My Dad

Good afternoon! I just had to share this photo of my Dad with you all!

Hubby & I went out to Mum & Dad's with his favourite lunch & his pressie!

As you can see he was a happy bunny & he's wearing his rosette with pride too! lol

Now how did I manage to fit that Toblerone in that little box I hear you say?

Actually, I didn't, it was filled with little mini ones!

Hope it made you smile!

UPDATE: I've just discovered that my Tie Box & Rosette as pictured,
made Top 3 at

Sparkles Forum Challenges!

Happy Days A New Home

Wowsers, is it Sunday already? Where do the weekends go?

Time for another challenge at The Crafty Pad!

This week for Challenge #126 we want you to make a card using the theme 

Something New! 

By this we mean a New House, New Baby, New Job & so on!
We're kindly sponsored by the Lovely Joanna Sheen this week.

Joanna is very kindly offering an awesome £10.00 Voucher to spend in her wonderful online store!
Joanna offers free P&P Worldwide

Here's my card

It's bright huh!

The image I have used is 'Milo Mouse New Home'

from The Crafty Pad Designs soooo cute!

I coloured the image with promarkers, cut it to shape & used a corner punch for detail.

I made the base card using a sheet of A4 coloured card which I scored folded & cut into a square.

I matted the image onto a piece of the same coloured card.

The design papers I have used are from the Two Peas In A digital set from My Grafico. 

I love these papers. I also added a little ribbon threaded decorative strip from a Marianne's Design's Creatables. These are readily available in many craft shops as well as on Joanna's site!

The ribbon is actually a strip of card as my ribbon just didn't match!

I added a large layered flower with a brad centre from my stash I also added a little silver key, 

hung on a piece of string!

The mark on my card is a watermark! lol

Here's why!

I always try to take my pics outside if I can as the light is generally better but every time I went out & got my card set up it started to rain! Needless to say every time I came indoors the rain stopped! 

*rolls eyes in exasperation* lol

The mark did go away once I brought the card indoors & it dried! Phew!

Thanks for stopping by! 

Please come along and join in the fun with us this week for the 

 'Something New' Challenge @ The Crafty Pad!

We would love to see you and stop by your creation(s) and share some love!

Need a recap on the rules ? 

You are welcome to enter the challenge using any image 

(though a TCP image we would love to see)

You are welcome to enter the challenge as many times as you like - 

- provided you follow the theme.

You must leave a link back to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog.

We do not allow back links prior to the date of posting the challenge.

And the challenge closes Saturday at 8pm GMT - 

So heaps of time to play along!

There is also no limit on challenges you can enter!

Don't have a Crafty Pad Designs image? See below!

ANNOUNCEMENT:
THE CRAFTY PAD DESIGNS are now having a regular SPECIALS offer. There are images for 49p on offer this week. It will run every week starting either Sunday or Monday, so don't forget to go and have a peek. Also, most of the images have been reduced in price, so you get lots more yummyness for your money!

Okay, so with all that info on board, you have no excuse not to join in!

I'd love to enter this card in the following Challenges

Creative Inspirations Paint Bright Colours

A Gem Of A Challenge Flowers & Charms

Crazy 4 Challenges Add twine, floss, string

Just add ink Add some colouring in

Sew Many Cards Use a Punch

Stamp Something Pretty Papers

Charisma Cardz Pink & Green

Delightful Challenges Anything Goes

Happy Friday & My Grafico!

As you are no doubt aware, there has been a delay in the My Grafico Monthly Challenge being posted.

This has been due to a number of different factors but I am assured it will be posted today at some point!

So son't forget to pop on over & enter your cards in the challenge so that I & the rest of the DT ladies can come over to your place & admire them all!

Have a happy Friday all!

Father's Day!

Just had to share my latest card with you! 

It's for my lovely Dad for Father's Day!

I used Gina Giraffe which was a freebie from Digi's With Attitude! this month!

I do so enjoy colouring up these little digi's!

My card it very simple but I like it &  hope you do too!

The image was coloured with promarkers & then I edged with a promarker after trimming to shape!

