Challenge #15 for Cards for Men - "Christmas in July"

Good Morning All, yet another fortnight has flown by and weve reached our 15th Challenge over on Cards for Men, and this time we want to see your cards with "Christmas in July" theme, and for this challenge we are being sponsored by One Stop Card Shop.

and here is what they say about themselves:-

At One Stop Card Crafts we have a big range of ever changing discount card making and cardmaking craft supplies.We are always adding to our range of craft supplies which are ideal for making handmade greeting cards, do-it-yourself invitations scrapbook pages, altered items and much more.

Our card making craft supplies include free UK postage* and our popular discount scheme and quick service means our customers keep coming back for more.

Our prices are very competitive and this makes us an ideal place to buy your cardmaking supplies online.

You will find the prize for this Challenge over on The Cards for Men Challenge blogspot.

And now here is the card I made for this Challenge.

For the image I decided to use this gorgeous penquin from Mo's Digital Pencil, and have coloured him with my copic's then used my rotatrim to cut him out, and the mount also. 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 with a first mount of blue card and the papers is from Donna of Bearlymine designs Christmas digi paper set, its got lots of candy canes on it. The down the side I have used a further piece of the same blue card and ran it through my cuttlebug with a snowflake design on it.

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 hopefully you also will want to take part in this "Christmas in July" Challenge.

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

 

Cards for Men Challenge #12 - "Fathers Day"

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are enjoying the Jubilee weekend and have maybe been to a party, at this moment we will be of doing our montly shop while this post is hopefully being scheduled to appear so I hope it will actually do that. This fortnights Challenge for Cards for Men is "Fathers Day" and its not to far away now and for this challenge we are being sponsered by "Letreset"

And they are offering a prize of

And here is what they say about themselves:-

ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Avilable in 148 colours, they give incredible tonal range and can be applied to a diverse range of materials, not just paper and card. ProMarkers produce vivid, bright colours right through to the subtlest pastel shades - the translucent inks can also be overlaid and blended, even further extending the range of shades and hues on offer. ProMarker's quality nibs and inks provide flawless colour lay down with consistent coverage and no unsightly streaking

And this is the card I created for this Challenge.

Ive actually used this fabulous image from Mo Manning and its called "King for the Day" which is just what any man would love to be on Fathers Day and Im sure lots of your families will be treating their dad to this sort of thing.
I printed the image onto white card before colouring is with my promarkers, it was then cut out with my rotatrim and mounted it onto a piece of red card, the sentiment is one from my stash. 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 the Papermania's "Man about Town" and I have also used a piece of co-ordinate card that I ran though a cuttlebug with a folder with balls on. I used two different papers the first is a sentiment one, and the second one with stripes and footballs on. These were layered up and then the mounted image was then positioned towards the top with the sentiment at the bottom on the 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 design team have created for your inspiration and I hope you also will take part in this "Fathers Day" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenge:-
http://stampedblessings.com/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://herecometheboysblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.platypuscreekdigitals.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/challenge 
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sugarcreekhollow.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for Mo's Digital Challenge - "Tickle my Funny Bone"

Good Evening Everyone, I thought I would have a go at this weeks Mo's "Tickle my Funny Bone" challenge, as you can see this cheeky little one has found a bar of chocolate to eat, and I felt it was just right for this Challenge. Ive printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie Square Die to cut it out and created a mount for it out of blue card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is a yellow card with one of three papers from the "Nitwits" Goodie Gumdrops digi paper set, this first one is a yellow background with lots of lollipops and sweets on, the second has gum drops on a white background and the third yet more sweets on a blue background.
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with a sentiment that I created on my computer and printed it of and mounted it in the same way as the image. To finish of I have used four letter buttons in our granddaughers name and stuck them down the right hand side of the card.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.co.uk/
http://jacksonsdigitalexpressions.blogspot.ca/
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Mo's Digital Challenge

Good Afternoon Everyone, its been quite awhile since I created a card for Mo's Digital Challenge and this weeks is favourite combination of colours, and as lilac/purple/mauve is my absolute favourite and was my mums as well, and Ive have combined it with yellow as they really do look so lovely together.

