A Wedding Card? A Few New Friends Too!

Hi all, here is today's little offering!

A wedding card with a bit of a difference!
June is such a popular month for Weddings I believe as it's the start of summer! lol

The wedding was a bit unconventional I believe, so I made the card in the same vein!

The image I have used is Bethy's Wedding from Mo Manning, I do love her work! 

I coloured it up using Promarkers.then cut it out with a square nestie on the Bigshot! 

I also cut two similar shapes from blue cardstock .

The card base was an A5 rectangle pearlescent card made from an A4 sheet. 

I very rarely buy card blanks now as I find it's much cheaper to make your own if you have the time & just buy a selection of different sized envelopes!

I added a matt of red paper & the heart design paper which was from a set I got at  

Card Making Downloads.

Before sticking this to the base card, I wrapped a length of red organza ribbon around it & tied in a bow.

I added a smaller matt of the red & the heart papers which I wrapped another length of ribbon around. 

I then topped that with three buttons that I threaded with a little bit of blue ribbon then simply knotted. 

I hope you like my card! Thank you for stopping by, I do appreciate it!

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

Ambers Crafts & Stuff Summer

CraftingFor All Seasons Summer

Fab n Funky Summer Lovin'

I Love Promarkers Anything Goes

Paper Shelter Challenge Fun In The Sun

Penny's Paper Crafty Red White & Blue

The Paper Variety Summer

A Spoonful of Sugar Ribbons & Bows

Colour Q Colour

Everybody Art Challenge Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Use Red

Passion For Promarkers Park Life

Crazy Challenges Weddings

Die Cut Dreams Red White & Blue

House of Gilli Ribbons & Bows

Stamping Scrapping Central Red White & Blue

Corrosive Challenges Ribbons & Bows

Etsy Inspired ChallengeHome & Weddings

I appear to have some new blogging buddies too!Yaaay!  A Big Hi & a wave to you all!

Thanks soo much for joining us ladies! Hope you like what you see!

Now who do we have?

Anne of Anne-Made

Nana Connie of Grammy's Attic

Linda Simpson from Linda's Crafty Piece of Heaven

Pauline who has loads of links! Hope this one is okay!

Do pop on over to these ladies lovely blogs & see what they're up to!

A Gift For You & A New Follower or 2

Happy Monday all! 

Here is my DT Card for the My Grafico Challenge & Inspiration Blog!

We the ladies of the DT were given the awesome
Mehndii Doodles set

from Mel's Brushes to work with this week!

Sooo versatile, there are sooo many different things you could do with it!

As I needed a money wallet for a gift, that's what I opted to do.

I simply printed the image straight onto a sheet of Pearlescent Cardstock,

flipped it

 & added again with the words 'A Gift for You' printed in between.
I coloured the images with sakura glitter & glaze pens.
It was nice to use something other than promarkers for a change.

I had forgotten what fun these pens are to use!

Next I used my scoreboard to add two embossed lines then I scored to allow me to fold into a DL shape, making the wallet.

I attached a length of ribbon at the back using a length of Ultra High Adhesion DST.
 I then popped the gift inside & tied the ribbon around to keep it in place!

Thanks for looking, I hope you like my clean & simple design gift wallet!
Don't forget to pop over & join in with us at My Grafico Monthly Challenge, where it's
ALWAYS 'Anything Goes'

I'd like to say Hi & a big wave to my two new followers
Tammy & Hilde welcome to my blog ladies!
I hope you like what you see!
Do pop on over to visit their awesome blogs & leave some love if you have the time!

I'd love to enter this project in the following challenges

Delightful Challenges Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge Anything Goes
StampInsanity Clean & Simple
Corrosive Challenges Ribbons & Bows
Gingerloft Challenge Asian Inspiration
House of Gilli Ribbons & Bows
Karen's Doodles Challenge Flower Power

Jak Heath Givaway

Hi gang,

Just a wee heads up, Jak Heath has a fabby give away on  her blog!

It's an automatic tape gun! Pop on over to Jak's Blog to find out all the deets!

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