Let's Get Wicked with Corrosive Challengs

Hi Folks
This is my second scheduled post for today.
It's the start of a new challenge over at Corrosive Challenges.  Thank you for all your entries to our challenges for September.  Pop over to Corrosive Challenges to see if you are a winner.
We are now starting our challenges for October and we have a fab sponsor, Sassy Studio design.

For this fortnight's challenge we have the following theme.

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Just upload a creation using an image of a villain or a criminal or someone you would consider a bit wicked.  We welcome all types of creations as long as it fits in with the challenge theme.

I used the Evil Queen image from Sassy Studio for my inspirational project.

I went with a purple theme, which as most of you know is my favourite colour.  All the papers were from Papermania capsule collection.  Kept it quite simple trying to focus on the fab image.  I used some peel off letters to create the wording on it.  Worked out quite well I think.

Hope to see lots of entries over at Corrosive Challenges.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
TO BE UPDATED

Thanks for popping by.  Take care.

Go Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

Hi Folks
This is a scheduled post as I will be on my way home from my weekend visit to my Sisters when the challenges goes live.
Today is the start of a new challenge over at Dream Valley Challenges.  For this fortnight our theme is:

Go Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness

So bring out the pink, bling, ribbons, lace, you get the idea.  In fact, create anything you like as long as it fits in with the challenge theme.
Our fab sponsor for this challenges is Dis Digi Downloads.

I used a fab image from Saturated Canary called Boobie Love to make my card.

The image was coloured with promarkers.  I used kraft card and some pink coredinations cardstock for the matting.  The papers are from Papermania.  I then just went a bit made with the embellishments.  Sentiment from Craftwork cards, butterflies using a marianne die, heart buttons, pearls, gems, lace, ribbon and flowers. For more inspiration pop over to Dream Valley.  The design team have all been hard at work producing some lovely projects.

Looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
TO BE UPDATED

Thanks for popping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Happy Birthday Son

Hi Folks
Hope you are all having a good weekend.  We are visiting my sister and her family this weekend as it is my nephew's birthday.  My apologies for not being around and visiting much the last few days.  Work has been really busy and with being away this weekend time has ran away from home.  Will be back home tomorrow so should be able to catch up with some of you tomorrow evening.
Anyway, I have just sneaked a few minutes away to post this card.  I made this for my sister and her hubby to give to my nephew for his birthday.  As he is football mad I knew it had to revolve around football.

The three toppers were part of a sports themed topper sheet that I got from my local craft shop.  I simply cut them out and matted them onto coredinations cardstock.  The image of the football cup was from a fab male stamp set that I have (can't for the life of me remember the name).  I stamped and embossed  it and then coloured it with promarkers.  The wording on the tag was also from the same stamp set, again stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The edges were coloured using distress ink.  I cut out some stars from various shades of glitter card and some little footballs from scraps of football paper that I had.

Thankfully James, my nephew, loved the card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Poodles Parlour - Tag you're it
The Squirrel and the Fox - Celebrate the occasion
Love to Create - Anything goes
The Stamping Boutique - Embossing
Celebrate the Occasion - Sports anyone
Simon Says - Anything goes
Stamp N Doodle - Anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Stars
Charisma Cardz - Something for the guys

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to enter my blogaversary candy if you are interested.
Take care.

It's all about the folds at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges

Hi Folks
This is my second post for today.  Scroll down for the Dude Time Doodles blog hop.

Another week has passed and it's time for a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.  Our theme for this week is:

More Than One Fold

Just upload a creation that has more than one fold.  So bring out those easels, steppers or anything else you can come up with.
We have 3 fabulous sponsors for you this week.

Some Odd Girl - $9 voucher code for their online store
Eye Candie Creations - 4 images of your choice
Sassy Studio Design - 4 images of your choice

I was lucky enough to use a gorgeous image from Sassy Studio and I made a gatefold easel card.
This is the card folded up and ready for the envelope.

And this is the card fully open.

I coloured the image with promarkers.  I added some pink lace around the image to act as a frame.  All the paper used were from First Edition.  I used coredinations for the matting and all the edges were distressed.  I used my distress tool but also added some distress ink to the edges of all the papers.  The little corners are a memory box die called Macarena corner.  Added some flowers and a sentiment to the base and lots of pearls.

Here are another couple of pictures.

