THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #12 - ANYTHING GOES + option UGLY SWEATERS

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #12

I love making Xmas cards.
We now have two Design Teams with inspiration for you!
Holly & Ivy Team and Tinsel Team...I am part of Tinsel team!
We will post our projects on alternate weeks
Here is my DT project for this week.

Our theme will be....
ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS with option UGLY SWEATERS

This is my inspiration for you this time...

 

 I used a decoupage snowman image for this project.
I made a 5.5 square base card.
I layered the front with a 'snowy' background paper then decoupaged the image.
I put some red twine through the hole in the top of the 'ornament', used a sentiment from the decoupage image sheet and used red twine to make a bow to go on the sentiment tag.
I hope you like what I did.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you next week!!

Hugs,

Mary x
DT for The Merry Christmas Challenge

CREATIVE CRAFTERS CHALLENGE #2

Here is our second challenge at THE CREATIVE CRAFTERS Challenge Blog

We had a very successful first challenge so thank you to everyone who entered!
I do hope you will join us again for this challenge!

To start with our challenges will be all ANYTHING GOES

and just for fun. We may drop a prize in every now and then.

So here is my DT project for this challenge....

 

So do please stop by the blog and visit my other team members blogs.

We have a very talented bunch of ladies!

Have a wonderful crafty day!

Mary

DT/Owner at The Creative Crafters

xxx

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #10 - ANYTHING GOES +CHRISTMAS (option TROPICAL)

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #10

I love making Xmas cards.
We now have two Design Teams with inspiration for you!
Holly & Ivy Team and Tinsel Team...I am part of Tinsel team!
We will post our projects on alternate weeks
Here is my DT project for this week.

Our theme will be....
ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS with option TROPICAL

This is my inspiration for you this time...

 

I hope you like what I did.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you next week!!

Hugs,

Mary x
DT for The Merry Christmas Challenge

LET'S CRAFT & CREATE CHALLENGE #135 - ANYTHING GOES + option EASTER

Hello lovely people!
We have a new challenge starting today over at

LET'S CRAFT & CREATE

The theme for this challenge is....

#135 ANYTHING GOES + option EASTER
This is my DT inspiration for you this time around.

 

Iused papers from EASTER GREETINGS from PION DESIGNS.
I used dies and stamps from HEARTFELT CREATIONS FLOWERING DOGWOOD collection.

Hope you like it and I hope you will join our challenge.

Happy crafting!

Hugs

Mary x
Owner & DT member at
Let's Craft & Create

Would also like to enter this to following challenges....

LOVE TO SCRAP --- #107 - Anything Goes
CREATES & MAKES CHALLENGE --- #19 - Anything Goes

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS - MARCH BLOG CHALLENGE - FLOWERS

Well here we are with Challenge #12 for.....

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS BLOG CHALLENGE
The theme for this challenge is....
ANYTHING GOES with option FLOWERS
You can read the rules....
HERE
So here is my DT inspiration for you!
I used Andrea's image 'CHERRY BLOSSOM'

You can purchase it

HERE

 

I hope you like what I did with the image and it will give you some inspiration.

Thank you for visiting today.

Happy crafting!!

Mary x

Design Team member at Sheepski Designs

MIX-IT-UP CHALLENGE #11 - ANYTHING GOES + option MAKING YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE BLOG

Please feel free to take our blog logo and display on your own blog.

***THESE ARE OUR CHALLENGE RULES**

The challenges at MIX IT UP will run for a whole month,

You can enter up to 5 projects in our challenges and combine them with as many 

other challenges as you wish.***

All our challenges will be 'ANYTHING GOES' with an optional twist. 

Your projectscan be anything, cards, ATC, Mixed Media, 3D Projects, Altered Art, papercrafts

and/or scrapbook layouts. We want to 'mix it up'!

The challenge will close at 6pm EST (11PM GMT (UK time)
on the last day of the month.

We hope you will join us for all our challenges.

This challenge -   

ANYTHING GOES with optional twist MAKING YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

This is my inspiration project for you.

I made this background by colouring through a stencil with Distress Inks in various colours of yellow/green/brown on white card.

Hope this will give you lots of inspiration.
 Happy crafting!!

Mary
DT for Mix It Up Challenge


Would also like to enter this card into following challenges....

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #8 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES with option ELVES

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #8

I love making Xmas cards.
We now have two Design Teams with inspiration for you!
Holly & Ivy Team and Tinsel Team...I am part of Tinsel team!
We will post our projects on alternate weeks
Here is my DT project for this week.

Our theme will be....
ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS with option Elves

This is my inspiration for you this time...

 

I hope you like what I did.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you in two weeks!!

Hugs,

Mary x
DT for The Merry Christmas Challenge

CHALLENGE #1 THE CREATIVE CRAFTERS - A Brand New Adventure!

Well it is finally here!

