Birthday Boy

Good Morning all!

How are we doing today? Well I hope!

It's almost the weekend & time to let your hair down!

The card I've made today is for a Birthday Boy who's 6 today!

Happy Birthday Brandyn!

The cute little boy image is Bradley With Football from 

The Crafty Pad @ Card Making Downloads

I've had the image in my folder to be coloured for ages. He's been flipped to

face the opposite direction, I can't quite remember why!

I coloured him up with a mix of flexmarkers & Prisma Pencils.

He was the layered on to some scraps of card from my stash.

The card base is a 6"x6" kraft blank & the dotty paper is from La Pashe

The sentiment was also in my folder & I liked how it looked

with the image. I die cut it with a square die to give the effect of the label.

I used the trimmings from the base card & DP to add the mat.

I used a green liquid chalk inkpad on the edges of the image etc but

you can't see it very well!

Finally, to embellish, I added a large button with some sparkly dots on & a 

sparkly no.6  toBradley's jumper.

 Inside the card is a layer of the dotty DP with a die cut square to write on.

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

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Male Room - Inspired By A Song (Football Crazy)

Oddball Art Stamps - Die Cuts

Noor! Designs UK - Something Old (Digi) Something New (Sparkly no. & dots)

Creative Card Crew - Die Cuts

Going Grey With Scrap Creations - Summer

Top Tip Tuesday - Summer Fun

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute As A Button

Shabby Penny Pamper

Good Morning Bloggers!

I hope you're well!

I have this little card to share with you!

I have made a similar card in the past using this image & papers 

but this is the shabbier chic version!

The image is Penny Pamper from The Crafty Pad Designs.

Whenever I see her, I start singing "Splish Splash I was taking a bath!"

The papers are from The Crafty Pad Designs

The proper colour is this

but, when I printed them out, my printer was playing games

& they looked a bit muddy. However, I quite liked the result,

 so decided to stick with it! The papers were printed on to matt photo paper. 

The Sentiment Ticket is from The Crafty Pad too!

The image was coloured with a combination of Promarkers & Flexmarkers

The edges were distressed with a pair of scissors then inked

The flowers were inked & layered with a brad to secure them.

(These have been in my stash forever)

The leaves & butterflies were punched & inked.

The ribbon I've used was plain white but it also received the ink treatment!

The sentiment ticket was distressed & inked too!

Thanks for looking at my creation!

I hope you like it!

I have candy on my blog here! Do play along!

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

Musically Challenged - Any Movie Or Song (Splish Splash as mentioned earlier!)

My Time To Craft - Music or Movie Influenced

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Expect The Unexpected (Use Something From Your Stash)

Add A Little Sparkle To Your Life!

Morning lovely peeps & a very happy Sunday to you!

Today's my Birthday! Yay me!!!!

I need to have a look see & sort out a little Birthday Candy, so watch this space!

I'm so excited as we have the carpet fitter coming to fit the hall carpet today!

Todays post is a card for the 

Crafty Pad Challenge this weeks theme, chosen by the lovely Pauline is

 #198 Add Some Glitter

Here's my creation!

I had a lot of fun making this one! I'm finally beginning to unearth some of 

my bits & pieces that have been stored in boxes for the last few months!

For the base card, I used kraft card-stock from Southfield Stationers

The DP's are from my stash & I have no idea where they are from

I may have got them in a goodie bag or in a blog candy, who knows!

The bauble paper is glittered but I'm not sure you can see it in the photo!

The image I have used is Christmas Ted Bringing Home Christmas tree

I coloured it up with Flexmarkers the cut out with an oval Nestie.

I added some Diamond Sparkles Glitter. I then matted the image

onto a scalloped oval nestie. 

I added a greeting which I printed out  & matted on to the green paper.

The magic mesh was from a crafty goodie bag.

I used some twine & added some little bells. from Meiflower

I decorated the inside of the card,  using the green paper with the negative cut out of the

scalloped circle die & some white paper behind. I then added some DP scraps.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation!

Our Sponsor this week is the lovely

who is offering a £10 voucher to spend in her online shop!

I can't wait to see your glittery creations in the Challenge!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges as listed at

2 Sisters Challenge Winter Wonderland
Crafty Calendar  Wrap Up Warm For Christmas
Hiding In My Craft Room Christmas
Little Claire's Christmas
Avadares  Christmas/Hannukah
Wags N Whiskers Christmas
Crimbo Crackers Anything Holiday/Festive Goes
Forever Friends Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Christmas Is Coming
Divas By Design Use 2 or more Patterned Papers
Whimsy Inspirations Traditional Christmas Colours
Crazy Amigo Challenge I'll Be Home For Christmas
Going Grey With Scrap Creations Winter
Cards For Men Merry Christmas
Crafty Bloggers Network Christmas Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Square Cards
The Paper Girls Christmas/Winter
Victorine Originals Anything Goes

A Piece Of Cake!

Morning all you lovely bloggers!

