A Card for a World Champion

Good Morning Everyone, well I dont know about you but the weather is awful here in Gloucestershire the poor dog and hubby were soaked just by going out of the back gate, anyway they werent out very long for sure, I dont think either of them liked it.
Well I hope youve all had a wonderful Christmas and are now looking forward to a Brand New Year, its not long now only days away, I always feel its a strange time of the year those shops you hope are open are not and those you dont expect are, and of course the local council seem to have taken 2 weeks of so we arnt expecting a collection till the 19th of January, I hate to think what our Wheelie Bin is going to be like by then.
Anyway I have a very dear neighbour whos grandson won a World Dancing Championship in Paris a few weeks ago and she asked if I could make a congratulations card for him and his partner, but with Christmas I never did get around to making it, then I suddenly remembered this Krafty Kimmie Stamp and thought it was ideal for the card I had in mind, so I stamped it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it. Afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut it out and the Decorative one for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, the papers I have used are Summer Driggs Free Digi Papers and this one is "Fathers and Fedora's" and I felt it was masculine enough and slightly feminine so I hope that the young pair like what Ive made for them.
The sentiments are from my stash though the top one came with the image and the bottom is as near a match to the font theyve used, or at least I thought it was.
Well to finish of I want to wish you all A Very Happy New Year and I will be back with a Challenge for Bearlymine Designs on the 1st of January so see you then.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.co.uk/
http://dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Boxing Day" Sale

Good Morning Everyone, Donna of Bearlymine Designs is holding a Boxing Day Sale and it will last till the 31st December, I do think you should go and visit her website and treat yourself to some stunning papers. Just click on the sale notice and it will take you directly to her website.

Challenge #93 - The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well I do so hope you enjoyed our Birthday Blog Hop and it looks as if a lot of you did, we had a outstanding success with the comments and the lucky person from my blog who won one of the digi images is:-

Guendalen

Well done and congratulations you will find all the details for claiming your prize on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot. And now back to this weeks Challenge, it will be our last one for this year and will last till the 9th January, as we need a bit of time to recoup ourselves plus which there will be no comments on the entries so dont be disappointed if you dont find one, its just us having a rest. 

And now back to the Challenge itself, its a "Anything Goes" a real favourite among you so Im expecting lots of entries and our sponsors of course are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

to spend on their website, but please remember that this is providing you have used one of their products on your cards, and they have some fabulous offers going on at the moment on all their Christmas goodies so its well worth the visit to The Paper Shelter Website. But even if you dont use one they are still offering a prize of 3 digi images of winners choice and that is still a brilliant prize.

For my Card I chose to use this image.

Isnt he a cutie, its called "Are you my Friend" and you will find it here, Ive printed him onto white card then usedd my copic pens to colour him, then cut him our with Nestabilitie Labels Die No.8 and for the mount I used the Decorative Die No.8 to mount it. 

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for the papers I used the paper that actually came with the image and you will find it here. I mounted this onto a piece of blue card, and then across the middle I used a piece of red holly ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount. I did print two of the same papers and layered up the corners and the holly wreath at the top. 

I placed my mounted image across the middle of the ribbon. To finish of I used some red stickles on the holly berries and some white glitter on the mistletoe berries in the bottom right hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.

And before I do I want to wish you all and everyone a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year, so see you again in January with a brand new Challenge.

This Card will be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://cachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://karensdoodlesnetherlandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://hollyjollychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/ 

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://simplychallengedchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

Cupcake Inspirations Colour Challenge #191 - Guest Designer

Good Afternoon, well a little while ago we were asked by Nina of Cupcake Inspirations and Veronica from The Paper Shelter if we would like to guest design a card for this "Colour" Challenge for them, and Im hoping that you might like to take part as well.

Here is the photo that was given to us to use as inspiration, and The Paper Shelter are sponsoring it and offering a prize of

$20 Gift Voucher to spend on their website

And this is the card I created for the Challenge.

