Christmas in July with Bugaboo Day 1

It's that time of year again when Bugaboo Stamps hold a week of daily challenges on the theme of Christmas.







Materials used:Bugaboo - Two Snowmen
Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament Clear Stamp Set
blue Cor'dinations card
black card
15cm square card blank
Design Objectives A4 snowflake embossing folder
snowflake die cut (from snippets box)
X-Press It card
Copic pens
Wink of Stella Clear Shimmer pen
silver sparkle gel pen
black archival ink pad

The Cor'dinations card has been embossed with the snowflakes folder and then gentle sanded to reveal the flakes.

The snowmen are printed onto X-Press It card and coloured with Copics.

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.

Pippa

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Bugaboo Christmas in July day 1 (Saturday) - Snowman or Snowflake Theme
Lemon Shortbread #19 - Anything Goes
Ike'sworld Challenge #67 - Christmas in July
Inspiration Destination #93 - Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge #81 - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (there is a star ontop of the Christmas tree)
Crafting With An Attitude #17 - Anything Goes

A Taste of Summer Blog Hop EXTENDED!

Hello!  I'm popping in to let you know that the deadline to win the prizes offered up in the A Taste of Summer Blog Hop has been extended.  You now have until July 15th, at 11:55 p.m. EDT, to get your comments added and your name linked up if you want a chance to win the full kit and the 1 year subscription to the Through the Craft Room Door on-line crafting magazine.

Don't know what I'm talking about?  Click HERE to find the original post and read all about it.

Good luck to you all!

Pippa

Swapping challenges

I missed out on getting my entry done on time for the Art By Mi Ran progressive challenge on Facebook so have entered it into the monthly challenge which this month is Anything Goes.



Materials Used:Art By Mi Ran - Sunshine Suzie (#297)
DDDoodles - A Taste of Summer Kit (on offer as a prize for the Blog Hop)
Spellbinders grand labels #23 dies
circle die
white printer card
A5 card blank
X-Press It card
acrylic greeting stamp
archival black ink
Copic pens

Suzie is coloured in with Copics and this time I have stuck to my favourite combination of reds. She has then been fussy cut and stuck to the background using gel glue.

I have used papers and elements from the Taste of Summer Kit to make up the background. I was attempting to suggest that she is standing on the beach. The wavy blue line on the yellow is supposed to be waves on the sand!

We have been having some very strange weather lately here in the UK. It is July and some days have felt more like October or November but then there have been some lovely days with sunshine and no rain. We are really hoping for a good August for our holiday and our daughters wedding.

Thanks for dropping by. Take care.

Pippa

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:Art by Mi Ran Facebook Group - June Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft  #23 - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #37 - Anything Goes
Lacy Sunshine's Colour and Craft Your World - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore July - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards #33 - Anything Goes
Your Scrapbook Place - July
613 Avenue Create #183 - Anything Goes (there is a very small rose on her dress!)
Crafting From The Heart #119 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations #160 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #319 - Anything Goes

Blog hop time with freebies!

 

 Lisa D. from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is this month's Featured Artist in the Through The Craftroom Door Magazine.

She created a brand new digital kit to mark the occasion and asked several of her crafting buddies to help out by creating samples for the July/August edition!

We've all come together to celebrate this event by bringing you a blog hop featuring projects made with items from Lisa's brand new digital kit called...

  A TASTE OF SUMMER

 

If you are arriving here from Marji's blog, you are right on track!

If you are just starting, you can find a full list of all the hop stops at the bottom of this post.

 To kick off the event, Lisa is providing a free summer themed word art creation that you can find on her blog. Comment at EACH stop along the hop for your chance to win the full digital kit as shown in the preview above. One lucky person will also have the chance to win a 1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine! Please be sure to head to Lisa's blog to read the full details on how to qualify for both of these prizes!

For a chance at winning the Sticker Elements section of this kit...

 

Simply leave a comment on this post and be a follower of my blog!

You have until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 8th, to submit your comments for a chance to win one of the above mentioned prizes. For my stop along the hop, I am excited to share the project I created for the magazine.

Check it out:

Materials used:
DDDoodles - A Taste of Summer Kit (on offer as a prize for this Blog Hop)
12 x 12 printer card
photographs

The whole page has been put together on Serif CraftArtist. If you visit my blog regularly you will know that I have been experimenting more with digital scrapbooking.

I have used a patterened paper and a glitter paper along with a selection of elements from the kit. I am still trying to work out how to add shadows to create dimension on my page but have managed a hint of shadow under the waves section at the bottom of the photgraph.

Our youngest daughter has always been a bit of a water baby so while attending a friends wedding in Brazil earlier in the year she could not let the opportunity go by and ended up in the sea. It's great to see her beaming smile in use again after a difficult time recently.

Next stop on the blog hop route is Helen's blog.  Click HERE to head there now!

If you miss any of the stops along the way, here is the complete list. You are definitely going to want to check out what my fellow hoppers have in store for you:

LISA

SUSAN 

MARJI

PIPPA
HELEN   

DONNA

KATRINA

SUZE 

JULIE

PAT

Have fun and good luck.

Pippa

Coming Soon

Not a card to share with you this morning but just to say that there is a blog hop coming with prizes on offer so you may want to check back tomorrow!

See you later.

Pippa

New monthly challenge at Dragons Lair Designs

Today sees the start of the new challenge at Dragons Lair Designs and this month the theme is: It's a zoo out there! So let's see what animals you can come up with.



Materials used:Dragons Lair Designs - Sitting Cat Digi StampDragons Lair Designs - Animal Magic (Cat) Mini Kit 
Clarity Stamp - Poppies and Field Mice Set
acrylic greetings stamp
printer card
X-Press It card
Copic pens
UTEE and Versamark pad
white A5 card blank

The card blank has been cut and scored to make a double easel card.

The backing papers are printed from the mini kit onto printer card. The frame is also from the mini kit and has been printed at the required size with the sitting cat inside it on X-Press It card.  A second copy of the sitting cat along with a couple of smaller versions have been printed out, fussy cut and then embossed with Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel.

The edge of the frame was masked off with post-it notes and the poppies stamped in then another poppy image stamped on the remaining card. Both poppy images have been coloured with Copics.  The second poppies image has been trimmed to size to fit the smaller panel and the greeting stamped on the bottom with black ink.

The large embossed cat image has been attached over the base image with foam pads adn the two smaller cats have been stuck to the inside to form the panel stoppers.

I hope you will come along and have a go at our challenge yourself. There are prizes to be won! If you need inspiration here are some useful links:

Dragons Lair Designs Links

• If you fancy trying out some of Dragons Lair Designs, please do visit the Store to find all sorts of digital goodies for crafting, and the minimum spend is only £2 (you’ll find great digi-stamps and lots more).


• And why not join the “Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group” on Facebook. It’s a small, fun, group where we have lots of different activities which include exclusive challenges, daily inspiration and giveaways – and there’s a loyalty club for those who take part as well where taking part gets you points, winning gets you more points, and get enough points and you get a voucher to spend in the shop.


• We have a page on Facebook. If you like the creations I’ve made using Dragons Lair Designs digital downloads then we’d love it if you popped over and “Like” us.


• See us on CraftsUPrint


• Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog : new challenge the first Friday of every month


• Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog : a showcase blog for lots of different crafting made using Dragon Lair Designs


• Then of course there’s the Dragon Boss Lady’s own blog – Straight From The Craftroom

Thanks for dropping in. Take care.