A Card for Three Challenges

Good Afternoon All, yes I know Ive been rather slow posting any cards but there are reasons but anyway I have made this card for three challenges and they are for Magnolia Down Unders "A Sketch". Totally Tilda Challenge "Chipboard" and Just Magnlia's "Favourite Colour Combo's" and Ive used the twins for my image, I dont know about you but you wander what they might be thinking they remind me of the two from the Addams Family Film, which I caught this week they are so alike, anyway Ive printed them onto white card then used my copic pens to colour them. I then cut them out with the Rectangle Nestabilitie Die and the scalloped one for the mount with some mauve pearlescent card. The sentiment is one from my stash 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 mauve pearlescent card and one paper from the K&Co Sparkly Sweet paper pad, its a very pretty mauve base with several flowers on in shades of pink/mauve and aqua which I think go beautifully together. I then stuck a doily on top and across the middle is a piece of mauve satin ribbon which was then attached to the back of the first mount. The mounted image was then positioned in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.

I then die cut a corner from some very stiff mauve card and stuck pearls in the connecting arms, and to finish of I used four roses of different sizes that were stuck to the card with silicone glue and some punched out rose leaves, I also popped two pearl pins in at the top that were kindly given to me by Linda, thank you so much my love.

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

http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://www.totallytilda.blogspot.com/

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/

http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/

A Card for LOV Challenge - "A Sketch by Bev"

"Good Moaning All", I hope you smiled at that greeting remember "Allo Allo" the French Farce, that so called policeman who was a English person trying to speak French, Im afraid my French would sound like that to. Anyway good morning everyone, hope you are all ready for yet another day, its cloudy here in Gloucestershire and Im sure we are in for some more rain, oh well such is life.

Todays card is created for the Lili of the Valley Challenge "A Sketch by Bev" and Ive used this sweet pair for my image, which I stamped onto white card and coloured it with my copic pens then used a circle Nestabilitie to cut it out, I also used a scalloped circle for the mount and the sentiment which is another of the LOV stamps.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of mauve pearlescent card and the first paper is from Donna's brand new Vintage Lace Cd, and the other two are from her Spring Delights and Spring and Summer Stripes, you will find them here on her website. Ive mounted up the card according to the sketch and wrapped ribbon and lace around the middle then positioned my image towards the right with the sentiment above on the left.

To finish of I then made up a bow that I attached with some silicone glue and a spray of two roses at the bottom on the right and one at the top on the left around the image.

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

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/

http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/

The Fifth Paper Shelter Challenge - "Spring Fling"

Well here we are already onto our fifth Challenge and you carnt image how fabulous some of the entries that are coming in for these Challenges and more of you are taking on board that if you want a chance to win the fabulous prize your really do need to use The Paper Shelter images and as I keep telling you they are very inexpensive and its amazing just how many you would be able to buy with this voucher, believe me do pop over to their website and see for yourself not only the price and value put also the stunning amount of choice you can find there. Anyway as always The Paper Shelter are sponsering us and they are giving us a prize voucher for 15$ to spend on their website, the choice of images are your own.

This weeks theme is "Spring Fling" and Ive already seen quite a few cards being made with this in mind so I do hope that you will find something for our Challenge to.

For my card Ive chosen this image titled "My Little Garden" you will find it here and I printed it onto white card then coloured it with my copic pens, afterwards I used my large Rectangle Nestabilitie die to cut it out, and then used the die itself to draw around onto green card and cut it out by hand to create the mount for it. The sentiment is one I googled on my computer, this was also printed and cut out and mounted in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card, with a first mount of green card and I have used one of Donna's Bealymine "Spring Flight" papers for my first paper, across the middle I have used a piece of the same green card and one of my deep border punches from Martha Stewart, over this is a piece of lace and a wide deep green satin ribbon thats been attached to the back of the first mount. I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with my sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side.

To finish of I have used three daffodils and some punched out fern leaves to create a Spring flower spray in the bottom left hand corner, this was attched to the card with silicone glue, the final thing is the pearls in the top to corners.

I do hope now you will pop over to our The Paper Shelter Blog to see the rest of my fellow team members cards and hopefully take part in this weeks Challenge, please dont forget if you are taking part its better to use The Paper Shelters images as you will automatically be entered into the draw with a chance to win the Voucher.

