Shop till you drop

This is the card I have made for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge, I have been really bad lately and hardly ever manage to join in, I really must do better!

The image is from Bugaboo and I have coloured her with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers, the spotty papers are my CD element, they are from my docrafts Tulip and Friends CD, the striped papers are from the Echo Park Dots & Stripes collection.  My sentiment is computer generated and I have added some ribbon from my stash.

I really enjoyed colouring this image - I think you might see more of her in the near future.

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

The CD Sunday Challenge - Shop til you drop
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge 69 - Have a Sentiment on the Front
Scrap-Creations - Polka Dots
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 164 - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time Challenge 180 - Use a digi
Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge 52 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge - Spots and Stripes

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers and say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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Autumn Leaves

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 it's a Fall Colour challenge.

I've used a selection of Donna's fabulous papers from the Designer Extreme CD and Mini Dots collection.

I have used my Cheery Lynn Designs Small Leaves die to cut some leaves and little acorns and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp stamped onto a Spellbinders Labels Eighteen die cut.  I punched a border with an X-Cut edge punch and added some of the harlequin papers.  The edges of everything have been inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink and I added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to the acorns.  The string and buttons are from my stash and I made my own card candy.

These are the colours that we would like you to use.  My colours do match in real life - I'm struggling a bit at the moment, I'm having to use my son's camera. hubby has taken the one I usually use to India with him.

We have two fabulous Sponsors this week:

Natalie & Amy

£10 Gift Voucher

and

our very own Bearly Mine Designs

£10 Gift Voucher

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

Drunken Stampers Challenge 140 - Buttons
My Sheri Crafts Challenge 118 - Fall Colours
Great Impressions September Challenge - Fall Colours
Simply Create Too Challenge 45 - Vintage (or Old)
4 Crafty Girlz Challenge 1 - Anything Goes
Craft-Room Challenge - Trees and/or Leaves
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Back to Nature
LEJ Designs Challenge 70 - Autumnal Colours

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

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

Pauline
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Autumn Love

I'm really excited and honoured to have been invited to join the fabulous team over at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge as a guest designer for the months of September and October, well you all know how much I love House Mouse so I'm sure you will understand how thrilled I am.

The theme for this fortnights challenge is - Autumn Leaves, make sure you pop over the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge blog for more details and to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and great prizes.

I used an adorable image and papers from Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Triple CD collection.

I apologise for the poor picture quality, my husband has gone to India for two weeks and taken my camera (it's his really), so I had to use my son's and it is very different - I just can't seem to get the colours to photograph..

I embossed some burgundy card stock, and die cut some leaves using my Cheery-Lynn Designs Small Leaves dies, I then added two wooden heart buttons and some burgundy twine.

I have decorated the inside of my card using an insert from the CD.

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

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Animal Antics
Crafty Little Fairies Challenge - Cute 'n' Cuddly Critters
Brown Sugar Challenge 58 - Animals
Creative Inspirations Paint - Inspired by: Autumn colours
Pile It On Challenge 36 - Tic-Tac-Toe (Patterned Paper, Dies, Autumn Colours
The Corrosive Challenge 182 - All About Fall
Sarah Hurley Challenge 84 - Autumn Glow
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 20 - Anything Goes
Red Carpet Studio Challenge 52 - Anything Else

Thank you for popping in today, don't forget to take a look at the House-Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge blog to check out the fabulous DT inspiration and join in with the Autumn Leaves challenge.

Pauline
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A Gift

It's time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week our theme is 'Candles', so we would like to see something related to candles on your project - you can use an image or papers, you could decorate a candle or even make some packaging for candles.

I have used a gorgeous image from KennyK who is our sponsor this week and papers with candles on from Bearly Mine Designs.  My sentiment is from Pink Petticoat, the banners were cut by hand and the button, twine and pearls are from my stash.

We are sponsored this week by the fabulous

KennyK

who is offering the lucky winner 3 digis of their choice

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

ABC Challenge 43 - Colouring with Markers
Artistic Inspirations Challenge 57 - Buttons or Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes, Optional Extra: Christmas
Sparkles Christmas Challenge 32 - Non Traditional Colours
Creative Creations Challenge 18 - Early Christmas Makes
Christmas Card Challenges #40 - Something New (new digi provided by sponsor)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas Goes
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 226 - Inspirational Cupcake Photograph

Make sure you pop over to the Winter Wonderland Challenge blog and take a look at the fabulous DT inspiration, we would love for you to join us this week for our 'Candles' challenge.

Thank you for visiting me today and for any comments that you may like to leave.

Pauline
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BIrthday Star

This is the second card I made for my eldest son's best friend who was seventeen recently, I always make a couple so that Matt has a choice.  This is the card that he actually chose to give his friend.

The papers are from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dolled Up collection, I cut the larger stars with an X-cut die and the smaller ones are an X-cut punch, I then inked the edges of the larger ones with distress inks and added 3D Crystal Lacquer to the smaller ones. I hand cut the sentiment banner and the sentiment is a Studio Light stamp embossed with white embossing powder.

I also decorated the inside of the card with stars.

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

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 9 - Boys Only
Paper Playtime Challenge 18 - Use 3 Different Papers
Everybody Art Challenge 243 - Happy Birthday
LEJ Designs Challenge 69 - Something Shiny (small stars)
Nutcrafters Challenge 51 - CAS
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Creatalicious Challenge 54 - For the Boys
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge 62 - It's a Male Thing

Seize the Sketch #3 - 

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

Pauline

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Back to School

It's time for a new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons and this week the theme is Back to School/For a Child.  I have made a CAS card using an adorable House Mouse image.

There are four layers of decoupage and the papers are from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy collection.  The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is a LOTV stamp.

Our sponsor this time is:

Robyn's Fetish

Prize: 5 digital stamps

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

Totally Papercrafts Challenge 182 - Decoupage
MilkCoffee Challenge - Back to School
A Little Bit Crafty Challenge - Clean & Simple
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 96 - Back to School
Crafty Ribbons Challenge 59 - Back to School
A Creative Romance - CAS Style Cards
Parade Your Crafts Challenge 3 - Anything Goes
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge 12 - CAS
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge 139 - Back to School
Ribbon Carousel Challenge 85 - It's Back to School Time

Make sure you pop over to the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge Blog and check out the DT projects, we would love for you to join us for our Back to School/For a Child challenge.

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

Pauline
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Birthday Boy

I made this card for a very good friend of my eldest son, he has just turned seventeen, probably one of the most difficult ages to make a boy's card for.  He's not really into sport or anything so no help there then!.

The papers are My Mind's Eye, from the Miss Caroline Dolled Up collection, there are some floral ones in the pack but quite a few of them are suitable for masculine cards.

I used a Sizzix die to cut the label and a Britannia Die to cut the sentiment, the large star is an X-cut die and I punched the smaller stars and added some 3D Crystal Lacquer to them.

I have also made a matching tag to go with my card.

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

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 90 - For the Boys

Creatalicious Challenge 54 - For the Boys

Aud Sentiments Challenge 88 - Any Sentiment

Little Red Wagon Challenge 200 - Polka Dots

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 116 - For the Boys (papers from stash)

Allsorts Challenge Week 222 - It's all about the sentiment
Sweet Stampin' - Spots and Stripes
Party Time Tuesdays Challenge 135 - Anything Goes
Eclectic Ellapu Challenge - It's Sentimental
PanPastel Challenge 35 - Spots and Dots

Thank you so much for joining me today, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone that takes the time to visit my blog and leave a comment.

Pauline
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