Whoopsi Daisy - Pretty in Blue

A very good morning to you, I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. It's time for another Whoopsi Daisy Challenge and this week we would like you to MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENTS.

This is the card I have made using one of the gorgeous images from sheet 333, do pop over to the Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop and have a browse, there are 4 fab images on each sheet.

I have coloured her with a combination of FlexMarkers and ProMarkers and the papers are from Bearly Mine Designs.  My handmade embellishments are my flower buttons made with my Epiphany Button Studio from Crafter's Companion.

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

CARD RECIPE

Image:  Whoopsi Daisy- sheet 333

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Mini Dots and Flower Delight

Tools:  Spellbinders - Labels D, Crafter's Companion - Epiphany Button Studio

Card Stock: Dies to Die For - Kraft

Embellishments:  ribbon and raffia from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV Tags

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

Delightful Challenges - Primary Colours

It's all about the Vintage Challenge 23 - Anything Goes

The Cupcake Craftroom July Challenge - Layers

Stamp and Create July Challenge - Hands full of love
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge 140 - Spots
ATC's & Cards with Attitude Challenge 17 - Anything Goes
Platypus Creek Digitals Challenge 10 - Buttons and Bows
Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Pile on the Flowers (I have flowers on my image and papers and also flower shaped buttons)

The Colour Throwdown Challenge 199 - Inspiration swatch

For Your Inspiration Challenge 33 - Inspiration photograph (I was inspired by beautiful blue)

Make sure you pop over the the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Blog, check out the DT inspiration and join in with this weeks MAKE YOUR OWN EMBELLISHMENTS challenge. Don't forget we are now an open challenge and will be accepting entries with non Whoopsi Daisy images. The winner will be picked at random and the prize will be one sheet of Whoopsi Daisy images, however if you do use a Whoopsi Daisy image and you are the random winner you will win TWO sheets of Whoopsi Daisy images and there are four images on each sheet.

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

Pauline
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At the Seaside

It's time for a new challenge at The Crafty Pad and this week it is my turn to host, I have chosen the theme:

AT THE SEASIDE

We would like to see beach huts, buckets & spades, ice cream - anything to do with the seaside on your cards this week

and this is my card:

We have two great sponsors again this week

Letraset

 

who are providing a pack of Mid-Tone ProMarkers 

and

The Stamping Boutique

who are offering 3 digi images from their store

For my card I have used The Stamping Boutique - Ice Cream Truck Digital Stamp and The Crafty Pad - Happy Birthday Ticket Sentiment.  The image has been coloured with ProMarkers and I have used  papers from my Echo Park - Little Boy collection, everything is layered onto Core'dinations card stock.

This is the inside of my card:

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

Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes with something Yellow

Digital Tuesday Challenge 167 - Kids

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Summertime

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 80 - One for the men! (mines for a boy - I hope that's OK)

The Emerald Faeries Challenge 27 - Birthdays

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 104 - Summertime

Dude Time Doodles Challenge - Fun in the Sun

Little Red Wagon Challenge 140 - Life's a Beach!

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge - Summer
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Summer Holidays (card stock and papers are both over 6 months old)

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 two fab sponsors 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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Summer Florals

Good morning to you, it's Thursday again and that means a new challenge at Willow Sketchie, this week Lisa has chosen the theme 'Summer Florals' and this is my card:

Lisa has also provided us with this fab sketch:

Don't forget - 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've sort of followed the sketch and the theme this week.

The images are from the embellishments section on the Polly Pickleberry CD, I have coloured them with ProMarkers and cut them out with a Spellbinders Large Labels Die, full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

Card Recipe:

Images:  Willow Designs - Polly Pickleberry CD

Papers: Willow Designs - Polly Pickleberry CD, Bearly Mine Designs - Mini Dots

Card Stock: Dies To Die For - Kraft

Tools: Martha Stewart - Edge Punch, Spellbinders - Large Labels

Embellishments: Seam Binding and flowers from stash

Sentiment: LOTV - Vintage Labels - Occasions

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

Allsorts Challenge Week 161 - In Bloom

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Flowers in Bloom

Totally Stampalicious - Bows and Ribbon

Anything Goes Challenge 70 - Polka Dot with a Birthday Theme

LEJ Designs Challenge 10 - Fabulous Flowers

PaperPlay Challenge Week 27 - Happy Birthday

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge 122 - Anything Goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge 46 - Anything Goes
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 27 - Birthdays

Make sure you pop over to the Willow Sketchie Challenge Blog and have a look at the DT inspiration, you have until 20:00 hrs on Wednesday 11th July 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 this morning, I hope you enjoyed your visit and pop back again soon.

Pauline
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Happy Birthday to Moo

Good morning everyone, it's time for our July New Release Celebration over at The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and it's my pleasure to introduce you to Moorag:

The moment I saw this image I knew I had to make a shaped card:

I printed the Moorag by the fence image and coloured her with my ProMarkers.  The sky background on the inside of the card came from my Joanna Sheen - Thomas Kinkade CD. The  sentiment is from the matching set, I cut it out with my Spellbinders - Scalloped Square die and hand cut the black layer .

I'ts quite hard to photograph a shaped card to show everything, but I promise this is the last one:

There are four fab images in the set and lots of lovely sentiments and papers to go with them:

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 11th June and the winner will be announced on Thursday 14th June.

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

Charisma Cardz Challenge 25 - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge 22 - Clean and Simple

DYSU Challenge 78 - Blue Skies and Clouds

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge 29 - Construction Cards

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge - Can you digi it?