 

For my card I have used this "Santa's Cute Helper" and you will find it here, and at the moment The Paper Shelter have her on offer so its a good time to go and visit the website to see what else you can get at a special price. Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, then used Nestabilitie Labels Die No.17 to cut her out, then drew around the metal die onto red card to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and I have stamped it also onto white card and created a mount from some of the red card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, the papers I chose to use are also from The Paper Shelter and these are called "Christmas Spirit" and you will find them here, these are also on special offer so do please go and visit The Paper Shelter website and pick up these special prices while to can.  I have used several of the papers and layered them up onto mounts and they used some white webbing behind them afterwards I placed my mounted image towards the left with the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner.

To finish of I used some red card and a ornament border die to create the border at the top and a Memory Box ornament die in two colours for the embellishment on the right. The last little flourish are the two buttons at the bottom and on the sentiment.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blogspot and see for yourself what fabulous cards the Design Team have created and I hope that you also will want to take part in this "Colour" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Challenge #65 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, not long to go to the big day now and I hope that your preparations are well in hand, and of course we crafters are still making Christmas cards and Ive decided if I have any left they will go away for next year. Todays Challenge here at The Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot is "Anything Goes" and we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter and they are generously,

        offering a fabulous prize of a $20. Gift Voucher

And here is my card.

I decided to use this gorgeous image "Cookies for Santa" you will find her here, and I printed her onto white card then using my copic pens I have coloured her, then used a Christmas Tree Nestabilitie die to cut her out, I then used the die to draw around to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and I have printed it onto white card then mounted it onto blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers I have used are Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Pastel Christmas" digi papers and you will find them here, and I have used for my first paper a blue background with white snowflakes on, the second is a blue background with sentiment on I cut this into a square and used Martha Stewart Border and Corner punches on it, then placed it in the center of the first mount. I then wrapped a piece of webbing around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount. For the diecuts I used pearlescent card and several Marianne Christmas tree and fern dies and cut out several different sizes and placed them in the left and top right corners, I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
I do hope that now youve seen my card you will go and visit The Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.ca/
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Donna of Bearlymine Designs has a Sale

If you want to save lots on Donna's gorgeous digi papers now is the time to visit her website and here it is Donna http://bmd-creations.blogspot.co.uk/

2nd Birthday Blog Hop and "Two of Anything" Challenge

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop. Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us as it is in celebration of our 2nd Birthday!!!! You should have landed here directly from The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The Paper Shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on  The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

For my card I have used this beautiful "Warm in Winter" image (last years image) from The Paper Shelter and you will find it here, I have printed her onto white card then used my square Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, I then used a Marvellous Square for her mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped and cut out as a tag and I have threaded some red ribbon through the hole.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card, and the papers I have used are also from The Paper Shelter and they are called "Christmas Spirit" and you will find them here. The first paper is a red one with a clouded pattern on, the second I have cut in a square is a dark yellow paper and I have used a snowflake corner and border punch on it then layered it up on top of the first mount.

I then wrapped a wide poinsettia ribbon around the card on the left hand side, and placed my mounted image towards the top, the sentiment was place in the top right hand corner, and to finish of I have used the Memory Box Poinsettia die and punched out two flowers, and moulded them and layered them up and stuck them to the bottom right hand corner on top of silicone glue and punched out holly leaves.

And now you've seen my card you will need to hop on over to Marcea's blog. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digi's available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - "12 Days of Christmas"

 My winner for Day 2 is - Rose - http://digibellsdt.blogspot.co.uk/ please contact Donna at Cards for Men to arrange for you to collect your prize.


Good Morning Everyone, I do hope that you visited my fellow Design Team Member Patricia yesterday as she was the first stop on the "12 days of Christmas" Special, each day for the next 12 days the girls and Alan from the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot are holding daily Posts for you to stand the chance of winning some fabulous prizes. I have been chosen to host Day 2, and the sponsor for my post is Meljens

 And Melissa is offering a fabulous prize of $10.Gift Certificate.

And here is what she says about her Company:-

 Meljen'sDesigns (http://meljensdesigns.com) is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

To see if you are the lucky winner you will need to return to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot each day as the winner will be picked from the day before and will show up there, you will also find who the next person is on the list. I do hope that you will enjoy this different style of Blog Hop.

