I's a new week and a new challenge at Make My Monday.This time Dawn has asked us for "Something Humorous" I have combined it with a card for my son's birthday. He is a keen mountain biker so I trawled the net for a suitable image and eventually found this one(copyright free)

I coloured the biker with copics and added some splats for the mud he throws up!

Be sure to look at the rest of the DTs fab cards and join in the fun!

Going Round in Circles!

Welcome to the new challenge at Make My Monday. This time we want you to use circles on your card.

I used some old SU cardstock Natural White to make a one layer card, but I messed up the stamping so had to put the sentiment on a strip of card to cover the boo boo! The stamp set is Mix Mash from Happy Little Stampers, sadly no longer available.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the DTs fabulous makes.

Something New for Spring

The challenge this week at Make My Monday is "Something New" I have used a brand new set of stamps from Concord and 9th . I really, really like these turnabout stamps. This one is called Eveyday Bouquet.

I have gone with some spring colours and mounted ir onto a lovely bright yellow. Make sure to visit my teamies to see what they have made, and hope tou will join in too.

Make it Kraft!

Welcome to a new week! The new challenge at Make My Monday is  to use Kraft card. I know Valentine's Day is past but it wasn't when I made the card! I'm thinking I will use it as an anniversary card.

I stamped this sweet Penny Black stamp in Versafine Onyx Black and coloured it with Spectrum Noir pencils. There's lots more inspiration over on the challenge blog and look forward to seeing what you make.

Red, Pink and White

It is fairly obvious that Valentine's Day is almost upon us as there are quite a number of challenge blogs with similar themes to this.  So I went with the flow and made a very QCAS card!

I found these shiny stickers in my stash- I'm fairly certain they were in a Simon Says Stamp kit a couple of years ago. It's probably not what I would normally have made but I was very short on time, and actually I rather like it. Think DH will get this on the 14th!

A Winter Birthday

Welcome to the new challenge at Make My Monday and this time it was my turn to set the theme. I chose Winter Birthday.

I used a Little Claire stamp that was one of their monthly kits when they did them, and coloured it with Promarkers. The fur trim had been glittered with Stickles and the glitter turned blue, which was a bit serendipitous!I'm looking forward to seeing all your ideas for a Winter Birthday.

Use Words or a Sentiment

Welcome to the first MMM challenge of 2019! This time we would like you to use words or a sentiment as the focal point of your card.

I have made a very easy one layer card. I used a new set of stamps from Happy Little Stamper called Smile. Sadly the shop has closed. I expect you can tell I was a bit short of time immediately after Christmas! For more inspirer to the challenge blog to see what my teamies have made.ation pop ov

A CAS Christmas

The final challenge of the year at Make My Monday is CAS Christmas and what could be better than this fabulous reindeer from PaperArtsy!

He makes me smile evey time I see him used!Although it doesn't show up on the photo, his nose is not just red but sparkly too! I hope you'll be able to join in with the challenge if youre not too busy stirring cakes and wrapping presents.

Non Traditional Colours for Christmas

It's time for the last challenge of the year at Make My Monday and it is to use non-traditional Christmas colours.

I have used pink as that is definitely not a Christmas colour and a new cut and emboss folder. I'm still trying to find out what sandwich to use with the Grand Caliber to get a good cut and good embossing. If you have any suggestions please let me know. I backed it with a piece of pink paper that has holly sprigs on it and sponged over the embossing with pink ink.

I have to say pink Christmas cards don't do it for me!

Winter Foliage at Make My Monday

The new challenge at Make My Monday is Winter Foliage. I had been going through my box of papers and decoupage to send some to a friend's little girl who has just started cardmaking, and I came across this pretty piece of holly.

So a very quick and easy card for you today. I mounted the decoupage onto a red circle. The card blank was embossed with a Sizzix EF which was too short so i did the top and then the bottom, matching it up in the centre.

Don't forget to check out all my teamies makes.

Stencil Stories

Nandini has chosen this fortnight's challenge at Make My Monday. It is to use stencil techniques for either the background or main image on your project.  A couple of year's ago the faux parchment technique was very popular, and I made quite a few cards using the technique on Kraft card. I decide to try it on dark blue this time.

I added white shimmer paint to the cabin and trees, then topped it with glitter. After all you can't have too much glitter at Christmas can you?

Do pop over to see all the other fab inspiration from my fellow teammates.

Golden Wedding Anniversary

One of my friends recently celebrated fifty years of marriage.  This is the card I made for her and also for the challenge at Make My Monday which is Numbers.She really timed her anniversary perfectly!

