Seaside lines

It's new challenge time at

The Crafty Catz.

Our theme is

Anything Goes

My card this time has no specific image except for the stamped sentiment. It is the perfect way to use up all the left over scrapes of patterned paper we seem to keep "just in case". So the patterned papers cut to different narrow widths and lengths. Then a square layer. To match the colour scheme I've added buttons and some seaside shaped buttons. finally the sentiment has been  stamped onto  a piece of die cut patterned paper . I think this makes a perfect male card.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Creative Fingers - ATG

Cut it Up - Die cut

Card Concept - Summer by the sea

The Male Room - Outside

AAA Birthday - For the boys

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

Creative Crafters - ATG

A cut above - Die cut

Dragonfly dreams - ATG 

Emboss and die

It's challenge time at

The Crafty Catz.

Our theme is now always

Anything Goes

This card is a variation on a card I saw. I started with an embossed frame using a score board. The centre rectangle was then cut out. I took a piece of white card and stencil from Lavinia stamps and stencilled the card with some lovely pastel distress oxides. The frame was then layered on top of the stencilling. The white heart was die cut and embossed with a folder, then added within the frame. The flower stem and sentiment were also die cut. I love the contrast between the pastels and black.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Creative Fingers - ATG

Craft Rocket - ATG

Creative Knockouts - Stencils/die cuts

Fab and Funky - Stencil/embossing

Crafters Cafe - ATG

Crafting Happiness - ATG

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

Girlz Creative Crafts - Dies

Creative Crafters - ATG

Stencil Fun - Stencil 

Beaded Butterfly

So the summer seems to have arrived here in the UK, it's been so warm, made a pleasant change after it seems to have rained constantly for the first 5 months.

But now on to the new challenge to welcome in June over at

The Critter Crazy challenge.

Out theme is always anything goes

as long as a critter is the focal point of your make.

I've had the thought recently that I really wanted to go back to some classic stamping. So I decided to try out my old magnolia stamps. This is one of them. I've coloured this cute butterfly with polychromo pencils. Then gone over it it with a Wink of Stella glitter pen, although that is not showing up on the photo's.

I've created the background with lot's of layers of patterned papers, these have been distressed round the edge with distress inks. Then I distressed the edge of the image too. I've decorated the card with a single silk flower and something else vintage, the pretty pearl swirls. Just a stamped sentiment to finish.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Neglected stuff - Old Stamps/ embellishments

Stamping Sensations - Cute Creatures

We love Stamping - All creatures great and small

Creative Fingers - ATG

Ellibelle's Corner - Any thing from the garden

Allsorts - ATG

Creative Crafters - ATG