GDT for Dawn's Crafting BCA Challenge

I first saw these bikini cards on Dorcas's Blog, you can find her post here. I made my own template, but you can find one at StampOwl's Studio here. I've actually made mine as fancy underwear, don't think the diamante would survive a dip in the ocean really. 

A slight error, my daughter pointed out to me, on the back which should read I'm, and not In right behind you...whatever that might mean. I'll change it before sending it...if I remember lol.   

As the heading says, this is for the Breast Cancer Awareness Challenge at Dawn's Crafting. Dawn's Mom has been fighting a tough battle against Breast Cancer for the last 18ths. Please pop over to her post to read more, see details for entering, see the many, many wonderful prizes on offer, and see the inspiration from her team. 

As you can see, I made a second version. The card above I used a shimmery pink cardstock from stash, the one below is white and coloured and shaded with chalk inks. On both my lace is paper (from ACE catalogue), and the DP's are  papermania. Gems and ribbon bows are stash and my sentiments are hand written with sakura gel pen. 

I'd like to enter this for the Catered Crop - Pink Challenge

Circling with elephants.

Isn't this image from Mo's adorable, it was a freebie, might still be available. Sorry the pic is so blurry, too late for me to do anything about that though. I've coloured with promarkers, my card was cut with a large scalloped circle, the the circle behind little blue here was cut by hand - I did use something to draw  round of  course. The seam binding is Ribbon Girl, the paper flowers are stash. The doily is Marianne Designs, as are the flourishes...which I glittered up with green sakura Tiara pen. 

I'm entering this, at the last minuet almost, for 

Mo's DP2 Challenge - Circle Cards

Amber's Crafts & Stuff #12 Teen Celebration.

At Amber's Crafts and Stuff this week we are making projects with a Teen in mind. My teen project is my very first easel draw box, which I've made for the lovely daughter of a good friend of mine. She has the most beautiful red gold hair...which I've tried to imitate on the image. 

I'll be stuffing the draw with crafting goodies for her to make a few cards - it was orginally going to be chocs but there were just toooo many to fit....so she's getting a extra gift lol. 

The pin is made using some beautiful purple glass beads that Joan kindly sent to me a few days ago. The 'draw nob's' are also made with some of the beads she gave me.  My image is coloured with promarkers and the flowers and butterflies are highlighted with Sakura tira glitter pens, and glazed with the glaze pens. I used a couple of Marianne Design corners to 'frame' my image and made some roses with matching cardstock. 

Inside the easel. 

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I hope you'll pop over to Amber's and check out the work the rest of the DT have made for your inspiration, and join us this week. 

My Receipe..

Image..Gingerloft

Colourants ..Promarkers, Sakura

DP's ...Craft Creations

Die's ...Marianne Creatable & QuicKutz

Stick pin & Roses ... Homemade

Teal Cardstock... TBA

Ribbon & Gems ...Stash

Challenges I'd like to enter :-
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Flower Power
Anita Be Stampin' -  Layer it On Me
Claudia & Co - Fancy Folds
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge -  Make Your Own Embellishments (Stick pin and Roses)
 Paper Minutes -  Something in Quadruplicate( 4 Roses)
Tuesday Throwdown - DIY  Embellishments (Stick Pin and Roses)
Happileigh Scrappin - Lots and Lots of Embellishments
There's Magic in the Air - Easel Cards
Allsorts -  Things With Wings

The Shape of Things to Come.

It isn't really the shape of things to come of course but I couldn't think of another title for my shaped card. Don't be surprised if you see a lot of paper piecing in the future ...I'm slightly obsessed again. I won this Digi recently at Happileigh Scrapin. As soon as I saw this little birdhouse I thought shaped card, and paper piecing. It was a dream to paper piece. I did a little shading with vanilla promaker and cut a flower from scraps of the paper....each of these little roses are quicker and easier to make...well the say practice makes....I'll get to perfect eventually lol.  (A wink to my sisters here).

This card will be going off to my swap partner before the end of the month, but I'll be making another for myself I'm sure. 

 A close up on the rose. 

Receipe:-

Image ... Happileigh Scrapin Store

DP's ... Albert and Victoria 6x 6 Linen Collection

Die-Cut ... Marianne Creatable Stackable Flowers 

Stickers ... Stash 

Some Challenges ...

Creative Craft World  - Anything But Square 

My Mum's Craft shop - Anything But Square

Sentimental Sundays - Handmade flowers

House That Stamps Built - Paper Piecing

Paper Pretties -  Flowers 

I Got A Round Tuit In A Krafty Way.

