It's Sports Day!

Happy hump day all!

Don't you just love Wednesdays!

I love them for two reasons! One, it's half way through the week!

Two, it's time for a brand new challenge over at Dude Time Doodles!

This week, the theme is It's Sports Day

We want to see your Dude projects with a Sports Theme!

Here's my card

 I've used the Golfin' Greg Set to make an A5 landscape card!

The base card is Kraft as is the matting under the DP's!

He doesn't look too happy at all does he!

The Sentiment I've used is one of three included in the set!

I coloured Greg with Promarkers & as if he wasn't ditressed enough, 

I inked around the image & sentiment with Antique Linen  Distress Ink 

then cut around them both with some fancy edge scissors! 

I don't know when I last had those out! lol

Poor Greg! Just because it's your hobby doesn't mean 

you're good at it but you should at least enjoy it!! lol

The DP's I used are from an A4 Pad of male Craft Papers from

Southfield Stationers. 

The quality of these papers is second to none &

they are great value for money! 

The golf bag image was cut from one of the sheets of paper 

as was the golf ball below! 

I think the colours I've used & these images give my card a vintage feel.

I also punched some leaves from the plaid pattern paper with a Woodware punch,

this gives a little added texture to the card!

I decided to keep my card as flat as possible!
Postage rates here in the UK are set to rise quite considerably & cost
will have to be considered when sending off greetings cards in future!
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
Now for your cahnce to win 3 images,pop on over to the
  Dude Time Doodles Challenge Blog & check out
the other DT projects! I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
I hope you'll find time to play along this time!

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion Male Birthday (Must use circle) Golf Ball
Crafty Sentiments Spots Or Stripes
Cards For Men Texture
Crafty Card Makers For The Boys
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge One For The Boys
Ooh La La Creations Make It Manly
Totally Stampalicious Masculine

Catered Crop The letter B (boy, broken, bag, bent, ball)

Here Come The Boys Hobbies
Sparkles Monthly Challenge Men Only

That Craft Place  One for The Boys

Fussy & Fancy Punches/Dies

Our Craft Lounge Vintage

The Stamp Man Challenge Shabby Chic/Distressed

Wags n Whiskers Distressing

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

Life's A Beach on the Dude Time Doodles New Release Blog Hop!

Happy Wednesday all!

It's time to grab a coffee, sit down relax & take in the sights along the way 

on the Dude Time Doodles New Release Blog Hop.

The Dude & Dudette's have some great works to showcase 

this month's new images along the way.

If you've arrived from the lovely & uber talented 

Ruth's blog you're right on track!

Now remember the hop is a circle hop with no beginning & no end.

Just jump on in & start hopping, remember to leave a little love along the way 

as there will be a mystery host/hostess with a little prize to give to one lucky 

person who leaves a comment!

Here's my card!

I thought I'd bring you something just a little bit different this week!

I made a centre stepper card using a template from the lovely 

Debbie Lauder atCraftystash you can find it here

If you're in a rush remember to leave some love then hop on right away 

to the awesome craft extravaganza that is CG's blog!

Here's how I made my card!

I decided to make a little beach scene!

I printed a sheet of A4 card with a freebie paper called 

Sand from the E Paper Kit Beach Day available from here 

then printed the template on the reverse!

I added some waves from the Mostly Mostly Sunny Paper Kit at My Grafico

This is the new release image, he's called Jacques Waterman!

As you can see, he's just arrived at Dudeville Hollow Beach

& is a whiter shade of pale than the rest of the guys!

Still, he's decided to make his entrance with a splash!

As you can see in the photo, he's suspended on a bit of acetate to 

make it look like he's diving into the water!

I decorated the back of the card with a couple of panels to write on

& some of the waves paper!

The other dude's on my card are already in store & are:

Babe Watcher best lifeguard in the business!

Santi Beaches (you know who) having a well deserved break!

Last but by no means least Waylon Waves is hanging five in the background.

A ribbon ruffle & button sun & a sentiment ticket from 

The Crafty Pad Designs complete my card along with 

a couple of beach themed metal charms.

