Thinking of You Bear

Supplies:
Image: "Bentley Bear" from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine stamp set
Tools: Nestabilities deckled edge rectangles, & blossoms die, XCut border punch
Embellishment: Peel off sentiment & flowers

Challenges:
Simon Says Challenge - Dies +/or punches
Allsorts Challenge #122 - Keep it simple
Paper Sundaes #88 - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft #161 - If you go down to the woods today...
Die Cut Dreams #99 - Brown, Pink & Cream
Ooh La La Challenge #89 - Punches/Dies

Father's Day Dog Song!

I kept with the dog theme for my Father's Day card! These Whimsy dogs just look so much like a cartoon version of our Benny that I can't resist using them!
This particular image just makes me think of the song "How much is that doggy in the window?"

Supplies:
Image: "Dog Song" from Whimsy Stamps, coloured with Promarkers.
Paper: Printed from a CD by my Mum as I've run out of ink! Not sure which CD - one of Mum's!
Embellishments: Bone rub-on's.

Challenges:
Dream Valley #9 - Father's Day
Cupcake Craft #146 - Oh Boy
Papertake Weekly - Dads & Lads
Craft us Crazy #10 - Father's Day
Crafty Sentiments - Father's Day

Happy House-Mouse Anniversary!

It was Aunty Marilyn & Brian's first wedding anniversary at the weekend, so I made them a little card. They found the HM image funny and were trying to decide who was which mouse!

Supplies:
Image: "Olive a Party" from House-Mouse Designs, coloured with Promarkers.
Paper: Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose Collection
Tools: XCut border punch system & glasses/heart punch
Embellishments: Ribbon (hand-tied bow) with curls stuck in place with glue. Sentiment from Forever Friends die-cut sheet. Glitter on tape underneath border punch for sparkly background!

Challenges:
Crafts & Me #37 - Punch It Out
Inky Impressions  #16 - Shine On
C.R.A.F.T #105 - Wedding/Love
Craft Us Crazy #9 - Love/Remembrance
Cupcake Craft #145 - Things with tails
Pollycraft Monday #96 - Love & Marriage
I Love Promarkers #68 - Sparkly Bling
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Rock Idol!

I've made this card for my cousin's son - I always struggle with boy cards, but this manga image was perfect!! I also had an idea to use the mirri board & circle die as a sort of CD/stage?? Love the colours it throws off in the light!

Supplies:
Image: "Rock Idol" by Sugar Nellie, coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment: "You Rock" from Digi Doodle Shop
Paper: Freebie from a magazine, black paper from Dovecraft, everything backed onto mirri board card!
Tools: Nellie's multiframes Circles.

Challenges:
The Sugar Bowl #57 - Sketch
Cupcake Crafts #136 - Comedy Rocks
Creative Inspirations #106 - Punches & Dies
Inky Impressions #12 - Die Cuts
Crafty Ann's Challenge #38 - Raise a smile
Fussy & Fancy Challenge - Card for a Child
Stamp Something - Sassy Circles

Wishing you the Fairy best!

Wow two cards posted in one day! For some reason at the moment I find sketch challenges seem to have me stumped! I spend so long trying to find bits and pieces to fit that I never get anywhere! So here's a sketch-less creation!

Supplies:

Image/Sentiment: "Fairy 1" from Digi Doodle Shop (that I won in the Forever Friends Monthly Challenge), coloured with Promarkers, "Wishing you the fairy best" sentiment is from Create with TLC.

Paper: Both the floral and pink polkadot papers are from the Pink Petticoat, Vintage Rose Collection. The edges are chalked.

Embellishments: Handmade pink bow tied with Reflecta silvery thread!

Challenges:

Cupcake Craft #132 - Pink Polkadots

Crafty Cardmakers #41 - Fabric
Incy Wincy Designs #84 - Pastels
Fab N Funky #63 - Make it Girly
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge #10 - Fly with us
The Crafty Pad #11 - Use a ribbon

You've Been Framed!

So I've been working slightly outside the usual papercraft box to get this finished in time for Mum & Dad's return, and hoped to enter into a few challenges where "altered/alternative" crafts are allowed...
It's my first attempt at a beaded frame, but i hope they like it! (In case anyone's wondering, it's a basic wooden frame from B&Q).

