I'm early!!

...I've made a Father' s Day card already!

At Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is to make an "easel card"

and I picked the "Superdad" image from Bugaboo.

(The little stars i cut out and popped close to the hero, are also with the image!)

The circle sentiment was a freebie I found some time ago.
My precious heart cropped up again... so versatile!
I punched the border, and the sentiment along the bottom,
is a bargian stamp that i picked up from Inkylicious, at a craft fair a few months ago.
It's the first time I have stamped it and I love it!
The backing paper for this card, came from an old dovecrafts set...all about the sea -
other papers included anchors, beach-huts, lighthouses and fish.

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

Ladybug - anything goes - 30 April
Crafting muskateers - its a mans world - 28 April
Crafty calendar - add a sentiment - 1st May
Sister act - anything goes - 30 April
QKR Stampede - guy card - 30 April
Crafts for eternity - anything goes - 1 May
Chocolate coffee and cards - use a diecut - 1 May
Brown sugar - anything goes - 30 April
Creative card crew - use a sentiment - 26 April
Through the craft room door - anything goes - 27 April
Love to scrap - anything goes - 3 May
Cutie pie - all about the boys - 4 May
Crafty boots - red white or blue - 26 April
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 26 April
Robyns Fetish - easel cards - 2 May
Scribble and scrap - anything goes - 9 May

Anything but a card...

A real challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week - 

"anything but a card"..

I got my thinking cap on and remembered some cute little chipboard heart tags I have,

 tucked away, waiting for just the occasion!

Ta-Dah!

The time is now...

Both hearts use the same image : Precoloure triple cake

from Limited Runs.

(which meant, I didn't have to colour the image )

 although I did use some glossy accents on the runny choccy and the cherry...

I backed the heart with some paper and a pc generated sentiment, 

inked the edges a little and drew some faux hand stitching around the edge.

I used my cropodile to punch a small hole in the top,

 to hang the brown, organza ribbon.

This second heart was made much in the same way...

And, I just wanted to show you where I have decided to keep one of my hearts... 

on the sign in my craft room!

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

Crafty sentiments - anything goes - 21 April

Doodle pantry - anything goes - 26 April

Inky chicks - stitching (faux) - 25 April

Pinspirational - anything goes - 27 April

Through the craft room door - anything goes - 20 April

Craft my Life - anything goes - no cards - 1 May

Craft your passion - anything goes - 19 April

Get creative - must include a tag - 19 April

Not just cards - anything  goes - 27 April

Pennys papercrafty - one for the girls - 21 April

Little miss muffet - anything goes - 22 April

Movin along with the times - anything but a square card - 23 April

Sassy studio - have it your way ..fave colour combo ...(how can it be anythign other than chocolate coloured?!?! lol) - 23 April

Crafting with an attitude- freestyle - 23 April

Crafty Catz - girly - 23 April

Hiding in my craft room - freestyle - 25 April

CAS butteflies

Ooooh, a challenge I found so easy this week, at Glitter n Sparkle - 

"include a butterfly" (or 5!! lol... )

I used the image " Garden 16" from Fitztown.

(which has 6 separate butterfly images, although I only used 5

as I like using odd numbers of things... :)  )

The thing that probably took longest about this card, was sizing up and lining up

correctly all those butterflies. 

I fussy coloured them all with my promarkers and added a little glitter to some of them

and fussy cut around them to make a different shaped card.

The sentiment was printed from my pc.

A simple embossed line around the edge, finished this card.

