Here Comes The Bride

Good evening, I have been busy making a wedding card today. It is for my 15 year old son to give to a friends Mother so I couldn't go too girly, quite a difficult task with a wedding card. I chose dark pink Core'dinations card stock, sanded the edges and combined it with lace, green ribbon and green hand made flowers. He would appear to like it, so I can't have done to bad a job.

The image is one of LOTV's die cut sheets and I have teamed it up with a backing paper from one of my Bearly Mine Designs Cd's, I love these so much I bought them all at Easter when they were on special offer. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card to match the front.

To complete the card I made paper roses and leaves to match the ribbon.

Image:   LOTV Die Cut Sheet - Weddings

Papers: Bearly Mine Designs CD

Tools:  Nestabilities Classic Squares and Fleur De Lis Squares, Marianne Creatables English Rose Die, Cuttlebug Daisy Embossing Folder

Embellishments:  lace, ribbon and pearls from stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Bearly-Mine Challenge - Die Cuts and Lace

Craft Us Crazy - Remembrance and/or Love

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Pale, Pretty Pastels

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Picnic Time

Here I am back again, and only just in time.  This card is my entry for the I ♥ ProMarkers challenge - Animals. I used an Oliver's Orchard Stamp and coloured it with ProMarkers.  If you look closely you can see two little squirrels, one in the tree and another next to the picnic hamper.  Full details of everything I have used are detailed below.

  Image:  Oliver's Orchard

Papers:  Craftwork Cards - Vintage Rose

Tools:  Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels D, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch

Embellishments:  Punch Bunch flowers, ribbon and brads from stash
Sentiment:  Polka Doodles

I would also like to enter this card into the Lexi's Creations Challenge - Spots and/or Stripes.

Thank you for coming by today, I hope to see you again soon .

Pauline

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Father You're a Star

Good afternoon everyone, thank you for stopping by today to see my latest creation.  This is a card I have made for the Teddy Bo Challenge 10 - Teddy Bo Only, I have used the image You're a STAR Bo and coloured it using ProMarkers, to finish it I just added a little Glamour dust around the outside of the Star.  Full details of what I have used are listed below.

For the first time I have decorated the inside of my card to match the outside rather than using a printed insert.

To complete my card I have added computer generated sentiments backed onto matching card stock, my aim was to make them look like little labels, I seem to have a bit of a thing about labels at the moment.

Image:  Teddy Bo You're a STAR Bo

Papers:  ECHO PARK Little Boy

Tools:  Spellbinders Wonky Squares (on the inside of the card)

Embellishments: corrugated card, buttons and raffia from stash

Sentiment:  computer generated

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges.

Cards for men - Someone Special - you can't get much more special than a DAD

Here Come the Boys - Sketch

A Spoon Full of Sugar- Anything goes

Stamps R Us - Goin' Digital - I used a Teddy Bo digital image 

Craft Us Crazy - something new and/or a favorite embellishment - my ECHO PARK papers are new and I love making little label sentiments to embellish my cards.

Thank you for looking and I hope to see you again soon.

Pauline

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Time to Shop

Good afternoon everyone, at long last I've finished my first ever entry for a Just Magnolia Challenge, the challenge this week is Make it Lacy.  I'm only just in time and fortunately the brief is either real or faux, punched, die cut or paper lace, mine is punched..  I used the Tilda Goes Shopping stamp and coloured it with ProMarkers.  Full details of what I used are detailed below.

I used my Marianne Designs Creatables - English Rose dies for the first time and am rather pleased with my roses, I dusted them with a little gold Glamour Dust just to tie all the colours together.

Image:  Magnolia Tilda Goes Shopping

Papers:  Papermania Hampstead

Tools:  Spellbinders Dies Beaded Circles, Large Circles, Martha Stewart doily lace border punch

Embellishments:  Marianne Designs Creatables English Rose, Glamour Dust, pearls and ribbon from stash
Sentiment:  LOTV

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Lets Punch it Out

Sketch Saturday - Week 155

Shopping Our Stash

I have found a new Tuesday Challenge Blog called SOS - Shopping Our Stash.  The aim appears to be to use the things we have accumulated along the way - something I really need to do.  The first challenge to get things started is 'Show Us Your Stash!'  All you need to do is post a pic of  'your crafty space, part or your stash, some of your supplies' etc.  So here is mine:

I can't believe what a mess it looks, I'm normally a tidy person, it's only my craft room that is untidy, here are a few more pics:

I do tidy my table when I complete a card, but it seems to get in such a mess as I work!  This is supposed to be our 'spare bed' - better hope no one wants to come and stay.

