Gardening Fairy

Hi all,
I have a card featuring a little fairy for you today!
 I should have posted this one the other day but we've been
out & about & I forgot to schedule it!

I've made a little A5 fold back card with this sweet decoupage!

She's The Gardening Fairy from the La Pashe Gnomes & Fairies CD 

The DP & the sentiment I have used are from the CD too!

Here's closer look!

The decoupage was layered up using gel glue.

 I added a sheer ribbon bow & a button to embellish!

Hope you like her & thanks so much for stopping by!

See you soon with another card!

Crafty Hugs

Your Majesty - A Little Bit Of Fun

Hi di hi all!

I have to begin by saying Happy 4th of July to all our friends across the pond!

I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating!

Now, it must be Thursday as here I am with a card for 

Just Inklined!

This little patriotic card is a foldback card.

I had a little bit of fun with this one!

As some of you will know, I live in Edinburgh & this week,

Her Majesty The Queen is in residence!

This card is in her honour! 

The Royal Garden Party was held at Holyrood Palace this Tuesday

 & it rained non stop! I can just imagine  Her Majesty remaining 

outwardly calm whilst I'm sure she'd much rather be getting in a

 buggy & heading for shelter! lol

The image is of course Your Majesty & is a snip at just $2 

or £1.31 if you live in blighty! 

I coloured the image with a mix of Promarkers & Flexmarkers.

(I'll let you in to a little secret, I coloured the image to 

match some other papers but I got distracted & cut the paper 

too small! As I only had one sheet I had to change things a bit!

The papers I have used are part of a pad

called British by Southfield Stationers,

the Keep Clam squares are part of the papers!

The lace, dew dops & gems are from my stash.

The inside of the card

Here's a side shot to let you see the fold!

Thanks for dropping in, I hope you like my card!

I'd like to enter this card in a few challenges:

Addicted To Stamps - Make Your Mark

Colour Throwdown - Colours

Colour Q - Colours

Crafting By Designs - Your Countries Colours

Inky Impressions - Red White & Blue

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - Red White & Blue

Simon Says Stamp - Patriotic

Crafty Sentiments - Red White & Blue

Cuttlebug Mania - Use something beginning with the frst letter of your name (Dawn- Dew drops) 

Our Daily Bread Designs - Red White & Blue

Party Time Tuesdays - Patriotic

{Pin}spirational - #64 Photo 

Craft Your Passion - Red White & Blue

A Freebie & A Chance To Win A GDT Spot

Good Morning Happy Bloggers!

It's the second Wednesday of the month & that means at 

Dude Time Doodles

we have our 

Win A Guest Designer/Freebie Challenge.

You pick up the freebie on the challenge blog.

create something astounding & humorous for a Dude,

link it up & keep everything crossed for a week!

Here's my creation!

This months Freebie in honour of the Olympic Games is 

Jimmy Gymnastic!

He's fit! He's already in the store too, so if you've missed the freebie,

you can still get him!

I made a little fold back Congratulations card!

The papers I have used are part of The Best of British Collection

which came free with Crafts Beautiful magazine.

The image was coloured with a mix of Promarkers & Flexmarkers.

I inked the edge of the image panel & added dots with a flexmarker which 

I hope  look like little spectators in a crowd! lol

This is the panel on the inside.

I attached some of the bunting on foam tape for dimension.

The greeting was cut from the papers too!

If you're not familiar with the fold, you can see it better here!

Don't forget to stop by the challenge blog for 

more inspitation & to pick up the freebie!

Tell all your friends to stop by too!

I can't wait to see what you create!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Craft Room Challenge Sports

Paper & Such Design Red White & Blue

Top Tip Tuesday One For The Men

Crafty Bloggers Network Anything Goes

Creative Mondays For Men

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge Independence

Tammy's Scrapin Corner Anything Goes

Critter Sketch Colour Inspiration

Gingerloft Fancy Folds

Opus Gluei Patriotic

Scrappy Frogs Red White & Blue

Allsorts Red White & Blue

Catch The Bug Anything Goes

Colour Me Creative Challenge Dark/Navy Blue

Crazy 4 Challenges Show Your Countries Pride

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge The Olympics

Fussy & Fancy Fancy Folds

Patties Creations Red White & Blue

Raise The Bar Red White & Blue

SJ Papercrafts Red White & Blue

Just Inspirational Photo Inspiration Week 36

Happy First Birthday

Morning lovely Bloggers!

Is it Sunday already!

Oh my, how the weekend flies by!

I hope you're all well & finding time to get crafty!

Once again, it's time for The Crafty Pad Team A

to inspire you for this weeks challenge.

