It's all in the words...

This is the card I made for my Mum for her 84th Birthday.

She loves flowers and nice words so I got out my Joanna Sheen 'If Flowers Could Talk' CD and soon chose this image.  I printed it out several times and decoupaged some of the pretty Pansies or are they Violas, I'm not sure.  The backing papers also came from the CD and I have layered everything onto Core'dinations card stock.  The sentiment is LOTV layered onto a Spellbinders Scalloped Circle die cut and the ribbon was also from Joanna Sheen.

I decorated the inside of my card the same as the front using another copy of the image but removing the words so that I could write my own.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Gorgeous Green (I hope I have enough green)
Tammy's Scrapin Corner Challenge 13 - For the Girls
Lollipop Crafts Challenge 83 - Flowers in Bloom
2 Sisters Challenge 94 - Inside and Out
Crafty Calendar June Challenge - Flowers in Bloom
Opus Gluei Challenge 132 - It's all relative
The Ribbon Girl Monthly Card Challenge - Use Ribbon or Lace
Sentimental Sundays Challenge 105 - Show me your SPOTS
Art Impressions Challenge 65 - Spots
Ladybug Crafts Challenge 62 - BIG Birthday

Thank you for looking today, please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Pauline
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CAS at The Crafty Pad

Good morning, it's time for some fabulous new releases at The Crafty Pad. We are giving all our readers the opportunity to win the entire set, read on to find out more.

I was lucky enough to be given this gorgeous image called 'Bird Silhouette' to work with. As soon as I saw it I just knew I wanted to make a CAS card, as anyone who knows me will realise this is something quite different for me. My inspiration came from last weeks sketch over at Clean & Simple Stamping, unfortunately I'm to late to enter my card into their challenge.

I copied the image into word and changed the colour to match the Core'dinations card stock that I had decided to use, I then re-sized the image to fit inside my Spellbinders Scalloped Oval die. I did things the hard way and printed the image, cut it out and then placed it behind the die cut frame, when I thought about it later I realised I could have printed the white panel with everything on it in one go and just placed the die cut frame on top - I'll know next time.

The 'Thank You' text was created in word and printed directly onto the white panel. I cropped the little bird from the main image and re-sized it before cutting it out and adhering it to the finished card. The scalloped edge at the bottom of my card was made using a Martha Stewart edge punch.

I decorated the inside of my card to complement the front making sure that I left plenty of blank space to write my thank you note.

I did enjoy making this card, but although the style is clean and simple they certainly are not simple to make, you have to be really accurate in everything you do because the slightest imperfection really does show.

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

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge 46 - Feeling Punchy!
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge 92 - Branching Out
Little Miss Muffet Challenge 36 - Rainbows, Clouds or Wings
Shelly's Images Challenge - Pick at least Two (Blue, Digi, Monochromatic, Punched Border)
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 116 - Use a Digi
That Craft Place Challenge 12 - Trees and Nature
The Secret Crafter Challenge 188 - Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge 19 - Die Cuts & Punches
Quirky Crafts Challenge 12 - Up, Up and Away (or The Sky's the Limit)
Divas by Design Chalenge 37 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over the The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and look at all the DT inspiration and then make a visit to The Crafty Pad Designs Shop and check out the new images.

For your chance to win the entire set, all you have to do is leave a comment on the Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and your name will go into the draw - for a second chance in the draw become a follower of The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and leave us another comment telling us you are a follower, it's that easy!

Commenting will close 12pm BST on Monday the 11th of June and the winner will be announced on Thursday the 14th of June.

We hope you love the new release as much as we do. Don't forget, there is still plenty of time to get your entries in for this weeks Ribbon Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by today, please visit again soon.

Pauline
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Wedding Celebrations

I made this card for one of my DT friends who got married a little while, I hope she won't mind me posting it.

The image is a LOTV die cut topper and the card stock is Crafter's Companion Centura Pearl.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

This is the inside of my card, I decorated it to co-ordinate with the front:

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  LOTV Die Cut Design - Wedding Carriage

Papers:  Sorry, I really can't remember

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Centura Pearl

Tools:  Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Square, Fleur De Lis Accents and Scalloped Circle,

Marianne CreaTables - Butterfly die

Embellishments:  ribbon and pearls from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV 

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

It's all about the Vintage and Beauty Challenge 20 - Weddings
Sarah Hurley Challenge 67 - New Beginnings
Cooking It Up With Katie Challenge 96 - Celebrate with Ribbon and a Die Cut
Creative Belli Challenge 144 - Wedding
Fab 'n Funky Challenge 123 - Celebrations
Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge 41 - Bingo (pearls, ribbon, white)
CropStop Challenge 74 - Pretty Pearls
Simply Create Too Challenge 14 - Wedding
Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge 67 - Anything Goes (must use a die cut)
Lili's Little Fairies Challenge - Anything Goes

I would like to say a warm welcome to my new followers, it is so nice of you to join me, I will make sure I pop over and say hello to you as soon as I can.

Thank you for joining me today, your company is very much appreciated.

