CCT Button Up

The challenge at CCT this week is Button Up, we'd like to see some buttons on your cards. I have used Stampin Up DP on my card and an old giraffe image which I got as part of a set from QVC well over 10 years ago probably more like 15 and I'm afraid to say its the first time it has seen ink!! I distressed the DP with Antique Linen Distress Ink and added a Darkroom Door sentiment. The button is from Etsy and the twine from Stampin Up. Another very quick card.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a great prize from Whimsy Stamps. Have a good week.

CCT Die-ing For a Punch

This weeks theme at CCT is die-ing for a punch. I have made a photo frame using the Sizzix Vintage Cabinet die and also the Easel die so the frame will stand up. The papers are My Minds Eye and the photo is a Photo Chip from Darkroom Door of the Charles Bridge in Prague. The flowers are Hero Arts and I have punched 2 fronds and added a doiley, some pearls and a piece of velvet ribbon.

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have another fab prize from Whiff of Joy.

CCT Anything Goes

Well at last I've managed to make a card! The theme at CCT this week is Anything Goes so and nice easy challenge and we have a fab prize from Bunny Zoe Crafts. I made my card using a Sizzix Pop n Cut die, I love these dies and think I might have to treat myself to another couple soon! The papers are Docrafts and the image is from Penny Black coloured with Copics.

I'm off for a look round some blogs. Have a good Thursday!

CCT In The Summertime

This weeks challenge at CCT is In The Summertime. I have made yet another quick card using a Penny Black hedgehog and dies from Die-Namics. 

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Once Upon A Time

This weeks theme at CCT is Once Upon A Time, my altered heart has the 2 blue birds from Cinderella on it! I bought 3 hearts from Sainsbury just after Valentines day for 20p each and have removed the sentiments from them. The heart is covered in Tilda Country Escape papers and I got the die cut birds from the same paper pad. I have distressed the edges with Pumice Stone Distress Ink and then randomly painted Picket Fence Crackle Paint on the papers. I stamped a few flourishes and a sentiment  and added a few flowers.

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Ebony and Ivory

Another super quick card for this weeks CCT challenge on the theme of ebony and ivory. The ties are a set of 3 Hero Arts stamps which I picked up for 50p at a craft sale and I stamped them using a stamp positioner which was also 50p so quite a bargain!! I have 3D the ties and  the white card is embossed with a Cuttlebug houndstooth folder and the sentiment is also Hero Arts.

Only just realised but I havent even cropped the photo! Oh well, I have been very lapse at blog hopping recently what with working overtime and my eldest daughter moving into her own flat but hopefully I will get time later today or tomorrow.

Finishing on quite a sad note the floods in Prague which have again flooded the lower levels of the zoo is such sad news. Kerry and I visited there in October and it was one of the best days out which I have had, it is a fantastic zoo and I only hope they manage to get the funds to reopen it. Luckily they managed to save the animals. 

CCT Too Cool For School

The theme over at CCT this week is Too Cool For School. I have used a Mo Manning digi image on my card which I have coloured with Copics. Yet another quick card!

I hope you'll be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have another fab prize.

CCT Dancing Queen

The theme at CCT this week is Dancing Queen. I have used a Tim Holtz Movers and Shapers die to cut out the dress form from brown card and some very old Graphic 45 paper. The kraft card has embossed lines on it but unfortunately they do not show up in the photo. The punches and edge die are from Stampin Up and I added a little piece of ribbon, a paper rose and a few pearls. Yet another quick and easy card!

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Something Blue

This weeks theme at CCT is nice and easy, Something Blue. I used Stampin Up butterflies and a Cuttlebug embossing folder. This is another super quick card as I'm rushing to get the dreaded housework done as I'm working 6 nights out of 7 this week!

CCT Come Fly with Me

This weeks theme at CCT is Come Fly with Me. I have coloured a tag with Distress Stains and used a Tim Holtz sentiment and a Stampin Up bird image which I inked with Distress Inks. I also added some FranTage embossing powders and glitters to the tag.

CCT Can't Stop The Rain

This weeks challenge at CCT is Can't Stop The Rain. I have made a quick tag which I coloured with Distress Stains. I was going to add various embellishments to the tag but I really liked how the background turned out and when I stamped the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man image it looked like he was walking down a path so I left it as it was and just stamped the Docrafts cog stamp in the corner and a dotty stamp under his feet. The seam binding is also coloured with Distress Stains.

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Cake Walk

This weeks challenge at CCT is Cake Walk. I used a Penny Black image coloured with Copics for my card, this is another stamp which I have had for years and never used!! The papers are from Docrafts, these have got to be my favourite papers at the moment and I die cut them with Die-Namics Blueprints 1 dies.

Have a good Thursday.

CCT Butterfly Kisses

We have a fab theme at CCT this week and its Butterfly Kisses. I have been having a bit of a change from card making and decided to decorate a canvas. I have painted the back with gesso and then made a stencil using a Tim Holtz movers and shapers die. I applied modelling paste through the stencil and then painted the canvas with acrylic paints. I added a little gold paint from a Tim Holtz paint dabber over the swirls and some flowers cut with an EK Success punch. I distressed the flowers and added a pearl to the centers. The background text was stamped on to tissue and applied with Mod Podge and the butterflies are cut with an X Cut punch and embossed with Fran-tage Shabby White embossing powder. I got the quote from the internet. I really enjoyed making this canvas and have a few more waiting to be decorated.

I hope you will be able to join in this weeks challenge as we have a fab prize from Whiff of Joy. 

CCT Something Borrowed

I can't believe its Thursday again already, the time is really flying by at the moment. I hope you all had a good Easter. The theme at CCT this week is Something Borrowed. I made a little tag for my son's birthday and 'borrowed' a bit of garden string for it!! The image is an old Greetings Farm one which I coloured with Copics and the papers are Basic Grey. I am slowly using up some of my old stash and I'm having to get out all my old stamps to use because there aren't many new stamps that I like at the moment, which in a way is good because I can save a few pennies!

Have a good week.