This card will be entered in the following Challenges:0

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 6 "A Sketch by Mandy"

Good Morning All, its amazing that already 12 weeks have slipped by this year, and we are now onto our 6th Challenge which is a fabulous sketch by my fellow Team member Mandy of Craftyfoxcards Blogspot,

The sponser this time is Letreset you just couldnt ask for anything more exciting,

and the fabulous prize they are offering the winner is a set of 12 promarkers,

 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 here is my card for this Challenge:-

The image I have used for this card is by Stampin Up and the set is called "Summer by the Sea" unfortunately the set is now discontinued and I had a bit of job getting hold of a set of stamps, this actual image was given to me by a really lovely follower of mine, (she knows who she is) and I just couldnt use it without getting hold of the actual stamps to be able to use this image again. Ive stamped it onto white card and used my promarkers to colour it, after which I cut it out with my rotatrim and mounted it onto dark blue card. The sentiment is one of the Penny Black stamps and felt it went well with the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card, and one of two papers from the Nitwits Downloads and is a lovely blue paper with a water and wave pattern on, the two corner pieces are a beige paper with darker spots on, these were also mounted on the dark blue card. The card was created as the sketch shows, and to finish of Ive used three buttons top and bottom in the mounted corners.

Now that youve seen my card do please pop over to our Challenge blog and see what the rest of my fellow team members have been upto, and no doubt it will give you inspiration to take part in this Challenge.
Just before I go I want to offer you the chance to become one of our Design Team, if you are interested you will find all the details on the Challenge Blog.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/

A Card for Just Magnolia Challenge - "A Sketch by Bev"

Good Morning All, the sun is out again though weve already had some rain Im hoping it wont come back but you know how our weather is like, you carnt rely on anything. Todays card is for the Just Magnolia's "A Sketch by Bev" and Ive used this sweet image of Tilda in her wellie boots, I think it was part of my Club Stamp kit, and Ive stamped her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens, after which I have cut her out with a small circle die by Nestabilities, Ive had to do the out of the box technique on it so it would fit in the Die-namic die behind it, Ive also used a lace doily one as well. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been mounted on a piece of the same pearlescent card as was used for the dies.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink pearlescent card and one of two papers from the Kay Miller Downloads, I do love them as they are vibrant and beautifully patterned. The first paper is a pretty flowered one on a white background, the second paper across the bottom is a pink background with a darker pink spot on, this was mounted on some pink card. Ive created the card to the sketch, and afterwards I created a flower spray down the side of the image with several different sizes of roses and some punched out rose leaves and they were attached to the card with silicone glue. The last thing are the three pearls down the edge on the right hand side.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://justmagnolia.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/
http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

The Fourth Paper Shelter Challenge - "Lucky Charms"

Well you certainly did us proud last week the entries increased to over 30 and a lot of them were with The Paper Shelter images, which as you know to be in with a chance to win the 15$ voucher must be used.

I carnt tell you enough how fabulous these images are and so reasonable in price, do please click on the voucher which will take you to their webshop to see what a fabulous selection there is.
This weeks theme is "Lucky Charms" and as its only a week away from St Patricks Day I deceided to use this cheeky looking Gnome for my card.

I love his cheek, sitting there guarding if pot of gold. Anyway I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him and then used the Nestabilitie Die Label No.8 to cut him out, Ive also used the same die to draw around then cut it out with my scissors to create the mount for him. The sentiment is one from my stash and this was treated in the same was as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of lime green pearlescent card with one of three papers from Donna's Bearlymine "Spring Blossoms" and "Plaids" digi papers, this paper is a pretty lavendar base with lots of daisys on it in various sizes, on top of this is a green base plaid paper, and the third is a white base with a green strip on. I wrapped a piece of green seam binding around the middle and then tied a knot of the right hand side with my two clover leaf charms from it.

I then positioned my mounted image towards the left, and the sentiment at the bottom on the right. Now that youve seen my card please do pop over to our Challenge Blogspot The Paper Shelter and see what the rest of the very talented team have created for you.

I will be back presently with yet another posting, which has been requested from a very special Blog, I do hope you will return after 10am to see what it is.

