Thank You Teacher!

Happy Sunday all!
Fed up of me yet today???

Where did that week go??

We were off & had a couple of days away, did a few things & then woosh, here we are Sunday again!

On to business then!

This week at The Crafty Pad it's Challenge #123 & we have a recipe for you!

Use 3DP's, 2 Ribbons & 1 flower! get it? 123 lol
Here without further ado is my card!

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Michelle over at Michelle's Scraps

Michelle is very kindly offering a $15 gift voucher for her store

With half term coming up, we the DT ladies were asked to use one of the fab

 "Thank you Teacher" images from The Crafty Pad Designs.

Incidentally there is a sale on at The Crafty Pad Designs, at the moment!

 30% off all the FAB Digi Stamps 

The sale runs until the 2nd June so be sure to get on over & stock up on all your digi stamps!

I have once again opted for an easel card! Somebody stop me!!! lol

I used white linen textured card from Southfield Stationers for my base card.

The layout was my own & the papers are digital from the Two Peas In A set from 

JD Digi Designs @My Grafico

I printed the image & the sentiment at actual size! 

I used promarkers to colour & matted the image onto some coordinating card! I used a corner punch to give a bit of detail!

The papers were all matted & layered on to coordinating card too!

Now technically you could say I used two flowers but as I have layered them I'm counting them as one!

I wrapped my first ribbon round the easel section & secured by tying a bow. I than added the flower on top with some pinfliar glue. The centre of the flower is a piece of card candy!

I cut out the sentiment with my Nellie Snellen Frames die the matted onto a piece of coordinating card which was cut out using a scalloped circle nestie.

The stop was the whole matted & layered section at the front of the easel base.

The second ribbon was intended to make the sentiment section look like a tag & I threaded it through one of the holes on the frame shape but clumsy old me pulled too hard & burst the section! At that point I decided to cut my losses & add it as a bow!

Thanks for looking at my card! I do hope you like it! 

It's for my great niece to give to her nursery teacher at the end of  term as she goes up to big school then!

Hope you can find time to enter the challenge over at The Crafty Pad this week!

I'm off to find some challenges to enter my card in to!

There She Goes Easel Card (Mon)

Stamps R Us  Going Digital (Papers Image Sentiment) (Mon)

Happileigh Scrappin More Than One Fold

Going Grey With Stamp Creations Use at least 3 DP's

Creative Card Crew Anything Goes

The Paper Variety School Theme

Paper Crafting Journey Anything Goes/ or fav colours technique etc

Digi Doodles Shops Best Anything Goes

Stampin With The Dragon Easel Card

Fairy Fun Fridays  More than one fold

Crafty Calendar Teddies

2 Sisters Anything Goes

The Paper Players Anything Goes

Happy Birthday Princess

UPDATE! I'm delighted to say I won 3rd prize in the Craftystash comp! Whoop whoop!
Debbie will be launching a new comp next week I'll let you know all about it ASAP!
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well!

 The first card I have to share with you today is my entry for the monthly competition over at 

Craftystash!

The theme this month is spots & stripes.

You must use one of  Deborah Lauder's (site owner) downloads.

There are loads of downloads to choose from including templates for all sorts of different shaped cards with fancy folds!
There are also a great number of free downloads which you can use too!
As well as her own website, Debbie's downloads are also available @ Card making Downloads.
(You will need an account at one of the stores to enable you to download!)

If you fancy a go at winning one of the fab prizes on offer, you still just about have time to do it!

Very generous, I'm sure you'll agree!

For this card I used the Birthday Princess download! 

The colours are just perfect for a little girl I know who loves pink but is not all frilly pinky girly!

For the base card I used a sheet of A4 pink cardstock and cut to size.
The DP's I have used are included with the download I think there are 4 in total!
 (Makes it soo easy as you don't have to go searching for something to match up!)
Debbie has included lots of little detailed decoupage bits for the more experienced crafter but if you are a beginner you can use just the bigger sections!