The very first challenge at THE CREATIVE CRAFTERS Challenge Blog

I do hope you will join us for our very first challenge!

To start with our challenges will be all ANYTHING GOES

and just for fun. We may drop a prize in every now and then.

So here is my DT project for this challenge....

I decided on something simple this time.

I always think black & white look very classy and these patterned papers were perfect too!

So do please stop by the blog and visit my other team members blogs.

We have a very talented bunch of ladies!

Have a wonderful crafty day!

Mary

DT/Owner The Creative Crafters

 xxx

Would also like to enter my card into the following challenges....

MONOCHROME MAGIC
Challenge #8 Monochrome or Monochrome with a Twist of Black and White

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #6 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES with option CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #6

I love making Xmas cards.
We now have two Design Teams with inspiration for you!
Holly & Ivy Team and Tinsel Team...I am part of Tinsel team!
We will post our projects on alternate weeks
Here is my DT project for this week.

Our theme will be....
ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS with option CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

This is my inspiration for you this time...

I hope you like what I did.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you next week!!

Hugs,

Mary x
DT for The Merry Christmas Challenge

LET'S CRAFT & CREATE CHALLENGE #134 - ANYTHING GOES + option MOTHERS DAY/MOTHERS

Hello lovely people!
We have a new challenge starting today over at

LET'S CRAFT & CREATE

The theme for this challenge is....

#134 ANYTHING GOES + option MOTHERS DAY/MOTHER
This is my DT inspiration for you this time around.

 

I chose a Shabby chic/Vintage design for my inspiration card.

Hope you like it and I hope you will join our challenge.

Happy crafting!

Hugs

Mary x
Owner & DT member at
Let's Craft & Create

EMERALD CITY CRAFTS CHALLENGE #8

Hello!

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, it was difficult choosing winners!

EMERALD CITY CRAFTS

You can see the challenge rules right here...

http://emeraldcitycraftschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge-rules.html
The challenges will be monthly on the first Friday of each month.
They will run for 3 weeks and the theme will always be
'Anything Goes'

 So here is my bit of inspiration for you this time around....

 

I used background papers from Linda Simpson Designs web shop...

http://lindasimpsondesigns.com

You will find lots of beautiful papers and other goodies there too.

Everything else came from my stash.
I hope you like my inspiration for you.
We do hope you will join us for some fun.

Happy crafting!

Mary x
DT for Emerald City Crafts

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS - FEBRUARY BLOG CHALLENGE

Well here we are with Challenge #10 for.....

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS BLOG CHALLENGE
The theme for this challenge is....
RED/HEARTS/ROMANCE/LOVE
You can read the rules....
HERE
So here is my DT inspiration for you!
I used Andrea's image 'ROCKET & ROSIE'

You can purchase it

HERE
Here is my inspiration for you....

I took a 5.5 square red card base and layered the front with paper with tiny red hearts all over it.
I die cut various size hearts in a contrasting red paper with white hearts.
I used foam tape to adhere the image topper on top of the biggest hearts and put the smaller ones in the top right corner. I put a red ribbon bow in the top left corner.
On the inside I made a pocket with the same paper as I used to layer the front of the card then made a gift card to fit in the pocket using one of the Ephemera cards from the paper I used.
I hope you like what I did with the image and it will give you some inspiration.

Thank you for visiting today.

Happy crafting!!

Mary x

DT at Sheepski Designs

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE #10 - ANYTHING GOES + option CAS

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE BLOG

Please feel free to take our blog logo and display on your own blog.

***THESE ARE OUR CHALLENGE RULES**

The challenges at MIX IT UP will run for a whole month,

You can enter up to 5 projects in our challenges and combine them with as many 

other challenges as you wish.***

All our challenges will be 'ANYTHING GOES' with an optional twist. 

Your projectscan be anything, cards, ATC, Mixed Media, 3D Projects, Altered Art, papercrafts

and/or scrapbook layouts. We want to 'mix it up'!

The challenge will close at 6pm EST (11PM GMT (UK time)
on the last day of the month.

We hope you will join us for all our challenges.

This challenge is #10 

ANYTHING GOES with optional twist CAS

This is my inspiration project for you.

I used a Heartfelt Creations stamp for the Flowers, Verse and the Sentiment

Hope this will give you lots of inspiration.
 Happy crafting!!

Mary
DT for Mix It Up Challenge


Would also like to enter this card into following challenges....

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #4 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES with option ORNAMENTS

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE # 4

I love making Xmas cards.
We now have two Design Teams with inspiration for you!
Holly & Ivy Team and Tinsel Team...I am part of Tinsel team!
We will post our projects on alternate weeks
Here is my DT project for this week.

Our theme will be....
ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS with option ORNAMENTS

This is my inspiration for you this time...

I hope you like what I did.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you next week!!

