Razzle Dazzle

Morning everyone, First post today is Razzle Dazzle,

I was up early this morning about 6.30am, becouse I was so excited as I have won some blog candy, Thank you Jeanette, will do a separate post when it arrives, I was so excited becouse I didnt know I had entered, this is becouse it was a surprise candy for people that left comments or was a follower, I just like Jeanettes cards and blog, so genuinely followed her before any of the blog candy things, I am a very happy bunny this morning (quite apt seeing as my surname is Easter lol)

This card I have made, is for the challenge over at http://daisyanddandelionchallengeblog.blogspot.com its called Razzle Dazzle,

I stamped my lovely Daisy and Dandelion elephant then coloured with sparkle, then mounted it onto a diamond background (out of my stash) added some lovely peel offs to get that extra bit of bling.

Red,White and Blue Butterfly

Its a dull and chilly Bank Holiday Monday here in Braintree, Essex,

So more reason to sit and craft, lol,

I even had a lay in this morning 7.30am, which is good for me,

This is my first card of the day, Its a Red, White & blue butterfly card for the challenge over at

Danni's blog, http://dannisdreamscrafts.blogspot.com/ even if you dont enter the challenge go and take a look at a lovely blog.

I stamped the Michael Strong butterfly in clear ink, then used red sparkle embossing powder onto white, I stuck the body and the antenna down straight to the card and the wings I used 3d foam pads, the background for the front is a mottled blue, with a red ribbon down the left hand side, I scalloped the right hand edge, so you can see the decorative punched red edging on the insde, the insert is a plain very pale blue, (doesnt show up in the photo - but thats me and the cameras fault)

Charming ..... its a Boy card

My Brother asked me to do a card for his friend, he heard this morning that they had a little boy,
So me being me just had to do one that I could use in a challenge, (yes I am obsessed by challenges - but it makes me do things I am not used to doing and helps get a stock up for my charity stalls and ebay)

I used a DL blank that I had in my stash, some mottled blue backing paper, I dry embossed the play cube (building block) the the Bunny is sitting on using my keepsake board.
The bunny was stamped and embossed and I used sakura pens to colour him, stamped the sentiment added the little teddy charm.
The insert is a matching pale blue.

I am going to enter this for the challenge over at http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com

whic is a non combining challenge, and the theme was to use a charm.

Project Tuesday with a Digi Image,

Here is my version of the Project Tuesday over at http://stampsandsmiles.blogspot.com

and I am also entering this for the challenge over at http://modernsugarblvd.blogspot.com

which is to use the digi image they have supplied,

I altered the image and cut of the long scarf, and as you can see from the pictures, I have done bother sides of the bag that I made from the Project Tuesday,
If it doesnt show very well in the photos I used a leather look type card to make the bag, then added matching ribbons to make the handles, Printed the digi image and coloured with sakura pens, (still cant afford to get copics), and then add my peel offs, and a tag, this has been done on both side hence the two photos.

Cross Stitched Bookmark - no2 for a candy with a twist,

Yay I have finished it in time before the candy with a challenge draw ends over at
http://changeofheart56.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-yummy-candy-with-challenge.html

I have sat and cross stitched this bookmark in 3 colours, red, pink and white,

Recycle Or Re Use,

I was totally and I mean TOTALLY out of my comfort zone this afternoon doing this,

Not the recycling bit, as I do that as much as I can, but I mean the glass painting bit,

I have made this odd glass we had, that hubby kept trying to get rid of, into a tea light candle holder, (even tho theres no candle in it when I took the picture as it didnt look right unlit)

I put two rose peel offs on either side of the main part of the glass and two leave peel offs around the base of the stem, then I coloured using souffle and glaze sakura pens,

There was a knack to keeping it level so it would dry without running etc,

I am entering this for the challenge over at http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com

I am please with the outcome, and might even do more, as I think they might sell well for the local RSPCA that I support with all of my sales

Black, White and One, with a sketch,

I have chose Purple to go with my Black and white for the challenge on

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-3-black-and-white-one.html

and also did my take on the sketch challenge over at

http://stampwithfun.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-3-sketch-von-marlene.html

The whole thing has been made from Black, White and Purple,

I even stamped and embossed purple butterflies on the topper, and found a purple skeleton leaf as well,

I made this into a gift voucher/money wallet style card, and took a photo of the inside as well, so you could see,

I know, I know, My photo's are rubbish, I can never get good shots,

Cutie Sketch and Recycled challenges

Here for my second card I have made today,

I have stamped this cute little Elly, and coloured him with sakura glaze pens,

I have used recycled (scrap bits) that I collect from making other cards, to make the topper background with the elephant on, and also to make the four squares on the back of the card,

and the little pearls and gold flower where bits that I had laying around that where from other things as well,

for the recycling theme challenge pop over to http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/2009/04/occ-challenge-get-ready-to-recycle.html

