Ava Fairy

I was lucky enough to be one of the winners over at the Quirky Crafts Challenge blog the other week and was therefore invited to be a Guest Designer.

The theme is Things with Wings and Clouds and I was given a lovely image from Bugaboo who are one of the sponsors for the challenge - make sure you pop over to the challenge blog for full details of the sponsors and prizes.

The inspiration for this card came from one on Vicky's Blog, I would never have thought to put these papers with dark green card stock and I have to admit her's looks a lot better than mine.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same design and papers as the front.

Card Recipe

Image:  Bugaboo - Ava Fairy

Papers:  My Mind's Eye - Howdy Doody

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Standard Circle

Martha Stewart - border punch

Embellishments:  ribbon and card candy from stash

Sentiment:  The Crafty Pad

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

Flutterby Wednesday Challenge 235 - Anythings Goes with a Butterfly or Fairy
Little Miss Muffet Challenge 58 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Bingo (Punches, Free, Ribbons)
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 114 - Wonderful Wings
Creative Moments Challenge 14 - Things with Wings
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 70 - Die Cuts and/or Dry Embossing
Simply Create Too Challenge 35 - Use Your Stash (papers, embellishments & sentiment all stash)
Dream Valley Challenge 54 - Happy Birthday
The Corrosive Challenge 172 - Life's Special Occasions
That Craft Place Challenge - For a Child

Make sure you pop over to the Quirky Crafts Challenge blog to take a look at the DT inspiration and check out the great sponsors and prizes on offer.

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

Pauline
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Abracadabra!

I'm running late again this week with my entry for the CD Sunday Challenge - the theme is Showtime and I decided to use this fabulous LOTV Mini Masterpiece.

The CD element on my card is the stripy paper from one of my Bearly Mine Designs Designer Extreme CD's.  The card stock is Core'dinations and I have used my X-cut star die for the star embellishment.  The ticket sentiment was from the Crafty Pad (unfortunately now closed) and the card candy is from my stash.

I have kept the decoration quite simple on the inside of this card, mainly because I used up so much of the embossed card stock trying to get the front right that I didn't have enough left to do very much on the inside.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Showtime
Crafting When We Can Challenge 37 - Cards for Boys
One Stop Craft Challenge 214 - Anything Goes
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 33 - Be My Valentine/Anything Goes
Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude Challenge 33 - Be My Valentine/Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today, make sure you pop over to the CD Sunday Challenge blog and have a go at this weeks challenge.

Pauline
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Good Friends

Good Morning everyone, it's time for the last ever challenge at The Crafty Pad, Debbie has decided to close The Crafty Pad Designs Shop and so the Challenge Blog will also be closing.  The theme for our last challenge is - FRIENDSHIP/KEEP IN TOUCH so please take the time to join us this week and share in our final goodbyes.

This is my card, made using my favourite Crafty Pad Image - Dress Form Trio:

My papers are Hot Off the Press and I have inked all of the edges with distress inks.  Full details of what I have used are listed below:

My card has been decorated on the inside with matching papers and layout:

Card Recipe:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Dress Form Trio

Papers:  Hot Off the Press - Nonna's Garden Paper Pack

Card Stock:  Dies to Die For - Kraft

Tools:  Spellbinders - Floral Oval, Fiskars edge punch

Embellishments:  ribbon, flowers and pearls from stash

Sentiment:  Creative Expressions - Antique Dressforms

Our Sponsor for our last ever challenge is the fabulous Joanna Sheen

and the prize is £10 to spend in her online shop

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

Crafty Creations Challenge 200 - Wise Words

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge 28 - Recipe
Mema's Crafts December Challenge - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge 62 - Anything Goes and Ribbon
Papercraft Junkies Challenge 6 - Bingo (Ribbon, Pearls, Pink)
Simon Says Stamp - What's Your Favourite?  - Dress Form Trio Image
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Sparkles Monthly Challenge 39 - Anything Goes
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 29 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 19 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over the The Craft Pad Challenge Blog, check out the DT projects - the whole team is playing along this last time and make sure you join us for our FRIENDSHIP/KEEP IN TOUCH Challenge.