What's on the cards today!? lol See what I did there?

It's Sunday & time for a new challenge at

The Crafty Pad

so if you're at a loose end.........

Our challenge this week is hosted by the lovely Diane & the theme is

#195 CAKE 

Here's my card!

I went all White On White! lol

I do love doing these but I usually keep it for Christmas!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is

The Stamping Boutique

who are offering 3 digi images to one lucky winner.

They also very kindly supplied the DT with images for this challenge.

The image I chose is

Birthday Bunny

Isn't it sweet!

I felt it just cried out for some soft tones so 

I used my flexmarkers to colour it up with a little touch of Promarker too!

I embossed the panels using the Cuttlebug folders

Swiss Dots & Swirls I think most people who have an embossing machine

have these. I remember having terrible embossing folder envy before I had them! lol

I then matted the image & embossed panels with Linen Texture card 

from Southfield Stationers. 

I also used a Crafty Pad Designs Happy Birthday Circle Sentiment

The ribbon is from my stash as is the button which I think came from a 

candy give away that I won a while  ago!

The inside of the card has embossed panels too.
I'll add the pic to let you see, but it makes my card look really pink
as it was taken indoors under a fluorescent light!

I hope you can play this time, it's great to be able to visit all your blogs

 & admire your wonderful creations!
See you there!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Come & Get It Challenge Flourishes & Swirls
Whoopsi Daisy Pastel Colours
Catch The Bug Things With Tails
Brown Sugar Challenge Bingo  (Ribbon, Buttons, Embossing)
Clearly Inspired Critters
Fairy Tale Embossing
Raise The Bar Birthday
Stamp Man Emboss It
Totally Papercrafts Cute & Girly

Diva's by Design Cute

Inky Impressions Birthday
Stamp N Doodle Use A Digi
Everybody Art Challenge Embossing

October New Releases at The Crafty Pad

Good Morning all!

I hope you're all well!

It's time for the new October New Release Post at 

The Crafty Pad

The image I chose to work with is the 

Christmas Bauble Set in Gold & Silver

As you can see, I used the gold!

The sentiment & the border are part of the set.

My card is Clean & Simple & will easily go in the post 

with an ordinary letter stamp!

I printed the image onto some card & added some sparkle

with my Sakura, Clear Star pen. 

Then matted onto some Gold Mirri Board.

The card base is an A6 

I wish you could see just how much it sparkles

 but it's so hard to capture with the camera!

Believe me I tried! lol

I hope you like my little offering!

I did decorate the inside with some Mirri Board but I 

was so intent on capturing the sparkle, I forgot to take a photo!

I did consider further embellishments but decided against it!

Pop on over to The Crafty Pad & check out the other 

new release images & projects by the other DT ladies

don't forget to leave a comment  for the chance to to win

 some of the images featured.

***Please note***

October is Breast cancer Awareness Month

I have a digital stamp for sale on my blog.

She's called "Hope" & she was

  drawn especially for my by Lindsay Elise Jolly of

LEJ Designs.

100% of the money raised goes to

Breakthrough Breast Cancer

You can find out more about her Here

Or click on the pic in my side bar.

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

Catch The Bug Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz Bling

ABC Christmas Challenge T Twelve days of Christmas (Gold % Gold Rings!)

Fab 'n' Funky No Patterned Paper

Just Keep on Creating Christmas

Delightful Challenges Winter Holiday

DL Art Thankful Thursday Anything Goes

Paper Play Shine On (Bling)

Simply Create Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Carol Singing

Rock A Bye Baby

Over at The Crafty Pad, this week, there is a brand new challenge!

Hosted by the lovely Ali, this weeks theme is

# 189 Inspired By A Song

I made a little rocker card!

Can you guess my song?

It's Rock A Bye Baby of course!

I used the image New Baby Girl

This card for a friend who has just had a baby girl but doesn't do pink!

I cut the base from an A4 sheet of card using a Scalloped Circle 

Grand Nestie then cut the DP with the next size down.

I coloured the image with promarkers & flexmarkers.

I also used  Baby Girl Circular Sentiment

Sorry the pics a bit blurry!

I tied a bow in a piece of lace edging & added another little ribbon bow into which was 

tied a teddy bear charm (both of which have been in my stash forever!)

I actually got out a needle & thread & sewed the ribbon bow on to the 

lace bow as I was worried that the weight of the charm would pull it off!

The DP is from the "First Edition" Hideaway stack!

Thanks for looking, I hope you like my little card & I hope you can play at 

The Crafty Pad this week too! I look forward to seeing your cards & your songs!

Before I forget, our fab sponsor this week is:

Crafty Ribbons

And this is the fabby prize up for grabs.

Makes me want to sing! lol

Don't forget that there is just under a week to play in my

Breast Cancer Awareness/Think Pink challenges

both here on my blog & at The Crafty Pad

remember that although they both have the same theme, they are 

actually separate challenges with different sponsors & prizes!

