The Corrosive Challenge- 200th Challenge And Blog Hop

Hi everyone!

  Welcome to a new Corrosive Challenge!  And this one is a very special one for us!  It's our 200th challenge!  To celebrate, we are joined by some of our favorite sponsors for a fabulous blog hop with a ton of awesome prizes! 

 We have a fun challenge for you too!  It's an easy one - "Anything Goes"! 

 Enter your project over at The Corrosive Challenge Blog for a chance to win a £15 gift voucher for Crafts and Me!  The grand prize is being provided by The Corrosive Challenge coordinators as their way of thanking you for sticking with us for 200 challenges!

 

Want a chance for more prizes?!  Our generous sponsors have teamed up with us for a fun blog hop!  Visit each design team members blog to see her creation and leave a comment to be in the running to win the prize from her featured sponsor(s).  
Check out all of our AMAZING sponsors.  Some are old and some are new to us, and they are all fabulous!

I was able to work with this amazing digi called Talking With The Moon, from one of my favorite digi artists, A Day For Daisies

 

I made the background paper with inks by using the Mono Printing technique.(I will do a tutorial on this soon) With a SU roller stamp I embossed stars and swirls with Agean Silver ep.

The edges were inked with a sponge and silver Adirondack Mixatives.(LOVE that stuff!)

The three metal stars with vellum are tags, I believe from Memory Makers? They have been in my stash for years so I was happy to finally use a few.

I added some iridescent tinsel into a mini glass bottle and wrote, "Moon Beams" on Chalk Tape with a white gel pen.

"Dream Of Me" is from a PSX mini rubber stamp set called Pixie Romance, and the "Dreamroad" metal sign is from Prima st. signs.

I also added Liquitex Glass Beads Texture Gel to the spaces between the embellishments as well as on the moon.

The TH ink nib says, "Memories" on it. I also added a strip of TH film strip with glitter brads.

I fussycut the beautiful moon and fairy with an Xacto knife, added pop dots to the back and glued dewdrops onto the moon strands. They kind of look like eyeballs to me. I love that...like the moon watching over you. X

So Fun, Sparkly, and Dripping with baubles and delight!

Thanks for stopping in and joining us on this hop!

Remember to leave some love for me for a $12 gift certificate from A Day For Daisies.

Next up is the wonderfully creative Jasmine so be sure to leave her some love as well.

Hugs! 

Debbie - http://craftingwhenican.blogspot.com
Debora - http://dragonwingsandfairythings.blogspot.com (you are here)
Jasmine - http://wastedscraps.blogspot.com
Julie - http://maya3soleil.blogspot.com
Michelle - http://evermorecardcreations.com/blog
Rachelle - http://imblackmartha.blogspot.com
Rebecca - http://sydneyssentiments.blogspot.com
Regan - http://charmedstamping.blogspot.com

 

Happy 50th Campers-Anniversary-Kenny K

Hi!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for the parents of a friends of ours.

They're celebrating their 50th Golden Wedding Anniversay!

They are avid campers and love playing cards and they have a fun personality so I thought they would really enjoy this image from Kenny K digis called Wedding Dance.

I also used part of another digi from Saturated Canary, called Winnie goes camping.

A bit of a mashup but it gets the story across.

The "Happy Camper" sentiment was from a newly acquired cling stamp set.

 I have no idea what company it was as I've already thrown the packaging away.

The fabulous back ground paper is Teressa Collins.

I used UTEE to cover the chipboard "50" and sprinkled some at the bottom of the card so it looks like the wedding couple are dancing on streets of gold.

I also added a couple TH playing cards and some Prima glitter flowers and some amber colored Recollections.

The image was colored with Copics,and I used liquid pearls on the veil.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!

Bird On My Fairy Toe-DT Card For The Corrosive Challenge Blog

Hi! 

I'm a few days late with my challenge card but better late than never!
I had gone to a Steampunk Crop last weekend and brought my colored up image, ready to make a card with but was unable to find where I had packed it and thought for sure it was sitting on my desk at home. 

When I got home after midnight and checked everywhere in the house that I thought it could possibly be and couldn't find it, I decided to go through(put away) my crop supplies, and of course found it stuck between a couple sheets of paper.

Well I didn't get much done at the crop except some shopping, eating, and socializing.

It was a lot of fun and I had a great time dressing up Steampunk for it!

Oh I won first prize for best costume too!

