Winter Birthday

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and the theme for the next fortnight is Brr, it's Cold Outside.

I have used a gorgeous image and papers from the Polka Doodles Octavia CD.

The flowers and the hearts are also from the CD, the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards and the ribbon and gems are from my stash.

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

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 47 - Winter Birthdays

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 152 - Winter Birthday

Get Creative Challenge 28 - Birthday

Creative Corner Challenge - Happy Birthday

Crafty Friends Challenge 19 - One For The Girls

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (Flowers, Free, Girly)

Karleigh Sue Challenge 6 - One for the girls

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for calling today, make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons challenge blog and join in with our Brr, it's Cold Outside Challenge.

Pauline
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Blue for a Boy

I made this card for my niece and her partner, they have just had their first baby.  We knew in advance that it was going to be a boy but I waited until after the birth to make it - just in case!

The clothes on the washing line all came from my Polka Doodles Sundae of Seasons CD and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.  I have added a layer of pale blue card stock from Joanna Sheen (now discontinued) and some bakers twine for the washing line.

I have decorated the inside of my card as well:

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

Crafty Boots Challenge - Blue and White
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 134 - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions Challenge 97 - Ribbon or Twine
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge 45 - Letter "B" (Boy, Blue, Baby)
Digital Tuesday Challenge 197 - Up, Up and away (I hope my washing line counts - if not please delete my entry)

Thank you for visiting my little blog today, have a great weekend.

Pauline
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Rainy Days

This is my second post as Guest Designer at The CD Sunday Challenge and this week our theme is 'Rainy Days'.

I've used a decoupage image, papers and insert from The Rachelle Anne Miller Collection CD, this CD has lots of lovely images that are really great for Children's cards, I can't believe this is the first time that I've used it.

I've gone with a pink and brown theme again teaming my image and papers up with some brown Core'dinations card stock, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card to match the front and you can see the decoupage layers in this photograph as well:

Card Recipe:

Image, Papers and Insert:  The Rachelle Anne Miller Collection CD ROM
Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Classic Circle, Die-namics - Photo Corners and Marianne CreaTables - LR0131 Flower

Embellishments:  Ribbon, lace, buttons, charm and twine from stash

Sentiment:  Polka Doodles

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

The Emerald Faeries Challenge 35 - Use a Charm
Diva's by Design Challenge 60 - Let's get cute!
Nutcrafters Challenge 30 - Ribbon and/or Twine
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 101 - Lots of Layers
My Heart Pieces Challenge - Anything Cute
Simply Create Too Challenge 26 - Use Your Stash (Ribbon, lace, buttons, charm and twine)
Clearly Inspired Challenge 63 - Critters
Jellypark Challenge - Back to Nature

Thank you for joining me today, please pop over to The CD Sunday Challenge Blog and have a look at the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join in with our 'Rainy Days' Challenge this week.  All you need to do is use something from a CD - even if only a small piece of paper or embellishment and make sure you give credit to the CD you have used.

I hope you are all having a fab 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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Spooky .....

Good afternoon, it's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our theme this fortnight is 'SPOOKY'.

We have two great sponsors for this challenge:

Tiddly Inks 
The Paper Shelter

I have used two images from my Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD, this has to be my favourite CD for Halloween and I just love the fact that it contains both coloured images and digi images for you to colour yourself.  The papers are Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings.

I added an inked sky to the haunted house image and the tree is from a Darice embossing folder, I have just cut around one edge.

I have decorated the inside of my card with co-ordinating papers and another image from the CD:

Card Recipe:

Image:  Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings 

Card Stock:  Joanna Sheen - Onyx Stardream

Tools:  Darice - Leafy Tree Embossing Folder, Mariane CreaTables - LR0205

Embellishments:  card candy from stash

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

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 44 - Black, White and One Colour
Polka Doodles Week 41 - Halloween
Crafty Ann's Challenge 76 - Back & White + 1 Other Colour
ATC's and Cards with Attitude Challenge 24 - Yellow, Red, Orange/Anything Goes
Stamping with the Dragon Challenge - Halloween
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 19 - Something Spooky
Broken Box Stock Challenge 11 - Make a Halloween Card
Challenge up your Life Challenge 80 - Autumn/Halloween
Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge 47 - Halloween/Autumn
Lexi's Creations Challenge 76 - Halloween

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us for our 'SPOOKY' challenge.

