Strictly Dance Fever!

I made this for the birthday of a good friend from my dance class... with a bit of a Saturday Night Fever/ Strictly Ballroom feel to it!

Supplies:-
Image: "Dance Fever" from Stitchy Bear Stamps
Sentiments: "You Should Be Dancing" by Create with TLC and the Ginger Rogers sentiment by Raindrop Echo Designs

Paper: from a Forever Friends paper pack
Embellishments: Gold Glamour dust

Challenges:-
One Stitch at a Time #110 - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter Saturday #182 - Inspired by a film title
Stampin' for the Weekend #8 - Sparkle and Shine

Dad's Anniversary Card to Mum

Here's the card I made for my Dad to give to Mum for their Anniversary! Dad quite likes a funny card!

Supplies:
Image: Recycled from a card!
Tools: XCut heart border punch, cropodile
Embellishments: Red gems, eyelets, bows & glamour dust

Challenges:
Paperplay #37 - Punches & Dies
Moving Along with the Times #116 - Sparkle
One Stitch At A Time #80 - Punch It
The Crafty Pad #139 - Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Lots of embossing!

It's been quite busy round here lately - towards the end of July was my best friend from school's wedding, at which I was a bridesmaid, so lots of things to sort out for that.
Straight after that Mum & Dad went to Mexico for two weeks, and I started a locum job for two weeks so everything was quite manic (work, looking after the two dogs and trying to water all the outdoor plants in that little heatwave we had).
So I have made a few cards, but not had time to post them!
Here's the card I made for Rach's hen party (yes, I sent her an invite to her own hen party as she wanted a surprise...)

Supplies:
Image: Bay tree from the "Born To Shop" Go Green stamp set, coloured with Promarkers. The embossed stamps are from a Laura Ashley stamp set.
Tools: Heat gun, copper embossing powder, nesties deckled rectangles.

Challenges:
Crafty Catz #95 - Emboss It
Crafty Sentiment Designs - No Sentiment
One Stitch at a Time #75 - Anything Goes

Flowersoft Oriental Window

Here's some of the goodies I won on the Flowersoft blog hop a while back.

Supplies:
Paper: Flowersoft Scenic Windows Oriental, Papermania leaf paper
Embellishments: Flowersoft Russet Red, Ultra Fine Pink Fizz, Ultra Fine Citrus Crush, Ultra Fine Burnt Sienna.

Challenges:
Flowersoft Challenge #32 - Bright Colours
Creative Craft Challenges - Pretty Blossoms
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz #27 - All about flowers
Allsorts Challenge #111 - Free & Easy
One Stitch At A Time #70 - Anything Goes

My Mother's Day Whimsy Creation!

I won five of the new Whimsy Stamps digis in their March release hop, and these are two that I decided to use for my Mother's Day card. Crissy Armstrong's "In the Doghouse" on the left is my Benny dog, and Meljen's Designs "She Loves Animals" is just perfect!
I had a go at a twisted easel card, and was surprised at how easy it was (once I'd worked out which way round to stick the images)!

Supplies:

Images: "In the Doghouse" & "She Loves Animals" from Whimsy Stamps, both coloured with Promarkers.

Sentiment: "Happy Mother's Day" from My Grafico.

Paper: Paw print card from Payper Box.

Embellishments: Dog themed brads (forgot where from, sorry!), Papermania rub-on pawtracks & bones.

Challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Mother's Day

Paperplay Challenges #13 - For Mum
Stamp Something - April Digi Day
Creative Inspirations #56 - Mother's Day
Quirky Crafts #7 - Twisted Easel &/or Mother's Day
One Stitch at a Time #56 - Something 3D
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #52 - Anything Goes
Sarah Hurley Challenges #36 - Mum's the Word
I Did It Creations Challenge #49 - Anything Goes

One for the boys!

Finally a man card! Oakley's been ready to go for ages but I just didn't have a need for boy cards in the start of the year! (Now there's loads all in April!)

Supplies:

Image: "Cool Oakley" from Whiff of Joy coloured with Promarkers.

Papers: Both from Dovecraft Masculine paper pack

Embellishments: Eyelets & die cut sentiment from Forever Friends Spring Time.

Challenges:

Cards for Men #6 - Sketch

I Love Promarkers #57 - Men's Cards
Whiff of Joy Challenge #100 - Let's celebrate & Blog Hop
One Stitch at a Time #54 - Something for the Boys

Mummy to Be!

This cute Forever Friends decoupage is from the booklet I've spent the last few days using (as are the papers and sentiment). I've distressed the edges for a bit of a different look (chalks, not ink).
Perfect timing as one of my friends from Zumba/ Ballroom dancing just announced that she is expecting!

