There's no place like home

As usual this is a card I started to make at the weekend but ran out of time.  I will enter this into this months DigiStamp Boutique competition and the last ever Digi Doodle Shops Best challenge.

Congrats

Another card- this time for post viva.  I'm sure my friend will ace it and so will be celebrating Thursday evening 4 years HARD work. I will enter this into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) and Digi Doodle Shops Best (handmade flowers) challenges.

Cute Christmas

I made this card with the following challenges in mind- Willow Sketchie (1 charm, 2 papers, 3 gems), Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch), CCAYR (kids Christmas), DigiStamp Boutique (monthly customer competition), I love Promarkers (spot and stripes) and Digi Doodle Shops Best (ribbon and bows).

Not a card

This weeks ABC Christmas challenge is 'n is for not a card'. I have made two gift tags using this super freebie from Digistamp Boutique.  The image was printed multiple times, coloured with PMs and then spray with gold glitter varnish before decoupaging up.  The base card for the tags is actually the card board box Mum's birthday present came in.

I will also enter these into this months CCAYR (Christmas flowers/foliage) and this weeks I love Promarkers (sparkle), Willow Sketchie (Christmas in July) and DigiDoodle Shops Best (anything goes) challenges.

Giraffes

I printed this image ages ago and keep wanting to make a cad with it, but not deciding how best to do it- baby or love/anniversary??  Opted for baby in the end since I was sorting through my stash and starting admiring these papers with the ducks on.  I thought instead of just having them sat there in a packet being admired that they really should have an outing- lol!

I will enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch), Waste not Wednesday (both papers and image have been in my stash unused for a long time!), and Digi Doodle Shops Best (anything goes) challenges.

Fly a Kite

This is another digi that I bought from Pollycraft before the shop shut and not used yet.  I love the Cuthbert and Kiki range.  Sorry the photo is so bad- the colours are not that muted in reality.  The light must have been worse than I thought when I took the photo :-(

I will enter the card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday (sketch) and Digi doodle Shops Best (summer) challenges and this months Ready Teddy Go (up, up and away) challenge.

Softball

Ok, can a girl ever make too many cards?  NO!

Another Olympic inspired card.  This time I have taken the colours from the London 2012 logo- turquoise and orange- have you noticed that version of the logo?  I always think it looks quite striking.  The image is from Stampfairy. I think it is actually a baseball image, but since baseball is not an Olympic sport but softball is, I'll say it is a softball image for now ;-)  Not that I really know what softball is!

I will enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) and Digidoodle Shops Best (sports) challenges.

Catching Butterflies

I got this digi image from Digidoodle shop last week and really wanted to get it coloured.  I love fun images.  I will enter the card into this weeks Digidoodle shops best (sketch), Passion for Promarkers (at least 3 layers) and Willow Sketchie (favourite colour combo- green and purple) challenges.

Message in a bottle

This months CMLI challenge is 'celebrate a new beginning and open a bottle'.  I got this great ship digi image from Digidoodle Shop yesterday with my prize from last week and decided to put it straight into use by making a ship in a bottle card.  I will also enter the card into this weeks Di's Digidownloads (male), Digidoodle Shops Best (male) and Cute Card Thursday (water) challenges.

BBQ anyone?

I've had this Chester image from Pollycraft for a while now and have not used it yet.  It's just the right time of year for BBQs now though (or would be if it stops raining in the Uk).  I was thinking of giving this card to Dad for Father's Day.  Not sure yet- might use a different one...

Anyway I will enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch), Willow Sketchie (animals), Di's digidownloads (male) and Digidoodle shops best (male) challenges.

Diamond Julibee!

Did everyone have a nice weekend?  Such a pity that the weather has been so horrid after the lovely sun we had the week before.  Thought I'd get a little festive and have made a card.  The papers are from the Pink Petticoat Jubilee freebie- well worth checking out if you haven't already!

I will enter the card into this weeks Digi Doodle Shops Best (bunting), I love Promarkers (digi) and MAWTT (cool Britannia) challenges and the Tales of Pollycraft Linky party.

Spring sunshine

Spring sunshine is certainly something we have not had much of this year.  It was sunny here today, but cold. I hope this sunny card makes up for it...