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

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/

http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/

A Very Special Request for a - "Polka Dot Card"

This is the second card Posted today, for a very special Challenge.

On Saturday, Donna our Team Leader of The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog was asked if she and Cheryl and the design team would like to take part in a special Blog Challenge, and if so they wanted us to create a card using one of The Paper Shelter Images with Polka Dot Papers. This is the Challenge Blog below that we are creating a card for, please do click on the picture to pop across and give them your support as its for the service men and women in the War Zones. As my eldest grandson is due to go back to Afghanistan this coming Christmas Im only to aware how much they depend of us remembering them and keeping in touch.

As Donna was actually asked by the owner of The Paper Shelter if we would make the card, I said yes and feel only to happy to help in such a good cause, and heres the result my card hope you approve.

This is such a fabulous image hes called "A Cockatoo is watching You" from The Paper Shelter and thought that it would make a lovely male birthday card. I printed the image onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, after which I used a large circle Nestabilitie die to cut it out, and used an even large one and brown card for the mount. The sentiment is one that I googled on the computer, cut and pasted it into Word and then added the Happy Birthday before printing it and mounting it up onto a bit more of the same brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with one of three papers from Donna's Bearlymine "Simply Dots" digi papers, the first paper has a yellow background with brown spots, hoops and dotted rings on it, on top of this I have layered up two spotty papers, one in beige and one in yellow, I have cut them into strips and used a dot border punch from Martha Stewart on both, these were positioned down the middle then on top of this I have layed a piece of the same brown card that I ran through my cuttlebug with a spotty embossing folder, on top of this I have put two ribbons, one brown and the other a beige with cream spots on.
I then positioned my mounted image in the middle and the sentiment below, and the last thing I have done is put two brown buttons that have tied ribbon knots through the holes at the top on the left hand side.
I do hope you will now pop over to the "OWH Stars and Stamps" blogspot and see for yourself what the rest of the Design Team have created and take part in the Challenge.
This card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

Two Important Announcements

Firstly to let you know that my dear friend Sarah Hallam has her brand new Cd previewing at 10am this morning on Create and Craft, do hope you will be watching.

And the other very important piece of news is another dear Friend of mine Karen Sayers of

Has a Sale on her Magnolia Stamps today until she clears her stock so if youd like to get a GOOD BARGAIN please click on the link above.

A Card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge - "More than one Fold"

Good Morning All, well the sun is out but its very frosty this morning, hopefully it wont take long to melt, we are of to do our monthly shop in about an hour, but first I have to go and have a blood test, and hubby has to wait in for our post lady, she likes to use our loo. Anyway I thought you might like to see yet one more Challenge card I managed to create yesterday and this one is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge "More than one Fold", and I used this gorgeous image with is own sentiment for an easel card.

I stamped her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, I then used my rotatrim to cut her out as shes far to big for any of my Nestabilities, then mounted her and the sentiment on to blue card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of the same blue pearlescent card, and one of three papers from Donna's brand new Cd "Spring Delights", its got some really fun papers on it and this one is a large daisy pattern on a blue background, the second paper Ive used is a yellow one with a smaller daisy pattern and Ive cut it into a 5"square and used one of my Martha Stewart all around border punch set, the third paper is pink with again a daisy pattern on it and this is a strip that I used on the inside of my card and Ive mounted this also on the same blue card, then popped my sentiment in the middle.

On the front I have put a strip of the same blue pearlescent card across the middle but again used the same punch along the two edges and wrapped a piece of yellow satin ribbon around it then stuck to the back of the first mount. The mounted image was then stuck in the centre, as its a big image Im not able to put any flowers around it as it would look to heavy.

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

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

A Card for Many Challenges

Good Afternoon All, the sun is out and it looks gorgeous outside, not sure how warm it is but the sun cheers you all doesnt it? Todays card has been created yet again for several Challenges but I started it for the Lili of the Valley's "Sketch" then I found several other challenges as well, so will post them at the bottom.

Ive used this sweet pair sitting on their swing together as a Anniversary Card for a dear friend of mine, just hope she doesnt see it, keep your fingers crossed.