And for the great sketch challenge pop over to,

http://cutie-sunday.blogspot.com/2009/04/cutie-sunday-38-19042009.html

will be back later today with more card(s),

Well I did tell you I am a craftaholic, tehehehe,

Hand Cut decoupage planes

Good Morning, Its a beautiful day, nice and sunny,

I have made this hand cut decoupage card this morning, its of two planes, that I hand cut out and decoupaged up, then embossed the front of the card and cut down the embossing,

found two papers from my stash, and cut them to go on the card,

I also added a skeleton leaf, not sure why it just felt right,

I am entering this in the decorative cuts challenge over at http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

Penny Black Sketch Challenge

Here is a cheeky hedgehog from Penny Black,

I got the image stamped by a friend - thanks mary - so thought it would be rude not to use it,

I watercoloured hedgy, and then followed the sketch at Penny Black Saturday for their challenge this week,

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/04/week-45-sketch.html

Betty Boop - black dress and sketch challenge entry

This evening I have made this Betty Boop card,

I stamped and embossed Betty Boop and butterflys, then coloured them in with sakura pens,

the dress is black, and the butterflys are multi coloured,

I made my own backing papers,

I am entering this in two challenges,

1) Charisma Cards Black Dress Challenge - http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/

2) Stamp & Smile Sketch Challenge - http://sasthefreshbatch.blogspot.com/

let me know what you think of it,

ABC Challenge - J is for ........ Jagged

Here is my entry for a challenge over at the ABC blog, http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/2009/04/j-is-for.html
This weeks challenge is J for jagged edge,
I have water coloured the stamped image (penny black) then mounted that and the greetings all onto jagged edges, and then found this lovely shaped card,
I had a order for a auntie card so why thought why not combine the two,

Another double challenge entry card,

This is another I have just finised, and I am entering it into two challenges,
The first is http://www.stampavie.com/dt/2009/04/06/sav-challenge-01-sketch
which was a sketch challenge using stampavie stamps,
the second but no means least is for http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2009/04/tpe-challenge-10.html
whic was a colours challenge,

The stamped image I got from a friend as I have lots of stampavie stamps on my NEED list,
I coloured it in with water colours,
then I did my take on the sketch from stampavie blog,

I used Yellows, Greens and Pink for the Pink Elephant blog challenge as well,
the ribbon is a beautifil salmon pink,
The base card is a pale green, backing papers are a patterned yellow,

Chocolate Orange Sketch

This Is another entry for another challenge, I JUST LOVE DOING THEM,

This is for the Chocolate Orange Sketch at http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Where theres a great sketch and colour challenge, so my entry is above,

The stamped butterfly is from Michael Strong, and the rest is from my crafty stash,

which I have tons of and need to use it up so I can get more new stuff that I NEED, lol,

Double challenge entry - Bird and shapes

Here I have combined two challenges,

one is for Shapes, over at http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/

and the other is for birds over at http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/

The shapes as you can see are all layers and pretty self explanatory,

for the birds, There can not be any cuter birder than tweety pie, who I stamped and embossed onto yellow card then coloured his eyes, feet and beak.

Just to finish of the card I added gold peel offs around the edge,

The card I made myself by embossing and cutting it out myself.

Marshmallows and Chocolate Challenge

Marshmallows and Chocolate is the latest challenge on http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-55-marshmallows-and-chocolate.html

Above you can see the card I am entering into this challenge,

I have only used brown and pinks for this entire card,

the base card is pink, along with the upper layer and the middle layer of the circle, ribbons, and also the card I stamped onto is a pale pink, the rest is brown, I used a brown and a dark pink and a light pink for the colouring as well,

The stamp is unknown to me, as I bought it from a boot fair a long time ago and it doesnt have any markings on it, so if anyone can enlighten me, I would be grateful,

I am really pleased with this one,

hugs

Angie

Gift - Penny Black Challenge Entry

This is my entry to the 'gift' challenge on the penny black blog, which you can find here - http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2009/04/week-44-gift.html

I have had so much fun doing this today, It has several postcards in it, and a little note booklet,

All which I have stamped with penny black stamps, and on the back as you can see in one of the photos I have used the penny black postcard stamp,

To make the card bag, I used one of the glitter girls keepsake boards, called the multibaz,

I decorated the front of the card bag with peel offs and a 3d mouse which I think is like the penny black mouse on the stamp gone fishing,

This is going to be a gift for someone in a yahoo group I belong to,

hugs

Angie

Rainbow Lady Challenge - Danglers entry

Here is my entry into the Danglers challenge on http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/challenge-55-danglers.html

I thought it would be nice to do something else apart from a card, so I stamped the tweety onto shrink plastic coloured and shrunk them and made them into dangly earrings,

friday sketchers challenge entry for this week,

This is my version of the sketch on http://fridaysketchersblog.blogspot.com/ for this week,

I went for nice bold colours and a male theme this week for it,

layered reds and blues, and stamped the image, coloured it with various sakura pens,

challenge entry for sketch and stash,

Here is my entry for the challenge at http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/

The stamp was my stash that I hadnt used before,

the paper was one that I also found in my to be used stash, (bits not quite big enough for a whole card on their own)

I used my brand new h20's for colouring the embossed stamp in,