Winter Scene

This is the last of the Christmas cards that I made using my The Best of La Pashe CD.  These cards are relatively easy to make and were ideal for my neighbours.

The flower embellishments have been decoupaged, I'm not quite sure what they are - winter roses perhaps.  I have embossed the white base and layered both that, the image and sentiment on silver Mirri.

I kept the inside decoration very simple:

Card Recipe

Image:  La Pashe - The Best Of La Pashe CD

Card Stock:  White - Crafter's Companion, Silver from stash

Tools:  Crafter's Companion - Die'sire Embossalicious folder

Sentiment:  from stash

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

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round January Challenge - Anything Goes so long as it's Christmas
Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge 2 - Cold & Frosty
A Gem of a Challenge 64 - Holidays
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Winter
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 156 - Winter
CHNC Extra - Anything Christmas Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 243 - Square Cards
Creative Moments Challenge 9 - Use Neutral Colours/Anything Goes

Thank you so much for calling this afternoon, I hope everyone is having a good week, please pop back again soon.

Pauline

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Love Hearts

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and managing to keep nice and warm.  I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my lovely new followers, I hope you enjoy your visits to my little blog.

We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week the theme is HEARTS GALORE.

Everything that I used to make this card is from the Bearly Mine Designs Designer Extreme CD with the exception of the white card stock.  I sprayed the dark pink paper and all of the hearts with Crafter's Companion Spray and Sparkle - unfortunately it doesn't show up very well in the photograph.  The large hearts were cut using a Sizzix die and the small ones using an Epiphany punch, I added the text in word.

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

We have two Sponsors again this week:

Alota Rubber Stamps


$15 Gift Certificate

and

Noor Design


Leaves Die

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

Sweet Stamps Challenge 102 - Valentine or Love

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 191 - Valentines Day/Love

Creative Craft Challenge 2 - Bling it Up (Spray & Sparkle)

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 46 - Valentines

Moving Along with the Times - Bling it On (Spray & Sparkle)

Delicious Doodles Challenge 20 - All You Need is Love

Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude Challenge 32 - Love

UnstampaBelles Challenge 19 - Use one or more Dies

Gingerloft Challenge 56 - Love is in the Air

Make sure you visit the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog to take a look at the DT inspiration and join in with this weeks 'HEARTS GALORE' challenge.

Thank you for visiting today, please pop in again soon.

Pauline
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Going Fishing

This is one of the DT cards I made for the Launch of the Ooh La La Creations Yesterday's Memories CD on Create & Craft - did you see the show yesterday the CD was a sell out, but you can get a copy from Ooh La La Creations and it's free P&P.

I chose to use this lovely decoupage image called Fishing and three papers all from the CD.  Everything has been layered onto gold Mirri and I added some hessian and two little fish charms that have been in my stash for ages.  For the sentiment I just enlarged one of the backing papers and cropped the 'Happy Birthday' text, cut it out and layered it onto some of the gold Mirri.

As usual I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout as the front.

Make sure you pop over the the Ooh La La Creations online shop, there is a fabulous gallery with lots of gorgeous samples if you still need some help to make up your mind about this brilliant CD.

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 3-2-1
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 36 - Something New (new CD)
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge 191 -Masculine
Crafty Calendar Challenge - What's New (new CD)
Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge 46 - Lots of Layers
Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge 161 - How Charming
Crafts and Me Challenge 117 - Vintage

I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers, thank you so much for choosing to follow me and a big thank you to everyone for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement. 

Pauline

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Celebration Cake

This card has been made using some fabulous My Mind's Eye Lost & Found papers that I treated myself to in the New Year sales, they are all lovely soft beige and pink.

I have used Kraft card stock for my base and die cut the Whoopsi Daisy image out with my Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle.  A lace doily, pearls and ribbon have been added along with two LOTV tags.

It's not quite as washed out as it looks in the photographs, I'm going to blame the poor light again but it could just be the photographer.

I have decorated the inside of my card to complement the front:

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

Craft Room Challenge - Monochrome
Digital Tuesday Challenge 195 - Favourite Colour Combo (Monochrome)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Tie Up Your Loose Ends
Sweet Stamps Challenge 101 - Pearls & Lace
Inky Impressions Challenge 94 - Celebrate
Southern Girls Challenge 61 - Get Krafty
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 32 - Ribbons and Lace
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Ribbon

Thank you so much for popping in today, I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Pauline
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Dreaming of Summer ...

