Sweet Dreams

It's time for our mid challenge reminder at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and this fortnight our theme is: Anything Masculine chosen by Kate.

For my card I've used another fabulous image from Joanna Sheen's The Gruffies and Happy Hoppers CD.

My papers are from Pink Petticoat and the sentiment was from the CD, as this is a masculine card I have just added some white Grosgrain Ribbon tied in a knot.

We have two fabulous sponsors again for this challenge:

Marianne Design

who are offering one lucky winner this fabulous prize

and also

Eureka Stamps

who are offering a prize of 5 Digital Stamps of  the winners choice from their online store http://www.eurekastamps.com/

So what are you waiting for, one of these awesome prizes could be yours if you play along.

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

My Time To Craft Challenge 241 - Beary Nice
Open-Minded Crafting Challenge 7 - Animal Antics
The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Animals
Delightful Weekly Challenge - Out Like a Lamb
Sassy Studio Designs DTBST Challenge 222 - Pretty Pastels
Bloggers Challenge - Animals
Crafty Catz Challenge 224 - Anything Goes
Digi Sketch  Challenge - Sketch or Theme - Bears
Bunny Zoe's Crafts March Challenge - Monochrome
As you like it Challenge - Favourite Animal (Gruffie Bear because his is adorable and has so much fun)

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 our Anything Masculine challenge.

Spring Chloe

It's time for a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge and the theme for this fortnight is Ribbons AND Lace (you must use both) chosen by Kevin. I decided to use this beautiful image called Sitting Chloe, available in the Pink Gem Designs Shop, for my card.

I coloured my image with a selection of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers, the sentiment tags are from LOTV along with the papers which are from the Shabby Shack collection. I added a die cut fence with some ivy and the ribbon, lace and pearls are from my stash.

The prize is:

2 Individual Digi images

(NO SETS, PERSONALISED WATERMARK'S OR SENTIMENT SETS)

of the winners choice from PINKGEM DESIGNS

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

Card Mania Challenge 43 - Lace and Pearls
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Ribbons, Lace and Pearls
Love to Create Challenge 108 - BINGO (Pearls, Lace, Blue)
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Girly
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 15 - Spring & Easter
Art Impressions Challenge 132 - Getting Girly
Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Add A Tag
MilkCoffee Challenge - Welcome Spring
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 252 - Weather/What is the season where you are? (Spring)

Make sure you pop over to the A Gem of a Challenge blog and join us for our Ribbons AND Lace challenge - don't forget we would like to see both.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline
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Best Wishes

This is a card that I have made to add to my supply of masculine cards, I need to keep a few in hand as I often get last minute requests from my sons.

Unfortunately this is one of those cards that just did not photograph well, the colours on the image match the papers perfectly in real life and the yellow is nothing like the original - never mind, I blame the photographer!

The image is a Papermania stamp that has been languishing in my stash for ages along with papers from Authentique that have also been hanging around for some time.  I coloured the image with ProMarkers and used an EK success punch for the border, the Stars are a combination of an X-Cut die and punch.

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

Fairytale Challenge 187 - An Old Stamp
Anyone for Anya March Challenge - Masculine or Grungy
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 84 - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations Challenge 112 - Use your Punches and Dies
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge 28 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated.

Pauline
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Red Roller!

It's time for a fabulous new challenge at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and this fortnight our theme is: Anything Masculine chosen by Kate.

For my card I've used a fabulous image from Joanna Sheen's The Gruffies and Happy Hoppers CD and cut him out with a Spellbinders circle die, I then layered him onto a Spellbinders scalloped circle die cut.

My papers are from the MME Cupid's Arrow collection, this is actually a valentine themed collection, and my sentiment along with the card candy is from Craftwork cards.  I used a Die-namics die to cut the corner.

We have two fabulous sponsors again for this challenge:

Marianne Design

who are offering one lucky winner this fabulous prize

and also

Eureka Stamps

who are offering a prize of 5 Digital Stamps of  the winners choice from their online store http://www.eurekastamps.com/

So what are you waiting for, one of these awesome prizes could be yours if you play along.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Going round in Circles
V's Sweet Ideas Challenge 21 - Kids Theme
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 208 - Boys to Men
Stampavie and More Challenge 207 - Sport
Daring Card Makers Challenge- DO Die-licious!
Allsorts Challenge Week 251 - All about the Boy
Craft-Room Challenge - Transport
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Dotty
A Little Bit Crafty Challenge - Are we there yet?

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 our Anything Masculine challenge.

Yellow and Blue

My eldest had another 18th Birthday Party to go to so that meant another card, this time I managed to please him with my first attempt - didn't I do well!

It's another of my Woodware stamps paper pieced with My Mind's Eye papers - I really like the yellow and dark blue combination.

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

Paper Minutes Challenge 313 -Sentiments
The Artistic Stamper March Challenge - Letters, Words and Numbers
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 75 - Happy Birthday
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Sentimental Journey
Brown Sugar Challenge 86 - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 168 - Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge 77 - Use Some Blue

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline
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Happy Mother's Day

This is the card I have made for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - Mother, Mum, Mummy and I've only just made it in time again this week!

