CBC Pens Pencils and Paints

I think this just about qualifies for the challenge on Crafts by Carolyn Forum.

I've been meaning to take part for ages.

I've coloured and used water on the pencils to colour Tilda, and then to glitter the dragonflies, I've used a glaze then sprinkled glitter on it before it set.

Ingredients:
Stamp by Magnolia
Sentiment - Cosmo Cricket
Punches - Fiskars, Xcut and The Punch Bunch
Pencils - Derwent Water Colour
Lace, brad, flowers and handmade paper from stash

CBC Challenge 14

Made this to put some pressies in.

It was such good fun, all I used was an old catalogue and a stapler.

I have a good mind to film myself doing it so you can have a go too!

It's quite a sturdy little bag, obviously wouldn't be great outdoors in the rain, but useful at home for bits and bobs.

It also fitted in with the CBC challenge no 14

A GIFT BAG

- You can make it from scratch
- Just make a header and use a cello
- or decorate an existing one

The boy's had been given a gingerbread house kit from their grandparents, they had great fun sticking the sweets on. How they resisted eating the sweets I'll never know!

CBC Christmas Challenge - Day 1

I'm a bit behind on the Christmas challenges on CBC, I've had a busy week!

Ok, so it's not Chistmassy, I needed a thank you card!

Ingredients:
Stamps by Stampin up! and Anitas, Prima Flowers, Fern Punch by The Punch Bunch.

Di Hickman and some tags

This was the card I made with the Di Hickman sketch this week, I was a bit stumped at first as I don't tend to like sets of 2 on a card, I like 3, 5 etc. However, I persevered, and am pleased with the result.

Can you tell I am totally loving my new fern punch?


Ingredients:
Prima Flower, punches by McGill, Punch Bunch and Martha Stewart, siticker by Brenda Walton, mini repro postcards and ribbon from stash and Pebeo pearl touch.

These are some tags I have done for a Christmas tag swap over at the Crafts by Carolyn forum. I am finding it a lovely community of crafters, enough going on to be interesting, and no preassure to participate at everything. Pop over and have a look...

Ingredients:
Prima Flower, punches by McGill, Xcut, Martha Stewart and Punch Bunch, Quickutz swirls, printed out music from ChristmasCarolMusic.org, brads, pin, fibres and ribbon from stash and Pebeo pearl touch.

And

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
To all my American readers

CBC challenge - Paper plus!

Thursday's challenge on the CBC forum was this

Today's challenge is to use patterned paper as the focal point of your project. The "rules"

• make the patterned paper your main focus
  
• you can add other embellies (ribbon, buttons, brads etc)
  
• you can add a sentiment if you want it (stamped, printed, rubons etc)
  
• no stamped or downloaded images - show off some of that beautiful paper you usually cover up with another layer!

So here's my card...


Ingredients:
Paper by Basic Grey, sticker by EK success and ribbon from stash.

Number challenge - Golden Wedding Anniversary card

Just so happened I was commissioned to make this anniversary card, and there was a challenge on CBC forum to make a card with a number on it, so here it is...

Ingredients:
Stamps by Inkadinkado, Martha Stewart doily and butterfly punch, number cut by Craft Robo, Prima flowers and ribbon from stash.

CBC - Black magic challenge

Just realised how spooky that title sounds... it really isn't... challenge was set on the Crafts by Carolyn forum

The challenge was to use black as a background for a card.