A Recipe Challenge

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week we have a recipe challenge for you - we would like to see 3 snowflakes, 2 papers and 1 image on your projects. I have used a fabulous image from Crafter's Companion who are our sponsors this week and papers from Dovecraft.

The sentiment is a LOTV stamp and my snowflakes are a combination of Spellbinders Snowflake dies with a gem in the middle. I used a Fiskars punch to create the border.

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

This week our fabulous sponsor is

Crafter's Companion

who are giving a £10 voucher to the lucky winner

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

CHNC Challenge Extra for June - Anything Christmas Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge - Christmas in June
Holly Jolly Christmas - Dashing through the SNOW
Scrapper's Delights Challenge 2 - Die Cuts or Punches
Charisma Cardz Challenge 25 - 3, 2, 1 Recipe (3 snowflakes, 2 papers, 1 image)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 275 - Fly like a Bird
Pan Pastel Challenge 25 - Lot's of Layers
Party Time Tuesday's Challenge 126 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenge 138 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us this week for our recipe challenge.

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

Pauline
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These boots .....

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our theme for you this time is 'Make it Girly'.  I have made a card using a fabulous image called Honey from Saturated Canary our sponsor for this challenge.

I have coloured her with a combination of FlexMarkers and ProMarkers, the card stock is Core'dinations and the papers were free with Quick Cards.

I punched the border and die cut the corners and flowers, the pearls are from my stash.

Our sponsor this week is Saturated Canary

and the prize is 2 digital images

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

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 177 - Pastel Colours
Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge 35 - Anything Goes
My Heart Pieces - Use a digi stamp
Crafty Sentiments - Girl Power
Digi Haven - Flowers
Send A Smile 4 Kids - For the Girls
That Craft Place - Flowers
Red Carpet Studio Challenge 42 - Going Digital
Divas by Design Challenge - Pretty Pearls
Passion for ProMarkers Challenge 204 - Name that Tune (These Boots are made for Walking)

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 'Make it Girly' challenge.

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

Pauline

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Butterfly Wishes

There is a brand new challenge over at Clearly Besotted and I couldn't resist making a card for it, the theme is Anything Goes but you must use a Clearly Besotted product.  I decided to use my Butterfly Wishes stamps and dies.

The papers are My Mind's Eye and the wooden button and string are from my stash.  I have torn some corrugated card stock and used distress inks for my butterflies and for the pink outside edge.

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

Clearly Besotted Challenge 1 - Anything Goes with a Clearly Besotted image
Divas by Design - Distressing
Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge 9 - Take Flight
Fairy Tale Challenge 70 - Happy Birthday
My Sheri Crafts Challenge 113 - Birthday
Animal Friends Challenge 3 - Butterflies and/or Beetles
Bunny Zoe's June Monthly Challenge - Wings
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge 67 - Anything with Wings

Thank you so much for visiting me today.

Pauline
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Faithful Friends

This is the card that I made my Dad for Father's Day, the minute I saw this decoupage sheet in Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew Summer Collection I just knew that it was perfect - we always had a Jack Russel when I was growing up and they are still my Dad's favourite dog.

The gingham paper is from Bearly Mine Designs and the floral paper is from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky CD, I have used Kraft card stock and punched a border with my Fiskars edge punch.

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Father's day or a Male Card
2 Sisters Challenge 148 - Just for Dad
A Gem of a Challenge - Father's Day/Male
Pan Pastel Challenge 24 - Male Theme
Lexi's Creations Challenge 92 - Father's Day or Special Male Birthday
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 103 - Masculine
Dream Valley Challenge 59 - Father's Day/Male Theme
Card Mania Challenge 23 - Use Kraft Paper
Creative Creations Challenge 12 - For You Dad/Male
Creative Craft Challenge 12 - We Love You Dad

Thank you so much for visiting me today, if you would like to leave me I comment I will come and visit you.

Pauline
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Young Love

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the new week. We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week our theme is - Flowers Galore.

I have used a fabulous LOTV image along with gorgeous papers from the Bearly Mine Designs Summer's Roses and Gingham collections and made a Birthday card.

I have made a frame for my image with Spellbinders circles dies and the corners are also Spellbinders die cuts.  I punched a border with a Fiskars edge punch and the sentiment is a LOTV stamp.  The flowers, ribbon and gem are all from my stash.

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Fred She Said

$20 Gift Certificate

and

Crealies

who are offering this fabulous set of dies

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

A.R.T. Challenge - Summertime
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 48 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Little Miss Muffet Challenge 63 - Happy Families
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Beautiful Borders
ABC Challenge 33 - Summer
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 46 - Ribbon or Twine
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 176 - Summer
Lady Anne's June Challenge - The Great Outdoors
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 44 - Dies/Punches
Craft-Dee BowZ June Challenge - Celebrate Summer and include a HANDMADE BOW

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

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

Pauline
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Mousey Love

This is a rather sad post for me today as this is my final GDT card for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, I've really enjoyed making my House Mouse cards and have been made to feel so welcome by the DT - I'm really going to miss them.

