Oh! How Distressed!

Hi everyone!

It's time for the new challenge at
The Crafty Pad!

This weeks challenge theme was chosen by our lovely Helen

#192 Distress It

We want to see you sand it, ink it,scrunch it, tear it.......the choice is yours!

Here's my DT offering for this week!

It's a Birthday Card for my niece.

The image I have used is The Crafty Pad Designs,

Girl At Wishing Well

The papers are from the 'First Edition' Hideaway Stack

The colours were just perfect for the challenge at

Play Date Cafe

She's been coloured with Flexmarkers & Promarkers

The edges of the papers were distressed with a pair of scissors,

then inked with Colour Q ink pads.

A side view to let you see the distressed edges.

The circle sentiment was a freebie I think from ages ago,

I added Birthday Wishes to the middle.
 I also dotted about a few self adhesive pearls.

I tied some Funky Fibres around the ribbon bow.

The inside is decorated to match!

Thanks so much for stopping by, don't forget to check out the other DT samples at 

The Crafty Pad this week, I hope you'll have time to 

play in our challenge. Hope to see you there!

Ooopsy, forgot to tell you.....

Our wonderful Sponsor for this challenge is:

Crafty Individuals

 

This fabby prize consists of:

1 set of rubber Christmas themed stamps and 1 A4 sheet of Angel Toppers.

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

Visible Image Inspired by Autumn

2 Sisters Anything Goes

Catch The Bug Photo Inspiration

Guylou's Imimitability Fancy Die Cut

Simply Create Anything Goes

Shelley's Images Tic Tac Toe (Die Cut, Free, Ribbon)

The Play Date Cafe Colour Inspiration

Crafts & Me Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed  Friend or Love + Fall Colours

Think Pink! October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Good Morning Bloggers!

Last month I did some  fundraising for
 Breakthrough Breast Cancer

I had my head shaved & ran a couple of card making challenges!
As a result of this, I heard stories from many people about how they
or a  loved one had been touched by Breast Cancer!

I was so touched by some of the stories, I felt I wanted to send a card.
This is one of the cards I made!

The image & the sentiment are part of a set from

 Dude Time Doodles

Here's a closer look at

Breast Cancer Awareness Girl Set

I coloured the image with a combination of my 

Promarkers & Flexmarkers

The sentiment is one of several included.

I distressed it a bit, cut it out with a Spellbinders Die 

& threaded some lace through it.

DP By Mujka Chic at  My Grafico.

I punched some flowers using my Tonic Punches

 & layered them up adding a gem to the centre of each.

Here's a photo of the inside!

Thanks to everyone's generosity, the

 total for my fundraising so far is an awesome 

£2946.90

If you haven't donated yet & you'd like to help me round up

my figures to a nice tidy sum, you can find out how to 

do just that on my Just Giving Page.

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

I urge you to check for any changes at least once a month.

Early detection is the key!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm off to check out the Pink Challenges I can enter this little card in!

{Pin}spirational Challenges Photo Inspiration

Passion For Promarkers Shabby In Pink Or Blue

The Stamping Boutique Pink Ribbons

Digi Makeover Challenge Breast Cancer Awareness/Think Pink
Lexi's Creations Pink
The Cutie Pie Challenge Use A Digi
Dream Valley Challenges Go Pink (BCA)
A Gem Of A Challenge For The Girls
Jelly Park Challenges Pink It Up
Art Impressions Stamp Challenge Pink
Sassy Studio Designs Think Pink
Link Up For Pink BCA/Pink Challenge

Pretty In Pink

I thought I'd share this simple little card with you today!

The message is clear!

The card base is an A6 pre-printed Papermania Designer Card.

The image & sentiment are both Breast Cancer Awareness Freebies 

from McMahon Five Designs.

The image was coloured with promarkers & flexmarkers.

I added a matt of card which was punched down one side with a

Martha Stewart border punch.

The sentiment was rounded off on two corners with a corner punch.

I also added a couple of butterflies. 

The larger butterfly is a Tonic punch, the smaller is Martha Stewart.

A few self adhesive pearls just finish it off!

Thanks for dropping by!

This card was made with the following challenges in mind:

Stamping Scrapping Central Don't Bug Me

Tammy's Scrapin Corner  For The Girls

The Cutie Pie Challenge Die Cuts/Punches

Link Up For Pink Create a Breast Cancer Awareness Project Using Pink

Great Impressions Die Cuts and/or Punches

One Stitch At A Time Use A Digi

The Hybrid Chick Card Caravan Use Pink

Crazy 4 Challenges Add Some Butterflies

ATC's & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes

Card Makin Mama's Punches

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Punches

Shelly's Images Pick at least 2 from the list ( Bling, Monochromatic, Punched Border, Markers, Digi)

I Love Promarkers Use A Digi

Penny's Paper Crafty Anything Goes

Scrapbook Sister's Anything Goes