The theme was chosen by the very lovely & oh so talented Diane

#176 More Than One Fold

Here's my card

It's little fold-back card!

Still can't get away from those squares! lol

This card is destined for my Great Nephew whose 1st birthday is on Tuesday!

The image I have used is one of my fave's from The Crafty Pad Designs

Just Ted On Ball

To give a softer look, I changed the line colour of the image in Word.

You'll find a tutorial here by the lovely Leesa on how to do it!

I coloured the image with a combination of Flexmarkers & Promarkers.

The toned it down by colouring over it.

The papers I have used are from my Hopscotch Boy pad 

by K&K I do so love these papers!

I made the circle sentiment in my graphics programme on the pc!

I inked all the edges with two colours of distress ink then added

some little buttons & funky fibres to finish it off!

Thanks for popping in!

I look forward to seeing your creations in the

More Than One Fold Challenge at The Crafty Pad this week!

Oopsy, almost forgot, our sponsor this week is the lovely 

Joanna Sheen

Who is offering a £10 voucher to spend in her store!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Pan Pastel Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish No Flowers Anywhere

Scrappy Frogs Celebrate Men & use 2 embellishments Fibres & Buttons

Craft Your Days Away Teddy Bears

Send A Smile For Kids Birthday Fun For Cards

ATCs & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes

Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes

Hotshot Crafts Distress Inks

Pause Dream Enjoy Three Things (3 Buttons 3 Fibres 3 Layers)

Fussy & Fancy Boy Attitude

Stamping With The Dragon Transportation (Ball & Cars Boats Planes etc on DP)

Forever Friends Happy Bearday

Moving Along With The Times Happy Birthday

Southern Girls Challenge Oh Baby Baby

My Mum's Craft Shop  Boys

Craft Room Challenge Furry Four Legged Family

Creative Stamp Friends Birthday 

Oh La La Creations Baby Baby

Craft Your Passion Flips & Folds

Is it Sunday Already Cup Cake?

Happy Sunday all! 

Well I'm hoping it's happy Sunday & Mr Blogger has sorted himself out!

I felt a bit lost as I couldn't comment on anyone's lovely cards or upload any of my own!

When I did get on Mr Blogger had removed lots of your lovely posts!

As it's Sunday, it must be a new challenge over at
The Crafty Pad! 

This week for Challenge #121 we would like to see "Holes"

There are lots of options, big holes little holes, holes with ribbon threaded through the list is endless & the type is up to you!
We're sponsored this week by the lovely
Joanna Sheen

who is offering £10 to spend in her fabby shop!

Here's my card with my interpretation of the theme, with lots of holes!
 Lol,  had to make up for the lack of spots & dots last week!

The Design Team were asked to use one of Debbie's Cup Cake images

from The CupCake Complete Set

available from The Crafty Pad Designs the sentiments are part of the same set!

Here's how I made my card:

For the base card I used a white scalloped square card. 

I scored down the middle of the front section & folded it back, et voila a fold back card!

I spent ages looking for just the right paper to use for this card & found it was literally under my nose all along!  

The striped paper came from Southfield Stationers & was part of a bundle I was given to play with a while back. It matched the cup cake holder just perfectly.

I've used these papers from Southfield's quite a lot!
The colours are great & the quality is really very good!

The image & decoupage sections were coloured with promarkers, I layered up the decoupage using pinflair glue & added some Diamond Sparkles glitter to two of the sections.

 The cherry on top was highlighted with a white gel pen which got a bit smudged, oopsy, 

I then cut out the image using my new frame die from Nellie's which I purchased at Southfield's.

On the inside section, I added the outside of the frame that I used to cut out my image, which was matted onto the blue paper, then added the sentiment, which was cut out with a scalloped oval!

 I used my ribbon threading punch to puch two holes at the top & bottom & threaded some lace, which is full of holes, through the punched holes & stuck down.

The other sentiments were simply matted on to the blue & attached with foam tape to give some dimension!

I hope you'll find the time to join us for our "Holes" Challenge at The Crafty Pad!

I'm off to look for some challenges for this card. Enjoy your Sunday!

OSAAT Challenges Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum Recipe, 2 Papers,1Ribbon or Bow, 2 embellishmets (Hope my pins count as embellishments

The Hot Spot Challenge Case a Cake

Kenny K Kraty Girlz Die Cuts & Punches (I've used both)

Scrappy Frogs Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge Ice Cream Colours ( Blue Moon, Vanilla,Strawberry & Black cherry Flavours)

My Mums Craft Shop Challenges Use Dies

Fairy Fun Friday's Here Come The Girls