For more inspiration just pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and check out the design team projects.  All gorgeous.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Digi Doodle - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - A different shape
MAWTT - Girly, girly
Delightful Challenges - Distressed
OSAAT - Bingo (ribbon, digi, die cut)
Stamp N Doodle - Anything goes
Digital Tuesday - Say it with flowers
Bunny Zoes - Distressing
Simon Says - Anything goes
Little Claires - Stand up straight
LEJ Designs - Monchromatic
Joanna Sheen - So sweet
The Paper Shelter - Anything goes
Cutie Pie - Shaped Cards
Stampin for the Weekend - Feeling floral
Secret Crafter Saturday - Distressing
Craftymess - Distressed/Aged
Love to Create - Anything goes

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your creations.
Take care.

Dude Time Doodles New Release Blog Hop

Hi Folks
Well, it's the last Wednesday of the month and time for the new release blog hop over at Dude Time Doodles.  Just pop by all the design team and leave some love along the way for your chance to win a little prize.
I have used a fab new image called Franklin Stein for my creation.

As soon as I saw this image I knew that drink had to play a part.  My hubby sometimes has a couple of shots when we go out and boy, it is not a pretty sight at the end of the evening.  Hence the very apt sentiment lol.  I coloured the image with promarkers and all the papers were from my scraps box.  Added some orange ribbon and card candy to finish it off.

Your next stop on the blog hop is to the very talented Dude, Kevin.  Hope you enjoy the hop and don't forget to leave some love.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
The Crafty Pad - Inspired by a song (Monster Mash by Bobby Pickett and the Cryptkickers)
Allsorts - Inspired by a song (Monster Mash)
Stamp n Doodle - Anything goes
Simon Says - Anything goes
My Mums Craft Shop - Stars
I love Promarkers - Male theme

Take care and thanks for popping by.

Bed of Roses

Evening Folks
Well the weekend has flown by far too quickly.
Yesterday was spent doing lots of boring household chores.  But my Mum and I did manage a visit to our local craft shop.  Went out last night with some friends to see a band at our local pub.  Had a really good night but feeling tired now as it was a bit of a late night.
I have managed to get some crafty time in today.  Most of it is DT work so can't reveal just yet.  I did however get this card made.  This will be for my Mother-In-Law's birthday in November.  She doesn't look at my blog so no fear of her seeing it.

This is a stepper easel card.  I have had the card blanks for ages.  I bought them at a craft show but I really can't remember which one and who I got them from.
The rose paper used is from Prima (Botanical Collection) and was a free paper pack I got with a craft magazine.  I matted this onto peach coloured coredinations.  The rose image was another freebie with a magazine.  I matted the image onto a die cut shape from the same peach coredinations.  I added a strip of lace along the bottom of the stepper.  This lace is gorgeous and if you look closely I threaded some ribbon through the lace.
The stopper was created using the same peach coredinations and rose paper.  I added a large sentiment that was also free with a magazine.
I then just went crazy with embellishments.  I did add some stickles to the roses and glitter to the butterflies for some added sparkle.
Here is another view:

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Ribbons - Vintage
Cutie Pie - Shaped cards
Crafts and Me - Roses
Cute Card Thursday - A different shape
MAWTT - Girly, girly
Little Miss Muffet - Anything but square
Allsorts - Inspired by a song (Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi)
The Crafty Pad - Inspired by a song (Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi)
The Squirrel and the Fox - Celebrate the Occasion
Forever Friends - Colour challenge
Squiggles and Giggles - Punches and Dies
Disdigidesigns - Use more than 1 die cut or punch
Little Claires - Stand up straight
Ribbon Girl - Pink and green

Thanks for popping by and I would like to welcome my new followers.  Thank you so much for following me and I hope you like what you see.  As ever I would welcome your comments.  I do read every one.
I have been trying to catch up with my own commenting over the last few days but my apologies if I have not been to visit.  I will try and get round to all of you very soon.
Take care for now.
xx

Shape It Up at Penny's

Hi Folks
Just popping by to tell you about the new challenge starting today over at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges.
Our theme for this week is:

Shaped Cards

We have 3 fab sponsors this week who are offering some great prizes for the winners.
Stamping Dragon Designs - 5 digis of the winners choice
Inky Impressions - $10 Inky Bucks
Crafty Sentiments - 3 digis of the winners choice

All of the design team have used images from our sponsors and I was fortunate enough to be able to use a fab image from Inky Impressions.