The Crafty Pad Designs Shop will remain open for purchases until officially closing on 7th January 2012 and there is currently a 25% Sale so make sure you pop over and take a look.

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

Pauline
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Snowman Couple

Good Morning everyone, it's time for a new Challenge over at The Crafty Pad, it was my turn to choose the theme this week and I decided to challenge myself and have chosen - Add Some Glitter - it can be anything you like as long as we can see some glitter.

Those of you who know me will be aware that I don't often use glitter, the occasional stickles and that's about it.  Well I remembered why that was when making my card - I managed to get glitter absolutely everywhere, you've never seen such a mess!  My image is The Crafty Pad - Snowman Couple - don't they just look jolly.

I've gone for a silver and white theme with just the splash of blue ProMarker on their hats, gloves and scarves.  The silver is mainly glitter, I'm amazed any managed to get on the card there was so much all over me and my craft room.  I sponged a little background for my snowman couple with distress ink and then embossed some snowflakes onto it, you can just about see it behind them.  I then layered my die cut trees and snowman couple on top of it.  The snowflakes and stars are from my stash and I cut the sentiment from one of last years Christmas cards.

I didn't quite know what to do to decorate the inside of my card because I had not used any designer papers so I kept it very simple using the square that I had die cut from the front of my card and some silver mirror card.

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

2 Sisters Challenge 119 - Winter Wonderland
Challenge up your life Challenge 83  - 1st Snow

Creatalicious Challenge 40 - Winter
Scrap It Girl November Challenge - Tree
Sparkles Monthly Challenge 38 - Christmas is coming
Crafty Catz Challenge 160 - Snowflakes - Stars - Sentiment
Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge 93 - Christmas
PanPastel Challenge 46 - Frosty and Bright
Stamptacular Sunday 191 - Winter Bliss (I created my scene using a digi stamp, die cut trees, embossed and inked background)
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 22 - Use some Texture (embossed snowflakes on background and lots of glitter)

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

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

Pauline
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Blue Christmas

Good Morning everyone, it's time for a new Challenge over at The Crafty Pad and the lovely Dawn has chosen the theme - Christmas is Coming - so we would love to see all of your Christmas related projects.

I seem to be having a bit of a colour theme with my Crafty Pad DT cards at the moment the last one was Pink Butterflies and this time it's Blue Christmas, I have used the delightful Crafty Pad image Christmas Tree Trio and this is my card:

I printed the image out three times onto some pale blue papers from the Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Wishes collection and added the brown with my Cocoa ProMarker, as is usual with me I have cut the images out to create some decoupage layers.  The base paper is also from the Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Wishes collection and my card stock is Core'dinations, the only embellishment is some Ice Stickles added to the snowflakes on the image.

I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and a smaller image:

Our wonderful Sponsor for this challenge is:

who is once again offering one lucky winner a brilliant

£10.00 voucher to spend in her online shop

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

Willow Sketchie - Christmas in October

Crafty Ann's Challenge 77 - Christmas in October

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 31 - Christmas

Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - U for Up to You

I Love ProMarkers Challenge 140 - Christmas is Coming

Creative Craft Challenge - THREE (three trees)

Stamp and Create October Challenge - Winter Wonderland

J & C Creations October Challenge - Contemporary Christmas

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

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

Pauline
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Pretty in Yellow

I have made this card for the Songbird Challenge - Build Me Up Buttercup - yellow must be one of the main colours on your card.  As soon as I saw this challenge I just knew the image that I wanted to use, the only problem was I didn't have it, so I had to buy the CD.

What do you think of the way I have been taking my photographs lately, I never seemed to be able to get them straight, so I have been taking them at a slight angle - you can't see if they are straight or not now!

