Penny's

New challenge over at Penny's and this week it's everyone's favourite - ANYTHING GOES!

For my card this week I have used an image from our sponsor Robyns Fetish

Such a cute image for any little boy that's into baseball! Being a Brit baseball isn't a game that's played much here but I know our kids love their ball games and if he was holding a cricket bat he would be a kid from over this side of the pond!

I used a different colour scheme than the norm and wnt for lilac and yellow. I added some buttons and stamped the sentiment.

I hope you will call over to Penny's this week and join us!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will call again soon!

A Manly Card!

Tuesday again! A new Color Challenge has started over at the Outlawz and this weeks inspirational picture was chosen by Ina:

 Ina would like you to make a masculine project!

We are being sponsored by Stamp n Doodle this month and they gave us some of their amazing digis to play with so for this challenge I have used this amazing image:

I tried not to over colour it for this project but I have used it since and it looks amazing when you fully colour it! I used some powder blue linen coated card (it looks bright blue in this but it is actually much paler) Some cork paper and some wine red too mat the digi and I added some wine red brads (they look brown, lol) My photography skills were not good when I took this picture!

If you would like this digi you can find it here, or just check out the amazing work over at Stamp n Doodle!


So call over to the Outlawz and join in the fun - you stand a chance of winning some digis!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

A Little Hippy Chick!

A quick post from me today, I've made this card specifically to enter the DT call at the Paper Shelter. I so love their images and would be in heaven playing with them all the time, but I am a realist and don't think I am up to their standard but I thought I'd give it a try!

For my card I have used the Hippy girl from TPS, she so reminds me of me many years ago, I teamed her up with Emma's Camper from Polka Doodle, every good hippy had a VW Camper covered in flowers, lol!

I used some paper from my stash that I think was a freebie from a mag, I added a peace emblem and some letters made from Fimo and glittered up with some aqua glitter.

I coloured her with Promarkers, I think she is just so cute!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

I will be entering this into:
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar/2013/09/design-team-call.html

Wednesday!

It's the middle of the week and most of you working people will be on the downside of the working week and getting ready for the week end! Firstly, we have a new challenge at Penny's and this week we ould like you to use

Your spooled items (ribbon, lace, twine, etc)

We have two great sponsors for you this week - Bugaboo and Digi My World so get your entries in and you could win some wonderful digis!

For my card I have used an image from Digi My World from the Rock a Bye set, the sentiment comes with it too

I decided to colour the whole thing in shades of pink - I think it would look good in blue as well, I cut the sentiment out with a scalloped die cut and then coloured and inked to match. I found the lovely lace in a bargain bin in a haberdashery store in Cheltenham, the ribbon is from the ribbons that they stitch into t shirts and tops to hang them up, I always cut them out and they are great for threading through lace!

I hope you will call over to Penny's Paper Crafty and join in this fun challenge, I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

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There's a Nip in the Air....

it feels like Autumn is here - I know it is officially but I'd just like a bit more sun!

Well it's Tuesday and the new Color Challenge is starting at the Outlawz and its a new month so we have a new sponsor, Stamp n Doodle! They have some lovely digi stamps so why not check out their store here.

Today my card features Autumn Bike Ride, quite appropriate eh? But firstly let's look at the luscious colours our Roxann picked

now aren't they just fabulous colours and the perfect twist!

So onto my card

She's so cute on her bike with her little doggie! I used some papers from my stash for the background, added al little ticket sentiment, some sunflowers and some cute little gem flowers with pearl centres! The image is coloured with Promarkers.

I hope you can call over and join us this week, such lush colours to play with! So what are you waiting for - we're dying to see what you make!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Tommy Turtle

There is a new freebie challenge at Gerda Steiner Designs and this month the cute, cute freebie is Tommy Turtle!

 Now how absolutely adorably cute is this! I coloured him with Promarkers and used some bright blue card for matting and some cute glittery paper for the background which is from one of the Fizzy Moon sets from Trimcrafts, apart from that I just added a flower! This is one to make you smile, it makes me smile each time I see it!
So if you would like this cutie hope over to Gerda's challenge and join in I'm sure she would love to have you there!
Woohoo, last month I won and got three gorgeous digis that I will be playing with very soon.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!

Altered Eclectics Latest Challenge!

Hi there, I'm very late with this post!

The new challenge has started at Altered Eclectics and there are some wonderful projects to inspire you!
My project has a little story - I forgot my daughter in laws Mum's birthday, she was 75. I have never missed her birthday and she has always looked forward to receiving my card so when I found out I was mortified and decided it was a bit of a poor do to just send her a card! She likes pretty things and appreciates anything delicate so I set about making her a photo frame - this is what I made:

 I used a basic frame from Tesco as my base and covered it with some embossed white gaffer tape which I then painted with some mother of pearl paint. I die cut the corners, flowers and butterflies and then covered them with glue and glitter. The tiny flowers and butterflies were punched out then given the same treatment.

I continued the tiny flowers and butterflies down the sides to give it a pretty finish. When I use glitter like that I always give it a good dose of clear glaze to set it. I finished off the flowers and butterflies with pearls in various colours and added some pretty paper inside, hey voila all done!
Now I did send her a card as well and shee loved them both but I believe the frame now has a nice picture of her little dog in - and she has hinted that she could do with another!
I hope you like my frame and I'd love to see you over at Altered Eclectics for the latest challenge - so what are you waiting for!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!