Ive used Mo's "Adele" for my main image and have coloured her with my copic pens, then used the oval die to cut it out, the mount is the new Floral oval die from Nestabilitie die, the sentiment is one from my stash and has been mounted on a piece of the same purple card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of purple card with one of the new Patchwork Party digi paper from Donna of Bearlymine designs, this is beautiful paper in purple and yellow and goes so well with my image. Ive then wrapped a piece of purple web ribbon around the middle with a organza ribbon on top of it, these were attached to the back of the first mount.

The image was positioned in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of I have used another piece of paper with the same pattern and run through the cuttlebug with a spiral flower in two sizes these were stuck in the top left hand corner on top of two punched out leaf swirls. And the last flourish are four flower buttons that have had small pieces of ribbon threaded through and tied in a knot at the back, these were stuck to the card in the top right and bottom left corners.

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

http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://clearlyistamp.typepad.com/my_weblog/

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk/

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.co.uk/

http://fatpageswithattitude.blogspot.co.uk/

http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.co.uk/

http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.co.uk/

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Mo's Challenge "Bingo"

Good Morning Everyone, wow what a cold night, it was 8 degrees below zero here in Gloucestershire, though the sun is out now its still cold outside, and everywhere is icy so you have to watch where you put your foot. We had to take Missy to the vets this morning as weve been having problems getting her to eat, shes not the easiest of dogs at the best of times but for the last few days shes really not wanted to eat her meat only her treats. Anyway he gave her a good going over and because shes only just coming out of her first season he thinks shes experiencing a phantom pregnancy, luckily its only a mild one but he says as weve already booked her in to be spayed in April he would have suggested to have her done as she was most likely to experience these each time she has a season and it will only get worse, so thats a relief at least we now know weve done the right thing. Even that visit cost us £21. just for the advice and no treatment, so lets hope she soon comes out of it.
Todays card has is for this weeks challenge over on Mo's and this one is a combination bingo and Ive chosen, diecuts & punches, lace and gems, and Ive even popped a diecut flower on there to. This little mite is "Adele" and Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used Nestabilitie Die No.18 to cut her out then drew around the die to create the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of green pearlescent card with one paper from the Kay Millers "Wishful Thinking" digi paper set, a very pretty green and yellow pattern background, then Ive used the new Spring Border Die from Memory Box, and around the middle I have wrapped a piece of lace with a ribbon on top.
The mounted image was then positioned in the middle, with the sentiment below. To finish of Ive used two more of the papers from the same set of and one of the blossom dies from Nestabilities and wound it up and stuck it at the top on the left with three punched out leaves.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://funwithshapesandmore.blogspot.com/
http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/
http://www.sjpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

My Favourite Mo Card for 2011

I have just entered this card into this weeks Mo Challenge "Favourite Project" hope you like it.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://cookingitupwithkatie.blogspot.com/
http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://www.scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo's Challenge "Any Holiday or Celebrations"

Good Morning Everyone, hope you enjoy Trick or Treating today its amazing how quickly these months are flying by and tomorrow starts November I just can't get my head around it, anyway have a wonderful day. I am going to hospital later on today to have a varicose vein injected, not really looking forward to that just hope its not as painful as the stripping but we shall see, keep your fingers crossed for me as I have plans to go to the NEC on Thursday and I don't want them scuppered.
Well today's card has been created for Mo's Challenge "Any Holiday or Celebrations" and Ive used this sweet candy cane fairy as a Xmas card and I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die Labels No.1 to cut her out, I then used the same die on some pink pearlescent card for the mount, the sentiment is one of the Pink Gem ones that's been treated in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and one of two papers from the First Editions two new Christmas Packs "Christmas Treat and "Festive Joy",  the first paper is a white background with hearts and the second paper is a pink background with candy canes on, and this one has been cut into a strip and Ive used the Martha Stewart Cherish Border Punch along both of the edges then positioned it down the middle of my card. I then wrapped a wide pink satin ribbon around the middle of the card and stuck it to the back of the first mount.
I then used some more of the same pink card and one of the Cherry Lynn Doily dies to cut out a circle and this was then stuck to the left and the mounted image was positioned in the centre of the card, and the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of Ive used a white and pink edged Hellebore with two lilies either side in a spray stuck on some silicone glue and punched out leaves in the bottom left hand corner.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://natalduranteoanotodo.blogspot.com/
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/
http://ribbongirls.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo's Challenge - "Tags, tags and more tags"

