Karen Burniston Designer Challenge November Part 2 - Charmed

Hi Friends
I am back with the second Designer Challenges for November and this time its Karen A who has chosen the theme and it is :

"Charmed, I'm sure!" - use any of the charm dies for a card of any theme.

I wanted to use the main Hanging Charm Pull Tab card but I wanted to use it more as a mechanism
to make my Jinks the monkey stand up.  And I have used the Coffee Cup that comes with that same Hanging Charm Pull Tab die as a decorator die for Jinks.   Now a cup of coffee is lovely, but Jinks thinks Coffee and cake even better! and I have used the cake from the Props 8 die set and the Strawberry from the Cake Pop it Ups die set too. 

As well as the dies listed above I used the 

Coffee Stencil, Coffee & Tea stamps and the Labels & Circles Die set.

Here you can see I added a extra tab to the pull tab by folding the 

part that came out of the centre of the panel Jinks is standing in front of and stapling

this to the original pull tab.  Adding some decoration with the Coffe Bean Stamp.

I also used the Coffee Stencil pattern with some metallic rub on the sides of the 

Hanging Pull Tab Pop it ups die set.

You can see Karen Burnistons instructional video for the 

Hanging Charm Pull Tab card HERE

The rest of the team will be posting their cards over the day (monday) and Karen Burnistons Post will be Tuesday so be sure to check the links to the left on the blog.

Right... card made, I just need to choose who to send it to :)  Someone who likes cake!

Caz x

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Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

Hello its Saturday and that means its Crazy 4 Challenges and this weeks challenge is a sketch.

Here is the Sketch that I was working from.

And here is my card

I used a stamp from Marianne Designs. Had fun with watercolour pencils

to colour the cat in and also decorate the oval background.

You can see the other Crazy 4 Challenges cards on the Blog HERE 

Marianne Pillow Box

Today on the Crafts U Love Blog I have posted a Marianne Pillow Box showcase.

Tonic Studios Dies and Marianne Pillow Box

Penny Black Stamped Design, Marianne Wreath and Marianne Pillow Box.

These are just 2 of the 5 designs I have made.  Check out the post HERE

Merry Kitty

Hello
I am here with a quick post to show the Create and Take that I made for work last Friday.

I don't think I need to tell you how much I love Penny Black so any excuse to make

a card using a Penny Black Cutie is taken.

The image was stamped with Black Versafine and coloured with distress inks.

For this card I used a Penny Black Stamp set called Santa's Helper

The words, border and snowflakes are from a Cut-ies stamp set called 

Little Presents and the shape that I nestled the cat onto is the Karen Burniston

Labels & Circles dies set.  I do love this shape, its big enough to stamp on and has 

just the right amount of shape and decoration to make it interesting.

The mini Envelope was also from CUT-IES 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C362

Hello, its Saturday again and this weeks challenge is :

"Stitches and thread add some for of sewing to your card. This could include machine stitching, faux stitching, dies that have stitches, sewing related stamps, dies, papers, buttons, threads, string etc."

I decided as I am rubbish at real sewing I would use some stamps and dies to meet the theme.
I used the Karen Burniston  RECTANGLE PULL CARD Pop it ups die set for the base card.

The stamped image is a Penny Black Stamp

Scissors are Marianne Designs

Spool and Pin are X Cut

The patchwork, I dusted off my zig zag scissors!!

I was pleased how this one turned out :)  

Sorry this is short and sweet but I only just remembered just before bed time that I

did not blog this card yet. 

Visit HERE to see all the other challenge cards 

Caz x

Karen Burniston Designer Challenge NOVEMBER Part 1

Hello Crafters and today I am here with the first November Challenge for the Karen Burniston Designer Challenge Team and today's challenge brought to you by Karen is....

NOV 8TH - "Hat Attack" - there are 8 different hat choices in the Props/Charms/Anita sets - use one (or more) on a card. 

I chosen the Santa Hat from Props 5 to make Jolly the Mouse into "Father Christmouse"  I do believe he is singing  "When Santa got stuck up the chimney".  Not to worry, maybe Bert will come and save him if that happens with his trust Chimney Brushes.  :)

Jolly looks rather fetching in Santa's hat, glasses and Mustache, but he left the beard at

home, said tickled his tummy.

The front is very understated, I do like to keep them simple, you'd really have no clue to the 

card inside and makes it more of a surprise.

And here is the centre of the card, I have used the 

Through the Lens Paper

stack "Stone" from Elizabeth Craft Designs

Flower Pot Pop it Ups for the Chimney

Jolly the Mouse

Props 5

Upper Case Alphabet

Merry Christmas Pop it Ups

Agatha Edges

Parcels from Evergreen

Where possible I have linked Crafts U Love in the UK

otherwise I have linked directly to Elizabeth Craft Designs

Remember you can see all the other cards (and there are some amazing makes)

from the other ladies on Karens team on the link to the left of my blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Caz x

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C361

Hello and welcome to my first post for the November Crazy 4 Challenges and this month it is Maryann who is hostess for this month.

Her challenge is

"Who can resist fresh fruit in season, for me it's strawberries, so add some form of fruit to your card. Think of stamps, dies, papers or colours."

I fancied some colouring last night when I made this and I grabbed

one of my House Mouse Stamps that I have had for many years.

I teamed this stamp up with some bright papers and the Karen Burniston

KATIE LABEL PIVOT POP IT UPS die set

this is still a firm favourite of mine from her collection and one of the simplest to use.

Perhaps that is why I grab it over and over again, its quick and easy but still a WOW card.

A feast of colour for your eyes and it looks like this little furry friend

has eaten rather too much!  Tummy Ache anyone?

I hope you liked my card for todays challenge.  

You can check out what my fellow Crazies have been up to HERE