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

Pauline

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Christmas - 2 Miles

This is my offering for the CD Sunday challenge this week, the image and papers are from my Ooh La La Christmas Presence CD, there were four images on the sheet - I suppose I could have just cropped it but I just couldn't resist printing them all and making some decoupage.

I layered the image onto red card stock and then onto Kraft along with the papers and the corrugated layer has been distressed with some white Pebeo paint.  I am having mega problems trying to embellish my cards at the moment - I just can't seem to get it right - so I have left it quite plain again. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I decorated the inside of my card to complement the front with the same papers and part of an insert from the CD.

CARD RECIPE:

Image and Papers:  Ooh La La - Christmas Presence

Card Stock:  Crafters Companion - Core'dinations, Dies to Die For - Kraft,

Polka Doodles - Corrugated Kraft

Tools:  Spellbinders - Classic Squares (inside card)

Embellishments:  Card Candy from stash, Pebeo paint

Sentiment:  LOTV - Christmas Grungy Messages

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Christmas
Ooh La La Creations Challenge 115 - Santa
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge 36 - Anything Goes
An Oldie But A Goodie - Inspired by a Song (Santa Claus is coming to town) - card stock. card candy and CD are all over 6 months old

Thank you for visiting me today, please leave a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Mummies and Spiders

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 the theme is - Halloween.

I have used an image and sentiment from my Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD, it contains both coloured images and digi stamps for you to colour yourself - not that my image needed much colouring.

The dotty paper is Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings, the smaller cobweb is also cut from one of the papers from this pack.  The spider with the gems on it is part of a set of earings I found in our local Pound Shop. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Darice Embossing Folder - Spider Web Background,

Spellbinders - Square Swatches (inside card)

Embellishments:  Local Pound Shop - Spider

Sentiment:  Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD

Our Sponsor this week is

Cheery Lynn Designs

and the fab prize is - Fall Harvest Two Frame

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

My Heart Pieces - Use Black

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - Embossing

Sweet 'n Sassy Challenge 73 - Hip to be Square!

Craft us Crazy - Halloween and/or Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge 159 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Quirky Crafts Challenge 20 - Quirky Monsters

The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Digi Challenge 13 - Halloween

Creative Card Crew Challenge 20 - Purple

Heck of a Challenge - Spooky

Crafty Ann's Challenge 75 - Inspired by a Film Title (The Mummy)

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

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

Pauline
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Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings

So Sweet!

Good morning, I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. This is the card I have made for the Joanna Sheen Challenge, the theme this fortnight is - So Sweet! - it can be cakes/sweets/chocolate etc., or anything that you feel is 'sweet'. I think I have things just about covered with this card:

My image is one of Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Food and Drink Decoupage Sheets and the backing paper is from the House-Mouse Inserts CD.  I have distressed the corrugated card with some Pebeo paint and layered everything onto Kraft card stock.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card with matching backing paper and part of an insert from the CD cut out with a Spellbinders die:

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Joanna Sheen - House-Mouse Food and Drink Decoupage

Papers:  Joanna Sheen - House-Mouse Inserts CD

Card Stock:  Polka Doodles - Kraft and Corrugated, Joanna Sheen - Onyx Stardream

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Standard Circle (inside card)

Embellishments:  raffia and buttons from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV Sentiment Tags

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - So Sweet!

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge 22 - Sweet Treats

Crafty Catz Challenge 151 - Buttons
The Poodles Parlour - Tag You're It
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 126 - Tags
DYSU Challenge 90 - Tags or Flags
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 32 - Use a Tag
The Corrosive Challenge 158 - Animal Companions
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 178 - I was inspired by the reference to Starbucks - they do a fab Hot Chocolate

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I would love for you to leave me a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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AUTUMN IS HERE!