This is the card I have made for the CD Sunday Challenge this week, the theme is 'Forever in Blue Jeans' .  Well this one was a bit of a challenge again, most of the images I have had been used by the DT ladies so I was desperately searching through my CD's when I remembered this fab little image from the Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K. collection.

She really makes me yearn for warm summer days, especially as I'm looking out of the window at the remains of last weeks snow which still refuses to melt.

The CD element on this card is the backing papers, they are from the S.W.A.L.K. Papercrafting CD-ROM 2.  My base card stock is Stardream from Joanna Sheen and the sentiment is LOTV.

I have followed the sketch from Seize the Birthday a relatively new Sketch Challenge that I have only just discovered and I have decorated the inside of my card to match the front.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Forever in Blue Jeans
Seize the Birthday Challenge - Feminine Birthday with Sketch #3
Dream Valley Challenge 49 - Girls, Girls, Girls
ABC Challenge 13 - Birthday Cards
Creative Card Crew Challenge 28 - Girly
Nutcrafters Challenge 35 - Cute and Girly
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - For a Girl
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch and/or Happy Birthday

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate your company.

Pauline
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Birthday Monster

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and the theme for you this time is 'BUTTONS AND BOWS'.

I have used the fabulous Birthday Monster Cake image from Bugaboo who are our sponsors for this challenge and coloured it using my ProMarkers.

I have decorated the inside of my card to complement the front using the same papers and layout.

Card Recipe:

Image:  Bugaboo - Birthday Monster Cake

Papers:  Cratepaper - Orbit Collection

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  X-Cut - Star Die, Spellbinders - Classic Square (inside card)

Embellishments:  Buttons, twine and 3D Crystal Lacquer

Sentiment:  LOTV

As I mentioned, our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo and the prize for one lucky winner is 7 digital images.

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

Anything Goes Challenge 84 - Buttons and Bows
Here Come The Boys Challenge 44 - Bingo (buttons/twine/image)
That Craft Place Challenge - New Goodies (new image)
Paper Playtime Challenge 2  - Use some BROWN
The Crazy Challenge 137 - Party time
Use Your Stuff Challenge 68 - Birthday Theme
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 94 - Lavishly Luscious Layers
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 152 - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter Challenge 96 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would all love for you to join us for our 'BUTTONS AND BOWS' challenge.

Thank you for calling this afternoon, please come back and visit again soon.

Pauline

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Always ...

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all safe and warm.  They have forecast more snow here this evening and tomorrow and we haven't got rid of the last lot yet!

This is another CAS card, I have to say I'm beginning to like making these, they take a lot of planning but they are quite satisfying when they are finished.

For this one I have used the Valentine Bird Collection and Simply for Valentines set from the Digi Stamp Boutique, some red card stock, some white card stock and a Sizzix Heart Die.

I have kept the inside very simple as well, just using the sentiment and one layer of red and one of white card stock.

Perhaps it's a bit simple, I haven't really made my mind up yet!

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

Digi Stamp Boutique January Challenge - Digi Stamp Boutique Image
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 35 - Celebrate Love
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 37 - Love/Romance/Anniversary
Card Makin' Mamas - Clean & Simple
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 167 - KISS
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 147 - Love
Pile It On Challenge 3 - Have a Heart!
City Crafter Challenge 143 - Forever Mine
Dynamic Duos Challenge 36 - Red and Black with a Valentine Theme

Thank you for popping in today, your company is much appreciated, please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Having fun ...

It's Monday again, I hope everyone had a lovely weekend and managed to keep safe and warm.

It's time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations and our theme for this fortnight is - Wheely Good - we would like to see projects with wheels on them, you don't have to use an Ooh La La Creations product but we love it when you do.

I have used one of the gorgeous pyramid sheets from the Ooh La La Creations CD - Boys to Men - I think it would be suitable for a male or female.  You can purchase the CD from the Ooh La La Creations online shop.

The image and matching papers are all from the Boys to Men CD, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

As usual I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout.

