Big Adventure

I've had this image for ages, and it keeps getting squashed in the little bag I keep my "ready-to-go" images in, so I thought I'd use it. I was going to use it as a birthday card, but then found the perfect sentiment!

Supplies:
Image: "They Grow So Fast" by Mo's Digital Pencil
Sentiment: "If life were easy" by Create with TLC
Paper: Brown with white polkadots - Daisy & Dandelion paper pack
Embellishment: Green/blue/white ribbon


Challenges:
Cards for Men #19 - Anything but Square
Digital Tuesday #129 - People images
Whimsy Stamps Challenges #7 - Polkadots
Stampin' for the Weekend #17 - What a cutie
Stamptacular Sunday #129 - Just sayin'

Forever Friends Twirly Ribbon Border

Thought I'd have a bit of a play with some fine ribbon on this card, twisting and gluing it to make a little border!

Supplies:
Image: Forever Friends "Christmas Gift" coloured with Promarkers
Paper: Spotted paper from Papermania "Sweet Nothings" pack.
Embellishments: Pink & blue ribbon, gems, peel-off sentiment.

Challenges:
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge July - Borders & Frames
Die Cut Dreams #94 - Animal Antics
Creative Card Crew - Animal Antics
Papertake Weekly  - Getting Cute
Totally Papercrafts #75 - Girly Girls
Stamptacular Sunday #120 - Animal Antics
I Did It Creations #64 - Animals
Fab N Funky #82 - Animal Magic
Crafty Creations Challenges #128 - Seeing Double

Umm, Spot the difference?

I made this card for my Grandad's Birthday, then on the day I was going to post it, my fab prize arrived from Papermaze, and it included these lovely letter stickers, which were just what I needed to finish it off! So there's my nice easel-photo-tent picture, then a quick snap as I was about to run off to the postbox!

Supplies:
Image: "Deckchair Dreaming" from Lili of the Valley coloured with Promarkers.
Paper: Spotty paper from DCWV Scrapbook kit in a stack, diamond pattern from Dovecraft Masculine pack. Plain blue/green paper  for layering.
Embellishments: Blue/white bakers twine, die-cut sentiment, October Afternoon letter stickers

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away #21 - Father's Day/Special Man
Sketch Saturday #157 - Sketch
Totally Gorjuss #82 - String's the thing #
Dream Valley #8 - Stamp Something
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #113 - Bugs or Boys
Fussy & Fancy Friday - Card for a man/boy
Simon Says Challenge - Father's Day/ Male
Creative Inspirations #114 - Cute Bears/Animals Only
Pollycraft Monday #95 - Be My Teddy Bear
Ooh La La Challenge #81 - Happy Birthday

My First Tatty Teddy Card!

We went to the latest Docrafts Demo at The Range in Cheltenham, and couldn't help but get the new goody bag & Creativity magazine, which included this cute stamp! I've always loved the "Me to You" bears and have quite a collection of the little soft toys & ornaments!

Supplies:
Image: "Tatty Teddy" from Docrafts, coloured with Promarkers
Paper: Spotted paper from "Especially For You" Me to You paper pack.
Tools: Nestabilities Blossoms for sentiment topper - cut in Coredinations Gemstones textured card.
Embellishments: Peel off sentiment, ribbon & bow. Inked round the edges.
 
Challenges:
Crafty Calendar May - Teddy Bears
Crafty Catz #83 - Anything Goes
Pile It On #21 - Bears
Stamptacular Sunday #112 - Bearnecessities

Autumn Daisy!

Here's another card featuring Daisy. She's our only Sugar Nellie girl at the moment, so all my Sugar Bowl entries feature her! I've used Promarkers to colour her.

I've used pigment inks to colour the edge of my card (a bit of orange, yellow & green), and used some flower paper from a magazine freebie to go for an autumn colour theme. I'm not sure what the green net-string stuff is (if someone could enlighten me that would be great....), but I've added some of that as I found it lying in the bottom of the drawer and is seemed to fit. I've cut some Core Color card using nesties, and Daisy's sitting in the middle.

Challenges I'm entering:

The Sugar Bowl #44 - Sketch +/- Birthday

The Crafty Calendar - Birthday +/- autumn colours

Creative Card Crew - Bloomin' Marvellous

Simon Says Challenge - Autumn

Stamping for the Weekend #48 - Autumn colours

Craftalicious Challenge #9 - Autumn

Stamptacular Sunday #78 - Fall colours

C.R.A.F.T #70 - Fancy Floral

Butterflies & Flowers

Here's a card I made tonight using a fabulous image from MelJen's Designs.

I've used some grey & purple spotted paper (from magazine freebie), and some butterfly paper with spots. There is some pink/purple butterfly/spot ribbon from Hobbycraft, and 3 GORGEOUS paper roses from the blog candy I won from Jude! I finished off by rubbing 2 different shades of purple ink pad round the edge of the card to "distress" (like I did around the image)!

Challenges I'm entering:

MelJen's Designs #2 - Girly Colours

Truly Scrumptious #30 - Sketch

Colour Create #42 - Lilac, Grey & White

Alice in Wonderland #8 - You can learn a lot of things from the flowers

Stamptacular Sunday #54 - Spots & Dots

Creative Cottage #6 - Things with Wings (the butterflies)

Sophisticat #29 - So Distressing