Cycling Fun

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all having a great weekend. This is the card I have made for this weeks Seize the Birthday Sketch Challenge and this week it's the turn of the boys:

I have used doodlebug design papers and a fabulous image from the Digi Stamp Boutique Funtime Dan collection.  The star is an X-cut die and the sentiment is from LOTV.  I have added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the puddle and splashes and a button completes the embellishments.

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

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

The Digi Stamp Boutique February Customer Competition
Seize the Birthday Challenge 4 - Masculine Birthday with Sketch
Cards Galore February Challenge - One for the Men
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Easter/Spring cards for Kids
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 60 - Springtime
Creative Inspirations Challenge 199 - One For The Guys!
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Seeing Stars
Digistamps 4 Joy Challenge 59 - Anything Goes
Digi Galore Challenge - 3 Colours Only - Blue, Green, Yellow (if you count skin and hair please remove my entry)

Thank you so much for visiting me today, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Pauline
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Picnic Bear

This is my entry for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - Hello Doily - better late than never!

This week I have used my The Best of La Pashe CD for my decoupage image, this must be one of the best buys I have ever made, I used it for lots of my Christmas cards and for several other cards as well. The papers are from the Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K. Papercrafting CD-ROM 2.

Do you ever get one of those cards when, no matter what you do, you're never quite happy with it - well this is one of those and I still don't really like it but I ran out of time so it will have to do!

As always I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout as the front.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Hello Doily
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Red Carpet Studio Challenge 21 - "Ted"
House of Gilli Challenge 49 - Anything Goes with Pink and Bling
Love to Create Challenge 50 - Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 97 - Green with Envy
Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge - A Girl/Ladies Birthday
Flutterby Wednesday Challenge 225 - Anything Goes with a Butterfly or Fairy

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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Winter Scene

This is the last of the Christmas cards that I made using my The Best of La Pashe CD.  These cards are relatively easy to make and were ideal for my neighbours.

The flower embellishments have been decoupaged, I'm not quite sure what they are - winter roses perhaps.  I have embossed the white base and layered both that, the image and sentiment on silver Mirri.

I kept the inside decoration very simple:

Card Recipe

Image:  La Pashe - The Best Of La Pashe CD

Card Stock:  White - Crafter's Companion, Silver from stash

Tools:  Crafter's Companion - Die'sire Embossalicious folder

Sentiment:  from stash

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

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round January Challenge - Anything Goes so long as it's Christmas
Sweet Stampin' Christmas Challenge 2 - Cold & Frosty
A Gem of a Challenge 64 - Holidays
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Winter
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 156 - Winter
CHNC Extra - Anything Christmas Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 243 - Square Cards
Creative Moments Challenge 9 - Use Neutral Colours/Anything Goes

Thank you so much for calling this afternoon, I hope everyone is having a good week, please pop back again soon.

Pauline

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Love Hearts

Good morning, I hope everyone is well and managing to keep nice and warm.  I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my lovely new followers, I hope you enjoy your visits to my little blog.

We have a new challenge for you at Bearly Mine Designs and this week the theme is HEARTS GALORE.

Everything that I used to make this card is from the Bearly Mine Designs Designer Extreme CD with the exception of the white card stock.  I sprayed the dark pink paper and all of the hearts with Crafter's Companion Spray and Sparkle - unfortunately it doesn't show up very well in the photograph.  The large hearts were cut using a Sizzix die and the small ones using an Epiphany punch, I added the text in word.

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

We have two Sponsors again this week:

Alota Rubber Stamps


$15 Gift Certificate

and

Noor Design


Leaves Die

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

Sweet Stamps Challenge 102 - Valentine or Love

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 191 - Valentines Day/Love

Creative Craft Challenge 2 - Bling it Up (Spray & Sparkle)

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 46 - Valentines

Moving Along with the Times - Bling it On (Spray & Sparkle)

Delicious Doodles Challenge 20 - All You Need is Love

Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude Challenge 32 - Love

UnstampaBelles Challenge 19 - Use one or more Dies

Gingerloft Challenge 56 - Love is in the Air

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

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

Pauline
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Going Fishing

This is one of the DT cards I made for the Launch of the Ooh La La Creations Yesterday's Memories CD on Create & Craft - did you see the show yesterday the CD was a sell out, but you can get a copy from Ooh La La Creations and it's free P&P.

I chose to use this lovely decoupage image called Fishing and three papers all from the CD.  Everything has been layered onto gold Mirri and I added some hessian and two little fish charms that have been in my stash for ages.  For the sentiment I just enlarged one of the backing papers and cropped the 'Happy Birthday' text, cut it out and layered it onto some of the gold Mirri.

As usual I have decorated the inside of my card using the same papers and layout as the front.

Make sure you pop over the the Ooh La La Creations online shop, there is a fabulous gallery with lots of gorgeous samples if you still need some help to make up your mind about this brilliant CD.

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 3-2-1
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 36 - Something New (new CD)
Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge 191 -Masculine
Crafty Calendar Challenge - What's New (new CD)
Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge 46 - Lots of Layers
Dare to be Sassy Thursday Challenge 161 - How Charming
Crafts and Me Challenge 117 - Vintage

I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers, thank you so much for choosing to follow me and a big thank you to everyone for taking the time to look at my blog today, I really do appreciate your support and encouragement. 

Pauline

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Celebration Cake

This card has been made using some fabulous My Mind's Eye Lost & Found papers that I treated myself to in the New Year sales, they are all lovely soft beige and pink.

I have used Kraft card stock for my base and die cut the Whoopsi Daisy image out with my Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle.  A lace doily, pearls and ribbon have been added along with two LOTV tags.

It's not quite as washed out as it looks in the photographs, I'm going to blame the poor light again but it could just be the photographer.

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

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

Craft Room Challenge - Monochrome
Digital Tuesday Challenge 195 - Favourite Colour Combo (Monochrome)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Tie Up Your Loose Ends
Sweet Stamps Challenge 101 - Pearls & Lace
Inky Impressions Challenge 94 - Celebrate
Southern Girls Challenge 61 - Get Krafty
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 32 - Ribbons and Lace
Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Ribbon

Thank you so much for popping in today, I hope you enjoyed your visit.

Pauline
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Dreaming of Summer ...

This is the card I have made for the CD Sunday Challenge this week, the theme is 'Forever in Blue Jeans' .  Well this one was a bit of a challenge again, most of the images I have had been used by the DT ladies so I was desperately searching through my CD's when I remembered this fab little image from the Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K. collection.

She really makes me yearn for warm summer days, especially as I'm looking out of the window at the remains of last weeks snow which still refuses to melt.

The CD element on this card is the backing papers, they are from the S.W.A.L.K. Papercrafting CD-ROM 2.  My base card stock is Stardream from Joanna Sheen and the sentiment is LOTV.

I have followed the sketch from Seize the Birthday a relatively new Sketch Challenge that I have only just discovered and I have decorated the inside of my card to match the front.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Forever in Blue Jeans
Seize the Birthday Challenge - Feminine Birthday with Sketch #3
Dream Valley Challenge 49 - Girls, Girls, Girls
ABC Challenge 13 - Birthday Cards
Creative Card Crew Challenge 28 - Girly
Nutcrafters Challenge 35 - Cute and Girly
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - For a Girl
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Sketch and/or Happy Birthday

Thank you for visiting me today, I appreciate your company.

Pauline
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