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The Pink Elephant challenge 20 this week is a smashing sketch



I have made this quickly tonight and hopefuly will enter it in time.




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Step fold card

The challenge at The Next Level this week is to make a step card or a free standing pop-up. I couldn't make up my mind but ended up choosing the step card.

I am not at all happy with this effort but you might as well see the poor efforts as well as those I am happy with, LOL



It is hubby's birthday soon so as you can guess this is for him. Trouble is I will have to look at it too for a few days!!

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Dougall

This is the result of a request from DIL's dad for a card for his brother who is nicknamed Dougall.
The BP is from Joanna Sheens animal Magic and as the card had to go by post I needed to keep it 'thin' and just added an extra layer to Dougall's face and raised the star and number with silicone glue.



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Dads

I haven't made a new card to show today so I am posting two of the other Fathers Day cards I made

The first is my attempt at what I think is called a 'word book' card. As i don't have a template for one of these I had a go at making my own. All things considered it actually looks quite good.



This second one was made for DIL's dad who, as you might guess is a golfer.



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Wedding Congratulations

A5

Just a very quick post this morning as I'm off to 'work' at daughters.

This smashing sketch is the CRAFT Challenge No.5



The card is for a friend of Son's who got married somewhere exotic and is now celebrating at home. Their party is on Saturday and I'm sure everyone will have a good time.
As it is the grooms 3rd marriage I thought something less traditional would be more appropriate so hope this fits the bill, as it were.



The papers and image are freebies from Jak who's blog can be found at Crafters Kitchen. Thank you very much Jak, this was very useful for this occasion.

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Fathers Day again!

150mm square

I have made two cards using this weeks challenge sketch over at The Next Level



Not very exciting I'm afraid, but I needed to make two urgent cards for Fathers Day.
I know I shouldn't have left them to the last minute!!
I stuck the curve on the front of the card in this first one, leaving a gap for the tag......



...... then decorated the inside.



For this second one I cut away the front of the card and fixed the tag on the inside.
I found doing it this way was much easier.






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Fathers Day

I have used this weeks sketch from Midnight Madness for this card for son in law.





The background for this is mainly digital. I was in a rush to do this but I reckon it took me just as long as if I'd done it the usual way :-)
The rush was because just after I'd started choosing papers and image I had to leave it because eldest G/son (15yrs) was rushed to hospital. I had to go and 'mind' g/daughter and finally got to bed around 2am. He is OK and only kept in overnight.

I put a blob of Anita's 3D clear gloss on the 'brads' which gives them a bit of a shine.
The image is from Bird Life 2 (PC crafter) and is two layers to add a little dimension.


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Birthday Wishes

I am pleased to say that this card is for two challenges this week.


Colour Create - Blush Pink, Lilac and Mossy Green, with the option to use a die cut

Friday Sketchers gives us a lovely sketch this week



I changed the pic because I removed the lilac bow. I think it looks better without it.





I used my nestie oval scallop and hand cut the larger piece. I usually only do this with the circles and then I use pinking shears. There is some faux stitching because I couldn't be bothered to get my sewing machine out.

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Pretty girl

There is a great sketch for the
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge week 5 and the 'bling' makes it eligible for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 35



This is my interpretation



What a pretty little girl she is :-) I have once again used papers from my stash and can't remember which collections they came from.
OK, I admit to being too lazy to check through my files to find out. You don't mind do you, lol!!!
The cherry blossom flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Same as the ones on the wedding card a couple of posts ago but these have a hint of blue.
The squares at the top are the correct colour. My camera is not behaving itself lately and the ones at the bottom have come out a different colour.
I have added pale pink gems to the squares because they looked too plain.
The nestie circles and the squares are fixed with foam pads so it is quite a bulky card. I'll have to make sure it will be hand delivered

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Hi Dad

At last I have managed a card for The Next Level challenge which this week is to make a ribbon border.
I had the pleasure of having my dear aunty stay with us Friday to Monday for my nephew's wedding so have got a bit behind with the challenges.

I was only practicing, but it took me soooo long to make this ribbon border I just had to make use of it. I will give it to youngest grandson to give to his dad.



I recently acquired the cute little Albert from Pollycraft and this is the first time I have used him.
The Pollycraft Monday challenge this week is 1,2,3 so i hope this card qualifies for this too.

Also Dare U to Digi Stamp challenge 10 is ribbons this week

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Golden Wedding

Butterflies is the Spoonful of Sugar challenge 45 this week. The DT cards are fantastic as usual.
I have used the Sketch Saturday Challenge 54 as inspiration for this Golden Wedding card.






This is a not a very good close up




Sorry my post is so short but I wanted to do this before I shoot out to my DD's.

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Wedding

A5

My nephew is getting married on Saturday and I have been putting off making the card.
I liked this weeks Midnight Madness challenge sketch 4, so have used that as my inspiration.



The BP's are Dianne Rigdon Heart Sweet Heart collection from ScrapArtist and Loreta Labarca collection from Daisie. The cherry blossom flowers are a new acquisition from Wild Orchid Crafts



The hearts and the wedding date have been 'sparkled' with Glamour Dust and I have made another beady pin which has been stuck through a net bow.
The big bow on the side is white and pink organza, though it is hard to tell from my rubbishy photography.



The frame around the Wedding Day wording was a fiddle to make and I used a lot of small foam pads to attach it.



