Challenge #8 - Cards for Men - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well yet another fortnight has flown by over on the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and this weeks Challenge is one that is a real favourite with us all and for this one providing you create a card for Men you are free to choose any design you like. We also have a Design Team Call on as well so if your interested dont forget to put DT after your name when leaving your card.
For this Challenge we are being sponsored by "Squidgi Digi" 

And they are offering you 4 digi's of winners choice

and here is what they say about their company :-

Hi my name is Beth, I am 19 years old and am studying a Degree in illustration at Blackpool University.

I started drawing images for my Mum , who made cards with them and then she put them on her blog . She got lots of great comments and people saying i should sell them - so here we are!

I hope you enjoy my images and would love to see any creations you make with them.

We were lucky enough to be given several images to chose from and I picked this one for my Card.

   

I printed the image onto Kraft card then used my Lyra Polychrome Pencils to colour it, afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut it to size, I then placed it onto a piece of brown card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of brown card and I then used a "Go Kraft" printed digi paper from Sweethshoppe Digi Downloads for my first mount and then placed my mounted image in the center.
I then used some of the brown paper and Britainnia sentiment dies to create the Happy Birthday at the bottom which was stuck on the slant.
Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot, and see for yourself 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 fortnights "Anything Goes" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #107 - The Paper Shelter - "Spring Delights"

Good Morning Crafters, when is Spring going to start, my garden has some crocus out and a few daffodils in but its so depressing as normally at this time of the year more green would be showing on our bushes and trees, but here in Gloucestershire everything seems to be on hold I do hope it soon warms up and starts to feel warmer, lets hope it wont be long.
Anyway todays Challenge over at The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is I hope the start of this process as we want to see some "Spring Delights" on your cards, colour, image and even hopefully some flowers and as usual our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30.

And this is providing you have used one of their images on your card, but even if you havent they are still going to give you three images of your own choice. Ive also got some brilliant news as we are nearing a 1000 followers and once weve hit that target they are going to offering you some really fabulous prizes, and we are only 4 people away from that magic time.
And now here is my card for this weeks Challenge I hope you like it.

Isnt she cute and this image is called "Enchanted Love" and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I have used Nestabilitie Die No.7 to cut her out then drawn around the die to create the mount. The sentiment is one of my stash and its been then stamped onto a white card and cut out with a tag die, and I have created the mount in the same way as the image's mount by drawing around the die and then cutting out.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card, and papers I have used are from The Paper Shelters "Zoe's Spring Papers" quite appropriate and you will find them here. I have then placed a very pretty pink one for my first mount is has flowers all around the edge of it, then used a green paper and a large doily die from Create, and placed it on top in the center.
The mounted image was then placed towards the top left hand corner and the tag sentiment tucked behind it at the top on the right. I then used several swirl dies on some green card and also used a Joy die to create the leaf sprays and created a corner at the bottom on the right hand side. Afterwards I used several rolled flower dies to create the flowers, then placed them at different places in different sizes along the whole length of the spray.
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 weeks "Spring Delights" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #81 - Bearlymine Designs - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, I do hope that you are ready for this weeks Challenge over at Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot as its bound to be a high entry one as its a "Anything Goes" one, and weve been lucky to have three sponsors for this one and here they are.

Whiff of Joy

and they are offering this gorgeous Stamp

and for our second sponsor we have 

Crafty Ribbons

 and their beautiful prize is

and here is what they say about their company:-

Crafty Ribbons is a ribbon emporium, we are passionate about ribbons and want to share our fantastic ribbons with others. Our range of Christmas ribbons is second to none.

Remember when we only used ribbons to add a bow to our hair, or tie up a birthday parcel? Ribbons are now a "must-have" for all types of craft. Whether your project requires satin, sheer, silk, grosgrain, gingham or polka dot ribbon we have them all! Lots and lots of different colours in a range of widths.

Need a little bit of ribbon inspiration - then have a look at our projects on our blog,or visit our Inspiration blog,or maybe join in with us at our Challenge blog. Go on, have a look... It's worth it !

Tony & Ali

and for our third Sponsor we have

Donna's Bearlymine Designs

and Donna is offering a prize of

To spend on her website.

Wow fabulous prizes on offer and I know you will want to try and win them, and here is my card for this weeks "Anything Goes" Challenge.

For my card I have used this gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp and then coloured her with my copic pens, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.1 to cut her out and then used a pink inkpad around the edges, the mount is one of the Fancy ones that go with the same die. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped onto another piece of white card then mounted onto a piece of pink.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used for my card are from Donna of Bearlymine Designs "Floral Breeze" digi paper set, the first paper is a very pretty pink background with a lace edge, flowers and wording on it, for my doilies (Cheery Lynn) I have used two more of the papers from the same set in pink, I have also laid a piece of white net behind one of them and then across the center I have woven some pink ribbon through some eyelet lace and attached it to the back of the mount.

