Honey Monster Take 2

When I made my GDT card for the Monochrome Challenge over at the House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge, there is still plenty of time to enter by the way, I made two cards - the one that is on the challenge blog and this one.

If you have seen the one on the challenge blog you will know how very different they are.

I have coloured my Gruffie image with ProMarkers again and the papers are from Pink Petticoat - just a few more this time, I have also used the same Fiskars edge punch.  The edges of the image and papers have all been inked with distress ink and the banners were cut by hand, the button and twine are from my stash.

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

Di's Digi Designs - Show off those colouring skills
Stamping with the Dragon - Yellow
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 63 - Monochrome
Divas by Design - Monochrome
Southern Girls Challenge 78 - Monochrome
Party Time Tuesday's Challenge 139 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Going on a Bear Hunt!

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

Pauline
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Let's Shop

I've made another card with this fabulous image from Bugaboo, you've probably noticed by now that I rather like her!

She has been coloured with ProMarkers and the papers are from the My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing Bluebell collection.  I have added 3D Crystal Lacquer to her glasses and shoes, the sentiment comes with the image and I have stamped a little tag around it.  The ribbon, button and card candy are all from my stash.

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

Anything Goes Challenge 101 - Out with the Girls
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 288 - Pretty Ribbons
Creative Craft Challenge 19 - Use Ribbon
Craft-Dee BowZ Challenge - Anything Goes, include a HANDMADE BOW
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe 143 - Anything Goes
Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge 55 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs Challenge - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting me today and for any comments that you may like to leave.

Pauline
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Homemade Tree

This is the card I have made for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - Snow People.  As soon as I saw the theme I knew I was going to use my Ooh La La Christmas Presence CD, there are so many fabulous snowman images on this CD.

The image is called Homemade Tree, I just love these whimsical images, and the papers are Pink Petticoat.  I punched a border and then promptly covered it up with the image and sentiment, which is a LOTV stamp, some card candy and a button and twine complete my card.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Snow People
Art Impressions Challenge 119 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenge 241 - Split It Up!
CHNC September Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Card Mania Challenge 30 - Cute as a Button
My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Buttons, Buttons, Buttons
As You Like It Challenge 11 - Favourite Sentiment and Why - LOTV Sentiment Tags because there are so many combinations that can be used together and they are so versatile

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is most welcome.

Pauline
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Boo!

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 it's Anything Goes.

I've made my first Halloween card of the year using papers from the Bearly Mine Designs Halloween Hauntings collection and a freebie from 2010 that is still available in the Shop.

 

I have used an image from the DigiStamp Boutique and the sentiment is a Clearly Besotted Stamp.  I hand cut the banners and used a Martha Stewart punch for the border, the button and twine are from my stash.

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Alota Rubber Stamps

$15 Gift Certificate

and

My Mum's Craft Shop

£10 Gift Voucher

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

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 202 - Dotty
Creative Corner Challenge - Halloween
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 60 - Anything Goes/Bright Colours
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 190 - Use Orange
The Pink Elephant Challenge 218 - Polka Dots & Stripes
Paper Makeup Digi Makeover Challenge 107 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge 14 - Run For The Border (Martha Stewart border punch)
ABC Challenge 46 - Tic Tac Toe (use 2 or more embellishments, Halloween, Pattern Paper)

Make sure you visit the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog to take a look at the fabulous 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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Honey Monster

I'm really excited and honoured to have been invited to join the fabulous team over at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge as a guest designer for the months of September and October, well you all know how much I love House Mouse so I'm sure you will understand how thrilled I am.

This is my second challenge and the theme for this fortnight is Monochrome, make sure you pop over the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge blog for more details and to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and great prizes.

I used an adorable image from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Designs Gruffies stamps called Thanks a Bunch.

I have made a clean and simple card this time, my Gruffie has been coloured with ProMarkers and I have used papers from Pink Petticoat.  The border is a Fiskars edge punch and the sentiment labels are from LOTV.

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

Pattie's Creations Challenge 76 - Animals
The ABC Challenge - V for Very Cute
Crafty Calendar - Going on a Bear Hunt
Ready Teddy Go Challenge 26 - Summer Days
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 29 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 182 - Anything Goes
PanPastel Challenge 38 - Anything Goes

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

Pauline
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An Apple a Day ...

I have made this card using a gorgeous image from one of Joanna Sheen's House Mouse Decoupage sets, the papers are from a DCWV Paper Stack and I have punched a simple border from yellow card stock with one of my Fiskars edge punches.

You can see the decoupage layers a little better in this photograph, thank goodness my husband is back from India later today with the camera I normally use -  I just can't take decent photographs with my son's camera..

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

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Fabulous Fall Colours

The House That Stamps Built Challenge 911 - Food Happy

MilkCoffee Challenge - Fabulous Fall Colours

Crafty Boots Challenge - A is for Apple

Paper Playtime Challenge 19 - Apples

Inky Impressions Challenge 126 - Food Glorious Food

Crafty Catz Challenge 199 - Decoupage

My Craft Spot Monday Challenge 111 - Favourite Technique (Decoupage)

Thank you so much for your company today, it is much appreciated.

