Creatalicious Challenges #88: Things With Wings

It's time for another challenge over at Creatalicious and this challenge theme is 'Things With Wings'  and the sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and my image is Sweetest Day Love Note Fairy. I adore this range of stamps and love colouring them in. I used my Spectrum Noir pens to colour the image. I also added ribbon and pearls from my local craft shop. I also added a little extra sparkle using my Stickles Glitter glue. All the papers are from the Nitwits collection BeYOUtiful and the layers are all cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* So Fairy Cute - Cutie Pie,

I hope you can come and join us and take a look at the rest of the Design Team inspiration.

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz #317 Stitching

It's time for this weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz and the theme is Stitch (real or faux). The sponsor for this week is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and is using the image Bugaboo Brat Boy Bugs and is coloured using my Spectrum Noir pens. I added faux stitching using my Micron pen in brown. The papers are all from the Nitwits Little Men collection and all the layers were cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut. I also added some pearls.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Anything Goes - Bizzy Becs, Glitter 'n' Sparkle,
* Stitching - Pile It On,

xx Mia xx

Polkadoodles - Cream & Sugar

It's time for another challenge over at Polkadoodles and my Team is starting the challenge off which is Cream & Sugar. I have used my favourite ever Polkadoodles kit which is the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime. I absolutely love this kit!!!

The papers, greeting and digi stamp are all from the collection and I used my Brother Scan 'n' Cut to cut out all the layers. The stamp is coloured using my Spectrum Noir pens. I also added some ribbon, gems and glitter glue from my crafty stash.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Anything Goes - Craft Your Passion, Love To Scrap, Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge,

I hope you can all join us with our newest challenge.

xx Mia xx

Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Download Collection

Brother Scan n Cut

Spectrum Noir Markers

Winnie & Chocolate

This card is made using the cute Winnie Sugar Sprinkles collection from Polkadoodles. All of the layers, flowers and leaves and greeting are from the collection and cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut. I also added some Stickles glitter glue, ribbon from my crafty stash and some pearls.

This card is for the following challenges:

* D is for Delicious (food / drink) - ABC Challenge,
* Sketch - Cheerful Sketches,
* Any image - Ribbon Girl,
* Food / Drink - Simon Says,

xx Mia xx

Stampin' Up Butterfly

This Clean and Simple card is made using the Stampin' Up stamp sets 'What I Love' and 'Papilion Potpourri'. The inks used are Daffodil Delight and Perfect Plum. The greeting is from the BeBunni stamp set Sweet Friend. I stamped the butterfly in white embossing powder and used the two inks to colour it in.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Sketch - Sunday Stamps,
* Clean & Simple - Creative Card Crew,

xx Mia xx

Christening Box & Card Set

This card and gift box are for an order for a little girls Christening. I used the papers and embellishments from the Tickled Pink collection from Nitwits. The mats and layers including the decorative circle in the middle are all cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut using the pre-installed shapes. The pearls and ribbon is from my craft stash and I added faux stitching using a Micron pen in brown. The fancy cards and from a Hunkdory kit and the box is made using Crafter's Companion card and their box make board. The digi is from Squigglefly and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.

This set is for the following challenges:

* Use ribbon - Cards und More,
* Bingo (die cut, stitching and ribbon) - Aud Sentiments,
* Any Shape - Crafty Sentiments,

xx Mia xx

Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Easter Card

This card is made using the fab Winnie Sugar Sprinkles kit from Polkadoodles. All of the images, papers, greetings and embellishments are from the kit and the layers and floral border are cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut. I also used the SVG's on the CD to cut a mat and layer for the main image. I coloured the image using my Spectrum Noir pens and added a little Stickles Glitter glue. I also added some pearls from my crafty stash.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Fancy Border - Natalie & Amy,
* Spring / Easter - Paradise Of Stamps, Crafter's Cafe, Sweet Stampin', Allsorts, A Gem Of A Challenge, Hanna & Friends, Little Red Wagon, The Paper Shelter, Crafty Cardmakers, Crafty Gals,
* Inspiration picture (girl and bunny) - Inspirational,

xx Mia xx

Pink Gem - Spider Hero Andy

This card is made for an order for two little boys to give to their father on his birthday. I used the digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs called Spider Hero Andy and I coloured it using my Spectrum Noir pens. The papers and embellishments including the faux ribbon are from the Super Stuey collection from Nitwits. I also added some Craftwork Cards Card Candy.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Quirky Masculine / Ribbon (faux) - Quirky Crafts,
* All About Birthdays - Dream Valley,
* Layer It Up - Melon Headz,
* Anything Goes - Art By Miran,