It really feels like Autumn is here, it seems like we went to bed after a lovely Summer's day and woke up to Autumn.

This is my card for the new challenge over at The Crafty Pad, it was my turn to choose the theme this week and I have chosen:

AUTUMN COLOURS

Brown, Orange, Red, Yellow, Green - we would like to see at least two of these colours on your project but it would be nice to see more.

I have used the great Crafty Pad image Sammy Scarecrow and this is my card:

I have also used the Crafty Pad image Acorns and Autumn Leaves and my sentiment is one of the Crafty Pad Happy Birthday Sentiments.  I printed the Acorns and Autumn Leaves image three times, coloured them all with my ProMarkers and then cut them out and decoupaged them, I also sprayed them with some Spray and Shine from Crafter's Companion.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

Our fab Sponsor this week is:

Crafty Individuals

and the fab prize  is

1 Pack of Red Rubber Tree Stamps
1 6x6 Tree Themed Backing Papers
1 A4 sheet of Bird Toppers

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

Card Recipe:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Sammy Scarecrow and Acorns and Autumn Leaves

Papers:  Nitwit Collections - Canadiana

Card Stock:  Dies to Die For - Kraft, Polka Doodles - Corrugated Kraft

Tools:  Spellbinders - Pinking Circles and Standard Circles

Embellishments:  raffia from stash, Crafter's Companion - Spray and Shine

Sentiment:  The Crafty Pad - Happy Birthday Sentiments

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

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Leaves

Papelitos Challenge 11 - Anything Goes
Creative Belli Challenge 152 - Fall/Autumn (my raffia is my old and forgotten embellishment)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 138 - Harvest Festival
Whimsy Inspirations Challenge 51 - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 172 - Autumn
Shelly's Images TTT Challenge - Anything Goes
Scrapalicious Challenge - Welcome Fall
Crafty Ann's Challenge 74 - Sketch and/or Autumnal Colour Scheme
The Color Throwdown Challenge 209 - Colour Inspiration

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

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

Pauline
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Trick or Treat

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 the theme is - Anything but a Card.

With Halloween just around the corner I decided to make a Trick or Treat Bag this week using the fab new Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings Digi Set.

I used a Kraft gift bag as my base and some Core'dinations card stock to layer my papers onto.  I cut out the Trick or Treat with my Spellbinders Inverted Scalloped Circle die and layered it onto a Standard Circle.  The cobweb has been cut from one of the Happy Hauntings papers and the Spider is from my Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

Our Sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter

 and our lucky winner will receive a $20 Gift Certificate to spend in their store

Card Recipe:

Image:  Spiders Web - Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings Digi Set,
Spider - Polka Doodles  - Sundae of Seasons CD

Papers: Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings Digi Set

Card Stock: Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools: Spellbinders -  Inverted Scalloped Circle, Standard Circle and Ric Rac Diamond Border

Embellishments: metal button brads and cord from stash

Sentiment: Polka Doodles  - Sundae of Seasons CD

I would like to enter this gift bag into the following challenges:

Broken Box Stock Challenge 8 - Brown Bag'n
Fairy Tale Challenge 49 - Metal (purple metal button brads)
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge 90 - Halloween
Anything But A Card Challenge 1 - Anything Goes
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 47 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Allsorts Challenge Week 170 - Anything But Square
Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge 14 - Let's Get Spooky
Totally Stampalicious - Anything But a Card!!
Mema's Crafts September Challenge - Choose a Theme (#4 Holiday Bliss)
Dream Valley Challenge 40 - Something Old, Something New (old Kraft gift bag and Polka Doodles CD, new Bearly Mine Designs papers)

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

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

Pauline
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Game On

This is my card for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge, the theme this week is Game On - I've gone for the obvious and chosen Tennis but you must go and check out the DT cards, there are some really original ideas.

