Music

This is the Birthday card I made for my eldest sons friend, they are both members of Talking to Amy - my son sings and plays guitar and Max, his friend is the lead guitar player, hence the music theme.

This is a very different card for me - the base card and the panel with the heat embossed Music image have been created with distress inks.  I used my Inkssentials Blending Tool to create the blocks of colour.  The LOTV sentiment has also been heat embossed and the die cut stars have been given a coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer.

The paper that everything is layered onto is American Crafts Classic Calico Collection, it has chevrons on it but they don't really show up in the photograph.  I have kept everything relatively simple with just a punched border and die cut stars as the card is for a teenage boy.

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

Victorine Originals Challenge 53 - Stamp, Emboss, Embellish
Simon Says Stamp & Show - The stamp you love (but don't use)...
Anything Goes Challenge 87- Make it Manly
Craft Room Challenge - Something for a Man
Crafts and Me Challenge 122 - Dies or Punches
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Digistamps4Joy Challenge 61 - Birthdays are FUN
Paper Pretties Challenge 247 - Spike the Punch
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Out of Your Comfort Zone (Heat Embossing and using inks)

Thank you so much for popping in today, I hope you are all managing to keep warm - it's still freezing down here and no sign of things warming up in the near future.

Pauline
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Snow Scene

This is one of the cards I made for the Create and Craft Launch of the Ooh La La Creations Yesterday's Memories CD a while ago, I just remembered that I had never blogged it.

The Pyramid Decoupage image and the papers are from the Vintage Artwork Sets and I think this card  is suitable for both male and female recipients.

The card stock is Core'dinations and the card candy has been made by punching some small circles and adding a coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer, the only other addition is some ribbon from my stash - I don't think you need many embellishments with the quality of these images.

I have decorated the inside of my card with the same papers and  following the same layout as the front.

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

Cards for Men Challenge 4 - Wintertime
Digi Darla Challenge 51 - Make it Masculine
Here Come The Boys Challenge 46 - Lots of Layers
Joana Sheen Challenge - Layer It Up
Allsorts Challenge 195 - Animals
Party Time Tuesdays Challenge 109 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter Challenge 101 - Animal Magic
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas Goes
Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge 51 - Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon/Digital/Snowflakes)

Thank you for calling, have a lovely day.

Pauline
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Loving and Hugging

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the new week.  I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest followers - thank you so much for joining me.

We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week it's everyone's favourite - Anything Goes. I have used a Penny Black image this week and of course lovely papers from Bearly Mine Designs.

I stamped this sweet little image and coloured it with ProMarkers, the cloudy background and grass have been created with distress inks. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

Card Recipe:

Image:  Penny Black - Loving and Hugging

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Spring Delights and Gingham
Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinatins

Tools:  Spellbinders - Heart Circles and Standard Circles,
X-cut - Scalloped border punch,
Crafter's Companion - Epiphany Shape Studio Round,
Marianne CreaTables LR0107

Embellishments:  Hearts - waste from Heart Circles die coated with 3D Crystal Lacquer

Sentiment:  LOTV

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Alota Rubber Stamps



Cult Pens

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

Penny Black February Challenge - Love and Marriage

2 Sisters Challenge 132 - Romance

Red Carpet Studio Challenge 25 - The Wedding Singer

Paper Playtime Challenge 4 - Use a Sentiment Stamp

Fairies Challenge Blog - Love

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Love and Marriage

Creatalicious Challenge 44 - L'Amour

The Emerald Faeries Challenge 40 - Love

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Bright Colours

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 199 - Inspiration Picture

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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Rustic Charm

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all managing to keep warm - it's absolutely freezing here at the moment.

I have some really good news to share with you today - last week I was honoured to be invited to join the talented DT over at Winter Wonderland - I still can't believe I was selected from all of the wonderful Crafters that entered the DT call, thank you so much for inviting me ladies.  My first challenge isn't for a couple of weeks but make sure you pop over and join in with the current challenge which is Snowflakes Falling All Around!

This is the card I have made for the Seize the Birthday Challenge, I just love their sketches - I just hope my card is close enough to the original sketch this week!

I have kept things quite clean and simple this time, the sunflower stamp is from Docrafts, I stamped it twice and coloured them with Spectrum Noir pens, I thought I would have a change from my ProMarkers.  I then cut them both out, the bottom one has been mounted flat and the top one using dimensional pads.  The wood effect paper is My Mind's Eye - Howdy Doody and the card stock is Core'dinations.