Pauline
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Jubilee Weekend Sale

Jubilee Weekend Sale

Bearly Mine Designs is holding a Jubilee Weekend Sale starting this Saturday, and ending on Tuesday.

also don't forget STARTING TODAY

Wishing you Happiness

Good morning, it's time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge and this is the card I have made following Shell's great sketch: 

This is Shell's sketch:

and she has chosen the theme:  Make your own backing papers.

You don't have to follow both the sketch and the theme unless you want to, one or the other will do just fine. 

I have used the gorgeous digi image -  Fairy Jangles available from the Willow Designs Store and coloured her with ProMarkers, her wand has been glazed and some gems added to her crown.

Sorry Shell, I just don't do handmade papers, (as the Glitter Girls would say - because I can't).  Make sure you pop over the the Willow Sketchie Challenge Blog and look at the other DT's fab papers, they really put me to shame.

My papers are Bearly Mine Designs Summer's Roses and Mini Dots and everything has been layered onto some purple card stock that I had in my stash.  I put the corner through my ribbler to incorporate some texture and added some buttons and gems also from my stash.  

As usual I have decorated the inside of my card: 

I also made a little pocket and inserted a tag that has been cut out and embossed with my Cuttlebug Embossed Tags folder, the sentiment is a Creative Expressions stamp.

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

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Show us that Bling!!

Ooh La La Challenge 106 - Make it Girly + DT Call
Going Grey with ScrapCreations Challenge - Fairies
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 25 - Buttons
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 119 - Use a Digi
Stampavie and More Challenge 169 - For a Girl
Sundays with Crissy Challenge 29 - Things with Wings
Stamp and Create May Challenge - For the Ladies
Digistamps 4 Joy Challenge 42 - Cute as a Button
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 64 - Anything Goes

Make sure you pop over to the Willow Sketchie Challenge Blog, have a look at the DT inspiration and join in with our challenge, you have until 20:00 hrs on Wednesday 6th June to enter and the prize is a voucher to spend in the Willow Designs Store. Don't forget you can either follow the sketch and/or the theme.

Thank you for visiting today.

Pauline
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All Our Yesterdays

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafting for all Seasons and this time the theme is - Many Layers.  I also need to announce the winner of my blog candy, thank you to everyone who joined in the fun, the randomly drawn winner from the comments left on my blog was:

loulou

Now back to this weeks challenge, we have two fab sponsors this week:

Just Some Lines

and

The Stamping Boutique

Well, 'Many Layers' means only one thing to me - DECOUPAGE - so I decided to use some of my Joanna Sheen's Faye Whitaker 'All Our Yesterdays' Decoupage for this challenge and I followed the sketch at retro sketches - my card is very different in style from the DT cards and all the other entries, but I think I will still give it a go.

The papers are a free download from Crafter's Companion, I have my great team mate Helen, aka Crafty Mama Mia, from The Crafty Pad DT to thank for reminding me about these.  I don't know about you, but I always download freebies and then promptly forget that they exist!  The card stock is Core'dinations and the sentiment is a Studio Light stamp.  I used a spellbinders die to cut the little scalloped edges on the sentiment and the border and the raffia is from my stash.

This is the inside of my card:

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Remember when....?
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 115 - Red, White and Blue
Craft Your Days Away Challenge 46 - Red, White and Blue
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 100 - Masculine
Creative Card Crew Challenge 11 - Dimension
Creative Craft Challenge - Red, White and Blue
Digital Tuesday Challenge 162 - Just for laughs
The Crazy Challenge 121 - Childhood Memories
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 59 - Red, White and Blue
RetroSketches Challenge 13 - Sketch

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 'Many Layers' challenge.

That's it from me for today, I hope to see you again soon.

Pauline
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Anyone for Lunch!

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and still enjoying the wonderful weather.  It's time for a new Bearly Mine Designs challenge and the Theme this week is - Animal Kingdom (use an animal on your card).

We are Sponsored this week by our very own

and one lucky winner will receive 2 Digi sets of their choice.

I have used two of my favourite things on my card - Bearly Mine Designs papers and Joanna Sheen's Happy Hoppers

I have coloured this gorgeous image with ProMarkers and inked the edges with distress ink. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

As usual I have decorated the inside of my card:

CARD RECIPE:

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Simply Dots and Summer's Roses

Image:  Joanna Sheen - Happy Hoppers 'Hoppy Birthday!'

Card Stock:  Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Classic Square (inside card), Marianne CreaTables - LR0205

Embellishments:  flowers and ivy from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV - Vintage Labels 'Occasions'

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

Totally Papercrafts Challenge 118 - Animals
Digi Doodle Shop Challenge 109 - Let's Go Spotty
Robyn's Fetish Challenge 109 - Birthday Cards with a Sentiment
I Love ProMarkers Challenge 118 - Use die-cuts
House of Gilli - Die-cuts/punches
Phindy's Friday Challenge 107 - 1, 2, 3 (my 3 embellishments are - flowers, ivy, fence)
Creative Inspirations Challenge 164 - Anything Goes
Love to Create Challenge 17 - Add a Sentiment
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner Challenge 12 - Anything Goes
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 18 - Best Friends

Make sure you visit the Bearly Mine Challenge Blog to take a look at the DT inspiration and join in with this weeks challenge, don't forget you could win 2 gorgeous Bearly Mine Designs Digi sets.

Thank you for visiting today, please come back soon.

Pauline
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