The Challenge of.......The Film Title

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #75

~~ be inspired by a film title ~~

and mine is

Singing' in the Rain

I doubt many of you will remember this film it is rather an oldie - a bit like me, LOL.

A 1952 American musical comedy film starring Gene Kelly,  and Debbie Reynolds  - two very popular fimstars of their time

It was accorded its legendary status by contemporary critics and is now frequently described as one of the best musicals ever made.  

I didn't make this up myself, Jeeves told me :)

I haven't used this cute little ducky image before and this was what inspired the choice of film.  When you look back on our 'summer' it is quite appropriate.
The green BP is from one of my favourite collections - polished stone....the image is matted on to mid brown wood effect.......gems with gold rim from Traditional Christmas .....tag from Cream Dream and all can be found here

M' duck is a local term of endearment if you were wondering, lol.

We do hope you will be able to join us for this challenge - it will be interesting to see your choice of film title.
My talented team mates have come up with some brilliant projects again this fortnight,  so do pop over to the CACB blog to check them out .

I'll be sunning myself on holiday as you are reading this so please forgive me if I'm late commenting on your entries.


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Vintage Wedding

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This is probably my last post for three weeks - off on me jollies and some warmer weather than we have here at home.

This is another of my favourite images.  Most elements are from Miriam's scrap 
Image,  music page, tag and  lace from elsewhere.

I have made this for...........
Make my Monday - vintage theme - week two
* happy to say this was one of the top 3 :)



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Sketch Time at Crafty Ann's

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #74

Sketch and/or theme of Autumn colours

I started off with a BG of embossed dots and then made a mat of metallic paper and edged with a pearl frame.
I enlarged one of the pearls and added the large pink flower as a centrepiece.
Three flowers, leaf sprays and lace and job done :)

I used -
Embossed dots + metallic paper
Leaves + pink flower - Eggstavaganza
Pearl + pearl frame + small flowers - Cream Dream
all from Ann's shop here
Lace - elsewhere

We hope you like this sketch and will be able to join us for this challenge -  we will love to see what you create with it .
The lovely DT girls have come up with some lovely creations for this one on the CACB blog  so be sure to pop over and check them out.
I'll be off on holiday next week so please forgive me if  I can't or am late commenting on your entries.



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Golden Wedding Anniversary

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A commission from my neighbour's mother for her sister and brother in law.

I'm off on holiday next week for two weeks and have tons to do before I go - yanno, like I***ing and H****work, uggg, as well as some cards, plus hospital appts with hubby.

I love this image and use it a lot for anniversary cards and this sure is a special one.

Paper is one of  Eva Kipler's designs. I fussy cut around the ornate frame, added the image and adhered it to another piece of DP matted on to gold mirri. The mat is fixed with one layer of foam tape and the image/frame with two layers to give a nice bit of dimension.

The gorgeous venise lace was a little extra in my parcel from Linda, Funky Junky's Zibbet shop - thank you Linda :)
I made a scroll with all the details and added flowers from WOC. These I painted with cheapo gold paint and Winsor & Newton iridescent medium


Challenges
The Pink Elephant  #165 - wedding anniversary
WOC #58 - layer it up
Everybody Art #203 - vintage


Thank you for stopping by and the lovely comments received on previous posts each and every one so much appreciated :)
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40th Birthday

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Just a quick post  to enter the following challenges.
Blogger has been playing up or is it my ancient computer?

DYSU  #88 - birthdays
Hooked on Crafts #24 - cards for men
One Stop #198 - no floral embellies
PCJ - anything goes
PTW - anything goes
Ruby's Rainbow #36 - just words
Sketchy Colours #130 - turquoise, brown, white

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CACB #73 - Colour Challenge

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #73

For this challenge you have a choice of either a monochrome card in shades of 

Turquoise/Aqua or Lilac/Purple

or you can do a duotone card using both of these colour palettes.