xx Mia xx

Stampin' Up Spring

This card is made using all Stampin' Up products. The inks used are Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight and Wild Wasabi. The stamps are from the Flower Patch and What I Love sets. The paper, card, ribbon and regal dots are also all from the Stampin' Up.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Sketch - Retro Sketches,
* Flowers - My Time To Craft, Crazy Challenge,
* Yellow & White - Sketchy Colors,
* Spring - Ooh, La, La, Really Reasonable Ribbon,
* Photo Inspiration - Time Out,

xx Mia xx

BeBunni Flower Power Card

This card is trying a new technique that I have recently tried and I love it and this is to stamp and emboss in white and colour with watercolour pens / pencils or paints. I love how subtle you can be with this technique. I used my Spectrum Aqua pens to colour this BeBunni image from the Sweet Friend set. The papers are from the Bella Rose paper pad. The ribbon and pearls are from my local craft shop.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Favourite Stamp Company from Bunny Zoe's - Bunny Zoe's,
* Feature A Creature - Feature A Creature,
* Anything Goes - Little Claire's,

xx Mia xx

Lili Of The Valley Flower Fairy

This card is made using one of my Lili Of The Valley stamps called Flower Fairy unfortunately they are no longer selling this one but there is plenty of other gorgeous fairy stamps. I used black embossing powder on the stamp onto Crafter's Companion Watercolour Card and then coloured with Spectrum Aqua pens. The papers are from the Bella Rose paper pad from First Edition. The ribbon and pearls are from my crafty stash.

The butterfly is cut from Crafter's Companion Cosmic Shimmer cardstock using the Memory Box die Rhone Butterfly. The greeting is from the Stampin' Up set What I Love from this years Sale-a-Bration event.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Things With Wings - Fussy & Fancy,
* Bingo (3 Layers, Die Cut, Sentiment) - Catch The Bug,
* Blending - Hiding In My Craft Room,
* In The Garden - Moving Along With The Times,
* Use Ribbon - Chocolate, Coffee & Cards,
* Sketch - Sketch Saturday,

xx Mia xx

Winnie Sugar Sprinkle Birthday Set

This birthday card and box set is for a friend's Granddaughter. I used the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles collection to decorate the card and box. The layers are all cut using the Brother Scan 'n' Cut and the box was made using the Crafter's Companion box maker. The ribbon, butterflies and hearts are all from my crafty stash. The girl that the set is for is a dark blonde so I added a little bit of yellow Spectrum Noir pen to the hair to make it more blonde.

This card is for the following challenge:

* Sketch - Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2,

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz #316 - Baby

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz is a 'Baby' challenge and the sponsor is Di's Digi Stamps and the image I used was Baby Balloons. I coloured the image using my Spectrum Noir pens and I added some pearls and ribbon from my crafty stash. The layers were all cut using my Brother Scan'n' Cut and the papers and embellishments are from the Nitwits Bundle Of Joy collection.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Sketch - Sketchy Colours,
* A Card - Crafts Galore Encore,

Please come and check out all the Design Team inspiration.

xx Mia xx

Polkadoodles - Spring Pastels

This fortnights challenge is Spring Pastels and for my inspiration post card I have used the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Springtime collection all of the elements are from this kit. I used my Brother Scan 'n' Cut to cut out all the layers and to cut around the digi stamp.

I just love the chalkboard look with the spring pastels of this kit but it's a grey not black which really makes it all tie together. I also used the kit to make a coordinating MDF heart. I also added a box to gift the heart in.

The flowers are cut using my Marianne Design spiral flowers and the leaves are from the collection which I also used my Brother Scan 'n' Cut to cut around.

The box is made using the Crafter's Companion Top Score board and their sparkle card. I then added some jewels, glitter glue and ribbon from my crafty stash.