To finish of I have laid my mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right, and then created a flower spray in the top left hand corner with serveral roses in different sizes and pearl sprays and white stephanus, these were stuck to the card with silicone glue on top of some 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 Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Anything Goes" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cheerylynndesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Cards for Men - Challenge #7 - "April Fool"

Good Morning All, I hope your enjoying your Easter and have been given lots of love Easter Eggs, not sure I should accept them as Im trying to loose a bit of weight. Anyway as today is the 1st of April over at Cards for Men we are having a "April Fool" Challenge, and I think this Justinklines Image is ideal for my card.
Our Sponsor this time is Letreset.

and they are offering a fabulous prize of 
Flexmakers

And now for my card here it is.

As I said at the beginning of my post the image is from Justinklines and its called "April Fool", Ive printed him onto white card then used my promarkers to colour him, afterwards I used a rectangle Nestabilitie Die to cut him out, then used a blue inkpad around the edge. The mount was cut out of dark blue card and the sentiment was one I googled and then took into my Microsoft Office program to write it up and then printed it of and mounted it onto a piece of blue card to.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and these ones are called "Just like Daddy" I have used two papers, the red one with dark spots on and a multi striped one for the other two mounts.

The mounted image was then placed in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will pop over to the Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and I do hope you will be inspired to join in this "April Fool" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://stampedblessings.com/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Donna of Bearlymine Designs is holding a fabulous Easter Sale, please click on the picture to take you to the website.

It finishes on Sunday Evening.

Challenge #105 - The Paper Shelter - "Anything Goes"

Good Morning Crafters, well this weeks Challenge for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot is going to be very popular as I know how much you all enjoy the theme "Anything Goes" and Im sure you will understand if you only get one of our Design Team commenting on your card as usually we can get over 300 entries, and Im know you will happy with one at least, so I will make sure the girls understand this.
And as always we are being sponsored by our very generous Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering you a fabulous prize of :-

But as always there is the rule that you must use one of their products on your card but even if you dont they will still offer you a prize of 3 digi images, but please do go and visit their website "The Paper Shelter" and see for yourself what beautiful and stunning images they have for sale, and do browse and see and maybe youll be tempted to treat yourself to buy a few as they really are very good value as the rate of exchange is brilliant so do indulge yourself.
And now for my card for this weeks challenge hope you like it.

 

Isnt she gorgeous shes called "Adorable Cowgirl" and Ive printed her and then used my copic pens to colour her then cut her out completely. 

The base card is 6"x 6" white card and the first mount is brown card and the paper is the backing paper that comes with the image, I then placed the cowgirl in the center, and then I used a stamp and moulded it so that I could stamp on the streamer at the bottom on the left. 

The flower was punched out of another piece of the same main sheet with several flower punches then moulded into a flower and layered up, I then positioned it in the top left hand corner on some punched out leaves. To finish of I used some cowboy charms down the right hand side.

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

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

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

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

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 

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

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://squigglefly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

http://pausedreamenjoychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Challenge #79 - Bearlymine Designs- "Girly Pink"

Good Morning Crafters, I do hope you enjoyed last weeks theme for Bearlymine Designs Challenge Blogspot and I hope that you will equally enjoy this weeks and this one is a "Girly Pink" one and Im sure lots of you will want to take part in it.
This week we are being sponsored by:-

Alota Stamps

and they are offering a fabulous prize of

and here is what they say about themselves:-

Alota Rubber Stamps is know for "The cutest little bugs in Town"

Search our web site for cute and whimsical rubber stamps. We also feature background scenes in full size and miniature and we have a large selection of tea bag folding stamps. For great inspiration be sure to visit our card gallery!
and our second sponsor is 

Quixotic Paperie

and they are offering a equally fabulous prize

And to create my card for this Challenge I chose to use one of the Alota Digi Images, and here she is.

Because the images come as a SVG image I had to get my husband to convert it to a JPG for me, then I printed her of onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a large oval die to cut her out. The mount I have used is one of the Cheery Lynn Dies, and the sentiment is one from my stash that I have stamped onto another piece of white card and then mounted it onto a piece of pink card.

The main card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and the papers I have used are from Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Spring Mist" for the first mount and then I have used one from the "Floral Dreams" white I cut into a square and used my border and corner punches from Martha Stewart, this was placed in the middle of the first mount.