Good Afternoon All, I do apologise for not posting before but you know what its like you get otherwise engaged and the days go quickly by and you dont realise that youve still not made a card. Anyways as its pouring of rain and Im on my own hubbys gone volunteering Ive actually managed to create two cards and one tag, and I thought perhaps you might like to see the tag today and one of the cards tomorrow. Ive used this little lad titled "Oxford" and as two of my grandsons are of to secondary School this September I thought it might be useful to send them to them to wish them good luck when the time comes. Anyway Ive printed him onto white card then coloured him with my copic and tria pens then used the Go Kreate Label die to cut it out.
Ive then used a dark blue card and again used the die to create a mount for it, I did have to trim around the image to mount it onto the blue card, I then also cut another in white card and then stamped a sentiment on it, and threaded through some ribbon through the tag holes at the top.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/
http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/

A Card for Two Challenges -Mo's and Cute Card Thursday's

Good Afternoon All, sorry Ive not been around for a few days Im taking it a bit easy and only doing the odd challenge as I find my stash of cards is begining to overflow and to keep them safe Im having to push them into overflowing boxes so I hope you will understand if you dont see me to often. Anyway todays card has been created for this weeks Mo's "Pearls and Flowers" and Cute Card Thursday's "Sketch" Challenges, and I must admit Ive slightly played around a bit with the sketch just hope they wont be to upset. Ive used this sweet fairy image from Mo and printed her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, I then cut her out with a large square Nestabilitie Die and then used my rotatrim to make the mount, the sentiment is one from my stash I think its one of the Hero Arts cling stamps not totally sure though, and Ive treated it in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue pearlescent card and one of three papers from the new Nitwits "Blueberry Cottage" digi downloads, the first paper is a very pretty blue background with white flowers on, the second is a heart pattern on a white background and the third a stripe paper in several colours. I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.
To finish of Ive used my Upsy Daisy Flower punch to cut out many layers from some of the left over paper and then threaded a pearl brad through the centre, afterwards I stuck to my card with some silicone glue on top of some punched out leaves. The last thing is the pearls that have been stuck in the two opposite corners.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Good Afternoon Everyone, yes I know Ive been very lapse this week posting any cards, well next week there will be three so be grateful I was quiet this week for sure next week will make up for it. Todays card has been created for two challenges Mo's "Distressing" and Cute Card Thursday "Lets get Krafty", well Ive used Mo's little floor washer (mum) for my image, this is the first time Ive not only used this image but also this Kraft card, its a bit difficult to colour so Ive used my Karisma polychromo pencils to colour it then I tore around the edges, I then used a inkpad to distress the edges. The sentiment is one I created on my computer and printed it of and mounted it onto a piece of dark beige card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for the first mount Ive used the same dark beige card and on top Ive used two papers from the "Count your Blessings" from Kay Miller downloads, its a very pretty green beige background with flowers on, then on top Ive used a plain paper and used my all around border punches from Martha Stewart, it was then stuck on top of the first mount.
The sentiment was positioned in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side, to finish of Ive used another of the papers from the same digi set, and punched out two flowers with my new Die namics flower punch, then rolled them and stuck them to the base, the stuck them to the card at the top on the left on top of some punched out leaves with some silicone glue.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/
http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://creativecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Good Afternoon Everyone, well the sun is out but its rather chilly in the wind, but at least its dry, lets hope it lasts and tomorrows big event is not rained on as weve been promised it would be such a shame if it did. Im really excited about it and will be watching with my nose to the TV tomorrow and I suspect a lot of you will be to.
Anyway todays card has been made for Mo's "Girly" and Cute Card Thursday "Sketch" (this is has been created using the Challenge posted on the 24th March) Challenges, Ive used this little madam who Mo has called "Diva" and Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic and tria pens to colour her, I then used the Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut her out and again used the same die to draw around and create the mount for her. The sentiment is one of CC ones and Ive stamped and mounted it in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount Ive used dark mauve pearlescent card with one of three papers from Kaisers "Lilac Avenue" paper collection, the first paper is a dark mauve pattern with a glittered pattern on, on top of this I have used a second paper which has a white background and multi coloured seed heads on, the third paper is an oval with a lime green pattern on, and for my down strip on the left Ive used a left over piece of the same card thats been run through my cuttlebug and one of the flower embossing folders.
Across the middle I have wrapped a piece of lace with a strip of seam binding at the top, then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. To finish of Ive created a flower spray in the top left hand corner with five different sizes of roses, then stuck it to the card with some silicone glue and punched out fern leaves.
Ive just discovered it should have been pink and girlie for the Mo Challenge, but I hope they will forgive me for this booboo.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/

