All Crafts Challenge October/November!

Good morning everyone! Hope you are well :-) I am here with our challenge for October/November :-)

Thank you so much to everyone who entered our last challenge-we are blown away as always by the skill and gorgeous projects you show, and it means a lot to our team that you join in with us and to create a place to share the fantastic non card projects you create :-) If you are looking for my project please look at the bottom of the post :-)
Our top three follow

 Jen S at Krafty Keepsakes 

Vicki at Paper Squirrel

Claire at Creative Makings

And our winners this time (chosen by random.org) is: 

73.Anreda

and special mentions for our talented child entrants!

Lyla from Lyla with love (who is 12 years old!)

Samih from Happy Bunny Crafts (Who is only 8 years old!)

If you could all contact me at sbrcraftmylife (at) gmail.com so I can sort out your badges and prizes that would be great :-)

Our challenge as always this time is Anything goes...BUT NO CARDS! So we want to see a showcase of all the wonderful projects you make which dont fit into the traditional card challenges in blogland. We want to see anything-jewellery, papercraft, altered items, knitting-the list is endless! If its creative then its welcome here :-) It may be an opportunity to use some of your existing stash in a really different way! :-)

As always our challenge runs over two months to give you plenty of time to create! All we ask is for you to enter is follow the blog, and link your project with mr linky. We would really love if you could display the All Crafts Challenge badge on your blog to spread the word about our challenge :-)

Our sponsors this time are:

Our talented DT have made some lovely creations for this challenge-remember to pop by on the first monday of November to see the midway inspiration post by our talented team B too!

May

Tania

Elaine (me!)

For my project I created a panel with Sarah Hurleys 'Gatsby' digi kit and a Bugaboo image in Serif software then printed on canvas. I then sewed this onto a gift bag, and made a gemstone watch as my gift. I used Ametrine, Amethyst and Swarovski bicone beads, a pretty clock face and a heart toggle clasp. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting By Designs: Anything Goes

Inky Linky: Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges: Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door

Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes

I cant wait to see what you all create for this challenge and thank you for getting involved, as always I encourage you to pop by the other entrants for inspiration and to make some new crafty friends :-)

Remember NON CARD creations only please. If you would like to be a Guest designer please write GDT after your name, thank you! :-)

Sarah Hurley Challenges Halloween!

Hey everyone, hope you are well :-) I am here with my Halloween creation for the Sarah Hurley Challenge! I used Sarah Hurley's new Spook Street Halloween kit with serif software which I printed onto canvas and card for different textures. I used a kraft card blank then stamped in each corner with Halloween stamps. I then arranged the skull card as my border, and mounted the canvas panel onto glitter card then placed on my card. 

Id like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs: Anything Goes

Creative Moments: Autumn

Pennys Papercrafting Challenges: Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges: Halloween

4 Crafty Girlz Challenges: Anything Goes

My Heart Pieces Challenge: Halloween

Thank you for looking and for all your lovely comments!

A Little Bit Crafty-A Little Bit Shabby!

Good morning everyone, hope you are well! I am here with my creation for our 'a little bit shabby' challenge over at A Little Bit Crafty!

I stamped a Woodware image with Stazon on watercolour paper and coloured with Aquamarkers. I then mounted this on orange and blue card to complement the colours I used to colour the image. Next I used Bo Bunny paper, jute ribbon for texture and complimenting buttons as embellishments.

We are sponsored by the following companies so please come and play along!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sister Act: Anything Goes

The Cupboard Trilogy: Male

2 Sisters: Anything Goes

Just us girls: Photo Inspiration

Card Mania: Cute as a Button

C is for Challenge: Boys/Men

Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations: F is for...Frigate

Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and for all your lovely comments!

Autumn Tones Tattered Leaves Card

Good afternoon, hope you are well :-) I am here with a card I have made using a couple of prizes I won a little while ago :-) I used Sizzix Bigz tattered leaves die and embossing folders-I embossed the leaves with the embossing folder it matches with to give the leaves the proper dimension and texture. I then coloured the leaves and embossed panel with distress inks and gilding wax to give a gold sheen. I used a sentiment from Sheena Douglass stamps and die cut with Sizzix nesting dies. I then coloured this with ink and gilding wax. I placed my design on a pearlescent card blank which I inked at the edges with ink too to tie it all in.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
ART: Anything Goes
Art Impressions Stamps: Anything Goes
Crafty Little Fairies: Autumn Colours
Its All About the Vintage: Autumn Harvest
Sassy Studios Challenge: Fall Colours
Crafting By Designs: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Divas: Fall Colours
Loves Rubberstamps: Fall Colours

Thank you for looking and for all your lovely comments!