Thank you for visiting today and for any comments you are kind enough to leave.
They really encourage and make me smile :-)

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13th Birthday

Over at Cute Card Thursday challenge 62 is 'A bit o' Bling'
I just love a bit, or even a lot of bling, so this challenge is a must for me :-)

This is for my granddaughter's friend and as you can see is 13 today.
G/daughter is just like her mother, leaving things to the last minute.
I had a call from her at 8.15 this morning asking me to make a card for her friend. The brief was - pink, sparkle, 13 and her name. This is the result after faffing around for ages going through all my pink paper. We all know how many different shades there are of any colour!!
I had to find paper in my stash because both of my printers are telling me they are low on ink so I didn't want to print more off.



I made the mistake of stamping my lovely Gorjuss Girl on the wrong paper and it didn't colour very well. Ah well, lesson learned. I just hope it is not inspected too closely.



I had already made the flower and added some Glamour Dust and a gold bow from my bit box.
Die cut name, Fiskars lace punched trim, some gems and a computer generated sentiment to finish it off.

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MMSC3 and ABC challenge - Birthday

This is my second card using the current sketch over at Midnight Madness
It is a very useful sketch and I enjoyed using it again.
Priscilla is allowing three entries per week for the current 'shopping spree'.

I had a 'pink moment' today after my blue effort yesterday. I thought it needed a bit of extra colour so have added a lovely greeny blue flower as contrast.
I have parted with 3 of my precious flat back pearls. Precious because I don't have many left. OK - must go shopping for more!

P for pearls is the ABC challenge this week so this fits it just right.



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Anniversary

A5

I am getting ahead of myself as this is for daughter and son in laws anniversary in July.
Not that I've got nothing to do, just that I have no inspiration for the wedding cards that are needed for next week. Anyway, it is nice to just do a card for fun.

I have used this weeks sketch from MMSC and it is sketch 3 already.






I do love the Jack Vettriano images and have made a sort of pyramage with this one. I suppose a true pyramage would have more layers than this, but this is my version, hahaha.
I printed and trimmed 3 of the image and layered them with foam pads. The BP's papers are from my stash already printed off. My old brain can't remember which collections they came from.




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Congratulations

Well, I am pleased!!!
This card fits a three challenges :-)
Update **** Four challenges ****


It is for friends of my daughter who where married in sunnier climes and are having a a second celebration at home.

**** Lorraine(Coldwaters2) has just told me that it fits in with another challenge too. Thanks Lorraine :-)


CRAFT challenge is new and the first theme is appropriatly, 'New'

The theme over at Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 33 is New Beginnings

Our Creative Corner is a new one for me and it is all about sentiments this week

The sketch is this weeks Pink Elephant. I hope I have not changed it too much.


150mm square






I am not going to say much about this card, except that it took an age to get the right curve on 'Congratulations'.
It is very late and I should be getting my beauty sleep. Heaven knows I need it lol.

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MMSC2 challenge

This is the first time I've entered a card for this challenge and it is certainly a quick and simple one!
I liked the sketch and thought I'd have a go Though maybe too late!!







The image has been embossed with Swiss Dots and layered on various green papers.

Thank you for looking :-)

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Colour Create - 16 - and Dutch Dare - 60th card

A5

What absolutely delicious colours they are for this week 16 of Colour Create challenge. Thank you Kim :-)

Over at the Dutch Dare the challenge is Glitter and Bling, yippee!




I was asked for another 60th birthday card and couldn't resist this colour combination.



Optional extras this week are to add gloss, glitter or glaze.
Surprise, surprise I chose glitter.

I love this image but can't remember where she came from.The BP's are from Gina Miller Sweet Pea collection.
Stitching, distressing and hand made flowers complete this, along with a die-cut swirl (glittered), punched leaves, organza bow and a large diamonte? brad.




The no:60 on the blue flower is under a Papermania dome sticker. I found these at the bottom of my 'bittybob' drawer. They have been hiding there for ages and have started to curl up.
The flowers have been Cuttlebugged, some with Devine Swirls, the others with Swiss Dots embossing folders. Everything is edged with ColorBox chalk inkpad - Azurite.



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New Challenge Blog - and more!

Just wanted to tell you about a new kind of crafting blog
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The Next Level.

Not only will there be challenges, but also tutorials, downloads, hints and tips. Sounds good, eh!!
And there's BLOG CANDY too! Perhaps you'd like to take a peek
Launch day is June 1st

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60th card and Sketch & Stash challenge 10

A5

This is the third and last 60th card, for now at least.
It is from me for my friend and neighbour across the road who celebrates her big day tomorrow.



I have used this weeks sketch from Sketch and Stash. I like this one a lot. It was fairly easy to make it fit A5 landscape.



The delectable Madison is wearing a different dress in this one.
Well! a girl can't be seen in the same dress twice in one week, can she? LOL

The BP's are from one of my favourite collections from DAISIE, Spring Romantic designed by Doreen Stolz.
A few flowers, pink gems, organza and satin bow, a very discreet No:'60' peeloff from my neglected peeloff stash and some pearly stamens that were gathering dust.
The bow on the flower is made from a piece from a roll of fine net I was given last year. Would look better on darker coloured flowers.




The inside is fairly plain.



Thank you, as always, for stopping by, and for any comment you care to leave, my appreciation :-)

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