A Card for Two Challenges -Mo's and Cute Card Thursday's

Good Morning Everyone and Happy Easter, I hope your in the Carnival mood as this card has been created for Mos Challenge "Carnival" and Cute Card Thursday's "No Text", I have used one of the Make it Crafty images a Carasol for the background stamp and Mos Candyfloss Girl for the front. Ive printed them both onto white card and used my Copic Pens and my Tria Pens to colour them both, then cut the larger one into a square and mounted it onto yellow pearlescent card. The little girl has been cut out completely ready to decoupage on afterwards.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with one of two papers from the Nitwit Downloads "Big Top" papers and a piece of yellow card for the first mount, then on top of this is a stripped paper from the same set thats had both of its borders bunched with a star border punch from Martha Stewart, this was then stuck down the middle of my first layer.
I then used two stripes of large spotted ribbon as a break at the top and bottom and on top of this towards the right Ive placed my mounted image, and decoupaged my little girl towards the bottom on the left. To finish of Ive printed a banner strip from the same set of Nitwit Downloads and placed it across the top of my card.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

A Card for two Challenges

Good Afternoon Everyone, Im so sorry Ive been rather lapse this week putting up cards on my blog, Ive got to admit to you that Ive been in rather a lot of pain due to a lower bowel infection, wont go into details but its rather put me of creating though I have been busy in my craft room and I did make two DT cards so Ive not been totally lazy but I have been pushing myself to try and make amends and this is the result a card for at least two Challenges Mo's "A new Beginings" and Cute Card Thursdays "Weather Inspired" and Ive used this image of a little lass "Waiting for Rain" its the first time Ive used this one and I also used it for CCT Challenge which is weather inspired and I hope that this image will cover both challenges. Ive printed her onto white card then used my brand new Tria Pens on it, wont go into details but thats another story to, Ive been waiting three weeks for them to arrive they did yesterday but theres been lots of problems with them like broken fine nibs and three with bullet nibs instead of fine nibs. Oh well they say things never go straight when you want them to dont they.
Well the base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount Ive used a piece of blue pearlescent card with one of three papers from the Nitwits Downloads paper set "Puddle Jumping" this first one is a sky pattern, and on top of this is a white background with raindrops on, and down the edge Ive used a border punch, then on top is the last mount which is another white background with sentiments on. Then around the middle Ive wrapped a blue spot ribbon and attached it at the back of the first mount.
The mounted image was then positioned in the middle with a sentiment that I created on my computer and printed it then mounted in the same way as the image. I should have said I used the new Nestabilitie Labels Die No.17 on this image then drew around it to create the mount. To finish of Ive stuck two boat buttons at the top on the right hand side.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Well Good Afternoon All, the sun is out and its gorgeous and warm and Im enjoying sitting indoors playing with my craft stuff, this card will be the last one I will be posting now till my Mondays Scheduled one as we are of to London tomorrow for four days, firstly to go to Ally Pally on Saturday, then to visit daughters and granddaughters on Sunday and finally before coming home Monday a quick visit to a dear friend in Sussex, so its going to be a busy time but hopefully rewarding one way or another.
This card has been created for Mo's "How does your Garden Grow" I thought it was In the Garden so its a bit of the mark this one but I hope they dont mind shes resting with her icecream after helping dad with the garden, and Cute Card Thursdays "Totally Tropical" I felt the colour choice was very tropical hope they accept it. Ive used this sweet image of "Lacie with an Icecream" for my choice and coloured her with my copic pens before cutting her out with the Rectangle Die and the new Nestabilitie Fleur De Lis Rectangle die for her mount, Ive used a bright yellow pearlescent card for this. The sentiment is one of the Lili of the Valley stamps and this was stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of the same yellow card and one of three papers from Donnas of Bearlymine Designs "Daffodils" arnt they gorgeous, its a special collaberation with Fred she Said, Ive used this first paper a yellow background with the Daffs on, and the second and third mounts are mounted on bright green card and are basically a green background with yet more of the daffs in different combinations one has spots and the other just plain.
I then threaded green seambinding ribbon through the holes of the mount and created a large bow at the top, I then positioned it on towards the right with the sentiment at the bottom on the left. To finish of I cut out some circles from some left over paper and created three flowers which were then stuck to the top on the left with some silicone glue and punched out leaves.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/

