Mummies and Spiders

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 the theme is - Halloween.

I have used an image and sentiment from my Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD, it contains both coloured images and digi stamps for you to colour yourself - not that my image needed much colouring.

The dotty paper is Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings, the smaller cobweb is also cut from one of the papers from this pack.  The spider with the gems on it is part of a set of earings I found in our local Pound Shop. Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

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

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD

Papers:  Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings

Card Stock:  Crafter's Companion - Core'dinations

Tools:  Darice Embossing Folder - Spider Web Background,

Spellbinders - Square Swatches (inside card)

Embellishments:  Local Pound Shop - Spider

Sentiment:  Polka Doodles - Sundae of Seasons CD

Our Sponsor this week is

Cheery Lynn Designs

and the fab prize is - Fall Harvest Two Frame

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

My Heart Pieces - Use Black

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - Embossing

Sweet 'n Sassy Challenge 73 - Hip to be Square!

Craft us Crazy - Halloween and/or Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge 159 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Quirky Crafts Challenge 20 - Quirky Monsters

The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Digi Challenge 13 - Halloween

Creative Card Crew Challenge 20 - Purple

Heck of a Challenge - Spooky

Crafty Ann's Challenge 75 - Inspired by a Film Title (The Mummy)

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

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

Pauline
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Bearly Mine Designs - Happy Hauntings

Down in the Garden

I was honoured and delighted to be invited to Guest Design for the Joanna Sheen Challenge,  I absolutely love Joanna's products and the DT cards on the challenge blog are always stunning along with the entries.

This is the card I have made for this fortnights challenge - Down in the Garden.  I was reaching for my Jane Shasky - from the heart of the garden CD, but changed my mind and instead I have used one of the gorgeous images from Ivory Cats, this CD features the paintings of Lesley Anne Ivory:

The base card stock is also from Joanna's shop - unfortunately I think it is now discontinued.  The floral papers are from the CD and the spotty ones are from Bearly Mine Designs - I have inked the edges of the papers to tie them together.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I used the same papers and die cut shape to decorate the inside of my card:

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Joanna Sheen's Ivory Cats CD

Papers:  Joanna Sheen's Ivory Cats CD (floral), Bearly Mine Desings Mini Dots

Card Stock:  Joanna Sheen (discontinued)

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle, Standard Circle, Ribbon Banners

Die-namics - Butterfly

Embellishments:  ribbon, button, string and gems from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV - Simply Sophisticated

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

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 70 - Fur or Feathers
House of Gilli - Use 2 of your favourite things (Butterflies/Gems)
The Crazy Challenge 129 - Spots or Stripes
The Paper Shelter Challenge 83 - Anything Goes
DYSU Challenge 91 - Scallops
Sothern Girls Challenge - Show us your spots and/or stripes
Flutterby Wednesday Challenge 207 - Anything Goes with a Butterfly or Fairy
Willow Sketchie Challenge - Free choice of recent sketches (my final sketch - 9th August)
An Oldie But A Goodie - Show us your ribbons - CD, card stock and dies are all over 6 months old

Make sure you pop over to the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog, take a look at the fab DT inspiration and join in with this fortnights 'Down in the Garden' challenge.

Thank you for popping in today.

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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Happy Thoughts

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.

This is the final update for Dawn's month long challenge over on her blog, so if you haven't entered yet this is your last chance.  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 my card, I decided to do something a little different for this one, the image, backing paper and verse are from Joanna Sheen's 'If Flowers Could Talk...' CD, I love the verse and thought it was quite appropriate.

There are two copies of the image on each sheet so I decided to decoupage the flowers and I have also mounted the image using foam pads to add a little dimension.

I have decorated the inside of my card as usual.

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

CD Sunday Challenge - Awash with Flowers
The Cupcake Craftroom September Challenge - Pretty Pastels
Creative Craft Challenge- Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl September Colour Challenge - Pink and Green
Word Art Wednesday Challenge 46 - Friends (my card has been made to support a friend)
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude Challenge 23 - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - My Sentiment Exactly!
Digi Doodle Final Challenge 125 - Anything Goes
Great Impressions September Challenge - Sentimental Journey

Thank you for joining me today, please make sure you pop over to 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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Say a Prayer ..

These weeks certainly do fly past, it's time for a new challenge at Whoopsi Daisy, it's Team A's turn to provide the inspiration this week and our theme this time is THINGS WITH WINGS, just perfect for all of your Whoopsi Daisy images..

