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Sunday 27 October 2013

OSAAT- Challenge 187 - Halloween


Hello my lovely readers,
Its time for the OSAAT Halloween challenge. Our sponsor for this week is Creative Craft World. The prize for this challenge is 3 promarkers for the winner and for the runner up $3 to spend at the Stitchy Bear Store.

I have used the image Halloween Swirl which is available to buy from the store. The image is by the great Hope Jacare Doodles.


This card is A5 in size made from card from Papermill. The navy blue card is also from Papermill. The black glitter paper is from my local craft shop Kraft Crazy, the silver glitter card is from my stash and the checked paper is from Papermania- Capsule Collection. I cut the silver card using my new Tonic- Star border punch. The image is coloured in with promarkers, here is a list of the colours I have used: Bats- Black, Cool Grey 5
Grass- Grass    Spider- Black, Warm Grey 4      Tree - Emerald, Forest Green,  Walnut Burnt Sienna
Castle- Black,Warm Grey 5,4,3, Cool Grey 4 & 5, Ice Grey 3   Flags- Ruby
Pumpkins- Summer Sun, Pumpkin, Burnt Sienna   Owl- Chestnut, Sandstone, Terracotta, Cocoa, Bright Orange.

So come along and join us over at OSAAT

Tuesday 22 October 2013

Simply Betty Fortune Teller

Hey everyone

My mojo has been on the go slow lately because of all that's going on in my private life :( I normally try and get my Simply Betty monthly challenge cards done early but this time I took longer. I messed up a few times and I hope that it looks ok. Here is my card for the Simply Betty October Fan Page Challenge.



The card is A5 in size and is made from card from papermill. I have used a silver slight glitter card from my stash and a coloured card from papermill as my base card. I then cut out of purple velvet paper using a spellbinders die to put my lady onto. I have then on the other side used a pink card from papermill and then a freebie paper from craftylicous and then a light blue glitter card from my statsh. I have then used chipboard letters from papermania and then black gem borders from my stash.
The image is called Fortune Teller and is coloured in using promarkers, I have also made the eyes glaze using glossy accents and made the crystal ball all glazed and raised. The beads on her shawls have got liquid pearls on them. Here is a list of the colours I have used for the image: Earrings/Bracelet- Metallic Gold
Head Scarf- Amethyst      Shawl- Orchid, Emerald     Dress- Amethyst, Emerald     Table- Aubergine
Crystal Ball- Metallic Gold, Ivory    Chair- Metallic Gold, Aubergine    Necklace- Emerald, Amethyst
Tarot Cards- Black, Warm Grey 3, Ruby    Hair- Warm Grey 2, 4 & 5      Lips- Red
Eyes- Caramel, Terracotta, Cocoa     Skin- Almond, Coral, Sunkissed Pink

I want to enter this card into the following challenges- Simply Betty- Oct Fan PageArtistic Inspiration - Anything GoesCards for Men- HalloweenC is for Challenge- HalloweenCraft in Desert DivasLEJ- Things that go bump in the night

JIC- Sassy Studios- Tags




Hello Everyone it is time for a JIC challenge, this week the theme is- Tags



Our sponsor for this week is the brilliant Sassy Studio Designs

Here is my card using tags, the image I have used is called Sassy America and is available to buy from the store.  Sorry about the poor quality photo but there wasn't good light in the house when I was taking the photo.


The card is A5 in size and is made from card from papermill. I have then used 3 papers from Papermania capsule collection paper pack and then a red and silver paper from my stash. The tags are made from blue card from my stash cut with a die then embossed and then I made a hole and put an eyelet in with my eyelet setter. The sentiment and red ribbon from the other tags are also from my stash. The image is coloured in with promarkers and then the shield I have decoupaged. The colours I have used for the image are:
Skin- Sunkissed Pink, Almond, Putty     Lips- Lipstick Red    Eyes- Walnut, Henna, Burnt Sienna
Hair- Raw Sienna, Mustard, Gold, Pastel Yellow    Earring- Berry Red    Shoes- Arctic Blue, Sky Blue
Shield- Arctic Blue, Sky Blue, Berry Red     Mask- Sky Blue, Arctic Blue    Top- Aegean, Sky Blue, Arctic Blue     Tights- Sky Blue, Arctic Blue, Aegean, Berry Red

So why don't you come along and make a card with some tags and enter it into our challenge over at Just Inspirational Challenges

Monday 21 October 2013

TTPH- Digital Delights- Halloween



 Welcome to another challenge with Through The Purple Haze, the sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights and the challenge is Halloween.

