Ruby's Rainbow Recipe

We have a fun new challenge for you over at Ruby's Rainbow this week - we want to see your creations that use 3 Design papers, 2 Buttons/Brads & 1 flower. My creation uses two Tiddly Inks images, Lilli Lolita and the Open Book freebie, plus papers from the Dirty Jeans & Lipstick set at Crafty Chaos Designs.
These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Mojo Monday - sketch 206
Tiddly Inks Tuesday - reading fun
Paper Cutz Challenge - stars
Crafty Sentiments - ribbons and bows
Delightful Sketches - use digital paper
Alphabet Challenge - O is for Only 3 embellishments
Fairy Fun Fridays - inspired by a book (or by books in general, in my case)
My Mum's Craft Shop - 1 flower, 2 buttons, 3 patterned papers
Little Darlings - pleats or ruffles

I was (re-)framed!

As many of you will know, the Macabre Monday challenge this week is "I Was Framed!" and we're sposnored by Dilly Beans Stamps. And I LUUUURRRRVVVVVVEEEEEE these images so much that I can't leave them alone, so I made another project. This one uses Framed Girl and Spider, and the sentiment is by Graphicat Designs (this one really made me LOL when I saw it :D)
These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Sweet Stop Sketches - sketch 123
CR84FN - light blue, turquoise, neutral
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - spots and stripes
Shopping Our Stash - snarky, sarcastic or LOL
Totally Gorjuss - as you like it
Forever Night Freaky Friday - too cute to spook
Craft Us Crazy - anything goes

Who's fabulous? I am!

We have a super easy challenge for this fortnight at the Creative Card Crew - anything goes! Yup, anything at all, and we're sponsored by the super-fabulous Kenny K, so get creating and enter your creation to be in with a chance of winning! I've used an image from their new line of Steampunk Burlesque, and I love this chick! The backing paper is from the Jezebel's Remains set at Crafty Chaos Designs, and the sentiment is from Graphicat Creations.

These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Sketch Saturday - sketch 170
The Crafty Pad - distressing and tearing
Pile It On - girls just wanna have fun
Scrappy Frogs - bling
Stamptacular Sunday - DIVAtacular
Speedy the Cat's Friends - lace
Totally Gorjuss - as you like it
Our Creative Corner - grey and black with a pop of red
Crafty Catz - metal and lace
Delightful Sketches - digital paper
Crafts and Me - lace

I was framed!

Today's Macabre Monday challenge at the Haunted Design House blog is "I was framed!" and we want you to use, or create, or alter, or include a frame of some sort in your creation. And we're sponsored by the FANTABULOUS Dilly Beans Stamps! I love, love, LOVE Megan's images, so you'll be seeing a couple of creations from me this week :D This first one uses Hanging Heart Girl and I've used part of a poem by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt.
So get out your frames or framed images and come play along with us (and if you don't have any framed images, check out the Dilly Beans blog, because Megan has a whole slew of images that come with their own frames, and right now, if you buy 3, you get another one free!
These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Card Patterns - sketch 130
Irish Teddy's Challenge - flourishes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - portraits
My Time to Craft - girls
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Crafty Emma's Store - pink, brown, aqua
Stamps R Us - anything goes
Make It Monday - share whatever you've created

Distressed bookmark

Here's what I did today, both images are by Tiddly Inks, and the sentiment and arrow are computer-generated. I remembered not to do any borders, to minimise the evidence of wonkiness, woohoo! And then I distressed the edges as well, with colour AND scissors. Get me, I almost sound like a real crafter, don't I? :P The image shows the front and back of the piece.
And these are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Tiddly Inks - make a back to school bookmark
Color Throwdown - saffron yellow, plum and crumb cake
Ribbon Carousel - back to school
Creative Craft Challenges - anything but a card
Incy Wincy Designs - anything but a card
Take Time For You - anything but a card
Lothian Crafts Online - anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles - ribbon

Gothic newborn!

The current challenge over at the Smudgy Antics blog is "Gothic Newborn". I'm just playing for fun and giggles (and because I couldn't resist the theme) as I already have this week's prize. The image stamp and the fancy corners are both by Smeared Ink, available in the Mad Science and Glam Vamps sets. I've also followed the current sketch over at Deconstructing Sketches, but I think that might be it for challenges for this one, lol, for some strange reason, no other challenge blog has a "human baby as parasitic invasion" theme. :P

Halloween fun and games!

Simply Betty Challenges are having a Halloween card-making challenge in which the DT will pick the cutest, the funniest and the most original entries to win. My "cute" cards are not really up to scratch, so I decided to make a couple that I hope will be suitable for the funny or original categories.


