Poppies with Delicious Doodles

Morning all
Today's my team's turn over at Delicious Doodles' Challenges to bring you this week's challenge.
The name of the game and the subject of your project is

POPPIES

I have chosen Teri's new image Remembrance to work with, although there are more images that I could have chosen. My teamies have made some absolutely beautiful examples for your eyes to feast on.
This is my simple card

 An ordinary A5 card base turned and the image sitting proud. I used the sketchy over at Sketches By Carly for my inspiration. The BP is from 7 Gypsies. Over this are 3 embossed panels of coredinations. in 2 slightly different yellow gold colours and 2 little panels cut using the smallest labels 8 die. The image cut out using the largest with a red piece of card to back it with making it all nice and neat at the back. The ink distressing done whilst still in the die using wild honey and festive berries for a kind of sunset look.

The image itself, printed 4 times, was coloured with promarkers and several of the elements then cut out and layered up. I added a small length of wire for the sign to bring that up as well.

Here you can see more of the dimension.
Some red tear drop gems finished this off.
We are now waiting for you to link your Poppy themed makes so that we can come and see.
Don't forget to visit the other girls

I would like to enter this into the challenge over at
Sketches By Carly (their last) - their Sketch

Pieces of Eight

Pirates ahoy!
A little easel card made. One with a bit of humour that this particular 8year old will understand!


I have used 4 images from Delicious Doodles. There's Pirate Pete, A treasure map and the skull and crossed bones on the front.and Pirate Polly on the base. The sentiment was computer generated by me.

Both images were coloured with promarkers and the map was coloured with distress inks.



The skull was decoupaged up and dipped in UTEE
to make it really 3-D












The cream coloured card base was ink distressed with orange DI then papers and bazzil that were in the last card kit from Duck Pond Crafts used to make the design, all edges well distressed for that olde look. The sketch used as inspiration was #51 from Sketches with Carly.

The orange skully ribbon was from Crafty Ribbons last year.

I am entering this into a challenge or two
Sketches By Carly - Their Sketch #51
Forever Night - Pirates
Hooked on Craft - More than one fold

A simple card??

The reason for the question marks is the colour I've worked with. Why do I have this mental block when it comes to working in pink. It should be easy enough. I've done a few now in recent months but I still feel a sense of dread when picking up pink papers to work with. I had loads of choices with the new card kit from Duck Pond Crafts, but pink was on top of the pile.
I used the sketch from Sketches by Carly. I was too late with last weeks entry by just a couple of hours. I'd used the last sketch for my Delicious Doodles DT card.



The piece of paper had some vintage looking details and chose to use just that corner as my main image. Matting it onto some of the card in the kit and used a co-ordinating piece of pale green behind. All pieces have been distressed both with coarse sandpaper and some ink. The main backing is pale cream card which, cut to size, was first stamped and heat embossed with pale pink on one side (papermania hearts stamp) then the other side was dry embossed; running through the bigshot with the card carefully positioned in the folder so that only the plain bit was embossed.



The lace from the kit was threaded with thin satin ribbon, the same ribbon being teamed up with some coffee ribbon from my stash. A ribbon rose made and teamed with one of the charms from the kit and a heart shaped bead from stash.










The pearls added are also in the kit











I am entering this card into the challenges
Sketches by Carly - Sketch #48

Simply Create Too - Love is in the Air

Colour Create - Pink and Green with hand made flower

Craft Us Crazy - Valentine/Love

Crafty Creations - Valentine

PaperPlay - Ribbon, Every Which Way

A skully Christmas

Yep, Christmas card mode in gear again. This time went with a card for those friends of mine that prefer something a bit less traditional.
I used Delicious Doodles' "Skull Christmas Corner".



The light's not the best I'm afraid. Off to work in the dark, come home in the dark time of year.
I followed the sketch over at Sketches by Carly.
The image was coloured with promarkers and various bit were layered up to give that 3-D effect of decoupage.

There are 4 layers in some bits. The centre of the poinsettia are little micro beads stuck on using a small blob of glossy accents.
The card stock is dark green and dark red. No patterned paper at all. The back panel was embossed with a snow flake design and distress ink pad lightly rubbed over, then with a tiny "seasons greetings" stamp repeated over it with the same ink.
The horizontal panel is some dark green organza ribbon with some dark red striped across it. Some knotted narrow grossgrain ribbon running vertically.
Some snow flake brads, coloured with alcohol inks to finish.
All the green layers have been distressed both with sandpaper then ink. The red layers - au naturale.

I have entered this into a couple of challenges
The GDT spot over at the Smeared and Smudged forum
Sketches by Carly - their Sketch
Cards For Men - Christmas
Here Come The Boys - Colour Combo - Green, Red,White