Please go and visit my other team members and see what they have done for this challenge.


My card is a easel card made using card from Papermill. I then used a green & blue paper, leather patterned card and ribbon from my stash. The red card also comes from papermill. The sentiment is a freebie paper :) The image is from Kenny K and is called Haunted House, I have coloured it in using promarkers here is a list of colours I have used:  Bats- Black,    Moon- Canary     Sky- Midnight Blue      Clouds- Ice Grey 4, Black
Windows- Saffron    Details- Cool Grey 5, Warm Grey 5

Come and join us over at TTPH

Monday 14 October 2013

TTPH- Lacy Sunshine- Food Glourious Food



Hi there everyone
I am sorry I have been missing from TTPH the last couple of weeks but those of you that know me will know I have been going through a very very rough time atm. I hate letting people down but I want to say Anita and the rest of the team have been amazing and so supportive.

This week the theme is Food Glorious Food and our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine, Please come along and join us over at TTPH

The image I have used is Gemma's Frosted Gumdrop Christmas Tree, this was a fun image to work with.


The card is A4 in size and is made from card from Papermill. I have used 4 different papers all from First Edition- Christmas Joy paper pack. I then used ribbon from my stash and a red paper to back the sentiment from my stash. I finished off the card with glossy accents on the eyes and stars and then using Stickles on the gum drops and bows. The image is coloured in with promarkers, here is a list of the colours I have used:
Dress- Crimson, Berry Red, Lush Green, Pine     Star- Yellow     Eyes- Walnut, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna
Hair- Putty, Caramel, Vanilla     Skin- Almond, Putty, Sunkissed Pink    Icing- Pink Mittens
Gumdrops- Crimson, Red, Yellow, Tulip Yellow, Pink Carnation, Cocktail Pink, Bright Green, Light Green, Aubergine, Plum.

Hope that you like my card, i really enjoyed doing this card and was nice to take my minds off things thats going on. I really hope that you can join us over at TTPH

Sunday 13 October 2013

OSAAT - Challenge 185

Hello Everyone
Today is time for a new challenge with OSAAT, The image I have used is Snow Trio from the great Stitchy Bear :) I am sorry about the poor quality photo but I had to take the photo in poor light which I hate doing. This card I ended up making so many mistakes :( I had to colour the image twice as the 1st one I spilt a drink all over it and ruined it :( also the Christmas tree die cut was so fiddly and I ended up having to do 3 before I got it right, But I am pleased with how the card came out in the end :)


The card is A5 in size and is made from card from papermill, the lilac card and red paper is also from them. The pink paper is from Trimcraft but I can't remember the name of the paper pack. The green paper is from Papermania - Capsule Collection - Spots and Stripes- Festive paper pack. The tree is cut using a die I got free with a magazine and then I added gems from my stash. The sentiment is a peel off from my stash. I then added card candi from Craftwork cards. The image is coloured in with promarkers, here is a list of the colours I have used: Hearts- Poppy     Holly-Poppy, Holly     Carrots- Mandarin     Coal- Black
Snowman- Icilie, Ice Grey 1    Mummy Scarf/ Hat- Purple, Cerise   Sky- Sky Blue   Sticks- Shale
Daddy Scarf/Hat- Azure, Island Lagoon     Child Scarf/Hat- Carmine, Mulberry   Broom- Caramel, Sandstone, Burnt Sienna

I really hope that you like my card and also that you can come and join us in with OSAAT

Tuesday 8 October 2013

JIC- Dr Digi- Feathers



Hello Bloggers

As you will know if you've been following my blog for a while I am on Team A at Just Inspirational Challenges. Well the owner Kelly and Kate have been having a think about how to make the challenges more appealing and to entice more of you to enter etc etc and they decided that instead of having an inspirational photo for every challenge we would sometimes use one and other times use a photo of something that you must use in your creation, for example this weeks photo is of feathers which means you must have feathers on your make somewhere.


