Third Birthday

All of you who  know of Pepper Pig will (hopefully) recognise George, Pepper's brother, lol.
I am told that the young fella who will receive this is a big fan of George.
I have used three different digital DP's and the star and the BIG 3 are attached with foam pads. George is printed on to photo paper and fixed with silicone to give some shape.

Charisma Cardz challenge #25 is 'For the boys'  -  I hope this is suitable

Thank you for stopping by today

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The CD Sunday Challenge.....

.....this week is  

'In Full Bloom'

I am pleased to be able to make a card for the challenge this week - I have missed quite a few :-(

BP and flower topper Joanna Sheen CD - Secret Garden circa 2005, mounted on to a
Nellie Snellen frame cut in black and attached with foam pads plus a raffia bow

Thank you for stopping by

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Congratulations

We will be partying tomorrow night to celebrate my niece's  engagement and this is the card that has taken me all day to make :-(

The number of problems I had is unbelievable, but the biggest gaff was putting the wrong month on it, duh!

I did a little bit of clear embossing in the corner - a Penny Black stamp that says' Love'.
Wild Orchid flower, yummy seam binding ribbon, punched leaves and a sparkly swirl make a little corsage.

The inside using the same paper as the front. The verse and sentiment has been added digitally

And a 'box'...the bow is made from tulle

Once again I used the neutral Mottled Stone paper from Crafty Ann's digi shop. There are lots of other lovely colours available.
The pink BP is from the Sprout collection from Shabby Shoppe

The inspiration came from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #54
Papertake Weekly Challenge is Ice Cream colours

Thank you for stopping by and for all the sweet comments you have been so kind to leave.
I hope I'll soon get back to regular blog visiting. In the meantime please accept my apologies 

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CACB #17 - Emboss it ! - DT card

The challenge this fortnight over at Crafty Ann's  is Emboss it!
You can use dry or heat embossing, or even both on your project.


I chose to use two of my CB embossing folders, Swiss Dots and the Script, both on plain paper and lightly coloured with my favourite Creamy brown ColorBox chalk inkpad
I chose two of the papers from Ann's new Mottled Stone collection. These are so lovely and look as though they have taken ages to do with distress inks.
The main BP is from Collection 1 - such a useful colour for my favourite vintage look.
Ann's short petal flowers were printed on to this lovely turqoise-y colour which is from Collection 4.
The butterfly is a QuicKutz 2 part die cut from the same paper and the edges are 'sparkled' with glitter glue.
The centres of the flowers are glitter glued too.

I bought the lovely lace in Sheringham at the weekend.

I used the current sketch at Sketch and Stash #37 and my new stash is Ann's mottled stone paper and lace from my weekend away.
Allsorts #56 - Lace and/or buttons
Caardvarks  - June challenge is embossing
Lal la Land #43 - is also embossing, although I don't have a La La Land stamp to use :-(

I hope you will be able to join us for this challenge. We all look forward to seeing your creations.

Thank you for stopping by :-)

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Las Vegas Wedding

 A5 side fold

A bit of an unusual request for a wedding card.

 The happy couple will be celebrating next weekend when they are back from their honeymoon.

The pics are courtesy of Mr Google. 

I altered the Las Vegas sign because "Welcome to Las Vegas " was not appropriate and then added some sparkle. I couldn't decide on BP so made my own - I can manage stripes, lol.

The bow on the flowers is some silky thread that came off one of the tassle on one of my new cushions and I have used my lovely new leaf punch. The pink blossom was white but I spritzed with cosmic shimmer and got this lovely pink colour


 I hope this will fit in the following challenges

By the Cute & Girly   - Weddings.
 - my something new is the leaf punch, something old the swiss dots BG, borrowed the pics and blue sky and stripes :-)
One Stop Craft Challenge #83 is - make your own backing paper
Meljen's Designs #11 - sparkle, glitter, bling
My Time to Craft # 95 - xtra special


Thank you for stopping by and your lovely comments are always very welcome

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #16 - DT card

We hope you all enjoyed using lots of colour for Challenge #15 and Crafty Ann's first ever  Blog Hop.
Well done to everyone.

