Blue Bears

Hi all,

Here I am wth the last of my Care Bear samples for Splash Crafts

I do love a little pyramid card & the little sentiment fits so well on the top.

On this one, the paper matches the embossing folder. I added a 

punched border & some pretty washi tape

Poor Grumpy Bear on a gatefold card. 

Just perfect for the man in your life!

Thanks for popping by today.

I hope to see you soon! 

City Gent

Good morning all!

I have a card to share with you today!

This one was made for my brother's birthday!

It's been kicking about as a draft post on my blog for ages, so I

thought I'd best share it with you now!

I used the Papermania Heritage Press City Gent collection to make my nice & simple

A5 gatefold card. The decoupage was layered up with foam pads.

A bit of matting & layering with the papers & a couple of buttons to embellish.

I added a couple of buttons & an eyelet to the sentiment tab.

On the inside I added a die cut tag with a little a

La Pashe Easy Peely Short n Sweet Verse 

I couldn't get the card to lay flat on it's own, so I popped 

a paperclip on it to keep it in place!

Thanks for popping in today, I hope you like my little card!

I'd like to enter a couple of challenges as listed below:

AAA - #68 Tags  (W2) (Sun).

 Addicted to CAS  -  #92 Stripes.

Allsorts - #371 One For The Boys (Winner)

Imagine That! Creative Playground - July - Fancy Folds. 

Incy Wincy Designs - Fancy Folds (Winner)

Get Your Sunnies On You'll Need 'em

Good morning all!

We're finally seeing a bit of summer up here in Bonnie Scotland!

Hurrah!!!

Now, it's Monday again so it's back to work for me but first....

It's also time for a new challenge over at

Eureka Stamps,

where your theme for this week is

# 153 Hot Hot Hot

Here's my card!

I opted for Hot Neon Colours! lol

The colours are even more vibrant in real life! lol

The image I have used is Digi 20002 Sm Ice Cream Bear!

What else would a polar bear do when it's hot?

The sentiment is from Eureka Stamps too Digi  20105 Chill Out

My card base is a 5"x5" gatefold.

The Neon papers are by papermania.

I coloured the image with promarkers & used the cuttlebug swirls 

embossing folder on the orange paper.

The image panel just tucks behind the top part of the sentiment 

to keep the card closed!

As you can see, I added the neon papers to the inside of the card too!

I hope you like it & I can't wait to see what you create for the 

Hot Hot Hot Challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in a couple of challenges:
Come & Get It - Feature A Creature
One Stitch At  A Time - Anything Goes With Sweet Treats
Pile It On - Summer Or Winter
A Gem Of A Challenge - Animals Or Birds
Allsorts - Inspired By Summer
Sweet Stampin' - Anything But A Birthday

Fancy Folds

Good morning all, it's time for a brand new challenge over at 

Ohh La La Creations Challenge Blog!

The theme this time is Fancy Folds.

Here's my card!

I used this pyramid decoupage & papers from the gorgeous Shawn Jenkins

CD, available in the shop here.

I used the sketch 

from Completely Christmas as the inspiration for my layout.

I rotated it 90 degrees.

I opted to make a gatefold card, I just love them!

I missed out a couple of layers of the decoupage as I didn't want too much height.

I bought the ribbon Silk Crush ribbon from a sale on Facebook,

isn't it lush? I have it in several colours!

I also added a few littl pearls from my stash.

The pyramge looks a bit wonky in the photo, but it's just camera angles.

You can see the layers in this view!

I also added a little panel with a decorative border inside.

A very quick, simple yet impressive card to make!

Thanks for popping in, I hope you like it!

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

Hobby Cuts - Fancy Folds

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes with patterned paper

Completely Christmas - Sketch

Winter Wonderland -  Anything Goes For Christmas

Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Animals

Pinspirational - Anything Goes

Use A Heart

Hi everyone! 

Sorry, this should have posted yesterday but it somehow reverted to draft!

The new challenge is live over at

Ooh La La Creations 

where the theme this time is

Use A Heart!

Here's my card!

 The pyramid decoupage & papers are from the lovely

Shawn Jenkins CD Rom

there are some really lovely designs on there!

I printed everything out on A5 paper & made an A6 gatefold card.