The image was stamped onto white card and coloured with my copic pens, and I used the large mega Nestabilitie to cut it out, then used the die itself to draw around on some pink card then cut it out with my scissors. The sentiment is yet another of the LOV stamps and this was stamped and cut out with Nestabilitie Label Die No.8 and then I draw around this in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark pink pearlescent card, with one of two papers from Donna's brand new digi set of papers "Spring Delights" they are stunning and you will find them in the Bearlymine Webshop here ,

 the paper has a rainbow of pink and yellow with bunches of flowers on, the second paper has been shaped as the sketch asks and this is a yellow base with again large pink flowers on. I then stuck some pretty lace along the edge before sticking it to my base layer. I then wrapped a dark pink ribbon around the card and attached it to the back of the first mount.

The stamped image was positioned to the right with the sentiment underneath. I then arranged several sized roses from Wild Orchid Crafts along the edge of the lace on some punched out rose leaves, these were attached to the card with silicone glue.

This card has been entered in the following Challenges:-

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/

http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/

A Card for Several Challenges

Good Afternoon All, Im so sorry Ive not posted since Thursday but yesterday was extremly busy, I had several cards to create for my DT work and I wanted to try and get myself sorted out, I also had the washing to deal with to. Anyway enough excuses I have tried to rectify it today by making this card for several challenges and they are as follows Just Magnolia's "Anything Goes", Totally Papercrafts "Pearls and Lace", Simon Says Stamps "No Cook Receipe", ABC's "P for Pink", Stamp Something "Anything Digi", and KB Cute Monday "Anything Digi".

Ive used this gorgeous little H&S image and have stamped her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, I then used the new Nestabilie Die "Floral Doily" to cut her out, I also used it again to create her mount. The sentiment is one from my stash that Ive stamped and cut out with my rotatrim and mounted it also onto a piece of the same card.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of a teal coloured card with one of two digi papers from Donna's Bearlymine Digi Papers, the first one is a pretty teal blue paper with a swirl in it, the second is a pink paper with teal and white spots on it, Ive cut this into a 5" square and used one of my all around punches from Martha Stewart, this was then placed in the centre of my first paper, and then across this middle I have wrapped a piece of lace and on the top a piece of seam binding along the top.

On top of this I have put my mounted image and the sentiment at the bottom on the right, I then used my a Basic Grey mask and created a couple of swirls with green pearls in the bottom on the left hand corner.

I then created a double bow with the same colour seam binding and stuck it at the side of my mounted image with a butterfly on top. To finish of I created a flower with some of the same teal coloured card and used my Doo Hickey Hydrangea dies to cut it out, layered it up and popped a little rose in the middle, this was then stuck to the card at the top on the left on top of some punched out fern leaves.

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

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/

http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/

http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/

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/ 

The Third Paper Shelter Challenge - "Scrap It"

Good Morning Ladies, it doesnt seem possible that we have already reached our third challenge here at The Paper Shelter, I do hope that this one will receive some more entrants as the last one "Seeing Red" didnt go down as well as we expected, maybe it was because we had enough of red because of Valentines Day. But this time should be a breeze for you as it involves using up all those scraps that you have in your goody bag.
Firstly left me give you the rules for entering this Challenge, you dont have to use one of the The Paper Shelter images but if you wish to be entered in the prize draw you do, they are very inexpensive and if you click on their website The Paper Shelter here you will be surprised at just how much they are. Heres the prize if you do a fabulous $15 voucher for you to buy any images of your own choice.

Anyway heres my card for this Challenge and the image I have chosen to use is called "Steam Punk Girl" and she was a dream to colour.

I printed her onto white card then coloured her with my copic pens then cut her out with my rotatrim and did the same with the mount. The sentiment is one of the C&C stamps and this given the same treatment as the image.

The base card is 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of lilac pearlescent card, and one of three paper off cuts I found in my stash, the first one is one of Donna's Bearlymine Digi papers called "Spring Flight" (Donna has a special Spring Sale at the moment on some fabulous new papers) the second and third papers are from the Kay Miller Downloads "Wings" they are all mounted on pieces on lilac card and arranged on the base card. I then wrapped some sissal ribbon around the middle with a sparkly ribbon mounted on top, and a knot tied at the edge.

