Willow Sketchie Challenge

Good Morning

Here is my card for Willow Sketchie Challenge:

6 x 6 card blank

Image from A Double Sprinkle of Kraft cd-rom, printed onto Watercolour card.

Papers from cd-rom printed onto Satin printer paper.

Spellbinders label 23 used for image and sentiment mats.

Mini fanciful flourish die used with Centura Pearl card, mulberry flowers and pearls from my stash.

Dotty ribbon from Joanna Sheen.

I have decorated the inside of the card to co-ordinate with the front:

My card is also for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Lotsa Ribbon

Polka Doodles - Wings and Things (Ladybird)

A Gem of a Challenge - For The Girls

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes

Songbird Challenge - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Craft Your Passion - Hip To Be Square

Bearly Mine Challenges - Pearls and Swirls

Thanks for visiting.

Crafty Calendar Challenge - All Things Spooky

Good morning.

It's the first Saturday of the month which means it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge.  This month our challenge is All Things Spooky with the optional extra of Recycle Something.

We get quite a few trick or treaters on Halloween so I decided to make a little gift bag and fill it with sweets.

I used the digi stamp 'Cherry Kisses Witch' from Pollycraft and coloured her with my Spectrum Noir pens.
I cut an oval mat from Core'dinations card to frame my image.
I printed the paper from Joanna Sheen's Cardmakers Year cd-rom onto a light weight card.
The ribbon is my 'Recycled item', this came wrapped around some pyjamas.

I think I'm going to make a few more of these in readiness!

My card is for the following challenges:

Stamp With Fun Challenge - Autumn

Heck of a Challenge - Spooktacular

Paper Pretties Blog - Fall/Autumn

Bearly-Mine Challenge - Halloween

Shopping Our Stash - Recycle (ribbon)

Crafty Creations Challenge - Colours of Autumn

Crafty Catz Challenge - Autumn

Alphabet Challenge - R for Recycle (ribbon)

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Digi

Clear It Out Challenge - Use orange, purple or black, or all three.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.  Please do visit the challenge blog and take a look at the fabby creations my teamies have made.

Have a lovely weekend.

Happy Birthday Daughter

Lots of tears in our house yesterday.  Hubby took my eldest daughter off to Uni for the first time!  She seems to be settling in very well and is sharing with a lovely group of students.  I can't believe it, it feels like such a short time ago that we brought her home from hospital at 3 days old!

Emma is settling into High School very well.  She is changing all the time, growing up so fast.

I'm very proud of both my daughters.

It's Sarah's birthday this week and this is the card I have made for her:

8 x 8 card blank

I used the Woodland Folk and Friends cd-rom from do-crafts, owl from the decoupage section and the leaves backing paper.

I then punched lots of leaves using my X-cut Botanical Embossing punch and layer them up in a circle (of sorts).  I stamped the sentiment using stamps from LOTV and Versafine Olympia Green ink.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Leaves

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

CRAFT Challenge - Autumn

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Things With Wings

Raise the Bar Challenge - Things With Wings

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Autumnal Colours

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Autumn Colours

One Stitch At A Time - Autumn Colours

Songbird Challenge - Defying Gravity

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Yummy! and an Award

I have made a start on my drawer calendars for 2013, these are always very popular.  In the drawer is a post-it pad and a pencil.

Decoupage from Forever Friends cd-rom, printed onto super smooth decoupage paper.

I printed a backing paper onto white card and added a toning card from Papermill.

I used a Martha Stewart border punch.

Eyelets and button on the drawer are from my stash.

Calendar attached to co-ordinating card to complete the design.

My calendar is for the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything But A Card

J & C Creations - Something A Little Bit Different

The Cutie Pie Challenge - No Flowers

Ooh La La Challenge - Teddy Bear Antics

I got a lovely surprise yesterday, a blog award from my lovely blogging friend Sonia, the Diamond Blog Award.  Thank you so much Sonia for thinking of me.  Big hugs.

Rub A Dub Dub

The current challenge over at Divas by Design is a sketch to follow.  Here is my take on the sketch:

This is a card for my daughter to sent to one of her best friends who is a big cat lover.

Base card 8 x 8 decorative edged card from Cupcakecrafting

Image printed from Joanna Sheen's housemouse project cd-rom onto glossy photo paper and matted onto silver them lilac card from Papermill.

Backing paper from Housemouse inserts cd-rom, printed onto satin finish paper.

Central paper embossed using a Darice Embossing folder and then trimmed.

Sentiment stamp from a WOW Stamp Set, as is the flourish, stamped in silver metallic ink.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Paper Pretties Challenge - Square cards

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Animal Antics

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Animals

House Mouse and Friends Challenge - Double Trouble- Use an image with 2 or more animals on

Pile It On Challenge - Cuddly Critters

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Best Friends

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Lots of Layers

Crafty Calendar Challenge - August

Gosh where did July go?  It's incredible how quickly this year is going!

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and our theme for this month is Teddy Bear's Parade with the option of lots of layers.  This month our sponsor is the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts.

6 x 6 card blank

Digi stamp from Teddy Bo and Co coloured with Spectrum Noirs

Backing papers from Making Cards Magazine

Whimsy fence die.  Memory box clouds die and fancy blossom.

Pearls from Joanna Sheen used in centre of flowers.

Sentiment stamp Wild Rose studio stamped using Dusty Concorde distress ink.

Please do visit the challenge blog to see all the lovely creations from my teamies and to join in the fun.

My card is for the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Sketch

Paper Pretties Challenge - Use two or more dp's

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes

Ready Teddy Go Challenge - Anything Goes

Hooked On Craft Challenges - Let's Celebrate

Paper Play Challenges - Lots of Layers

Delightful Challenges - Birthday

Summer Fun

Today I am sharing a card made with Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd-rom:

A5 card blank.

Decoupage image and backing paper both taken from the cd-rom and matted onto gold matt and black card.

Core'dinations paper embossed with a Darice embossing folder and Faded Jeans distress ink added to the clouds. 

This card is my second entry into Crafting When We Can challenge of Summer Fun.  My first entry exceeded the number of challenges allowed, my apologies for this.

My card is also for the following challenges:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes