Owl.

Made for my cousin, who loves owls!

I got the paper and topper set for this card, from a charity shop, at a cost of 40p.

I got about 12 sheets in the pack, inc topppers, vellum and papers....bargain! :)

The heart die is a precious heart from memory box.

The brown organza ribbon is from my stash.

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

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 2 June

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 3 June

 Try it on tuesday- feminine and fancy - 10 June

Card mania - clean and simple - 31 May

Crafting form the heart - anything goes - 2 June

Lexis creations - happy birthday - 9 June

The pink elephant - anything goes - 2 June

Whoopsi daisy - lots of layers - 2 June

Dream Valley - things with wings - 31 May

The sweetest thing- sketch - 1 June

Boys...

Another "male" card. :)

This weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle 

is "add some metal" ...

...so my metal, is the dragonfly on this card.

The image is called "Nolan" from Fred She Said.

(and it was pre-coloured!!! very handy for a quick card!)

The fence, toad, snail, worm and words were digi images I already had.

I cut the green "grass" and leafy stalk from a 6 x 6 dovecrafts paper sheet.

I think I got the metal charm - dragonfly - from Meiflower.

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

Thats crafty - use kraft - 30 May

Wags n Whiskers - one for the boys - 30 May

Digistamps 4 Joy - anything goes - 28 May

The paper shelter - use a charm - 28 May

Fantastic tuesday - one for the guys - 27 May
Inky chicks - metal embellishment - 8 June

I'm so very late!!!

 ... with my challenge cards...these are for the challenge that is just ending!

Apologies...I have been extremely busy this week, mainly with comissions from 

work colleagues, including cards and a "project" - 

which turned out to be a 12 x 12  framed page.

Anyway - this weeks wonderful image is called "Purrfect together" from Doodle Garden.

I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it!

Wasn't quite sure at first how to make it into a card for a male / male colours,

 but stuck with a black/white combo and thought it could work for a valentines / anniversary card.

The papers behind the image are from a dovecrafts stack, and

embossed with a wonderful hearts embossing folder, I bought whilst in Canada.

I coloured the image with my pack of 5 grey shaded promarkers.

(die is called precious hearts... my new and fave die at the mo.)

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

Brown sugar - anything goes - 29 May

Crafty Catz - embossing - 29 May

Craftitude - use a die - 29 May

Sister act - anything goes - 30 May

The house that stamps built - DCC521 ~ Monochromatic - 4 June

I love promarkers - anything goes - 28 May

Flat friends - dies / punches - 31 May

Papertake weekly - oooh, so cute! - 27 May

Artistic inspirations - anything goes / dies -26 May

 Card mania - CAS - 31 May

Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 26 May

Created with love - lots of layers - 31 May

I was lucky enough to get two images...and this one is from 

The Stamping Boutique - called "A.J the Builder"

I used my dovecrafts brick embossing folder and chalked it with varying brown colours.

I coloured the image with promarkers and Mirage pens...

and added some "builders digi elements " that I have had forever, on my pc. 

The sentiment is craftwork cards and the corners are photocorners I have also had forever! 

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

Jellypark challenges - bold and bright - 5 June 

Crafty girls - anything goes - 30 May

Divas by design - anything goes - 28 May

Fantastic tuesday - one for the guys - 27 May

Ooooh, a baby!

My friend had a baby boy last week...

... and I wanted to make them a special card.

I remembered this image, which I won from Di's Digi Downloads a little while ago,

that I hadn't got round to using yet. 

I coloured it with my promarkers and added a strip of blue gingham paper 

(always good for baby cards, I find!)

I printed out babies name, birth date, time and weight

and embossed a hearts background, with a new folder I bought,

whilst we were in Canada.(my fave folder at the mo!)

Precious hearts die-cuts ( my fave die at the mo!)

and a little gingham paper bow finished this 6 x 6 card.

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

Flat friends - use dies / punches - 1 June

Ladybug crafts - use your fave embellishment - 27 May

2 sisters - baby - 31 May

Scrap bitz - pretty pastels and alcohol markers - PASTEL 14 - 24 May

Di's digi designs - use those markers - 23 May

Hiding in my craft room - use those scraps - 17 May

A creative romance - one for the boys - 22 May

Crafting for the craic - baby - 27 May

Creative corner - baby - 20 May

Crafts 4 eternity - sketch - 16 May

Aud sentiments - sentiment for a child - 19 May

Fantastic Tuesday - CAS - 19 May
Cuttlebug mania - baby - 27 May
Just inspirational - anything goes - 19 May
Papertake weekly - pretty pastels - 19 May
Through the craft room door GDT- anything goes - 20 May
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 19 May
Crafty boots - blue and white - 25 May

Pink..kitty?

This week, over at Glitter n Sparkle, the theme is... "for a female"

I got this really cute image of a cat, called Fluffball Kitty Floral from Fitztown,

 which I coloured with my derwent watercolour pencils. 

I used a backing paper from My Minds Eye,

and the border, flowers, leaves and butterfly are all punched. 

I had a friend in mind for this card, as I was making it... her birthday is the end of this month.

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

Come and get it - birthdays - 17 May

Ditzie digi design - anything goes - 17 May

Pile it on - fuzzy (cats hair!) - 19 May 

Feeling crafty - for a girl / lady - 27 May

chocolate coffee cards - circles and squares - 21 May

Crafting by design - anything goes - 25 May

Divas by design - pink - 14 May

Creative moments - anything goes - 19 May

Hobbybook - add a sentiment - 13 May
Graph it markers - pink! GDT - 16 May

*Hugs!*

What a great image I got this week, from  Meljens -  A girl and her kitty.

This week, the challenge is to use or add a tag...

Quite a simple card, I handcut the shape of the card into a tag,

coloured the printed image with my promarkers,

and added a deep blue ribbon and a little tag, stamped

with one of the words from my new stamps, that I recently bought in Canada,

at the very wonderful Hobby Lobby.

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

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 26 May

My sheri crafts - in celebration of moms - 10 May

A creative need - others day / card for a woman - 1 June

Crafty Catz - anything but square - 10 May

Fairy tale challenge - cute only - 9 May

Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 9 May

Sister act - anything goes - 9 May

Cards galore encore - anything goes - 31 May

Doodle pantry - any digi goes - 24 May

D.L art - anything goes - 1 June

Meljens - anything goes - 9 May

Milk coffee - bright colours - 8 May

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 6 May

Come and get it - anything goes with a digi stamp - 10 May