Challenges I'm attempting to enter:
Cupcake Craft #109 - Transport
Top Tip Tuesday #2 - Tip or Alter (Obviously I chose to alter this photo frame)

Wedding Bells!

I'm going to a wedding next weekend, and I found these lovely digital papers/toppers on Jak Heath's blog. If you haven't visited already please do as her creations are beautiful and she has some fab tutorials and downloads to help inspire!! I've added to it, some gold ribbon, and three lovely flowers.

Challenges I'm entering:

Cupcake Craft #106 - Digital

Creative Cottage #22 - Celebrations

Allsorts Challenge #68 - New Beginnings

A new birdhouse for Grandad!

Well, I had intended to make this to enter into the Dutch Dare Challenge (as this is where the birdhouse template came from - go and have a look) after seeing the wonderful cards they'd made, but work has been crazy the last couple of days, and I just haven't really had the brainpower to finish it in time, but here it is anyway:

My first card for ages with no stamped image/Promarkers! I've used striped paper from the Papermania Secret Garden paper pack, and the little birds are chipboard toppers from a magazine freebie. Just added some silk ivy, and a load of Shamrock Green Flowersoft (moss) to go with the peel-off that I coloured green!

Challenges I'm entering:

Cupcake Craft #95 - One for the boys
Incy Wincy Designs #45 - One for the guys
Creative Inspirations #65 - One for the boys
Fab N Funky #28 - Just for Dad
Magical Crafts Fortnightly # 17 - Father's Day
A Spoon Full Of Sugar #108 - Enjoying the sunshine

New Arrival!

Here's another baby card (a vet nurse friend is due in August, but I felt like making a card now - not sure if it's a boy or a girl).

The cute rocking horse image is from Pollycrafts and is perfect for a baby card!

I've used spotted paper  from the Papermania Sweet Nothings paperpack, and my nesties (lots of nesties in this card)!! 2 brads, some ribbon and a peel off!

Challenges I'm entering:
Caardvarks - New Baby
Crafty Angels #30 - My Favourite Things (at the moment these new nesties)
Cupcake Craft #86 - Childhood Memories (this reminds of the rocking horse my Grandad made me when I was little - it's up in the loft possibly waiting for a new jockey!)
Papertake Weekly - Cutie Pie
Cooking it up with Katie #15 - 1 digi image, a splash of purple & 3 of something (I have 3 nestie doubles)
Sketch Saturday #98 - Sketch
The Crafty Pad #66 - Some rainbow colours
Creative Belli #89 - Die cute shapes

Happy Easter!!

Wow - 3rd card today... not had such a productive crafty day for a while! So, I decided to have a go at a Spring-y Easter card!!

So, this sweet little die-cut image is from the freebie pack in the most recent Crafts Beautiful magazine. Then I've used 2 lots of freebie papers - spots and stripes, and then a printed sentiment (from Word)! There's one piece of ribbon (from Papermania Capsule collection) cut into six, and then a flower with a button, and 2 flowery eyelets!!

Challenges I'm entering:
Simon Says Challenge - Sketch
Susie's Sassy Challenge #10 - Easter
Totally Gorjuss #21 - Sweet
One Stop Craft Challenge #71 - Spots & Dots
One Stitch At A Time #4 - Recipe: 1 ribbon , 2 eyelets & 2 papers (my 2nd entry)
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #33 - Green (at least 1/3 of the card)
The Pink Elephant #58 - Spring
By the Cute & Girly March Challenge - Spring is in the air
Cupcake Craft Challenges #82 - Going Green

For Fun Challenges Sketch

Here's another card I've done using the Papermania Sunshine Capsule Collection (everything but the cardstock & the peel-off)! I think everyone's feeling the flower power this week as it's meant to be the start of Spring (even though we're still getting frost a lot of mornings)!

Challenges I'm entering:

For Fun Challenges - sketch

Cupcake Craft Challenges #81 - Flower Power

Crafty Calendar Challenge #6 - Flower Power

C.R.A.F.T Challenge #40 - Mother's Day/Flowers

Simon Says Challenge - Girly