The theme for this fortnights challenge is - Anything Goes - Use a Charm.  Make sure you pop over to the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog for more details and to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and great prizes.

My card is an anniversary card for my husband, i'ts a bit soppy but I think he'll like it.  The image and floral papers are from Joanna Sheen's House Mouse Triple CD Collection and the dotty papers are from Bearly Mine Designs.

The 'Happy Anniversary' sentiment is a LOTV stamp on a spellbinders ribbon banner die cut and the 'With Love' sentiment is a Flonzcraft stamp on a LOTV Tag.  I used my Cheery Lynn Designs Burlap Border to cut the dark blue border strip from the same card stock that I have used for layering.  My little charm with the sun on it is from my stash.

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:

The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge 46 - Use something Metal
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 22 - Anything Goes
Delightful Weekly Challenge - Wedding or Anniversary
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge 41 - Bingo (Flowers, Die Cut, Charm)
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 171 - Feeling Blue
613 Avenue Create Challenge 24 - Anything Goes or TWIST 'Someone Special' A Male
Paper Playtime Challenge 12 - Anything Goes
There She Goes Challenge 212 - Anything Goes

Thank you for popping in today, don't forget to take a look at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with the 'Anything Goes - Use a Charm' challenge.

Pauline
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Red and White Christmas

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week we would like to see Spots and Stripes on your Christmas creations. I have used a LOTV die cut square and papers from Bearly Mine Designs.

The sentiment is a LOTV stamp on a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner die cut and the snowflake is a combination of Spellbinders Snowflake dies with a gem in the middle. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the border.

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

This week our fabulous sponsor is

Delicious Doodles

who are giving 4 digi images to the lucky winner

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

CHNC Challenge 128 - Use a die cut and/or punch
The Corrosive Challenge 176 - Animal Antics
ABC Challenge 321 - I (Heart) Animals
Little Red Wagon Challenge 189 - Use 3 or more Patterned Papers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 211 - Christmas
Southern Girls - Die Cuts and Punches
CHNC Challenge Extra for June - Anything Christmas Goes
Scrapper's Delights Challenge 1 - S is for Snowflakes
As You Like It Challenge 4 - Favourite Papers (Bearly Mine Designs digital papers because I can just print them again and again and never run out)

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us this week for our Spots and Stripes challenge.

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

Pauline
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Nuts about Dad

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our theme for you this time is 'One for the Guys'.  I have made a card for my youngest son to give is Dad using a fabulous image from Bugaboo our sponsor for this challenge.

My Bugaboo image is called 'I'm Nuts About My Dad' and the papers are from the docrafts Wellington collection.  The sentiment comes with the image and the twine and button are from my stash.

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo

and the prize is 7digital images

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

Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 127 - For the Boys
Pattie's Creations Challenge 69 - Father's Day
Simply Create Too Challenge 39 - Father's Day/For a Male
Crazy 4 Challenges 189 - Father's Day
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge 34 - Father's Day/Male Cards
Pile it On Challenge 23 - For or from a Father
Cards for Men Challenge 12 - Boys will be boys
Craft Your Passion Challenge 166 - Father's Day/Masculine
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 93 - Father's Day
Creative Creations Challenge 12 - For You Dad/Masculine

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 'One for the Guys' challenge.

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

Pauline

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Purple Julia

It's time for a new challenge at Ooh La La Creations and the theme this time is 'Buttons & Bling', you don't have to use an Ooh La La Creations product but we love it when you do.

I decided to keep things quite simple again and have used a fabulous image and papers from the Ooh La La Creations  -  All Dressed Up CD, you can purchase it from the Ooh La La Creations online shop.

I have layered everything onto black card stock from my stash and punched the border with my Fiskars edge punch  The sentiment stamp is from Flonzcraft stamped onto a CREAlies die cut and the flowers, buttons, twine and gems are all from my stash.

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

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge 3 - One for the girls
Nutcrafters Challenge 44 - Mono
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 130 - Birthdays
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
PanPastel Challenge 23 - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu Challenge - B is for ..... (black, bling, buttons, border)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - The Button Challenge
Robyn's Fetish Challenge 163 - Die Cuts or Punches

Make sure you pop over to the Ooh La La Creations Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our 'Buttons & Bling' 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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You brighten my life

A very warm welcome to the second challenge over at the new Crafty Friends Challenge Blog, I would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who joined in our very first challenge - we had so many beautiful entries.