I used my X-cut Border punch to cut the scalloped edge and the sentiment is LOTV stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.  To embellish I have just added some twine that has been coloured to match the sunflowers.

This is the fab sketch and this week we have to make a feminine birthday card.

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

Seize the Birthday Challenge 7 - Sketch and Feminine Birthday Card
A Gem of a Challenge 68 - Add a Bow
Delicious Doodles Challenge 24 - Flowers for Spring
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 130 - Twine
Crafting by Design - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 159 - Flower Power
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 115 - Anything Goes
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 67 - Floral Fantasia
Inky Chicks Challenge 4 - Mother's Day or Birthday
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 85 - Blooming Images

I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers, thank you so much for joining me, I do hope you enjoy your visits to my blog.  Thank you to everyone for calling - any comments that you leave are always very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Spring has Sprung

Good evening everyone, it's nearly the weekend and I'm late for The CD Sunday Challenge again this week, the theme this time is Spring is in the Air and I've used another fab image from The Digi Stamp Boutique.

I have coloured 'Spring hoppy',  that's the name of the image, with my ProMarkers and created the cloudy background with distress inks. The CD element on this card is the backing paper and it's from my Crafter's Companion Swalk 2 CD.

I cut out a cloud shape to create the base for the LOTV stamped sentiment and used my Marianne CreaTables LR0205 for the fence and LR0206 for the ivy, the little flowers are Spellbinders Cherry Blossoms and they have been given a coat of, you guessed it - 3D Crystal Lacquer!

As usual 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 - Spring is in the Air
Alphabet Challenge - A for Anything with Wings
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 155 - Hope for Spring
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 156 - Four Legged Friends
Sir Stampalot February Challenge - Fur and Feathers
Stamp and Create February Challenge - Spring is Coming
The Cutie Pie Challenge 38 - Pretty Pastels
Sweet Pea Stamps February Challenge - Use a Digital Stamp
The Digi Stamp Boutqiue - February Customer Competition

Thank you for calling this evening, I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

Pauline
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Born to Shop

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our challenge for you this time is 'Dies and Punches', we all love to use our dies and punches so it's a nice easy one for you.

We are sponsored by Kenny K and as I wanted to make a card for a friend of mine I used an image that I already had for my card.

I have coloured my image with ProMarkers (I got my inspiration from a card I found on google, but I can't find it again to give the person credit) and made my own Card Candy by punching out some small circles and giving them a coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer - it seems that I can't make a card without it these days!  I pleated some seam binding rather than adding a bow, I felt it went better with this image.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

Card Recipe:

Image:   Kenny K - Madison Attitude
Papers:  BoBunny - Gabrielle Collection
Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations
Tools:  X-cut - Ticket Stubs Die and Scalloped Edge Punch,
Spellbinders - Classic Square Die (inside card)
Embellishments:  flowers and seam binding from stash,
Card Candy made using a small punch and 3D Crystal Lacquer
Sentiment:  LOTV

We are sponsored by Kenny K



Prize: 5 digital images

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

A Gem of a Challenge 67 - Dies & Punches
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 256 - An Eye for Detail!
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge 101 - Multiples of 3 (3 ticket sentiments, 2 sets of 3 card candy)
Creative Card Crew Challenge 30 - Birthday
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Challenge 31 - Mother's Day/Female
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 151 - Make it Girly
The Paper Shelter Challenge 100 - Celebrations
(PIN)spirational Challenge 45 - Inspirational Photograph

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT projects, we would love for you to join us for our 'Dies and Punches' challenge.

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

Pauline

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Spaceship Henry

Good morning everyone, this is my entry for the Seize the Birthday challenge this week, I'm cutting it a bit fine this time - the challenge ends at noon:

I have used another fabulous image from The Digi Stamp Boutique called Spaceship Henry, I love their children's images and I am gong to enter this card into the February Customer Competition.  The papers are Echo Park and the card stock is Core'dinations.

This is the sketch that I have followed from Seize the Birthday:

I cut the image out and layered it onto a Spellbinders Standard circle die cut which in turn has been layered onto a dark blue Pinking Circle die cut.  The sentiment is computer generated and I have die cut some dark blue stars with my X-Cut star die and added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to them.

The inside of my card has also been decorated following the sketch and using the same papers.