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

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment - 1 May

A gem of a challenge - spring is in the air - 24 April

The stamping boutique - spring - 25 April

Sister act - anything goes - 17 April

Jos scrap shack - florals and butterflies - 18 April

Aud sentiments - birthday sentiment - 21 April

Little miss muffet - anything goes - 21 April

DRS - birthday blues - 15 April

C.R.A.F.T - colour your image only - 16 April

Pennys papercrafty - anything goes - 14 April

The paper shelter - birthday with sentiment  - 14 April

Mod Squad - butterfly focal - 14 April

Little red wagon - spring is in the air - 14 April

Inky impressions - spring is in the air - 13 April

Crafters cafe - shaped cards - 15 April
Passion for promarkers - birthdays - 14 April
Papertake weekly - anything goes - 14 April

Deep ocean challenge - things with wings - 20 April

The shabby tearoom - rainbow of colours - 20 April
Incy wincy designs - CAS - 12 April
Craftin desert divas - anything goes - 13 April
Crafting from the heart - anything goes - 13 April

Party time tuesdays - anything goes - 1 May

Creative fingers - anything goes - 17 April
AAA cards - springtime and CAS - 26 April

Lola (2)

I got another Lola image, from Craft sentiments this week...

she is sooo cute! 

This one is called "You're the best!"

It's for the "anything goes" challenge at Glitter n Sparkle.

I used a free paper for the backing, and embossed a panel for the sentiment.

I diecut the lacy edge along the bottom

and stamped the bunting onto another freebie (stripey) paper.

The butterfly is a has been punched .

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

Creative fingers - anything goes - 10 April

Crafty catz - anything goes - 9 April

Card mania - flowers - 29 April

Our creative corner - colour your world - 30 April

ABC - go digital - 13 April
Dis digi designs - spring is here - 10 April
Hiding in my craft room - think spring - 11 April
Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 10 April

Special day

Over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, the challenge is the old favourite...

anything goes.

I have used a gorgeous image called "relaxing Lola"

from Crafty Sentiments, for my card.

I had a little girl in mind, while I was making this card.

All the paper I used are from the dovecrafts set "tea party".

I coloured the image with my promarkers and my new 'graph-it' pens

- which I won recently, on a challenge blog.

They are super easy to use and I got some gorgeous shades of orange, which I desperately needed!

The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat.

The flowers are from the dovecraft range. 

The butterflies are MS punched, and the birds and cat are memory box diecuts. 

I inked the edges of each paper and

drew some faux stitching on a few of the layers.

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

Corrosive challenges - hop into spring - 11 April

That craft place - Easter / spring - 10 April

Dis digi designs - spring is here - 10 April

Crazy 4 challenge - spring - 26 April

Die cuttin divas - anything goes and a die cut - 6 April
Catch the bug - anything goes - 11 April
Crafty calendar - add a sentiment - 1 May
613 avenue create - anything goes - 11 April
i love promarkers - kids have fun - 7 April

Easter time 2

I've made another Easter card!

This time, it's my card for Pattie's Creations.

I used a Pattie's Creations image - Easter basket.

Even though I dillied and dallied with this image for a while, 

I found it a joy to colour.

I loved trying to capture the light and dark on the basket weaves and on the eggs.

I tried to give the bow a luxurious feel too (with my promarkers).

I played around with this image after colouring it. as I knew I didn't need 

much more, as I wanted the main focus to be the basket.

It came to me in a flash of inspiration, all of a sudden...

I have an embossing folder that I knew would work well with this image

 and - used with Kraft card - I think it worked!

I added the punched border to resemble a white fence, that I thought would

 make the basket "pop" even more.

The sentiment was generated on my pc and i cut it (and inked it) to look like a little tag.

I carefully chalked the edge of the embossed piece 

and embossed a clean line around the whole thing.

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

613 Ave - anything goes - 4 April
AAA - CAS Easter colours - 22 April
Corrosive challenge - hop into spring - 11 April
That craft place - Easter / spring - 10 April
Pile it on - Easter / spring - 5 April
Robyns fetish - Easter - 4 April
My sheri crafts - Easter wishes - 4 April
Jos scrap shack - happy Easter - 3 April

Digi choosday - ovals (eggs ) - 21 April
Deep ocean - Easter / spring - 5 April

Crafty Catz - anything goes - 8 April
Jos scrap shack - anything goes - 10 April
The stamping boutique - Easter - 11 April
Country view - use kraft card - 31 April
Emerald fairies - spring flowers / Easter - 30 April