A Card for Mo and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Good Afternoon All, well its become cloudy again so I suppose we are in for some rain, I did manage to get out for about 30mins at 12noon when the sun was out, but by gum it was very windy and my poor daffodils are being battered to death. Anyway todays card has been created for this weeks Mo's Challenge "Buttons and Bows" and Cute Card Thursday "Couples" Challenges, Ive used this sweet pair for my image from Mo itns called "Brady and Chloe" and Ive printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it before using the new Nestabilitie Die No.19 to cut it out afterwards using the same die to draw around and create the mount for it. The sentiment was one I created on the computer and printed it out onto white card and mounted it onto a piece of the same green card.
The base card is 6"x 6" white card with a first mount with green pearlescent card and one of two papers from the First Edition"Hideaway" papers, a very pretty white base with spots of orange yellow and green with flowers in them, the second piece has been cut into a strip and Ive used a heart border punch from Martha Stewart along both edges, I then positioned it across the card and on top I have put a piece of threaded lace around and attached it to the back of the first mount.
I then stuck my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side. I created a bow with some seam binding ribbon and stuck to the right of the mount, and the last thing I picked three buttons from my stash and threaded some bakers twist through the holes and tied bows with it, and then stuck two at the top on the left and one on top of the green binding bow.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/
http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/
http://paperromancechallenges.blogspot.com/ 

A Card for Mo and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Good Morning All Im so sorry Ive not been around much lately, Ive had 5 birthdays in the family this week plus a couple from last week, then we went to the NEC on Thursday and out for the day yesterday so its been all go this week. Anyway for the next few days there will a new card posted not only today but then there are my DT cards for three challenges to come so you wont be let down by not finding something new here. Todays card has been created for two Challenges and anymore I might find later, anyway the first two are Mo's "Show me Attitude" and Cute Card Thursday's "Sketch by Deb" and Ive used this sweet image of Mo's called "Will with Attitude" and I really feel this is just like all little ones when they get the strops, Ive printed him onto white card then coloured him with my copic pens, afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut him out and to mount him onto blue pearlescent card. The sentiment is one I created on my computer and printed it out and mounted it in the same was as the image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and one of four papers from the First Edition "Up and Away" paper pad, the first being a white background with clouds and a scibble design, the second paper a blue cloud pattern has been cut into a 5inch square and Ive used one of my Martha Stewart all around punch sets on it, this was then stuck on top of the first layer and for my third paper is a multi circle pattern and this has been mounted in a oval mount, and the fourth is a strip pattern thats been mounted down the left hand side.
I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment down the bottom on the right.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ 