Card Recipe:

Image and Papers:  Ooh La La Creations - Boys to Men CD

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  X-Cut - Scalloped border punch, Spellbinders - Classic Square

Embellishments:  ribbon and glazed brads from stash

Sentiment - recycled

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

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 154 - Get Moving!
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 45 - Smile
Paper Pretties Challenge 241 - Ribbon
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch and/or Cute
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 58 - Layers
Moving Along with the Times Challenge - Happy Birthday
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 12 - Anything Goes
Cards for Men Challenge 2 - Transport
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 155 - Ribbon
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge 16 - Sentimental (must have a sentiment)

Make sure you pop over the the Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our 'Wheely Good' challenge.

Thank you for calling this morning, please leave a comment so that I know you've been and will be able to come and visit you.

Pauline

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Winter fun!

This is the card that I made for my Mum and Dad for Christmas this Year, they love Robins and have one that visits them every morning for breakfast so I thought this image from my Best of La Pashe CD would be ideal.

The image is decoupaged and I also decoupaged the holly and ivy embellishments, the sentiment was computer generated.  I did decorate the inside, but as I was running late (as usual) I did not manage to photograph it before I wrote in it.

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

ABC Challenge 12 - Inspiration Challenge
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Winter Fun
Creative Card Crew Challenge 27 - Snow and Ice
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Baby I'ts Cold Outside!!
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 190 - Christmas in January
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 93 - Fur or Feathers
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge 30 - For the Birds
Delicious Doodles Challenge 19 - Winter Themed Makes

Thank you so much for calling today, I really do appreciate your visit.

Pauline
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One Layer

This has to be a first for me, a one layer card.  I saw the challenge over at Less is More - One Layer Cards with the theme Sports or Exercise and thought I would have a go.

Well this is the most CAS card I have ever made, I haven't even decorated the inside but that could change!

The image is a free download from the Docrafts Creativity Club one of the benefits of being a member.  I printed directly onto the base card and added the Happy Birthday sentiment using word.

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

Less is More - One Layer cards with Sports or Exercise theme
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 145 - Get Moving
Cards for Men - Men at Work

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your company is very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Vintage Vogue

This is my entry for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge, last week was a real challenge for me but this week was an easy one.  Ooh La La Creations have recently released a brand new CD - Yesterday's Memories and it is packed full of fabulous vintage images.

Everything on my card, with the exception of the flower and ribbon, is from the CD including the tags - I just stamped the sentiment on them.

As always I have decorated the inside of my card to complement the front.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Vintage Vogue
Digital Tuesday Challenge 193 - Flower Power
Divas By Design - Make it Girlie
Craftts and Me Challenge 116 - Something New - New CD
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 31 - Add a Tag or Sentiment/
Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today, make sure you pop over to the CD Sunday Challenge blog and have a go at this weeks challenge.

Pauline
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Awesome!

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and managing to keep nice and warm.  I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my lovely new followers, I hope you enjoy your visits to my little blog.

We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week the theme is everyone's favourite - ANYTHING GOES.

I'm still busy making cards to sell at the Craft Fair I have coming up at the end of this month and I thought this Kenny K image would be just right for a young boy.  The papers are Bearly Mine Designs - The Boys Zone.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout as the front

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Kenny K - Skateboard Tricks
Colouring Medium:  ProMarkers

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - The Boys Zone

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:   X-cut - Star die and Spellbinders - Large Pinking Circles

Embellishments:  3D Crystal Lacquer
Sentiment:  recycled

We have two Sponsors this week:

Natalie & Amy

£10 Gift Voucher

and

Kenny K

5 Digi's of Winner's Choice

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

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 35 - Anything Goes

Catch The Bug Saturday Challenge - Anything Birthday

My Sheri Crafts Challenge 101 - All Sports

Charisma Carz Challenge 1 - Happy Birthday

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 251 - Beat the Blues!

Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge 23 - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge 15 - Use A Digi

One Stitch at a Time Challenge 146 - Anything Goes

Make sure you visit the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog to take a look at the DT inspiration and join in with this weeks 'ANYTHING GOES' challenge.

Thank you for visiting today, please pop in again soon.

