4 in 1 Challenges, CCC56, DS6, PD16 and ACB17

Hi all, this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenge 56, is a colour challenge, Red, White and Blue, while I was thinking about it, I visited Teri's blog and came across Delightful Sketches #6, then Polka Dots #16, their challenge is Spots and Stripes and this sprung to mind, I have changed the sketch slightly, so may not qualify for that challenge but the sketch nevertheless led me to this, using Patrick Patrol Car and Muscle Superbird, digital images available from Sunshine Stamps. Also qualifies for Allsorts Challenge Blog, for allsorts of challenges, challenge #17, something for the boys. This card was created for our friend Lee whose birthday is next month, really wanted to put Muscle Superbird on the front but he just blended in with the red, so he is on the back with the Aussie Flag, they were here last month so thought it might be a momento of the hols.

this is the back, Lee loves his cars and that was my reason for getting Muscle Superbird, sorry for quality of photos but had to take them at night. Yes I have cheated, printed a flag for the back, it was fiddly enough doing a Union Jack on the front, didn't fancy a smaller one, wanted to get onto my next project, water colouring with the Fifty Avenue Stampin Up set. Hopefully will get them on later.
Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take care X:)

Hay Seed Hanks, Cheers for You & More

Hi again, just a quickie, have a few birthdays coming up only found out about the first one last night, so quickly whipped up a Hay Seed Hanks, digital image from Sunshine Stamps, love these images! Not going to go through the blurb, as most of you know much more than me!

The second card is for a friends fortieth, just love this Cheers for You Set and my old faithful last years in-colours.

The third is for a bit of fun, Ida at Little's Stash and Dash is celebrating a blogoversary and has three candy options on offer, one is to send her a card via snail mail, so this is the card I am going to send, her blog candy is in my side bar.

Sorry for the gaps tried to minimise them and kept deleting the pictures, so a tad frustrated!

The last isn't a card but a bunch of my shades of purple sweet peas from the garden, I was taking a picture of the cards and thought it would make a nice photo, so count yourselves as receiving an blog bunch of sweet peas, they smell absolutely beautiful.
Thanks once again for looking, Happy Crafting, Take CareX:)

A pair of Tipsy McStaggers - Allsorts Challenge - Boys

Hi all, thought I would show my Tipsy McStaggers, I managed to make today, in between the paperwork. They are from a digital image from Sunshine Stamps, check them out there are some really fantastic images in their new shop and more added each week. Also just linked to a challenge I found whilst blogging called Allsorts Challenge Blog for allsorts of challenges.

I have been having a bit of an experiment the first Tipsy McStagger (which is for our friends son's 21st) was done on Stampin Up very vanilla card stock, using Stampin Up markers to colour (not got my Copics yet! on the wish list), I have just bought my first bottle of KindyGlitz, which I used to try and give a fizz look, not too successful, so I went back too my chunky Crystal Iris Sparkles, I used Fun Flock to try and create a froth effect, then crystal effects on the tongue and eyes, the red was trying to create the morning after look LOL.

My Second Tipsy McStagger is for my dads birthday on Jan 6th, a little early but getting organised, you know how busy that time of year is! Dad will like the card but prefer a real pint of lager, so shall have to send it with a bottle or two.

This time I used Stampin Up Whisper White, same colouring technique, then Chunky Crystal Iris Sparkles for sparkly effect, this time for the froth I coloured it in slightly then covered with crystal effects.

Oh I cut them out first in case I messed up on the cutting out.

Thanks for looking, Happy Crafting, Take CareX:)

Midnight Madness Challenge Week #15 - (MMSC15)

Hi all, finally got to use one of my digital stamps from Sunshine Stamps, these are absolutely wonderful digital images, you should go visit their shop, they are fairly new in setting up and add new images each week, they are sponsoring this weeks Midnight Madness Challenge, go visit Priscilla for full details and see what the Design Team have come up with, I first saw these on Debbie P's blog she has done some lovely creating with them. This is this weeks sketch:

and here is what I have done using my newly purchased HaySeedHank, as soon as I saw it, I just had to have him, made this card with my brother-in-law in mind, who unfortunately has just has his birthday so will keep this for next year.
Materials used various card stock, I have used Stampin Up Markers and Water Colour Pencils, blender pen, silver embossing on the wheels and engine, also crystal effects to try and give him a shine. Then sponged the sky and ground, you can also see I turned the sketch on its side.

Thanks for looking, happy crafting, take careX:)