Having looked at some of the DT'S pics I think I need to have a serious sort out but there never seems to be time, I know it would be easier and quicker to find things if it was tidy, but there's always a card to be made and that's much more fun.

Well that's it for now, I have someone looking over my shoulder waiting for the Laptop, I hope to have my own by the end of the week, so I will say good bye and thank you for looking.

Pauline

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Wish Upon A Star

Good Afternoon, I hope everyone is well.  My card today is another from Teddybo.  This one is Teddybea 003 and as usual I have coloured her using ProMarkers.  Full details are listed below.   I am entering this card into the Teddy Bo Tuesday Challenge 9  - Easel Cards.

It's ages since I made and Easel Card and it turned out to be quite a marathon, it took me three days.  Having said that I have had lots of non craft related things on recently so time has been a little limited.  I'm still not completely happy with it and would have liked to spend a bit more time on it but have to make cards for MIL's birthday so time has run out.

I'm not quite sure how to best photograph an Easel Card not having done so before, so I have taken loads of pictures.  My photography skills leave a bit to be desired, so please accept my apologies.

I always find it difficult to know where to write on Easel Cards so I die cut a little label to put inside just for that purpose.  I promise this is the last photo.

Image:  Teddybea 003

Papers:  Shabby Princess Spring Breeze

Tools:  Spellbinders Dies Labels D, Large Circle, Floral Doily Accent

Embellishments:  flowers, button and ribbon from stash
Tag:  Crafters Companion Patchwork Polly Stamp

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calender Challenge - Teddy Bears

Sketch Saturday Challenge 154 - Sketch

Polka Doodles Challenge - Easel Card

Prairie Fairy Fridays - For The Girls

Papertake Weekly - Fancy A Punch?

One Stop Craft Challenge 130 - Birthdays

Summer Holiday

Good afternoon, or is it evening, I'm not quite sure when one ends and the other starts.  This is a card that I have made to enter into the ProMarker Challenge 64 - Song Title.  The song I have chosen is 'Summer Holiday' by Cliff Richard, I think this image is just right, I don't know about you but I always have ice cream when I'm on holiday.  The image is Digi Stamp Boutique 'Beach Alfie' coloured with ProMarkers.  Full details are listed below.

Image used:  Digi Stamp Boutique 'Beach Alfie'

Papers:  Dovecraft 'Sugar & Spice'

Embellishments:  buttons and charm from stash
Tag:  hand cut plus a Polka Doodles Stamp

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 32 - Open Challenge

Ladybug Crafts Challenge 26 - Going Dotty

Digi Stamp Boutique May customer competition

This is a second card I made using the same set of digi stamps and papers.

Image used:  Digi Stamp Boutique 'Alfie swimming'

Papers:  Dovecraft 'Sugar & Spice'

Embellishments:  Papermania Capsule Collection
Tag:  hand cut plus a Polka Doodles Stamp

Circles

This is the card I have made for the Cards for Men Challenge 9 - Circles.  I stamped the image and coloured it using ProMarkers, then I matted it onto a black Circle Nesti, the tag is hand cut and stamped with a Polka Doodles sentiment.  Full details are listed below.

Image used:  Sugar Nellie ' Rock Idol'

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs

Embellishments:  brads and charm from stash
Sentiment: Polka Doodles Stamp

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

Here Come The Boys Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles Challenge 23 - Teenagers

Polka Doodles Challenge 17 - Stashbox Stamps & Colour Theme

Love is in The Air

My card today is for the LOTV Challenge 94 – Love is in The Air.  The image is LOTV 'Oh So Girlie', I have coloured it with ProMarkers and layered it onto light brown card edged on one side with a Martha Stewart Arch Lattice punch.  Full details are listed below.

Image used:  LOTV ' Oh So Girlie'
Papers:  NitWit Collections 'Cotton Candy Kisses'

Embellishments:  Punch Bunch leaf punch -  ribbon, flowers and buttons from stash

Sentiment Tag:  Nitwit Collections

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Tip Top Tuesday Challenge 31 - Squares

Anything Goes Challenge 39 - Colour Challenge 'Pink and Brown'