The Tennis image is from my Polka Doodles Not For Girls CD, the base card stock is Core'dinations and I have kept things very CAS as this card is for a boy and I don't think they like things to be that fussy.

I found a picture of a Tennis Ball using google and then added the words Happy Birthday to it.  I used the same picture of a Tennis Ball, only slightly larger, on the inside of my card to write the message on, both have been cut out using a Spellbinders Standard Circle Die.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Game On
Charisma Cardz Challenge 34 - No Embellishments
Challenges for Everybody Challenge 1 - Anything Goes
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 25 - One for the Men
Incy Wincy Designs - Frogs n Snails and Puppy dog tails
The Crazy Challenge 127 - Anything Goes
Creative Mondays Challenge 14 - Kids
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 221 - White, Back + one other colour
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 38 - For the Fellas!
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 87 - Less is More

Thank you so much for calling today, I always love to read any comments that you may leave.

Pauline
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Hedgehog Harry

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. It's time for a new challenge over at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and our theme this week is 'More than one fold'. It's team A providing the inspiration this time and I have made a gate fold card:

I used The Crafty Pad - Hedgehog Harry in Circle of Flowers image, I printed the complete image several times because I wanted one for the front and another for the inside, I also wanted to decoupage the flowers.  I then cropped the flowers and reduced them so that I could use them to decorate the corners, these have also been decoupaged.  I decided to use lovely bright colours for the flowers and used my ProMarkers.

On the inside of my card, I have cut away Hedgehog Harry and stamped a sentiment, I then decoupaged the flowers to match the front:

Our fab sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen with £10 to spend in her online store

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Hedgehog Harry in Circle of Flowers 

Papers: Bearly Mine Designs - Gingham

Card Stock: Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools: Spellbinders - Classic Circle and Scalloped Circle

Sentiment: Polka Doodles

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

Phindy's Friday Challenge 111 - Gingham or Plaid
Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge 70 - Summer Colours
Forever Friends June Monthly Challenge - Happy Birthday
Lollipop Crafts Challenge 83 - Flowers in bloom
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Bright Colours
Stamp and Create June Challenge - Bold and Bright
Allsorts Challenge Week 160 - Any die will do
2 Sisters Challenge 97 - Anything Goes
(PIN)spirational Challenge 12 - Inspirational Picture (I was inspired by the colours)
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 67 - Welcome Summer (I have used bright summer colours and flowers)

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog, check out the other DT inspiration and have a go at this weeks challenge, don't forget we have the fab Joanna Sheen sponsoring us this week.

Thank you for visiting today, please leave me a comment and let me know what you think, I do enjoy reading them all.

Pauline
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Football Crazy

This is the first time I have posted in what seems like ages, I took the time to catch up on some DT work over Easter, and then by eldest son came down with tonsillitis again, I feel so helpless because there is nothing you can do to help.

Anyway onto my card, this is a very simple card for my son to give to one of his best friends for their 16th Birthday:

I have used my Polka Doodles 'Not for Girls' CD, this was one of the first Polka Doodles CD's that I ever bought and I find myself reaching for it whenever I need to make a card for a boy.

I created the 16 sentiment in word using an image of a football I found on google, I cut it out with my spellbinders circle die and sprayed it with Crafter's Companion Spray and Shine before matting it onto a punched black circle that I had in my stash box.

The inside has been simply decorated using some matching backing paper from the CD:

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

Polka Doodles Challenge Week 14 - Big Birthdays
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 52 - It's a Celebration
Crafty Catz Challenge 127 - CAS
ABC DT Challenge (April) - Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge 64 -  Anything Goes at Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash Challenge 47 - Masculine theme or 'boy' colours
Use it Tuesday Challenge 29 - Anything Goes (use some stash - black card stock plus CD)
Clear it Out Challenge - Sports and Leisure + punched shapes (black circle 16 sentiment mat)
Pile it On Challenge 15 - 'All about S' (Sport, Soccer, Sixteen, Simple)

Thank you for looking.

