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Tuesday, 5 June 2012

It's Simple! Call Me.........

Hello all!

It's time to showcase the June New Releases from The Crafty Pad Designs!

These are in the form of Silhouettes this time!
These have a real vintage feel about them & could be used for cards for male or female

I was given the Table image to work with, but I loved all of these images

so much, I just had to get my hands on more!

In the end, I used the Table, the Telephone & the Chair

Here's my creation

I made a pretty simple Black & White card.

I merged the images in my graphics programme

then added some text. I then printed the image onto

some linen embossed cardstock.

I cut out the image using an inverted scalloped nestie

then matted onto a scalloped circle of black cardstock.

The A6 card blank was pre-embossed with spots!

I fixed the image to the card using foam pads to give a bit of dimension

then added a double bow & a stick pin.

A trio of black self adhesive pearls finishes off the card!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my little card!

Pop on over to the Challenge Blog to check out the rest of the images

& the awesome creations by the rest of the DT!

One lucky commenter will win all of the new release images,

so don't forget to leave some love!

It could be you!!

You have just one week to comment & the winner will be announced on

Thursday 14th June's winners post on the Challenge Blog

I'd like to enter my card in a few challenges

BunnyZoe's Crafts Anything Goes

Crafty Boots Anything Goes

Karen's Doodles Farewell Or Miss You Card

Gingerloft Circles

Great Impressions Die Cuts &/or Punches

Joanna Sheen Challenge Remember When......?

Kenny K Krafty Girlz Pearls

Pan Pastel UK Something Vintage

One Stitch At A Time Use A Digi

The Ribbon Girls Use Ribbon Or Lace

Just Some Lines Black & White

ATCs & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes

Art Impressions Stamps Seeing Spots

Crafts & Me Ribbon

Crafty Creations Circles

Creative Inspirations Paint CAS

Sunday, 29 April 2012

April Showers & May Flowers!

Woo Hoo it's Sunday & that means it's time for another new challenge at
The Crafty Pad!

This week it's once again "The A Team's" chance to WoW you
with their wonderful creations!

The theme for this weeks challenge gives you the option of

#168 April Showers Bring May Flowers and/or Sketch
We want to see those flowers in bloom on your papers,
your images or as embellishments on your creations!

Here's my card

The lovely Leesa gave us this great sketch to work with.

I rotated it a quarter turn & changed the shapes a little!

I used an A5 card blank as my base.

The design papers I have used are from one of the brand new

digital paper sets at The Crafty Pad Designs!

Meadows Lane Delight

The image I have used is Penny Pamper!

She's just finished having her "April shower"! Lol

As you can see there are flowers on her shower cap,

towel & the bathroom rug!

The pattern on the base layer of design paper resembles flowers &

the matt of the script design paper's wording is about flowers in full bloom

I've added some flowers that I made using Papermania paper flowers

which I scrunched up, inked & then layered using brads as centres.

The image was printed onto some smooth card,

coloured using a mix of Promarkers & Flexmarkers,

using Spring Colours to match with the papers

& rounded the corners with a punch

The sentiment was created on my PC using a font called LMS Hippy Chick

which you can download for free from here, There are little

flowers on the letters if you look closely!

I also added some sheer ribbon, with a double bow, a heart shaped pearl stick pin

& some Green Papermania Mosaic gems to further embellish my card!

I hope you like it!

Now it's time to pop on over to The Crafty Pad to check out the

fabulous work by the ladies of Team A!

Don't forget we also have the Anything Goes With A Crafty Pad Image

challenge which runs all month!

You can enter both challenges with the same project

if it fits the current theme & you've used a Crafty Pad image!

Tsk TskNaughty Me!!!!

I've just realised I haven't mentioned who our wonderful sponsor is this week!

The lovely Joanna Sheen

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

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges

Addicted To Stamps Mother's Day (a card for a woman)

Catered Crop The Letter B ( Blooms, Bubbles, Bathtub,Bling, Bow)

Creative Inspirations Paint Flowers

Dream Valley Challenges For A Special Lady

Great Impressions Lot's Of Flowers

Scrapper's Delight Papercrafts April Showers

Stampin' Sister in Christ Use Your Green Thumbs

Pan Pastel Spring Time

Creations By Gill M Colour Inspiration

Just Some Lines Give A Gift Of Flowers

One Stop Crafts Recipe 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Birthday

Coffee Chocolate & Cards Bingo Pearls, Punches & Flowers

Clearly Inspired Spring

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge Spring

Delicious Doodles Bingo (2 Lines! Gems, Ribbon, Punches & Flowers, Pearls, Brads)

Fairy Fun Fridays Anything With Flowers

Fairy Tale Green & Yellow

Sweet n Sassy Digi Challenge Quote Inspiration " Sweet April showers do spring May flowers"