Thanks for hopping by!

I hope you have time to complete the hop  don't forget to leave some love 

at each stop along the way!

Have fun fun fun!!!

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

Cards For Men Texture

Crafty Boots No Girls Allowed

Creative Mondays Yellow & Sunshine

Digi Makeover Challenge Birthday

Daisy Doodle Creative Challenge One For The Boys

My Grafico Fun & Games

The Pink Elephant Hello Sunshine (Use Yellow)

Scrappy Frogs Shaped Cards

That Craft Place Anything But A Square Or Rectangle

Craft Your Days Away Metal

Drunken Stampers Use Acetate

Send a Smile For Kids For The Boys

Crafty Ann's It's a Man Thing

Fairy Tale Stepper Card

Totally Papercrafts All Buttoned Up

DRS Designs Sports

Sparkles Challenges Men Only

New Give Away at LUFP

Morning all!

Make sure you pop on over to Link Up For Pink!

The aim of Link Up For Pink for those of you who are not aware 

is to raise awareness of Breast Cancer all year round

 & to encourage people to perform a self examination each month!

Early detection is the key!

They have a new give away with lots of fantastic prizes to give away!

Pop on over today & check it out for yourself!

Blog Candies & A New Challenge Blog!

Hey all! Just had to share with you!

A blogging friend of mine Lindsay, AKA Craftymonster81

 is starting up a New Challenge Blog!

To celebrate, she's offering a Launch Candy

Bless her, she's so excited that there's another candy up for grabs on her

personal blog Crafty Monster81

Not sure if I have the photo's the right way round but 

I'd pop on over & check them out anyway!

Thanks Lindsay for such generous give away's

Good Luck to all who enter!

Sassy Skater

Hey everyone,

I have a card to share with you today! Hurrah!

This little offering is for my niece!

As soon as I saw the image I knew it was for her!

She's a bit of an action girl! So it suits her down to the ground!

The colours I have used are her favourites!

I used a 5"x5" square card base made from a sheet of A4 card.

I distressed the edges of the design papers & added two panels

which were wrapped with bakers twine!

The image is Sassy Skater & she's coloured with promarkers!

She's a bit of a Tom Boy but still likes to look good!

I distressed around the edges of the image & the matt.

I also attempted to add some faux stitching up the sides with a 

Sakura Souffle Pen & a metal ruler but as you can see, it wasn't my best effort!

The Sentiment was generated on my PC.

I added some brads for a bit of detail.

I decorated the inside of the card to go with the outside.

The papers I have used are from the Paper Cellar Celebrations Collection

I added a butterfly charm as I just felt it needed another little something.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

This card was made with the following challenges in mind:

Craft Your Days Away Metal (Brads & Charm)

Just Us Girls Colour Challenge

Marks Finest Papers Stitching

ATCs & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes/Faces

Card Makin Mamas Girlie

Phindy's Place Stitches & Squares

The Stamp Man Shabby Chic/ Distressed

Auds Sentiment Spring/Summer Colours

DRS Designs Sports

SJ Papercrafts Favourites (Katies Favoutite Colours)

A&T Digital Designs Challenge Dazzle It (Dazzling Papers)

Desert Island CraftersUse 3 items from list 2) No Flowers 6) Distressing 7) Metal Hardware (Charm & brads)

Sundays With Chrissy Use you favourite Colour combo

Inky Impressions Birthday

Paper Pretties Cards For Girls

Crafty Sentiments Use A Digi

Digital Tuesday Distressed

Papertake Weekly A Stitch in Time

Ribbon Carousel Challenge Use Bright Colours

Tag..... You're It

Good Morning all!

Sorry this post is a bit late! I'm not sure why but Mr Blogger isn't playing nice today!!!

It's Wednesday again & it's time for another fun challenge over at

 Dude Time Doodles!

It's the third Wednesday of the month,which means it's an 

Inspirational Challenge!

The theme is Tag...You're it!

Yep, we'd like you to make a gift tag!

Here's mine!

