Crafty Friends Challenge 48

This fortnight challenge is Anything goes

For this challenge I decided to use dies and no images.

The card base is made with a Joy!Crafts die. In the center I added a little dog that I made with a cottage cutz die.

This challenge is sponsored by: Di's Digi Designs

Pop over to the Crafty Friends challenge blog and join in.

I would like to enter the first card in the following challenges:
- Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes
- Creative Craft Cottage - Challenge #78 Anything Goes
- Polkadoodles Crafting - Wk 52 - Something New 
- Brown Sugar - Challenge #231 - Anything Goes

Season's Greetings

Holiday Chaos - Day 7

Yikes I really have to finish decorating my Christmas tree... it's only 2 more weeks till Christmas. Luckily it's the last day of the holiday chaos. For the bingo today I used some bright colors, not really screaming Christmas, a bow for the ornament and 3 layers of card stock. The image is from Bugaboo stamps. The pine border is a Marta Stewart punch.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- ABC Christmas - Y for Yikes and Z for Zoooooom!
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 7 LAST DAY!!!
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Welcome to Pennys Challenge 307
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 115
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #47

Holiday Chaos - Day 6

A couple of weeks ago I found a paper pad that I did not know I had. One of the sheets I have used for this card ("old" paper). Add a digi from Bugaboo stamps that I already own for a long time but did not use a lot yet ("old" image) and a lovely sketch from the current Stella sketch challenge and you end up with this card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 6
- Catch the bug - Stella Says Sketch Challenge 419
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Welcome to Pennys Challenge 307
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 115

Holiday Chaos - Day 5

Make it funny, well the image does that. I used one of my favorite images which relates to Santa and the sky in the photo, next to that it's evening stitching again.  The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 5
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything (Christmas) Goes  
- Holly Jolly Christmas - Challenge #86  
- Christmas card challenges - Challenge #1 

Holiday Chaos - Day 4

My specialty, keep it simple. A stitched card without patterned paper, using only card stock and a cute image from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 4
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #47
- Come and get it - Christmas Challenge

Holiday Chaos - Day 3

I do not often make tags, so it's not an elaborate one. The background is made of red and white strips of card stock, the image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 3
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- Polkadoodles - Week 48 - Anything Goes
- Simon Wednesday - Simon Says: Anything Goes

Holiday Chaos - Day 2

For day 2 we have to follow a sketch and that was easy as I like the sketch. The card is very simple with textured card stock, the border was made with an EK success punch and the image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 2
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- ABC Christmas - X is for Criss Cross
- Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything (Christmas) Goes
- Simon Wednesday - Simon Says: Anything Goes

Holiday Chaos - Day 1

Sparkles is the challenge and boy is that a challenge for me. In my stash I found patterned with sparkles, well that was a great find. I finished the card with a cute polar bear from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Holiday Chaos - Day 1
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- Simon Wednesday - Simon Says: Anything Goes
- Simply Papercraft - Challenge 42.

Crafty Friends Challenge 46

This fortnight challenge is Merry Christmas

For this challenge I could use the wonderful image "the gift" from Sheri Baldy My Besties. 

The die that I used is from Yvonne Creation.

For this challenge we have 2 wonderful sponsors (click on the image to go to the webshop):

 Pop over to the Crafty Friends challenge blog and join in.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
- Christmas card challenges - Challenge #50
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Pennys Challenge 306
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra December 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 310
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 114
- Simon Wednesday - Simon Says: Anything Goes
- Glitter 'N' Sparkle - Challenge #216

Penguin blues

Another stitched winter / Christmas card. The cute penguin is from Beccy's Place. The corners are a punch from EK Success.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 309: use a sentiment
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 114
- Christmas with the Cuties - CHALLENGE #1
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #46

Sketch 419

The weather is getting colder and it's time to light the candles again. Add some holy and I think you have a great Christmas feeling.

The digi is from Beccy's Place and the sketch I used is from Catch the bug.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Stella Says Sketch Challenge 419
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 309: use a sentiment
- A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #32 - "Anything Goes"

Sketch 418

With the sketch from Catch the bug I made this card. All the papers are with metallic blue, so photographing the card was a bit difficult. The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug- Stella Says Sketch Challenge #418
- Delicious Doodles - Christmas Non-Traditional - November Challenge
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 308
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #46

Easel card

One of the daily challenges at the month of holiday cards at Beccy's Place is to create an easel card. So I decided to combine this challenge with the bingo at Catch the bug and this is what I ended up with.

