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