The house is one of the Memory Box dies I have also used some of the left over pink card for the roof and the window and its box. The fence is yet another of the dies as is the leaf thats been down the left side, to finish of I have used some some buttons as flowers and popped some glitter glue in the centres.

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" Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will want to take part in this "Girly Pink" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://digidarlas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pausedreamenjoychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://theprettylittleribbonshop.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://squigglefly.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A Card for several Challenges

Good Evening Crafters, well I thought that you might like to see a card Ive made for this weeks Sugary Sunday (Facebook) and Sugar Bowl Challenges, both are anything goes, but the one for SS wants to see Spring Colours on your card, so Im hoping that this card meets the bill.
I had a wonderful weekend I spend it on a Copic Pen Retreat in Oxford near Harwell Power Station and a fabulous DeVere's Hotel complex, with several like minded girls, we had a brilliant time and I learned quite a few new methods of using them even air brushing which is something Ive wanted to have a go at but been a little nervous of doing it, but it went well. The only problems with the hotel were, firstly the room they gave me was in a old cottage which had leaded windows and they didnt shut properly so I was in a draft during the night and I woke up cold, then Saturday night I just couldnt get warm and didnt sleep at all which was exhausting and yesterday I was than tired I just didnt have the strength to talk to hubby and he was under the impression I was moody, I told him I was just tired, but other than this and a late dinner on Saturday I did have a wonderful time and the girls were lovely.
Anyway this card has been created using of of the Sherbet Pips from Funky Kits, I have printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used the Nestabilitie dies to cut her out and one of the new ones for the mount.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of orange card and the papers I used are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads and this one is called "Carefree Days" they are really some gorgeous paper sets and I love these in particular, the first a white background with multi coloured flowers on, the second is a orange spot one, then across the card I have stuck a lime green ribbon and attached it to the back of the first mount. The sentiment is another of the same dies as the mount and has been stuck down the side of the card.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cuttinandstampinchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/
http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html

Challenge #6 - Cards for Men - "Easter"

Good Morning Crafters, well its Monday again and a new Challenge over on Cards for Men and again Im having to create a "Easter" card, just when I thought I had finished but as my new great grandson is now here I will post this onto him though hes a bit young to appreciate it. As I said this weeks Challenge is all about "Easter" and we want to see you make one to follow this theme, and it must be for a man or boy so you will have to start putting your thinking hats on and finding something you thing is relevant.
This weeks Challenge we are being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps:-

 and they are offering a fabulous prize of

And here is what they say about their Company :-

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps stamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

I love the images we were given to play with and for my card I decided to us this one,

Isnt he cute hes called "Bunny Boy" and I have printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used Nestabilitie Die No.17 to cut him out then drew around the die to create the mount for him. The sentiment is one I created on my computer then printed it out.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card the papers I have used are from Nitwits "Carrots too" paper set, the first one is a blue spot one, then on top is a green check and the third is a plaid across the middle, I did use the Martha Stewart Rabbit border punch along both sides and this was placed under the second mount.

The mounted image was then placed towards the top in the center and then the sentiment at the bottom on the right hand side, to finish of I have used a rabbit button and three Easter egg buttons along the bottom. 

Now that you've 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 for your inspiration.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://opus-gluei.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Someone has hacked my contacts list on My Email Account

I want to warn many of you who have received so called emails from my yahoo email account that someone has managed to obtain my contacts list somehow and is sending out rouge emails in my name.
Please dont click on the link in these emails as they are virus's, Im so sorry to cause you any problem but I hope I have warned you in time not to open them and add the same problem to your email address contact book.

Challenge #103 - The Paper Shelter - "Easter"

Good Morning Crafters as promised the challenge for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot week is also "Easter" so lots of opportunities for creating those cards for little people, as I have several of them in my family and friends I have created two cards for this weeks Challenge. Oh I nearly forgot I really must tell you that we have four new Design Team members joining us this week and they are Judith, Susan, Janie and Lydia I do hope that you will give them a rousing welcome to the Challenge Design Team and visit their blogs and leave them some love.
But Im getting ahead of myself and now I want to tell you that our sponsors are as always the very generous Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter, and they are offering a really fabulous prize of $30.

And of course we do have some rules, you must make sure you use one of their images on your cards to be sure to receive the whole amount, but even if you dont they are still going to give your 3 digi images of your own choice, so you really carnt loose with this Challenge.
And now I want to show you the two cards I have created then I will give you the links to the images and papers.

This Card is using "I am the Easter Bunny" Image

And this one is called "Easter Bunny"

Both of these cards will be on their way in the next few days and I do hope you dont mind me posting both of them, anyway the first one is "I am the Easter Bunny" and you will find her here, Ive used both the image and the papers for this card, and I will combine both of the cards in my write up as they both been done in the same way. The second card is "Easter Bunny" and Ive also used both the image and the papers and you will find him here. Ive printed both the images onto white card then used my copic pens to colour them both, afterwards I used the nested Egg Die for Nestabilities, and then drawn around the die to create the mounts.