The Image and the papers are all from Ooh La La Creations All Dressed Up CD, I wanted this CD when I first saw it on Create & Craft but managed to resist.  I eventually bought it directly from Ooh La La and it arrived quicker than it would have from Create & Craft.

The card stock is Bazzill Basics from Craftie-Charlie, the sentiment is from The Crafty Pad and the ribbon was in my stash.  I have inked the edges of the sentiment to match the image.

The inside of my card has been decorated to match the front leaving a blank rectangle with inked edges to write on.

This card is for my niece's daughter - does that make her my grand niece or great niece - I'm not quite sure, anyway I hope she likes it.

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

Songbird Challenge 6 - Build Me A Buttercup
Lollipop Crafts Challenge 92 - Happy Birthday
Sketch N Stash Challenge 99 - Sketch (new stash CD, old stash ribbon and sentiment)
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 29 - Use a Ribbon
Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Don't Worry, Be Happy
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 34 - Anything Goes
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 53A - Happy Birthday/Happy Anniversary

Thank you for calling today, they say it is going to get cold at the weekend - it doesn't feel particularly warm here at the moment, so I'd better find my woolly socks out!

Pauline
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Pink Butterflies

Good Morning everyone, it's time for a new Challenge over at The Crafty Pad and the lovely Helen has chosen the fab theme - Distress it! - so Ink it, Rip it; Sand it, Scrunch it ... whatever it takes to make your project look distressed!

I decided to use the gorgeous Butterflies with Verse image and lots of distress ink.

I used a shaped card blank that I bought from Create and Craft ages ago, well I used most of it anyway - I have loads of different shaped cards and I hardly ever use them.  I cut this one in half and folded it down the middle for the base card and then cut a section out of the other half for the top layer. I traced around the shape on a page from a French/English dictionary that is now redundant (my son has now dropped French and German studies).  I inked the card blanks and the dictionary page along with a doily with a little old paper and a lot of victorian velvet distress ink.

I printed the butterfly images and the verse after changing the size and colour in Word.  I then cut the verse out with a Spellbinders Floral Oval die and cut around the butterfly images to which I then added some 3D Crystal Lacquer.  All that was left to do was a little more distressing, tie a bow and some construction.

This is the inside of my card, I didn't quite know what to do for this, so I kept it very simple with a butterfly image and a little distress ink.

Our wonderful Sponsor for this challenge is:

Crafty Individuals

 

The prize consists of:

1 set of rubber Christmas themed stamps and 1 A4 sheet of Angel Toppers.

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

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 142 - Vintage
The Paper Makeup Stamps Challenge 57 - Think Pink
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge 60 - Use a Sentiment as the focus
The Stamping Boutique Challenge 53 - Pink Ribbons
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 87 - Things with Wings
My Heart Pieces Challenge - Monochromatic
Alphabet Challenge - R for Recycle, Repurpose (recycled dictionary pages)
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge 92 - Brighten up your Life (Butterflies brighten my life)
Crafty Mess Challenge 19 - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe 93 - Ugly Bug Ball

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

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

Pauline
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Merry and Bright

Good morning everyone, it's time for our October New Release Celebration over at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and it's my pleasure to showcase the new Christmas Pine Cones and Holly Set:

I  have coloured the image with ProMarkers and have inked the edges of my Bearly Mine Designs Festive Fun Christmas papers with old paper distress ink, my sentiment is a Creative Expressions stamp.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have used the same papers to decorate the inside of my card.

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Christmas Pine Cones and Holly

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Festive Fun

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  X-Cut - Scalloped Border Punch, Spellbinders - Large Scalloped Oval

Embellishmens:  gems from stash

Sentiment:  Creative Expressions - Pine Cone Christmas

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

Delightful Challenge - Winter Holiday

Fairy Tale Challenge 51 - 1/3 Cards
Crafty Mess Challenge 19 - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - October Anything Goes
Crafty Boots Challenge - Three (three pine cones)
Forever Friends Fortnightly Challenge 46 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays Challenge 123 - Anything Goes
Stella Says Sketch Challenge 121 - Sketch
Christmas Card Challenge Week 45 - Optional Colour Challenge

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and have a look at the other new releases and the inspiration from the design team. For your chance to win the Christmas Pine Cones and Holly image all you have to do is leave a comment on the Challenge Blog post and your name will go into the draw. For a 2nd chance in the draw, become a follower of The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and leave another comment telling us you are a follower - how easy is that!