I heat embossed everything on the card with gold embossing powder and actually finished the pot I bought back in 2007 when I started cardmaking! All the stamps and dies are from Stampin Up. I die cut the numbers twice, once in plain white and stuck them together so they were raised up a bit more. Then added a gold mat.

Animals!

I have had this Penny Black wooden stamp for ages and it has only ever been inked up by me once before. A friend did borrow it to make a card for her son who was sheep mad at the time.  So thought it was time to give it another airing as the new challenge at Make My Monday is Animals.

I did just a little bit of shading with a pale grey Copic on the sheep. The yellow mats and butterflies are from a piece in my scrap box, and the paper was another sheet used up from my box of 6x6 papers! As always there's lots of inspiration from my teamies. Also popping over to see who’s playing in the Playground and whether Parsnip is being kind to Dudley!

Autumn Colours

There's lots of autumn or fall challenges around at the moment and here at Make My Monday we're joining in! We would like to see your makes using autumn colours. I have used yet another NBUS stamp. This time a House Mouse one, and for a change I coloured it using Spectrum Noir blending pencils.

It took quite a while to colour but it was very relaxing and enjoyable. Then I fussy cut him. I stamped the image again on a piece of white card then die cut a square chopping off part of the leaf. I stuck the cut ot image on top so that he looked like he was floating of the edge. The little sprinkles are Champagne Glass - another NBUS item!

Make sure you check out the rest of the inspiration on the challenge blog.

Also joining in with City Crafter and Cards in Envy

New York, New York!

When I saw that the new challenge at Make My Monday was New York I knew I had to do a scrapbook page. Although I still haven't finished my Australia album, I am planning to do one to cover our holiday to Canada and the States back in 2010. So at least I have made a start!

The view is from The Top of the Rock and the bottom photo is outside the Rockefeller Centre.

Hope you will be able to join us this time!

Back to School

I know its still a bit early for the children to go back to school in England but that is the new theme at Make My Monday. As I have not got anything suitable in my stash I went searching for a suitable digi stamp and found what I was looking for at Digistamps 4 Joy.

Then I dug out some blackboard card that SU did a while ago, and added some maths with a white chalk marker. I sponged some white ink round the edges so it looked as though the board had been used a few times! The images were coloured with copics. Don't forget  to check out the rest of the DTs makes.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is also Back to School so I’m joining in there as well.

Make My Monday - Oriental

It's time for a new challenge at Make My Monday and this time the theme is Oriental chosen by me. It seemed ages since I had seen any Oriental themed cards, which at one time were very popular.

I printed out a sheet of mages from a very old Joanna Sheen CD- Oriental Dreams.  I cut out one of the medium sized images and double mounted it on black and gold. The ribbon is another old item, part of a kit from C&C many years ago. I printed the sentiment on the computer using a font called Shanghai, and tried to match the background as closely as possible to the image.

So lets see you dig out some of that old stash and see your Oriental makes!

I'm  also entering it to CD Sunday Challenge.

Make My Monday - Coloured Image

Welcome to the new Make My Monday Challenge and we want to see a coloured image on your creation. It can be either a stamped or digi stamp, which you have coloured in. Now I have to confess I have missed a few of my DT posts as have been a bit under the weather, but this card was sitting in my drafts. It was made last year for a friend but I never got round to posting it on the blog.

The SU stamp was coloured with Chameleon pens, the first and only time I've actually used them! The paper is from a very old K&Co pad.

Hopefully I'm now back on track and crafting again, but it's always useful to have a backup!

Ice Cream Anyone?

Are you ready for the new challenge at Make My Monday? The theme is Ice Cream or ice cream colours and we certainly have the weather for it at the moment. Sunny and warm!

I used some background paper that I just happened to find when I was sorting out my papers. It might be SU or DCWV, not sure as it was just a loose sheet. The stamped image is from Simon Says Stamp, coloured with Copics. Then I found some ribbon with ice lollies on, maybe that was too much, but I added it anyway! Check out the challenge blog for lots more inspiration.

Resist Embossing at Make My Monday

I was a bit dubious about the theme this time as I have never had much success with reesist embossing, and previous attempts have usually ended up in the bin. This time though I am reasonably happy with the results.

I used a leaf stamp from a recent SSS kit which I embossed in white. Then I brushed on Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides and gave it just a gentle mist of water. While it was drying I cut a frame using some Tonic Studios dies. When itwas totally dry, ie the next day I coloured in the leaves with Spectrum Noir pencils to make them stand out a bit more. Two butterflies from SU Papillon Potpourri set stamped with the same two inks and Wink of Stella'd, and a sentiment and the card was complete. I hope to see you all joining in at Make My Monday.