And here is my Card for this second day of Christmas.

I have used this sweet pair of birds from Meljens and you will find it here, for my card and I have actually used the "12 Days of Christmas" as my theme for my card. I printed it onto white card and used my copic pens to colour it then used the Nestabilitie Die No.8 to cut it out, afterwards I drew around the die to create the mount. The Sentiment was one I created on my computer and printed it onto white card and mounted it in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers I have used are from Peerless Designs "12 Days of Chrismas" CD, and I have used for my first mount a song designed paper, and on top I have used three more papers in layers and punched down the edges with a bird border punch from Martha Stewart.

I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, to finish of I have used a branch and bird dies from Obsession Impressions and arranged them in the bottom left hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I hope that you will return to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see who your next stop is on this "12 Days of Christmas" and you will also see who won yesterday post, and if you return back there yet again tomorrow you will see who won this fabulous prize from Meljens.
Your next stop tomorrow is to Michelle, and do I hope you enjoy making this journey with us.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://critterchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://daisydoodlescreativechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://especiallymade.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - "12 Days of Christmas"

Good Morning Everyone, well today over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot we are doing something very special this time, as its a our 3rd birthday we thought for a change we would invite some of our past Design Team Members and a couple of Newbies to celebrate with us, by doing something entirely different, we are going to have each and everyone of us post a card for each of the next 12 days (it will finish on the 14th December), so to start it of my fellow team member Patricia is hosting Day one today.
If you come back to me tomorrow I am hosting Day two, and the best part of this celebration is that each and everyone of us is being sponsored by different companies and we  have lots of prizes to give away, the draw will be done for each blog at the end of every day and the winner will be posted on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot the following Day, so I do hope you enjoy this very special occasion our "12 Days of Christmas" event.
Dont forget to come back to me tomorrow and now do go and visit Patricia's Blogspot to start the ball rolling, and finally dont forget to leave a comment as its from those that we will pick our winner of our own blog.

A Card for Sundays with Santa

Good Evening Crafters, well its been awhile since I used one of my Magnolia stamps but thought as its a Anything Goes Challenge over on Sundays with Santa on Facebook I would give this Tilda image a outing, Ive stamped her onto white card then used a mask to cover her and then stamped the I Love You stamp under her, removed the mask then coloured it with my copic pens. I then used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.17 to cut her out, I then drew around the die to create the mount for her out of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the papers I have used are Lili of the Valleys "Nitwit" papers, the first a snowfall one on a blue background, the second is a white background with pale blue snowflakes on I have used a snowflake border punch from Martha Stewart, then for my last mount I used a sentiment paper and cut a strip and mounted this onto another piece of the blue card.
The mounted image was then placed in the center towards the top and the sentiment below on the right.
To finish of I created two snowflakes and layered them up from several punched out piece glittered the top and put them across the left hand bottom corner.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://christmaschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://7kidschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tandastamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #63 - Bearlymine Designs - "Blue and Silver"

Good Morning All, well the rain has stopped at the moment but for how long Ive no idea, its been so wet here in my neck of the woods and we've had lots of floods plus loads of trees and fences down, its a right mess where ever you go around the Forest, but I'm going to try and bring a bit of sunshine into your lives as for this Challenge this week we want yet another Christmas one its a "Blue and Silver" theme for your cards.
But first before I go any further I want to introduce you to a new Design Team member we've had join us and that is Chanelle and I do hope that you will go and visit her blog and leave her some love and welcome her to the Team. And now to let you know who's sponsoring us this week and that is Marianne Dies, and at the moment Im not sure what their prize is but Im sure we shall know by the time this Challenge goes live.

And they are offering a prize of

 

And now without any further ado, here is the card I created for this Challenge.

