Tie it up at Creative Inspirations

Hello lovelies! How are you today? Are you enjoying the good weather? Its been fabulous here - a bit hot for running which is whats on the agenda for this morning - but I'm not complaining lol!!!!

I have my DT card to share with you today for Creative Inspirations. The new challenge which starts today is called 'tie it up'. Here's what I did:

The image is by the paper shelter who is the sponsor this week. I've coloured her using promarkers and then cut with a spellbinders die. The papers are from LOTV. The flower was made using my cornflower die from tonic. Here's some more details of the challenge and the sponsor.

This week's challenge is Tie It Up!

All you have to do is include a bow on your creations!

This week's prize is from THE PAPER SHELTER and is a $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE!

"If you are looking for fun, cute and lovely digi stamps for your paper-crafting or web design projects, The Paper Shelter is your one-stop boutique! This growing catalog of high-quality digi stamps with many different kind of options offers a multitude of themes such as everyday items, holidays, special occasions, children, adorable characters and creatures. Stamps are available in standard black and white line art, as well as in pre-coloured format. Images are wonderful for colouring and make perfect additions to greeting cards and scrapbook albums. In "The Paper Shelter" you'll also find great other resources for all crafts (or digital) projects, like Paper Packs, Printables, Accessory sheet, etc."

Check out what lush makes the others have created and enter the challenge here. 

I hope you have a good Wednesday - I've got my rainbows again tonight - I'm going to be mostly indoors tonight as I don't want a repeat of last week - far too scary! Although maybe I'll be brave and try to repeat the activity with safeguards in place.... that would be the best thing to do I think but I'm not sure that I'm ready for that yet!

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you again soon!

Rachel xx  

Not square or rectangular: Creative Inspirations

Good morning all! Thanks so much for all your comments yesterday - it was a bit of a marathon of posts - so thanks for bearing with me - you're very kind! I was very excited yesterday too to win the WOW powders September challenge - it means I got 6 wow powders of my choice - now thats a wonderful prize for me!!!

Onto today! This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations  is No Square or Rectangle Cards!

This week's prize is from THE PAPER SHELTER and is a $20 GIFT CERTIFICATE!

I've used a paper shelter image to create my card:

The image has been coloured with promarkers and distress ink has been used around the edge after cutting with a spellbinders die. The mat has also been cut with a spellbinders die and then mounted on an easel. Some crafty emblies leaves have been added and on the base I've used an embossed piece of card and ribbon.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Seemacrafts:seemacrafts Autumn colours
Tuesday throwdowntuesdaythrowdown: Colours of fall
Heck of a challengeheckofachallenge: Autumn Colors
Feeling Craftyfeelingcraftychallenge: Autumn
come and get it challengescomeandgetitchallenges: fall colours
OSAATonestitchatatimechallenge: Autumn
PIOpileitonchallenge: Leaves

Thanks for dropping by today and for any comments you choose to leave! Hope to see you again soon!

Hugs

Rachel xx

A little bit of sewing

Morning all! I hope you are well and happy. Thanks so much for the lovely comments on my hanging yesterday - you're so kind! Just to let you know we managed to raise £499.45 for Macmillan yesterday so thats really amazing! So pleased!!!!

Today I've got two sewing themed cards to share with you - the first features the Makey Bakey mice from Crafters Companion - I just love this image particularly - had to have it!

The embossing folders are also from crafters companion - the A4 patchwork folder and the 8x8 buttons folder both from the everyday range. The diecuts on the front are from spellbinders and the one on the side is sizzix. The mice were coloured with promarkers.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafters Companion Embossing challengecrafterscompanion:
Totally Papercraftstotallypapercrafts: Stitching
cardmaniacardmaniachallenges: use buttons


My second offering today is one i made for the Joanna sheen forum cardswap - the theme this month was patchwork.

this image is from the paper shelter and I've used the crafters companion patchwork embossing folder again. Colouring again is by promarkers.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
TPSthepapershelter: Stitching real or faux - the image is stitching - but there's aux stitching on the one above...
Divas:divasbydesignchallenge Monochrome

Thanks for dropping by today and for any comments you may choose to leave. Hope to see you again soon! Big Hugs rachel xx