The image was coloured with promarkers and I added some glitter to her hat, some flower soft for the snow and some liquid pearls.  The papers are from the new Bouffle christmas range from Docrafts.  Although you can't see it from the photo I love these papers.  They have a glossy shine to them that is just perfect for christmas cards.  I added a little sentiment, some poinsettia flowers and a die cut snowflake.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Christmas
Inky Impressions - For a child (christmas card for a little girl)
Charisma Cardz - Shaped Cards
Creative Inspirations - Christmas
52 CC Throwdown - Gifts of the season
Joanna Sheen - So sweet
Cutie Pie - Shaped cards
Fashionista - Anything goes christmas
LEJ Designs - Sparkle and shine

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your creations.

Greetings and Salutations from Dude Time Doodles

Hi Folks
Another week has sped by and it's time for a new challenge over at Dude Time Doodles.  Our fab sponsor this week is Create with TLC who are generously giving our winner a $10 voucher for their on line store.
Our theme this week is:

Greetings and Salutations

Simply add a sentiment to your male themed creation.  Can't get much easier than that.  You don't need to use a Dude Time Doodles image to enter but if you have any we would love to see what you do with them.  Simples.

I used the image Schyler Skis from Dude Time Doodles for my card this week.

I decided to go with the christmas theme as we are rapidly heading there.  As usual I coloured the image with promarkers, matted onto some coredinations cardstock and edged with some faux stitching.  The sentiment was done on the PC and given the same treatment as the image.  The papers are from Echo Park (Very Merry Christmas paper pad).  I added some dark green ribbon, a couple of pearls and a christmas tree embellishment.

For more inspiration (and a chuckle or two) pop over to Dude Time Doodles and check out the design team creations.  Such talented teamies.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Cards for Men - Going digital
Aud Sentiments - Something Funny
Digi Doodle - Anything goes
Pile It On - Its a Stitch up
Sketch Saturday - use sketch

Thanks for popping by and enjoy your Wednesday.

He's Football Crazy

Evening Folks
This is my second post for today.  Scroll down for a really special post and challenge.

Well, it's been a long week so far at work and it's only Tuesday lol.  It seems that the more you do the more they want at the moment.
My daughter went back to Uni yesterday so it's a bit quiet round here at the moment.  This is her last year and I think it is going to be a busy one for her.  But I am sure she will still find some time for a bit of partying along the way lol.

This evenings card share is another male card.  This time for my nephews birthday at the end of the month.  I have two nephews and their birthdays are one month apart.  With requests from my sister to make cards for them plus the ones I need to make them it feels like I have overdosed on male cards at the moment.

James is mad on football.  If he is not playing football then he is watching it.  His favourite team is Everton and he has been to several of their matches with his Grandad.
I used a lovely stamp from Papermania for the image.  I decided not to colour the image but just stamp and emboss it.  Cut it out using one of my dies and distressed the edges with some faded jeans distress ink.  The checked paper was from a paper pad by Paper Cellar and the football paper is from Wild Rose Studio.  The sentiment was another stamp (have lost the packaging so not sure who it is by).  Kept the embellishements very simple with the addition of some twine and a couple of football boot buttons.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - use sketch
Kaboodle Doodles - Babies and/or children (made for my nephew)
Celebrate the Occasion - Birthday (use twine and at least one button)

Thanks for popping by.

Dawn's Challenge - in aid of Breast Cancer

Hi Folks
Hope you are all well.
I am here today to tell you about an extra special challenge that is currently taking place.  Dawn is one of my team mates over at Dude Time Doodles and she is doing the most amazing thing.  Dawn's Mum was diagnosed with breast cancer about 18 months ago.  She is currently undergoing chemotherapy and as a result has lost her hair.  Dawn really wanted to raise awareness as well as do some fundraising.  Dawn is fundraising for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.  You can read Dawn's story and find out how to donate through the Just Giving Page Dawn has set up for this.  We are hoping that everyone will consider donating to the cause.  Just a small donation from everyone would make such a difference.  Every £1 or $1 counts.

As part of the fundraising Dawn had her head shaved on 8th September.

Dawn is also doing her own card challenge to go along with this.  Her challenge began on September 4th and ends on September 29th.  There are some super sponsors who have donated some wonderful prizes for the challenge, and you can find all the details on her blog, Dawn's Crafting.  We do hope that you will join in.