Pauline

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The Holly and the Ivy

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is 'The Holly and the Ivy'.

I have used an image and papers from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew Part 2 CD.

I cut the image out with a Spellbinders circle die and then layered it onto a scalloped circle and then another plain circle, the berries have all been given a generous layer of 3D Crystal Lacquer.  The scalloped borders are an X-Cut edge punch and the sentiment is a LOTV stamp on a Spellbinders Ribbon Banner die cut.  The music papers are from the Dovecraft Back to Basics Vintage Christmas collection.

We are sponsored by

Wild Rose Studio

who are offering one lucky winner 2 stamps of their choice

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

A Creative Romance Challenge - Dies or Punches
Creative Card Crew Challenge 45 - Christmas
LEJ Designs Challenge 71 - Winter Wishes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 145 - 2 or more Patterned Papers
4 Krafty Girlz Challenge 2 - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenges #29 - Music
CHNC Challenge Extra for September - Anything Christmas Goes
Nutcrafters Challenge 52 - Your Favourite Colour Combination (traditional Christmas colours)

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we have Lols from Wild Rose Studio joining us as a GDT for this challenge - make sure you check out her fabulous creation.  We would love for you to join us this week for our 'The Holly and the Ivy' challenge.

Thank you for visiting me today and for any comments that you may like to leave.

Pauline
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So much plastic ...

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this week the theme is Make it Funny.  I have made a CAS card using a fabulous image from Bugaboo who are our sponsors this time.

The Bugaboo image is called JJ Shopping - so much plastic and she comes with the sentiment.  I have coloured her with ProMarkers and the papers are from the My Mind's Eye - The Sweetest Thing Bluebell collection.  I have added 3D Crystal Lacquer to her glasses, shoes and handbag, along with a little pearl from my stash.

Our sponsor this time is:

Bugaboo

Prize: 7 digital images

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

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Devine Digi's
Love to Create Challenge 83 - Clean N Simple
Sentimental Sundays Challenge 172 - Humorous
Created with Love Challenge 58 - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge 80 - Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge 217 - Digital Images or Digital Papers
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 186 - Anything Goes
My Craft Creations Challenge - Stamped/Digi Image
Creative Inspirations Challenge 232 - Clean and Simple

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 Funny challenge.

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

Pauline
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Picked Flowers

This is the card I have made for the current challenge over at A Day for Daisies, the theme is monochrome.  I bought this adorable image a couple of weeks ago - she is just so gorgeous.

I apologise for the poor photo quality, I'm still struggling with my son's camera, I will be so pleased when hubby gets back from India with the one I usually use.

I have coloured her with pale blue ProMarkers to match my Papermania papers and made a paper bow with a fabulous little die from Lil' Inker Designs.  The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat, I added some gems to the corners and some stickles to the flowers in her hair.

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

A Day for Daisies Challenge 78 - Monochrome
Seemacrafts September Challenge - Monochromatic
Come and Get It Challenge - Focal Image on the Side
PanPastel Challenge 37 - Make it Blue
Bunny Zoe's September Challenge - Something Blue
Stamp and Create September Challenge - Birthdays
A Creative Romance Challenge - Dies or Punches (bow die)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 286 - Hip to be Square

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is most welcome.

Pauline
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Shop till you drop

This is the card I have made for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge, I have been really bad lately and hardly ever manage to join in, I really must do better!

The image is from Bugaboo and I have coloured her with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers, the spotty papers are my CD element, they are from my docrafts Tulip and Friends CD, the striped papers are from the Echo Park Dots & Stripes collection.  My sentiment is computer generated and I have added some ribbon from my stash.

I really enjoyed colouring this image - I think you might see more of her in the near future.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Shop til you drop
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 69 - Have a Sentiment on the Front
Scrap-Creations - Polka Dots
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 164 - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 180 - Use a digi
Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge 52 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge - Spots and Stripes

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Autumn Leaves

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 it's a Fall Colour challenge.

I've used a selection of Donna's fabulous papers from the Designer Extreme CD and Mini Dots collection.

I have used my Cheery Lynn Designs Small Leaves die to cut some leaves and little acorns and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp stamped onto a Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die cut.  I punched a border with an X-Cut edge punch and added some of the harlequin papers.  The edges of everything have been inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to the acorns.  The string and buttons are from my stash and I made my own card candy.

These are the colours that we would like you to use.  My colours do match in real life - I'm struggling a bit at the moment, I'm having to use my son's camera. hubby has taken the one I usually use to India with him.

