Lady Anne's Challenge August

Morning All!
Today is the first Monday of the Month and so it means it's time for the new challenge at Lady Anne's Cards.  The theme this month is make a pocket card.  A pocket card is one where a tag or design is hidden in a pocket in the card.

This is my Design Team inspiration card for the challenge, hopefully it will inspire you to enter the challenge.  This months prize is donated by our sponsors Stitchy Bear Stamps

My Card has three pockets which I made from the largest insert die from Spellbinders Resplendent rectangles which I mounted onto the front of rthe card.  I decorated the front using a strip of die cut lace (Sue Wilson for Spellbinders I think) swirls from Gold elements one and a delicate Aster on the tag which I made using the smallest die in the rectangles set.



The tags in the pocket are made from the next size down from the pocket die and are decorated in simple ribbon with the wonderful digi stamp from our sponsors Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

 I love the sentiment of these and thought this would make a great anniversary card, especially with the "Dance as if no-one is watching"

It would be great to see as many of you as possible to enter the challenge as I get to look at your entries!! lol

Enjoy ...

Lady Annes Challenge July

Hello All,

It's time again for Lady Anne's Challenge and this month I worked hard to deliver something that suits my style and the brief!  This is what I came up with...

This is my version of a screen card although its hard to see I used white ribbon to attaché the three panels together so that it stands and folds up to be posted.









The beautiful butterfly is a digi stamp from this months sponsors Fred She Said.  They have some beautiful stamps, most of which are available plain as well as coloured.  They also have cutting files for those of you lucky enough to have a computer cutting machine.

This months prize is a $10 gift certificate which will come in handy as it is difficult to only choose one design!

The theme for July is Monochrome, I chose to go with the classic black and white (and shades thereof!)  Monochrome means using different shades of one colour so your entries don't all have to be 'Blanc et Noir'!  Enter the challenge here...

Todays card is made in three panels of Core'dinations card stock in shades of grey and black.  I embossed these with the Do'crafts secret Garden embossing folder and sanded away the colour.  On the white Core'dinations cardstock the underlying colour is black which really highlights the embossing.

I mounted these onto grey then black card and cut a topper for the panel using Spellbinder Antique Frames & Accents die.  This is the frame section I simply cut the top off! 

The butterfly and backer is from our sponsors and comes on a sheet with just the butterfly and flowers giving you decoupage heads something to go at!

Finally I mounted the three panels across 2 strips of grosgrain white ribbon leaving a 1cm gap (using my cutting mat as a guide) to make the screen.  I love this design of card and you can be sure I will feature more options!!  Enjoy...

Lady Anne's Challenge June

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Good Morning all,


can you believe it's June already?  I really can't work out where the time has gone this means it's time for a new Challenge at Lady Anne's Cards.  This months theme is The Great Outdoors so this is a great time to try entering!

I've used a beautiful image from our sponsors Inky Impressions which I've coloured with Spectrum Noir pens.  I've matted this onto a Die cut in pale blue on a darker blue base card.





This months winner will receive
a $10 gift certificate to spend in our on-line store, as a prize for your winner. from








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So come on guys give it a go!

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Ladys Anne's Challenge 2

Good Morning ,I've been having some problems with Blogger scheduling, this post should have gone live YESTERDAY lol, probably my fault but here we go again...

Morning all,

It is time for our second challenge at Lady Annes challenges , I hope you will spread the word with your friends and fellow crafters as this is a small (as yet) challenge,  there were not too many entries last month, with a great prize.  It's also my first (and only) design team gig so I'd really like it to work!

I know from chatting to a few of you that you are avid crafters, well this months challenge is a great opportunity to showcase your work and perhaps win a prize. This month is a nice easy one - EASEL CARDS, that is what we want to see.  The challenge runs until Monday 2nd June.

Here's my inspiration, the image is from our sponsor, Digi Darla I have coloured the image with watercolours (its years since I painted so I need more practice)  this is layered on a deep blue mat cut with the spellbinders Filigree Delight die centre oval.  This is then layered, with foam tape, on a white die cut from the same set with a matching organza ribbon threaded through.  I've used a double sided paper from my current favourite First Edition paper pack, Floral Pavilion, in pale blue with some sapphire domed gems to finish.


Our sponsor this month is Digi Darla and they will give 5 digis of winners choice.

Lady Anne's Challenge April

Hello,

 I am honoured to have been accepted onto the design team (my First Ever) of Lady Anne and a new challenge.  The card below is my offering for this month based on a the following Sketch...


The challenge is a new one completing a different style of creation every month, this month a sketch.

Our sponsor is Daisy Doodles, the winner receives 2 images of their choice. 

The flowers are die cut in fabric, tutorial to follow, Enjoy...