The mounted image was then stuck on top towards the left and the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of Ive used some of the same left over papers to create paper flowers with my Retro punches, and these were stuck at the top on the right with some punched out oak leaves on silicone glue.

I do so hope you will now pop over to The Paper Shelter Blogspot and see the rest of my fellow team members stunning work and please do try and take part in our Challenges as it would be such a shame if after all the hard work that Donna and Cheryl have put into starting this Challenge Blogspot it was to fail.

This is a weekly Challenge and it will finish next Tuesday evening.

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

http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/

http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/

Bearlymine Designs 5th Challenge - "Birthday"

As I said yesterday I just carnt believe that we have actually got to our 5th Challenge for this year, but this time its for the wonderfully stunning Bearlymine Designs Blogspot and we had over 115 wonderful entries this time, well done girls. And the host for this fortnights Challenge is Judith of Bellasbastelecke Blogspot she is a one very talented lady and I do hope you will pop across and see for yourself just how much she is. She has chosen for this fortnights Challenge "Birthdays" and the sponsers for this one are the following four companies and they are:-

Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of the winner's choice

Wild Orchid Crafts -  A Selection of Flowers and Lace

Tickled Pink Stamps - 2 Digi stamps or 1 rubber stamp of Winner's choice

Go Kreate - couple of dies  - 3 Sets of Rectangle metal dies worth £13.99each

Wow awesome prizes, I wouldnt mind any of those and would love to be able take part but you know the rules, anyway my choice of image is from the Tickled Pink Stamp Range and her name is Lil Lolita "Willow" all the team got the chance to use one of the range of digi stamps and Im sure you will want to go and look at the results so if you go the Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot you will see what a stunning job the rest of my fellow team members have done. Anyway heres my card for this Challenge:-

Ive printed her onto white card then used a Mega Rectangle Die from Nestabilitie and used a Scalloped one for the mount, the sentiment is one of the Cats Life Stamps and Ive cut it out with a circle die and mounted this also onto a scalloped one to.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with one a first mount of blue card and one of three beautiful papers from Donna's "Peach Dream" digi papers, a very pretty blue background is the first one with roses on, the second paper is a lemon one that I have used in a square with a Martha Stewart all around punch die set and arranged in the middle, and the third mount is strip with a mulit coloured paper and this was positioned down the card on the left. The mounted image was then stuck in towards the left hand side with the sentiment at the bottom on the right.
To finish of Ive created a flower spray with some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts in the top right hand corner, and these were stuck on with some silicone glue and punched out fern leaves. Now youve seen my card do please pop across to our Challenge Blogspot at Bearlymine and see the rest of the teams stunning work and hopefully it will inspire you yet to take part it this challenge as well.
Before I go Donna has some brand new Digi Paper sets out today, please do pop over to her webshop Bearlymine Designs  and she also has a Spring Sale on at the moment which means you will be able buy all three sets together and get a fabulous saving of £4.50 on the total usual price of them,

and also see for yourself what other stunning Papers Donna has to offer you.
This card will be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

Cards for Men - Challenge 5 - "Water"

Oh my here we are at Challenge 5 already, dont you think these weeks are flying by, the evening are getting lighter and hopefully it will get a bit warmer soon. Weve had phone calls from New Zealand where my BIL lives in Christchurch to say that the town is absolutely desolated, and hes moved out to his bash, (its a summer house he uses away from the city) luckily he was in Wellington when the earthquake hit, and so he did let us know that, while eating a meal with his children in a Turkish restaurant up there. But how horrible not sure how we in the UK would cope with such an awful situation.
Anyway todays Challenge has been set by my fellow Design Team Member Patricia of "Rubberstamping is my game" please do pop over to see her fabulous blog and stunning work, she has chosen for this particular Challenge "Water" and this is the theme for the fortnight. We are being sponsered by Claire of "Hope Jacare" and Im sure youve seen her gorgeous scrummy digi images.

And she has offered us 3 of her digi images as a prize, I do think you will be thrilled with whatever choice you decide if you are the winner, anyway this is what Claire says about her company:-

 I'm a SAHM with three young children. I trained in Textile Design at the Glasgw School of Art and I love all things handmade, but especially papercrafts. I love to doodle ... and my doodles are available to purchase as digital images through Stitchy Bear Stamps.

