365 Cards- Day 129 and 3 other challenges

My card today meets the requirements of 4 different challenges.

1. Day 129 over at 365 Cards is titled 'You have me in Stitches' here is what the challenge entails-

Stitch an image on your card. Not just around the outside of the card, but an actual image. A flourish DOES count, since these are typically quite detailed.

2. Cute Card Thursday #67 is 'Stitch in Time'

This week we want to see some sewing, either faux of real, on your creation!

3. A Spoon Full of Sugar # 59 is 'Hearts'
For our challenge this week we would love to see Hearts on your creations

4. Pile It On 'Make it Different'

This week's challenge is to use THREE DIFFERENT EMBELLISHMENTS - your choice - but must be different types

Ok so there are the challenges and here is my card



My 3 different embellishments are the Heart Charm, Ribbon and Gems.

I stamped the image and went round it with a needle before stitching the design, I don't know the make of the stamp, its one I have had a while.

I added the Heart charm (I found it in a drawer when I was packing yesterday) whilst stitching the Heart and added a small length of Ribbon

Sentiment was stamped in 2 half's by masking the stamp

Butterfly was printed on my PC and coloured

Gems from my stash.

Hope you like it

365 Cards - Day 128 - Card Recipe and Cupcake Craft Challenge

The challenge on day 128 over at 365 Cards is a recipe challenge

Here is the recipe:

1 5x5 Card
1 Rub-on image
2 Buttons
1 Piece of patterned paper
1 piece of ribbon - NO BOW
1 Sentiment inside the card

Challenge #47 over at Cupcake Crafts is Black and White, they announced today that Donna is taking over the running of Cupcake so it wont be finishing after all, Thanks Donna!

Here is my card



I found a piece of Sandylion paper and carefully cut round the design adding a length of shaped ribbon to the edge of the card. I added the rub on which is one of my favourites from Basic grey to balance the design on the paper. I then stuck 2 small white buttons in the top corner where there was a gap in the run on.

The inside is just a simple Thank You printed on my pc.




Card base is Black SU
Paper is Sandylion
Rub on is Basic Grey
Ribbon and buttons from my stash

Hope you like it.

365 Cards - Day 127 - Super Sketchy Sunday

Sunday was sketch day over at 365 cards and this was this weeks sketch that Pam asked to copy, I racked my brains yesterday for this challenge but nothing seemed right then this morning it all just fell into place.

This week is my Grandson Ryan last week at Primary School as he is off to High School after the summer so I made a card for his Teacher Mr Baker.



Just a Thank You on the inside as I will get him to right in it later



All of the paper and card I used on this card are from an old TLC kit I bought called School Days and all I have added is the stars and the ribbon from my stash.

Thanks for looking

365 Cards - Day 125 and The Pink Elephant

This card is just for 2 challenges

Firstly for the challenge over at 365 Cards - Its a Snap where Pam wants us to make a card with some sort of closure - possibilities include a snap, magnet, ribbon, twine/brad combo. I used the Black Ribbon

Secondly it is for The Pink Elephant challenge where they want to see your favourite Colour Combo, well mine is Black and White.







Apologies for the picture quality, it is very hard to take photo's here at night.

Card base is Black Bazzill, paper is Pink Petticoat, ribbon and gems from my stash and I don't know where the flower stamp is from as it was one of the very first ones I bought.

I have acyually managed to complete the whole week this week at 365 cards, just 2 weeks to catch up on!

Hope you like it, I am off to my bed now, back tomorrow

Happy 4th July! I have 1 card for 8 challenges!

Happy 4th July to all my friends over the Pond in the U.S.A.

I hope you are all having a great Holiday weekend, I think you must be as it is really quiet in Blogland today.

Today I have a card for 8 Challenges; not up to the 12 that I managed a few weeks ago but not bad all the same; Here they are

1. ABC Challenge asked us to make a card using U for United States. You can choose anything to fit this theme that inspires you, be it red, white and blue, stars and stripes, you get the idea.