 

I chose this gorgeous "Don and Daisy" image and stamped onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, then used a oval die to cut her out, I used some blue ink just to distress the edges, and then used a Decorative Oval from Marianne for the mount, and the sentiment is a Britannia die and I used more of the same silver mirri card for this.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of silver card and the papers I used are from Donna's "Pastel Christmas" digi papers set, and you will find them here. The first one Ive used is a blue background with snowflakes on, and then on top I used another pattern and a Decorative Square Marianne die to cut out a large doily which I have placed in the middle of the base card, then wrapped a organza ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount.
I then placed my mounted image in the center and the sentiment across the right hand bottom corner, and to finish of I have used the Nellie Poinsetta Punches to create the flowers in the top left hand corner, I then moulded them into shape and stuck them down with some silicone glue.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Blue and Silver" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.abcchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fashionistachallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #91 - The Paper Shelter - "Birthdays"

Good Morning Crafters, its only days away now to my own big birthday I know you want me to write up exactly how old I am but I find it embarrassing to actually say it out loud anyway you can see from my profile what it is, its plus one. Anyway today's Challenge over on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is just right for all of those experiencing birthday like myself its a "Birthdays" theme and I know its one of the most popular themes for making cards so you can start putting your thinking caps on while taking part in it.
As usual our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of  $30.

but as always this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, but even if you have'nt they will still give you three images of your own choice. I wish you would take a visit to their website The Paper Shelter, (click on this) and you can see for yourself what stunning and beautiful images they have for sale, they are always updating their catalogue and they also have some lovely papers that go with their images and printables, plus which they really are so reasonably priced as the exchange rate is brilliant and gives you real value for money.
Now I want to show you the card I created for this Challenge.

 

I used this gorgeous yummy "Birthday Cupcake" image you will find it here, and I coloured it with my copic pens then cut it out completely, and the sentiment is one of the new Britannia dies and this was cut out of pink pearlescent card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, I then used the "Birthday Cupcake" papers from The Paper Shelter you will find them here,  the first paper is a pink background with lots of cupcakes on, and on top of this I have used a blue background with swirls on and a pink with spots on and then used my Cheery Lynn Pastry Dies to create two doilys which were then placed at angles on top of the first mount.

The Cupcake image was then placed in the center with the sentiment placed across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used a rolled daisy die from Die-namics to create the three flowers in the top left hand corner, these were made with some of the left over papers and the leaves were punched with a rose leaf punch from some of the pink paper.

Now youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope you will feel able to take part in this weeks "Birthdays" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Winner of my Blog Candy

Well thank you everyone who took part in my Blog Candy and now all I have to do is announce the winner and that lucky person picked by random org: is :-

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

34

Timestamp: 2012-11-19 17:47:11GMT

Kym :-  http://kyms-crafty-cards.blogspot.co.uk/

Congratulations Kym if you email me with your address I will get my hubby to take your goodies to the Post Office. (You'll find my email address under my profile).

My Blogaversary and Birthday

This is a sticky and will stay at the top till the 19th November, if you would like to see my

latest posts please scroll down past this post. 

 

Well its almost 4 years since I started this blog and 2 years since my No.2 blog, and so to celebrate this and the fact that Ive had over 73.000 hits here and 14.000 hits for No.2, plus which its also a very big birthday for me this year and I thought I would again bring you a surprise box of goodies, I hate displaying them on my blog so it will be a big surprise for the winner, but I will tell you its got Dies, Stamps, Paper Pads, Embossing Folders and lots of other bits and bobs. (Plus which my hubby hates taking the photo) so I hope you will be as excited as I am in inviting my very loyal and faithful followers to take part in this, please dont feel that you have to add this to your blogs, that's not necessary, but I do want only those followers who have been loyal to me over the years, to take part and not those Candy Followers who only add their names in the chance of winning freebies, please believe me when I say they will be removed from the eventual picking of the winner.  Plus I also want to thank you for being such wonderful Followers and also for your beautiful comments.

Challenge #24 - Cards for Men - "Merry Christmas"

Good Morning Everyone, well today over on Cards for Men we have a brand new Digi Designer and that is Andrew Walker, hes the husband of our Team Leader and Owner of Cards for Men and he was asked by Donna to start creating digi stamps for us to play with and now he has started his own website called "Scribbled Kidz" and you will find it here.

He is offering a fabulous prize of 3 digi images of winners choice.