I have used Breast Cancer Awareness Girl, an image available at Dude Time Doodles.

I do hope you will consider joining in with the challenge and helping with this worthy cause.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Squiggles and Giggles - Punches and Dies
Crafts and Me - In the pink
Digi Doodles - Anything goes
Simply Create Too - Anything goes
DisDigiDesigns - Use more than 1 die or punch

Thanks for popping by.

Animal Companions at Corrosive Challenges

Hi folks
Back again to tell you about the new challenge starting over at Corrosive Challenges.
Our theme for this challenge is

Animal Companions

Simply include an animal image on your creation.
Our sponsor for September is the wonderful Delicious Doodles who are offering our winner 4 digis of their choice.

I decided to do something a little different with this card and include an actual photo.  Our youngest daughter is at University and she really misses one of our cats while she is away.  This cat always sleeps with Gayle when she is home.  So I decided to make her a card to take back with her to Manchester.  She can stand it on her bedside table.

I made it quite girly in the colours and papers used.  Lots of pink and pearls and a fab parchement butterfly that my Mum made me.  Misha, the cat, looks like butter wouldn't melt in this photo but she can be quite a little madam when she wants to be.

Looking forward to seeing all your fabulous entries.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Emblies - Picture Perfect
Kaboodle Doodles - Flowers
Papertake - Things that make you go awww
Forever Friends - Ribbon
Joanna Sheen - So sweet

Thanks again for popping by.

Celebrations at Dream Valley and a DT call

Hi Folks
Thank you for all your entries to our last challenge over at Dream Valley.  Some wonderful entries and a very difficult job choosing our Top 3.
We have a new challenge starting for you today and our theme is:

Celebrations

A nice easy one for you and we are expecting to see lots of stunning entries.
Our sponsor for this challenge is  Digi Doodle Shop who are offering our winner a $10 voucher.

We are also having a DT call at the moment.  So if you are interested in being part of a fun, friendly team follow the link here to apply.  What have you got to lose?

Anyway, here is my inspiration project for you.

The daughter of some good friends of ours recently got engaged and this is the card I made for them.  The image is from a special edition copy of Making Cards magazine that I bought many months ago.  I teamed the image with some gold mirror card, a lovely polka dot ribbon and some pearls.  Kept it quite simple.
I also made a box for it to go in and here are some more photos showing the card and the box.

Looking forward to seeing all your entries and hope some of you will consider applying for the design team.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafters Companion - Gold
Whimsy Stamps - Anything goes
Simply Create Too - Anything goes

Thanks for popping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Quick Christmas Make

Hi Folks
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  We are going out tonight to celebrate a friend's birthday so thought I had better get this posted before I go.  Not sure what time will be up in the morning lol.

This stamp is one of my new christmas purchases.  It is from Woodware and I think it is so cute.  I decided to paper piece the stamp.  All of the papers used to paper piece were in my stash box.  The background paper was from a free paper pack that I got in a magazine last year.  I think it is My Mind's Eye but not too sure.  Although it doesn't show up very well in the photo the backing paper is a lovely shade of green.  Kept it quite simple and just added some ribbon and card candi as embellishments.
I really like the way the snowman came out but don't think I will be doing too many of them this way.  It seemed to take an age cutting out all the pieces lol.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Anything Goes - Early christmas
Forever Friends - Ribbon
Stampin for the Weekend - Starting Christmas Early
Papertake - Things that make you go awww (can't resist a sweet snowman)
LEJ Designs - Winter Wishes
Stamp N Doodle - Stitching
Whimsy Stamps - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Christmas in September
Digi Doodle - Anything goes
Simply Create Too - Anything goes

Thanks for popping by and will be by tomorrow with some DT cards for you.
Take care.

Pink and Brown

Hi Folks
Wednesday, officially the halfway point of my working week.  To be honest I don't know where the time is going at the moment.  The weeks seem to be flying by so fast.  Be christmas before we know it.

Anyway, as it's Wednesday we have a new challenge starting over at Penny's Paper-Crafty challenges.  Our challenge theme this week is a nice easy one so I am expecting to see lots of entries.

Pink and Brown

Told you it was easy.  Just upload a project using the colours pink and brown.  You are free to create any project you wish as long as it fits with the challenge theme.
We have two fabulous sponsors this week:
Bugaboo stamps - offering 7 free digis to the winner
Eye Candie Creations - offering 4 free digis to the winner

Here is my inspiration piece for you using an image from one of our sponsors - Bugaboo.