Pauline
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Party Time

This is the second card I have made for my son's best friends birthday.  He is the lead guitar player in their band 'Talking to Amy' so the card just had to have a guitar on it.

This one is a little more subdued than the last one I made.  I followed the sketch at Sketch Saturday:

I rotated the sketch because it suited the image better that way.  I used distress inks to distress the edges of the image a little so that it matched the music papers and sprayed it with Spray and Shine to give it some gloss.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

This is the inside of my card, decorated to complement the front:

Card Recipe:

Image:  Delicious Doodles - Electric Guitar

Papers:  Polka Doodles - Pretty Tuff CD, Hot off the Press - Roses in Harmony

Card Stock:  Dies to Die For - Kraft

Tools:  Crafter's Companion - Spray and Shine

Embellishments:  music brad from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV

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

Sketch Saturday Week 195 - Sketch
Creative Card Crew Challenge 4 - Masculine
Dream Valley Challenge 26 - Just for Men
CES Challenge 73 - Spots and Dots
One Stitch at a |Time Challenge 101 - Use a digi or no image
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a digital Stamp
Papertake Weekly - Getting Krafty

Thank you so much for looking today.

Pauline
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Boys Only

It's time for this weeks Whoopsi Daisy Challenge and I've been playing with my Daisy and Friends CD again.  The theme this week is 3D Projects and this time I decided to make a Door Hanger for the boys.

The images are from the boys section on the CD, I printed both sheets a couple of times and then used the largest images to create four layers of decoupage, they are layered onto dark blue card stock and I shaped the corners with a Woodware corner punch.

The backing paper is also from the Daisy and Friends CD.  The letters were printed from Polka Doodles Double Sprinkles of Kraft, I changed the colour, cut them out and backed them on the same dark blue card stock that the plaque is made from.  I cut the stars from the dark blue card stock and some light blue card stock with my X-Cut star die.

I made a couple of holes in the top with my Japanese Screw Punch and added some string to hang the plaque on the door with.

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

Glitter Geeks Challenge Week 7 - Girls and Boys
Whimsy Inspirations Challenge 26 - Anything but a square card
Inky Impressions Challenge 46 - Use Punches or Dies
The Pixie Cottage Challenge 108 - Anything but a card
Sarah Hurley Challenge 60 - Die Cuts

Make sure you pop over and have a look at the inspiration on the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Blog.  If you join in and use a Whoopsi Daisy image, either from the new Daisy and Friends CD or from the Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop (there is always a free one available), you could win two sheets of gorgeous Whoopsi Daisy images - there are at least four images on each sheet.

Thank you for looking today, please come back soon.

Pauline
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Anyone for Golf?

I took one look at the new sketch over at Sketch Saturday and thought GOLF BALLS!  A friend of my son will be sixteen soon and he is a golf fanatic so I have made this card for him.

The papers and toppers are all from my Polka Doodles Not for Girls CD and the base card stock is some brown that I got from Handy Hippo in their sale.  The circles were all cut with a Spellbinders Standard Circle die, I cut the circle mats by hand because I always think the next size die is a bit big for mats.  The number 16 is made from some foam numbers that I have coloured to match with ProMarkers and the buttons and twine are from my stash. The only other equipment that I used was my EK Success Border Punch.

I have kept the inside of my card quite simple

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

Phindy's Place Challenge 92 - Round & Round
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 12 - One for the Men or Boys
Hotshot Crafts Challenge 4 - One for the Boys
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 49 - Anything Goes Birthday
CES Challenge 72 - Lots of layers -3 or more!
Sketch Saturday - Sketch

Thank you for looking.