And then I won the best door prize they were giving out!!

Good times with my partner in crime, Jan!

Today I'm sharing the card I made for the newest Challenge at The Corrosive Challenge Blog.

The theme is Add A Banner.

Our sponsor is Sami Stamps

 I've chosen to use this whimsical image called Bird On My Fairy Toe.

The paper is from a Prima paper pack called Art Journal and the banner I used was made from glitter paper and a MFT  banner die cut.

The sentiment is from a retired Totally Stampalicious stamp.

If you have a project that fits into our Banner theme be sure to link it up at TCCB to win a $12 gift certificate to Sami's shop.

For more inspiration checkout some of my teamies cards on Sami's blog.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sami Stamps Anything goes

Here's a couple of pics from the crop.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!

Monster Love-Dilly Beans-DT card for The Corrosive Challenge

Hi everyone! Just a quick share here as I'm dealing with a head cold  as I'm writing this blog post and I'm feeling very foggy. This is the my latest card for The Corrosive Challenge Blog.

Our sponsor once again is Dilly Beans Stamps and

the challenge theme this fortnight is Head Gear,

  so use an image with something on their head (hat, bow, barrette, etc) and your good to go!

I've chosen to use this adorable Monster Love digi.

The Dilly Bean images just steal my heart and they are a favorite of my grandchildren.

I know there's more details to share but I'll have to come back and add them when I'm feeling better.

Right now I can't even think of what stamp I used for the sentiment!

If you have a creation that fits the theme be sure to link up at TCCB for a chance to win 3 Dilly Bean images of your choice. 

Hugs!

Quirky Tag Swap-Matchbox Shadowbox

 

Hi everyone!

Today I'm sharing the tags I made for April's tag swap.

This months theme is Quirky!

I used the new TH matchbox diecut to construct these fun little shadow box tags.

After I had folded, taped, and constructed these boxes I sprayed them with Dylusion's ink sprays.

I also sprayed some seam binding in the same three colors of ink, which were Bubblegum Pink, Fresh Lime, and Crushed Grape.

I added a strip of Chalk tape to the side of the box(as the striking surface) and it can be used to write a To/From on.

The sentiment, "Mostly I just sit around all day being fabulous" is from a Dylusions stamp set called, Say it how it is.

The adorable rhinestone accented cat eye glasses were made from an Impression Obsession die cut called sunglasses, I cut them out of chalkboard cardstock called Chalk Stalk. I love the velvety feel of that stuff! I also used that same paper for the skull diecuts that I put onto the back of the boxes and Those were cut out with a Spellbinders diecut.

I used a TH Rosette die with some Echo Park paper and made a lovely rosette.

The retro image is from a collage I bought on Etsy.

I added a bauble, a wired bead, and some Doodle Twine to the tag.

I also used glitter glue around the pic and sprinkled some Stampendous Silver Halo Mix to the inside of the box.

I used Clip It hooks as my tag hangar and added some gathered embossed sheer ribbon to the back side. 

I added a couple of turquoise rhinestones, some rock candy glitter to the nylon butterflies and pushed a little heart pin into the paper rosette.

Detail! I like details, that's what makes it fun for me. 

I was quite surprised and impressed with how fun and easy these shadow box tags were to create.

Next months tag swap theme is Fairytale and I'm still working on ideas for that one.

I don't have a pic of all the tags from this swap as a couple of ladies didn't get their tags to the swap.

Here's a pic of the group tags minus 2 tags.

Thanks for stopping in! Hugs!

Rock Star-Kenny K Rock Dude

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing the card I made for a good friend who just turned 50!

He's a rock star to his life long friends.

 My husband has known him for over 35 years so he's a pretty big deal to us. 

 He plays lead in a band called The Crawl out in Victoria B.C. and we're hoping to make a bike trip out that way sometime this Summer and hopefully hear his band play.

The birthday boy and his beautiful girlfriend are visiting out West here for a few days so a group of his long time friends all got together to celebrate the big 50!

On my husbands request I colored the guitar like Eddy Van Halen's guitar. As I googled many images of Eddy and his guitar I wondered if he ever wore a shirt?! The very first concert I ever went to was a Van Halen concert when I was 15. 

All I remember about that concert is Eddy's skin tight red pleather pants, and he came out on stage swinging on a rope!

