Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch Challenge

Hi Crafters

Its me again for Crazy 4 Challenges Blog and today it is a sketch challenge.  I am really enjoying the challenges every week and I am trying to be more organised and not so last minute this year.  So far so good... well a tiny bit better than usual.

Above you can see the challenge sketch that I had to follow.  Of course this

is for inspiration and you can add your own sort of twists to it... least that what it what I have done.

I must say I am thrilled with how this card turned out.

The main image for this card is BAKER THE BEAVER... from Karen Burnison

Beaver I hear you say... ahh well BAKER THE BEAVER got a makeover and it so happens he makes FABULOUS squirrel too!

Super chuffed how he turned out. With scissors I cut his ears to a point, added a hand cut tail and used JOLLY THE MOUSE'S feet for my squirrel.

The base card was made using the large tag from Marianne Designs from their January release.   I folded a piece of card and made sure the cut edge was inside the edge so it would not cut and hence make a folded card.

The wood panels were done using square with a wood stamp from Marianne.

The Banner was also Marianne designs.

All materials from Crafts U Love

Baker will be coming into stock soon.

CRAZY 4 CHALLENGES BLOG IS HERE so

check out what the other ladies have made.

Crazy 4 Challenges "Bubbles"

Hi there
Second week on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and this weeks theme is BUBBLES.  This could be bubble bath, blowing bubbles, well anything you associate with Bubbles.  I chose to use a cute Penny Black stamp set featuring two little mice sharing a "BUBBLY LEMONADE".

 Here you can see the cute little micey from the Penny Black stamp set called "Homemade"

For the main card base I used the Karen Burniston TAGS PIVOT die set which makes for a super simple WOW card.  I used the NEW Karen Burniston PULL CARD EDGES to make the RIC RAC.

The Tags Pivot is available from Crafts U Love at www.craftsulove.co,uk

and the PULL CARD EDGES is coming soon to Crafts U Love as this is a NEW RELEASE from

Karen Burniston that is being showcased at CHA this weekend.

Crazy 4 Challenges - Z

Good morning and today, well  in fact this month I am guest designer over at 

Crazy 4 Challenges

 thanks to the very lovely Frances Brynes invitation who is this months hostess.

Apparently yesterday was Z Day. So let's celebrate by including something starting with the letter Z on our cards.  You could make a Z Fold Card, use a zip or zip image, zinnia, zebra, zoo etc. Let's show the letter Z how much we love it!

So I decided to play with the new Karen Burniston Oval Pull card.  All the Pull cards

are fabulous and happen to create the "Z" style card.  Teamed with Mr Jinks  (OK just Jinks) from Karen Burniston her new adorable Monkey and it a cute/fun card.

The Oval Pull card comes with an optional "Pull" which have attached Jinks to.

Here you can see the card flat and all the detail.

The paper was an VERY old Bo Bunny paper which I found in a box, perfect

colours for a monkey card.

You can position your piece onto the pull part in the way you want, I chose to position Jinks

so you could just see his head when closed.

Here is the last picture and you can see when the card is opened

Jinks has moved all the way to the centre, I love the way his legs

move with him into the centre of the card really give him animation.

Here to can see the card standing from above, ahem, backwards Z here too :)

The New Karen Burniston are out later this month, being showcased at CHA very very soon.  Crafts U Love in the UK have these on Pre Order. www.craftsulove.co.uk

I will be back next Saturday with my next Crazy for Challenges and thank you to Frances for the invitation.

Materials Used : Jinks Karen Burniston, Oval Pull card Karen Burniston, Woodware Jungle Lead Punch, Bo Bunny paper (very old), Cheeky Monkey Clear Stamp set Karen Burniston.

C4C300 Crazy for Challenges - Ride the Wind

Hello and today is a first for a VERY long time, but hopefully not the last.  I decided I wanted to join in a few challenges and I have joined the Crazy For Challenges C4C300 with this Cats Pajamas stamp.  I love these rabbits!  Such fun.  I teamed this stamp up with the Karen Burniston/Elizabeth Craft Designs Spiral Circle Pull Die but I decided not to use the spiral part so its just a Circle Pull Card.  The inside is just more clouds so I didn't photograph that but, but when I am ready to send this to someone I will add the greeting inside.

I also use the foliage from the Karen Burnison All Season tree to make the clouds.  I use

this die all the time for clouds.

The Karen Burniston Dies can be purchased from Crafts U Love

The stamp is from my stash so you'll have to try and source it yourself.

So I hope you have enjoyed my first challenge card of this year!!  I might be back with another one soon if my mojo can keep up.

These past weeks its been school holidays, which mostly have involved juggling the boys

between me and my Mum.  What would I do without her?    Anyway, Harvey has got massively into Warhammer and I have really enjoyed helping him paint some models too.  I love that it gets him off the gadgets, the creative side of building and painting and then the social

side of going to Warhammer store to play.  There is a lot of reading and counting involved too

so its all good for many reasons.

Here's Harvey painting this morning, look at the concentration!

And here is the Orc that I painted

It looks better in real life, they are so small and so hard to get a good photo as you can see the details.  But I am enjoying the painting a lot!  As they say "A change is as good as a rest".  

I'll be back soon with another post, this time showing off some of the Minc

projects I made.

Caz xx