Every time a see an image coloured on Kraft I say 'I really must get round tuit'. Well now I have. It's been a long haul though lol. Annemaritta  kindly sent me the Kraft Card-stock, but it was a while before I got further than occasionally looking at the images I'd printed on it. When I did start colouring I found it frustrating - I don't have prisma colour pencils and mine are perhaps just not soft enough. Then a couple of days ago 'the penny dropped' and I realised that I'd get that nice pastel pencils look people talk about....if I used my pastel pencils. It was a pleasure to colour and I even had a go at a sky background at last (another round tuit ticked off). For a great sky background tute see Dorcas' here. 

I used some old ready creased cardstock in blue and cut it with a large Go Kreate scalloped Circle, cut a smaller circle in peach. I cut some fancy corner from scraps of the blue cardstock to sit behind the Image. I cut a little banner from printed ribbon, and added gems, a bow and a cute little giraffe holding a blankie button. 

Close Up of Colouring

Embellies, Printed ribbon banner, Giraffe Button, bow & Gems

Pop to Jill's Blog  and take a look at some great Round Tuit Projects. 

I have Candy here, you can enter up to 4 times. 

Receipe :-

Image ... Giraffe & Friends from Little Claires

Card-Stock ... Old stash, very old !!

Gems & Bow ... Stash

Giraffe Button ... Buttons Galore

Ribbon ... Imag-n-ation

Die Cuts ... Marianne Designs & Go Kreate

Colourants ... W.H.Smith Pencils & Pastel Pencils 

Some Challenges ....

Clear It Out! - Projects using Colouring Mediums

Tuesday Throwdown - Baby/Child

Use It Tuesdays - Bling

Craft Your Passion - Cutie Patooties

Card Cupids - No patterned papers

Dream Valley Challenges - Dig out the old to use with the new (old Cardstock, New button)

ECP Challenges - Pastel Colours 

Little Claire's  - Sparkle

Totally Gorjuss -  Not Square

My Mum's Craft shop -  Use Dies

Simon Says Stamp - Baby Cards 

Sisterhood of Crafters -  Let it Shine

Amber's Crafts & Stuffs #6 Ribbons & Bow's

At Amber's Crafts & Stuff this week we are challenged to get out our ribbon and/or bows. Great challenge eh!! I know you all love your ribbons so come and join us here, and take a look at the inspiration from the rest of the design team.  

As you can plainly see, I through everything at this card. I turned up my pink girly girl meter and just went to town. The picture below show the bottom layer of the easel..a plain piece of card that swivels out on a brad...so plenty of room to write on. I saw this idea on Chocolate Crafts & Bears, Carol uses this a lot with her shaped easel cards and you can see an example here.  Her blog is quite inspiring so give yourself a treat and take a visit 

 The Image I used is again a Sugar Nellie Adorable, she's called Grace and no doubt you've seen her about other blogs..she's very popular.

Promarkers used..
Amethyst & Orchid; Ice Grey 1; Pastel & Rose pink, Carnation, Blossom, Dusky Rose & Cerise;
Tan & Vanilla for Skin;
Terracotta, Cinnamon & Cocoa for Hair.

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I actually tied my bows free hand...but I tied them the same way you do using a bow maker - I think they turned out pretty much the same. I cant' remember where I saw the tutorial for adding ribbon around an image...I'm ashamed to say ...but I stuck it down with double sided and then put another circle behind it too to hold it all properly in place. 

 I have paper candy (as the packet calls it) all around the lower layer...they are like fake brads. I used quite a few die cuts on this didn't I !!

The sentiment is from a vellum quote book, and I dismantled an embellishment to use the little hugs and kisses charms...threading them through the bow on a swirled wire. 

My Receipe...

Image - Sugar Nellie

Colourants - Promarkers

Ribbons - Joycraft

Card Candy - Craftworks Cards 

Embossing Folder - Sizzex

Button Brad - V&A Hondoverian Epoxy Brads

Charms, Gems, Sentiment  - Stash

DP's - Craft Creations

I'd Like to Join in the Following challenges :-

Creative Craft Challenges ... Embossing

Going Grey With Scrap Creations ... Use A Digital Image

Cupcake Crafts ... Lots Of Layers

House Of Gilli .. Stripes & Bling

The Stamp Fairy ... For the Girls with a Sentiment

Card Cupids ... Pastels

Paper Sundaes ... Texture

Crafts & Me ... Pink & Sweet

I Love Promarkers ... (I really, really do) Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp ... Emboss It 

Side Stepping a Purple Circle.