I've been having a bit of a clear out in my craft room and found lots of sheets that I had printed out but never used, this is one of them.  It is a decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's Jane Shasky CD, both of the papers and the sentiment are also from the CD - I cut the sentiment down a little.  I have used Kraft card stock and one of my EK Success punches for the border.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Mother, Mum, Mummy
Ooh La La Creations Challenge 152 - To a Special Lady
Alphabet Challenge - C for Country Flowers
The Crazy Challenge 167 - Flower Frenzy

Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge - For a Special Lady
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 211 - Beautiful Borders

Papertake Weekly Challenge - For Mum

{PIN}spirational Challenge 99 -

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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Christmas Cheer

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is 'Paint the Town Red' - we would like to see lots of RED and don't forget Christmas projects only.

I have used toppers and papers from a Crafter's Companion kit - I don't know why I buy these, they just sit on the shelf collecting dust, but I am determined to use some of them up this year.  I used the inspiration sheet for the basic design of my card but stepped it up a little by adding some bits and pieces from my stash.

I used some gold Mirri card for the base and die cut some scalloped circles for the toppers to sit on. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and I have also put this on a Mirri card base.

I have used another topper and some of the card stock to decorate the inside of my card.

This week we have two fabulous sponsors again: 

Crafty Sentiments

With a Prize of 3 digis

and

Crafty Ribbons

Who have some gorgeous new and vintage ribbons to choose from

With a prize of a £10 voucher

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

My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Purple Haze Challenge 33 - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge 270 - Non Cute Card

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 263 - A Touch of Gold
Completely Christmas Challenge 3 - Anything Goes
CHNC Challenge Extra for March - Anything Christmas
Crafty Girls Challenge 14 - 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 for our 'Paint the Town Red' challenge - don't forget it must be a Christmas card.

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I always appreciate you taking the time to pop in.

Pauline
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Anonymous

Is anyone else getting dozens of comments from 'Anonymous' lately or is it just me?

Over the past month I have been receiving up to 50 each day. They are all on very old posts and just make some ridiculous comment about the quality (or not) of my post, they then supply a link to their blog which is ALWAYS something that is totally irrelevant to the content of my blog and obviously of no interest to me.

I do have comment moderation enabled so these comments are never published and I know that I can block them, but by doing so I risk blocking some people who are actually interested in looking at my posts and leaving relevant comments and I don't really want to do that.

So if  'Anonymous' is reading this, which I very much doubt, because I don't think you actually bother to read anything - I will never publish your ridiculous comments and I most certainly will not be following the links to your blog as I have no interest in:

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or any of the other rubbish that you keep leaving links to, even if I did I would not look to source anything from comments left by 'Anonymous' on my blog!

Please stop wasting both your time and mine.

Pauline

Christmas Carrots

It's time for our mid challenge reminder at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and this fortnight our theme is: Lost and Found chosen by Heather. You seem to be finding this a difficult theme but it's not that difficult really, take a look at the DT inspiration - it's very open to your interpretation.

I have used an image from Joanna Sheen's Happy Hoppers Decoupage collection - I do love my decoupage even if it does seem to be a little out of fashion at the moment.

My papers are from the NitWit Gentlemen Folk Collection and I have used Kraft card stock.  The sentiment tags are LOTV and I have added some twine and punched stars to embellish.

My interpretation of the theme is:

The Happy Hoppers have LOST their Christmas Tree decorations so they have FOUND some carrots to use instead.

See I told you it was easy.

We have two fabulous sponsors again this time:

Simon Says Stamp

Who are generously giving a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of their Premium Dye Ink Pads to one lucky player.



and

Pizzazz Aplenty



Who are giving a surprise package of embellishments worth $15.00.
(Due to increased postage costs, the winner for this prize must reside in the USA)

So what are you waiting for, one of these awesome prizes could be yours if you play along.

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

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 207 - Animals (No People Allowed)

Simply Create Too Challenge 57 - Animals

CHNC Challenge 168 - Going green ... a little or a lot 

Sentimental Sundays Challenge 198 - Cute and Cuddly

CHNC Challenge Extra for March - Anything Christmas

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 60 - Cute Christmas
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 250 - Christmas
Completely Christmas Challenge 3 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 185 - Trees
The Stamping Boutique Challenge 8 - Use Bunnies

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 our Lost and Found challenge.

Happy 18th Birthday

My son asked me to make an 18th Birthday card for a friend who's party he is gong to this weekend.  He wanted it to be similar to one I made at the end of last year using the Frou Frou 'Two Of A Kind' stamp from Crafter's Companion - he certainly knows what he wants!

I coloured the image with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and used papers from the Fro Frou collection.  The sentiment is a Woodware stamp and the scalloped border is a Clearly Besotted die - I love these dies, there are three different sizes in the set and this is the middle one.

