Summer on the Beach

It's Sunday and time for a new challenge over on the One Stitch At A Time blog here.  The challenge this week is to see you create something that's 'Not Square'. Lots of ideas there, ovals, circles, and rectangles can be used.

Our lovely sponsor this week is Creative Craft World and they are offering a choice of three Promarkers if your project is chosen and you have used an image from the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet.

If you use a Stitchy Bear image, please help our Choccy to find you by placing the hash sign (#) after your name. There are over 4,000 digi images to choose from and you will be spoilt for choice. You may enter into the challenge as many times as you like as long as it is a 'Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet' image.  But, if you choose to use a non-Stitchy image, your entries will be limited to three.  You must link to our blog and it must be new created after our blog challenge goes live.

We are also having a Design Team call, can you:-

Submit two creations a month.
Have an active blog
Enjoy working with digi images
Comment on two out of ten challenge entries every week?

If so, please contact our lovely Choccy on choccy.oona@gmail.com and tell her about you and please include a link to your blog.  We are a mixed abilities team and a very happy little crowd and we have our own way of keeping in touch and encouraging each other.

For my card this week I chose to use Delicious Doodles - Beach Huts.

 

The image reminded me so much of the beach huts at Southwold in Suffolk and also on Mersea Island that I can see from my window (with good binoculars!). Can you remember the sand getting into your sandwiches if the wind blew the wrong way.  Many years ago good friend and I used to pile the kids and dogs into our old Morris Minor Estate and head off down to Dymchurch for the day. Great times.

 I cut the base card with a Spellbinders Grand Labels Twenty-Three and covered it with a digi image from Pink Petticoat Stripes Collection available here. The print reminds me of deck chair stripes.  The image I've coloured with Flexmarkers and mounted it on a further two die cuts of green and blue from the same Spellbinders dies.  The sentiment is from a collection by Create with TLC called Hello Summer and was perfect.

I'd like to enter the following:-

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #149 - Summer Fun

Colour me Creative Challenge #71 Colours of Summer 

Di's Digi Designs Challenge Blog - Show Us Some Summer Fun 

My Time to Craft #227 - Spots and Stripes

Mark's Finest Papers #165  - Beach 

Creatalicious Challenges #52 - All About Summer

Creative Corner Challenges - Summertime 

QKR Stampede #44 Summer Fun

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog # 83 - Summer

Dutch Dare Card Challenges #222 Things That Begin With The Letter  'B'

Alipeeps Art

This is a card made with a digi image called Butterfly Profile by Alipeeps Art that you can find in the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet here

Isn't she beautiful and a real joy to colour. Her skin colour I was really pleased with but I still have to practice a lot more to get the hair colouring just right.  I fussy cut her flowing hair to accentuate the lines.  I can't wait to try some of the other gorgeous designs Ali has created.

Sunny Sunday

It's been an absolutely gorgeous day here in the Essex backwaters, very peaceful and the perfect weather for breakfast and lunch in the garden.

There's a brand new challenge over on the One Stitch At A Time blog. Our theme this week is "Anything Goes" which seems to be everone's favourite and ours too as we get to see so many gorgeous creations.  The main prize this week for a lucky person who uses an image purchased from the Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet is the set of images used by the Design Team in Challenge #164 and that's over $20 dollars worth.  You can use a non-Stitchy image but your creation will go into a separate draw to win $3 to spend in the store  Don't forget there is always a freebie when purchases are made to the value of $3 and there's over two thousand images all ready for you to buy.  This week it is a Hope Jacare Doodles image and it's gorgeous.

For My DT card this week I've used one of Tami of Gingerloft Digi Stamps designs called Sunflower Collage.

Rather fitting for the sunny day I took this photo.  I change the colour of the collage to sepia tints and gently tinted the sunflower with coloured pencils as I wanted it to look similar to one of the old hand coloured photos from the 20's - 30's. I've curled some simple flowers and added just a couple of leaves, the dies are from Memory Box.  The sentiment was written by Heller Keller and is perfect for this card.  The leopard butterfly came from a kit from Kanban, now, sadly, no more.

Make It Stitchy!

It's time for a new challenge over at the One Stitch At A Time challenge blog.  The theme this week is " Make It Stitchy "  Only a digi stamp or papers purchased from the Stitch Bear Digital Outlet can be used in this week's challenge and pop over to the blog here and check out the fab prizes on offer.  There is a 35% off everything at the mega  Yard Sale in the store, stock up with the gorgeous stamps on offer now.  Spend $3 in the store (not difficult at all) and get a very special digi stamp added to your basket FREE.

For my DT card this week I've used a digi stamp designed by Tami of Gingerloft called Sunflower Collage.  I decided to keep fairly vintage in colour and changed the usual black outlines to more sepia tones. I've coloured the sunflower and dragonfly with watercolour pencils to keep it fairly faded. I made simple flowers from a Memory Box die and added a few tiny leaves with tendrils. The sentiment is from the internet and I've used a Spellbinders die for the the frame.  A beautiful metal corner which was a part of a lovely gift and a tiger coloured butterfly from Kanban to finish it.  You can just spot sunshine at the back of my card!!!

Where Has The Time Gone?

I just don't know where the time has gone these last few weeks, I even forgot to post my DT card on Sunday. I've been on jury service all week and have sat around reading for days on end until it was my turn. Another week to go and the frustration is mounting in not being able to start any sort of project. I am absolutely shattered when I get home. No dancing for another week, bummer!

So, here is my DT card on the One Stitch At A Time Challenge blog  for last Sunday.  This fab image from Ikes Art just made me laugh out loud. Definitely Rocky Horror or Eddie Izzard  but what a head turner this guy would be if he turned up for work wearing this outfit for a Dress Down Friday that is implemented by some firms.  Not the right outfit for a welder or shipyard worker but what fun in an office.  The image is already coloured so he is simply mounted on red and black card and I've used a sheet of paper from a Papermania pad for the background..