I cut out the decoupage with my trusty scissors & layered up using pinflair glue.

I matted & layered the sections on to contrasting papers /card.

I added some black ribbon & a few gems strategically placed. I also added a couple of punched butterflies(made using my Martha Stewart punch)
I used the layered up sentiment as the stop!
Not sure if you can make it out but the little flowers are layered up too.

This was such a fun card to make! 

Thank you for looking & I hope you can find time to enter the comp!
There are some fab prizes on offer!

Maggie/The Crafty Pad Designs/Crafts Beautiful Magazine

Good morning everyone! I do hope you have a lovely relaxing Sunday planned & can put your feet up with a nice crafty magazine for 5 mins at least!

I know of one lady who will be flicking through the above publication more than once this week!

The lovely & very talented Maggie, a fellow teamie on The Crafty Pad DT has been published!

I believe if you open your magazine at page 29 you will find this stunning project!

These are just a few of the pics of this awesome creation!

The images Maggie has used are all by our lovely boss lady, Deborah Moore from The Crafty Pad Designs

If you check out Maggie's blog you'll see more pics & find out all about this stunning creation & how she made it!

I think you'll all agree Maggie is one talented lady & her work more than earns it's place on the pages of a magazine! Please stop by her blog & give her a bit of love! I know she'll appreciate it!

I'll be back in a bit with my humble DT card & the details of this weeks challenge over at The Crafty Pad! 

TTFN lovelies have a super Sunday Morning!

ATC's

Just had to share a set of ATC's with you!

These were made for the swap over at Card Making Downloads!

The theme was inspired by a song and I just couldn't help myself!

Here they are! Can you guess the song?

I'm sorry that the pics aren't great but the light was poor when I took them!

Here's the story behind them, a bit of a giggle really!
My Neice & her long term partner had been together for years & years.

 After having two little furry baby doggies for a while, they decided to move on to the human baby variety!

The baby is due next month!

Next thing we know, we get a text to say that they had only gone & got married in secret!

Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather! David was fairly adamant that he was not the marrying kind & they were happy as they were or so we thought!

So, have you guessed the song yet???

Well, you may have to be of a certain age to get it! lol

I must emphasise the fact that in no way was it a shotgun wedding but could I get that song out of my little head!!! LOL

The sheets were made up for me by Elliza, one of the ladies on Card Making Downloads after I put out a call for an image of a bride in the family way!

I had made the card & posted it off before I remembered I should have taken a picture!

Ooopsy, silly me!

Never mind, at least I could share these with her! I made them with the scraps from the card!

The papers were a freebie from Joanne Barsby last year, not sure if you can still get them!

The rest of the stuff is from my stash! The silver "You're invited" is from a peel off sheet!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you like them & you see the funny side!

Sale Now On At The Crafty Pad Designs

Hi all, Hope you've had a good day!
I've just found this out & thought I should share it with you asap!

The Crafty Pad Designs are having a sale on all their digi's!

The sale, now on,  will run from Wed 25th May - Thurs 2nd June. :)

There will be a discount code and this will be displayed on the website - the code should be entered in to the discount code box at checkout. :)

Unfortunately postage is being applied to the orders, even digi's but don't worry - this is due to the software problems but all postage is refunded in full on all digi orders.
So you now have the perfect excuse to pop on over, check out all Debbie's fab images & sentiments & snag your self a bargain! Think of it as a 3 for the price of 2.
I've just finished my DT card for this Sunday's Challenge, sadly I can't share it with you now but I can let you have a sneaky peek!

lol! 

Don't forget to stop by the Crafty Pad Challenge Blog on Sunday too to find out this weeks winner & the new challenge theme! I know you'll all love this one!

Lindisfarne - Holy Island A Little Peek

Hi all,

I'm just back from a couple of days away & I thought I'd share with you a couple of my holiday snaps from Lindisfarne/Holy Island! Oh no, I won't bore you with them all, just a quick peek at this beautiful tranquil little piece of England! (I don't believe it's very tranquil through the day during the school hols!)