This week our sponsor is the great Dr Digi and the prize is a free digi.
Here is my card for this week :)


The card is A5 in size and made from card from Papermill as is the red paper and blue card. I have the cut 4 papers into a fence shape, the blue swirls is from Paper Flair - Blue Petite Prints, the stripe and blue/green spots paper is from K & Company- Hopscotch and the multi-coloured paper is from My Minds Eye- Playdate paper packs. I have then used 3 feathers which Kate kindly sent me :) 
The image I have used is Peg Leg Pete which is available to buy from the store. I have glazed the earring, buttons, hook, birds eyes and the bolts and locks on the chest. The image is coloured in which promarkers. Here is a list of the colours I have used: Chest- Summer Sun, Gold, Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna    Buttons-Gold, Summer Sun     Clothes- Midnight Blue, French Navy, Crimson, Red     Eye Patch- Black     Boots- Ice Grey 5, Cool Grey 5, Black     Peg Leg- Tan, Caramel,     Bandage- Ivory, Pastel Beige,     Skin- Putty, Almond, Sunkissed Pink   Cork-Caramel     Hook- Ice Grey 3 & 1,      Bird- Red, Bright Green, Lime Twist, Amber


So why don't you come along and make a card with some feathers and enter it into our challenge over at Just Inspirational Challenges

Tuesday 1 October 2013

JIC - Oct Monthly Challenge


Hey everyone, 
Welcome to the 2nd Monthly Challenge from Just Inspirational Challenges, This time we have TWO themes: 1 is Halloween and the other is Breast Cancer, Think Pink. I have made 2 cards 1 for each theme. 
Here are my cards:

This is A5 in size and made from card from Papermill. The purple and orange patterned papers are from crafticious and are free to download and the eyeball paper is a free download to. The green paper is from my stash. I used a sentiment that was on serif craft artist and then finished off the card with card candi from Craftwork cards. The digi stamp I have used is Spooky Cat from Kenny K and is available to buy from the store. I have coloured it in using promarkers and here is the list of colours I have used: Eyes- Emerald
Nose- Dusky Rose,    Tongue- Crimson, Berry Red   Ears- Pale Pink    Fur- Warm Grey 2,3,4 & 5

This is A5 in size and made from card from Papermill. The pink card is also from Papermill, The word paper is from Craftwork cards, the sentiment is from Kanban and the ribbon and bows are from my stash. The image is called Boobie Love and is by Saturated Canary and is available to buy from her store. I have coloured her in using promarkers, here is a list of the colours I have used: Jeans- Cornflower,Denim Blue, Pastel Blue    Top- Rose Pink, Amethyst, Orchid, Lavender   Lips- Rose Pink,   Rose- Cardinal Red, Red, Leaf Green, Lime Zest   Eyes- Royal Blue, Azure, Arctic Blue    Skin- Putty, Sunkissed Pink, Almond  
Hair- Cerise, Carmine, Magenta

JIC- Team B- Bingo


Hello Everyone
I normally don't do this week as I am on Team A and this week its Team B challenge, but I was busy making cards and had an image coloured so decided to make a card.


The challenge this week is Bingo and the sponsor is Penny Blossom, pop on over to the JIC blog to see what the other team has done and more info on the challenge.



I choose for the bingo the line with 3 papers, Gems and lace. The Image I have used is Coffee Lover.

The card is A5 in size and is made from card from Papermill, The papers are from tatty ted and papermill. The lace is from Lakeland and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and then the gems are from my stash.
I have coloured her in using Promarkers here is a list of the colours I have used:  Hair- Oatmeal, Terracotta Honeycomb, Spice    Face- Sunkissed Pink, Blush, Vanilla, Ivory    Lips- Dusky Rose   Eyes- Chesnut
Cup- Orchid   Cover- Pale Pink    Nightdress- Red, Tropical Orchid    Bed sheet- Soft Lime,
Cushions- Purple, Pink Lobster, Carmine, Winter Berry, Orchid, Antique Pink