My last card for my guest designer spot.

... over at Cardz 4 guys. 

Sob, sob!

I have really enjoyed the challenges and it has pushed me -

to come up with cards for males for the last 5 weeks.

Anyway.. here it is...

The challenge was "sport - no balls!" 

and all I could think of was swimming or cycling... but then I remembered my friend who loves running.

So, I found a digi of trainers and googled a water bottle and an ipod -

all of which I coloured with my promarkers. 

I gave the white piece a swish of blue chalk before sticking everything down.

A stamped sentiment finished this card.

(and I embossed around the image, as I think this always gives a finished look.)

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

Sentimental sundays - use kraft and sentiment - 5 Oct

We do doobadoo - something masculine - 31 Sept

Sister act - anything goes - 2 Oct

Chalk n stock - anything goes - 31 Sept

My besties - anything goes / blue - 6 Oct

Love this digi!!!

...and have been wanting it for a while. Couldn't believe my luck when I
got the chance to use it for this challenge!!

It's called "Pearls in my hair" from A Day for Daisies.

I just luuuurve this image... it's sooo beautiful and elegant!

Perfect for our "use some flowers" challenge this week, over at Glitter n Sparkle.

I am so pleased with how this worked out!

I used a flowers embossing folder, a piece of an old docrafts paper

from the "colossal" pack... purple hearts (to match her dress),

coloured the image with my promarkers, used a little glossy accents on the birds,

and memory box die cut flowers in the corners.

(they took aggges to assemble, as they are just so tiny!!)

Liquid pearls added to her hair and the flower centres, to finish.

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

Squirrel and the fox - happy birthday - 1 Oct

Crafting at the weekend - anything goes - 23 Oct

Dis digi designs - girly - 10 Oct

Brown sugar - anything goes - 1 Oct

Crafty Catz - happy birthday - 1 Oct

As you like it - fave digi stamp and why - 7 Oct

Wordart wednesday - anything goes - 1 Oct

Water

Over at Cardz 4 Guys this week, the challenge theme is  "water"

I love this freebie stamp I got on a magazine last year.

I chalked the background.

The deckchair stamp also came in the freebie pack, which I coloured with my promarkers.

The driftwood is part of a frame, from Delicious Doodles.

(I just used one side of the frame, and coloured with promarkers again.)

An  embossed frame around the whole thing, brought it all together.

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

We do doobadoo - masculine - 4 Oct
Crafts 4 eternity - your style (cas) - 26 Sept
Chalk n stock - anything goes - 1 Oct
Aud sentiments - for the men in our life - 23 Sept
Tokbobok - masculine - 1 Oct
Ladybug crafts - anything goes - 1 Oct
Crafts galore encore - make a card - 1 Oct
Addicted to stamps - for a man or a boy - 28 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 29 Sept
Crafty boots - anything goes - 28 Sept
Love to scrap - anything goes - 28 Sept
Oh la la creations - birthday boy - 28 Sept

Just pink!

Use Pink!... is the challenge over at Glitter n sparkle this week.

I used this super cute image from Bugaboo, called Party Bag.

I didn't put a name on it yet, as I'm not decided on who this will be for.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and used a forever friends backing paper.

The bag and the balloon are decoupaged and the balloon is also

covered in glossy accents. 

The dictionary definitions are a digi stamp. 

Martha Stewart butterflies finished this card.

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

Just us girls - colour - 25 Sept
Sister act - anything goes - 26 Sept
Graph it markers - pink - 26 Sept
Crafty girls - anything goes - 1 Oct
Passion for promarkers - make it digital - 24 Sept
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 24 Sept
The crafting cafe - shades of one - 1 Oct

For a male again.

This weeks challenge, over at Cardz 4 guys, is "no patterned paper"

It was much harder than I thought...as I discovered I have a LOT of patterned paper! lol  x

I used "Party bag" digi image from Bugaboo.

I used my promarkers to colour the image, and I layered it too... the bag and the balloon

are lifted, on foam squares.

I also diecut a pint of foaming beer and added that next to the bag.

The sentiment is from "Paper makeup" digi stamps. 

I added 3 stripes of different blues behind the image, and embossed a line around it all.