Thank you so much for visiting today, please come back soon.

Pauline
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Pot Plant

This is my card for the new challenge over at The Crafty Pad, it was Tina's' turn to choose the theme this week and she has chosen:

FLORAL

We would like to see flowers on your projects this week.

I have used the lovely Crafty Pad image Polly with Flower - it's quite a big flower isn't it - this is my card:

I have coloured Polly with ProMarkers and paper pieced her dress, I also added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to the flower but you can't really see it in the photograph.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

Our fab Sponsor this week is:

Joanna Sheen

and the fab prize is £10 to spend in her online shop.

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

Card Recipe:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Polly with Flower

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Spring Delights

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circles and Standard Circles

Embellishments:  ribbon, twine and 3D Crystal Lacquer from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV - Sentiment stamps

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

Totally PaperCrafts Challenge 136 - Pretty Pastels
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 29 - Anything But Square
Littlel Miss Muffet Challenge 44 - Anything But Square
Shelly's Images TTT - Show us your Shape
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 140 - Starts with F (flower)
The House That Stamps Built DCC926 - Paper Piecing
Deep Ocean Challenge 35 - More Than 2 Colours
Digital Tuesday Challenge 179 - Say it with Flowers
Clear It Out Challenge - Child Image (card base/card stock/ribbon/twine all old stash)

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

Thank you for calling today, I hope you are having a great weekend, please pop back later to see a very special card.

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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Dawn's Challenge - Think Pink

This is another very special post to support my dear friend and fellow Crafty Pad DT member Dawn who has had her head shaved to support her Mum who is in the midst of Chemotherapy treatment for Breast Cancer and is loosing her hair.  She is raising funds for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity, chosen my her Mum.  You can read more about it on her blog and Just Giving Page please do pop over and take a look.

Dawn is having a month long challenge over on her blog and I am honoured to guest design for her,  there are lots of fab prizes to be won and she will be using a random number generator to select the winners so everyone has a chance.

We are also having a Special Month Long Challenge over at The Crafty Pad with the theme Breast Cancer Awareness and /or Think PINK not just a little pink but lots of PINK so please visit The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and join in, there are even more fab prizes on offer there

This is the very pink card I have made using a gorgeous FREE image that you can download from Saturated Canary

I coloured her with ProMarkers and my papers are some that I have had since I started crafting over two years ago.

I have decorated the inside of my card as well

Card Recipe:

Image:  Saturated Canary - Boobie Love

Papers:  Docrafts Papermania - Red Hot Paper Pack

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Large Scalloped Oval, Fiskars - Edge punch,

Punch Bunch - flower punches, Docrafts - Midi flower punch

Hobycraft - Butterfly punch

Embellishments:  heart button, seam binding, twine and pearls from stash

Sentiment:  The Crafty Pad - FREE Sentiment Ticket

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

The Poodles Parlour - Here Come The Girls
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 133 - Butterflies, Bows and Buttons
Emergency Crafters - White with One Other Colour
Crafts and Me Challenge 100 - Add a Flower
Card Makin' Mamas - Hearts (heart shaped button and hearts in border punch)
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 22 - Anything Goes/Buttons and Bows
Catered Crop - In the Pink
Craft Your Passion Challenge 127 - Blast From The Past (I chose #103 Monochromatic)
Digi Doodle Shop Challenge 124 - Handmade Flowers (my flowers were made with a selection of punches)
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - 1 Image, 2 Papers and 3 Flowers (my papers are about 2 years old)

Thank you for joining me today, please make sure you pop over the Dawn's Blog and join in with her special challenge and there is still time to enter the Breast Cancer Awareness and /or Think PINK challenge at The Crafty Pad.