A really girly card I think you will agree.  The papers used are from Papermania and matted onto brown cardstock.  All of the other items used (ribbon, pearls) were from my stash.
Just pop over to Penny's Paper-Crafty challenges to upload your project and check out the eye candy created by the team.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Joanna Sheen - Going dotty
Papelitos Stamps - Anything goes
Ribbon Girl - Add pearls
Cutie Pie - No flowers
Crafts and Me - In the pink
Great Impressions - Sentimental Journey
Whimsy Stamps - Anything goes
Poodles Parlour - Here come the girls
Inky Impressions - Pink and brown
Sentimental Sundays - Humour me
Pile It On - Patterned paper
Allsorts - Layers
Stamp N Doodle - Stitching

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your entries.

Freebie challenge at Dude Time Doodles

Hi Folks
Hope you are all well.
As it is the second Wednesday of the month today sees the start of our freebie/guest designer challenge over at Dude Time Doodles.  And do we have a fab image for you this month.  All you need to do is to pop over to Dude Time Doodles and use the freebie image provided in your creation. You are free to create any project as long as it is masculine in nature.  The prize on offer is the chance to be our guest designer for the month of October.  How fab is that?

Here is what I created using the freebie image - Wanda Witch.

Lots of matting and layering using various papers that have been in my stash box for ages.  In fact I think they were probably freebies from a magazine.  The image is coloured in promarkers.  I added a couple of star buttons and a wee spider in the corner.
For more inspiration just pop over to Dude Time Doodles and check out the projects from the design team.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Delightful Challenges - Halloween
Pixie Dust Studio - Halloween
The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything goes
Pile It On - Patterned paper
Allsorts - Layers
Papelitos Stamps - Anything goes

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your lovely creations using this image.

We will rock you

Evening Folks
Hope you are all well.  Well, that's Monday over with.  Only another four days to the weekend, but this week I have Thursday off so a shorter working week for me.
Did any of you watch the closing ceremony for the paralympics last night?  I thought it was brilliant and I enjoyed every minute of it.  It has been a fantastic few weeks and I have thoroughly enjoyed both of the Olympic games.  Not sure what I am going to watch on TV now lol.

Tonight's card is one I have made for a really good friend of ours whose birthday is at the weekend.  Andy is a very big fan of the band Queen.  He has been for years and his house is full of Queen memorabilia and he has CD's and records galore.  He also fancies himself as a bit of an amateur guitarist and owns a couple of guitars.  So I wanted to make him something that reflected his love of Queen and his guitar playing.
Here is what I came up with.

The image is one of my favourites from Dude Time Doodles called Hippie Rocker.  I think it reflects his love of guitars in a humourous sort of way.  I coloured the image with promarkers, matted onto black card and added some star gems.  The background started out as a piece of plain white card.  I used a graphics program (My Craft Studio) to write out words and song titles associated with Queen.  I printed this out and then set to work with my distress inks.  I used worn lipstick, spiced marmalade and mustard seed to create the colour.  I just set to work with my blending tool and was really pleased with the way it came out.  Not too bad for what started as plain white card.  I matted the finished result onto black cardstock.  I added some ribbon, a sentiment and lots of star gems.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Great Impressions - Sentimental journey (use a sentiment)
Cutie Pie - No flowers
Little Miss Muffet - Writing (hope my background counts but if not just delete)
Cards for Men - Going digital (digi image and background created digitally)
One Stop - No floral embellishments
Bunny Zoes - Distressing

Thanks for popping by and would love to know what you think - good or bad.
Take care.

Love To Create GDT

Hi Folks
A few weeks ago I was thrilled to be asked to be a guest designer over at Love To Create challenge blog.  I immediately said yes and today is the big day.

The sponsor for this weeks challenge is the wonderful Sassy Studio Design and the challenge theme is

Use ribbon or twine

I was lucky enough to be able to use a Sassy Studio image in my creation.

The image is called Chelsea's Prom and isn't she a beauty.  Coloured with my trusty promarkers and I added some glamour dust and pearls to the dress for a bit of sparkle.  The papers were from my scraps box and I think they are Wild Rose Studio (but don't quote me on that lol).  The flowers are made from ribbon.  I took a strip of organza ribbon and put a strip of double sided tape along the bottom edge.  I then started rolling and pleating and ended up with a little mock rose flower.  I added some feather, pearls and a little sentiment. The corners are from Cheery Lynn and I just love them.

