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I made this card for my mother-in-laws upcoming birthday...

She looks after our cats when we go away and I thought she would like this one...

The image is from  BUGABOO and is called "spring window"

I coloured it with my promarkers and used glossy accents on the ladybirds. 

I diecut the edge of  a smaller piece of card (with the image on)

with my newish spellbinder edge dies, and embossed

a simple line around the other 3 edges.

The backing paper full of flowers came form a very old HOTP kit

 I bought from QVC, yeeeeears ago!

(which I also embossed the edge of.)

A ribbon and a few pink buttons later, and I was finished!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Chocolate coffee and cards - add a sentiment - 4 Sept

Crafting with friends - atg - 10 Sept

Simply create too - its a special occasion - 10 Sept

Simply papercrafts - atg - 10 Sept

I love promarkers - atg - 31 Aug

Inspiration destination - atg - 1 Sept

Crafting from the heart - atg - 30 Aug

Incy wincy designs - birthday wishes - 30 Aug

Passion for promarkers - animals - 31 Aug

Through the craft room door - atg- 31 Aug

Crafty friends - use a sentiment - 11 Sept

Texting friends

I loved making this card!

This fabulous image is from Kenny K and

is called "texting friends"

I think my niece, who is to turn 12 soon, would love this! 

I recently won some stamps from the wonderful  Lawn Fawn

(which was a completely new find for me!)

and i picked the set with the little twitter sign and instagram logo, and 

'text talk' - hashtags, the birthday sentiment, lol, etc...

SO on-trend!

I tried to make the image appear like a polaroid picture, by just playing around

 in my fave program - publisher. 

Coloured with my promarkers.

And, I used a paper I have had forever... from an old DCWV set I think.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...
Through the craft room door - atg - 25 Aug
Crafty boots - fair and square - 30 Aug
Cutie pie - cute n girly - 5 Sept
Doodle pantry - atg - 25 Aug
Love to scrap - atg - 30 Aug
Melonheadz friends - hand coloured image - 30 Aug
Stamp and create - one for the girls - 6 Sept
I love promarkers - atg - 31 Aug
Little miss muffet - attg - 25 Aug
Kenny Ks Krafty Krew - colour palette - 31 Aug
Colouring crazy - colour palette with kenny k - 28 Aug

Christmas in August...

Well. I've made a christmas card!

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is "stepper cards"...

I got the gorgeous image "curious gifts"

from A Day for Daisies.

I diecut a dovecrafts shape, before stamping it, for the sentiment.

I diecut the words joy and love, too.

The hanging heart and snowflakes border are all diecut - using memory box dies.

(frostyville border and precious hearts)

The image was coloured with promarkers and sits on 3d foam

 to raise it slightly from the card.

I think the backing paper is from DCWV - I've had it a looong time! 

Little bits of glitter and a couple of gems finished this card,

though they are quite hard to see in the picture.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting for all seasons - bright and beautiful - 19 Aug

C.R.A.F.T - animals - 20 Aug

DRS designs - let it hanging - 20 Aug

Crafting by designs - 3 or more layers - 19 Aug

Digi choosday - punches and or dies - 1 Sept

Craft your passion - anything goes - 16 Aug

Christmas cards all year round - snowflakes - 1 Sept

Crafty hazelnuts christmas - anything goes but christmas - 1 Sept

Paper creator - punches or dies - 1 Sept

Our card for the wedding

It just occurred to me...

I showed you some other cards I made for the happy couple, 

that were going to be given by other people...

but I hadn't shown you  our  card!...

I tried to make ours another different one. 

The birdcage shape is from Craftwork cards.

I printed the wards and carefully diecut a tag around the wording.

I added some precious hearts (which I used on the wedding invites for them)

and Martha Stewart punched butterflies.

Ribbon secured the tag to the card and a couple of docrafts flowers with pearl, and

Marianne swirly leaf diecuts finished this card...

I would like to enter this into the following challenges....

