Father's Day or Special Man/Boy

Well better late than never with my card for this weeks challenge over at Sweet Stampin!!

The challenge this week is "Father's Day or Special Man or Boy"....so really quite open for your interpretation...

We are sponsored this week by...

..who are giving a $10 voucher to one lucky winner.

and we also have the wonderful Marianne Designs sponsoring us too...

I have made this card for my wee nephew to give to his daddy(my brother) on Father's Day. I have used papers from MME - Hattie which I layered onto bazzill card and I then doodled around the edges.  The stamp is Worried from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with....wait for it my new spectrum noirs.....which I am enjoying but still getting used to, and then I did some shading with polychromos cos I don't have the spectrum noir pencils yet...lol!!  I added a wee stamped message and a couple of buttons...hope you likey!!


challenges:
Crafty Catz - anything goes
Polkadoodles - men on our minds
Simply Create Too - Father's Day/Male
Charisma Cardz - Father's Day
Delightful Challenges - it's a guy thing
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Allsorts - one for the guys

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A little bit manly...

 

Good morning Sunday bloggers...where has the sun gone??  It was roasty toasty yesterday but looks like we are back to the normal dull weather today.

So my mum asked me to make her a card for a friend who is going to be 70, she wanted something with a cowboy theme as he was cowboy daft when he was younger.  I told her the only image I had was a half naked man wearing a cowboy hat....and she said that would be perfect....lol!!

So I have used papers from Carta Bella Giddy Up Boy, the image is from Victoria Case which I coloured with copics.  I added some twine and attached a cowboy hat charm and punch out a star and added the numbers to it...oh and some doodles!!

supplies:

papers - Carta Bella Giddy Up Boy

image - Victoria Case

pens - copics

twine - The Ribbon Girl

charm - stash

challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity - one for the boys

Totally Papercrafts - dies/punches

Simply Create Too - masculine

Copic Markers Europe - boys aloud

Paper Crafting Journey - masculine

Simon Says Stamp - masculine

Bearly Mine - dies/punches

Creative Card Crew - punches/dies

papertake Weekly - anything goes

ABC Challenge - masculine 

Creative Craft Challenge - for the fellas

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A wee springtime bunny...

 

Happy Sunday folks...bet you thought I had gone missing??  I have had a busy week with work last week and had to prepare a presentation, go through 4 stages of an interview not to get the job!!  At least I still have my old one...

Although it has been snowing this week I felt it was to for a spring time card.  I bought this stamp at the SECC...isn't it cute!!

Now I am not quite sure how the green thing happened but it has...I have used papers from MME - Meadow which I layered onto bazzill card and stitched and distressed each of the layers.  The stamp is from LOTv which I coloured with copics.  I added a ribbon and a few little bud type things which I coloured green to match the card...oh and some pearls.

supplies:

papers - MME Meadow

pearls - The Hobby House

ribbon - stash

buds - stash

stamp - LOTV

pens - copics

challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - spring/easter

The Ribbon Girl - green

Simply Create Too - easter/bunnies

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Moving Along with the Times- spring is in the air

Simon Says Stamp - sketch

Celebrate the Occasion  - spring

Creative Card Crew - ribbon

Deep Ocean challenges - cute & cuddly

Ladybug - spring

Squigglefly - spring

My Mum's Craft Shop - spring has sprung

...and before bed...

Well this will be short and sweet....thought I would share this wee card that I have been busy most of afternoon making...might need to retake the photo in daylight.

The papers are from MME - Bluebell, I layered them onto bazzill card and then distressed the edges, I also added stitching to each of the layers. I added a small piece of hessian and some lace.  The flowers have been cut with various MFT dies, the flourish is a doo hickey one.  The stamp is from Whimsy which I coloured with copics and added some shading with polychromos....to finish I added ice white pearl pen dots. There was supposed to be a charm on there too but i forgot about it!!

Watch out for some news this week too!!

Bunny Zoe - distressing

Delightful Challenges - distressing

Whimsy - anything goes

Crafty Cardmakers - stitching and lace

Simply Create Too - anything goes

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Underwater Adventures...

Good morning folks....hopefully this is me getting back to normal. The school shopping is complete, the extra hours at is complete and Holly is much better now and on the mend and looking forward to going back to school.

I have been so desperate to make a start on the latest Sugar Nellie stamps so last night I finally managed a bit of time to colour and make this card. The papers have been in my stash forever but I though they were a perfect match, they are from Imaginsce - Splash collection. Te stamp is of course from Sugar Nellie - Aqua Marina which I coloured with copics. I added some blue lace and twine and attached a little turtle charm which was lying in my stash too. The sentiment is from CC Design - Beach Logos...there's a few in the set that matches the mermaids perfectly....added some pearls and lots of glitter to finish.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Bunny Zoe - summer
Truly, Madly, Crafty - summer
One Stitch at a time - anything goes
The Ribbon Girl - bingo (charm, lace, twine)
Simply Create Too - anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. - add a charm
Copic marker Europe - summer
Moving Along with the Times - summer
Totally Gorjuss - lacey lacey
Papertake Weekly - spots & stripes (some spots mixed with the stripes)
The Cutie Pie challenge - spots & Stripes


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CMC GDT card

Hi folks....it's been a couple of weeks since I have posted but as some of you know my time has been taken up with Holly, my daughter, who was assaulted a couple of weeks ago. She is on the mend now and I am just keeping an eye on her.