Pauline
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Always and Forever

Good morning, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  We woke up to a light dusting of snow this morning, not enough to cause any disruption - just as well as my son has a maths exam at college first thing this morning, but it did look pretty.

Whoopsi Daisy is sponsoring the Forever Friends Favourite on the fortnightly Forever Friends Challenge and some of the Whoopsi Daisy Design Team were invited to Guest Design for the challenge, please pop over to the Forever Friends Challenge Blog and take a look at all of the fabulous inspiration and join in with the challenge.

The theme is 'Use Your Favourite Embellishments', well mine have to be flowers and pearls both of which feature on my card.

I have used one of the fabulous images from Whoopsi Daisy Sheet 375 and some papers from My Mind's Eye that I had for Christmas, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout.

Card Recipe:

Image:  Whoopsi Daisy - Sheet 375

Papers:  My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Classic Square (inside card)

Embellishments:  Flowers, Pearls and Lace from stash

Sentiment: LOTV

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

The Emerald Faeries Challenge 39 - Celebration
Creative Craft Challenge 1 - New Beginnings
Everybody Art Challenge 218 - Pastel Colours
The Paper Shelter Challenge 49 - Flower Extra Vaganza
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Let's Craft and Create Challenge 61 - Anything Goes
MilkCoffee Challenge - New Beginnings
Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 95 - Celebrations
2 Sisters Challenge 126 - Celebrations
Daring Card Makers - The 'Frill' Of It All (I hope the Frill on her dress is OK)

Please make sure you pop over to the Forever Friends Challenge Blog and join in with this fortnights challenge - Use Your Favourite Embellishments.

Pauline
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Art Nouveau - Just!

My husband always tells me I'm going senile and I'm beginning to think he could be right.  I always go and find out what the new challenge at CD Sunday is each Sunday morning and for some reason I convinced myself that this weeks challenge was Oriental. So I decided which CD I was going to use and the image and papers and everything, fortunately I popped over to a friends blog to leave a comment and noticed that her card was for the Art Nouveau challenge at CD Sunday - thank you Jo, if it wasn't for you I would have gone ahead and made my Oriental card.

So back to the drawing board and problem number two, I have the Peerless Designs CD that the ladies on the DT used and they had pretty much covered the images on there so I didn't really want to use that one and hunt as I may I could not find any other Art Nouveau images - Art Deco, no problem!  Eventually I came across Nouveau Rose by Sharon Duncan, I had won this CD some time ago over at Lindsay's challenge blog - LEJ Designs , so thank you Lindsay without you I would have had no card for this weeks challenge.

Anyway, back to the card, I decided to use one of the floral images from the CD along with one of the backing papers, sentiments and an insert.

Everything is layered onto Onyx Stardream card stock from Joanna Sheen and I also cut die cut the corners from the Onyx card stock.

I used one of the inserts from the CD to decorate the inside of my card, I must be getting lazy and as well as senile!

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Art Nouveau
UnstampaBelles Challenge 19 - Use One or More Dies
Moving Along with the Times - Floral Delights
Simon Says Stamp - Black/White + a Splash of Colour
Songbird Challenge 11 - Paint It Black
Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge - Something Neglected (Sharon Duncan CD)

Thank you for visiting this evening, I hope you didn't get bored with all of my ramblings.

Pauline
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Pastel Thank You

My boys need rather a lot of Thank You cards at the moment so when I saw the current challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays I thought I'd give it a go.  I love the clean and simple style but don't often make cards like this as my first love is decoupage and you can't get much further away from CAS than that.

I have recycled an old thank you card for my topper and just layered it onto some co-ordinating card stock.  I cut the flower and leaf using the same card stock and some white, another white layer on top of the same co-ordinating card stock, some punched corners and there you go - one thank you card, the most difficult thing is probably going to be getting one of the boys to write in it!

I have copied the same design on the inside of my card, leaving the central panel white for them to write on, I included a flower to add a little interest.

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

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 84 - Create a Clean and Simple Thank You Card
ABC Challenges #11 - Clean & Simple Cards
The Crazy Challenge 146 - Without design paper
Southern Girls Challenge 60 - Thank You Kindly
Hotshot Craft Challenge 14 - Clean and Simple
Allsorts Challenge Week 188 - CAS

I hope you like my attempt at CAS, having looked through the other entries in the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge I obviously have a little way to go, but I am determined to make more cards in this style.

