Get Well Soon

Good Morning all! 

Monday comes around far too quickly these days!

Unless, of course, you're waiting for the new challenge at

Eureka Stamps to begin! This week, the theme is

#167 Anything Goes!

Here's my DT inspiration card

 The image I have used is Sick Puppy, Digi 2002(492)

He's just too cute & just perfect for get well cards!

I didn't do much to the image, I coloured his little ice pack with a 

black pencil & added a couple of little bits of shading,

 which sadly,  don't really show in my photos!

The card base is A6 size white CS, to which I added a mat of black paper

The image & get well sentiment were printed on to white & I've 

added two bits of black ribbon, which were rescued from a  friends top ages ago.

I die cut the Hugs in black & white & layered to give some

dimension. Inside, I've simply added a plain paer insert!

A little side view for you!

Thanks for popping in today, I hope you like my little card!

I'd like to enter this card in a few little challenges:

Brown Sugar – No Patterned Paper   

Crafting-With-Friends -  Always Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack -  Anything Goes]

Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Ribbon

Southern Girls -Twine Tape or Ribbon

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes

Clear It Out- White + 1 Color Stash: your choice (must be mostly white) 

What's New Pussycat?

Good Morning all, where did the weekend go?

I can't believe it's Monday already!

It's time for the new challenge over at Eureka Stamps!

The theme this time is

#160 Anything goes!

It just doesn't get any easier than that does it?

We're also having a Design Team call, check out the details here.

It's open to all levels of crafters & you don't need any previous DT experience!

So, on to my card!

I've used the super cute image Digi 409 - Checkerboard Cat 

to make my Black & White Card. 

I had the old Tom Jones song What's New Pussycat going around 

in my head the whole time I was making his card!

I shaded the image slightly with a grey promarker to give it a little depth.

I added a tiny little heart button from my stash, over the little heart on the image

The spotty paper is from Papermania.

The lace is from my sash & the faux buttons were done with an embosslit!

The image & sentiment were cut out with Spellbinders dies

I distresses the edges of the paper, image & sentiment panel with a pair of serrated scissors

I kept this card fairly flat for posting but I feel I managed to give 

the impression of depth with the matting & layering.

Thanks for stopping by today, I do hope we'll see you in the challenge,

remember you don't have to use a Eureka Stamp to enter, but there is

a little incentive if you do! 

Don't forget about the DT call too!

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

Come & Get It - Clear It Out (use a stash item)

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish - Square or Rectangular Cards

Crafty Friends Challenge - Pick A Tune

Sweet Stampin' - Use A Non- White Base

Kitty Bee Designs - Buttons

QKR Stampede - Cats Or Dogs

Scrapy Land Challenges - Use dies & Add An Image

New Home

Good Morning all!

It's almost the weekend, do you have plans?

There are a few things going on around here, so not sure quite 

how things will pan out!

Here's the card I have to share with you today!

A friend has just moved in to a new home.

He's back to the single life, so I thought this fun image was apt!

It's from a Kanban diecut topper & sentiment set, called 

So Macho- Funny Business.

it's been around in my stash for a while, just waiting for the right moment!

In fact everything on this card has been in my stash for quite a while!

I used an A6 silver grey card base & embossed with a chevron folder.

The dotty tape is from papermania,

I used silver peel off's for the sentiment to tie in with the silver foiling

around the image. I also added a little silver key charm.

I kept this card flat so it could easily be posted.

That's about it really. 

I know a lot of people find making cards for men quite daunting

 but I find if you keep things fairly simple & add a smile, it seems to do the trick. 

Thanks so much for popping intoday!

Have a great weekend!

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

The Paper Shelter - Charming (use a charm)

City Crafter Challenge - Feeling Flat (flat cards)

Clear It Out - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Shopping Our Stash - Mirror Mirror

Unstampabelles - Boys Will Be Boys

More Like The Movies

Good Morning All, 

The weekend is almost  upon us, thank goodness!

It's been a busy week & I've been very tired!

I have yet another Anniversary card to share with you today!

This one is for my brother & sister in law.

I used the small sepia toned image from one of the La Pashe 

Wrinklies At The Movies, decoupage sheets.

(When I was making this card, I had a song going through my head,

it was a tune by Dr Hook, back in the day, More Like The Movies.

I loved that song then & I still do now!)

I wanted to keep the card flat so I could easily pop it in the post.

The card base is A6 Kraft CS. I added a slightly offset plain black mat,

 then a panel of white embossed CS which was offset the other way.

The flimstrip was cut using a spellbinders die & I added some clear 

transparency fim to the cut out sections.

The little ticket sentiment was in my folder of images & sentiments

which have been printed off for a while. I layered up the bits from the

 cut out sections of the fim strip die & added it to the top.

You cant quite see it but I've a added a black panel to the inside of the 

card, with a white heart to write on. I've also added two

little black die cut hearts to decorate.

I hope you like my card, more to the point I hope the anniversary couple do!

Thanks for stopping by.

I'd like to add ths card to the following challenges:

Crafting For All Seasons - You're Having A Laugh

Crafty Cardmaker - No Patterned Paper

Get Creative Challege - No Printed Papers

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Ticket

Come & Get It - Blck & White With One Other Colour

Lelli-Bot Black & White

Good morning all!

Here's a little card I made using the Pure Elegance Lelli-Bot kit

The quality of these kits is amazing & you can create beautiful cards

in the wink of an eye!

I used a 6"x6" plain white base

The topper & the papers are part of the kit

I added a  strip of sheer ribbon which I topped with some sequins & a bow.

I little black mesh butterfly finished off the card.

The sentiment was from a Tonic tape runner

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my card!

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

Lelli-Bot Challenge - Anything Goes

CraftDeeBowZ - Anything Goes With A Handmade Bow

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Black & White

Yay! I won the very first Lelli Bot Challenge!