Forever Friends Twirly Ribbon Border

Thought I'd have a bit of a play with some fine ribbon on this card, twisting and gluing it to make a little border!

Supplies:
Image: Forever Friends "Christmas Gift" coloured with Promarkers
Paper: Spotted paper from Papermania "Sweet Nothings" pack.
Embellishments: Pink & blue ribbon, gems, peel-off sentiment.

Challenges:
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge July - Borders & Frames
Die Cut Dreams #94 - Animal Antics
Creative Card Crew - Animal Antics
Papertake Weekly  - Getting Cute
Totally Papercrafts #75 - Girly Girls
Stamptacular Sunday #120 - Animal Antics
I Did It Creations #64 - Animals
Fab N Funky #82 - Animal Magic
Crafty Creations Challenges #128 - Seeing Double

Summery Anya with Flowers

 Here' a card I've made for my cousin's wife. I thought I'd go for a nice summery girly card!

Supplies:

Image: "Anya with flowers" from The Greeting Farm, coloured with Promarkers.

Papers: Green striped & flowery papers from Papermania.

Tools: Nestabilities blossoms for image, Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die for flowers, Woodware leaf punch.

Embellishments: Gems for flower centres. Edge of card/ leaves were chalked. Sentiment is a topper from Dovecraft.

Challenges:

Sketch n Stash #62 - sketch. The Papermania papers have been lurking in the drawer for ages and I really wanted to try and use up some older stuff (as we have new things to put in the drawer!)

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes 

Paperplay Challenges #21 - Blossoms & Blooms 

Crafty Catz #84 - Pink & Green 

Totally Papercrafts #68 - Pink & Girly

Deckchair Dreaming!

Well, I just couldn't wait to create something with this gorgeous stamp I brought back from the NEC!

Supplies:

Image: "Deckchair Dreaming" from Lili of the Valley, coloured with Promarkers.

Paper: Blue flowery paper is from Papermania, checked is a magazine freebie.

Tools: Nellie's Multiframes MFD 005, star punch

Embellishments: blue/white baker's twine, inked edges.

Challenges:

Lili of the Valley #89 - Punch It

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges #7 - Sketch

Craft Your Passion #51 - Grin and "bear" it

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge #11 - Going Green

Totally Papercrafts #59 - Cuddly & Cute

Birthday Bear with a Book!

Here's a "Bedtime Story" House Mouse - for my uncle (although I've never called him uncle as he and my aunty just got married last year after being together for YEARS!) I thought it was a cute image - and maybe relevant (falling asleep whilst reading...?)
Anyway, it's coloured with Promarkers, and the starry paper is from Dovecraft Masculine paper pack. I've added a peel-off and some punched stars & gems.

Challenges:
Card Patterns #101 - Sketch
I Love Promarkers #52 - Birthday & Blog Hop
Totally Papercrafts #53 - Clean & simple

Calendar Girl!

I still have some of the little calendar tabs left, and thought I'd just rip off the months that have gone and carry on using them!! They work well with easel card.

I've coloured Anya using my Promarkers, to match the paper (Kate Knight). Then I've added a peel-off, 4 eyelets & some gems.

Challenges:
I Love Promarkers #51 - Anything Goes
Paperplay Challenge #5 - Stamp it out
Totally Papercrafts #52 - Friendship

My first CC Design card - Puppy Kiki

This is one of the stamped images I've been sent in a blog candy, and I've finally got round to colouring and using it! Obviously I've used my Promarkers (hehe). The heart backing paper is from the Dovecraft Glamour Print pack. The little tag was from a magazine freebie pack, and I've added a peel off and an eyelet to it, with some little flowers & gems to finish!

Challenges I'm entering:

Donna's Den #2 - sketch

A Spoon Full of Sugar #110 - Animal Crackers

Totally Papercrafts #23 - One for the girlies

Pile it On #26 - My Favourite Things (Dogs have to be one of them!)

The Crafty Pad #78 - Animal Fun

Fish are Jumpin....

Here's a Penny Black card for my cousin's son, who like to go fishing with my Uncle:

I've used the PB image "Fish are jumping", coloured with Promarkers.

The fishing paper is from Dovecraft's Masculine paper pack (as is the spotted strip on the left). I've used our MS scallop punch to layer two pieces of card. Then just a nestie scallop circle with number 11 in the middle!

Challenges I'm entering:

I Love Promarkers #18 - Sketch
For Fun Challenge - Birthday
Stamp Something - Happy
Totally Gorjuss #34 - For the boys
Totally Papercrafts #20 - Animal Magic

Edward is back....!

I just had to get "Flirty Edward" from The Greeting Farm, as a Twilight fan!

I saw the Farm Fresh Friday challenge, and whilst sorting out some old post, I found an envelope with a brilliant black & white pattern on the inside, that I thought I could use (and as it happened to be an A4 envelope I've got loads left to use again)!

The spotty paper was a scrap  from the pile on the desk. The fantastic word art sentiment is from Create with TLC - Paulette has loads of great wordart so go and have a look! I then finished off by distressing the edges with a plain black ink pad!

Challenges I'm entering:

Sketch Saturday #97 - Sketch

Anyone for Anya - Anything you want

Farm Fresh Friday - Spring Cleaning

Totally Papercrafts #11 - Distressing

PaperPlay Challenges #14 - Shiny Happy People

Digital Tuesday #53 - Blue, White & one other colour

Alice In Wonderland #7 - MAD!!! (Monochrome & Distressed)

Cute Card Thursday #107 - Mono Mania (monochrome)

Happy Birthday with Wings of Hope

Finally got around to finishing this - it's been sat on the desk for a few days part-done!

I've used the Whimsy Wings of Hope did stamp, coloured with Whispers and with added Glamour Dust.

The spotted paper is from Daisy & Dandelion "Daisy Patch" collection, and the letters and their topper are die-cuts!

Challenges I'm entering:

Incy Wincy Designs #32 - Horses
Totally Papercrafts #7 - Things with Wings
Gingersnap Creations #44 - Birthday
Paper Cutz Challenge #32 - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter Saturday #74 - Anything Goes

Mother's Day 2 - Special Delivery

Well, we normally have a card from me and a card from the menagerie (sorry, I mean fur-babies), so here is a second card for Mother's Day. I can't decide which I like more....?

The cute digi image is "Special Delivery" from Karensdoodles, which I've coloured with Whispers pens. I've used text paper from DCWV Text Prints paper stack, and the green flowery paper is from Daisy & Dandelion Picnic Patch collection. I've die-cut the words with my Night & Day Sizzix alphabet. Then just some ribbon, a few hearts & gems & of course, some Glamour Dust on the lettering.

Challenges I'm entering:
Papertake Weekly #36 - sketch
Karensdoodles UK #1 - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts #6 - Mother's Day/Special Lady
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #22 - Shades of Green
Cute Daisy May - Mother's Day
For Fun Challenges #2 - Green
Ooh La La Challenge #49 - Anything Goes
The Pixie Cottage #11 - Green
Rainbow Lady's Challenge #94 - Mother's Day
Gingersnap Creations #46 - Frosting
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle #30 - Open Challenge
Flourishes Celebration Day 4 - Sparkle