The die for the holy and the shape is a set from Yvonne Creations, the cute digi with text is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - November Bingo Challenge (bugaboo image - players choice - brads)
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 308
- Cute card Thursday - Challenge 452 - Christmas/Holidays!
- The Cutie Pie - CHALLENGE #105 CUTE AND NO DESIGNER PAPERS

Cardinal bird

Another stitched card, but this time finished with a die cut from Cottage cutz. I just love cards with birds on them and like the song Winter Wonderland "there is a new bird to stay".

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 307: colour: coral
- Fadengrafik - 98. Challenge - Themenfrei
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Challenge 304
 

Snow family

A wonderful snow family from Beccy's Place and a stitching pattern from stitch & do cards only. Blue and green, one color fit for the winter and the other fit for Christmas. The Snowmen and the stitched circle make me wonder if I should have made the card round...but I think that would have been too much of one shape.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 307: colour: coral
- Catch the bug - Theme Challenge - Going in Circles
- Fadengrafik - 98. Challenge - Themenfrei

Sketch 417

With the sketch from Catch the bug I made a green card. Not a color I use frequent, but very fit for a holiday card.

The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Stella Says Sketch Challenge #417
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 306
- Catch the bug - November Anything Goes

Month of holiday cards - day 2

For the month of holiday cards at Beccy's Place I made this card. It's not a traditional wreath, but one created from poinsettias. It is placed on another bow-card. The bell in the middle is created with a die from Cottage Cutz.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 306
- Catch the bug - November Anything Goes
- Winter Wonderland - Christmas Flowers

Crafty Friends Challenge 44

This fortnight challenge is a card for someone special. 

For this challenge I made a wonderful bow card with the template from Sandra's Scrapshop. The super cute digi is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy, the rectangular die is from Spellbinder.

For this challenge we have 3 wonderful sponsors (click on the image to go to the webshop):

Pop over to the Crafty Friends challenge blog and join in.

I would like to enter the first card in the following challenges:
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 110
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Pennys Challenge 302
- Brown Sugar - Challenge #223 - Anything Goes
- Simon says Monday - Simon Says: Thinking of You
- A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #31 - "Anything Goes"

October Recipe

A card with a stitched border, brown and green colors for the fall and 3 buttons. So how do you end up with a Christmas card? Well by using this cute skating (or should I say falling) bear digi from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - October Recipe Challenge!
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Delicious Doodles - Christmas Non-Traditional - November Challenge

Snow fun

Day 1 of the month of holiday cards at Beccy's place is your favorite colors. Now I have 2 favorites, use blue tones and the other is use brown tones. This card I made with the brown tones as you can see.

This cute giraffe can't get enough of the snowflakes. Let's wait and see if we will get snow this year. The adorable image is from Beccy's Place and a stitching pattern from stitch & do cards only.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - A Month Of Holiday Cards
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 305
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge November 2016
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #44
- Winter Wonderland - Well Wrapped Up

Sketch 416

A last minute card again with the sketch from Catch the bug. The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

 I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Stella Says Sketch Challenge #416
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for October 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 305
- ABC Christmas - 'V' For Vertical!
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Penny's challenge 301 plus DT call

October color

With the colors from the Catch the bug color challenge and a gorgeous digi from Beccy's Place I made this card. I can't wait for the month of holiday cards at Beccy's Place for a whole lot of new inspiration.

The border die is from Marianne Design.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Time for October Color Challenge!
- Beccy's Place - October Challenge
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for October 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 304: use a sentiment
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #44

Sketch 415

Another Christmas card with the sketch from Catch the bug. I decided to use turquoise for a different challenge.

The cute digi is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Stella Says Sketch Challenge #415
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for October 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 302: turquoise/aqua 
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #43
- Christmas Card - Challenge #44

Crafty Friends Challenge 42

This fortnight challenge is Autumn colors

This time I am very lucky to be able to work with the an image of each sponsor that we have. My first card is with the cute digi from My Besties. The border punch I used is from Martha Stewart.

My second card is with a wonderful digi from Bugaboo stamps. The die I used is from Spellbinder.
I just love the text that comes with this digi and my husband said it does explain a lot...

For this challenge we have 2 wonderful sponsors (click on the image to go to the webshop):

Pop over to the Crafty Friends challenge blog and join in.

I would like to enter the first card in the following challenges:
- Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #92 ~ Punches/Die Cuts
- A Gem of A Challenge - Challenge #179 HALLOWEEN
- Simon Wednesday challenge - Simon Says: Halloween Inspiration
- Simon Monday challenge - Simon Says: Halloween
- 613 Avenue create - Challenge #190 - Anything Goes

I would like to enter the second card into the following challenges:
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Pennys Challenge 298 
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 106
- A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #29 - "Anything Goes"
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #43
- C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge 384 - 6th of October – Inspiration Picture

Sketch 414

A last minute card with the gorgeous sketch from Catch the bug. I enjoyed using the sketch.