The winner of my two precoloured pages, kindly supplied by Ann is

 

Number 13

Unlucky for some but not for

Kelly-Anne

Well done to you, Kelly-Anne. Please email Ann craftyann@hotmail.co.uk so that she can send your two sheets.

Challenge #16 - use the colours of your national flag

We have the football world cup this month so let's see projects using JUST the colours of your national flag. (you can also use skin tones, stem and leaf tones and gold or silver). 

In the UK you can use the union flag OR your country's national flag. Don't forget to tell us which country your card/project is flying the flag for, they don't have to be playing in the world cup

I have used the Red, White and Blue of the Union Flag

For my card I used the red and blue abstract papers, one of the new pre-coloured flowers and a ticket from the new ticket sheet. All of these are available from Crafty Ann's shop

I hope you will be able to join in with this fortnight's challenge and look forward to seeing your interpretations

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Silver Wedding Anniversary

 8 inch square

A request from my neighbour's mother for her eldest daughter and SIL.
I made a card for her husband's 80th ( the flugelhorn) a few weeks back so getting a second request from her I take as a compliment :-)
*The report from my nieghbour is that her Mum loved it! So that's it - mission accomplished :-)

I kept it simple

The bride had a red rose bouquet on the big day and as I only had one small pack of red roses I coloured one of my large Wild Orchid roses with a red copic and spritzed the lot with cosmic shimmer.

Of course I had to make a 'box'/wrapper. It is actually silver mirri card but you wouldn't guess from this pic, lol

Paper - digi design by Loretta Labarca from Daisy
Silver peel-offs!!
Nestie circle and Nellie Sneddon frame
Lace and  pearls

For the following challenges -
 
Allsorts #54 - Black & White and one other
A Spoonful of Sugar #105 - Celebrations
Daring Cardmakers - Happy Anniversary
Delightful Sketches - Texture (Lace)
Tanda Teaser #147  - Xtra Large (8x8)


Thank you for stopping by and the recent  lovely comments really make my day.
Whoppee - I have some new followers - 'Thank You' so much to all of you.
I hope to get to visit you very soon.

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A Very Special Birthday

 8 inch square

About a year and a half ago I met a lovely lady who dialled a wrong number and got me instead.
Tomorrow she will be 95 years old - perhaps I should say 'young'  because she is as bright as a button and a joy to visit.
When I first visited her she was telling me about her family and I recognised her daughter's name - we went to the same school - how about that for coincidence.

I haven't seen her since Christmas so I will have the pleasure of calling round tomorrow with this card and some flowers.

I spritzed the rose with ruby red Cosmic Shimmer  to match the rose in the image

I started this before I went on holiday and have forgotten where I got this lovely  image but I can tell you it is printed on photo paper and, as you see, well distressed.

Papers - from the Sprout Collection from the Shabby Shoppe.
Large rose - Wild Orchid
Vintage seam binding ribbon - My Wedding Party, EBay shop
MS border punch
Pearls and small roses from my stash

 I made a box embellished with more pretty pink seam binding and small pink roses

I have made this for the following challenges

Lexi's Creations #14 - Sketch - rotated
By the Cute and Girly -   Celebrations 
CRAFT challenge  #51 - Birthday/celebrations
Papertake Weekly - Say it with flowers
Pixie Dust  challenge 23 - Add a pearl


Thank you for looking in today and for all the lovely encouraging comments left recently - each and every one is very much appreciated.

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BLOG HOP and Challenge #15

 Sunny Daffodils

It's already time for challenge #15 at Crafty Ann's and we're having our very first BLOG HOP!
We're celebrating the launch of the Flower Collection of pre-coloured images. If you have come to me from seeing Lorraine's gorgeous work you are on the right lines but if not, you need to start at the beginning which is the challenge blog.
To be in with a chance of winning these two sheets from the new collection, just leave me a comment.