This is the card I have made using an adorable image from our sponsor this week - Cupids Clear Stamps

We have a BINGO challenge for you this week, you can choose any line either vertical, horizontal or diagonal and use the elements on your card.

I have chosen to use Die cuts, Yellow and Buttons.  My yellow papers are from Pink Petticoat and I have used black card stock for my layers, my die cuts are the corners and the sentiment base and my black buttons and yellow twine are from my stash.  The sentiment stamp is from Joanna Sheen's Wordy Stamps - Words One.

The Sponsor of the Randomly Selected Winners Prize is

Cupids Clear Stamps

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

Charisma Cardz Challenge 22 - Tons of Layers

Can You Digi It Challenge 37 - Yellow

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 145 - Flowers

My Heart Pieces Challenge - Clean and Simple
Alphabet Challenge - I for Image
Created With Love Challenge 44 - Anything Goes
A Little Bit Crafty - Something Sweet
Send A Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes

Make sure you visit the Crafty Friends Challenge Blog to take a look at the gorgeous DT inspiration and join in with this weeks BINGO challenge.

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

Pauline
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Faithful Friends

This is my entry for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge, the theme is 'Faithful Friends' and because it's the first challenge of the month the winner will be able to choose a CD of their choice from Ooh La La Creations.

I have used an image from the Ooh La La Creations Faithful Friends CD, this was one of the cards that I made for the Create and Craft Launch of the CD back in April that I never got around to blogging.

The image, papers and sentiment are all from the CD, I have backed everything with dark brown card stock and cut a border with a Fiskars border punch, another CAS design - most of my cards seem to be turning out this way at the moment!

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:

The CD Sunday Challenge - Faithful Friends
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Cards for Men Challenge 11 - Dad
Pile It On Challenge 22 - Stripes and/or Plaid
Crafty Creations Challenge 225 - One for the Boys!
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 261 - Fantastic Fathers
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 82 - Father's Day or Special Man
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Masculine/Father's Day
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 77 - Stripe Me Silly!
Songbird Challenge 21 - All creatures great and small

Well, that's it from me for today, I need to do some housework and then back to the hospital with Mum this evening.  Thank you for your company.

Pauline
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Vintage Rose

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and enjoying the new week. We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week our theme is - Dies and/or Punches.

I have used a beautiful image from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky CD along with fabulous papers from the Bearly Mine Designs Vintage Fantasy and Mini Dots collections and made a Birthday card for my eldest son to give to my Mother who is 85 today.

I have mounted the decoupage image on a Cheery Lynn Lattice die cut and made a frame with a Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die.  The sentiment is computer generated and then cut out with a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner die.  I have inked the edges of the papers, the die cuts and the ribbon with distress ink.

I have also decorated the inside of my card to complement the front, you can also see the many layers of decoupage in this photograph.

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Marianne Designs

and

Crafty Sentiments

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

Card Mania Challenge 22 - Shabby Chic
The Crazy Challenge 146 - Use a Sentiment
A Gem of a Challenge 82 - Summertime
Crazy 4 Challenges 188 - Summer Inspiration
Crafting When We Can Challenge 45 - Punches and/or die cuts
The Ribbon Girl June Card Challenge - Add a die cut
Country View Crafts' Challenge 4 - Die Cuts
The Cupboard Trilogy Challenge 12 - Birthday
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 6 - Dies, Dies, Dies
Simon Says Stamp - 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 Dies and/or Punches challenge.

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

Pauline
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Some like it HOT!

This is  my third GDT card for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge and the theme for this fortnights challenge is - For a Male.  Make sure you pop over the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog for more details and to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and great prizes.

My card is for one of the boys to give my husband, he loves to cook and we grow chili peppers in our green house so this image seemed ideal.

The papers are from Joanna Sheen's Royal Horticultural CD and the decoupage image is from Joanna Sheen's House Mouse Food and Drink collection, I have used black card stock from my stash for the base.  I used some red corrugated card stock and some black string from my stash.  The sentiment is a LOTV stamp on a spellbinders ribbon banner die cut inked with distress inks.  The little chili pepper embellishments have been cut from the backing paper and glazed with 3D Crystal Lacquer.

You can just about see the decoupage layers in this photograph.

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

Creative Moments Challenge 18 - Lots of Layers
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Stamp 'n' Doodle - So Many Layers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 209 - Father's Day/Male
Delightful Weekly Challenge - For Dad
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Masculine Cards!
The Alphabet Challenge Blog - H for Happy
Creative Corner Challenge 21 - Boy oh boy
Creative Inspirations Paint - Father's Day
Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Make It Yourself (my little chili peppers)

Thank you for popping in today, don't forget to take a look at the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with the 'For a Male' challenge.

Pauline
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