Freebie Alert There are over 2500 images available to purchase at Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet and if you spend $3 or more at the store you will have a gorgeous image by Digi Blessings sent to you for free. Check out this weeks gorgeous image right here. The store has 20 talented creators and you will be spoilt for choice.

April Birthdays

Lots of birthdays amongst our Red Hat chapter in April, here's just a few. I'm definitely in a blue zone at the moment, it's not until you see the photos that you understand

A lovely new challenge at OSAAT

All in all it's been a crappy couple of weeks with me, first of all falling flat on my face in a restaurant and hurting my right knee and then, five days later, cutting my left leg open and spending a few hours in A & E.  Anyway, I'm being good and resting my cut leg as I so want to go to a jive workshop this Sunday, come hell or high water I will be there.

On to the OSAAT challenge here. This week our challenge is a favourite of everyone, Anything Goes and our sponsor is our very own Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.  One lucky winner will win all the images that the design team used in Challenge 160. That comes to over $20 of beautiful digi images. Please remember to win this fab prize you must use a Stitchy image in your creation and please place a hash sign # after your name so that our lovely Choccy can find you.

You can enter into our challenge using a non-Stitchy image and you will be placed in a draw to win $3 to spend in the store. Please limit your non-Stitchy entry to three times.  There is a fab offer on over at the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet , if you spend $3 or more you will receive the gorgeous image of the week which is Delicious Doodles - Fuchsia and Hummingbird, the perfect image for any occasion.

For my card I chose to use one of the images of '3 Faces of Eve' by Stitchy.  I had a sneaky peek at the other two images and chose this one.

I've coloured her with a mixture of Copics and Flexmarkers and kept the background very plain. the blue carstock is part of the Tim Holtz/Bazzill range in Weathered Wood. The sentiment is self-generated and I could just hear the song 'In the Navy' by Village People.


I would like to enter the following:

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Paper Creator's Crafts - #8 For the Boys 
Crafty Catz - #181 - Inspired by a Song 
Delicious Doodles - #34 - Something for the Boys 
Sister Act Card Challenge #5 - Anything Goes 
Crafting Musketeers #1 - First Challenge

A New Challenge at One Stitch at a Time

It's that day of the week when our lovely Choccy posts a new challenge at OSAAT. The theme for our challenge is to 'Use A Digi' preferably from the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet here.  To win the fab prize of $9 to spend in the store you must use a Stitchy Bear store image and, to help our Choccy find you from all the entries, please put the hash sign # after your name. If you choose a non Stitchy Bear store image you will be entered into a draw for a prize of $3 to spend in the store.

If you spend $3 or more you will get a fabulous FREE image, Baby Bug by BeeBeeKakes here with your purchase. I was lucky enough to have the image to play with this week. Here's my card.  Isn't it gorgeous.



For the design team entry I had this brilliant image from Reece's Scrap Pieces called Leaving the Nest to play with. So useful for someone leaving home or going away to uni.

I've decoupage the little bird, clock and shutters to give the image some extra dimension. Lots of leaves care of a Cheery Lyn flourish Leaf Strip die and flowers I've coloured with a Promarker to tone,  Some off-cuts from a square doily to finish. The sentiment is computer generated.

I would like to enter the following with this card:-

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #140 use Blue and or Green 

Time for a new 'Bright' Challenge at OSAAT

There's a lovely new challenge over on the One Stitch at a Time and the theme this week is 'BRIGHT'. So, we would love to see your lovely bright projects on the blog and you can find it right here

Our Sponsor this week is our very own Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

 The blog has had a real makeover and is all bright and shiney new. To enter the challenge you must use a Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp image for the chance to win a whopping $9 to be spent in-store. If you have used a SBDS image, please put a hash sign # after your name to enable our Choccy to easily find you.If you use a non-SBDS image then you will be placed in a draw for a prize of $3 to spend in-store.

If you spend $3 instore you will find a gorgeous design by Barbara Jensen added to your basket for free, a definite BOGOF!

For my card I used one of the gorgeous design papers by Panda Bear called Year of the Dragon. To compliment this beautiful paper of oriental cherry blossom (it's supposed to be spring!) I've used a lovely image by Floppy Latte Designs call Oriental Beauty

I've kept the card very simple so as to show off the lovely sweep on the cherry blossom and I've printed the Oriental Beauty onto pink card. I made the side cherry blossom from a few blossoms in my stash. the leaves are from a Memory Box die.

Time for a New Challenge

It a new and lovely challenge at One Stitch At A Time and our theme this week is 'Spring' and don't we so need some change in the temperature. Living out on the east coast has meant many freezing cold winds that take your breath away.

On to the Challenge, to take part we would like to see what Spring means to you, it could be colours, Easter, new life, just let us know the part of your project is 'Spring'. To win the top prize of $9 to spend in the Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp Store you must use a Stitchy Bear image. It helps our lovely Choccy if you would kindly put the hash sign (#) after your name, them she can find you easily.  A non Stitch Bear image card or project will be entered into a draw for a prize of $3 to be spent in the store. Check out our new look store here and sign up for our newsletter, you could be our Fan of the Month.

For my card I've used Sniffing Daisies by Delicious Doodles and you can fine it here. I've coloured the image with a mixture of Copics and Promarkers.  The dies cuts are Memory Box Dogwood Blossom and Dogwood Blossom Outline and Fresh Foliage and a Spellbinders Labels 7. the sentiment is self-generated.

I would like to enter the following:-

A Little Bit Crafty - #1 Anything Goes