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Don't forget to collect the two words you need from me which are: 

MEDICINE, TO. 

When you leave here, your next stop will be Wendy who has some wonderful inspiration for you and two more sheets and two more words. When you have visited all the blogs you need to end up back at the challenge blog and follow the instructions on there to find out what to do to be in with a chance of winning the final 5 sheets.

I chose one of the gorgeous toppers from new Daffodils sheet for my challenge card. I have decoupaged the daffs with the unframed image.

The backing papers are from Ann's shop too and are Polished Stone - light green, and Abstract - golden yellow and these compliment the image perfectly.

An MS punched border, some pearls and a crinkly seam binding ribbon and all done!

This was such a pleasure to make and really quick using this image from the new collection.

Thank you for stopping by and 'Good Luck' in the blog hop :-)

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And it's Goodbye from Me......

.....but just for two weeks.
We are going on holiday with son and family in the early hours.....
...well, that is the plan...........volcano ash cloud permitting.
My DD is stranded with three friends in Spain as I speak!
They should have flown home yesterday evening and everyone is hoping they will be home tonight.
This 4 night ''cheapy' break is turning out expensive........they have had to pay an extra £300 each for a flight.
I hope they will be able to claim it back on the insurance.

I am keeping my fingers crossed that my scheduled post for Crafty Ann's challenge #15 and Blog Hop  works OK. If any links don't work please accept my apologies in advance.

RightyOh, that's it from me for now. Be good and I'll see you when I get back :-)

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Crafty Ann's Challenge #14 - DT card

 80th Birthday Card

Be sure to read to the end of the post for some exciting news

Crafty Ann's  Challenge #14   is 'Anything Goes' .
I chose Ann's Guitar digi image as I needed to make a card for a special birthday and this image was just perfect for what I had in mind.


The gentleman who will receive this is a retired music teacher who plays the guitar. I hope he doesn't try to read the music, hahaha - it is just a repeat of a small Penny Black stamp embossed with detail gold EP.

I 'paper pieced' the guitar using two different coloured wood patterned papers. I  sewed the strings on with plain ordinary cotton and the 'bits' for tightening the strings are gold brads and it is attached with foam pads


It did take a while to do....but I am rather proud of the result.

The image is  Crafty Ann's digi guitar
The scroll greeting is printed on to some parchment type paper and curled - as you can see - and there is another on the inside under the easel bit along with another couple of musical notes but I forgot to take a pic of that.

I do hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this time.  I will be away on holiday during the challenge but look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing what you come up with when I get back.

And don't forget to join us for the next challenge on 21st of May becuase we have our very first BLOG HOP to celebrate the launch of...................ooops, I can't tell you. You'll have to wait until the 21st to find out - but there are prizes to be won on every blog so don't forget to put the date in your diary

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Two Challenges

Quick card - quick post.

This is for two challenges
Friday Sketchers  - the sketch
CD Sunday - Baby Talk

I don't have many CD's but fortunately I do have Baby Love by Joanna Sheen.
I think this is such a pretty image.

Thank you for visiting today :-)

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65th Birthday

Sketch and Stash challenge 34 has a nice sketch this week and I have used it to make this card for a friend who will be happy to be getting his pension and bus pass, hahaha.

I printed and cut the numbers from card and covered them with two of Crafty Ann's digi papers which have  matched well with the other BP's  two of  which are from this months Making Cards mag.
There is really not much more to say about this except.....Thank you for stopping by :-)

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70th Birthday

A customer's friends celebrated two big birthdays this weekend, the lady's 70th and her husbands 80th.
This is the first card. She has a Westie so I hope she likes this little darling - isn't he/she just adorable.