Pauline
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Jeremy Giraffe

Good afternoon, it's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and our theme this fortnight is 'SCHOOL DAYS/FOR A CHILD'.

This week we have two fab sponsors:

Bugaboo Stamps
 Prize - 7 digital images

and

Digi Doodle Shop

Prize - $10 gift card

I decided to use one of my own images again, I have so many it seems a shame not to use them. This is my card:

The image is Jeremy Popping Around, there are two versions of this image and they both have their own sentiment but I decided to use one of the new Crafty Pad Happy Birthday Sentiments because I wanted to make it look a little like a Sun.

Jeremy has been coloured with ProMarkers and a cloudy back ground has been created with distress inks and a mask.  I cut around one side of the image to add some extra interest to the card:

I have kept things relatively simple again, the papers are from Bearly Mine Designs and my embellishments are some card candy from my stash and some ric rac, also from my stash.

You can see that I have cut around the edge of the image a little better in this photograph:

This is the inside of my card that has been decorated to complement the front:

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Jeremy Popping Around

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Gingham

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Pinking Circle and Scalloped Oval (inside card)

Embellishments:  card candy and ric rac from stash
Sentiment: The Crafty Pad - Happy Birthday Sentiment

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

Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch and/or Theme - Gingham
Stamping with the Dragon - Birthday Cards
Pattie's Creations Challenge 51 - Birthdays
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 201 - Animal Antics
A Gem of a Challenge 54 - A Boy Thing
Paper Playtime Challenge 83 - Gingham + Die Cut or Punch
The Cutie Pie Challenge 26 - No Flowers
Fashionista Challenge 6 - Card for a Child
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 2 - Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum Monthly Challenge 35 - Nature

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 'SCHOOL DAYS/FOR A CHILD' challenge.

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

Pauline

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The Good Old Days

Good morning everyone, it's time for our September New Release Celebration over at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and it's my pleasure to showcase the Tub and Board from the new Laundry Day Set:

All of The Crafty Pad DT have made cards using images from this fab new set, so pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and take a look, you have the chance to win the complete set:

I have coloured my image with ProMarkers and then cut it out with my Spellbinders Standard Circle die. The papers are from Joanna Sheen's House Mouse Projects CD and the sentiment was computer generated, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card following the same design as the front:

Card Recipe:

Image: The Crafty Pad - Laundry Day Set

Papers: Joanna Sheen - House Mouse Projects CD

Card Stock:  Dies to Die For - Kraft

Tools: Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Standard Circle

Embellishments: Ice Stickles

Sentiment: Computer Generated

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

One Stitch At A Time Challenge 129 - Use a digi

Simply Create Too Challenge 21 - So Old or Vintage

Charisma Cardz Challenge 34 - No Embellishments

No Matter Which Challenge 2 - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Heck of a Challenge 1 - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes

Amusing Challenges - Markers
Stamp N Doodle - A Touch of Sparkle (there are Ice Stickles on the bubbles)

Dream Valley Challenge 40 - Something Old, Something New (old Kraft card stock and Spellbinders dies, new Image)

Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge 69 - Something New, Old and Blue (new image, old Kraft card stock and Spellbinders dies, blue papers)

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and have a look at the inspiration from the design team. For your chance to win the entire set, all you have to do is leave a comment on the Challenge Blog post and your name will go into the draw. For a 2nd chance in the draw, become a follower of The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and leave another comment telling us you are a follower - how easy is that!

Commenting will close 12pm BST on Monday 10th September and the winner will be announced on Thursday 13th September.

Thank you so much for visiting today, please come back soon.