These colours only please, this isn't a general monochrome challenge

I created this is in my graphics programme and am very pleased how it has turned out.
I have done a mix and match from different digital scrapbook kits. This beautiful ornate  frame and the embossed scallop mat are from Tempting Turquoise. The circle, flower and pearls from Imperial Purple  and the gold ribbon and bow (double layered) from the new Eggstravaganza kit and all can be found here.
The  gorgeous rich colour purple BP is from the polished stone collection.



I hope you will be able to join us for this challenge. The DT have some great inspiration for this one.
Do be sure to pop ocver to the CACB blog to check them out.


I also like to enter this into the following challenges
Challenges 4 Everybody #1 - anything goes
Everybody Art #202 - anything goes
Natalie & Amy #1 - anything goes
TTCRD #33 - diva or anything goes







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Wedding Anniversary

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Another card with my new stash :)

Once again the lovely Floral Ovals die and my one and only M-bossability folder. Told you I'd be using these a lot, lol.

I thought the oval looked a bit bare so added flat backed pearls.
Finished with a WOC flower. I'm so mean I only used one, but then it is a large one :) - a scruffy seam binding ribbon bow and a stick pin with 3 pearls and a bead cap

Challenges
Joanna Sheen - totally sentimental
WOC #57 - summer flowers
Challenges 4 Everybody #1 - anything goes




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Friend's 70th Birthday

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This is an 8" square card and box for my friend's 70th birthday.

I've had this lovely vintage paper saved on my computer for ages and have forgotten where it came from. The index page just says NBK . I digitally painted out the centre  and added an overlay of music after adjusting the opacity to make it look more shabby and distressed.

I gritted my teeth (cos I really just want to stroke this and not actually use it) and made a large double bow with some gorgeous deep pink silk ribbon from Linda's Funkie Junkie  boutique and also forced myself to part with some of the beautiful venice lace.

I painted the  large WOC rose with Winsor & Newton iridescent medium to give it a bit of shine and sparkle and made a stick pin with three pink pearls and a bead cap

I have used the same BP printed with a greeting for the inside

The box is simply decorated with a seam binding bow and another flower from WOC.
* The box is actually white - the lighting when I took the pic makes it look cream

Challenges
WOC #57 - summer flowers
Charisma #33 - lace
Paperplay #34 - sentiment as the main focus


Thank you for stopping by and the lovely comments received on previous posts each and every one so much appreciated :)
Cheers me dears


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18th Birthday

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Papers from Papermania Rose Garden
Hand cut numbers
Seam binding ribbon
Flower from WOC

Two little tags for the sentiment and name

Challenges
Aud Sentiments #61 - numbers up!
The Crazy Challenge #127 - anything goes
Papelitos #7 - celebrations
PCJ - happy birthday/celbrations


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50th and Friends Birthday

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Two the same but different !

This first one is a commission from a friend who loves easel cards. She has card making stuff herself but still asks me to make her special cards.  This is for her DIL.
I have offered many times to show her how easy it is to do easels - one day I will succeed :)


I had to use my new Floral Ovals dies - aren't they lovely.

The butterflies were cut from a leftover piece of BP.  I Versamarked them and used clear embossing powder to give them a porcelain look.
Flowers from WOC.

I don't usually make two cards the same but I so enjoyed making the above that I made a similar one for my friend's birthday.

Seam binding ribbon double bow on this one and another flower from WOC.

Challenges
Flutter by Wednesday's  #201 - open
CYP #124 - power of 3
Charisma #32 - monochrome
Craftymess #15 - words - no image
Delightful Challenges - punches & dies
Ruby's Rainbow #35 - butterflies
The Crafty Pad #184 - to die for



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Christmas in August at CACB

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Crafty Ann's  Challenge #72

Christmas in August
or
Winter Olympics

The main backing paper, holly frame and the ribbon strip are from the luscious 'Traditional Christmas' digital scrapbooking kit  in the digi shop
I took the bookplate from the Cream Dream kit, backed it with some gold metallic paper and added a digital greeting.