I used the colours Red, White and Blue

2. Creative Belli Blog - This week's Belli Challenge is to create a card, scrapbook page, or project with a patriotic theme. You could use the colors red, white, and blue, or incorporate other symbols of patriotism, such as stars, firecrackers, flags, military symbols, etc...

again colours with stars and Stripes

3. Use It Challenge #17
- Use your newest papers.
- There has to be a name on the card.
- Use at least one button.
- Use your sewing machine or try to stitch a bit by hand.

I used some new Red Card along with some striped paper from the English paper Co. I hadn't used before, I have the name and the buttons and have hand stitched through the letters of the name

4. Saturday Challenge #39 - Use 3 Ribbons - I have 3 ribbons

5. Paper Blooms - Make a shaped card - Shape of a Star

6. Allsorts Challenge #8 - Make a shaped card - Shape of a Star

7. 365 Cards Day 126 - Show your True Colours - Make a card using only Red, White and Blue. - I have used all 3 colours

8. Pile It On - want us to use 4 or more Buttons on our project - I have 5 Buttons

Here is my card




Hope you like it!

365 Cards - Day 124 and Pile It On

I needed another man's card and thought I would use the challenge over at 365 cards for this, the challenge on Day 124 was Do It Yourself - Computer Generated!

Pam's challenge was to hop on your computer and Do-it-Yourself digital-style!

So here is my card based on a popular TV advert we have here in the UK.



and the inside



This card also fits the challenge at Pile It On this week which is to use at least 4 buttons and my card has 6.

Image is digital and so is the sentiment inside

I am off to work now but I will be back later to have a look at all the entries for this challenge

365 Cards - Day 123 - White Space and Creative Card Crew

So I have nearly caught up with the challenges over at 365 cards for this week but I have still got a few I need to do from last month as well which I am hoping to make a start on this weekend.

This card is for 2 challenges

Firstly the challenge for day 123 was White Space. That means absolutely NOTHING in the white space!!



This card also fits the challenge over at the Creative Card Crew who asked to see our wedding cards

I have an invite to a Wedding next Month so I have used these challenges to make a card for this occasion and here it is



Quite a simple card, I printed the Flourishes paper from Pink Petticoat and cut it to fit the corners of my card, I stamped the congratulations sentiment onto White card and mounted it onto Black.
Along the edge of the paper at the top of my card I have a length of Ribbon and along the bottom I have stuck some gems in order of 1 White heart and 3 Black gems.

Quick, simple but I love it!

365 Cards - Day 122 - It's a Wrap

The challenge on Day 122 over at 365 Cards was to make a card using wrapping paper so I begun the hunt for a sheet and this was the only one I could find, I tend to make boxes and use gift bags for presents.



Well it was all I had so this is what I did with it



I took a square white card and added a strip of pale Green along the bottom I then added some Magic Mesh to the top to look like a Goal net, I used white ribbon to imitate the lines on a football pitch and held that in place using 2 Blue Brads.

I cut the elements from the paper and glued them onto white card to give them some body, they were very flimsy. I used 3D foam to mount the Football Player, the Trophy and the Happy Birthday.

That's it, quick and easy for this one

365 Cards - Day 121 - Four Seasons

The challenge on Day 121 over at 365 Cards was to incorporate all 4 seasons onto your card, this left me a little stumped as I didn't have anything that represented the Seasons so I have had to improvise with this one.

Luckily for some of my fellow 365'ers (Rose and Gloria!) the Challenge Police has taken a break on this one so its anything goes, no rebellion on this one then!

Here is my card, I hope you can tell which image is which season!



I used my Rubber Stamp Tapestry Stamps to stamp a leaf border around the card in the colours the leaves would be in each season starting with Pale Green for Spring then onto a darker Green for Summer then down the side of the card to a Brown for Winter and along to a Red for Autumn and back to the pale Green at the top again.

The card isn't one of my best but it will do for this one as I don't have anything else to use.

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