dreams of summer

Welcome to the last chance to enter

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

for this year. The final theme being a nice easy one

Anything Goes

and this will last for two weeks.

My take this week as we just start winter and the year comes to and end is to look forward to the weather getting nice and warm again. You can probably guess from that I don't like cold weather, the hotter the better for me. So this weeks card is a Stamps Happen stamp called Boat Scene.

The stamped image has been water coloured, just lightly to add a little bit of colour. Then I have used a second image to cut out the small square accents using a punch. This does not have to be a whole stamped image,  just enough to get the squares out of.

These squares have just a little light distressing around the edges, using Tim Holtz distress inks, to make them stand out a bit more from the back ground. The last bit of decoration is a few real tiny sea shells. And there we have the dream, summer will soon be here.

I have entered this card into the following challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes with Sentiments
Craft Your Passion - Anything with Wings
Cooking it Up With Katie -  Anything Goes
Sundays With Crissy - Anything Goes
Kenny K's Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean - Warm Wishes
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Pollycraft Monday - Punch It

Happy New Year

Welcome to this weeks card for

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

and this weeks theme is

Happy New Year or Celebrations

My card is a celebration of a long married life with a 70th Wedding Anniversary. I don't think there are many of those. I have choosen to do quite a simple design. The colours are simply white and burgundy. I have used an embossing folder to make the background of white card layered onto burgandy. I have added a piece of burgandy ribbon across the centre to make the join between the top and bottom pieces of white card.

I have then cut a white doily using a Cheery Lyn Die. The swirl leaves have to be one of my favorite

Cheery Lyn Dies so i have put one top and bottom.

A very simple but effective card I think.

I have entered this card in the following challenges;

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges - Anything goes

Cooking it up with Kate - Anything goes

Paper Pretties - Using Ribbon

Glitter Geeks - Anything goes

Sunday with Crissy - Anything Goes

All Creatures Great and Small

It's been a long and busy week but here is this weeks card for

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

And this weeks theme is

All Creatures Great and Small (including Aliens)

No aliens here though, I have gone for a cute little Kitty and her little friend. Sorry but I think this little kityt definately looks like a girl.

The cat stamp has been coloured with Spectrum Noir pens and has been die cut with nestabilitie dies plain circle and scalloped circle. The flowers have been cut out with Marianne dies and swirls.

Her little friend has also been stamped and coloured with copics and he is giving his friend the gift of a fish which is a charm. All the papers are nice shades of girly pink with just a little contrast of grey to match the kitty and mouse.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Kenny k's Krafty Girlz - Add some Texture

Merry Christmas

This weeks subject for the

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge

is a inspirational photo and this is my idea taken from the photo

The base card is a gate fold card with an extra bit inside.

All the stamps I have used are from Creative Expressions clear stamp sets and versa colour ink pad.

The green card is Tim Holtz distress card and the borders have been cut with a Fiskars border punch.

I have put a length of green ribbon down the centre of the borders on the inside and a bow on the centre panel.

I have added a little irridescent glitter using a glue pen to the dots on the Merry Christmas greeting and to all the trees. Finished with green gems on the top corners of the front of the card and one on the sentiment inside.

I have entered this card in the following challenges this week:

Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or Bows

Dream Valley Challenge - Sparkle

Paper Sundaes - Winter Wonderland

Craft Your Passion - Tis the Season

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Say it With Sentiments

Anything Goes Challenge - Cutting Corners

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Paper-crafting Journey - Anything Goes