We hope you will have time to join us for this challenge and get another Christmas card ticked off your list.. The DT have produced some super designs for your inspiration over at CACB so do pop over to have a look.


I like to also enter the following challenge
Celebrate the Occasion - #75 - Christmas in August
Christmas Card Challenges #37 - texture optional
365 Cards day 166 - squared
My Time to Craft #185 - Christmas in August
OSAAT #126 - anything goes


Thank you for stopping by today and for the lovely comments on previous posts, everyone of them so very welcome and very much appreciated
Cheers me dears :)




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New Baby

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I haven't done any colouring in for ages and it took me three attempts to colour this stamp. Also I've been soooo busy making cards I haven't had time to blog - AND I've got loads of emails in my inbox that need attention.

I used my NEW - and one and only - M-Bossabilities folder (Imperial ) for the background. This is such a bad pic but the best I could do. It is not much clearer even if you click the pic.
* New photo's - a bit better than the originals lol.

Another new aquisition is the lovely Floral Ovals die. I will be using this and the folder a lot :)
The sentiment circle was made in Publisher as usual.
Both of these are fixed with foam tape/pads

Finished with seam binding ribbon and bow and  flower.

Challenges
Card Crafter's Circle #35 - Oh baby!
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards  #19 - emboss
Crafty Catz #145 - anything goes
Creatalicious #37 - fantasy OR baby - the final challenge!
Fresh Brewed #109 - no digi's
Nutcrafters #24 - embossed backgrounds
The Paper Shelter #77 - clean & simple


Thank you for stopping by today and for the lovely comments on previous posts, everyone of them so very welcome and very much appreciated
Cheers me dears :)


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80th Birthday

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This is for my son in law's Dad from him and my daughter.
I am working on two more, one  for the grandchildren and one from us.

Papers are by Summer Driggs
I printed the light patterned paper on card, cut a hole in it and added gold 'string' and adhered with foam tape. The flourish was not planned but I accidentally made a smear of gold pen so had to cover it with something, lol.
The three sentiment circles are made in Publisher and also stuck on with foam tape.

My cutting out of the circle was quite neat but I went around it with a fine peel off to finish it off.

Challenges
Crafty Sentiments - use numbers
Alphabet Challenge - for men only
Bearly Mine  #46 - anything goes
Come and Get It - adult birthday card- chosen as one of the Top 3 :)
Kaboodle #130 - birthday or special day - missed it!
Hooked on Crafts #23 - let's celebrate


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Hubby's Birthday

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I don't know what you think but I thought it was quite witty - mabe just my warped sense of humour, lol.

He said he wanted to swap the numbers round for this birthday. Well he definitely wouldn't get away with that, but when you look at this in the mirror it reads  27 - that is as near as he is going to get, hahahaha.

It was a very cheap card to make. 

The BP is a freebie from my craft mag

The greeting and sentiment printed on to some scrap card and matted onto silver mirri

Numbers made in Word and cut from silver mirri fixed with foam tape

Challenge

Crafty Sentiments - numbers

* Proud to be one of the Top 3

Thank you for stopping by and the lovely comments left on previous posts

Cheers me dears

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Circles at Crafty Ann's - Challenge #71

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #71

...and this fortnight's theme is...

Circles

~ there needs to be more than one on your project please ~.

The Olympics may give you some inspiration but I have, perhaps predictably, gone down the vintage route.

The main BP's are embossed dots and mottled stone, edges distressed with frayed burlap DI - the white frame and the bow are from the Tempting Turquoise digital scrapbook kit .  The  gold behind the frame is one of the metallic papers and the pearl - I added the sentiment digitally - is from the Cream Dream kit.  All can be found here in  the digi shop

The fashionable ladies image is from one of the free vintage digital sites, which one I forget.

I covered the join with this lovely lace and finished off with the flower and leaves

We hope you will be able to play along with us for this lovely circles challenge - Olympics or not - whatever you choose.
There is plenty of fabby inspiration by the DT to be found over at CACB  if you care to pop in and have a look-see :) and then add your own circle creations.