I do hope you will hop over to Love to Create and check out the challenge and the awesome creations from the design team.  Thank you for asking me to guest design for you.  I am honoured.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Ribbon Girl - Add pearls
Crafts and Me - Add a flower
Digi Doodle - Handmade flowers
The Poodles Parlour - Here come the girls
The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles - Flowers

Thanks for popping by.

Almost White Challenge

Hi Folks
Hope you are all having a good weekend.  It is so nice to have a weekend with some lovely weather attached to it.  Believe me, here in the UK, that seems to be a rarity.  It is a quiet weekend here as the eldest daughter went to Turkey on her holidays yesterday and the youngest daughter has gone away for a girly weekend with some friends.  So hubby and I are having a quiet night with an Indian takeaway.  Smashing.

Anyway, I have been having a little play today.  The lovely Linda over at Creative Harmony has a little challenge going on at the moment.  The challenge is Almost White and you need to create a card that is mainly white with only two other colours, one of which should be a hint of.  The card base should also be white or cream.
I am desperately trying to use up some of my old stash at the moment.  I seem to have so many bits and pieces lying around.  One of the items that I have lots of and never use are peeloffs.  When I first started making cards I bought loads and loads of peeloffs.  I think a lot of crafters can relate to this.  But as my crafting has developed I seem to use them less and less.  So I decided to rectify that and see if I could use peeloffs in this creation.

Here is what I came up with using the colour combination of white, black and a hint of blue.  Hope this fits the challenge criteria okay.

As you can see the peeloff is a black silhouette of three cats sitting in a window.  I mounted this onto some white card and then matted onto black.  I added a touch of blue distress ink to the window panes and then added a bit of flower soft to the bottom of the window sills.  The idea was to make it look a bit like snow.  For the background I cut out a piece of white card and pierced around the edge.  I then matted another piece of white card on top which I embossed using one of my embossing folders.  I also added a touch of blue distress ink to the edges.  I cut out some snowflakes using a Marianne die.  The little tag is a stamp from Little Claire Designs and I was lucky enough to win a set of these sentiment tags from them.  The finishing touch was some little blue pearls to the centre of the snowflakes.  Also added a couple of punched christmas trees, some ribbon and a pearl heart.
I think it came out okay although I am still not too sure.  It certainly gave me the incentive to try and use some more of my peeloffs.  But would love to know what you all think.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Christmas
A Blog Named Hero - Who's the Boss (embossing)
Great Impressions - Sentimental Journey
Ribbon Girl - Add Pearls
Cutie Pie - No flowers
Forever Friends - Embossing
Anything Goes - Early Christmas
Papertake - Anything goes
Aud Sentiments - Christmas is coming
Crafty Catz - Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Pets
Allsorts - Layers
One Stop - No floral embellishments

Thanks for popping by.

Sew Charming at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges

Hi Folks
Well, another week has passed by and today sees the start of a new challenge over at Penny's Paper-Crafty challenges.
This week we have two fab sponsors:

Saturated Canary - 2 digi images of the winners choice

My Heart Pieces - 3 digi images of the winners choice

So why not pop over to the challenge blog and check out the awesome inspiration from the design team.  Then just get creating and upload an entry.
Our challenge theme this week is another easy one:

Sew Charming - use real/faux stitching and/or a charm

Here is what I created using an image from My Heart Pieces.

Apologies for the photo as it is a bit blurry.
I decided to go with the pink and girly look for this one.  I love the patchwork backing paper that I used.  Best of all it is full of faux stitching.  I also added faux stitching of my own.  I found a little pink rabbit charm in my stash which complemented the image on the little girls shirt nicely.  This card could suit several occasions but thought it would be quite cool for a Back to School card.  The little girl just looks like she is heading off for her first day at school clutching her trusty doll and backpack.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Fussy and Fancy - Back to School
Disdigidesigns - Back to School
Crafty Creations - Back to School
OSAAT - Use a digi
Ribbon Girl - Add pearls
Pile It On - For a princess
Love to Create - Back to School
Papertake - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping by and hope to see lots of your lovely creations over at Penny's.