Pauline
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Love, Love, Love

Time for another Crafting for all Seasons Challenge and this time the theme is 'LOVE IS IN THE AIR' and we have three great sponsors again:

Bugaboo Stamps Prize - 7 digital images

Lili of the Valley Prize - £10 voucher

Digi Doodle Shop Prize - $10 gift card

This time I used the lovely image Fancy SB Love from Bugaboo and this is my card:

I coloured the image with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and cut it out with my Sizzix heart die.  The papers are from Polka Doodles 'Love and Cherish' and are layered onto Kraft card stock.  I layered some polka dot paper onto a border cut with my Fiskars border punch and added some white organza ribbon and a small heart.  The heart sentiments were also cut with my Sizzix heart die and stamped with a LOTV stamp, I then glazed them with Crystal Lacquer.  Finally I embellished my card with heart shaped pearls.

I decorated the inside of my card to compliment the front:

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

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 73- Love and Hearts
Deep Ocean Challenge 18 - Love You
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 69 - Valentines
Mami Doodles Challenge 42 - For a Loved One
Digi Days Challenge 26 - Hearts
Dream Valley Challenge 25 - Valentine
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Love is in the Air

Thank you for looking today, don't forget to pop over to Crafting for all Seasons and take a look at the cards that the other DT members have made, you have until Tuesday 21st February to enter the challenge.

Pauline
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Flower Power

The challenge over at Polka Doodles this week is to use a template in your project, it can be a physical one or a digi template.  I decided to delve into my Paper Boutique CD collection and chose Floral Bouquet from Volume 1.  I love these shaped card templates, you can achieve so much dimension with them.

They take a while to make, cutting out all the separate parts and layering them up but well worth the effort I think.

These cards are quite difficult to photograph, you can't really see the dimension.  I decorated the inside of the card as I normally do.

Everything used to make this card was printed from the CD.

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

Polka Doodles Week 4 - Template

Card Makin' Mamas - Something Old (I've had this CD for ages)

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge  92 - at least 4 layers

Hotshot Craft Challenge 3 - Flowers

Moving  along with the Times Challenge 133 - Blooming Marvelous

Craft Your Passion Challenge 94 - Colour Bingo (pink, purple, green)

Thank you for looking.

Pauline

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Birthday Boy

This is the second card that I have made for my neighbour who has asked me to make a card for her forty something son who lives in France.  I decided to give her a choice so this one has cars on it as she suggested and the one I made earlier in the week had a dog on it.

The image is from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia CD, the papers are from an American Traditional Designs Card stock Bundle and the sentiment was cut from a backing paper from the Polka Doodles Not For Girls CD.  The card cannot be heavily embellished as it has to go in the post. to France so I just added a couple of corners cut from the Core'dinations cards stock that I used to layer the papers and image and some co-ordinating brown Core'dinations.

I have decorated the inside of the card

I do hope my neighbour likes one of them.

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

Here Come the Boys Challenge 18 - Sketch

Lollipop Crafts Challenge 63 - No embellishments

Truly Scrumptious Challenge 72 - Something Forgotten - My Nostalgia CD

Whimsy Inspiration Challenge 22 - Colour Combination - Blue and Brown

Crafty Card Makers Challenge 59 - No Floral Embellishments

Thank you for looking today.

Pauline

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My neighbour asked me to make a card for her forty something son who lives in France, so it could not be heavily embellished as it has to go in the post.  She suggested cars, but I know he likes dogs and has one that looks a bit like this so I thought I'd make two cards, I'll show you the second later in the week, and give her a choice.

This gorgeous image is from Joanna Sheen's 'Furry Friends' along with two of the papers, the third paper with the text on it is from Polka Doodles 'Not For Girls', I have layered everything onto Core'dinations card stock.  Keeping in mind that the card has to posted to France the only embellishments are some corners cut from the Core'dinations card stock and three brads from my stash.

I have decorated the inside of the card, again keeping it simple to save on weight.

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

Here Come the Boys Challenge 18 - Sketch
I Did It Creations Challenge 90 - Animals
Stampalot January Challenge - Monochromatic
Pile It On Challenge 3 - Fuzzy Friends
Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog - Celebrations
Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge 9 - Monochrome

Thank you for looking.

Pauline
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