Allsorts  challenge #50  this week is Animals
Creative Inspirations #58 is Easel cards
Daring Cardmakers challenge this week is also Easel cards

Thank you for stopping by and for leaving such lovely encouraging comments.
I hope you will stop by again :-)

I must apologise for my lack of  return visits lately. There are so many things that need my attention at the moment.  I hope to rectify this when I get back to normal after my hol.


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Cards for Son's Birthday

From me and Dad
Googled fish and image with digitally added greeting and printed on photo paper.

Cards for Men #9 -  is monochrome so I hope this is acceptable.

I have cut out the fish and layered them with silicone on to a piece of net for a bit of added interest.

From sister. The letters were cut out and covered with some of the free papers from the April edition of Making Cards. They are fixed with foam pads for dimension as is the star.
I had the spotty paper was already printed and can't remember where it is from.

Another googled image and I have tucked in a pic of g/son

I spent most of the day doing these three cards in between interruptions from hubby (roll eyes!!!)
It is son's birthday tomorrow but hadn't had time to do them sooner hence the rush.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope you'll call in again :-)

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Silver Wedding Anniversary

Made using the themes of the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge #39 - Sketch
Polka Doodles #16 - Monochromatic




The big flowers are dark blue, the only ones I had in my stash and the tiny ones a very pale blue, although they haven't photo'd very well. I added some leaves punched out of silver card.
I've added a little bit of sparkle to the lady's dress.





Papers - Sweet Pea digi collection from Gina Miller
MS border punch
Silver Mirri card
Flowers from stash

Thanks for looking in....I hope you will visit again soon :-)

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Crafty Ann’s Challenge Blog # 13 - DT Card

This is my first card as a design team member of Crafty Ann’s Challenge Blog
I am delighted to have been invited to work with such a lovely and talented team.

The theme for this challenge is a recipe -
One main image + a maximum of three colours + one ribbon and three flowers




Ann has some delightful digi stamps and backing papers and for this card I have used the lovely comfy armchair.
The cutie sitting on it was a RAK from a lovely teamie.
The backing paper is Embossed Hearts from the Earth Tones collection
Colouring medium - copics and a promarker.
Vintage seam binding and flowers from stash

Do pop over to Crafty Ann’s Challenge Blog and see the other fantastic DT samples

I hope you will be able to join in this time and I look forward to paying you a visit to see your take on the challenge.

I am also entering this for
A Spoonful of Sugar challenge #100 - Happy birthday
Creative Card Crew #48 - Happy birthday

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3rd Birthday

I have made this card for the following challenges:

Sketch & Stash #33 - Sketch
Meljens Designs #4 - For the little ones
Lexi's Creations #12 - Recipe - 3 papers, 2 embellishments, 1 image
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes




I got this image from Jak Heath a while ago and this is the first time I have used it.
I digitally layered papers to the right size to save time and of course it saved paper and ink as well. I made the stripey strip to match using colours from the BP's.
The image is matted on to a silver mirri circle and cut around with fancy scissors.
I added a small blue button to the centre of the larger red one. The only other embellishment is the 3 stars.

Thank you for stopping by and for all the encouraging comments left recently - each and every one really appreciated.

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New Baby Card

Oh yes it is :-))


This is the result for a request from friends of the new daddy who is an ardent Bolton Wanderers fan.
As you can see, it was a very quick card to make but I'm informed it was recieved well and declared a ...
...Premier Division card !! hee hee

Thanks for stopping by :-)

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CD Sunday Challenge

This week Wendy's new CD SundayChallenge was launched and the first challenge is
'Wings & things!'

This is the opportunity to dust off some of your CD's and get creating.
I have a very limited number of CD's so it was a challenge in itself to find something suitable join in the fun and support Wendy in her new venture. The new design team have come up with some gorgeous creations.



The topper is from Oriental Dreams. I enlarged one of the white wisteria flowers, printed it twice and added them to the side of the main image with a good blob of silicone.
I've added a white feather and lovely pale blue organza ribbon.
Actually it looks quite nice IRL.

Thank you for stopping by

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