CRAFT Challenge 23, Halloween Goodies or Orange/Black

Another Thursday has come along and this time it's getting really close to Halloween. We therefore have the following brief for you this week at CRAFT Challenge: Halloween Goodies or Orange/Black.

This week our sponsor is Gina from


, you can find her lovely site here.

She very kindly donated one of her lovely digistamps for this week's challenge to the DT and some of us have used this on this week's project. I have also used it, it's the ghost carrying the pumpkin lamp. I have also used 2 freebies from Digital Delights (Ghost and Bat balloons and Dracula Ridley) and 2 digistamps our lovely DT member Claire created for this Halloween (the witch and wizard).

Then I simply added the sentiments Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat? with gel pens.



A very simple one this week, but then, I'll be off on holiday when you get to read this entry. Not much time to make a card this week as also still recovering from a heavy cold.



Hope you like the card anyway.

Thank you for looking and all comments much appreciated and very welcome. Looking forward to seeing your creations when I get back.

I have also entered this card into the challenge at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, hope they like it.

Love,

Jo.

Today's card1, 'Miss You'

A busy and productive day today.

I managed to make a total of 7 cards in between the school runs, no more time for today anymore I'm afraid. Soon will need to go to karate training and then it's time for bed near enough.

For this card I used the following challenges for inspiration:

1. Sketch Saturday , the sketch
2. Penny Black Challenge , the stamp and the purple strip is embossed with raindrops
3. Secret Crafter Saturday , pink and green
4. Our Creative Corner , stars
5. Pile it on , purple
6. Creative Card Crew , weather (raindrops embossed on purple)
7. Papertake Weekly , the background paper underneath the 2 rectangles is a download.

I hope you like my card, I coloured the stamped image with chalks, put it onto green card cut with nestibilities.

The purple strip of paper underneath has been embossed with raindrops (fiskars).

Added a 'Miss You' sentiment, 3 stars on each side at the top, and ready.

As usual all comments are very welcome and very much appreciated.

Thank you for looking!

Love ,

Jo.

Birthday card and combined challenge card

Hello everyone,






Today I quickly made a card for one of my youngest class mates. She is having her



birthday party tomorrow and we received the invite earlier this week. Although she will only be 6 on her birthday, I think she will probably like the image I have chosen. The background papers I'm not really sure about, probably more suitable for someone a little bit older.



I have used a garden fairy decoupage image layered onto 3 different Funky Fairies papers. 2 from the swirly range, pink and brown and one from the birds range, a turquoise one. The papers have been die cut using scalloped edged rectangle nestibilities and classic oval nestibilities in my Big Shot.

I therefore believe this cards fits in with several challenges.

1. Allsorts Challenge blog , the challenge there is 'Curly Swirly' and I feel it is fit for purpose with the swirls papers.

2. Charisma Cardz Thursday Challenge where the challenge is a colour combo pink/brown. I feel it fits the bill there as well.

3. Cute Card Thursday, the challenge is to 'A Nip and a Punch'. You need to use your punches or die cuts, I made some diecut pieces of paper to mount the image on, so feel it fits this challenge as well.

4. Shapes and More where the challenge is to use scrolls/swirls in your card, fits again.

5. Creative Card Crew Challenge, where the brief is child's play, a kid's card.

6. And last, but not least I'm also entering it in Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge, where the challenge is Pink, Turquoise and a hint of brown, and this card fits the bill there as well.

Hope you all like the card and of course especially the birthday girl. All comments are very welcome and very much appreciated. Thank you for looking.

Love,

Jo.