I used a sheet of coloured card, scored it at A4 half fold & made it a square as the base for my easel card! 

I dry embossed a line down either side of the front, where the image was going to be.

I did the same with a couple of lines across the bottom at the front.

I made the topper by using a piece of the same coloured card for the easel section then matted a layer of tissue & a couple of tissue squares, then topped with the image.

 I added a computer generated sentiment to the front too! 

The stop is again the card, tissue & a computed generated sentiment. I used foam tape to attach the sentiments for dimension. 

I finally added a ruffle of ribbon!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to enter the following challenges with my card
Digi's With Attitude Father's Day
Little Red Wagon  for Dad
Sisterhood of Crafters Dad/Special Man
Your Next Stamp Challenge Shaped Cards
Bearly Mine Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Dads & Lads
Partytime Tuesdays Father's Day
Sweet Stamps Embossing
The Stamping Boutique Men Only
Incy Wincy Designs Father's Day

Look At The Size Of That!

Hi all, I trust everyone is well & enjoying the start of summer! lol I read somewhere it's to begin in July here!

I ain't holding my breath!
I wasn't referring to the lady in the picture, when I decided on my title! lol

My card is huge!

I was asked to do a card for a girl at work who's going off on maternity leave & it needs to be signed by soooo many people so I had to make it a good size! 

I had some A4 card blanks in my stash but had never been brave enough to make them up!

The digi is from goodness knows where? I've had this set for such a long time (pre blogging days!) on my PHD & It's moved around folders time & time again. The image was pre-coloured. I used background tiles from the same set to create my own Design Paper in my graphics programme!

I used this sketch 

from Card Positioning Systems  

as the basis for my card design.

The greeting/sentiment is computer generated. The font I used is Sunshine Poppy which you can download free from here!
It's one of my favourite  fonts at the moment, it's soo useful!

I added some punched leaves & some roses just to give a bit of detail.
Thank you for stopping by, I hope you like it!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges

Card Positioning Systems Sketch
For Fun Challenges Summer or Bright Colours
Going Grey With Scrap Creations Anything Goes
Paper & Such Design Inspiration Photo
Hooked on Crafts Anything Goes

Wowsers! Pixie Dust Paperie Giveaway!

Just had to stop by & share this awesome giveaway with you!

Here's all you have to do to be in with a chance!

We would like to offer you a chance to win this lovely Pixie Kit for helping us spread the word about Pixie Dust Paperie!

All you have to do for a random drawing entry is.....

1. Become a follower if you haven't yet - get one chance

2. Post on your blog about this giveaway with a link back to us, come back and tell us and you'll get another chance.

 This will run from 5/31 - 6/18

winner will be announced on 6/20 on The Pixie Blog

Pop on over for your chance to win!

Good Luck!

I'm a Bad Girl!

Hi All, here I am with my DT card for My Grafico this week! 

I'm a day late & I must apologise but family duties took precedence this weekend & I just ran out of time!

On with the show!

This week the DT were given the Whimsy Birds Brushes Set from Lil Ellaboudy Design to work with.

You can find them here

I coloured my image with promarkers & cut out with a nestie, leaving the tail outside the circle.

I knew I wanted to use feathers on this whimsical, magical,project but the ones I wanted to use were quite bright so I had to make the rest of the project fit the bill!

I looked at Feline Playful for a sketch to follow & opted for this one as I thought it would suit my image!

Silly me forgot to check it out before I went ahead & I discovered afterwards that it's not for the current challenge! The Sketch is from I {Heart} To Stamp & it does actually say May on it! lol!

Oh well, it's still a fab sketch & I like the result I achieved with it! So thank you!

I used an A5 card blank as the base for my card!

The DP I used is from Bearly Mine Designs & I so wanted to use it as I've had it printed off & ready to go for ages!

I matted it onto some lightweight card.

Instead of ribbon, I used a strip of organza down the middle, I got it from a  local pound shop & I knew it would come in handy for something one day!

I printed out the sentiment on the computer. The font I used is called Sunshine Poppy & you can download it for free here  I matted it onto the DP & the card thenI mounted it using foam tape for a bit of dimension as I did the image!

