Feathers or Fur

It's challenge time again at High Hopes, and this week it's

Feathers and/or Fur

So that's pretty much most of the animal world covered then LOL!

My card uses Penguin Friends (... did you see the tutorial Kristine did last week on how to colour your penguins?)
I've coloured my image with copics and added flowersoft for the fur.
Marianne Design snowflake die and Taylored Expressions star die.

Die Cuttin Divas #89 -anything goes
House of Gilli #44 -Emboss it
The Cafty Pad #194 - Christmas is coming
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #96 - no patterned paper
Totally Gorjuss #155 - things with wings

Smiler!

Thought I'd have a bash at a scrapbook page to see if that will inspire my mojo to come back .... its such a dark cold day today, if he's away somewhere warm and sunny he'll never come home :(

I'm just a tad behind in my scrapbooking, this is my wee niece and she's already 2 and a half, so I'd need to get a move on!  Isn't she a cutie.

Can't remember the make of this DP, but its lovely embossed stuff, feels like flock.
Fence, scallop and heart die cuts; flower punch
Little birdie from a Paper Smooches set.

I flipped the sketch from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club MFTWSC95
Stampin for the Weekend #20 - anything goes
Sir Stampalot October challenge - punches

Fishy Finnigan

This is the first card I've made in ages that actually turned out better than what it looked like in my head!

I've used Finnegan from High Hopes, coloured with promarkers and lots of starry die cuts.  I blinged the whole thing up with extra stickles/glitter.

Sketch from Skipping Stones #151
Papertake Weekly - fireworks (glitter and sparkle)
Divas by Design #58 - use some orange
Catered Crop recipe swap - circles and rounds
Passion for Promarkers #172 - pets

Getting Spruced Up

No new challenge from us at High Hopes (our blue, black and white colour challenge is running for another week)  Instead, Kristine has a fab tutorial on how to colour a black penguin
... yes, I made my card before I read it!  

My card uses Getting Spruced Up  from High Hopes ... coloured with promarkers and paper pieced his hat and starts.  There's loads of glitter on this card, but it doesn't show up how sparkly it is.  I used a fine glue pen and added diamond glamour dust to the swirls at the end of his scarf/star ornament, and to the tops of the snow piles too.  I also blinged up my bling and added some red stickles to my red gems!
Sentiment from Lili of the Valley - though I wish I'd placed my image better so that the sentiment wasn't as squished.

Sketch from CPS - Pick your favourite ~ I used #139
I love Promarkers #140 - Christmas is coming
ABC Christmas challenge - U for Up to you
Pile it On #43 - any holiday
Totally Gorjuss #154 - Bling it on

Sympathy butterflies

Just a wee quick card from me this eve.  My mojo's missing, so if anyone knows where he is, tell him it's about time he got his butt back here!

I paper pieced my lovely butterfy (Stamps by Judith) and popped my central panel up on dimensionals ...  and that's about it really!!
Paper Smooches sentiment.



PS  Donna at Bearly Mine Crafts has a mega candy giveaway until 30 Nov!

Layout is an oldie from CPS Card Sketches - I used #61
The Stamp Man October challenge - butterflies
Cupcake Craft Challenge #215 - pieced off
Charisma Cardz #41 - clean and simple
Stamptacular Sunday #186 - no rules

Dotty bat!

This card took aaaages to make ... mainly because the Halloween imps had hidden my stamp on me! Grr.  (...of course it ended up being right under my nose!)

Dracula coloured with copics and wee batty thing paperpieced.  I also used the stars punched out of the centre of my die cut to randomly stick over the orange bit /flags.
Very old Halloween stamp from Stampin Up and rickety fence stamp from Magnolia.  Practising Creativity bunting stamp.





Lots of Halloweeney challenges about this week....
Layout from Sunday Sketch and Stamp #128
Papertake Weekly - fright night
Simon Says .. eerie inspiration
Fab'n Funky #143 - orange, black + one other
Lexi's Creations #76 - Halloween
Marker Pop #09 - paper piecing + shading

High Hopes Challenge #153

This week's challenge at High Hopes is a colour one ...

Blue, Black and White

You've until 22 October this time to play along and get some ink on your High Hopes stamps - the prize for the random winner is a new stamp of your choice!

My card uses Leapin Lewis, and Merry Christmas sentiment.  Coloured with a mixture of pencils and promarkers.  Lots of sparkle added to his scarf, heart and blades and white flower soft to his hat.  I also got my heat tool out for the first time in maybe a year, and heat embossed my sparkly sentiment.

I've used some new goodies on this card too - I treated myself to this poinsetta die set and lovely baubles border.  And how much am I lovin my gorgeous tinsel ribbon!!! :)

Other challenges:
Layout from Sketch Saturday #229
Card Crafters Circle #44 - black, white + 1 other
One Stop Craft #200 - heat embossing
A Gem of a Challenge #57 - flowers
Simon Says Stamp - dies / punches

ETA: I got Top 3 at Card Crafter's Circle

Rory's Birthday card

This card is for a boy called Rory.  Get it? Ha!
I'm not sure what make these stamps are ... possibly either Hambo or Eat Cake Graphics.  I layered up my cityscape and then covered an entire row up with my circular panel! Duh.
Popped my dinosaur up on dimensionals and added glitter to his spines and a couple of googley eyes.

Sketch from Clean&Simple 212
Papertake Weekly - all creatures great and small
Creative Inspirations #184 - anything goes
Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - reminded me that I had this city street stamp and inspired me to use it for the first time in over a year!

Uncle Alwin's Birthday card

I won this set from a Paper Smooches hop a while back, but this is the first time I've managed to put some ink on it!  Bad me.
I paper pieced almost everything in sight, so it was nice and easy on my markers :)

Layout from Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge
Simon Says Stamp - dies / punches
Creative Inspirations #184 - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #238 - paper piecing
Moxie Fab World World Card Making Day - Birthday

Butterflies and Roses

I bought some of this fancy rose ribbon ages ago and it's sat in my 'too pretty to use' stack!  So I forced myself to use it, along with one of my favourite Lily of the Valley stamps and this gorgeous DP.  I ran out of room for a sentiment, but don't really think it needs one anyway.

Coloured with copics.  Paper pieced small butterfly and die cut large one to match (Whimsy die)

Free choice of sketch from CPS - I used CPS114
Cute Card Thursday #238 - paper piecing
PaperPlay Challenge #31 - simply cute
Simon Says ... dies or punches
Papertake Weekly - all creatures great or small
Divas by Design #56 - anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday #87 - things with wings
By the Cute and Girly October challenge - Birthday