~ Caardvarks: DRS Designs June Challenge ~

This month's challenge is to "create a *new* card using stamps and wet and/or dry embossing". Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Granola. Went for dry embossing using a Cuttlebug star embossing folder. Stamped images from Unity's May 2010 KOTM set. 

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~ Caardvarks: May Challenge Tiffany Doodles ~

Played with Caardvark sketches when making my Xmas cards. They had two sketches on offer:

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. Stamped images from Unity's Merry Merry Merry. 

Here's the other sketch: 

Here's the card: 

Paper: BG Eskimo Kisses

Stamp: Unity's Merry Merry Merry

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~ Caardvarks: May Challenge Tiffany Doodles ~

Here's the sketches for Caardvark:

Here's my card: 

Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket Material Girl

Stamp: Unity's April2010's store kit

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~ Caardvarks: Baby Card ~

Caardvarks is having a blog hop with Clear and Simple stamps. Lots of inspirational cards on display. The challenge is to create a baby card. Here's mine: 

Patterned paper by Papermania Rose Garden collection. Luv the papers in there. Stamped image by Unity.

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~ Caardvarks: Lacy Days ~

The challenge is to create a new stamped card using lace. Not a problem here as I luv lace and buy them each time I see any scrummy one, never mind that I've got a box full of them! Here's my card: 

A rather Xmassy one using patterned paper from MME Bloom & Grow. Stamped images are from Unity.

Here's the inside of the card, again, stamped images from Unity. 

I usually do a bit of Xmas cards each month so that I will have enough cards to go around come Dec. I'm hoping this year I won't have to resort to commercial ones. TTFN!

>>> Caardvarks: Jan challenge1 <<<

Had some time on my hands so joined in some challenges on some card blogs. Here's Caardvarks sketch challenge:

Here's  my card:

I turned the sketch to suit my design. Patterned paper by Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. Stamped images from {ippity} stamps.

Here's the inside of the card:

Stamped sentiment and background images from Unity's Bright and Merry Winter Wishes.

You may be wondering why I'm doing Xmas cards now but I ran out of Xmas cards last Xmas and had to resort to buying commercial ones. So this year, I've calculated how many cards I need and it seems I need to make at least 8 Xmas cards a month in order to meet my needs for this year's Xmas. Let's see how it goes... TTFN!

>>> Caardvarks: 'Take A Bow' Ribbon Challenge <<<

Was in a creative mood last nite and made some cards. Also took a peek at all the challenge sites I used to frequent and decided to do them in conjunction with the challenges. First on the list was Caardvarks. Their theme is 'Take a Bow' which asks to use ribbon on a card in a wonderful way. Well, here's mine:

I did a similar card like this last year and thought I replicate it. It certainly made use of my ribbons which I've not touched for a while. Patterned paper by Tapestry by C.R Gibbon Nouvelle Noelle. Trying to use up all my old stash as much as possible.

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>>> Caardvarks Challenge - Depth Perception! <<<

The challenge is to 'create a 3-D paper crafting project. It can be an interactive card, book, gift bag, trinket box, home decor item, altered anything.' I recently made this and decided to submit it for this challenge:

This is a K&Co Flippery charm bracelet kit. All I did was to personalise it to my liking by filling it with photos and adding charms to it. The charms were made from shrink plastic. They were stamped using Unity and Basic Grey stamps, coloured using Promarkers and then shrank.

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>>> Caardvarks Challenge - Don't Quote Me But...! <<<

The challenge at Caardvarks is to use a quote on the card. The sponsor for this challenge is none other than Unity Stamp Company. Having received a quote bundle recently, I just had to use one of them for my card.

Patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket Dapper Dan collection. Stamped image & quote from Unity. Coloured using Promarkers. Gemstones by Kaiser.

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>>> Caardvarks Challenge - Trees A Crowd! <<<

Here's my 2nd attempt for Caardvarks challenge.

Saw this Unity tree stamp and couldn't help using it and it meets the tree-themed challenge. Patterned paper by KI Memories Favourite Things collection. Sentiment by Purple Onion Designs.

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>>> Caardvarks Challenge - Trees A Crowd! <<<

The challenges is create a tree-themed card and did a simple one here:

How not to forget the humber Xmas tree? I need to start making my Xmas cards (yes, that early as I always end up running out of time at the end of the year!) Stamped using embossed ink and colour added using glitter powders (now the name of it escapes me!)

>>> Caardvarks Challenge - Good Knight! <<<

The challenge is to create a card with a fantasy theme. So without further ado, here's mine:

Patterned paper by Scribble Scrabble. Bingo image by Inkadinkado, figure by Zettiology, wings by Stamper's Anonymous and sentiment by Purple Onion Designs.

Had fun with this. Had a chance to use stamps that I've not touched for a while. TTFN!