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

Dream Valley Challenge 77 - Big Birthdays
Charisma Cardz Challenge 6 - Birthday Girls
Creative Knockouts Challenge 28 - Border Time
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 312 - Girls, Girls, Girls
ABC Challenge - H is for Hair
A Creative Romance Challenge - Seeing Double
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Black & White, plus one other colour

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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Birthday Cake

This is a little CAS Birthday card that I have made just for fun.

The cake images are a Lawn Fawn Stamp and die set, I coloured the cake with ProMarkers.  The paper is from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy collection, I used my Fiskars border punch to create the edge - I thought it looked a little bit like a tablecloth. The sentiment is from the same Lawn Fawn stamp set and the twine is from my stash.

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

Addicted to Stamps Challenge 86 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenge 258 - Happy Birthday
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 301 - Birthday Cards
CAS on Sunday Challenge 28 - Colour me pretty
Stamping Sensations March Challenge - Pretty in Pink
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 109 - Birthdays!
Crafting from the Heart Challenge 9 - Anything Goes/Favourite Colours
Dynamic Duos Challenge 93 - Soft Pink and Stone

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline
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It's a Boy

I've been playing with my Woodware 'Huge Baby' stamp again, I couldn't make one for a girl and not one for a boy could I.

I used papers from Craftwork cards again, this time from the Jacob Collection and made a little hand cut banner with a button and twine from my stash to embellish.

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

Crazy 4 Challenges 226 - Be Sentimental
Fairy Tale Challenge 88 - Baby
Card Mania Challenge 42 - Something New
The Crafting Cafe March Challenge - Clean and Simple
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge 26 - Anything Goes
Scrap-Creations Challenge - Make it Pastels!
Shopping our Stash Challenge 122 - Sentiment(s) only

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest 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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See you Soon!

It's time for a fabulous new challenge at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and this fortnight our theme is: Lost and Found chosen by Heather, this can be almost anything - Clothing Tag, Bottle Cap, Odd Earring, Cardboard packet, Foil, Empty jar/container, anything you could lose or find. Pop over to the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge blog and see what the DT have created if you need some more ideas.

For my card I've used a fabulous image from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse triple CD.  My interpretation of the theme is that I lost contact with a friend but now I've found their address and we're going to meet up.

My papers are from the Papermania Lucy Cromwell collection and the sentiment is from the House-Mouse CD.  I added a flower, button and twine from my stash.

We have two fabulous sponsors again this time:

Simon Says Stamp

Who are generously giving a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of their Premium Dye Ink Pads to one lucky player.



and

Pizzazz Aplenty



Who are giving a surprise package of embellishments worth $15.00.
(Due to increased postage costs, the winner for this prize must reside in the USA)

So what are you waiting for, one of these awesome prizes could be yours if you play along.

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

Animal Friends Challenge 12  - Mouse
The Craft Garden March Challenge - PASTEL Colours
Crafty Girls Challenge 13- Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - B for Buttons and Bows
Creative Corner Challenge - Button Up
Bunny Zoe's Crafts March Challenge - Monochrome
Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch or Theme CUTE
My Craft Spot Challenge 128 - Cute Critters!
Use Your Stuff Challenge 126 - Animals

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 our Lost and Found challenge.

Pansy

You might recognize this image from my recent DT card for A Gem of a Challenge.  When I print Digi images I quite often print a couple of different sizes and that's just what I did with this gorgeous image called Pansy from Pink Gem Designs.

This time I chose a lilac colour scheme, I coloured my image with ProMarkers and the papers are from Bearly Mine Designs. The sentiment comes with the image and I just added a few gems and some ribbon from my stash.

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

Emergency Crafters Challenge - Flowers
Feeling Crafty Challenge 26 - Use a Digi and Bling
Jo's Scrap Shack Friday Challenge 40 - Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge 12 - Flowers
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Spots or Dots
Passion for ProMarkers Challenge 237 - Flowers
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 311 - What a gem!
Natalie and Amy's Challenge 18 - Flowers
Craftitude Challenge 60 - Anything Goes or Add a Little Green
Just Inspirational Challenge - Flowers

There is still plenty of time to pop over to A Gem of a Challenge blog and join in with our Anniversary challenge.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment, your company is much appreciated..

Pauline
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Groovy Easter

This is the card I have made for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge. I'm cutting it a bit fine again this week, but when I saw the theme 'Easter Parade', I just had to use this fabulous image from Joanna Sheen's new Jayne Netley Mayhew Digistamp CD.  The CD contains digi images and coloured images for when you are in a rush like I was.

My papers are Pink Petticoat and the sentiment is from Craftwork cards.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Easter Parade
Created with Love Challenge 77 - Think Spring
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Bright Colours
Crafting for all Seasons Challenge 72 - Spring into Spring
My Craft Creations Challenge - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge 25 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Spring has Sprung (sentiment and Gems over 6 months old)

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my latest follower 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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