Andrew has based all his designs on his young sons and I think you will be surprised at how fabulous they actually are, I do hope you will go and visit the website and see for yourself and hopefully you will be encouraged to buy some of them, as they are very reasonably priced to.
We were lucky enough to be given a few of the images to play with and I chose this one for my card.

This little lad is writing up his list for Santa so its titled "Dear Santa" and I have printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, then used my Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut him out then drew around the metal die to create the mount out of red card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of red card and the papers I have used are from Echo Parks "Very Merry" Christmas papers, the first one a red background with white snowflakes on the second is a grid pattern and the third a newspaper item, I layered them on the base mount at angles.
I then positioned my mounted image in the center and cut out my sentiment with one of the new Britannia die from some of the red card and then positioned it across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used three buttons and stuck them down the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and then maybe you to will take part in the "Merry Christmas" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thecraftypad.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for several Challenges

Good Afternoon All, I do apologise for my lack of posts, I dont seem to have the urgency to create cards just for fun at the moment most of my efforts seem to be just my DT cards, anyway I thought I would show you this card I created for this weeks Sundays with Santa Challenge over on Facebook, this weeks challenge is "Vintage" and I felt you might like to see the results. Ive used one of the Don and Daisy images from Marianne and coloured it with my copic pens, I then cut it out with Nestabilitie Label Die No.8 then drew around the die to create the mount.
The base mount is a 6"x 6" piece of red card with three papers from Maji's "Its Christmas Time" and the first one is a all over paisley pattern in shades of brown, beige and red, the second is a snowflake paper and Ive used my Martha Steward border and corner snowflake punches to create a square doily, on top is another of the same paper set but this one is a piece of newspaper type design and has been laid down the card.
I then positioned my mounted image in the center and the sentiment below on the right hand side, to finish of I have used a large Snowflake punch from Martha Stewart and punched out several sizes and dipped them into glass glitter, this was layered up and positioned it in the top right hand corner.
If you havent put your name to the blog candy above please do if your a regularly visit my blog.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://abcchristmaschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/stamp-challenge.html
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://nutcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://tandastamps.blogspot.co.uk/

Challenge #61 - Bearlymine Designs Challenge - "Pink Christmas"

Good Morning Crafters, well my first Team Leader blog post for Bearlymine Designs went reasonably well though I did forget a couple of things so Im hoping that this weeks Challenge post will be better, keep your fingers crossed I do a better job of it.
Anyway back to this weeks Challenge its all about a "Pink Christmas" a bit unconventional but I think the colour pink does make beautiful cards and I hope  you will think so when you see my card. Now you will want to know who is sponsoring us this week and that is Whimsey Stamps.

and they are offering a fabulous prize of 5 digi images of winners choice.

And here is my card for this weeks Challenge.

The image I decided to use is from Funky Kits and I have stamped her onto white card and then used my copic pens afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut her out, and the mount I have used is one of the Spellbinders Marvellous Square die, the sentiment was cut with one of the new Britannia Sentiment dies from Robert Adams.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, and the papers I choose to use are from Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Pastel Christmas" paper set and you will find it here, I have used two papers the first is a pretty pink background with flower sprays on, the second has been cut with Cheery Lynn doily die, and placed in the middle of the first mount, then around the middle I have wrapped a strip of pink satin ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount.

I then placed my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment across the bottom right hand corner. To finish of I have used three poinsetta flowers and with two holly berry's at either end I have stuck them to the card with silicone glue on top of punched out holly leaves in the top left hand corner. The final flourish are the four pink gems in the top and opposite corners.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope you will want to take part in this "Pink Christmas" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/anything-goes.html 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #89 - The Paper Shelter - "Fairies and Elves"

Good Morning Everyone, I do hope that you will enjoy this weeks challenge "Fairies and Elves" its been awhile since this was a theme over on The Paper Shelter and they do have some really lovely images to play with and I do hope that you will go and visit their website and see for yourself and hopefully you will buy a few and play with them yourselves for this Challenge.
As always our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.

but this is providing you have used one of their images or products on your card, and you will find them on The Paper Shelter website and they are always updating their catalogue so each time you visit there will lots of new ones to choose from. But even if you dont use their products they will still give you 3 digi's of your own choice so you really carnt loose.
And now for my card.