Just Some Lines Challenge - Let's keep it Clean and Simple

One Stitch at a Time Challenge 120 - Use a digi

PanPastel Challenge 25 - Use a digi

Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge 146 - Use something new- my image is brand new
Stamps & Fun = Creativity Challenge 106 - No girls aloud

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

Pauline

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Sparkle and Shine

It's Thursday morning again and it's my turn to host the Willow Sketchie Challenge this week. This is the sketch I have for you

and the theme I have chosen for the week is 

Sparkle and Shine

I would like to see some glitter, gems, or gloss etc.

Don't forget - 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 chose this theme to challenge myself as much as everyone else because, as anyone who knows me will be aware, I rarely use glitter on my cards.  This is the card I have made

Fairy Dance has been coloured with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers, I also coloured some white Seam Binding to match.  I have used Ice Stickles on her wings, around the outside of the image and on the butterfly embellishments.  This is the first time I have ever used stickles and I love them - will now have to buy some more!  There are also some small gems on the butterflies and on her crown that has also had some gloss added.

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

Card Recipe:

Image:  Willow Designs - Fairy Dance digital stamp

Papers:  Willow Designs - Polly Pickleberry CD 

Card Stock:  Dies To Die For - Kraft

Tools:  Martha Stewart - Edge Punch, Die-namics - Butterfly Die,

Spellbinders - Classic Rectangles

Embellishments:  Seam Binding, gems, brad and Ice Stickles from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV - Sentiment Tags

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

Stampalot June Challenge - Bingo (Ribbon/Lace, Polka Dots, Green)

Sentimental Sundays Challenge 108 - Cute and Girly

Dream Valley Challenge 35 - Things with Wings

Craft Your Passion Challenge 116 - Things with Wings

Anything Goes Challenge 70 - Polka Dot with a Birthday Theme

(PIN)spirational Challenge 13 - Inspirational Photograph (I was inspired by the colours)

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 127 - Cute and Girly

The Paper Shelter Challenge 70 - Punches and/or Dies

Creative Card Crew Challenge 13 - Easy as 1 - 2 - 3 (1 image, 2 patterned papers, 3 butterfly embellishments)

Crafty Creations Challenge 176 - Embellish It - Ribbon, Butterflies, Gems, Stickles, Punched Border, Brad

Make sure you pop over to the Willow Sketchie Challenge Blog and have a look at the DT inspiration, you have until 20:00 hrs on Wednesday 4th July 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. 

We are also having a DT call, so why don't you come and join us, you will get to play with lots of fab Willow Designs images.

Thank you for visiting this morning, I hope you enjoyed your visit and pop back again soon.

Pauline

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Being Patriotic ...

Good afternoon, it's time for another challenge over at Crafting for all Seasons and this time we would like to see your Patriotic, Military or Fireworks cards, this is the card I have made:

I have used one of the sketches from Sketch n Stash - you get to use your favourite sketch this week.  The papers are a free download from Crafter's Companion (they were for the Royal Wedding last year - I don't think they are available any more) and the image is from Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker collection CD.  I punched the red, white and blue flowers with my Punch Bunch punches and secured them with brads.  The sentiment is a combination of stamps from LOTV and everything has been layered onto Core'dinations card stock.

This is the inside of my card:

We have three fab sonsors again this week:

Di's Digital Downloads

Sweet 'n Sassy

Saturated Canary

Make sure you check out the Crafting for all Seasons Challenge blog for more details.

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

Crafty Ann's Challenge 68 - Memories Are Made Of This

Simply Create Too Challenge 16 - Country Where You Live
S J Crafts Monthly Challenge 6 (June/July) - Red, White and Blue
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge 48 - Colour Challenge (Red, White and Blue)
Little Claire's Monthly Challenge 22 - Jubilee
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 191 - The Professionals
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 71 - Create Your Own Flowers
Totally Stampalicious Challenge - Red, White and ?
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Red, White and Blue
Sketch n Stash Challenge 90 - Free Choice Sketch, I rotated sketch 21 (neglected stash - card stock, CD, brads, papers)

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 in our ' Patriotic, Military or Fireworks ' challenge.

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

Pauline
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Patch Flyilng

It's time for some inspiration over at the Crafty Pad today and Estelle and myself are showcasing a couple of Crafty Pad images.

I chose to make a card for a child, something I don't do nearly often enough, it was really fun to make and I am going to make sure I do it more often.

I chose the fab Crafty Pad image 'Patch Flying, I printed him out twice and cut out one image to decoupage him, I always like to have some dimension on my cards.  I inked the sky using a mask for the clouds and coloured him with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

This is the inside of my card that I have decorated to match the front.

You can just about see the Crystal Lacquer that I have added to the little screen on the aeroplane in this photograph.

Card Recipe

Image:  The Crafty Pad - Patch Flying

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - green 'Mini Dots', Echo Park - Little Boy

Card Stock:  Core'dinations

Tools:  Spellbinders - Classic Square, Ribbler, Crystal Lacquer

Sentiment:  The Crafty Pad - Happy Birthday ticket 

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

Crop Stop Challenge 77 - Let's hear it for the Children
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 65 - Boy Attitude
Just Us Girls Inspiration Challenge - Inspiration picture - I was inspired by the reds and yellows
Alphabet Challenge Blog - J for Journey
PanPastel Challenge 24 - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss Challenge 137 - Something Yellow
Stamping with the Dragon Challenge - Transportation
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 62 - About The Boys
Dream Valley Challenge 35 - Things with Wings (I hope an Aeroplane counts)
Craft Your Passion Challenge 116 - Things with Wings

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Pad Shop and have a look at the wonderful digi images, papers and card downloads, there are usually some specials on offer so you might even grab yourself a bargain.

Thank you for stopping by today, I really do appreciate your company.

Pauline
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