Blue is the Colour

Hi Folks
Hope you are well and having a good week.  I love Wednesdays as it marks the half way point of my working week.  After Wednesday only another two days to the weekend.  It's not that I don't like my job but there are so many other things that I would rather be doing instead. I keep telling hubby to win the lottery for me but he just doesn't take any notice lol.
Anyway, another good thing about Wednesdays it that is sees the start of a new weekly challenge over at Dude Time Doodles.
We have a nice easy challenge for you this week:

Use 2 or more shades of blue

Simples, just upload your creations that use differing shades of blue.  Just remember that your project should be masculine in nature.  I am expecting to see lots of entries for this one.  The prize on offer is some free digis of your choice from the Dude Time Doodles store.  With so many fab images available you will be spoilt for choice.

Here is my inspirational piece for you to feast your eyes on.

As you can see I used this fab image (Waylon Waves) to create a little gift tag.  It is my nephew's birthday at the end of September and thought this would be great for his gift bag. Not sure where the papers are from as they were in my scraps pile.  He looks like he is having the time of his life riding the waves.  I added a peel off Happy Birthday sentiment and used some old string for the hanger of the tag.
To upload your entries just pop over to Dude Time Doodles challenge blog.  You can also check out the fab work of the rest of the Dudettes and Dude.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Allsorts - Anything but square
The Paper Shelter - Tag you're it
Sweet Stampin - Inspired by a song or film (Surfin USA - Beach Boys)
A Gem of a Challenge - A boy thing
The Crafty Pad - Anything but square
Cutie Pie - No flowers
Papertake - Anything goes

Thanks for popping by.

Something Old, Something New at Dream Valley

Hi Folks
Another new challenge is starting today over at Dream Valley.
We have not one, not two but three fab sponsors for this challenge.  They are:
One Stop Card Crafts - £10 voucher for their store
Crafty Ribbons - a new Bev bag selection
Joanna Sheen - £10 for the on line store
Now the challenge is a nice easy one for you all:

Something old, Something new

Simply create a project using some old stash and some new stash.  Just let us know what you have used that is old and what you have used that is new.  Simples.

Here is my inspiration project for you.

I used a lovely stamp from Little Claire.  It is so sweet and comes with fab sentiments too.  I coloured it using promarkers.  I embossed and distressed a central panel using using a patchwork embossing folder.  Love all the designs on it and the faux stitching.  Patchwork seemed to work in nicely with moving home.  I also used red gingham papers as that always seems quite homely.  Some ribbon, pins, a flower and some heart gems finished the card.   By the way, my new stash is the stamp and embossing folder and everything else was old stash.

I do hope you will pop over to Dream Valley and check out the design team work.  So many fab creations and all so different.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - Needles and Pins
Card Makin Mamas - Hearts
I Love Promarkers - Anything goes
Sweet Stamps - A favourite technique (stamping)
Catch The Bug - Anything goes

Thanks for popping by and looking forward to seeing all your wonderful creations.

Myth and Magic at Corrosive challenges

Hi Folks
Hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend.  It is going by far too quickly for my liking lol.
Anyway, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Corrosive Challenges.  Our fab sponsor for the month of September is Delicious Doodles.  The prize up for grabs is 4 digis of the winners choice.
Many of the images available at Delicious Doodles are just perfect for this fortnight's challenge theme which is:

Myth and Magic

Just create a mythical or magical themed project.  So bring out those fairies, wizards, dragons etc.  We would like to see them all.

Here is my mythical creation for you using an image from Delicious Doodles.

I decided to create a black and white card leaving the image uncoloured.  I printed the image onto photographic paper, cut it out using one of my dies and added black gems around the outside.  I already had the card blank (not sure what shape it is as I bought it many months ago from a craft show).  I used black card and white glitter card for the background.  The mushroom stamp is a Molly Blooms one which was stamped onto black card with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.  The sentiments (Creative Expressions) were done in the same way.  A black feather, some butterfly toppers and a flower topper finished the card.

Here is another angle where you might see the glitter better.

So head on over to Corrosive Challenges and check out the awesome creations from the design team.  Such a talented bunch of peeps.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
The Poodles Parlour - Winged Things
MAWTT - Flying high
Allsorts - Anything but square
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments - Lets sparkle
Simon Says - Anything goes
Stamp n Doodle - A touch of sparkle
The Crafty Pad - Anything but square
A Blog Named Hero - Whos the Boss (use embossing - mushrooms and sentiments)
OSAAT - Use a digi

Thanks for popping by and look forward to seeing all your mythical and magical creations.