Challenges:
Die Cut Dreams #83 - It's a Girl (Baby)
Crafty Emma's Store Challenge #23 - Cute & Cuddly
One Stitch at a Time #49 - Pretty
Paper Sundaes #57 - Pick your sundae toppings (I picked pink and distressed)

Tilda Bookmark & Fancy Fold card

Here's a diagonal double pocket card made from a Splitcoast Stampers tutorial.

I've used G.C.D Studios Cloisonne double sided paper to make the actual pocket card. The gardening image on the front is from Beccy's Place  - she has loads of lovely digis to play with! I've coloured with Promarkers, and added "60" in peel-off number to the tea-cup as the card is for my friend's mum's 60th!

In the top pocket of the card I have placed a bookmark, made using gold cardstock, and Tilda with Wedding Gifts, coloured with Promarkers (to match the paper). I printed the sentiment off from Word!! I've added a ribbon and totally forgot to put an eyeley around the hole!! (Too many other things going on at home)!

Challenges I'm entering:
Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight - Fancy Folds
Colour Create #55 - Pink, Cream & Green
Crafty Ann's Challenge #25 - At least one digi stamp & favourite colouring medium
Crafty Catz Weekly #53 - Magnolia/Tilda
Craftalicious Challenge #10 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time #34 - Digistamps
Fab n Funky #43 - Use a digi image
Creative Inspirations #81 - Birthday

You'll Never Walk Alone!

So Dad asked me on Friday if I could make a card for his work mate who supports Liverpool Football Club. I trawled through craft forums, and eventually found a very cleverly created backing paper & decoupage topper. I added a few football peel-offs and that was that!

Challenges I'm entering:

Incy Wincy Designs #61 - Anything Goes
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #85 - Celebration
Charisma Cardz #38 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time # 32 - Anything Goes

DADDY DON'T LOOK!!!

I'll do all the chatting at the top of this post, so that if Dad's having a snoop on my blog (he does that, you know), he'll realise NOT TO LOOK at this card - it's my card to him for Father's Day!

I've used a House Mouse image called "With all my heart" to fit in with their latest Sweets challenge, coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment was from Charmed Cards & Crafts - I thought it was perfect for a Father's Day card. Both the stripy & spotted blue & white paper are from Papermania's Henbury Lane collection, with the spotted paper backed onto a strip of card punch with the MS scallop punch. I added a ribbon, 3 brads & a peel off to embellish!

So, here's the picture - last chance to look away DAD!!!

And a close up of the image:

Challenges I'm entering:

Cardmaking & Papercraft Sketch

House Mouse & Friends #71 - Sweets

Cards For Men #12 - Father's Day

Creative Craft Challenge #15 - For the man in your life

Simon Says Challenge - 1 image, 2 patterned papers, 3 types of embellishment

C.R.A.F.T #54 - Father's Day

Charisma Cardz #23 - Spots & Stripes

One Stitch At A Time # 16 - Boys to Men

Henbury Lane Collection Card!

We (Mum & I) went to a Docrafts demo at The Range in Cheltenham last Saturday, and couldn't resist buying the new goody bag!! It's full of the new Henbury Lane collection and other fab things!

The image is one of the new Henbury Lane stamps, coloured with Promarkers. The lovely flowery paper is also Henbury Lane (the stripy paper is from a magazine paper pack ages ago).

The lovely heart punch is a new one from Docraft's XCut (not in the goody bag but couldn't resist that either).

Challenges I'm entering:

Passion for Promarkers #53 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Creative Card Crew #51 - Pink & Green

Stamping for the Weekend #39 - Something to make someone smile

One Stitch At A Time #15 - Use something new

Postal Theme for Quirky Crafts

I found this cute Penny Black stamped image from a RAK, and thought it would suit a thank you card! I think it's called "Team Effort"!

I've coloured the image using my new Promarkers!! (Woohoo) The two designer papers were free with magazines, and the ribbon is from Hobbycraft. I added three punched flowers, with gems and three dots of pearlescent glue at the bottom.

Challenges I'm entering:

Quirky Crafts #27 - Going Postal

Crafty Ann's Challenge #14 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge #51 - Sketch

KLSNS Challenge #29 - 1 ribbon, 2 designer papers, 3 embellishments

Secret Crafter Saturday #82 - 1 image, 2 designer papers, 3 embellishments

Pile it On Challenge #18 - Cute & Cuddly

The Crafty Pad #70 - Use a punch

One Stitch At A Time #12 - Going Dotty

Tilda among the flowers!

