New DT members

ABC challenge are looking for new DT members to come on board.Why not go to their website and have a look .This might be something you would be good at. Dawn and Cathy have made some beautiful cards, sorry they are leaving. What you need to do to now.

1. Post about this on your blog and link it back.

2.Chose 3 of your favourite cards which shows your style of card making.

I've chosen 3 cards that don't have any cutie images on them .We can all stamp or download a digital image and colour it in. I do use images mainly because the challenge entries all seem to be focused around them. I am prepared to go that bit extra and make cards using only paper,punches,some dry embossing and just cutting things by hand.Buttons and bows,punched flowers,ribbons.I like to create a card from nothing,does that make me a thrifty crafter or more inventive.

Flutterby Butterfly

I can't believe it's Saturday already,I am so behind in making cards for all my favourite challenge sites. The up side to this is that now I have the time to make a card I can combine 2 challenges together.

ABC challenge 'D' is for die cut. Cupcake challenge 56 "Red,White and Blue

I've chosen a butterfly which had heart shapes cut out from its wings. The red parts have been heat embossed with clear powder.I used a swirly background stamp of blue on white paper which I stuck behind.The body I covered with glue and stuck beads across.All the paper used is from magazine freebies. Sentiment printed on computer.As I have stuck the butterfly onto a thin strip of card I suppose you could use it as a book mark.

Birthday circles

ABC challenge 'C' is for circles .I love the ABC challenges .My card was made using free paper and a sentiment from a craft magazine.I cut some small flowers from the leftover paper to give some of the flowers a second layer.The large circle is cut out from the front of the card and the large flower is on the inside just to make a change.

flowery tag with buttons

B is for button over at the ABC challenge this week. I've been looking through a card making book by Shirley Toogood and have adapted one of the cards.I started with a white card stock which I sprayed with water,then I added brush strokes in pink and blue whilst it was still wet.The backing paper is Fleur from dena designs.I cut a tag ,inked the edges and then dry embossed.I used white oil pastels over the relief.A few flowers with buttons and ribbon to finish off.

Animal + sketch

This is my second card today and once again it covers two challenges. ABC challenge 'A' is for animal .Elephants are a favourite of mine so this die cut shape was perfect.All the papers come from different sources but I really like the flock effect of the purple centre panel which is from Denadesigns. The second challenge is from Papertake weekly,Dawnys sketch 21.