Hugs,

Mary x
DT for The Merry Christmas Challenge

CRAFT CONSORTIUM - SANTORO #5

Hi there!

Day 5
and the final day of my projects I made to showcase the adorable
SANTORO collections at CRAFT CONSORTIUM.

Right now there is a sale going on with 25% off!!

So why not pop over and grab a bargain or two.
So my fourth and final project I am sharing is this cute CAROUSEL featuring the papers from KORI KUMI featuring papers from the 8x8 paper collection...
(https://www.craftconsortium.com/product-page/santoro-kori-kumi-8-x8-premium-paper-pack) 

This actually lights up with a battery operated tealight but I could not get a good enough picture to show it.
This is a cutting file which I purchased quite some time ago from a lovely lady ANNE HUXTER whose site is TREASURED TEMPLATES
I thought the papers were perfect for this project and I have to say I adore these Kori Kumi collections! They are so versatile and can be used for so many different projects.

You can see all the SANTORO collections here...

https://www.craftconsortium.com/shop

And click on SANTORO LONDON in the left side bar.

Thank you for joining me again today.

 Happy crafting!!

Mary, 

DT at Craft Consortium 

CRAFT CONSORTIUM - SANTORO #4

Hi there!

Day 4
of my projects I made to showcase the adorable
SANTORO collections at CRAFT CONSORTIUM.

Right now there is a sale going on with 25% off!!

So why not pop over and grab a bargain or two.

So my third project I am sharing is this cute card featuring the papers from KORI KUMI 'BEYOND THE SEA'...

I used papers from the paper pad and the base topper from a decoupage set.

Love these characters.

I added a heart and bow in the bottom left corner.

I also made a cupcake/treat box using the 3D decoupage pieces for decoration on the front. I placed some of the fabric flowers on the sides and used some teal ribbon to tie the box closed.

You can see all the SANTORO collections here...

https://www.craftconsortium.com/shop

And click on SANTORO LONDON in the left side bar.

Thank you for joining me again today.

 Happy crafting!!

Mary, 

DT at Craft Consortium 

CRAFT CONSORTIUM - SANTORO #3

Hi there!

Day 3 
of my projects I made to showcase the adorable
SANTORO collections at CRAFT CONSORTIUM.

Right now there is a sale going on with 25% off!!

So why not pop over and grab a bargain or two.

So my third project I am sharing is this cute card featuring one of the papers from KORI KUMI 'THE ROAD TRIP'...

 

 FRONT VIEW

BACK VIEW

This is a SCREEN CARD (die from Tattered Lace)

I love it! And it fit perfectly with these papers.

The card did not need much else adding to it.

I added a few of the fabric flowers trim and a chipboard tag.

You can see all the SANTORO collections here...

https://www.craftconsortium.com/shop

And click on SANTORO LONDON in the left side bar.

Thank you for joining me today.

 Happy crafting!!

Mary, 

DT at Craft Consortium 

CRAFT CONSORTIUM - SANTORO #2

Hi there!

Day 2
of my projects I made to showcase the adorable
SANTORO collections at CRAFT CONSORTIUM.

Right now there is a sale going on with 25% off!!

So why not pop over and grab a bargain or two.

So my second project I want to share is cute little card featuring one of the stamps from KORI KUMI SUMMERTIME...

I stamped and coloured the image with Copics then cut out the topper
with one of the dies from Tonic Studios Bowscale die set.

You can see all the SANTORO collections here...

https://www.craftconsortium.com/shop

And click on SANTORO LONDON in the left side bar.

Thank you for joining me today.

 Happy crafting!!

Mary, 

DT at Craft Consortium 

GD AT CRAFTY FRIENDS CHALLENGE #75

Hi there!

Welcome to my blog.

SheepSki Designs is sponsoring Crafty Friends Challenges today.

As part of SheepSki Designs DT I was invited to be a GD by Diane Louise at Crafty Friends.

I am very happy to be a part of this challenge, Diane Louise is such a lovely lady.

So without further ado here are all the details you need.

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog

http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #75 New Beginnings

(Weddings, New Home, New Arrival etc)

You will find all the necessary challenge rules and details on the challenge blog.

So here is my card....

I used Andrea's image 'WEDDING COUPLE' which you can find in her shop here...

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SheepSkiDesigns/

I hope you will come along and join in.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Happy crafting!

Mary

DT SheepSki Designs

CRAFT CONSORTIUM - SANTORO SALE TIME!

Hi there!

Over the next few days I will be sharing some of my projects I made to showcase the adorable SANTORO collections at CRAFT CONSORTIUM.

Right now there is a sale going on with 25% off!!

So why not pop over and grab a bargain or two.

So my first project today is a SHELF CARD I made...

This one is a cute EASEL SHELF CARD using the SANTORO KORI KUMI Collection.

You can see the collection here...

https://www.craftconsortium.com/shop

And click on SANTORO LONDON in the left side bar.