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

Squirrel and Fox - for a male - 26 Sept

Suzy bees - anything goes - 20 Sept

Brown sugar - celebrations - 18 Sept

Creative corner - male - 18 Sept

Sister act - anything goes - 19 Sept 

Sweet 7 designs - anything goes with colour twist - 24 Sept

Aud sentiments - for the men in our life - 24 Sept
Oh la la creations -birthday boy- 28 Sept
Paper makeup stamps - CAS - 22 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 22 Sept

Make a wish...

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, 

the challenge is to "use a punch"...

well, maybe I went a bit over the top.. I used 6 punches!! lol!

Such a great image - "all girl," from The Stamping Chef.

I thought the sentiment was quite appropriate to the image, as 

she looks like she's trying to make quite a decision ... wishing for so many things!
The punches used in this card... martha stewart butterflies...(my fave,
which i use on as many cards as I can!), corner punch, border punch, 2 flower punches and
the edge of another border punch (creating heart shape, just underneath he butterflies). 

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

613 Create - anything goes - 21 Sept

Fairytale stampers - favourite punch - 28 Sept
We do doobadoo - feminine - 20 Sept

Delicious Doodles - fancy and frilly - 18 Sept

That's crafty - girl power - 19 Sept

Wags n whiskers - for the girls - 19 Sept

My heart pieces - use a digi stamp - 20 Sept

Hobbybook designs - girlie - 17 Sept

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 16 Sept 

Just C.A.S...

For my 2nd card for my guest design spot over at Cardz 4 Guys, 

the theme is C.A.S (Clean and simple).

I love making a card with that theme... this was right up my street!

I used the "perfect blend" coffee cup and coloured it softly, with my promarkersand stamped a birthday sentiment, straight onto the card with a docrafts stamp.
Then, I added  a corrugated card, "cup holder",
a cream strip and a polka dot strip and embossed a square around the whole thing,
to bring the card together.
Finally, I handcut the nametag, stamping with with my tiny docrafts alphabet stamps.

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

Creative romance - a touch of kraft - 12 Sept
Digitally sweet - chocolate and cream - 12 Sept
Cards galore encore - make a card - 30 Sept
Tokbobok - masculine - 31 Sept
The kraft journal - use kraft card / anything goes  - 13 Sept
Oh la la creations - CAS - 14 Sept
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 15 Sept
Crafty sentiment designs - spots and or stripes - 15 Sept
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 16 Sept

Thanks a bunch

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge (101) is to use a digi...

I use digis a lot on my cards... quick and easy to use, reuseable over and over

 and you can size them to whatever you need!

For this card, I used "Mixed Bouquet" from Eureka. 

I decided to use this image as a thank-you bunch of flowers.

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat...another wonderful digi company.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and mirage pens,

and added  a little gold bow. 

The backing paper is from a dovecrafts set of flowery papers. 

To finish this card off, I embossed a line around the inner edge.

Thinking on, if I made this card again, I would colour the rose in  a much softer pink...

maybe a vintage pink colour. I think it stands out a bit too much... nevermind.

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

Sister act - anything goes - 12 Sept

Aud sentiments - any sentiment other than birthday - 9 Sept

Hobbybook designer - girly - 16 Sept

Crafting by designs - anything goes - 30 Sept

Kraftin Kimmie - bloomin flowers - 13 Sept

Doodle pantry - any digi goes - 25 Sept

The sisters of craft - anything goes - 25 Sept

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 9 Sept

Fantastic tuesday - anything goes - 9 Sept

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 9 Sept

Soooo pleased... I was asked to be a guest designer for this month!

Well, how chuffed was I, when I was asked to be the September Guest designer

over at "Cardz 4 Guyz challenge." ?!?!

VERY!!! :)

So here is my card for this first of this months challenges - 

Man's best friend!

Awww..poor love... he is from QKR Stampede, and was lovely to colour.

I used docrafts papers -they are from an old range... all about pets. 

I hand-drew and cut the bone, and inked the edges of everything as a finishing touch.

I often find myself making mens cards on a kraft card....

 don't know why! I think it just "goes".

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

Robyns fetish  - use a digi - 7 Sept

Corrosive challenge - lets hear it for the boys - 15 Sept
Dis digi designs - all about animals - 13 Sept
Hiding in my craft room - freestyle - 6 Sept
A creative romance - a touch of kraft - 11 Sept
Brown sugar - anything goes - 5 Sept
Fussy and fancy - pets - 4 Sept
Sister act - anything goes - 5 Sept
Crafting by design - dog days of summer -4 Sep
QKR stampede - anything goes using qkr image - 15 Sept