Me 2 You for a "Babe"

Hiya peeps

This early afternoon's card is one I made especially for a blog challenge. The theme of this challenge is "Use your stash", so thats what Ive done to make this card.

The papers are from a couple of Forever Friends (the teddy bears by Hallmark) 6x6 inch paper pads and the decoupage is from a selection of Me 2 You decoupage sheets that I have owned for a few years now. 

The "Glitzy Babe" sentiment is atleast 5 years old, the pearls & "ribbon weaved through" white lace are the newest items that I have brought (and they are atleast 2 years old!!).

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Challenge #391

Aud Sentiments Challenge #209

Love To Craft #25

Di's Digi Stamps #July

Crafty Sentiments #July

An 18th Birthday....for an avid or basic gamer

Hiya peeps

A project to share with you today, this is a card I made for my grandsons 18th Birthday. 

I made the card a large 9 inch square as I adore him & his brother (15 later this year). I decided I wanted a specific image as he has such an aspect of life. He works part time in a pub, helps out so much at his local Sports clubhouse, Lichfield Cricket & Hockey Club, running the line during the rugby matches, enjoys photography and also goes to college 4 days a week!! Im so proud of both him & his younger brother as neither are slackers/lazy. I used the "Video Game Guy" from Bugaboo of who's digi's I use on a regular basis. The chevron multi coloured patterned paper behind the coloured image is from freebie papers that come with a magazine called Making Cards that I subscribe to. The number 18 are cut using dies from Memory Box and topped with "Opal" coloured Liquid Pearls to give it the beautiful lustre. I layered the black organza with the red "Happy Birthday" ribbon then added the yellow largish star button & the small piece of ivory ribbon (all by Crafty Ribbons). All card, coloured and white (even to print the digi image on) are from a company based in The Lake District, England called Papermill Direct. I use this fab company for so much of my crafting card and paper stash as it offers great customer service, reasonable prices with speedy dispatch.

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

Catch The Bug (Bugaboo) # August

Stella Says Sketch #612

CR.A.F.T. Challenge #472

Penny's Paper Challenge #391

Create and Inspire #76

Di's Digi Stamps #July

A NEW DT CHALLENGE BLOG FOR ME.....

Well the time is here, my first post as a
DT (Design Team) member for
Creatalicious Challenge Blog

I hope you like my first creation for this wonderful Design team, I still am, very much in awe for being chosen. I still dont like being told (to my face) that my projects are so good.

I was given the choice to use one of two beautiful and very detailed digi images from the fabulous
Nicky Hall of Polkadoodles, to which I choose to
work with Octavia Moonfly. You can find the gorgeous image, along with lots of other  gorgeous digi stamps, rubber stamps & crafting items. I love colouring Octavia, but, I must admit that I have not got her out of my digi stash to use for absolutely ages. Maybe in the very near future I will revisit her & her also gorgeous friends & animals. I chose to make a large (A4) card for the young daughter of one of my carers.
She will be 5 years old a few days after my own birthday in August so only a couple of weeks to go now... ;) I, only with my youngest daughter, Tia, who lives with me. have been invited to join in with the family fun Birthday BBQ/Party at my carers own home. The BBQ/Party is only 2 days before my own Birthday!

 The digi image was coloured using pencil crayons with an overlap of fine liner coloured pens & then the new Spectrum Noir "Sparkle" glitter brush pens, in the Clear Overlay set of 3 (of which they are all the same).

The large scalloped circle was already cut & the sparkly rainbow metallic paper was over layered on to it, both are from my own stash.

There are only 2 (two) new items that I used on this, the base card as I need the A3 card size, and the digi image itself. Every other item that I used to create this card are from my own stash.
I hope you like the card as much as I do, Im sure the young lady will be so proud of it.

Exciting news.....

Hiya peeps

Yes I have exciting news for you...

I have been accepted to be part of another

Design Team!!!  

It is for another challenge blog which is called

Creatalicious Challenges

Im doing the "Snoopy Happy Dance"
(well I would if I could) lol

 I am staying on with the current two
(Rick St Dennis (as & when I want to) &
Not Just Cards) for as long as they will have me
or my health deteriorates too much. 

Christmas In JULY - A Christmas Nativity

Hiya peeps,

Well its that time of the month again, so, I would
like to show you one of this months projects
that I have been busy working on. 
This card is specifically for my project as
a member of NJC Challenge Blog's Design Team
to which the challenge went live at 9am this morning.
The image is from a 2 per page decoupage sheet from La Pache, the Tinsel Tots collection, entitled "The Good Shepherd". The decoupage sheet is one of a few that Ive had for a few years now & just never got round to using them all. In fact, nothing on the card is new, everything is from my own stash, including the ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and the sequin type stars to the backing papers used. The 6 x 6 inch square card was made from a 12" x 12" piece of card (That Ive had around at least a year!)

I wish to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Holly & The Ivy #32 

Crafty Halzenut's Patterned Paper Challenge July

Heartfelt Papercraft Challenge #1

A New Home

Hiya peeps

Today I would like to show you a card that Ive made for my eldest daughter, husband & 2 sons, as they moved from their first flat into a fabulous 3 bedroom house. 

I saw, on the Lili of the Valley website, a wonderful card using the image & I fell in love with it straight away. Its called A New Adventure and its gorgeous. I hope I have done the digi justice with the colouring using pencil crayons and the card I made using it. Its a large 8.5cm square card using a beautiful Spring Green cardstock for the base & I cut the outer edge corners using a basic corner punch. I then cut a piece of "toadstool" ribbon & secured that across the piece of gemstone red card from Crafters Companion, with the corners rounded, then mounted that onto the green base card. After colouring the digi I mounted that onto a piece of black gemstone round cornered card. 

I then cut out the four words "Happy Wonderful New Home" from my own large die cutting collection, stuck them onto the top corners of the white card that I had printed the digi image onto. I then made a ribbon bow using the same toadstool ribbon, which is from a fantastic UK company called Crafty Ribbons. (I used to be on their design team).  The final thing I did was to add the 3 pearls in the top right hand corner. 

I wish to enter this card into the following blog/Facebook challenges:

Crafty Ribbons on Facebook, £15 win 21st June

CCC Digi Creations Challenge

Aud Sentiments Challenge

Die Sketch Taten

Just Us Girls Challenge

613 Avenue Create Challenge

Addicted to Stamps

Crafting By Designs

An elephant never forgets.....

Thats what the saying says anyway!!

I would like to show you a card that I made this month.

Its a 15cm (6 inches) square white card, matted & layered with a lovely red, blue and orange card. The hand coloured digi sits on the orange coloured card. 
The image is from the very talented Di's Digi Stamps and is called "Ellie wrapped with love".
I have quite a collection of Di's digi's and I admire her work. The white/red Organza Swiss Dots ribbon is exclusive to Crafty Ribbons here in the UK. The sentiment is from a set that I have had for a couple
of years now, containing a variety of colours and I believe is from Hunkydory, but I cant remember
where I brought it from (sorry). I have used 3 cutting dies, Tonic Studios - Scalloped Square Layering Die Set - 482e (available from other stores/websites) for the blue and the orange card & white card with the digi image are cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities A2 Curved Rectangle dies (unfortunately these are no longer available from this link even though it does show you the details, they should be available from other stores/websites).
I wish to enter this card in to the following challenges:

CCC Digi Creations #93 - AG

Animal Friends #63 - June - Elephants

613 Avenue Create #210 - AG

Create and Inspire #75

Addicted to Stamps and More #297 - Make Your Mark

Allsorts Challenge #472, Use at least 2 dies