Teacup Kitty

It's time for a new challenge at Di's Digi Designs and the theme for the next fortnight is Favourite Colour Combination.

I chose to use this adorable image called Kitty in a Teacup and some very old DCWV papers from my stash.  I don't really have a favourite colour combination but I do like to mix pastel colours with  a splash of a bright colour.

I coloured Kitty with ProMarkers and added a sentiment from Craft Creations, I coloured the outside to match my papers.

The doily, ribbon and pearls are from my stash.

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

Star Stampz Challenge - Hand Coloured Image

Inspiration Destination Challenge 88 - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge 196 - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge 139 - Anything Goes

WordArt Wednesdays Week 232/233 - Family Friendly/Anything Goes
As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Food or Drink (I love a cup of Fruit Tea)

Thank you for popping in today, don't forget to take a look at the Di's Digi Designs Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with our Favourite Colour Combination challenge.

Pauline
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Mud Cake

We have a new challenge at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and I'm a day late.  Our theme is: In The Kitchen, chosen by Dorte - alternatively you can enter an Anything Goes card just as long as you use a House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image.

I have used an adorable decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Food and Drink Decoupage Sheets.

My papers are from Nitwit Collections and DCWV and I have used a sentiment from Pink Petticoat.

Our fabulous sponsors for this challenge are:

Stampendous

AND

Pizzazz Aplenty

   

Please check the challenge blog for full details.

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

Allsorts Challenge Week 312 - Happy Birthday
Dream Valley Challenge 107 - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge 34 - C is for Cake
Creative Lady Birds Creations Challengge 3 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Lots of Layers OR No Layers

Gruffies & Guests Challenge 17 - Die Cuts  + option of 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 our In The Kitchen challenge.

Christmas Forest

It's theme week at Less is More and the theme is MORE THAN ONE TREE, this gave me the perfect opportunity to use my Lawn Fawn Forest Border die.

I cut the Forest Border in some DCWV silver glitter card and also in white card stock and pieced them together to make my tree background.  I then used my Simon Says Stamp Holiday Frame die to cut the Merry Christmas frame.  They have both been layered onto some more silver glitter card and I added a simple silver twine bow.

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

Less is More Week 198 - More than one Tree

Creative Corner Challenge - Let It Sparkle
Inkspirational Challenge 69 - Shine

CASology Challenge Week 121 - Festive 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round November Challenge - No Patterned Paper

Thank you for calling 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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Happy New Year

I would like to wish everyone the happiest of New Years and say a huge Thank You to all of you that take the time to visit my blog and leave such wonderful comments.  There are so many lovely people out there in blog land and they are what makes this hobby/obsession of ours so worthwhile and enjoyable.

I have made this card to celebrate the coming of the new year with everyone.

Another CAS design - I have used my Memory Box Alphabet dies, DCWV Glitter Cardstock, Studio Calico Printshop papers, a small star punch, a small circle punch and half of a sentiment from LOTV.

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

Less is More Challenge 151 - Use any previous challenge (Challenge 148 or 149)
Card Mania Challenge 37 - Happy New Year!
Craft Your Passion Challenge 194 - Something New
The Crazy Challenge 161 - Celebrate the New Year
CAS on Sunday Challenge 24 - Happy New Year

Thank you so much for all of your support throughout 2013.

Pauline
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Let's Party

It's time for our mid challenge reminder at House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and our theme this time is Silver and/or Gold hosted by Sue Drees, you still have until 11th January to join in our month long challenge.

I used my Simon Says Stamp Falling Stars Stencil and embossing paste to create the star background - I added silver glitter whilst the embossing paste was still wet.  The silver glitter card stock is from the DCWV Neutrals stack and the sentiment is from LOTV, stamped in silver and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  The heart button and twine are from my stash.

We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge:

House-Mouse Designs®

Offering one lucky player a $25 Gift Certificate

and

Joanna Sheen Ltd

Prize:  £10 Gift Voucher

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

Delicious Doodles Challenge 68 - Let's Party!
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge 55 - New Beginnings
Clear it Out Challenge - Warm Fuzzies and Texture (embossing paste)
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 192 - Happy New Year
Daring Cardmakers Challenge - This Little Light of Mine (star background)
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 156 - Something New (new stencil/New Year)
PanPastel UK Challenge Blog Week 52 - Anything Goes

Red Carpet Studio Challenge 60 - New Years Eve (new stencil/New Year)

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 month long Silver and/or Gold challenge.

Snowflakes

This my entry for the Less is More challenge this week, it's a colour challenge - Metallic Element plus One Other Colour.

I have heat embossed a fabulous sentiment stamp from Stamps by Chloe with platinum embossing powder for my metallic element, my other colour is Pink.  The snowflake paper is from the DCWV Christmas multi stack and the ribbon and snowflake charm are from my stash.