I was really excited when Tina emailed and asked if I would like to be a Guest Designer for CMC Copic Challenge...I love my copics and I do try to enter their challene when I can. The them is backgrounds, so let's see what you can do....

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants, the stamp is from Marianne Design which has been coloured with copics, I did some colouring of the clouds with copics too and added some glitter, the message is from CC Design...which I thought was perfect.

Papertake Weekly - sketch
Simply Create Too - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons - spots & dots
DYSU - polka dots
Bearly Mine - anything goes


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Christmas in July

Welcome sundae bloggers and hopefully another glorious day...well it just now being Friday as it's another scheduled one. Only one more weekend to work and then I'm on holiday....yay!!

The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes...if you've not already guessed it..."Christmas in July".

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Simon Says Stamp...



who are giving one lucky winner a $15 gift certificate.

For my card I have used papers from Fancy Pants - Hot Chocolate collection...(had to buy them Elaine, they were tempting me for too long)....they are so yummy although I have only used a couple for this card. The stamp is Penelope from CC Designs and she has been coloured with copics. Pop over and see what the other girls have created...wow!!

Rainbow ladys - stitching
DYSU - stitching
Crafty Sentiments - stitching
Fairy Knoll - christmas in July

CES - Christmas in July
Simply Create - Christmas time
Stamp something - Christmas in July
2 Sisters - Christmas in July
Creative Inspirations - no flowers
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Creative Inspirations - Christmas in July

Craft Us Crazy - Christmas in July
The Crafty Pad - Christmas in July

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Paper Sundaes DT card

Hi my Sundae bloggers and my scheduled post. Hopefully my head is not too bad after my school reunion party last night but I will tell you about that later.

The challenge this week over at Paper Sundaes is to make an easel card or a twisted easel card. I just stuck to the non twisted variety as twisted looks a bit complicated!!

Our sponsor this week is...


who are offering one lucky winner a $15 certificate to spend in their store.

Now you will see the top photo is the front of the card and the photo below is the open version. I have used First Edition - Up, Up & Away papers which you can buy here from Simon Says Stamp...they are so pretty. The image is Bumble Bee from sugar Nellie which has been coloured with Distress Ink's and again Simon Says Stamp carries a whole collection of DI's which can buy here. I punched the flowers with my MFT die-namics die and Simon stocks a huge amount of die-namics. I finished with a message and a ribbon on the inside....hope you like.


I have entered the challenges below.

Totally Papercrafts - die cuts/punches
Crafty Catz - fancy folds
CLP - sketch
Delightful Sketches - anything goes
Pollycraft - flowers and ribbon
Stamp Something - something with pretty papers
Facebook - more than one fold
Polka Doodles - wings
Simply Create - wings


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well what can I say...

I have been doodling away at this image since last week and this is actually my 4th attempt at colouring her hair....it's not too good. I did try to follow Debbi's tutorial but I was kind of rubbish so more practice needed!! By the time I finished the colouring, I couldn't really be bothered so for me a plainish card although I did find the following challenges to enter.

Cupcake Craft challenge - pink polka dots
Simply Create - monochromatic
Craft your passion - anything goes
Stamping Vacation - monochromatic pink
stamping bazaar - monochromatic


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Fabulous Darling....

A quickie before bed....another of my new stamps that I bought at the SECC. The papers are MME Stella Rose. The image is one of the new Simply Sassy stamps from Sugar Nellie which I coloured with copics. The flowers I cut with mt new My Favourite Things die...still haven't found the other one...added some pearls to the centres.

Friday Sketchers - sketch
Lexi's Creations - flowers
Simply Create - flowers
Alphabet Challenge - ribbon


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Just a sprinkling of Star Dust....

Hi all...I haven't had much time this week to make much as I have been working extra as Lynn is still off sick but she is coming back to work on Monday...woo hoo!! This one of the new sugar Nellie stamps I bought at the SECC yesterday...isn't she fab?? I coloured her with copics and did some shading with pencils. The papers are new and they are MME - Stella Rose and they are fab....my favourite colours, blues, greens and browns and with other colours added in too. I made the rolled flower myself as my rolled flower die seems to have vanished...grrr!! I added the little happy birthday message and finished with a touch of glitter on the star dust...hope you like.

Sketch Saturday - sketch
Lexi's Creations - flowers
Simply Create - flowers
Stamps R Us - for the girls
Craft your Passion - girly


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