A Card for Several Challenges

Good Morning All, well the sun is sort of half out and its still a bit chilly, but at least its dry and the days are getting longer and hopefully it wont be long before we enjoy warmer ones as well. Anyway todays card has been created for several Challenges, firstly Mo's "A Bit of Green", Tip Top Tuesday's "Happy Birthday", Cute Card Thursday's "3rd Birthday" and Paperplay's "Shades of Green/Good Luck". Ive used this lovely little chap whos name is "Sam in trouble" and I can well remember my middle daughter Sarah doing a similar thing with felt tip pens all over our wallpaper, sweet child and of course we couldnt get it of, she also did the same thing with her dolls as well, mind you she will be 44 in a weeks time and I dont think shed like to be reminded of her naughty carryons, I have to laugh shes got four children of her own and has been through the same things with them to, so all I could say was "now you know what its like" not that it went down well. Anyway Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him and the Nestabilitie Die Label No.8 to cut him out and then used the same die to create a faux mount for him. The sentiment is one from my stash and Ive used a double ended tag die for this one, the No.3 was also cut out with a Nestabilitie Die.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of lime greem card and one of three papers from the Nitwit Downloads, the first a green stripe paper, the second paper a green spot and was cut into a smaller strip which has had both sides punched with the train border punch from Martha Stewart, then on top Ive used a green plaid one thats been mounted on another piece of the same green card and positioned down the middle. I then positioned my mounted image on top and the sentiment below on the right and attached it to the card with brads, and then stuck the No.3 at the end. To finish of Ive popped some little train buttons down the right hand side.

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

http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/
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A Card for Mo's Challenge - "Oh Baby"

Its been awhile since I took part in any of the Mo's Challenges and I thought it was time I should rectify this and Ive chosen this sweet image of a baby girl to make a card with. The image is available in Mo Webshop here and Ive printed it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used Label No.1 from Spellbinders to cut it out, I then used it again for the mount with some pink pearlescent card. The sentiment is one I found by googling "New Baby Sayings" and printed it and mounted this also onto a piece of pink card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and Ive used two papers from Nitwit Downloads, this set is called "Tickled Pink" set, and the first paper is a white background with little bottles, bibs and babygro's on, the second paper is a pink one with lots of flowers on, I cut a strip of it and used one of my Martha Stewart Border Punches on both of the edges, on top of this is a piece of the same pink card I used for my mounts thats been put through the cuttlebug with a baby embossing folder.

On top of this I have wrapped a wide pink satin ribbon around the card and attached it to the back of the first mount, on top of this I have put my mounted image, which I have twisted them to create a different look, at the bottom on the right is the sentiment.

To finish of I created a flower spray at the top on the left with five different size roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, and some punched out leaves, these were attached to the card with silicone glue, I then popped some stickles on the petals just to give them a bit of glitter.

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

http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://justtracyscraftschallenge.blogspot.com/ 

Challenge 1 of a Brand New Challenge Blog - Bearlymine Designs

Todays the Day we launch a brand new Challenge Blog "Bearlymine Designs" and this first challenge is to create a card using Donna's Sketch

And we have three sponsers who have kindly offered the following prizes:-

1) Crafty Emma's Store - offering a Cupcake Stamp Set

2) Kenny's K Downloads - offering 5 Digi Stamps of theWinners Choice

3) Bearlymine Designs - offering 2 Digi Sets of the Winners Choice

Ive actually used one of Mo's "Bella and Bronte" images and coloured it with my copic pens, then for my card Ive used the papers from Donna's gorgeous "Christmas Dreams" digi Set, and the flowers are from Wild Orchids. I should also tell you that Donna has some brand new beautiful digi sets on sale and you will find them here.

I do so hope you will pop across to our Challenge Blog and see the rest of the stunning cards that the Design Team have created. We are to be a fortnightly Challenge and I do so hope that you will take part in this first one and any of our future ones.