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

Less is More Challenge - Metallic Element plus One Other Colour
CAS on Sunday Challenge 23 - Christmas!
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge 74 - Clean and Simple
That Craft Place Challenge - Christmas
Addicted to CAS Challenge 28 - Snowflakes

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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Bird Chorus

It's time for a fabulous new challenge at House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge and our theme for this fortnight is Anything Christmas hosted by Tracy, for my card I've used a decoupage image from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Triple CD, have you seen the new Gruffies and Happy Hoppers CD - it looks brilliant.

My papers are from the DCWV Christmas multi stack and the sentiment is from the CD.  I have embellished my card with some Lawn Fawn die cut hearts that have had a liberal coating of 3D Crystal Lacquer.

You can see some of the decoupage layers in this photograph.

We have two fabulous sponsors again this week:

Simon Says Stamp

Prize:  $25 Gift Voucher

and

Di's Digi Downloads

Prize :  $12 Gift Voucher

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

Creative Craft Challenge 24 - Non Traditional Christmas Colours
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 152 - Non Traditional Christmas
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge 103 - Hearts
Jo's Scrap Shack Fun Friday Challenge 28 - Get in the Spirit
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 195 - Ho, Ho Hollidays
CHNC Challenge 153 - Light it up
My Sheri Crafts Challenge 124 - Funky Christmas
Sparkles Monthly Challenge #50 - Animals
Heck of a Challenge December - Colourful Christmas

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 Christmas challenge.

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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Happy Times

This is my card for this fortnights House Mouse and Friends Challenge, the theme is Food and I have only just made it in time.  I have used a fabulous image from Joanna Sheen's Fruit and Nut Decoupage Sheets cut out with a Spellbinders circle die.

I really enjoyed my two months Guest Designing for them recently and it has inspired me to use more of my House Mouse stash - of which there is plenty!

I have embossed the white background panel with a Darice embossing folder and punched the bottom with a Fiskars edge punch, the green spotty papers are from the DCWV Nana's Kitchen collection.  A LOTV sentiment, a couple of other Spellbinders die cuts, flower, button and string from my stash complete my card.

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

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge 148 - Food
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Emboss it
Creatalicious Challenge 52 - All about summer
Emergency Crafters - Summer Days & Holidays
Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 108 - Summer Fun
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge 70 - Animals
City Crafter Challenge Week 167 - Strawberry Farm
Rhedd & Rosie's Challenge - Here comes Summer
Allsorts Challenge Week 215 - Fur and Feathers
Crafty Friends Challenge 7 - Inspired by a Song (Strawberry Fields Forever by the Beatles)

The weather is glorious here today, I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.

Pauline
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Special Days Cupcake

Good Morning everyone, it's time for a new Challenge over at The Crafty Pad and the lovely Diane has chosen the theme - Cake - so we would love to see all of your lovely projects with cakes on them, I feel hungry already!

I have used the rather lovely 'Cupcake' image from this weeks sponsor The Stamping Boutique who are offering one lucky winner 3 digi images of their choice.

My fab image has been coloured using ProMarkers and I have added glaze to the cherry and hundreds and thousands.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

Card Recipe:

Image:  The Stamping Boutique - Cupcake

Papers:  DCWV - The Sweet Stack

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Standard Circle, X-cut - Border Punch and Die-namics - Photo Corners

Embellishments: card candy and 3D Crystal Lacquer from stash

Sentiment:  Polka Doodles

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

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge 64 - Use 2 or More Circles!
The Pink Elephant Challenge 173 - Use your FAVOURITE Colouring Medium (ProMarkers)
There She Goes - Dress Up Your Colouring (3D Crystal Lacquer)
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge - Do it Digi
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Spots and stripes
Inky Impressions Challenge 84 - Birthday
Little Red Wagon Challenge 158 - Colouring
Stamp N Doodle Challenge - Use a Digi!

Make sure you pop over the The Craft Pad Challenge blog, check out the DT projects and join us for our 'Cake' Challenge.

Thank you for calling today, I hope you are having a great weekend.

Pauline
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Yum! Yum!

Good evening all, I'm a bit late with my card tonight but I got here in the end.  This is the card I've made for my Dad for Father's Day, he has an allotment and has a constant battle with rabbits and mice eating everything he plants, so I think this image is quite apt.

The image is from Joanna Sheen's House Mouse 'Spring is Mice' collection, I just love these little mice and all the antics they get up to.  I made the sentiment tag by tracing a label shape and cutting it in white card and then backing it with the same orange core'dinations card stock I have used to mat the image and backing papers.  I had to mask the stamp and stamp it in two halves because it was in one long strip and I wanted it to fit into the tag that I had made.  Full details of everything I have used are listed blow.

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

Image:  Joanna Sheen House Mouse 'Spring is Mice'

Papers:  DCWV 'The Green Stack'

Tools:  Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Ric Rac Diamond Border', Ribbler

Embellishments: buttons and raffia from stash

Sentiment:  hand cut label and Joanna Sheen 'Faye Whittaker' rubber stamp

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Dads & Lads
Sentimental Sundays Challenge 59 - Father's Day or a Masculine card

I think that's about it for this evening, thank you for dropping in.

Pauline
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