Marks Birthday Card

Here is one of the cards I made for DH Birthday which was yesterday I know that it's not really very manly but I fell in love with the image and just had to use it.. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers, the image is from Delicious Doodles I have just added touchs of colour to the fairy's skin, her dress and the heart she is holding and added some stickles to her wings. The paper is from Basic Grey Marjolaine, the circle is vellum embossed with the swiss dots folder.

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

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Delicious Doodles - 'Make the card/project YOU would like to recieve'

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Birthday

Sweet Stamp Blog - Parchment or Vellum

Basic Grey Challenges- Wings

Pastel colours at Incy Wincy

This week our challenge at Incy Wincy is pastel colours, we are sponsored by Digital Delights and the are offering this fab prize

The DT were given some fab images to use from Digital Delights I have used Bongo the Dog on my card he is coloured with Promarkers. The papers are all from Dovecraft Back to Basics pack. The lacy border is from Paper Cellar and coloured to match and the sentiment was a free download printed onto some of my DP. The flowers have been punched with my woodware punch and then I have curled the petals and added a yellow pearl.

A Birthday Pesent

 I came up with the idea of altering a clock for my DH birthday, so then it was the question of what to put on it I knew it had to have a dragon on it my first thought was a large dragon across the centre of the clock but then I spotted a card on a blog with a animal holding a number so set about searching to see if I could find something similar with dragons. Which is when I came across Lynn's blog, some of you will know her as Spyder from her other blog, she had Darcy dragon with a number 7 so I emailed her to see if she could do something similar for me but with the numbers 3,6,9,12 and didn't she come up trumps they are fab thank you once again Lynn.

 This is a picture of the clock with out the silver frame and glass, although the background paper looks white in the photo it is Basic Grey paper and has a hint of grey & green to it. Unfortunately I could take the clock hands off on this clock so had to cut the circle of paper to the middle and slide it round you can just see the join going up to the number 12. Each of the other number are silver die cuts that I bought off ebay and mounted on some Basic Grey green paper that I cut into circles with my nesties.

 Each of these numbers have been coloured with promarkers and then I used a Sakura pen to add some sparkle to the wings which doesn't really show up in the photos.

I hope you like it, I'm really pleased with it there are a few things I would change if I was to do it again but I think DH will like it.

I would like to enter it into the following challenge:
Basic Grey Challenges -  Wings

 This week at Digi's With Attitude! our challenge is to show us a project with your favourite image. I've been dying to use this cute lion image called Napoleon, we have a fab prize from our sponsor who this week is The Cutting Cafe who are offering the winner 3 sets of their choice this is in addition to our usual $10 gift certificate for the Digi's With Attitude! store. I've keep the card very clean & simple, I used some Basic Grey papers for the background and the sentiment is done on the computer and a couple of card candy to finish.

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

I'm Guest Designer at Digi Doodle Shop Best

 How exciting I have been asked to be Guest Designer on Digi Doodle Shop Best this month, here is my first card for them this weeks challenge is Black & White, and the lucky winner will get their hands on a $10 gift certificate for the store. I choose the oh so cute Bootsie whose is part of the Ragga Mutts Collection. I have coloured him with promarkers in various shades of grey, I hope they will let me get away with a touch of pink for his tongue. I have mounted him onto some nestie circles cut from black & white card. The paw print paper was a free download from Squigglefly. I've used a piece of ribbon from Crafty Ribbons across the card this is actually the back of the ribbon as on the other side there are white spots. The buttons are from my stash and the greeting is a Papermania one.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Meljens Designs - U R such an Animal
The Play Date Cafe -Black & white with a splash of colour
Gingerloft Challenge - Our Furry Friends
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Four legged Friends

Another Emo Card

 This is the last card for Shannon's birthday this one uses a Bugaboo image coloured with Promarkers. The rest of the card is very clean & simple for me I've used some grey digi paper, green bazzill card and some skull patterned digi paper, I've used my paper distressor on all the edges and then run a black ink pad over them.. I've stamped the sentiment directly onto the green card and added a couple of black buttons tied with green twine.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Fairy Knoll Challenge - Feeling Green
Catch The Bug Challenge - Sketch & Green
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Distressing
Creative Card Crew - Gothic

More skulls

Here's the last another card for Shannon's birthday on Saturday I found this fab cupcake image from Tiddlyinks it's just what I was looking for. I have coloured the image with promarkers and added a little sticles to the icing. The black and white paper is from my stash I bought it from the local craft fayre on the secondhand stall it was only 5p, then I have a rectangle of black card along which I have run strips of paper with pink skulls on. The buttons are cut with my marinanne die out of coredinations card, I've sanded the edge and then added some stickles and tied them with some bright pink ribbon.

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

Inkspirations Challenge - Sketch

Paper Playtime - Digi Monday Anything Goes

Crafty Pad Challenge - Something Yummy for your Tummy

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Sweet Treats

Delicious Doodles - Make your own buttons

Thankyou at Creative Craft Challenge

 This fortnight at Creative Craft Challenge our challenge is to make a Thankyou card, we are sponsored by Stitchy Bear Stamps who are offering a prize of some digi's of the winners choice. I have coloured the image  Hero Man from Stitchy Bear Stamps, with my promarkers and added some subtle sparkle to the stars with a sakura pen. The papers are an old pad in fact I think they are one of the first that I bought from Papermania, I have layered them all onto some navy card. The sentiment is printed on the computer and then cut with a cuttlebug die. I hope you will come and join us this fortnight.