I've complete my first circle side stepper for a young girl in the States. She's 12 and has a congenital spine defect that has kept her in pain all her life. It hasn't held her back from doing all she wants to though. The dr's want to operate soon but it would be a difficult and dangerous operation...so a great deal of thought before anything happens. You can find instructions to make the side stepper on Marlene's blog here

This is of course a Sugar Nellie Design and she's called Verity. Beautiful isn't she. I did do some shading on her, though not a lot is needed...I think I've been too subtle for the scanner to show it up though. The button is one of my very favouite, pearly with an 'engraved' rose.  The ribbon I used for the rosette behind it and for the bows is some wired ribbon I had from my flower arranging obsession.....see, it is right that I keep all these old  crafting stashes isn't it lol.

Plenty girly on this one, scallops, paper lace, gems and fancy pins add to the effect. My scallopy edging all around the edging is from a fancy oval die cut..I cut the fancy edge and eased it around the card.

A close up of my button. I'm getting a little better 

at parting with my favourites I think lol. 

Receipe...

Image ... Sugar Nellie Designs - Verity

Die Cuts ... Nesties & Marianne Designs

Colourants .. Promarkers

Fancy Pins ... Home Made

The Rest ... Stash. 

Circle Stepper Inspiration... Paper Pappilon Blog

Promarkers used

Pale and denim blue.

Amethyst and Lilac

Ice grey 1

blush, tan and vanilla for skin

Terracotta, cinnamon and coco for hair

I'd like to enter the following :-

My Grafico - Anything Goes 

Sugar Creek Hollow - Monochromatic

Ellephantastic Challenges - Anything but Square or Rectangle

Stamp Fairy challenge - For the Girls With a Sentiment

There She Goes Clear Stamps - Monochromatic

Woodware USA Clear Stamps - Die Cuts Or Punches

Paper Sundaes - Texture

Anita Be Stampin Challenge - Anything Goes 

Card Cupids - Pastels

Kenny K's Krafty Girls - Anything Goes

Are Ewe Lost For Words

I wanted to put one of those cute sentiments with the word Ewe in them, only I didn't leave room for one did I. Still I got it in my title at least lol. The image is a Freebie this week at A Day for Daisy's, cute isn't it. You have until Thursday to get her, and put her on an entry.  I cut my card using a large Go Kreate frilly die, and because you need to leave a bit uncut for the fold, I cut an extra piece and covered it with mulberry paper to create a contrast and even the shape. I used some more of the mulberry to cut a couple of branches. 

I first saw her on Dorcas Designs, and used Dorcas's coloured in version as my guide when I did my shading...dispite her using Prisma Colours, and my choice of promarker. 

Promarkers used :- Skin - Blush, Tan, Vanilla; Hair - Terracotta, Raw Sienna, Chestnut; Lamb - Warm Grey 1, 3 & 5, blended with blender; Shrug & Ribbons  - Poppy & Red; Dress & Hat -  Blush for the shadows 

A Day for Daisy's challenge is stitching, and I've put a row of chain embroidery stitches along my paper lace border...along with a row of red faceted gems. The cord I used is from some lampshade edging I had left over from a long ago project. I've dismantle it into different elements...you'll see other bits in future projects no doubt lol. 

I cut my flower from some paper scraps using the centre  of a Marianne Designs lacy circles die. I cut a few ribbons and made a fancy red bow to sit behind the flower.   The edges of the flower are coated with copper coloured acrylic paint....outlined the card and papers with it too. 

My Receipe ...

Image - A Day for Daisy's (freebie on challenge blog)

Colourants - Promarkers & Acrylic paint

DP's - V & A Museum 6 x 6 Linen Pad

Dies - Go Kreate XL #2  Frilly

Marianne Designs

Ribbon, cord & Gems - Stash

Cardstock & Mulberry Paper - Stash 

Flower - Handmade.

I'd Like to join the fun at the following Challenges - 

Digi Design House ...Stitches

Kaboodle Doodle ... Cute and Cuddly animals

Shannons Sentiments ... Include an Animal

Totally Gorjuss ... Fluffy

A Day For Daisy's ... In stitches

Card Making Mama's ... Embellish It

Mami Doodles ... Use a Punch or Die Cut

Tallen's Place ... Sparkle and Lace (paper lace) 

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ... Animals or Pets

CCEE Stampers... Add a Doily Die or Lace (paper lace)

A Spoonful Of Sugar ...All Creatures Great & Small

Digital Tuesday .... Little Women

Passion For ProMarkers ... Make Your Own Embellishments (paper flower)

Tuesday Throwdown... Sparkle & Bling