This set is actually for my Mum's Birthday which is in March so I hope she likes them :)

These projects are also for the following challenges:

* Mother's Day / Special Female - Crafty Calendar,
* Flower Power - Stamping Sensations,
* Birthdays - Crafty Time,
* Anything Goes - Doodle Pantry, Sisters Of Craft, Scrapper's Delight,

Please come over and take a look at the other projects from the Design Team.

xx Mia xx

Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Download Collection

Brother Scan n Cut

Crafter′s Companion - Top Score Board

Marianne Designs - English Roses Die Set

My Sheri Crafts GDT - Spring

Hi all, I've been chosen to be a Guest Design Team member for the Spring Challenge over at My Sheri Crafts. I have used the papers from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles collection. This paper is one of my favourites. The writing and chalkboard elements are also from this collection. I used a digi from Di's Digi Stamps called 'Bee Mine Mice' and coloured it with my Spectrum Noir pens. I also added some gems.

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz Challenge #315 - Ribbon and Bling

It's time for this weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz and this time its 'Ribbon & Bling' and the sponsor is Time For Tea and the image I used is Butterfly Fairy and I coloured it using my Spectrum Noir pens. All the layers and the butterflies are cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut. I also added some Papermania square gems and glitter glue. The papers are from the Hayley's Garden from Nitwits.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Add A Sentiment - Ooh La La,
* Add Some Sparkle - Crafting For All Seasons,
* Anything Goes - Hanna & Friends, Catch The Bug,
* Girl / Woman - Paradise Of Stamps,
* C is for Cute - ABC Challenge,

Please come and join us,

xx Mia xx

Di's Bluebells

This card is made using the Di's Digi Stamp Bluebell Fun and is coloured using Spectrum Noir pens. I also used the papers from the Nitwits kit Fairytale Dreams. All the layers are cut using my Brother Scan n Cut. The greeting is using a font from my computer and the flowers nd ribbon are from my crafty stash.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Include an animal - Melon Headz,
* Spring / Easter - Cards & More, Time Out Challenges, A Gem Of A Challenge, Ribbon Girl,
* Something pretty - Creative Inspirations,
* Feathers or Fur - Penny's,
* Bingo (Sentiment, Flowers and gems) - The Paper Shelter,
* Sketch - C.R.A.F.T,
* Colour Purple - Moving Along,
* Monochrome - Crafty Ribbons,
* Anything Goes - Art By Miran,
* Polkadots / Stripes - Card Mania,
* Flowers - Just Us Girls,
* C is for Cute - ABC Challenge,
* Spring Colours - Hiding In My Craft Room,

xx Mia xx

Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Mother's Day Card

This card is made using my new Winnie Sugar Sprinkles kit from Polkadoodles. I just love the kit especially these framed digi stamps. The colours are beautiful and the chalkboard frames are brilliant.  As well as the Winnie digi and papers I also used my Brother Scan n Cut to cut the layers for the digi stamp using the SVG files which are also included. I added some flowers cut using my Brother and some ribbon from my crafty stash.

This card is for the following challenges:

* Colours (Pink, White and Choc Brown) - Sunday Stamps,
* Mother's Day - Dream Valley, Cute Card Thursday, Fantasy Stampers, Glitter 'n' Sparkle,
* Love - Fab 'n' Funky,
* Sketch - Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2,
* Flower Power - Creative Knockouts,
* Female Card - Allsorts,

xx Mia xx

Polkadoodles Challenge - Tic Tac Toe

Hi everyone, it's time for the inspiration for the current challenge over at Polkadoodles which is to choose a line (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) from the Tic-Tac-Toe square below. I choose to go with Animal, Nature and Tag.

I used the fabulous dinosaur, flowers and papers from the Sticks & Bones collection. I also added some Craftwork Cards card candy. All the layers, characters and flowers were cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut.

Please come over and join us.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Any image (ribbon & twine) - Ribbon Girl,
* Anything Goes - Little Miss Muffet, Seize The Birthday, 613 Avenue Create,
* Sketch - Retro Sketches,
* Any Holiday (Birthday) - Hiding In My Craft Room,

xx Mia xx

Crafty Catz Challenge #314 - Use 3 Design Papers

This weeks challenge over at Crafty Catz and the sponsor is Melon Headz. The image I have used is one of the Owls from the O is for Owls. This set has lots of different Owls in different dress ups - so cute. I used the Nitwits collection Nitwit Hollow for the papers and the ribbon is from my crafty stash. I used my Spectrum Noir pens to colour my Owl. All my layers are cut using my Brother Scan 'n' Cut.

This card is also for the following challenges:

* Favourite occasions (whats better than a card to just say hello, that's enough of an occasion for me) - As You Like It,

xx Mia xx