I  used this sweet image called "Fairy Tea Time" and you will find it here, I printed it onto white card and then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut it out and the Marvelous Square die for the mount, the sentiment is one from my stash and has been mounted in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is pink card, and the paper I used is the one that actually comes with the image, I have printed it several times and then cut out the flowers and used my embossing tool to moulded them into shape and stuck them on top of the flowers in the background. I also used Die-namic leaf swirl and stuck it down the left hand side. To finish of I have used some pink dew gems on the flowers and the top right hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for this weeks "Fairies and Elves" Challenge and hopefully you to will want to take part in this Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

Challenge #23 - Cards for Men - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, and happy Bonfire day to all those who are planning one today or later this week I hope the weather is kind to you, though the last weekend here has been extremely wet so no doubt the bonfire will have suffered. But back to todays Challenge, this fortnight we are being sponsored by:-

Kitty is offering a prize of :- £10 Gift Voucher

and this is what she says about her company:-

My Mums Craft Shop is a bricks & mortar and online store. We stock many of the leading brands and specialise in rubber stamping. We have brands including Some Odd Girl, Stamping Bella, My Favorite Things, CC Designs and many more. We also stock a large selection of Dienamics, Memory Box, Sizzix, CC Designs Marianne Dies. We constantly have new deliveries arriving, check out our website for more products - www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk

And the theme this time is a great favourite with everyone its "Anything Goes" so no excuse for getting out of this one, the only thing we ask is that the card is suitable for the male of the species so it can be for man or boy, and here is the card I made.

And the image I have used is a Saturated Canary one its called "Give Big Boy" and you will find it here, Ive printed him onto white card then used my favourite copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Nestabilitie die No.8 to cut him out then used the metal die to draw around to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount I have used blue card and the papers are from Echo Parks "Boys Life" paper pad, the first a blue background with airplanes, balloons and flags on, and for my second I have used a red background with letters on, and the third yet another blue background with racing cards on.
The mounted image was then placed at an angle with the sentiment underneath in the bottom left hand corner. To finish of I have used a Whimsey Flag die to create the corner in the top right.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and then I hope you will also take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #59 - Bearlymine Designs - "Flowers Galore"

Good Morning Crafters, today is my first challenge as Team Leader for the "A" Team over on the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and Im really excited and nervous, I just hope that I fulfil Donna's wishes in running it at least near to her standards, only time will tell. Anyway for this Challenge we want to see lots and lots of "Flowers" on your card, and we are being sponsored this time by:

Kenny K - the prize is 5 digi's of winners choice

I am Roses - $35 Gift Voucher

Wow thats some awesome prizes and I know if your like me both of them would be welcome in my craft stash.

We were so lucky to receive a digi of our choice to play with and heres my choice.

Isnt she a corker, her name is "Princess Pia" and you will find her here, Ive got to be totally honest with you it took me 4 attempts to get her hair as I wanted it, and to be honest Im quite proud of the end result I hope you like it to. Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used the oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, then a Scalloped one for the mount out of purple card. The sentiment is one from Whimsey Stamps and Dies and I used the pumpkin die to mount it on.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card and the paper I have used are Donna's "Happy Hauntings" and you will find them here, a background of purple with spiders and pumpkins on. On top of this I have used a orange paper from the same paper set and with this I have used my Cheery Lynn Spring Flower Doily Die and laid it in the middle of the first mount. I then wrapped a Halloween ribbon around the middle and attached it to the back of the first mount.

I have also used some orange card and the Cheery Lynn Pumpkin corner and then positioned it in the bottom left hand corner, in the top right I used the Memory Box Spider Corner and Spider which was cut from black card.

I then positioned my mounted image in the center and the sentiment pumpkins in the bottom right hand corner, I also stuck two pumpkin charms in the bottom left. To finish of I have used several different sized roses in the top left hand corner and stuck them to my card with silicone glue on punched out rose leaves.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented "A" Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Flowers Galore" Challenge.

This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artwithnoboundaries.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladyanneschallenges.weebly.com/anything-goes.html 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.co.uk/