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

Seize the Birthday Challenge 6 - Sketch and Masculine Birthday Card
Created with Love Challenge 29 - Things that Fly
Digi Makeover Challenge 76 - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs Challenge - Be Bold
Alphabet Challenge - A for Anything With Wings
Bloggers Challenge - Cut It Out
Card Makin' Mamas - It's Birthday Time
My Time to Craft Challenge 209 - Men Only
PanPastel Challenge 7 - Just Two Colours

I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers, thank you so much for joining me, I do hope you enjoy your visits to my blog.  Thank you to everyone for calling - any comments that you leave are very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Sparkle and Shine

It's the beginning of a new week and time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations, our theme for this fortnight is - Sparkle and Shine - you don't have to use an Ooh La La Creations product but we love it when you do.

We are looking for some Guest Designers at the moment, each one will be invited to join us for two months so that would be 4 challenges, if you are interested all you need to do is enter a card into our challenge and add GDT after your name.

I have used a fabulous Christmas image from the Ooh La La Creations  - Christmas Presence CD - you can purchase the CD from the Ooh La La Creations online shop.

The image and  papers are all from the CD.  I have used gems, Stickles and a glittered snowflake for the Sparkle and silver card stock and 3D Crystal Lacquer on the image for the shine.  The sentiment is from my stash, I think it was free with one of my magazines.

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

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

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 112 - Let it snow again!
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 194 - Christmas (in February)
Winter Wonderland Challenge - It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
Party Time Tuesday's Challenge 107 - 3 and 3 (3 design papers)
Sparkles Christmas Challenge 25 - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge 3 - Snowflakes
Love to Create Challenge 53 - All that Glitters
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Pop it Up

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 'Sparkle & Shine' challenge - don't forget if you would like to be considered for a Guest Design spot just enter a card into the challenge and put GDT after your name.

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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Blue for a Boy

I made this card for my niece and her partner, they have just had their first baby.  We knew in advance that it was going to be a boy but I waited until after the birth to make it - just in case!

The clothes on the washing line all came from my Polka Doodles Sundae of Seasons CD and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.  I have added a layer of pale blue card stock from Joanna Sheen (now discontinued) and some bakers twine for the washing line.

I have decorated the inside of my card as well:

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

Crafty Boots Challenge - Blue and White
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 134 - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions Challenge 97 - Ribbon or Twine
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge 45 - Letter "B" (Boy, Blue, Baby)
Digital Tuesday Challenge 197 - Up, Up and away (I hope my washing line counts - if not please delete my entry)

Thank you for visiting my little blog today, have a great weekend.

Pauline
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Love Bunny

This is another card using a fab image from The Digi Stamp Boutique, I've kept things quite simple again - I'm really into the uncluttered look at the moment.

The image is called Boy Love Bunny, I thought my eldest son might have liked this one for his girlfriend, but he chose the Ooh La La Creations one I made called Love Letter instead - he's obviously growing up fast!  The papers are Pink Petticoat and I have applied a coat of 3D Crystal Lacquer to all of the hearts.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I did decorate the inside of the card but couldn't get a decent photo.

Card Recipe

Image:  The Digi Stamp Boutique - Valentine Bunny set

Papers:  Pink Petticoat - waterfall hearts and pinstripes

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Fiskars - border punch, Epiphany - heart punch

Embellishments:  3D Crystal Lacquer

Sentiment:  LOTV

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

Diva's by Design - Love and Romance
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 155 - One for the Girls
The Paper Shelter Challenge 99 - Be My Valentine
Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch and/or Theme (Sent with Love)
In the Pink Challenge 13 - Pink Valentines
Moving Along with the Times - Love is in the Air
Paper Crafting Journey - Love
Craft Your Passion Challenge 149 - My Valentine
The Cutie Pie Challenge 37 - Valentines cards
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 37 - Show us your Favourites (3D Crystal Lacquer and LOTV sentiment stamps)

Thank you so much for calling today, I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

Pauline
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Santa's on his bike!

I'm pleased to say that I have managed to get my CD Sunday entry ready a bit earlier this week, I seem to be making a habit of being a bit last minute lately!

The theme this week is 'On your bike!' and as soon as I saw it I knew exactly which image I was going to use.

I love this fabulous image from the Ooh La La Creations Christmas Presence CD, if you follow my blog you will have seen quite a lot of cards made using images from this CD.  The image and the papers are from the CD, I added some white Pebeo paint to the outside of the papers, I was attempting to make it look like snow but I'm not sure I succeeded.

I don't think these images need very much embellishing so I've just added some red (yes they are red!) pearls and some white ribbon, the sentiment is from LOTV.