Pauline
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Lifetime Treasures

It's time for Team A to host the challenge at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and this week Diane has chosen the theme - Anything BUT Square.  This is my card:

I used the fab Crafty Pad image - Acorns and Autumn Leaves, I printed the image three times, so that I could decoupage it and coloured it with ProMarkers.  There is quite a lot going on with this card - I stamped the base card with leaves, embossed the beige panel with a bark pattern, distressed the next layer and mounted the decoupaged image on a die cut base that has been inked with distress inks.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

We have two great Sponsors again this week:

Digital Downloads - £10 to spend in the lovely Lorraine's shop

and

Letraset - Vibrant Tones Promarkers

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

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Acorns and Autumn Leaves

Sheena Douglas - A Little Bit Sketchy - Autumn Leaves (background)

Papers:  Pink Petticoat - Quatrefoil and Colour Collection

Tools:  Crafter's Companion - Die'sire Scalloped Tags, Spellbinders - Big Scalloped Ovals,

Creative Expressions - Bark Embossing Folder

Embellishments:  raffia from stash

Sentiment:  Creative Expressions - Thoughtful Sentiments

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

Squigglefly Challenge 34 - Falling into Fall
Anything Goes Challenge 74 - Make your own background
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 132 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge 125 - Emboss It
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 72 - All the Three's - 3 Acorns, 3 Leaves, 3 Patterns
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 170 - Shaped cards
Digi  Doodle Shop Challenge 123 - Vintage
My Heart Pieces Challenge - Layers, Layers and Layers - I have eight layers if you count the base card and the decoupage
Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenge 50 - Lots of Layers - I have eight layers if you count the base card and the decoupage
Crafty Calendar September Challenge - Browns and Creams with optional choice of Tags!

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

Thank you for calling today, enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Pauline
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Think PINK

I have a very special post to share with you today - my dear friend and fellow Crafty Pad DT member Dawn is having her head shaved to support her Mum who is in the midst of Chemotherapy treatment for Breast Cancer and is loosing her hair.  She is raising funds for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity, chosen my her Mum.  You can read more about it on her blog and Just Giving Page please do pop over and take a look.

We are having a Special Month Long Challenge over at The Crafty Pad with the theme Breast Cancer Awareness and /or Think PINK not just a little pink but lots of PINK so please visit The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and join in, there are lots of fab prizes on offer.

This is the card I have made using one of the fab FREE images that you can download from The Crafty Pad:

The papers are from my Willow Sketchie Polly Pickleberry CD and everything has been layered onto Core'dinations card stock.  I paper pieced the images with a smaller version of the papers that I have used for the background and cut the image down to create the smaller bra.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  The Crafty Pad

Papers:  Willow Designs - Polly Pickleberry CD

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Crafter's Companion - Die'sire Scalloped Tags, X-Cut - Border punch

Embellishments:  ribbon and flowers from stash

Sentiment:  The Crafty Pad

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

Creative Inspirations Challenge 178 - Bingo - Pink, Flowers, Polka Dots
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge - Paper Piecing
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Paper Piecing
Papelitos Stamps Challenge 9 - Pink
Made Especially for You Challenge - Paper Piecing
Little Miss Muffet Challenge 42 - Pink, Pink, Pink
Alphabet Challenge -  O for Only One Colour plus White
Sweet Stamps Challenge 81 - A Favourite Technique (Paper Piecing)
ATC's and Cards with Attitude Challenge 21 - Anything Goes
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 47 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Thank you for looking today, please pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and support this wonderful Charity.

Pauline
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Welcome

Good afternoon, it's a funny old day here - one minute we have bright sunshine and the next big black clouds - but as of yet no rain.

Matt, my eldest son has just gone to enroll at college, he received his GCSE results this morning and he did well - A's in Maths, English, Music and Humanities and all the rest were B's - a total of twelve.  He was really nervous when he went to get them, I feel so sorry for them all, there is so much hype and pressure and at the end of the day not everyone is academic - we've always made it clear that as long as he does the best he can it doesn't matter what the outcome is.