I used the image 

Rough Night Rodney

He comes with sentiments too!

Rodney has clearly celebrated his birthday in advance!! lol

It;s my Dad's birthday next week & this will be attached to his pressie

which is more than likely to be something with bubbles in! lol

I coloured Rodney with Promarkers then cut him out with an oval nestie.

I matted him onto a scalloped oval which I embossed using the 

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.

The sentiment was done on my pc & I matted it onto some embossed card too.

I added a couple of mosaic gems to finish it off!

Here's the Inspiration photo!

I based my layout on the sketch at 365 Cards

Here's the reverse of my tag!

I used a Sizzix Original Scalloped Tag Die & cut it out twice.

I embossed both sections with the Cuttlebug Swirls 

embossing folder. Then stuck them together.

I added an oval section similar to the one on the front

write on! I finished it off with some Funky Fibres!

Thanks for stopping by to look! 

For more inspiration, stop by the Challenge Blog

to be amazed at what the rest of the 

Dude & Dudettes have created!

Whoa, I almost forgot! 

We have a sponsor this week!

Paper Temptress 

who are offering one lucky winner

a fantastic prize of  a

$20 Gift Certificate!

Whoo Hoo!!!

I'd like to put my tag forward for the following challenges:

That Craft Place Anything But a Square or Rectangle

I Brake For Challenges Anything But A Card

Joanna Sheen Someone Special

Sparkles Men Only

Pan Pastel One For The Boys

Crafting For All Seasons Anything But a Card

Diva's By Design Anything But A Card

Inky Impressions Birthday

Penny's Paper Crafty Anything But A Card

Whimsy Inspiration Die Cuts & Punches

Bearly Mine Embossing

Crafty Sentiments Use A Digi

Everybody Art Challenge Card For A Man

Ribbon Carousel Challenge Use Bright Colours

Craft Your Passion Die Cuts & Punches

Crafty Boots Challenges No Girls Allowed

Incy Wincy Designs Digi's Only

Lexi's Creations Use Your Punches & Dies

Paper Pretties Embossing (Dry Or Wet)

Tammy's Scrapin Corner Anything Goes With A Splash of Green

There She Goes Cards For Dad

365 Cards Day 46 Sketch

Secret Crafter A Man's Card

Crafty Ann's It's A Man Thing

Stempelsonnen Challenge Happy Birthday + Die Cut/Punches

One Day Left!

Evening all!

 Just a quick reminder that there's just one day left to link up your creations for the

April Guest Designer Freebie Challenge!

At Dude Time Doodles

Pop over to the Challenge Blog,

pick up the freebie & create!

Here's a reminder of my card!

Hope to see you there!!!

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

With Love Bunny

Good Afternoon all!

Have you got your bets on???

Thought I'd share this little card with you as I wait for the 

Grand National @ Aintree to start!

This little A6 card was made for a friend!

For the layout, I used the sketch from

Raise The Bar

I also used the challenge at Scrap it with a Song,

Beautiful Day by U2 as my inspiration.

I used a plain pink paper & the DP was

a Freebie from Cuddly Buddly a while back!

I've had it printed off for ages but I've never used it until now!

The stamp is Lili of The Valley & I coloured it up with my new

Flexmarkers & the Limited Edition Spring Promarkers Set.

I like the softness of the colours

Too cute huh?

I cut a lacy strip using my Martha Stewart punch,

Made some posh pins & added a little bead to the sharp ends as 

I'm posting this card in the mail!

I also added a triple bow!

The Sentiment Ticket is from The Crafty Pad Designs

I decorated the inside of the card too!

Thanks so much for dropping by!

I hope you like this little card!

I'd like to enter it in the following challenges:

ATC's & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Animals

Raise The Bar Sketch

Scrap It With A Song Inspired By It's A Beautiful Day U2

Fab 'n' Funky 4 Legged Animals

Little Darlings Challenge Pastels 

Little Red Wagon Pastel Colours

Crafty Sentiments Spring Creations Using Pastel Colours

Everybody Arts Challenge Spring

Going Grey With Scrap Creations Spring