Butterfly Blues

Good evening everyone, hope you are well :-) I am here with a card I have made using a photo I took of a gorgeous butterfly I saw in the butterfly house at Natural History Museum :-) I printed the image onto canvas to give it real depth and texture, I then used Papermania Burleigh Blue papers, buttons, and bows, paired with polka dot ribbon, pearl gems and a vellum sentiment. I hand drew faux stitches around the card too.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Creative Craft Challenges2: Use Ribbon
Creative Knockouts: Use Texture
Delightful Challenges: Buttons and Bows
Creative Moments: Anything Goes/Frame it
Divas By Design: Anything Goes
Flutterby Wednesday: Open with Butterfly
Pennys Paper Crafty Challenges: 2 or more design papers
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: Anything Goes
Inspire Me Fridays: Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Thank you for looking and for all your lovely comments :-)

A Little Bit Crafty-CAS Midway Inspiration

Hey everyone, hope you are well :-) I am here with my midway inspiration card for our 'Clean and Simple' challenge at A Little Bit Crafty here. I chose one of my favourite Stampin' Up images and sentiment. I stamped out an extra heart and cut round the little butterfly, bird and part of the flower pattern in the heart and placed these on 3D foam pads for dimension.
We are sponsored by the following companies :-)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Fairies Challenges: Birthday
Ladybug Crafts: Anything Goes
Seemacrafts: Monochromatic
Challenges4Everybody: Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations: Photo Inspiration
Seize the Birthday: Monochromatic Birthday
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes
Chocolate Coffee and Cards: Anything Goes
Crafters Cafe: No Designer Papers

Thank you for popping by and for all your lovely comments :-)

All Crafts Challenge August/September Halfway inspiration!

 Hey everyone! Here we are with the midway inspiration post for our All Crafts Challenge-all the details can be found on the challenge post here. We are lucky enough to have been sponsored by the following fabulous sponsors so please pop by and join us! :-)

Here are our wonderful inspiration pieces for you from our talented design team-I'm sure youll love what theyve made as much as I do!

Valou

Mrs A

Andreja

Deborah

Please pop by and visit my lovely team to tell them what you think :-) We cant wait to see what you have all been crafting-remember its for anything goes BUT no cards-so you can go wild-jewellery, knitting, sewing etc etc! Pop by here to enter :-)

Thank you lovelies! :-)

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 'Back to School'

Good morning everyone, hope you are well :-) Here I am with my 'Back to school' project for our challenge at Crafty Ribbons this week :-)

I used ribbons from the fabulous collection of 'Jam Pot Ribbons' from Crafty Ribbons which have lengths of complimenting ribbons in a bundle for you to choose from :-) I chose the cherry red set shown here :-) I bought a faux leather padded notebook a little while ago which was nice, but the cover soon showed signs of wear-I didnt want to have a scruffy notebook so I dug out my material offcuts and fragments and found enough denim to cover the book. I then removed the elastic from the notebook and made sure I put it on top of the denim so I could still use this feature of the original notebook-it was the most challenging part of the redecoration to be honest but totally worth it for the end result. I then decorated the book with polka dot and gingham ribbons from the Jam pot collection :-)

Thank you for visiting and for all your lovely comments :-)

All Craft Challenge June/July Relaunch Winners!

Good afternoon everyone! I am here with the winners from the June/July blog hop and relaunch challenge :-)

Tania very kindly picked the top three for the challenge while I was away from the internet-you can find the gorgeous projects they entered on the new challenge post here. 

I pick the winners using random.org-its the fairest way and here is the lucky winners this time!

The winner of the Crafty Ribbons Candy is 

Helen aka Croms

of the Sarah Hurley Candy is

Suzi

of the Stix2 Candy is Rachel Taylor

of the Sassy Studios prize is Janet

and finally the Stampin Up candy from Carole Bryson Wood is Jen!

If you could contact me on the email in the sidebar ladies that would be wonderful :-) Thank you so much to everyone that got involved-you made it truly fun and we really appreciate your participation :-) I would love i you could pop by the new challenge which runs over August/September here, we have more fantastic sponsors and love to see all your beautiful work!

Lots of love Elaine and my fabulous team :-)

All Crafts Challenge August/September!

Good morning everyone, I hope you are well :-) I am here with the new All Crafts Challenge for you. 

First of all thank you so much to everyone who made the relaunch a success-the sponsors, my fab DT and all of you! I really appreciate your support in creating a space for us to share non card creations :-)

Tania has kindly chosen our top three this time-and I will be back with the random draw winners soon :-)

Thanks Elaine,

and many thanks for all your wonderful entries, 

I really had a difficult time choosing my top 3.

But eventually here they are

Kathryn

I thought this was stunning, and both Elaine and I love butterflies.

 Suzi

I loved your blog and the photos of what you used and the stunning butterfly too.

Jen

I loved this Jen and appreciated all the hard work that went into

the project.

So on to our current challenge. 

We start with our fantastic sponsors this time

As always our theme is Anything goes...but no cards! So we would love to see anything else you can think of to make-altered items, jewellery, knitting, scrapbooking-the list is endless! It may be a way for you to think out of your comfort zone and use some of your wonderful crafty stash in a really different way! 

As always our challenges run over two months to give you plenty of time to participate. All I ask is that you are a follower of the blog and link your creation using mr linky. If you want to add the challenge badge to your blog sidebar that would be wonderful and we would really appreciate it!

We have a couple of new additions to our DT so please join me in welcoming them-youll love their gorgeous creations as much as I do I am sure! :-)

Our DT member Linda had to step down due to other commitments but we just wanted to wish her all the best and to say we will enjoy visiting you to see your journey in your lovely new ventures :-)

Our design team have made some gorgeous creations this time-remember to pop by at the start of September to see the midway inspiration from our team B too! :-)

Lisa Grace

Lorraine

Tania

Elaine

May

I cant wait to see what you create this challenge-I am always so happy to see such wonderful pieces of art! 

As always please pop by the other entrants to see what everyone's been up to and to maybe make some new crafty friends along the way :-)

Thank you for visiting today and for getting involved-I love seeing all your gorgeous creations! Remember NON CARD projects please. If you would like to be a guest designer please put 'GDT' after your name in Mr linky :-)