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Natalie & Amy

£10 Gift Voucher

and

our very own Bearly Mine Designs

£10 Gift Voucher

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

Drunken Stampers Challenge 140 - Buttons
My Sheri Crafts Challenge 118 - Fall Colours
Great Impressions September Challenge - Fall Colours
Simply Create Too Challenge 45 - Vintage (or Old)
4 Crafty Girlz Challenge 1 - Anything Goes
Craft-Room Challenge - Trees and/or Leaves
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Back to Nature
LEJ Designs Challenge 70 - Autumnal Colours

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

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

Pauline
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Autumn Love

I'm really excited and honoured to have been invited to join the fabulous team over at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge as a guest designer for the months of September and October, well you all know how much I love House Mouse so I'm sure you will understand how thrilled I am.

The theme for this fortnights challenge is - Autumn Leaves, make sure you pop over the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge blog for more details and to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and great prizes.

I used an adorable image and papers from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Triple CD collection.

I apologise for the poor picture quality, my husband has gone to India for two weeks and taken my camera (it's his really), so I had to use my son's and it is very different - I just can't seem to get the colours to photograph..

I embossed some burgundy card stock, and die cut some leaves using my Cheery-Lynn Designs Small Leaves dies, I then added two wooden heart buttons and some burgundy twine.

I have decorated the inside of my card using an insert from the CD.

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

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Animal Antics
Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Cute 'n' Cuddly Critters
Brown Sugar Challenge 58 - Animals
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by: Autumn colours
Pile It On Challenge 36 - Tic-Tac-Toe (Patterned Paper, Dies, Autumn Colours
The Corrosive Challenge 182 - All About Fall
Sarah Hurley Challenge 84 - Autumn Glow
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 20 - Anything Goes
Red Carpet Studio Challenge 52 - Anything Else

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

Pauline
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A Gift

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is 'Candles', so we would like to see something related to candles on your project - you can use an image or papers, you could decorate a candle or even make some packaging for candles.

I have used a gorgeous image from KennyK who is our sponsor this week and papers with candles on from Bearly Mine Designs.  My sentiment is from Pink Petticoat, the banners were cut by hand and the button, twine and pearls are from my stash.

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous

KennyK

who is offering the lucky winner 3 digis of their choice

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

ABC Challenge 43 - Colouring with Markers
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 57 - Buttons or Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes, Optional Extra: Christmas
Sparkles Christmas Challenge 32 - Non Traditional Colours
Creative Creations Challenge 18 - Early Christmas Makes
Christmas Card Challenges #40 - Something New (new digi provided by sponsor)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas Goes
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 226 - Inspirational Cupcake Photograph

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 'Candles' challenge.

Thank you for visiting me today and for any comments that you may like to leave.

Pauline
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BIrthday Star

This is the second card I made for my eldest son's best friend who was seventeen recently, I always make a couple so that Matt has a choice.  This is the card that he actually chose to give his friend.

The papers are from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dolled Up collection, I cut the larger stars with an X-cut die and the smaller ones are an X-cut punch, I then inked the edges of the larger ones with distress inks and added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the smaller ones. I hand cut the sentiment banner and the sentiment is a Studio Light stamp embossed with white embossing powder.

I also decorated the inside of the card with stars.

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

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 9 - Boys Only
Paper Playtime Challenge 18 - Use 3 Different Papers
Everybody Art Challenge 243 - Happy Birthday
LEJ Designs Challenge 69 - Something Shiny (small stars)
Nutcrafters Challenge 51 - CAS
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Creatalicious Challenge 54 - For the Boys
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 62 - It's a Male Thing

Seize the Sketch #3 - 

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

Pauline

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Back to School

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this week the theme is Back to School/For a Child.  I have made a CAS card using an adorable House Mouse image.

There are four layers of decoupage and the papers are from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy collection.  The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is a LOTV stamp.

Our sponsor this time is:

Robyn's Fetish

Prize: 5 digital stamps

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

Totally Papercrafts Challenge 182 - Decoupage
MilkCoffee Challenge - Back to School
A Little Bit Crafty Challenge - Clean & Simple
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 96 - Back to School
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 59 - Back to School
A Creative Romance - CAS Style Cards
Parade Your Crafts Challenge 3 - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge 12 - CAS
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 139 - Back to School
Ribbon Carousel Challenge 85 - It's Back to School Time

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 Back to School/For a Child challenge.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Boy

I made this card for a very good friend of my eldest son, he has just turned seventeen, probably one of the most difficult ages to make a boy's card for.  He's not really into sport or anything so no help there then!.

The papers are My Mind's Eye, from the Miss Caroline Dolled Up collection, there are some floral ones in the pack but quite a few of them are suitable for masculine cards.

I used a Sizzix die to cut the label and a Britannia Die to cut the sentiment, the large star is an X-cut die and I punched the smaller stars and added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to them.

I have also made a matching tag to go with my card.

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

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 90 - For the Boys

Creatalicious Challenge 54 - For the Boys

Aud Sentiments Challenge 88 - Any Sentiment

Little Red Wagon Challenge 200 - Polka Dots

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 116 - For the Boys (papers from stash)

Allsorts Challenge Week 222 - It's all about the sentiment
Sweet Stampin' - Spots and Stripes
Party Time Tuesdays Challenge 135 - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu Challenge - It's Sentimental
PanPastel Challenge 35 - Spots and Dots

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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