The feathers were added using pinflair glue as were the buttons!
I hope you like it, thank you so much for looking!
I'm not sure what's happening with the My Grafico Challenge this month, yet. As it doesn't appear to have gone live.
I have asked tonight & if I hear anything I'll keep you posted.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges!

Craft Your Passion Magical

Creative Stamp Friends Birthday

House Of Gilli Buttons

KB Cute Monday Anything Goes

Woodware USA Birthdays

I Did It Creations Birds

Papercrafting Journey Our Feathered Friends

The Three Muses Exotic Bird

Just Because I can!

Happy Sunday all!

Today at The Crafty Pad the theme for Challenge #125 is 

Just Because You Can!
No special reason, make a card for someone for no special reason, just because you can!
Our Sponsor this week is

Creative Craft World 

who are offering a £10.00 voucher to spend in their excellent online store!

Here's my DT offering

I made a spring card!

We the ladies of the DT were asked to use the oh so cute Roshell Ducky & Eggbert image from

The Crafty Pad designs

As soon as I saw this image, I knew what colours I wanted to use! 

Yellow & orange just spell out summer to me & the daisies on this image did just the same!

The base card was made using a sheet of A4 paper which I folded in half & then trimmed to a square.

The DP I used is Papermania & it's matted onto orange lightweight card then attached to the card base.

I then added strips of dotty ribbon to the diamond section before adding the image which was coloured using

Promarkers & the cut out with a square Nestie on the diagonal,

I then added dotty buttons to the corners of the image.

Before adding the DP strip to the bottom of the card I wrapped some ribbon around it.

The sentiment I used Daisy Chain Days Of Summer is from The Crafty Pad Designs too! 

I cut that out with an inverted scalloped circle then matted onto a scalloped circle.

I added some dotty buttons on top of the ribbon.

I finished the project of with a tailored bow. 

It's the first time I've made on of these & I think it looks quite smart!

Thank you for stopping by to look at my creation, I hope you like it!

I hope you too find some time to make a card for someone 

"Just Because You Can "

& you can join us at The Crafty Pad this week!

I'd like to enter my card in the following Challenges

Creative Inspirations Paint Fun Fold Cards

I Did It Creations Challenge Birds

Fairy Fun Fridays Summer Fun

The Poodles Parlour Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts Summer

Auds Sentiments Challenge Summertime

Digi stamps 4joy Wings

Freshly Brewed Yellow

Penny's Paper-Crafty Best friends

Pixie Cottage Sketch or Shaped Card

7 Kids College Fund Summer but No Magnolia

I'd also like to say Hi & a big wave to another new follower Lourdi Lourdaki from Kafalonia. Thanks for joining us! If you get a chance do check out her beautiful blog!

Hugs 

Dawn xxx

The Glitter Fairy Has Candy!

Evening all I hope you had a lovely Saturday & are enjoying the weekend!
Today was our local Gala Day but it rained all day & I'm advised it was one man & his dog attending!
I saw the parade when they were gathering & they looked a bit wet & weary even that early on!

My hubby & I decided to go for a lovely lunch out instead!

Back to the point of my post!

The Glitter Fairy has a fab candy up for grabs!

A lovely Dovecraft Toolset, just what any crafter needs!

Pop on over to her blog & join in! Please let her know I sent you if you do!

Thanks & good luck!

A Good Time Had By All? & 3 new followers!

Morning all! My Blogging Buddies Are Back! Yay! Hope all of your are too!
I now see my latest follower is none other than my dear friend & DT buddy over at My Grafico, Tammylee! Big Hi & a wave to you Tammylee!
Her work is awesome! Do try to get over & check out her blog! I promise you won't be disappointed!
I also have a mystery follower! I'm sorry I can't find a link & I don't know your proper name so for now we have to call you Carmim02 welcome to my blog!
Ooopsy another new follower! Big Hi & a wave to Margaret Powell who has just joined us this second! I'm off to see if I can find a link for Margaret!
Ahhh I gotcha! It's Margy from South Africa! I know Margy from the Cardmaking Downloads  Forum! Do pop over & check out her work! It's awesome!
TTFN x