my Time To Craft DT card

Just got back from a day out, the plan was to go to Bird world at Bourton-on-the-water in the Cotswolds as well as the motor museum with my son and grandson but the great British weather put paid to that as its rained most of the day so Bird Land is on hold until another day, we did manage the museum, after that we ended up in Cheltnam.Mind you I'm thrilled to bits that I have been picked as a Ginger Gem again this week....Its a great challenge site that gives you some great inspiration and tutorials by lots of talented ladies.
You are probably aware that this is the last challenge at 'its a crafters companion challenge' as the company has now set up their own blog with a monthly challenge there, so Rachel who has run the challenge site is now in the process of setting up a different challenge blog.....so watch this space as they say.
Today's DT card for My Time To Craft and is following the theme of Wild Things....now mine is a cutie card featuring a free digi download from Cuddly Buddly as I must confess I have nothing that would fit the theme.....and elephants are a wild animal lol, the papers are also a digi download from Cuddly Buddly called Patchwork in the colour Plum......still on offer with 25% off.

Challenges
Pink Elephant......use bright fun colours, apt name of a challenge site since my card features a pink elephant.
Paper Play.....up in the air, includes balloonns.

My Time To Craft

Today is the start of another challenge at My time to Craft, this week the theme is called Damask Delights so you can interpret this any way you like. For my DT card I went for a more traditional interpretation and used just damask designs for the card, using a cuttlebug folder for the main image which I then embossed and a damask stamp for the backgroung image again I embossed this. Have fun interpreting it and I look forward to seeing all your fantastic entries.

hugs from Daniele

Winter Birthday Card

Todays card is a winter birthday card which I have to admit I struggled with a bit as I had to come up with a DT card as well as, my mojo I think has had a day off. The stamped image is a Penny Black, the snowflake on the background of the image is from Crafty Individuals which I stamped in Broken china and embossed using holographic powder , the papers are from Basic Grey....Eskimo Kisses and the background plaid is from Paper Cellar, flowers are from the new capsule collection from Papermania. I recycled a christmas card using the glitter snowflake on the flowers and the glitter strips which are on the ribbon.

I have entered this card in the following challenges: Crazy4Challenges  which has the theme of a Birthday card, Basic Grey have a lovely image as inspiration to follow, Lots to Do have the title winter wonderland, I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday, Polka Doodles have the challenge of using a song title....Cool for Cats by Squeeze, over at Crafty Angels you have to recycle a piece as do Rainbow lady.  Pink Elephant have the theme of a winter birthday card using two papers and three buttons...I kinda improvised here and used brads instead........ Hoping I'll be let off with my faux pas Polly Craft also have a challenge of doing a winter birthday card.Incy Wincy want you to add bling...I,ve got glitter and diamante brads. Pink Elephant has a birthday challenge, Stamp with fun challenge ths week is Snowflakes and Crafty Angels have the theme of texture, I've snowflakes to the flowers and sparkle to the ribbon.Another challenge that has snowflakes as the theme this week is Everybody Art

Hugs from Daniele x

My Time To Craft

Morning everyone today sees a new challenge at My Time To Craft the theme is Blue and Brown so dust off your stash and join in the fun

Papertake have the theme of new beginings.........baby
Creative card crew challenge this week is distressing

Z Fold Card

|T|he challenge this week at My Time To Craft is a Z fold card.....I went for a simple layout with a hint of vintage, Design coloured with sakura pens and papers are K& Ko, sentiment is from Papermania. I entered the card in a few other challenges;
lots to do theme is anything goes as are also the challenges at Polka Doodles and Charisma Cardz The theme is New Something at Daring Cardmakers and over at Creative Card Crew they also have a free theme as well as a DT call.Celebration is the theme atCupcake Craft challenge

Hugs Daniele x

Chocolate card

Yum yum my kind of challenge at http://lotstodocallenges.blogspot.com/ the theme is favourite chocolate bar...now thats a daft question for a chocoholic but one of my favourites is Turkish Delight so hence the pink/chocolate colours. The ribbons are choccie coloured and crinkled for effect. The torn papers represent tearing into the bar and the sketch that I followed is from http://stampwithfun.blogspot.com/and the theme over at http://quixoticpaperie.blogspot.com/ is tearing

Hugs Daniele x

Very Vintage

Another week and another challenge..... this week sees the theme of Very Vintage at My Time To Craft so get out your distressing inks and tear it up and join us in a vintage challenge

Hugs Daniele x

vintage christmas card

I have used stamps from Crafty Individuals and distressed the edges of the background paper, the main image background was distressed and then it was spritzed with water to get the mottled effect, the card has also been entered in the following challenge: Incy Wincy who have the theme Anything Goesand Ink on my Finger who have the theme of Hollyand the Ivy.....sorry no Ivy but got the Holly, Everybody Art have the theme Christmas, Creative Card Crew have the theme of Favourite Things.....easy love christmas and fave technique at the moment is distressing, Spoon full of Sugar have a colour theme Brown with either blue or Pink, 365 cards ,theme this week is Tied up in Knots.....tag has 2, Lots to Do have a free theme going this week...nice and easy one, Daring card Makers challenge this week is to use something starting with your Name i.e. D for Daniele....D=distressing  oh I think that this may be a personnel record for me....lol

Hugs Daniele x

My Time To Craft

Morning everyone its Tuesday and that means another challenge at My Time To Craft, this week we have the theme of..................Under My Umbrella. So lets see all your lovely designs and join me and the team for some fun, remember it can be any piece of art as long as it includes something to depict the theme.

Recipe

Stamp from Sugar Nellie

Papers are from Basic Grey

Flowers are from Tabby Crafts and Bee Crafty

Big Hugs

Daniele

x

Too Many Scallops ---My Time To Craft Challenge

My First challenge Card

This is my first card as a design team member at  My Time To Craft the theme this week is RIP IT UP, so this is my take on the challenge. The papers I have used are from the Paperbox, as I love plaid I just had to buy this paper not bad at £3.49. The edges have all been torn and distressed inked. I inked the edges of the background paper and then stamped the border.The sketch is from Sketch and stash (the papers are new)

Design Team Member

OMG I have been picked by Wendy to join her on her Design Team over at My Time To Craft, I only found out when I went to see what this weeks challenge was, what a great surprise.Just wanted to say hi to the other design team members and hope that we have lots of fun and inspire everyone to join in the fun.

Bright & Zingy

I hope this card fits the theme at Magnloia this week, its about as bright and zingy as I get. I followed the sketch from Sketch and Stash as it was a simple sketch but gave you the opportunity to jazz it up,the new stash I used for this was the flowers  the blue ones are from http://www.beecrafty.co.uk/ and the other two flowers are from Tabby Crafts .....loving these. My Time to Craft have a DT call and the criteria is quick and cute well I managed to complete this card in under 30mins, which is quick for me lol....

Snow Buddies

I've followed the sketch for this card from Mojo Monday's challenge, the greeting has been stamped onto acetate and then heat embossed with cosmic shimmer embossing powder, the background panels have been embossed with dots to represent snow. Over at ABC challenge the theme is embossing and My Time To Craft's challenge this week is the title  "Snow Buddies" so I've entered this card into all three challenges.