My first card uses Valentine Emo Christian from Simply Betty and papers from the Eye of Newt set at Crafty Chaos Designs. I'd like to enter this one into the following other challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - sketch
Fab n Funky - monochromatic
Creative Inspiration - use text somewhere other than your sentiment
Top Tip Tuesday - masculine
Cards for Men - anything goes
Sketchy Colours - shades of blue
Hooked on Crafts - things with wings
Do You Stack Up - man or boy



And my second card uses the cute little kitty from the Witchy Wednesday stamp at Simply Betty. I'd like to enter this one into the following other challenges:
Triplicate Trials Tuesday - sketch + red, eggplant, taupe + fun and games theme
Making Halloween Cards - black cats and or banners
Pile It On - sweet treats
Craft Your Passion - sarcastic or funny sentiments
Ooh La La Creations - no patterned paper
Crafty Creations - animals
Totally Gorjuss - cute and cuddly animals
Crafty Emma's Store - banners/bunting

Back to school with StampInsanity!

We have a very timely challenge for you this week at StampInsanity - make something with a Back To School theme. I've used two StampInsanity images; Zeke from the Zeke and Maddie set, and one of the freebie Maddie images. And there's a fabbo sale going on right now at the StampInsanity store, use the coupon code AUG2011
Here are the challenges I would like to enter:
Come and Get It Challenges - sketch
Crazy Challenges - back to school
Kreative Stempelfreunde - school
Happi Challenge - use an image of a girl
Alphabet Challenges - only 3 embellishments
The Poodles Parlour - anything goes
Stempel Sonne - back to school
Penny's Challenges - back to school
For Fun Challenges - back to school
Fairytale Challenges - back to school
2 Sisters Craft Challenge - back to school
Creative Inspiration - back to school
Paperplay Challenges - back to school
Sassy Studio Designs - back to school

Who won the Dilly Beans images?

Remember a few weeks ago when I posted a card using a stamp by Dilly Beans and anounced there would be a giveaway? Well, Megan at Dilly Beans has put the names in a hat and drawn a winner, Debra Barrett :D Debra, if you email Megan at sillydillystampclub@yahoo.com with your choice of 10 free images, she'll get them right out to you :) And for everyone else who loves the images but didn't win this time, never fear, because Megan will be sponsoring us at the Haunted Design House next week, so stay tuned for more creepy cute images displayed by the DT and another chance to win :D
Here's another creation I made with a Dilly Beans image, this one is called Cupcake, Skull and Crow.



These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
One Stop Crafts - bold and bright
Craft Your Days Away - cupcakes
The Emerald Fairies - birthdays
Crafts 4 Eternity - flags or tickets or tags
Card Makin' Mamas - pink
Pixie Dust Studio - card for a teen or tween
The Pixie Cottage - birthdays
Divas by Design - birthdays
Crafting For All Seasons - tags
My Time To Craft - G is for green and girly in this case
A Spoon Full Of Sugar - birthdays
Anything Goes Challenges - birthdays
Pile It On - sweet treats
Birthday Sundaes - pink green and white
Hooked On Crafts - things with wings

Carnival of Curiosities!

Are you ready for this week's Macabre Monday challenge at the Haunted Design House? Of course you are! This week's theme is "Carnival of Curiosities" and we want to see something relating to circuses or carnivals, but of course with your own uniquely creepy and gruesome twists. The other minions have made some really superb samples this week, you should really go check them out. I admit, I had a bit of trouble with this one. It's a fabulous theme, with loads of scope for interpretation, and I knew straight away that I wanted to do a Freak Show piece using Cyclops from the Heebie Jeebie set at Smeared Ink. And then my mind went blank. Seriously blank. So this piece has been kept relatively simple, hopefully there's enough on there to catch your eye :)
These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Challenge Up Your Life - no patterned paper
Allsorts - frames
The Crafty Purple Frog - red hot
Rainbow Lady - be inspired by a song of your choice. Now, all the time I was creating this I was singing away to myself "Welcome to the freak show, we've got fun and games" and it wasn't until I Googled to see who it was by to give credit here that I realised the song is actually "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns n Roses :P
Aud Sentiments - anything goes
Shopping Our Stash - your weakest link. Mine is digi stamps again, but this time I have at least used one that has been in my stash uncoloured, so I feel good about that :)
Pollycraft - autumn colours
Ooh La La Creations - no designer papers
Take A Word - old-fashioned

Pink is the new black, and wonky is the new straight :P

Here's something I finished today, and, yet again, I've managed to make it wonky. If I'd remembered how bad I am at sticking things on straight, I wouldn't have done the stitching around the edges, but of course I didn't remember and now it's all stuck together and the stitching provides a perfect marker to accentuate the fact that it's not straight :P Both the stamps are by Tiddly Inks; the sentiment is from the Steampunk Sentiments Mega set, and the heart is from Love Hurts. I used a couple of 3D epoxy stickers, some ribbon from my stash and a Tim Holtz small swivel clasp.










These are the challenges I'd like to enter:
Challenge Up Your Life - no patterned paper
4 Crafty Chicks - metal
Really Reasonable Ribbon - clean and simple
Tiddly Inks Tuesday - inchie art. My window sticker things are slightly over an inch wide, but not by much, they're just under 3cm square.
Craft Your Passion - anything but a card
The Pink Elephant - stitching
Lothian Crafts - anything goes
Fab n Funky - stitching
Sarah Hurley Challenges - stitching