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges
Bearly Mine #46 - anything goes
Fussy & Fancy #68 - vintage + distressing and lace
OLLCB #110 - recipe - 1 image, 2 dp's, 3 embellishments
OSAAT #124 - use a digi
PCJ - anything goes
Twisted Tuesday #17 - free for all


* I'm proud to say this was chosen as one of OLLCB's top three :)


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Silver Wedding Anniversary

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Commission

The main layer is scored with 1" diagonals and matted on to the base card with foam tape. There are three layers of ovals - the bottom layer is silver mirri card cut with fancy scissors (you can't see this too well in the pic). The 'fancy' oval layer was embossed with the CB texture EF and painted with iridescent medium. The greeting is computer generated and these top two layers adhered with foam tape.

The gorgeous lace is from Linda, Funkie Junkie's boutique and flowers bought at a craft fair last year.
The seam binding ribbon is Cadbury chocolate purple - it looks a bit dark here and is actually much lighter IRL.

Challenges
Alphabet Challenge - L for lace
Crafts and Me #93 - ribbon and a bow
Diva's by Design #44 - anything goes
PSC #41 - anything goes
Sparkles #34 - wedding
The ABC Challenge - T for two - two flowers
The Paper Shelter #73 - anything goes
Unstampabelles #13 - celebrations



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18th Birthday

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Challenges

Aud Sentiments #59 - tag it

Unstampabelles #13 - celebrations

Paper Shelter #73 - anything goes

The Corrocive Challenge #153 - sentimentally yours

Here Come the Boys - tag on a card

This is part of the photo I was given.....hmmmm......cute pic... decided to go with a humerous theme.
I had a few ideas and ended up with the caption here.
I have an feeling that he won't be letting his mates see this, LOL.
The photo is matted on to silver mirri  and mounted with foam tape - the tag is raised at the top with a couple of foam pads .

BP - Nancy Watt
Tracing paper printed with various birthday words
Hand cut, distressed label with computer generated words

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CACB #70 - Easel Cards

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #70

Easel Cards/Projects

I haven't made an easel card in quite a while and enjoyed making this one.

I love the Poinsettia with Script digi and the best thing is that it is pre-coloured - such a bonus if you are strapped for time.
I love the other colours too but went with this green border one for my card today.

This beautiful  backing paper is from the Traditional Christmas Scrapbook Kit.  It really is the most gorgeous red.
I finished the card simply, with just a red organza bow.

I hope you will join in this challenge with your easel cards.
The DT have some gorgeous designs for your inspiration over at Crafty Ann's so do pop over to see them.




I'd also like to enter
PaperPlay Challenge  #29 - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenge #33
Crafter's Companion #26 - ho ho ho Christmas
Creatalicious #36 - Christmas in July
Delightful Challenges - Christmas in July
Digital Tuesday  #169 - all tied up
Hooked on Crafts #22 - Christmas in July




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Friend

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I used ready printed papers by Nancy Watt - freebies in craft mag.

Bird image matted on to Spellbinders die cut with foam pads

 

Challenges

Sketch N Stash #91 - Gemma's sketch - missed deadline

Fun With Shapes #113 - summer birthday

Lexi's # 69   - for a friend

OSAAT # 122 - anything goes

Crafty Creations #178 - free for all

Thank you for stopping by

Cheers me dears

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Meerkat Greetings

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I've been having troubles but still have a few cards to post on the blog.

I am also struggling a little not being on my own computer!!

At the moment I am staying at my DD's and  minding the store for her while she has a break with her family. I don't help her out so often now and luckily for me I haven't been inundated with orders.......so far!!

A bit of fun for hubby's birthday from the grandchildren.

We all love the Meerkats ads and it is so kind of Aleksandr to loan me his photo for these cards.
I'm sure you'll guess that the words need to be read in Aleksandr's Russian accent, LOL.

 

 Challenge

TTT #117 - one for the men

Nutcrafters #22 - one for the boys

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