I have decorated the inside of my card and you can see the layers on the image in this photograph as well:

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - On your bike!
Creative Corner Challenge 6 - For the Boys
Crafty Hazelnut's Extra Challenge - Anything goes as long as it's Christmas
Sparkles Christmas Challenge 25 - Anything goes
Crimbo Crackers Challenge 34 -Male
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 185 - What's Inside
Use Your Stuff Challenge 71 - Winter Wonderland (ribbon, pearls, paint, sentiment stamp all old stash and the CD is now over two years old)
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 35 - Get to Cutting and/or Favourite Technique (my favourite technique is adding dimension through layers/decoupage)

Thank you for visiting today, I hope your week is going well.

Pauline
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Love Letter

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the new week.  I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest follower - thank you so much for joining me Flora.

We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week we have a sketch for you.  I have used a Saturated Canary image, many thanks to Krista for letting me choose one of her fabulous images to work with.

At first I tried to colour her top in red, but after lots of failed attempts (I find red such a difficult colour to use) I had a look around the internet for inspiration and found a fabulous image on the Copic Marker Europe Blog with her Top left white and so that is what I did. My papers are from one of my Bearly Mine Designs CDs, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

Card Recipe:

Image:  Saturated Canary - Love Letters

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme CD

Tools:  Spellbinders - Labels Eighteen, X-cut - Scalloped border punch, Crafter's Companion - Epiphany Shape Studio Heart, Punch-Bunch - Medium Oak Leaf

Embellishments:  Flowers, leaf, pearls, ribbon and twine from stash

Sentiment:  Rub-on from stash

This is the sketch we would like you to follow:

We have three fabulous Sponsors this week:

Saturated Canary

2 Digi's of the Winner's Choice

Elphine House Australia

Precious Child - It's A Girl Stamp

and our very own Donna

Bearly Mine Designs

£10 Gift Voucher

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

2 Sisters Challenge 130 - Hearts

A Gem of a Challenge 66 - Hearts/Valentines

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Valentines and/or Love

Mark's Finest Papers Challenge 146 - Love

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 170 - Love

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge 153 - Valentines or Love

PanPastel Challenge 6 - Love and Romance

The Corrosive Challenge 167 - Hearts and Flowers

Red Carpet Studio Challenge 23 - Where the Heart Is

Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge 100 - Romantic Movie Title (The Love Letter)

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

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

Pauline
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Meadow Daisies

This is my entry for the Seize the Birthday challenge, this week the challenge is to follow the sketch and make a Feminine Birthday card.

I have used one of my older stamps from Joanna Sheen's Favourite Flowers Collection and coloured it with Pro-Markers, the papers are from the My Mind's Eye Everyday Flair collection.

This card started out with yellow card stock but it just didn't look right so I decided to use Kraft instead.  I cut the image out with a Spellbinders circle die and mounted it on a Scalloped circle die cut. The sentiment is LOVT and I have just added some string, a little bow and a yellow brad.

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

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

Seize the Birthday Challenge 5 - Sketch and Feminine Birthday Card
Platypus Creek Challenge 25 - Pretty Party Time
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 38 - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges - Think Spring (Pastel Colours)
Shelly's Images TTT Challenge - Neutrals with a POP of Colour/Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge 19 - Girls are made of (Female Cards)

Thank you for visiting this evening, I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend.

Pauline
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Abracadabra!

I'm running late again this week with my entry for the CD Sunday Challenge - the theme is Showtime and I decided to use this fabulous LOTV Mini Masterpiece.

The CD element on my card is the stripy paper from one of my Bearly Mine Designs Designer Extreme CD's.  The card stock is Core'dinations and I have used my X-cut star die for the star embellishment.  The ticket sentiment was from the Crafty Pad (unfortunately now closed) and the card candy is from my stash.

I have kept the decoration quite simple on the inside of this card, mainly because I used up so much of the embossed card stock trying to get the front right that I didn't have enough left to do very much on the inside.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Showtime
Crafting When We Can Challenge 37 - Cards for Boys
One Stop Craft Challenge 214 - Anything Goes
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 33 - Be My Valentine/Anything Goes
Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude Challenge 33 - Be My Valentine/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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Sailor Bear

This is my second DT card for the Forever Friends Monthly Challenge, this month the theme is Animals, Birds or Butterflies, we would like to see at least one of these on your cards.

I have made two cards this month, one using an image from Saturated Canary who are sponsoring our Forever Friends Favourite winner this month (see post below) and this one using an image and papers from the Forever Friends - The Good Life Collection.