Creative moments - anything goes - 19 Aug

Kraftin kimmie - anything goes - 19 Aug

Word art wednesday - anything goes - 19 Aug

Creative card crew - sparkle - 16 Aug

Digi choosday - punches and or dies - 1 Sept

Zoe bunnys crafts - shaped cards -14 Sept

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 16 Aug

Paper creator - punches or dies  - 1 Sept

The sisters of craft - anything goes - 1 Sept

Simply papercraft - anything goes - 26 Aug

Pattie is celebrating!

Pattie, from Patties Creations is celebrating her 5 year blog aniversary -

and is having a 40% off SALE!!!!

Pop over to her ETSY store (click on pic to take you there)

and use the coupon code:

PATTIEBOOP1

when paying. for 40% off!

The Sale runs from August 17th until the 24th...

Oh, and we want to see what you make with her images., over on the blog....

Fairy

"Add flowers" is the challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week...

I got the lovely image "Analise" from Spellbinding stamps.

I used my new spellbinders edging dies to create the bottom edge, 

coloured her with my promarkers,

and added a diecut swirl, and punched and diecut flowers. 

A few MS punched butterflies 

finished the card, and a little embossing around the image and the backing paper.

(The backing paper is the oldest paper I have...

from the docrafts 'Collossal pack'...remember that?!)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

CCC designs - pretty in pink - 14 Aug

My besties UK - anything goes with long hair - 6 Sept

Stamp and create - one for the girls - 6 Sept

Crazy challenge - fairies - 16 Aug

Crafting for all seasons - bright and beautiful - 17 Aug

Creative moments - atg (summer sun) - 16 Aug

Clear it out - atg - 11 Aug

Allsorts - inspired by summer - 15 Aug

Brown sugar - atg - 14 Aug

Graph it markers - inspired by florals - 14 Aug

Dragonfly dreams - flying high with wings - 5 Sept

Robyns fetish - things with wings - 16 Aug

A Latte love...

Hi again!

I have so many cards to share with you at the min... 

So here is another.

My entry this month at Patties Creations.

It's "anything goes" month, and I chose "LATTE LOVE" 

to make a card for my coffee loving friends, who had an anniversary coming up. 

I used some papers that I got in a pack from Canada last year...

so they all coordinated and worked together, with no effort on my part :)

"Latte love" was beautifully easy to colour with my promarkers, and to cut out. 

I have put it on 3d foam, to give some dimension.

A couple of MS punched butterflies, 

and a dymo-label sentiment finished this card.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges....

Inspiration destination - atg - 11 Aug

Card mania - anniversary -  30 Aug

Crafting from the heart - atg - 9 Aug

Craft your passion - atg - 9 Aug

Dream valley - stripes or checks - 13 Aug

Card and scrap - atg - 30 Aug

Crafts galore encore - atg - 30 Aug

Sugar and betty - atg - 30 Aug

Oh my!

What a cutie!

I got the image "Oh my!" from Crafty Sentiments,

for this weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle...

everyone's favourite, 'anything goes!'

She's a darling image to colour and fussy cut around.

I drew a little log to sit her on and coloured all with my promarkers.

(I paper-pieced her dress)

The papers are double sided loveliness... 

a 6 x 6 paper pack that I bought in Canada, at Hobby Lobby, a year ago.

I decided to bite the bullet and start using them...the colours are just lovely.I embossed some lines on each piece, as an edge, diecut a small scrap with a lacy die , inked the edges of 

everything and snipped a few little penants to make bunting for the corner. 

I will add a sentiment when I have decided who to send this to.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges...

Crafts 4 eternity - atg- 7 Aug
Crafting with friends - atg - 14 Aug
Jos scrap shack - atg - 7 Aug
Simply create too - atg - 14 Aug
Simply papercrafts - atg - 14 Aug
Scrappers delight - atg - 31 Aug
Inkspirational - photo inspiration - 15 Aug
Crafting by designs - atg - 26 Aug
I love promarkers - 3 or more layers - 5 Aug
Die cutting divas - the great outdoors with a diecut - 2 Aug
Zoe bunnys crafts - summer breeze - 2 Aug
Fantastic tuesday - make it feminine - 4 Aug