You can now enter an ANYTHING GOES WITH A WHOOPSI DAISY IMAGE project, so if you use a WHOOPSI DAISY IMAGE you can enter any style of card or project you like - you don't have to follow the theme - so come on get out your WHOOPSI DAISY images and show us what you can do - there is usually a free image HERE.

This is another of the cards that I made for the launch of the new Daisy & Friends at Christmas CD by Joanna Sheen on Create and Craft.

You can have a look inside the CD HERE and you can see lots of lovely samples HERE and of course you can purchase a copy HERE.

The Daisy & Friends at Christmas CD is packed full of Linnie's cute, hand-drawn character illustrations, there are coloured and non-coloured digistamp versions of every topper and I used one of the non-coloured digistamps for my card.  I coloured her with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and added gold glitter to her halo, wings and dress.

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

CARD RECIPE:

Image: Joanna Sheen - Daisy & Friends at Christmas

Papers: Bearly Mine Designs - Designer Extreme CD

Card Stock: Create and Craft - gold (bought ages ago)

Tools: Marianne Creatables - LR0134

Embellishments: ribbon, flowers, leaves and glitter from stash

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

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge 28 - Gold
Creative Inspirations Challenge 181 - Christmas in September
Divas by Design Challenge 53 - Lovely Layers
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge 139 - Things with Wings
Stampavie and More Challenge 177 - Sparkling/Glitter
Let's Craft and Create Challenge 54 - Things with Wings
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 32 - Use a Tag (my image is mounted on a tag)
Charisma Cardz Challenge 37 - Things with Wings
PaperPlay Challenge Week 38 - Choose a Holiday
Christmas Crafting Challenge 14 - Traditional Christmas Colours

Make sure you pop over to the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge Blog, take a look at the DT inspiration and join in with our THINGS WITH WINGS challenge but don't forget you can also enter an ANYTHING GOES WITH A WHOOPSI DAISY IMAGE project.

Thank you so much for visiting me today, please leave a comment so that I know you have called and I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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So Sweet!

Good morning, I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. This is the card I have made for the Joanna Sheen Challenge, the theme this fortnight is - So Sweet! - it can be cakes/sweets/chocolate etc., or anything that you feel is 'sweet'. I think I have things just about covered with this card:

My image is one of Joanna Sheen's House-Mouse Food and Drink Decoupage Sheets and the backing paper is from the House-Mouse Inserts CD.  I have distressed the corrugated card with some Pebeo paint and layered everything onto Kraft card stock.  Full details of everything I have used are listed below.

I have decorated the inside of my card with matching backing paper and part of an insert from the CD cut out with a Spellbinders die:

CARD RECIPE:

Image:  Joanna Sheen - House-Mouse Food and Drink Decoupage

Papers:  Joanna Sheen - House-Mouse Inserts CD

Card Stock:  Polka Doodles - Kraft and Corrugated, Joanna Sheen - Onyx Stardream

Tools:  Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle and Standard Circle (inside card)

Embellishments:  raffia and buttons from stash

Sentiment:  LOTV Sentiment Tags

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

Joanna Sheen Challenge - So Sweet!

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge 22 - Sweet Treats

Crafty Catz Challenge 151 - Buttons
The Poodles Parlour - Tag You're It
Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge 126 - Tags
DYSU Challenge 90 - Tags or Flags
The Emerald Faeries Challenge 32 - Use a Tag
The Corrosive Challenge 158 - Animal Companions
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 178 - I was inspired by the reference to Starbucks - they do a fab Hot Chocolate

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I would love for you to leave me a comment so that I can come and visit you.

Pauline
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Watercolour Daisies

I decided to try another CAS card today, I really enjoy making these for a change sometimes.

I stamped the Stampendous Daisy Stem Trio image onto watercolour card stock and added a touch of colour with Lyra Aquacolor Crayons and a waterbrush.  I then mounted the image onto some yellow card stock from my scrap box and punched the edges with an X-Cut border punch.

The card base has been made from some more watercolour card stock and a simple stamped sentiment from the same set added - I told you it was CAS and it certainly is - I haven't even decorated this inside, but that could change!

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

Paper Playtime Challenge 84 - Punches + a Sentiment
The Pink Elephant Challenge 166 - Monochromatic
Challenges 4 Everybody Challenge 3 - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 181 - LESS Is More!
Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 224 - No Patterned/Designer papers
Pattie's Creations Challenge 53 - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too Challenge 22 - Anything Goes
Daring Card Makers Challenge - Thank You Card
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 18 - Feeling Floral

I would like to extend a very warm welcome to my new followers, thank you so much for joining me.

Pauline
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