I added some sheer, heart ribbon & tied in a bow to hold the card closed.

I also added a couple of little buttons threaded with twine

A look at the card as it opens

Inside of the card!

I added a nested heart panel for the greeting to be written on!

I hope you like it!

Don't forget to enter the Ooh La La challenge when you 

Use A Heart on your creation!

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

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes/Use Red

Crafty Sentiment Designs Love is in The Air

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Red & Love

CD Sunday Ribbons & Bows

Glitter n Sparkle Buttons 

Pile It On Add Ribbon

That Craft Place Valentine or Love

The Corrosive Challenges Feel The Love

The Ribbon Girls Hearts

Crafty Hazelnut's Pattered Paper Anything Goes

Blue For You!

Good morning all!

It's Wednesday already can you believe it!

Time for the new challenge at

Dude Time Doodles

 This time it's a colour challenge

Use two or more shades of Blue

The image I have used is Benny Hanna, don'tcha just love him!

I brought him to life with my Promarkers, then inked the 

edges with a little chalk ink pad!

I tried to come up with a real punny sentiment but I'm afraid

all I could think of was "don't lose your head"

I did find a fab new free font called MA Fishy though!

As you can see, I made a Gatefold Card.

I love this style of card!

The paper I used was from the Oragami papers I have in my stash.

I decorated the inside of the card to complement the outside!

As you can see I used a length of royal blue ribbon from 

my stash to tie around it!

I'm still working with a limited amount of craft stuff as the house

is still upside down! I can't wait until it all gets sorted out so I can 

find some suitable furniture to house my stash in the spare bedroom!

Don't forget to check out the other DT creations at 

Dude Time Doodles

I can't wait to see your BLUE creations!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Hooked On Crafts Cards For men
By The Cute & Girly  Boys/Men
One Stitch At A Time Use A Digi
The Squirrel & The Fox One For The Men
A Gem Of A Challenge A Boy Thing
Allsorts Anything But Square
Catch The Bug Anything Goes
Card Crafters Circle (C10) For the Fellas
Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes

Time to Fess Up!

Hello everyone out there in blog land!
It's Sunday which means a new challenge over at
The Crafty Pad!
Challenge # 120 Spots & Dots let us see you go Dotty!
This week we are kindly sponsored by Letraset

Who are offering a fabby pack of 5 Aquamarkers

We are also sponsored by our very own Lovely Lorraine from L.R. Designs

 Okay, so, 'fessing up time!
 I'm a bad bad bad bad girl!

I made my card for the challenge DT.....but.....I stupidly forgot all about the Spots & Dots!
*Blushing Furiously*
I guess you could say the creator was totally Dotty!

So here's my card, minus the spotty & dotty bits!

I was feeling so pleased with myself & my card too! 

The DT were asked to use the 

Recipe for a Friend from The Crafty Pad Designs.

I opted to keep my card fairly simple as I didn't want to detract from the Recipe!

I printed the recipe onto some pearlescent paper then cut out.

I've been working on a big project (top secret for now) using gate fold cards & decided this design would suit the recipe just perfectly!

I used a sheet of A5 textured chocolate brown card for the base card.

The DP I used was part of a download from Craftystash I keep using these papers as they are so versatile!

I apologise for the quality of my pics as I took them when it was dark & the colours just aren't true, no matter how I tried to fix them!

I added some flowers from Sweetpea Polly's Crafty Things & some leaves punched out using my woodware punch.

To finish it of I added this neat little frog fastner, 

it's the kind of thing you see on Oriental jackets & blouses.

I got this from Mei Flower at a recent Craft Show! I think it's just perfect for this kind of card! It's something just a little bit different from ribbon!

Inside the card which you can't see on any of the pics,  there is a linen textured paper insert. I added a strip of the DP down either side just to tie it all together.

I'm going to send this card to a friend who's feeling a bit down at the mo with a lovely bar of Green & Black's Chocolate!

Don't forget to join in the Challenge at The Crafty Pad if you can & if you do don't be like me & forget your Spots & Dots! lol

Now for some challenges, I'd like to enter the following

Bugaboo Anything Goes

Cardmaking Mama's Make a card for a loved one

Crafty Catz Use a quote of a sentiment

Inspire Me Friday's Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Chocolate

Diva's By Design Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Anything Goes