Pink Paris!

This weeks challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle, is

Anything Goes! 

I love this set of images...and you get loads of 'em!

This set is called J'taime Paris.

I have included the Eiffel tower, bike, table and chairs, poodle and "bonjour!"
They all come as uncoloured images and pre-coloured images!
For this card, I selected to sue the pre-coloured images this time. 

The border is diecut and i punched the flowers and doodled a bit on them. 

Th backing paper is the first of my pack form Lawn Faun.

I LOVE polka dot paper and thought the pink would work beautifully.

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

Brown sugar - atg - 28 April
Fussy and fancy - female birthday - 5 May
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 25 April
Crafty girl creations - atg - 5 April
Creative hands friends - atg - 4 May
Fresh brewed designs - objects / non living things - 27 April
Simon says stamp - make it girly - 27 April

Red and White

Our challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle 

is to "use red and white."

I loved this simply beautiful image this week

 for this challenge, from Bugaboo 

it's called, "flower tags: tag 2"

I wanted the flower to be the focal point 

and was desperate to use my new stamps... 

we went to Canada last week and

I had the joy of visiting Hobby Lobby again...

I bought mainly: embossing folders, stamps and a few dies.

The stamp I used here is one of my HL new ones. 

I embossed the background and cut out the centre, to fit the 

flower frame on 3d foam pads, and matted the embossing on red.

I carefully placed the stamp inside the frame

 and prayed it would work first go...it did!

Hurrah!!

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

AAA cards - atg - 23 April

CAS on sunday - tic tac toe - dry embossing, stamp, girly - 30 April

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 30 April
Dis digi designs - embossing - 24 April
Creative corner - spring flowers - 22 April
Simply papercrafts - atg - 22 April
The stamping boutique - flowers - 22 April
Cardz 4 galz - use an embossing folder - 27 April
Addicted to stamps and more - CAS - 20 April

Blue owl

Yey! I got to use an image from

Kitty Bee Designs this week, for our

"sun / moon / stars / space" challenge at

 the Glitter n Sparkle blog.

I won the sentiment on a challenge a while ago, from digi makeover 

- they have some lovely ones over there!

I coloured carefully with my promarkers

and chalked the edges of everything.

The star embossed background is enhanced with

a new purchase...blue / silver star glitter tape!

I bought this on our holiday on Canada... earlier this week.

I bought quite a few different rolls - 

from the dollar store! 

Works out at about 60p per roll...and there's tons on each roll! 

:)  I love a bargain  :)

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

Inky impressions - All about the boys - 5 May

Crafting with an attitude - atg - 25 April

Creative hands friends - atg - 21 April

Sassy studio - atg - 14 April

Tuesday throwdown - furry friends - 11 April

Cuttlebug mania - monochrome - 13 April

A bit more time to craft - atg - 15 April

Crafts galore encore - atg - 31 April

Crazy challenge - new baby - 11 April

Crafty friends - for a child - 23 April

Cheers, lady!

Oooh, I have been hankering after this FAB image 

from SLS Lines....

its called  "Wine drinker: lady with glass of wine"

The challenge over at Glitter n Sparkle this week, is to:

"use a die or punch"

...an easy challenge for me! I LOVE using my dies and punches!

So... the frame is a spellbinders die. 

The borders are punched and the little tag is cut from a die.

I embossed the hearts in the background and 

coloured the image with my promarkers. 

Glossy accents has highlighted the wine in the glass.

I could give this card to many different friends and colleagues..

and when I do decide to give this one, 

I will probably write their name on the bottle label. 

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

Creative card crew - add a diecut - 18 April
Digi choosday - atg - 20 April

Paper creators - polka dots or gingham - 1 May
Little patch of crafty friends - atg - 15 April
Sir stamp alot - one for the girls - 27 April
Catch the bug - atg - 8 April
Crafty calendar - atg -28 April
Crafty friends - atg - 8 Apri
Di's digi designs - one for the girls - 9 April
My time to craft - girlie - 9 April
Creative fingers - atg - 15 April
Simply papercrafts - atg - 9 April

Spring is here....

At Patties Creations this month, 

you have a choice with our monthly challenge. It's

"Eastertime or Springtime."

I chose Springtime...

I absolutely adore this image - and have done, for a long time.

It's called "sweet nectar" 

I have lots of these plants in my garden....

Its called bleeding heart and I think I have about 

5 of the pink ones and 2 white ones. 

It's a real spring flower. 

Infact, mine is peeping up from it's soily winter blanket as I type.

I shall add some pics when it's grown and full. 

The hummingbirds are so lovely too. 

The image actually only comes with one hummingbird...the bigger one.

I flipped the image and made it smaller,

because as soon as I saw this image, I knew I wanted

it on the front of an anniversary card for my parents-in-law.

Their anniversary is on 2nd April.. they had a springtime wedding!

I decoupaged the larger hummingbird on 3d foam, to make it stand out a little. 

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

 Creative card crew - add a diecut - 18 April
Digi choosday - atg - 20 April
Card mania - spring - 30 April

Whimsy doodles - calling all critters (birds) - 14 April
Lil patch o crafty friends - atg - 15 April

Catch the bug - atg - 8 April
Crafty friends - atg - 8 April
Imagine that - spring - 7 May
Brown sugar -  atg - 8 April
Chocolate coffee and cards - spring is in the air - 17 April
Thats crafty - bright bold and beautiful - 16 April