I have used a pink and mount for the first card and a purple one for the second, and for the first one I wrapped a egg ribbon around the center downwards and placed my mounted image in the center, the sentiment was placed in the bottom right hand corner.

For the second one I used a egg stamp with several colours in the middle behind the mount image then cut out several of them from a separate piece of paper and after sticking the mounted image in the center I have placed the eggs around the edge of the circle on the mounted paper. The sentiment is from my stash which I felt went well with the image. To finish of I have used a Easter Chick button at the bottom and the end of the sentiment.

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 will want to take part in this "Easter" Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://highhopesstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://papelitosstamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://blog.ribboncarousel.com/ 
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ 
http://tuesdayalchemy.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/vickie-challenges.html 

Challenge #77 - Bearlymine Designs - "Easter"

Good Morning Crafters, well I hope youve all enjoyed our last challenge over on the Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot and are ready to take part in this weeks one as its a "Easter" themed one and we want to see what you can create for us. We are lucky enough to be sponsored by my other Design Team Sponsors and a brand new one High Hopes and here is what they are giving as prizes.

High Hopes

and they are offering a fabulous prize of $20 Gift Certificate

and here is what they say about their Company.

 High Hopes stamps are unique country, whimsical, all original art created expressly with the crafting stamper in mind. We create our designs with love and smiles!

and our second Sponsor is The Paper Shelter

and they are offering a prize of

And for a change I havent used a Paper Shelter image but a "High Hopes" Stamp instead, as I have used two images for my next Challenge post tomorrow as you will see.

And this image is called "Bunny Masterpiece" and you will find it here, Ive stamped it onto white card then used my copic pens to colour it, afterwards I used a nested Easter Egg from Nestabilitie Dies to cut it out, then drawn around onto blue card and then cut out and used for the mount. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been cut out again with one of the smaller egg dies and mounted in this same way.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first die of blue card and the papers I have used are Donna's Bearlymine Designs "Spring Flight" and "Spring Delights" and I have cut them to slant down the card at an angle and Ive used a rabbit border punch on all three and layered them up, though they arnt to easy to see but they are turquoise, yellow and green backgrounds with flowers on.

I then placed my mounted image in the center with the sentiment at the bottom on the left hand corner, and to finish of Ive used some Easter Buttons down the right hand side of the card.

Now that youve seen my Card I do hope that you go and visit the Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you to will take part in this "Easter" theme Challenge.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftindesertdivas.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://paperplaytime.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Jacob has arrived

My first great grandchild made a really noisy arrival this morning at 3am, my grandson rang me at 3.15 and he was howling in the background and Im not surprised as it was snowing in Norwich at the time, he was probably a hell of lot warmer where he'd been.
Anyway my grandson and his wife have decided to call him Jacob Stephen Martin, the later two are after the two grandfathers and as my grandson also has Stephen in his name hes passing on the family tradition. Im so glad that he made it back from Afghanistan in time for this special event and he sounded so happy on the phone.
I want to wish my granddaughter, grandson, great grandson and my eldest daugher a very Happy Future to you all, and to thank you all for giving me this very special present for Mothers Day. Oh and by the way he weighted in at 7lbs.15ozs a real whopper, he looks well filled out so will probably be a good feeder, I hope my grandson has a good wallet to keep up with him.

Challenge #5 - Cards for Men - "Monochrome"

Good Morning Crafters I hope youve had a wonderful weekend well over at Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot the theme this week is "Monochrome" which means you are only allowed two colours on your card, the main one and one other, and the theme was chosen by Alan one of our Design Team members, and I know its a popular one so I do hope that you will take part in it as I long to see what you come up with. This time we are being sponsored by Digital Delights.

And they are offering a fabulous prize of

and here is what they say about themselves:-

Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with my little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!! http://digitaldelightsbyloubyloo.com/

And here is my card created with "Policeman Peyton"

and here is where you can purchase from. I printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I used my rotatrim to cut him out and a piece of blue card for the mount.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and the papers I chose to use are from Sweetshoppe Digi Downloads "Year of Firsts" paper set, a plain blue background and then the second and third mounts are a spot and housetooth pattern paper.

I have then used a stamp from my stash for the sentiment and placed that also onto a piece of blue card and this was placed in the bottom right hand corner.

Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit Cards for Men Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration and take part in this "Monochrome" Challenge.

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

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.ca/ 
http://nomatterwhichchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ 
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/