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

Delicious Doodles Use metal
Allsorts Challenge Inspired By A Song
Sweet Stamping How Charming

Patties Creations Anything Goes
Polkadoodle Inspired By A Song
Totally PaperCrafts For A Child
Wags'n' Whiskers Circles
C.R.A.F.T Children
Shelly's Images Shaped Cards
Penny's Paper Crafty Shaped Cards
Clear It Out Child Image + Any Stash Item (Teddy Charm & Ribbon)
Passion For Promarkers CAS
Oldie But A Goodie Show Us Your Ribbons (Ribbon & teddy charm)
Papelitos Stamps Anything Goes
Sassy Cheryl's Die Cuts
Kaboodle Doodles Babies Or Children
The Cutie Pie Challenge Shaped Cards

Autumn is Here

Good Morning & A Happy Sunday to you all!

It's time for the latest challenge at The Crafty Pad this week!

The theme chosen by our lovely Pauline, is

#188- Autumn Colours

Here is my little offering!

The image I have used is Fairy Chloe on Mushroom.

I have coloured her with a mix if Flemarkers & Promarkers.

I cut out the image with a circle nestie & matted onto a

scalloped circle.The punched border was done using a 

Martha Stewart Doily punch

Here's a closer look.You can just about make out the Diamond Sparkles 

I have added. The DP's are from Lidl & one is pre glittered.

I decorated the inside of the card to reflect the outside.

The panel is a little smaller as I was using up some scraps.

The side view!

Side view of the outside. The ribbon is from a local haberdashers

& you can see I have added some gems in the top corner to balance the card!

The greeting is computer generated using a font called Faerie.

Emily, her sister & her mum all love faeries!

Our sponsor this week is

Crafty Individuals

and the fab prize  is

1 Pack of Red Rubber Tree Stamps

1 6x6 Tree Themed Backing Papers

1 A4 sheet of Bird Toppers

Don't forget we also have a month long challenge 

Breast Cancer Awareness/Think Pink hereas well as 

the Breast Cancer Awareness/Think Pink challenge on my blog.
These are separate challenges with fantastic sponsor prizes for both!

My Mum is being treated for Breast cancer at the moment & I have had my 

head shaved to raise funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

If you are able to help & donate a little something, please visit my Just Giving page here.

Every little helps!

Thanks for looking, now do pop over to see what the rest of the 

very talented Team A ladies have created!

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

Clearly Inspired Leaves

Crafty Ann's Sketch or Autumnal Colours

Fairy Tale Autumn

Poodles Parlour Here Come the girls

QKR Stampede Birthday Celebration

Raise The Bar Anything With Wings

C.R.A.F.T Autumn

Forever Friends Ribbon

Creative Belli - Autumn

Diva's By Design For A Child

Paper Shelter Challege Punch

Bearly Mine Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments leaves

Special Challenge

Good morning lovely bloggers!

I hope you're all well on this lovely Saturday morning!

Today is the start of a special challenge over at 

The Crafty Pad

We have a whole list of fabby sponsors who are offering 

some awesome prizes!

The Challenge will run from 1st to the 29th September 

so you have plenty of time to enter!

Many of you will know that my Mum has had Breast Cancer Surgery

& is now in the midst of Chemotherapy.

As a result of this, she has lost her hair!

To support my Mum & to honour everyone out there who has been

affected by Breast Cancer,I have decided to have my head shaved.

I asked my Mum which charity she'd like me to fundraise for

and she chose Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

You can read more about it on my Just Giving Page!

I hope that if you do pop over,

you may be able to help with a small donation.

If everyone who reads this donates just £1/ $1 it will

 boost the fund dramatically! Every little helps!

My Head Shave Event is on Saturday the 8th September.

To mark this, momentous occasion,Debbie has kindly allowed me

 to take over a section of The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog to run a 

Special Month Long Challenge!

The theme?

 Breast Cancer Awareness and/or Think Pink

Here's my card!

All of the team have used the lovely images that Debbie 

the lovely boss has created especially for my challenge!

They are available on The Challenge Blog for free!

I added some Diamond Sparkles to the seams of the Bra & the pink ribbon.

The DP I have used is an origami paper that I won.

I love the bright colours!

The sentiment is one of the Freebie's on the Challenge Blog!

Make sure you check it out!

You don't have to use Debbie's images to play, you can use any BCA image 

you like,or just go for lot's of pink!

Here is a list of the wonderful sponsors!

LR Designs

£12 to spend on downloads from the shop

Crafty Sentiments Designs

A whopping £25 Voucher 

MeiFlower

An amazing £30 gift certificate!

Lili Of The Valley

A £ 10 Voucher for their shop!

The Stamping Boutique

3 individual images (No Sets)

I hope to see you there!

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Avadares- make It Sparkle
ATCs & Cards With Attitude- Anything Goes
Chocolate Coffee Cards Ribbon For A Cause
Digi Haven Use A Freebie