The border is a Martha Stewart punch, the digi is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Stella Says Sketch Challenge 414
- Catch the bug - October Anything Goes Challenge!
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for October 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas- CHNC challenge 301
- Brown Sugar - Challenge #218 - Anything Goes
- Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #91 ~ Anything Goes
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - Pennys Challenge 297

September Photo

The photo at Catch the bug inspired me with the flowers, therefor I decided to make a card with flowers.

This beautiful digi is from Bugaboo stamps. The text I added myself via the computer.
I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - September Photo Challenge!
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 105
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #42
- 613 Avenue Create - CHALLENGE #189 

Christmas scene

After a vacation I always have stitched cards that need finishing. So today I used one of my Cottage Cutz Christmas dies to finish the card. I just love this cute scene. The stitching pattern is a stitch & do cards only.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Christmas Die Cuts
- ABC Christmas challenges - 'S' for Sew What?
- Christmas card challenges - Challenge #42 -- Anything Goes
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 300: use a sentiment
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for September 2016

September bingo

This week I played around a bit with the cute snowmen from Bugaboo stamps and decided to join two to make one new image. I just love this embossing folder with the irregular dots as it looks just like snow and so the card for the bingo at Catch the bug was shaped.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - September Bingo Challenge!
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 299
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for September 2016
- Christmas card challenges - Challenge #41 -- Color Challenge

Beccy's Place September

During my vacation I stitched this card. After coming home i finished it with the wonderful digi from Beccy's Place. I kept the card in pastel tones.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - September challenge
- Catch the bug - Theme Challenge -The Great Outdoors!
- 613 Avenue Create - CHALLENGE #189 
- A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #28 - "Anything Goes"

Crafty Friends Challenge 40

This fortnight challenge is Monochrome. 

The theme Monochrome made me want to work with brown colors and do a different shaped card.

The cute Giraf is a digi from Beccy's Place. I have placed it on a card shape that I made with a die from Crealies. The die for the journal page with the hearts is from Whiff of Joy.

For this challenge we have 3 wonderful sponsors (click on the image to go to the webshop):

Pop over to the Crafty Friends challenge blog and join in.

I would like to enter the first card in the following challenges:
- Beccy's Place - September challenge
- 613 Avenue Create - CHALLENGE #189 
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #41
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for September 2016

AG September

The stitched card was already done quite a while, but I never came around to finishing it. Well now I did.

The stitching pattern is from Chrissie and the cute digi is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - September Anything Goes Challenge!
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra for September 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 297
- Winter Wonderland - Cute Christmas characters or an easel card
- 613 Avenue Create - CHALLENGE #189 
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #41

August Color

Another Christmas card this week, in the colors green and brown.

The border die is from Creative Expression and the Christmas tree is from Precious Marieke. The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - Time for a Color Challenge !
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 296: use a sentiment
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas -CHNC challenge extra for September 2016

August bingo

A card with a new die I bought. I just fell in love with this background die from Yvonne Creations. The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - August Bingo Challenge - bling/bugaboo image/players choice (die cut)
- C.R.A.F.T. - Challenge 377 - 18th of August – Christmas.
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra August 2016
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 295
- Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #85: Any Holiday
- 613 Avenue Create - Challenge #188 - Anything Goes 
 

July recipe

Finally I came around to making the card for the July recipe at Catch the bug. Luckily this challenge lasted a couple of weeks.

The background is embossed with a folder with holy, the tag is a die from Xcut. It's difficult to see but I distressed the tag (Do not open until 25 dec) with the tool from Tim Holtz. The image is from Bugaboo stamps.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
- Catch the bug - July Recipe Challenge!
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge 294: Colour: brown
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - CHNC challenge extra August 2016
- Winter Wonderland - Show us an embossed background 

Crafty Friends Challenge 38

This fortnight challenge is Anything goes!

This challenge I got to work with a wonderful digi from Toadstool Printables. I have combined it a stitching pattern from Stitch and Do. The circle die I used it from Spellbinder.

For this challenge we have 3 wonderful sponsors:

Toadstool Printables                                          KennyK

Lacy Sunshine

Pop over to the Crafty Friends challenge blog and join in.

I would like to enter the first card in the following challenges:
- Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - CHALLENGE #39
- Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge - CHNC challenge extra August 2016
- Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes Challenge No. 98
- 613 Avenue Create - Challenge #188 - Anything Goes