Little Miss Muffet Challenges April Showers

Moving Along With The Times Gardening or Flowers

Paper Play Challenges Monochrome & Ribbon

Southern Girls Get Your Girly On

House That Stamps Built Card for a woman you love

I Love Promarkers Flower Power/ Floral Image

Little Darlings Challenges Flowers

Celebrate The Occasion Happy Birthday (Must Use Ribbon)

Creative card Crew Ribbon

Going Grey With Scrap Creations It's A Girl Thing

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Birthday

Paper & Such Design For The Girls

Sassy Cheryl's April Showers

Digi Makeover Challenge Birthday

Paper Creations Ink April Showers Bring May Flowers

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Cute As A Button

Good Morning all,

A very happy Sunday to you!

This week at The Crafty Pad, it's "Team A" who are bringing you

some inspiration for the challenge this week which is

#166 Bounty Of Buttons

We want to see at least 3 buttons on your project!

Here's my card!

Aha, I see you're saying "That's not a Crafty Pad Designs image!"

"Correct" I say!

This week we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps & More

They Kindly supplied the Design Team with some images & are offering a prize

of 5 Digital Stamps Or 4 Digital Stamps & 1 Paper Pack to the winner

of this weeks Challenge!

Wowzers!!!

I used the sketch from

I {heart} 2 stamp

as the basis for my layout!

I changed the shape & flipped it!

This is Cutie Patootie Bear

I printed her onto some linen embossed card, I like the texture of this!

I used my Promarkers to colour her up & I've

added a few little buttons including a little button nose!

The papers I've used were a freebie from ages ago

I thought they were perfect with this image.

I lightly distressed the edges with a pair of scissors & some ink.

I then layered them with a contrasting plain coloured paper.

The sentiment was made on my PC using Cutie Pop font

which you can get here for free!

I also added some pink ribbon & some more of the heart shaped buttons.

I added a punched border which I inked with pink & blue

I decorated the inside of the card just a little!

I'm so glad you managed to stop by!

Don't forget to check out the challenge blog for some more inspiration

from my Team A Teamies!

I hope you find the time to play too!

I'd like to put this card forward for the following challenges:

I {heart} 2 stamp Sketch

Crazy 4 Challenges Using Buttons
Card Makin' Mama's Make It Girlie
Fairy Fun Friday's Anything Goes
Stampin' For The Weekend Ready Teddy Go
Wags 'n Whiskers Anything Goes
Pixie Dust Studio Use Ribbon
SJ Papercrafts 1,2,3 (I image, 2 papers, 3 heart shaped buttons)
Celebrate The Occasion Just Because (must use pink)
The Stamping Boutique Distress
Critter Sketch Critters
Incy Wincy Designs Cute Critters

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Easter Egg-tastic

Good Morning all!

I hope you're looking forward to a relaxing crafty Sunday!

I have to go out later but I plan on getting a bit inky beforehand!

It's once again time for a fab new challenge at

The Crafty Pad!

This week for Challenge #164

The theme is It's Egg-tastic

Let's see your Easter themed cards, they must include eggs, chickens,

ducks or anything that makes, creates or comes from an egg!

Here's my little card!

I've used the New Release Image,

Easter Chicks In Brolly available in the shop from today!

It's just sooo very cute don't you think!

I used a scalloped square card blank.

The Design Papers are from Southfield Stationers!

I was given a bundle to lay with last year & still had these little babies left!

They're so good, I could hardly bring myself to use them!

The layout was my own & the sentiment was done on the computer using

Cutie Pop font, you can find it free here

I added some little buttons & a double ribbon bow!

The image has been coloured up with Promarkers.

I used all the bright cheery colours of spring!

I like to decorate the inside of my cards as I find it helps with the balance!

Don't forget it's Team A's turn to impress you this week!

Check out the other fantastic DT samples on the Challenge Blog!

This weeks Sponsor is

Crafty Sentiments

If you would like to win this NEW RELEASE, all you have to do is leave a comment on today's challenge blog post and your name will go into the draw! It is that easy!

For another chance of winning, become a follower of The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog and leave us another comment saying you are a follower (new / old / and or existing) and get a 2nd chance into the draw.

For a 3rd chance in the draw - comment on ALL 4 of the release days (today Sunday, Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday) and go into a separate draw to win the complete set of 4 images!

I'd like to enter this card for the following challenges:
Pan Pastel Easter

Catch The Bug Easter/Spring

Craft Your Day's Away Easter

Crafty Calender Spring Clean (Papers)

Little Claire's Spring

Marks Finest Papers make A Square Card

One Stop Craft Easter

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Spring

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Spring/Easter

Card Makin Mama's Easter

Crafts 4 Eternity 3 Of A Kind (Buttons Daffodils & Chicks)

Fairy Fun Fridays Spring