Happy Birthday!

Our Glitter n Sparkle birthday is coming up

so we would like to make a "Happy Birthday" card this week!

My image this week, is called "cupcake"

and is from "A Stitch Back in Twine."

I didn't want this card to be too girly and sparkly,

so kept with the aqua / brown / white combo, with a little magenta -

seen in my design on the cupcake holder and in the butterflies. 

I spent ages colouring the icing on the cupcake.. I'm still not sure if

 I got it how I really wanted it.... 

and the photograph isn't too good, as I hardly seem to be at home in the daylight hours, 

so had to photograph this after the natural light had gone.

Anyway...

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:
Colour crazy - atg - 10 Oct
Crafty catz - birthday - 29 Sept
Creative fingers - atg - 10 Oct
Jos scrap shack - atg - 2 Oct
Simply papercrafts - atg - 30 Sept
Crafty creations - atg - 27 Sept
I love promarkers - atg - 2 Sept
Crafting with an attitude - atg - 26 Sept
Little miss muffet - atg - 4 Oct
Seize the birthday - birthday - 26 Sept

Our nieces birthday

This weeks challenge at Glitter n Sparkle is

"anything goes" again! 

Lacy Sunshine is our sponsor this week - and I have used

"the ultimate creative craft girl LS superhero" image.

I knew this would make a perfect card for our niece, who is soon to be 14!

The image was lovely to colour.

I played about with the background paper...

knowing I wanted the pink star paper and white.

The white shape in the middle was cut from my new die

which I got in The Works.  

(Its a nesting die... set of 6 I think, £5. Bargain!)

ALISHA and 14 were die cut in my bigshot. 

I handcut the bunting.

She loooves bunting. (like me!)

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafting with dragonflies - special occasion - 24 Sept
Crafty calendar - kids / babies - 30 Sept
Createful heart digis - atg - 15 Sept
Classic design team challenge - atg - 1 Oct
Daisy chain - in the pink - 1 Oct
Sparkles - birthday - 14 Sept

First day at school

What a great challenge over at Patties Creations this month -

"Back to school"

Perfect for my little nephew, who is starting his first day 

in reception, in September...

I used Patties image called "ABCD with characters."

I decoupaged the little pictures, popping them on 3d foam.

I coloured each letter and picture with my alcohol markers

and added some punched stars.

I embossed and inked around the edge of the image and 

added a computer generated sentiment.