This is the Castle, closed on Monday's Ooopsy Oh well we can go back another time!

This is the priory from the Heugh

This is a seal who popped his head up to see what we were up to!

We went down early to the causeway to watch the tide going out!

This was it when we crossed!

There was a huge queue of traffic waiting to cross onto the island when we left!

Now, while I'm here, I see Leesa,  AKA The Navy Wife has joined my merry band of Friends & followers!

I work with Leesa on The DT at The Crafty Pad Challenges, her work is awesome! Leesa also helps out on the fabby Feline Playful Blog where they list lot's of Challenges, Blog Candy's & Blog Hops! Do pop over to her blog, you will not be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed a little look at the sights!

Only A Rose......

Good morning all & a Very Happy Monday to you all!

There is a good reason I'm so chirpy today!
I'm on holiday! YAY!
Not off to anywhere exotic unless you consider Newcastle exotic that is! lol

As it's Monday, it's time for another DT card for My Grafico, where it's ALWAYS Anything Goes!

This week the DT were given the Tudor Rose Stamps Set

from  Mel's Brushes  to work with!

Such a versatile set, you could use it for many occasions!

As I had an Anniversary Card to make, I chose that as my theme!

I chose this image as I felt the two stems going to one flower signified a union, perfect for an anniversary card!

I used the sketch from Create 4 Fun Challenge for my layout!

My card base was made from a sheet of A4 red cardstock. 

I mixed up the sketch layers & turned it around!
I hope you can still recognise it!

The image was coloured with Promarkers I cut it into a rectangle & rounded the corners with a punch!

I then matted on to the DP, from cardmaking downloads & then onto some red cardstock!

The circle was cut out with a Scalloped Circle Nestie on the Big Shot.

To finish off,I added some red yellow & green gems for a bit of detail & bling!

I hope you like it! Thanks so much for stopping by! I really do appreciate it!

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

Create 4 Fun Sketch

2 Sisters Use A Digi

Secret Crafter Anniversary

Fairy Knoll Flowers

Shelley's Images Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty Anything Goes

Truly Scrumptious Anything Goes

Get Ippity With Hippity Flowers

House Of Gilli Flowers

Make It Monday Anything Goes

Stamp & Fun = Creativity Flower Power

Stamps r us Go Digital

Sunday & No Work Tomorrow!

Hi all, it's Sunday & I'm on my hols for a week!!! 

Not going away anywhere fancy, so I say, but we are having a trip to the Metrocentre, Newcastle Upon Tyne & a night on Lindisfarne, Holy Island.

In fact, all going well we're there by now!

Earlier this week I let you see a sneak peek of my GDT card for the Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog!

Now here's the whole thing!

The Challenge is a sketch, mixed media, so it can be a card, canvas, layout or anything else you can apply it to!

We were given the choice of two sketches to work from

I chose the first one. We also had the choice of two sets from The Cutting Cafe' who are sponsoring the challenge,"It's About That Time" & "One Spring Day"

I chose "It's About That Time" as you may have already noticed as

over at Daring Cardmakers the challenge this week is to be inspired by the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol ( Let's waste time chasing cars around our heads..........)

I chose the clock image & the large circle sentiment from the set. 

I don't have a cutting machine, so I relied on just my trusty scissors & dies. 

As the clock face was black, I was inspired to use black & white for my card!

The papers I have used are Dovecraft, they're called Charcoal Prints by Sandra Ranarison & they have been in my stash for ever!

(One of my resolutions at New Year was to try to use up some of my old stash this year & I think I'm doing okay so far!)

I cut out the clock face using my trusty decoupage scissors. The circle sentiment was cut using a scalloped circle nestie & then my Nellie's frame die.

I used black card to back the cut out circle & mounted the clock face in the centre with foam tape.

I followed the sketch & added some lace. I then mounted the sentiment on foam tape to give added dimension.