And this is the digi that I chose for my DT card, its called "Haco the Viking" and you know me I have to go for the one with the most to colour, hope you like it.

Ive printed him onto white card then coloured the image with my copic pens, afterwards he was cut out with my Nestabilitie Label No.8 then I drew around the die to create a faux mount. The sentiment is a Scrabble stamp from "Cats Life" which I purchased from CraftyEmmas store, this was also mounted in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of dark blue card and one of three papers from Kay Miller downloads, the first paper a water scene, on top is a strip of green spotted paper and then  red check on top of this, Ive used a Martha Steward border punch along both the edges to try and create a wave look.

The mounted image was then positioned in the middle and the sentiment below on the right.  To finish of I have put a lighthouse button in the bottom left hand corner.

I do so hope you will now go and visit our Cards for Men Blogspot and see the rest of my fellow Design Team members cards and hopefully this will inspire you to create cards with a water theme.

A Card for the Totally Tilda Challenge - "Fruity Tilda"

Good Afternoon Ladies, well guess what Ive managed to make another card for the Totally Tilda Challenge I thought Id better make sure I was actually in time for this weeks Challenge as I was two hours late with the one yesterday, anyway this weeks theme is "Fruity Tilda" and Ive used this sweet image from last year of her carrying a basket of blueberries or is is cherries, anyway Ive stamped her onto white card before colouring her with my copic pens, then cut her out with my circle Nestabilitie Die and used a scalloped one for the mount. The sentiment is one of the Penny Black stamps and Ive stamped this also onto white card before cutting out with my rotatrim and mounting it onto pink card.

The base card is yet againa 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, then Ive used two papers from Donna's Bearlymine "Fruity Delicious" digi papers, the first one being a all over pink base with the flowers of the strawberry plant and the fruits as well, the second paper is a yellow base with cherries on. Then down the side is a piece of the same pink pearlescent card thats been put through my cuttlebuy with a sizzex leaf embossing folder, then stuck down the card on the left hand side, I then wrapped a piece of strawberry pattern ribbon around the card at the bottom.

The stamped image was positioned in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, to finish of Ive created a flower spray with some Cherry Blossoms in pink and white, and a couple of Asters, this was stuck with some silicone glue on top of some punched out fern leaves in the top left hand corner.

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

http://www.totallytilda.blogspot.com/

http://www.cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/
http://magnoliadownunderchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ 

The Second Challenge for The Paper Shelter - "Seeing Red"

Hi Girls, dont forget that this is a Weekly Challenge, and I do so hope you will take part it this weeks Challenge so far weve only got one entrant and we would dearly wish to have more, to be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize you must use one of The Paper Shelter Images, but you can still take part with other digis but wont be eligable for the prize.

Wow our first week has flown by and we had a fabulous response over 30 entries and we are now onto our second Challenge, and this one is themed "Seeing Red", before I start I want to remind you that to be eligable to win the $15 prize you must use one of the The Paper Shelters images and you will find them here on their website, and believe me you wont be dissappointed in them and the price is so reasonable and lots of variety, do please go and look and browse the fabulous images that theyve got to offer.
Now back to the Challenge, The Paper Shelter are our sponsers and are offering us a prize of $15

And this is my Dream Team card for this weeks Challenge:-

And I decided to use this image and its called "In the 1920s" and I love it, Ive coloured her with my copic pens then used the Labels No.8 Nestabilitie Die to cut her out and then drew around the die to create the faux mount, before attaching it to the mount Ive used a swirl stamp around the edge with some red ink. The sentiment is one of the C&C stamps and Ive 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 red card and one of Donna's Bearlymine Digi "Summer Light" papers, its a beautiful striped design of roses in pink and white. The second paper is a pure red paper and is also mounted on a red mount. I then wrapped a piece of rafia ribbon around the middle with a strip of red satin ribbon on top.

I then positioned my mounted image to the left hand side, my sentiment at the bottom on the right, and to finish of Ive put a large red rose at the top on the right and mounted it on top of some punched out leaves.

Do please pop over to our Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the very talent team members has to show you, Im sure it will give you lots of inspirations.

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

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/

http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/