Anyway, this is another card I have made using one of the fab new releases over at The Crafty Pad Designs, I just love these Acorns & Autumn Leaves images:

I got the idea from a magazine, but they had used die cut leaves, I printed multiple copies of the images and coloured them all in different colours with my ProMarkers and then cut them out.  It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be to arrange the leaves in a circle and I'm still not 100% happy with it!

The papers are from the docrafts Wellington range and the card stock is Kraft.  I coloured some card stock with my Burnt Orange ProMarker and printed a computer generated sentiment onto it before cutting it out with one of my Spellbinders Ribbon Banners dies.  My bow is some seam binding coloured with the same ProMarker and the same seam binding has been threaded through a couple of buttons at the bottom.

I used the left over pieces of paper to decorate the inside of my card, you just can't see the darker one because it is next to the fold and I wanted to show the dimension of the leaves and the sentiment:

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

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 135 - Use Leaves Somewhere ...

Take Time for You Challenge 74 - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge 98 - Autumn Colours

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 36 - Rich and Earthy Colours

Sparkles Forum Challenge  35 - Nature

2 Sisters Challenge 105 - In The Garden

Divas by Design Challenge 49 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge 78 - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge 177 - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts Challenge 87 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting me today, I do love it when you do.

Pauline
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Beautiful Things

It's time for Team A to host the challenge at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog this week and Dawn has chosen the theme - To Die For.  This is my card:

I used the beautiful Crafty Pad Designs image - Butterfly with verse and borders.  I kept things really simple just mounting the lovely verse on a die cut base.  I printed the butterflies in several sizes, cut them out and added some black Sakura glaze.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

We have two great Sponsors this week:

Creative Craft World

and

Letraset

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

and this is a close up of the lovely verse:

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Crafty Pad Designs - Butterfly with verse and borders

Card Stock:  Joanna Sheen - Stardream Onyx

Tools:  Spellbinders - Butterflies Circles and Standard Circles

Embellishments:  Sakura - black gloss pen

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

Craft Your Passion Challenge 123 - Gone Buggy

House of Gilli Challenge 39 - Add a Sentiment
Critter Sketch Challenge 128 - Digi Week
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 35 - Butterflies
Charisma Cardz Challenge 32 - Monochrome

Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 15 - Monochromatic
Flutterby Wednesday Challenge 201 - Open Challenge (must have a butterfly or fairy) 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge 41 - Uplifting Sentiment
The Paper Shelter Challenge 77 - Clean and Simple
Craftymess Challenge 15 - Words (no image)

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

Thank you for calling today, enjoy what is left of your weekend.

Pauline
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From little acorns grow

Good evening, sorry I'm a bit late today, I've been having a bit of a tidy up in my craft room and you know what it's like - half way through you think 'why did I ever start this'!

You must pop over to The Crafty Pad Designs Shop, Debbie has been very busy and there are lots of new goodies there - new images (including some gorgeous Christmas ones), papers and sentiments.  This is a card I have made using some of the new images:

Top Tip Tuesday have a 'One Layer Card' challenge at the moment and as this is something I have never tried before I just had to have a go.  I have used two of the images from the new 'Acorns and Autumn Leaves' set, watch this space for the leaves - I have a plan!

I printed the images and verse onto some Elegance Satin card stock and coloured them using my FlexMarkers.

I just put a very plain insert into this card with a smaller version of the image:

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

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 83 - One Layer Card

LEJ Designs Challenge 16 - Clean and Simple

Robyn's Fetish Challenge 120 - Monochromatic Cards
Sparkles Monthly Challenge 35 - Nature
Catered Crop Challenge - White
Sentimental Sunday's Challenge 115 - Clean and Simple
For the Love of Crafting Challenge 9 - CAS Project
Cards und More Challenge 62 - Anything Goes
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 36 - Rich and Earthy Colours
Shoping Our Stash Challenge 64 - Technique - Try something new (one layer card)

Thank you so much for popping by this evening, I really do appreciate your visit.

Pauline
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