The card stock is from Joanna Sheen, but unfortunately she doesn't stock it anymore.  I cut the anchor embellishment with a Spellbinders die and coated it with 3D Crystal Lacquer, I also added lots of brads around the porthole.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

Card Recipe:

Image and papers:  Forever Friends - The Good Life Collection

Card Stock:  Joanna Sheen - discontinued

Tools:  Spellbinders - Circle, Scalloped Circle and Anchor, Die-namics - Photo Corners

Embellishments:  ribbon, string, brads from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV

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

Joanna Sheen

and The Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by:

Saturated Canary

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

PanPastel Challenge 5 - Animals
Love to Create Challenge 51 - Let's Celebrate
The Crafting Cafe - Anything Goes
Craft Room Challenge - Handmade Embellishments (Anchor)
Let's Craft and Create Challenge 63 - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge 138 - For a Birthday
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 13 - Anything Goes

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 'Animals' challenge and don't forget that the new Monthly Give-Away started yesterday.

Thank you for joining me today, I hope to see you again soon.

Pauline

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Pretty in Pink

It's time for a new Forever Friends Monthly Challenge and this month the theme is Animals, Birds or Butterflies, we would like to see at least one of these on your cards.

I have made two cards - this one using an image from Saturated Canary who are sponsoring our Forever Friends Favourite winner this month.

This gorgeous image is called Harley and Haley and I have coloured them with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and added Frosted Lace Stickles to the frills on their dresses.  My papers are from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found collection and my card stock is Kraft.  I coloured some seem binding and a flower to match and added a button and some pearls to finish.

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

Please make sure you take a look at my next post which features a lovely Forever Friends Bear.

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

Joanna Sheen

and The Forever Friends Favourite is sponsored by:

Saturated Canary

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

Anything Goes Challenge 85 - Monochrome
Allsorts Challenge 192 - Lets Get Cute
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Use Red or Pink
All that Stickles Challenge - Anything Goes
Desert Island Crafts Challenge 47 - 3, 4 and 9
Ladybug Crafts - Girly/Female
Creative Moments Bloggers Network Challenge 10 - Buttons & Bows/Anything Goes
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Red and Pink (ribbon/flower/button/pearls all over 6 months old)

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 'Animals' challenge and don't forget that the new Monthly Give-Away started yesterday.

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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Retail Therapy

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and we have a COLOUR INSPIRATION challenge for you this time

I have used a Hot Diggity Dog image from my Docrafts Tulip and Friends CD, I wanted a square image and as the decoupage image on the CD was not square I decided to cut my own .

The papers are Bearly Mine Designs - Mini Dots, they are the right colour for the challenge but they have not photographed very well.

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

This is the colour palette from Design Seeds that we would like you to use:

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

ABC Challenge - G for Going Dotty
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs Challenge 39 - Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy Challenge 49 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge 148 - Pastels
Digi Darla's Challenge 48 - My Style (Clean lines and Decoupage)
Raise the Bar Challenge 129 - Animal Attraction

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT projects, we would love for you to join us for our 'COLOUR INSPIRATION' challenge.

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

Pauline

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Love Letter

It's the beginning of a new week and time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations, our theme for this fortnight is - Love Story - you don't have to use an Ooh La La Creations product but we love it when you do.

I have used a gorgeous image from the latest  Ooh La La Creations CD - Yesterday's Memories - you can purchase the CD from the Ooh La La Creations online shop.

The image and  papers are both from the CD, full details of everything I have used are listed below.  I printed the image on water colour card stock and inked the edges of everything.  The smaller heart embellishments have all been treated to a layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer and I pleated some pink seam binding.

I got the idea for the little envelope with the love letter inside from my Quick Cards Made Easy magazine, there is a fabulous section in there by Julie Gibbs (Jules to those of us who know her - take a look at her blog 'Always with a Heart', make sure you have a coffee though because you will be there for some time).

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

Card Recipe:

Image and Papers:  Ooh La La Creations - Yesterday's Memories CD
Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion

Tools:  Sizzix heart die

Embellishments:  ribbon, doily and lace from stash

Sentiment - recycled

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

Deep Ocean Challenge 44 - Love and Lace
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 205 - Vintage
Shopping Our Stash Challenge 87 - Valentines, Hearts, Red, Love etc.,
Moving Along with the Times - Punch it Out
Simply Create Too Challenge 30 - Valentines Day (or Hearts)
Stamping with the Dragon - Love is in the Air

Ladybug Crafts February Challenge - Valentines Day and/or Love
My Time to Craft 207 - Love is in the Air
Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge 47 - Romantic Love
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 52 - Make Your Own Embellishments (my glossy hearts and envelope)

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 'Love Story' 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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