Thank you for joining me today.

 Happy crafting!!

Mary, 

DT at Craft Consortium 

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #2 - ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES with option WISEMEN

THE MERRY CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE #2

New year, new beginning for our challenges.
I love making Xmas cards.
We now have two Design Teams with inspiration for you!
Holly & Ivy Team and Tinsel Team...I am part of Tinsel team!
We will post our projects on alternate weeks
Here is my DT project for this week.

Our theme will be....
ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS option WISEMEN

This is my inspiration for you this time...

I love these die cut pads!I hope you like what I did.

Thanks for stopping by today and see you in two week!!

Hugs,

Mary x
DT for The Merry Christmas Challenge

LET'S CRAFT & CREATE CHALLENGE #133 - ANYTHING GOES with option LOVE IS IN THE AIR + DT CALL

Hello lovely people!
We have a new challenge starting today over at

LET'S CRAFT & CREATE

The theme for this challenge is....

#133 ANYTHING GOES with option LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Remember to visit us again for our half-way post from Team 2 on 18th of the month.
We have one position for a new team member to join us.
If you think this might be for you, you can read all about it HERE   

This is my DT inspiration for you this time around.

I chose a Shabby chic/Vintage design for my inspiration card.

Hope you like it and I hope you will join our challenge.

Happy crafting!

Hugs

Mary x
Owner & DT member at
Let's Craft & Create

EMERALD CITY CRAFTS CHALLENGE #7 - ANYTHING GOES

Hello!

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge, it was difficult choosing winners!

EMERALD CITY CRAFTS

You can see the challenge rules right here...

http://emeraldcitycraftschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/p/challenge-rules.html
The challenges will be monthly on the first Friday of each month.
They will run for 3 weeks and the theme will always be
'Anything Goes'

 So here is my bit of inspiration for you this time around....

The gorgeous Ephermera cards can be found in the Linda Simpson Designs web shop...

http://lindasimpsondesigns.com

along with lots of beautiful papers and other sets too.

I hope you like my inspiration for you.
We do hope you will join us for some fun.

Happy crafting!

Mary x
DT for Emerald City Crafts

CRAFTING WITH AN ATTITUDE CHALLENGE #35 - ANYTHING GOES

Welcome to CRAFTING WITH AN ATTITUDE Challenge #35
A new challenge today.

This is my project for this challenge and this will be my last DT inspiration
for Crafting With An Attitude.
My thanks to terri for having me.

Hope you like my bit of inspiration.

I just made a card for a male as we had no sponsor images this challenge.

Happy crafting!!

Mary

DT at Crafting With An Attitude

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS BLOG CHALLENGE #10 - ANYTHING GOES

Well here we are with Challenge #10 for.....

SHEEPSKI DESIGNS BLOG CHALLENGE
The theme for this challenge is....
ANYTHING GOES
You can read the rules....
HERE
So here is my DT inspiration for you!
I used Andrea's image 'PURITY'

You can purchase it

HERE

This is such a super image and a dream to colour!

I coloured her with Copics and used a Tonic Studio die to cut around it.

I layered her onto a white base card with a black layer under.

The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set.

I hope you like what I did with the image and it will give you some inspiration.

Thank you for visiting today.

Happy crafting!!

Mary x

DT at Sheepski Designs

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE #9 - ANYTHING GOES + MASKING

MIX IT UP CHALLENGE BLOG

Please feel free to take our blog logo and display on your own blog.

***THESE ARE OUR CHALLENGE RULES**

The challenges at MIX IT UP will run for a whole month,

with a midway post on 15th with more inspiration from our DT.

You can enter up to 5 projects in our challenges and combine them with as many 

other challenges as you wish.***

All our challenges will be 'ANYTHING GOES' with an optional twist. 

Your projectscan be anything, cards, ATC, Mixed Media, 3D Projects, Altered Art, papercrafts

and/or scrapbook layouts. We want to 'mix it up'!

The challenge will close at 6pm EST (11PM GMT (UK time)
on the last day of the month.

We hope you will join us for all our challenges.

This challenge -   

ANYTHING GOES with optional twist MASKING

This is my inspiration project for you.

I just could not get the masking right on my card so I decided to just go with the

ANYTHING GOES and forget the option.
 I chose a Shabby Chic/Vintage look for my card.

Hope this will give you lots of inspiration.
 Happy crafting!!

Mary
DT for Mix It Up Challenge


Would also like to enter this card into following challenges....

Craftyhazlenut's Patterned Paper ..... Crafty Hazlenut's Patterned Paper January 2018 Challenge
A Bit More Time To Craft EXTRA Challenge .... Always Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge.... #59 Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog ... Happy New Year! Anything Goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog .... #18 January Anything Goes
Love To Scrap ... LTSCB #105 - Anything Goes!