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

Pink, Black & Skulls

 It's Shannon's birthday on Saturday and as always seems to be the way these days I'm rushing to get everything done, and to top it all off I had no idea what to put on her cards so I've gone with an emo theme.

 I've used this fab image Devilish Donna from Kenny K, I have coloured her with promarkers and used a little stickles on her wings. The papers are a fab set of emo papers but I csn't find the link to the website. I don't have any scalloped oval nesties so have used som paper lace coloured with a dark grey promarker to edge my oval.  The sentiment is from craftwork cards and the ribbon is from crafty ribbons.
I decided to turn this card into an easel card and finished the bottom off with an oval onto which I've stuck her age, can't believe my little girl is going to be 14 where does time go, and then just some clear gems alongthe edge.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Kenny K's Challenge - Sketch
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Easel Card
Totally Gorjuss - Black & one other colour
Crafts 4 Eternity - Make an Easel Card

Spring Is In The Air at Incy Wincy

 This week at Incy Wincy our theme is Spring Is In The Air, and perhaps it is on it's way as Aimee spotted the first daffodil in the garden yesterday. This week we are sponsored by the fab StampFairy who's images are so cute. Gerda the owner very kindly gave this image to the DT to use and the the fab prize on offer is 3 images of the winners choice from StampFairy.

 I have coloured my image with promarkers adding some stickles to the wings. I have used some yellow cardstock for the base of my card and the cut a circle from some craft paper from Craftwork cards which has silver flowers all over it and then cut another circle from some yellow paper I found in my scrap drawer.

 These flowers are white papermania ones coloured with a promarker and the on the middle one I have used a card candy again from craftwork cards and on the other 2 I have used a clear button with a bit of yellow twine through it. The stems and leaves are ribbon from Crafty Ribbons again I have coloured it with my promarkers. The butterfly is punched with an x-cut punch with a couple of glitter dots added.

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

CES Challenge - Flowers & Flutterby's

Crazy 4 Challenges - Flowers

One Stop Craft Challenge - Spring Flowers

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Teddy Bears Picnic

The Crazy Challenge - Here comes Spring

Scatty Jan's Bingo challenge

 Over on MSE the current challenge has been set by Scatty Jan and she set a bingo challenge and gave us 3 lines to pick from I have used the yellow flowers & punch line for my card. Not sure where the paper is from as it was from a stash swap, the ribbon and flowers are from my stash. I have used an x-cut border punch on the green cardstock along the middle of the card. The image is a Sarah Kay one which I have coloured with my promarkers.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Papercutz Challenge - Spring
Crafty Sentiments Challenge blog - Spring

Beach Tween

This week at Digi's With Attitude! are theme is wishful thinking, we want your card or project to reflect where you want to be now. I have used Beach Tween which I have coloured with promarkers.
The papers are from our Sponsor this week Bearly Mine Designs

arn't they gorgeous.

I have printed some on both sides of the page and made a frame out of it to go around my image and finished the card simply with some pearls.

Punches & Dies at Incy Wincy

Whoops sorry this post was scheduled for Monday am but I've only just realised it didn't post sorry.

Well another week has flown by and here I am writing my Incy Wincy Post again, this week our challenge is to use punches or dies (i.e. Nestabilities, Die-namics, Cricut, Cuttlebug, etc.) in your creation. and we are sponsored by Peggy Loves Vintage who are offering a set of die cuts to the winner and better still if you check out the Incy Wincy challenge blog you will find a freebie image for you to grab and join in with.

I have kept my card fairly simple to show off the image which I have cut out with my nesties, the cardstock i have used is Coredination White wash which I have embossed with embossing folders in my cuttlebug and then gently sanded to show the colour through. I have added a piece of lace through which I have threaded some pink ribbon. A couple of tiny pink pearls to finsh and a sentiment which was printed on the computer and cut with nesties again.

Don't forget to have a look and see what the other girls have come up with and this week we are joined by our 4 new DT ladies who I'm sure would love you to stop by and leave them some love.
I wouls like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Gingerloft Challenge - Furry friends
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Embossing
Crazy 4 Challenges - Ues Dies on your card



Critters

 Here's one of the cards I made for Rhys's Birthday I have used one of the critters available from Pollycraft this one is called Critters Gift. I think these fun little characters are perfect for male cards. I have coloured him with promarkers and then cut him out and popped him on some foam squares so he stands out from the card base. The white background has been embosses on my cuttlebug and the green and orange card is from my stash, I''m really loving these lime greens at the moment and have another project to show you soon where I have used them again. The bunting I made on the computer and the cut out and stuck on to some paper string.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Tales From Pollycraft - Colour your Critters & Cogs in your favourite colours
Simply Create -  Bold & Bright
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - One for the Men
Passion For Promarkers - One for the Boy's