun challenge, which is offering some fab goodies from Seema (DT) of Seemacrafts,  and so it's design team B's turn to show off their projects which feature their favourite colour. I love blues and brown tone and because I have always loved the browns and autumnal colours I chose to use these on my project. I like different shapes for my cards for a change and so I decided I would make one of these fab shaped cards to show you.

 The kit comes from craftsuprint and is by Lisa Baglietto. Because my printer will only take a maximum 250gsm supersmooth card I felt that with the decoupage added it might not be substantial enough so I printed on to the usual 160gsm paper that I use and then stuck this to a 300gsm card using the stick and stay spray glue, then I cut around the card base and folded to make the actual card. I cut out all the decoupage elements and mounted those using foam tape for a very effective and easy to make card.

I hope you will join in with us over at Just For Fun and don't forget to mention your fave colour used when linking back to your blog.

November Challenge-Bright & Colourful

Today sees the start of the November challenge over at Seemacrafts and the theme this month is bright & colourful. I love owls and so when I cam across the cheerful sheet I just knew I had to make a card using it.

I printed the sheet on to 160gsm super smooth paper and cut out all the elements. Using a 6x6 (approx) card blank I stuck the base image on the card blank and the layered the remaining pieces using a 1mm foam tape. Instead of adding the last little piece of ribbon decoupage I found a little pink bow that I had in my stash and added that to the larger owl, a few little yellow gems to the centre of the corner bows and the card was completed.

I hope you will join in the fun over at Seemacrafts, our sponsor this month is the lovely LEJ Designs, who is offering 3 digi stamps of choice to the winner.