The other sentiment was from a sheet of peel off's that just appeared from nowhere when I was working! Must've been in between some papers or something! I thought the phrase went perfectly with my card so I stuck it to some white card, matted & layered onto more black & white card & mounted on foam squares.

To finish I added some large self adhesive gems.

I decided to decorate the inside of the card a little, It's just a little bit more interesting than a plain insert!

Thanks for looking, I do hope you like it.

Have you noticed, there's not a Promarker in sight! lol

Pop on over to Quirky Crafts & join in with the challenge if you have time! Don't forget to check out the DT blogs too & leave them some love!

Challenges I'd like to enter my card in are as follows

Scrapbook Sisters Black & White

Truly Scrumptious Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Lace

House of Gilli Black & One Other colour

Craft Your Days Away White + I Other Colour

Designed 2 Delight White +1 colour

Marks Finest Papers Tone on Tone With The Focal Image Popped Up

Crafty Catz Anything Goes

Daring Card Makers Inspired by The Song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

Wags n Whiskers Circles

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge Monochromatic

Shelley's Images Anything Goes

Daisy, Daisy......

Happy Sunday everyone!

Time for another Challenge over at The Crafty Pad!

I think you'll like this one!

Challenge #122 is Lace & Bows
We want to see Lace & Bows on your project!

Here's my card

Our kind sponsor this week is...........

Crafty Sentiments!

They are offering a prize of 3 digi images of winners choice from their shop.

The image I have used is Fairy Chloe on Daisies from The Crafty Pad Designs.

Pop on over to the shop & see the range for your self!

The image is coloured with Promarkers & cut out with a nestie.
I added glitter to the wings & the centre of the daisies.
As you can see I opted for an Easel Card! I love making these!

The base of the easel card was made using an A4 sheet of white textured card which I scored & folded it in half then cut into a square. I cut a square the same size from another sheet for the card front.

I cut 2 smaller squares from plain coloured card then another 2 slightly smaller again from my design paper.

I matted the paper squares onto the plain card then wrapped a length of daisy edging lace around each piece.

I then attached these to the card base & front.

I used the sentiment ticket, also from The Crafty Pad, which I coloured with promarkers & added some glitter to, for the stop!

I added some flowers which were a bit glittery too!

Thanks for popping in! I hope you like it!

Don't forget to join in the Lace & Bows Challenge if you have the time! I have a feeling that this one is going to be very popular indeed!

Ooopsy, nearly for got to say a big welcome & a wave to Shawne my latest blogging buddy & follower! Thank you so much for joining us! I hope you'll stop by Shawne's Blog if you get a chance!

I'd like to enter my card in a few challenges, see the list below!
2 Sisters challenge blog Use a Digi
Little Claire's Sparkle
One Stop Craft Challenge Fairy Tales
Word Play Weekend Challenge JFF Wings
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge Flower Ribbon Bling
Delicious Doodles Let The Sun Shine In
Fairy Fun Fridays More Than One Fold
Fairy Knoll Flowers
Sew Many Cards Flowers & Lace
Paper Play Challenges Sparkle Galore
Flutterby Wednesdays Must Include a Fairy,Butterfly or Angel

Good Evening Here's A Sneaky Peek

Evening all, hope everyone is well & looking forward to the weekend!

If you all remember, I asked for you to give me your votes for the 

Quirky Craft Challenge 

a couple of weeks back & thanks to you all, I won! 

As a winner, I was invited to be a GDT member for the upcoming challenge 

which goes live on the 22nd of May!

I thought I'd stop by & share with you a little sneaky peek of the card I made for my GDT spot!

Look below

I will of course show you more when the challenge goes live but until then, this will have to do!

Thank you once again everyone!

Whilst I'm here I'll say a big Hello & give a big wave to my latest friend & follower Debs from The Emerald Faerie Garden. They have just started a new challenge blog & you can find it here!

Right best get back to what I was doing!