I've finally got around to colouring one of the Tilda's I stamped in my little frenzy a few weeks ago, as I found her somewhere new to sit and watch the world go by! The flower pot is a fab die-cut from Susie and I have made the flowers myself using a punch, and distressed them with a nail file. The pink & green textured card is from DCWV scrapbook kit in a stack - I had no idea it would distress until I ripped a bit and it's got a white core! The blue paper is Papermania, the brown is Daisy & Dandelion. I also used my Sizzix flourishes sizzlit that I haven't used for AGES (if ever) for the stems and the little hearts.

Challenges I'm entering:
Creative Inspirations #31- 3 flowers, 2 papers, 1 ribbon
Die Cut Dreams #45 - Make your own flowers
Pollycraft #41 - Make your own flowers
Creative Cottage #7 - Going Green
Fab n Funky #20 - Get it all out (old stash)
S2G #53 - Flowers
Secret Crafter Saturday #80 - Distressing
CPS #164 - Sketch
One Stitch At A Time #10 - Flowers
Just Magnolia #52 - Anything Goes

Sweet and flowery elephant!

Here's a card I made using our new Martha Stewart floral border punch. I've used a Pickles & Onion stamp (coloured with Whispers) and a wire word I made myself ages ago and forgot to use last year! I've added some flowers, brads and glitter!

Challenges I'm entering:

Cooking it up with Katie #14 - Something old (wire word), something new (MS punch) & something sweet (image)

Creative Cottage Challenge #4 - Pretty Pink

Polka Doodles #13 - Birthday

Lucy's Cards #8 - Photo Inspiration (Flowers)

For Fun #7 - Anything Goes

S2G Challenge #50 - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Pink

Allsorts #46 - No designer papers

Magical Crafts #12 - Animal Antics

One Stitch At A Time #7 - Anything Goes

Happy Easter!!

Wow - 3rd card today... not had such a productive crafty day for a while! So, I decided to have a go at a Spring-y Easter card!!

So, this sweet little die-cut image is from the freebie pack in the most recent Crafts Beautiful magazine. Then I've used 2 lots of freebie papers - spots and stripes, and then a printed sentiment (from Word)! There's one piece of ribbon (from Papermania Capsule collection) cut into six, and then a flower with a button, and 2 flowery eyelets!!

Challenges I'm entering:
Simon Says Challenge - Sketch
Susie's Sassy Challenge #10 - Easter
Totally Gorjuss #21 - Sweet
One Stop Craft Challenge #71 - Spots & Dots
One Stitch At A Time #4 - Recipe: 1 ribbon , 2 eyelets & 2 papers (my 2nd entry)
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #33 - Green (at least 1/3 of the card)
The Pink Elephant #58 - Spring
By the Cute & Girly March Challenge - Spring is in the air
Cupcake Craft Challenges #82 - Going Green

Pink and Green!

Here's the first of the two cards I've made this morning (using up some paper bits, and trying a punch I didn't even know we had).

I've used some of the Funky Hand wordbook paper (the flourishy one on top), and then some pink gingham paper on the bottom. The little china girl is one of Wendy's Digital Doodlings, and I've used a little sentiment topper that came free with a magazine (and added a peel-off). I've used 2 heart eyelets, and some green ribbon. The flowers & leaves are punched from spotted/gingham/green offcuts, and I've just added some gems in the centre.

Challenges I'm entering:

Flourishes Grand Opening Celebration Day 5 - Pink & Green

One Stitch At A Time #4 - Recipe: 1 ribbon, 2 eyelets, 2 backing papers

Die Cut Dreams #39 - Pack a punch

Challenge Up Your Life #16 - Flower Compliment

Crafty Creations Challenge #58 - Make you own Flowers

Get Funky March - Girls Girls Girls

Fussy & Fancy Friday #6 - Green

Pile It On #10 - Pastel Colours

Fairy Wishes!

Here's a cute little fairy I downloaded from Sliekje's Digi Stamps - if you haven't visited her blog yet, please do as there are so many lovely digi stamps there!!

The main backing paper is from Papermania's Sweet Nothings collection, and the diamond paper is DCWV (Scrapbook kit in a stack). I've used a rub-on sentiment on a nestie-cut topper. I've gone over the flourishes on the backing paper with a glue pen & glamour dust, and added some gems here and there!

Challenges I'm entering:
Totally Gorjuss #20 - sketch
Crafty Creations #57 - All one colour
Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge #10 - Things with Wings
Stamp Something - Girly
Charisma Cardz #9 - Fairies
SophistiCat Challenge #25 - Flourishes & Bling
Die Cut Dreams #38 - No Flowers Allowed!
Simon Says Challenge - Girly
One Stitch At A Time #3 - Colour Combo Pink & Purple
Pile it On #9 - One Colour + neutral