Thank you for visiting me today, any constructive comments will be gratefully received.

Pauline
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Ten tiny fingers ...

Welcome to our first challenge in 2013 at Crafting for all Seasons, our theme is 'SOMETHING NEW' and our sponsor for this fortnight is:

Whoopsi Daisy

Prize:  2 Sheets of images from the Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop

I have used a cute Whoopsi Daisy baby image for my card and coloured her with ProMarkers.

My papers are my new item, they are from the Forever Friends New Arrival collection.  The card stock, flower and doily have all been in my stash for quite some time but the lace is also new.  My sentiment is from a set I won some time ago - there is no name on the package, I cut it out using a Spellbinders Fancy Tag die and then, as you have probably noticed, I cut away the fancy bits!  The image and the sentiment have been lightly inked around the edges. The papers are glittered and I have added some stickles to the flower.

I have decorated the inside of my card to complement the front using the same papers.

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

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 36 - New Beginnings
My Heart Pieces Challenge - Gettin' Girly
Sweet 'n  Sassy Challenge 86 - Something New (new New Arrival papers and lace)
Emergency Crafters - New Years Resolution (card stock, flower and doily all over a year old)
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 34 - Sonething New (new New Arrival papers and lace)
A Gem of a Challenge 62 - New Beginnings
Dream Valley Challenge 48 - Anything Goes
PanPastel Challenge 1 - Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge 165 - Out with the Old (old card stock, flower and doily)
Robyn's Fetish Challenge 141 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we have a couple of new DT members joining us this time and we would all love for you to join us for our 'SOMETHING NEW' challenge.

Thank you for calling this afternoon, please come back and visit again soon.

Pauline

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Playful

It's the first Monday of the New Year and it's time for our first challenge of the New Year over at Ooh La La Creations.   Our theme for this fortnight is - Birthday - we all have Birthday cards to make so why don't you share yours with us, you don't have to use an Ooh La La Creations product but we love it when you do.

I have used one of the gorgeous decoupage images from the new Ooh La La Creations CD - Yesterday's Memories - this brand new CD contains a collection of Vintage Images for all occasions and covers a variety of themes, you can purchase it from the Ooh La La Creations online shop..

The image and matching floral papers are all from the Yesterday's Memories CD, the pink papers are from another Ooh La La Creations CD, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

As usual I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout.

Card Recipe:

Image and Floral Papers:  Ooh La La Creations - Yesterday's Memories CD

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Die-namics - Butterfly Die, Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Classic Circle

Embellishments:  ribbon, gems and brads from stash

Sentiment - LOTV

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

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 79 - Furry Friends
Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Old and New (Old card stock and embellishments, New CD)
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - New (New CD)
PaperPlay Challenge Week 1 - Celebration
Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge 158 - Something Old (card stock and embellishments) and Something New (New CD)
Shelly's Images TTT Challenge - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 123 - Ribbons & Bows
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Your favourite things (decoupage and butterflies)
Crafty Catz Challenge 164 - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 105 - Something New (New CD)

Make sure you pop over the the Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our 'Birthday' challenge.

Thank you for calling this morning, please leave a comment so that I know you've been and will be able to come and visit you.

Pauline

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Hanging around ...

I have decided to join Sassy Cheryl's Challenge this week, I have quite a few Sassy Cheryl images that I absolutely adore and it is time to use them. I have made another child's card using the cute image 'Hanging Out to Dry'.

I have coloured the image with ProMarkers and my papers are My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup, everything has been layered onto Core'dinations card stock and I have used some brads from my stash to embellish.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same layout and papers.

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

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge 147 - Anything Goes
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch and/or Anything Goes
Paper Makeup Digi Makeover Challenge 69 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge 180 - Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday Challenge 191 - Layers
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 128 - Bright Colours
The Paper Shelter Challenge 93 - Anything Goes

I hope everyone is enjoying the New Year, thank you for visiting me today.

Pauline
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Playtime

That month soon flew past, this is my second post as a Design Team member for the  Forever Friends Monthly Challenge - this month the theme is Birthdays so I have taken the opportunity to make another child's card for my Craft Fair later this month.

