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This is my second DT card today, if you are looking for my Pink Gem Designs card please scroll down to the post below.

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Friends and our theme is 'B' is for.  I have used a fabulous image called H is for Happy Birthday from A Day for Daisies who are one of our sponsors for this challenge.

I have used 'B' is for - Balloon, Ball, Bow, Blue, Birthday.  I coloured my image with Spectrum Noir markers and used papers from NitWit Collections.

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

A Day for Daisies

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A  Random Fan

Please check out the Crafty Friends Challenge blog for full details.

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

A Day for Daisies Challenge 130 - Frame It

Just Us Girls Challenge 310 - Balloons
Crafting-With-Friends  Challenge 6 - Anything Goes

Morgan's Art World Challenge 7 - For The Kids
Moving along with the Time Challenges - Cute Animal

Crafting with an Attitude Challenge 7 -  Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge 61 -Do A Double Take

Little Red Wagon Challenge 306 - Digi Do!

Thank you for visiting my blog today, make sure you pop over to the Crafty Friends Challenge blog to check out the DT inspiration and join in with our 'B' is for Challenge.

Pauline
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All for show

I was delighted to be invited to join the team at the Inkspirational Challenge as a Guest Designer this week.  It is a photo inspiration challenge and this is the wonderful photograph that I was given:

I have taken my inspiration from the beautiful Peacock and made a card using a digi from A Day for Daisies.

I coloured my image with ProMarkers, created a mask and added some distress ink around the edges.  The patterned paper is from Bearly Mine Designs and I created the striped paper by colouring a panel with the same ProMarkers that I used for the image and then stamping the stripes with distress ink.

The border is an EK Success border punch and the sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp, I added a bow made with ribbon from my stash.

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

Divas by Design - Happy Birthday
Inky Impressions Challenge 174 - Anything Goes
Scrapper's Delights Challenge 30 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Birthday with Ribbon
Creative Knockouts Challenge 52 - Whimsical Wings
The House That Stamps Built DDC 827- Celebrate Birthdays
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 234 -Make Your Own Background Paper

Thank you so much to the team at the Inkspirational Challenge for inviting me to be Guest Designer this week, I really enjoyed making my card.

Pauline
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Standing in the Clouds

I have made this card for the current A Day for Daisies Challenge, which this fortnight is Anything Goes.

I have used an adorable image called Standing in the Clouds and teamed her up with some Pink Petticoat Papers.

I coloured her with ProMarkers and added some glitter to the fur on her outfit.  The white poinsettia is a Spellbinders die and the sentiment tags are LOTV.  I have added some ribbon and a gem from my stash.

I very nearly didn't blog this card, I just could not get a decent photograph - the colours are not true, in real life her clothes are the same colour as the papers and the glitter looks so messy, I think it must be the reflection.

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

A Day for Daisies Challenge 86 - Anything Goes
Love to Create Challenge 97 - Blue with Bling (Winter)
Robyn's Fetish Challenge 193 - Use a Digi
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge 17 - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Creations Challenges - Anything Goes
I  Love ProMarkers Challenge 201 - Add a Bow
Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge 69 - Anything Goes (Digi image and papers)
Craft-Dee Bows January Challenge - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
(PIN)spirational Challenge 89 - Inspiration picture

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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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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Fluffy Chicks

This is the card I have made for the current challenge over at A Day for Daisies, I really love these fabulous animal images.

I have used  the adorable Soft Chicks image and coloured it with ProMarkers, the theme of the challenge is 'Add a Ruffle' so I gathered some lace from my stash to create my ruffle.  The gingham papers are from Pink Petticoat and I printed the matching plain colour onto some card stock for my base and to cut the curved border with my Spellbinders Curved Borders One die.  The LOTV sentiment is stamped directly onto the gingham paper.

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

A Day for Daisies Challenge 77 - Add a Ruffle
Creative Card Crew Challenge 43 - Down on the Farm
Stamp n' Doodle - Yee Ha!  It's Gingham Time
Stuck on U Sketches Die Cut Challenge - Use a Border
Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Things that Fly
Delicious Doodles Challenge 50 - Birds of a Feather
2 Sisters Challenge 158 - Square Cards
Crazy 4 Challenges 200 - Animals
The Squirrel & the Fox Challenge 51 - Spring or Autumn (Spring)

I hope everyone has had a fabulous weekend, thank you for visiting me today.

Pauline
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Fancy Onion

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this week the theme is Tag It - anything with a tag on will be fine. I have made a card using a fabulous image from A Day for Daisies who are our sponsors this week..

I decided to try my hand at water colouring with this image and used my Tim Holtz Distress Markers, I was quite pleased with the result as I hadn't used them before. I mounted my image on some green card stock and attached my LOTV stamped tags with some twine, that I coloured with distress ink to match, and a button.

Our sponsor this time is:

A Day for Daisies

Prize: $12 gift certificate

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

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #55 - CAS
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge #15 - Use Twine
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge 76 - Image containing Food
LEJ Designs Challenge #67 - Nature Inspired
V's Sweet Ideas Challenge #14 - Something Twine
Drunken Stampers Challenge #137 - Twine
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge #61 - Food and/or Drink
Allsorts Week 220 - Use your new stash (new digi stamp, new markers)
As you like it Challenge #8 - Your favourite Ribbon or Twine (favourite twine because I have a huge roll and can colour it to match my projects)

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 'Tag It' challenge.

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

Pauline
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Delightful Fawn

I decided to make a card for this weeks A Day for Daisies Challenge, I love these whimsical images and this one is absolutely adorable.

The challenge is to use an animal print on your project, I used an animal print paper from the Pink Petticoat Marshmallow collection, printed onto the palest paper from the Pink Petticoat Kraft collection.  I used this weeks sketch from Sketch Saturday, coloured the Fawn image with ProMarkers and used Distress Inks to create the cloudy background.   A couple of LOTV tag stamps and some pearls from my stash complete my card.

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

A Day for Daisies Challenge 76 - Get Wild
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 50 - Whimsical
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 87 - The Great Outdoors
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge - Things Beginning with F (Fawn)
Sketch Saturday Challenge 272 - Sketch

Thank you so much for visiting today.

Pauline

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Growing a Flower

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our theme for you this time is 'Floral Delight'.

I have used a fabulous image from A Day for Daisies who are sponsoring us this fortnight.

I have coloured her with my ProMarkers, cut her out with my Spellbinders Big Scalloped Ovals and inked the edges with distress ink.  The patterned papers are from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline collection and the yellow is from Pink Petticoat.  The card stock is Core'dinations and the flowers, button and twine are all from my stash.  To complete my relatively simple card I have stamped a LOTV sentiment tag.

We are sponsored by A Day for Daisies for this challenge



Prize:  £10 gift voucher

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

Brown Sugar Challenge 35 - Flowers
Clearly Inspired Challenge 71 - Anything Goes
Digi Haven Challenge - Spring
Sweet 'n Sassy Challenge 98 - Think Spring
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Flower Frenzy
Sweet Stampin' - Oh So Girly
Clear It Out - Theme: Spring, Stash: Flowers
Passion for ProMarkers Challenge 192 - Fantasy
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Sweet Stamps Challenge 111 - Spring Pastels

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 'Floral Delight' challenge.

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

Pauline

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