Armed Forces Challenge at J & C Creations

Today is the start of a new challenge at J & C Creations and this month we want to see projects inspired by anything to do with the Armed Forces. There is a £20 J & C Creations voucher up for grabs to the lucky winner!

Well, I really panicked when I saw the theme for this challenge, no chance of cute ‘n’ cuddly, pink & frilly for this one, lol! I decided to go for browns & greens, but didn’t have a clue what image I would use and then Denise at J & C found this fantastic stamp set for me, talk about perfect! So, apart from my clouds being a little faint, I was really pleased how my tag came out!

Items from J & C Creations

Clouds, planes, fields & quote – Hobby Art ‘Flypast’ stamp set
Green card –Coredinations
Brown card
Ribbon
’Tumbled Glass’ distress ink pad – Tim Holtz
White embossing powder
The tag was cut from card using a chipboard shape as a template

Challenges:

’O’s & X’s’ – Crafty Bloggers Network (ribbon/sentiment/tag)
’Shaped But Not Square’ – Anything Goes
’No Squares Allowed’ – Dream Valley
’Makes For Men’ – That Craft Place

Thanks for looking!

Natx

Christmas in March!

Well, with the weather we are having at the moment, it could well be Christmas, but my post title actually refers to my DT card for this week’s challenge at Passion for Promarkers! The theme is ‘From Around The World’ and we are being sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps

who are giving away this fabulous ‘Going Places’ stamp set as the prize. Do pop along to the challenge Blog to see all the lovely DT cards.

I had a good rummage through my craft stash and was getting a bit stressed as I had nothing which seemed relevant to the theme this week and then I remembered this stamp that I had bought before Christmas and had not got around to using. As reindeers are not indigenous to the UK, I thought I would use this cute fella!

 

Reindeer & robin from the clear set ‘Santa’s Reindeer’ – Hobby Art
Red paper & Kraft card from stash
Holly paper – Dovecraft’s  ‘Contemporary Christmas’ 2” x 12” strips
Ribbon was part of a prize won at The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop
Gems – Anitas
Hunkydory’s Diamond Sparkles ‘Angel Whispers’ glitter
Viva ‘Ice White’ pearl pen for snow drops
Dies/punches used: SB ‘Labels 25’ & a Woodware snowflake mini punch

Challenges:
’Sparkle & Bling – Christmas Cards All Year Round
’Anything But Square’ – I ♥ Promarkers
’Buttons Or Bows – Whoopsi Daisy
’Ribbon’ – Creative Card Crew
’Bingo’ – ABC Christmas Challenge (ribbon/animal/die cuts)

Thanks for looking!
Natx

Less Is More

Well, we had peace between my boys after all on Monday when my younger son's school closed for the day as well, thank goodness for that, I don't think I could have stood the sulking, lol! Today's card is one I made for J & C Creations a little while ago and it is very CAS. As I have collected more crafty goodies and got more confident in my card making, I have fallen into the trap of putting more & more embellishments on my cards, but as much as I love to do that, I thought this pretty stamp deserved to be the focal point with no distractions! I'm pretty pleased with the photo, now if I could just remember the settings I had the camera on  for next time I'd be laughing!

Image - 'Poppies' - Hobby Art (CSS002) coloured with Promarkers - J & C Creations
Pearls & Coredinations red card - J & C Creations
Ribbon from stash
Tools: SB 'Floral Ovals' die, Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' embossing folder

Challenges:
'Red and/or Hearts' - Tammy's Scrapin Corner
'Flowers' - Crafty Bloggers Network
'Flower Power' - Allsorts
'Tie Up Your Loose Ends' - Papertake Weekly
'Anything Goes' - I ♥ Promarkers

Thanks for looking!
Natx