I have used a decoupage image and papers from the Forever Friends New Arrival collection - the decoupage comes on one huge sheet and you have to cut it out yourself, as anyone who knows me will be aware - I just love cutting out decoupage.  The embossed panel has been inked with Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters Distress Ink.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers as the front:

Card Recipe:

Image and Papers:  Docrafts - Forever Friends New Arrival collection

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Tag and Scalloped Oval (inside card),
EK Success - Postage Stamp border punch.
Cuttlebug - Typeset embossing folder

Embellishments:  ribbon from stash

Sentiment:  Wild Rose Studio

We have two fab sponsors this month, the sponsor for the randomly picked winner is::

The Digi Garden

and The Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by:

Michelle Perkett

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

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 79 - Furry Friends
Clear It Out Challenge - Warm Fuzzies/Texture (embossed panel using old embossing folder)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday's Challenge 101 - Celebrate
Through The Craftroom Door Challenge 51 - Anything Goes

Ready Teddy Go Challenge 18 - Something New (new papers from New Arrivals collection)
Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge 195 - Celebration
Crafty Creations Challenge 202 - Anything Goes
For Fun Challenges - Something New (new papers from New Arrival collection)
Simon Says Stamp - New Something (new papers from New Arrival collection)

Make sure you pop over to the Forever Friends Challenge Blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for this months 'Birthdays' challenge and don't forget that there will be a new Monthly Give-Away starting on Saturday 5th January

Thank you for joining me today, please leave a comment so that I know you've been and will be able to come and visit you.

Pauline

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Something a little different!

Those of you who visit me regularly might have seen me mention that I have been making some clocks, well when I saw the current challenge over at CD Sunday this week - THINK OF A NUMBER - I thought it was the ideal opportunity to show you one of them.  I know it probably wasn't what you had in mind Carol but I hope you will forgive me.

I made this one for my Mother in Law who absolutely loves anything by Thomas Kinkade.

The most difficult thing about making these clocks is finding an image that is suitable.  The centre of most images has something quite important on it and you can't really have the hands poking out of the main focal point.  The image on this one is from Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kinkade CD.

I print the numbers on top of the picture, cut it out and stick it to an MDF circle with a hole in the middle.  I then emboss the outside rim of the MDF circle and image.  Just add a clock mechanism and some hands and there you go.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Think of a Number
2 Sisters Challenge 124 - Anything But A Card
Creative Moments Challenge 7 - Emboss It/Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 187 - Not a card
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - Anything but a card
Hotshot Craft Challenge 14 - Clean and Simple

Thank you so much for calling, please pop back again soon.

Pauline

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Something Old and Something New

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and had a fabulous Christmas.  I would like to wish all of my lovely followers and visitors a very Happy New Year. We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week the theme is - SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW.

I have a Craft Fair coming up at a School at the end of this month so I am busy making cards to sell, whilst looking through my box of completed cards I noticed that I do not have many for young children so you could be seeing quite a few this month.

My old is my Marrianne CreaTables LR0131 flower die and the new is the adorable image from The Digi Stamp Boutique, I bought it on Boxing Day, the papers are Bearly Mine Designs - Gingham and the plain blue one is from the Floral Breeze collection - I have just cropped the top and bottom to leave it plain.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout as the front
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CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Digi Stamp Boutique - Spring Lamb
Colouring Medium:  ProMarkers

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Gingham and Floral Breeze

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:   Marianne CreaTables - LR0131 and Spellbinders - Standard Rectangle (inside card)

Embellishments:  button and twine from stash

We have two Sponsors this week:

Marianne Design


and

Letraset

Prize - Aquamarkers

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

Charisma Cardz Challenge 51 - Anything Goes

Willow Sketchie - Sketch and/or Celebrate

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 35 - Blue & Green

Little Miss Muffet Challenge 51 - Anything Goes

Shelly's Images - Out with the Old, In with the NEW (new digi image)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 55 - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles Challenge 16 - Out with the Old (old flower die)

Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Old and New (old flower die, new digi image)

Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 10 - Anything Goes

Make sure you visit the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog to take a look at the DT inspiration and join in with this weeks 'SOMETHING OLD AND SOMETHING NEW' challenge.

Thank you for visiting today, please pop in again soon.

Pauline
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