I decided to give this Kenny K image, called, Rocker Dude a tye dyed shirt because our friend James is a little wonderfully eclectic. (:

I used a mini scrabble piece on this card and found out from James that 8 is his favorite number and there just happens to be an 8 on the J scrabble tile.

This card was a big hit with him! I was so thrilled!

The papers are from a DCWV Rock Star Stack and the glittered swirls were made from rainbow glitter cardstock and the TH elegant flourishes die cut.

I also used a TH skull embellishment, a TH clip embellishment and a bottle cap inc.bottle cap with an epoxy dome. The stamp I used to create the bottle cap sentiment is from the Kraftin Kimmie  Circus Trinkets set.

I Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! We  had an awesome time getting together and celebrating  Resurrection Sunday with our children and grandchildren and then later Sunday night we were able to get together with friends we hadn't seen for many years. 

Getting together with old friends is so good for your soul!

And here's an updated picture of me with all 7 of my grandchildren now!!

I am so richly blessed!

Hugs!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Kenny K Challenge #170 Stars

ETA my badge for this card:
 

So Pretty-DT card for The Corrosive Challenge Blog

Hello! Today I'm sharing the card I made for the new challenge at The Corrosive Challenge Blog.

Spring is here... well sort of. Yesterday I woke to snow falling and the ground covered in white!

 It had all melted by noon and now we are back to the season of brown. We've been having such a lovely Winter this Spring!

A couple of more weeks and we will hopefully start to see some beautiful Spring colors.

Until then we can enjoy 

this week's challenge theme which is,

 Pretty Pastels 

 Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter.

I love TPS images and there are so many adorable digis to choose from. The best part is that you also receive a colored version of the image you order.

I've chosen to work with this adorable image called, So Pretty. 

The paper is from a Glitz pack. Aren't those miniature dice(die)fun!

I just adore the little die cut glasses, die cut from Impression Obsession! I added some micro rhinestones to the corners.

The sentiment, Heartbreaker is from a Bombshell Stamps set. 

Short and sweet today as I'm trying to catch up on some much needed rest.

Be sure to pop on over to TCCB to see what my teamies have come up with and if you have created anything with pastel colors link up for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate for The Paper Shelter.

Until next time! Hugs!

Steampunk Mermaid-DT Card for The Corrosive Challenge Blog

Hi everyone! Today I'm sharing the card I made for challenge #196 at The Corrosive Challenge Blog.

The theme this fortnight is Show Us Your Metal.

Create a project incorporating metal embellishments/hardware.

Our sponsor is Delicious Doodles.

Once again I've used this awesome digi, Steampunk Mermaid.

I also used that image on this card here.

The paper is from Prima's Art Journal and the fabulous frame is from MME.(circa.2006)

The chipboard Streampunk heart was from Make It Crafty. Again one of those beautiful discontinued chipboard accents. 

I embossed it with some Fran-tage in Shabby White.

I love that stuff!

I also added some cheesecloth, a TH hinge clip, a couple of pearls, and some Prima mini cogs and gears.

I used a Martha Steward punch and punched a sea scallop from white embossed vellum.

If you've got a creation with metal on it be sure to link it up on TCCB and you could win 4 digis of your choice from Delicious Doodles.

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!
 

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Life Is What You Make It-Kit and Clowder- Whimsy stamps contest

Hi everyone,

today I'm sharing the card I made for the Whimsy Stamps Customer Appreciation Contest over at the Kit and Clowder blog.

I've colored up this Wee Stamps image called Winter Fairy, and added a Fun Life Ticket sentiment from Raindrop Echo Designs, that reads,  "Life Is What You Make It". There is also a matching die cut for the ticket stamps. So fun!

As I began making this card I thought it would be a great Winter/Christmas card but it's actually perfect as a Canadian Spring card!

So lovely to have it snowing on the first day of Spring!!! Not!
Well the best attitude I can have about that is like this Winter fairys..Just make the best out of it!
(breathe) 

Even though it took me forever to decide on what colors to use on this adorable image, the card itself got made up in record time!(And by record time I mean under four hours). Again I was thinking, just Keep It Simple!!! Haha!

I attempted a little water coloring with TH distress ink and some Twinkling H2O for the background. Some of the ink lines smeared from the water but I think I was able to camouflage most of the smears with that wonderful Frantage!

Thanks for stopping in today and
 Happy Spring!

Hugs~!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Kit and Clowdr-Whimsy Stamps CA