I will enter the card into this weeks CES (shaped card), Digi Doodle Shops Best (anything goes), Di's Digi Downloads (spring) and Willow Sketchie (sketch) challenges and this months DigiStamp Boutique's customer competition.

April Showers

Well in the Uk we have certainly had a lot of April showers this year, haven't we?!  I think there are more due this week too.  This is a Pollycraft image that I bought yesterday after having admired it for ages on the DT cards.

I will enter the card into this weeks Digi Doodle Shops Best (April showers), Willow Sketchie (3 brads), Cute Card Thursday (metallic- brads) and CES (button it) challenges.

Beary wedding

Mum has recently commissioned a number of cards from me and so I thought I'd better make a start on actually making them!  This is a wedding card for their French neighbours who are getting married in August this year.  For some reason I really like using white on white for wedding cards, but here I have added a touch of silver too.  I have kept the design fairly minimalist and created the background by stamping and distressing in silver ink.  Both the flourish die and sparkle stamp are new purchases from the NEC craft show the other Saturday.  I will enter the card into this weeks Digi Doodle Shops Best challenge (something new).

For Maisy the Rabbit

My friend is getting a new rabbit next Saturday and I thought I'd make her a card to say 'hello'.  I will enter the card into the following challenges this week: Pollycraft Monday (spring has sprung), Cute Card Thursday (sketch), I love Promarkers (ribbons and bows), Willow Sketchie challenge (ribbon or twine), Di's Digi Downloads (pastel colours) and Digi Doodle Shops Best (animals).

 

Fluffy Wabbit

I just got the idea for this card into my head last night and so had to set to making it today.  I used this image only once or twice last year but wanted to get it out again this Easter- I think it is so cool!  I have paper pieced the furry part and coloured the rest of the image with PMs.  I even got some quilling papers out for the first time in years and made some quilled 'eggs'.

I will enter the card into this weeks I love Promarkers (sketch), Passion for Promakers (pastel colours), Digi Doodle shops Best (pink and green), Lothian Crafts (two main colours), Pollycraft Monday (Spirng has sprung) and Cute Card Thursday (Spring) challenges.

I owl you

Last week I made the top 3 on the Pollycraft challenge and so I got to choose a free image!  I had seen the new Celeste Amberglow range and had fallen in love with this Owl image when it was released and so I knew straight away what I wanted as my prize.  Thanks to Paula for offering a prize to all of the top 3.

I bought some papers from Pink Petticoat in the week and wanted to use them today too.  On this card I have mixed two papers from the Perfect papers (printed on cream paper rather than white) range with the pebble plain paper from the big dots range.

The flowers are handmade in one of my favourite (maybe because it it easy and quick) designs.  I have added faux stitching, buttons and a bow.  I'm quite pleased with the result, just wish my photography was a bit better!  Can't have everything though!

I will enter the card into this weeks Pollycraft (ribbons and buttons), Willow Sketchie (anything goes), Digi Doodle Shops Best (sketch) and CES (blues and creams) challenges.

Happy Hedgehog

Does this little Hedgehog look so happy?  Another really cute image from Digistamp Boutique which I have fallen in love with.  This is quite a small card, but perfect for just saying 'hello' and I need some of those cards in my stash- they always come in handy.  

I have followed the sketch from this weeks Willow Sketchie Challenge and will also enter the card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday (flower power) and Digi Doodle Shops Best (anything goes) challenges.

C is for Charming

This fortnights ABC Christmas challenge is 'C is for Charming'.  I nearly missed the challenge, being away, but have had some crafty time today and made this card.  I used some new papers I bought from Hobbycraft after Christmas in the sale and am quite pleased with them.  The image is one I received ages ago but not yet used and I have coloured it with water colours and cosmic shimmer paints for a change.  The card follows this weeks CMLI sketchie challenge set by GDT Debs with the theme of movies ('The Snowman'!).  I will also enter the card into this weeks Digi Doodle Shops Best challenge (anything goes).

Monkey Love

Back to crafting after a couple of weeks away and I hadn't made a valentines card this year (not that I have anyone to give it to, but I like to make one anyway) and so I decided better late than never but to make one today.  (Really I just wanted to use this image which I had printed out as I love the Chester range from Pollycraft.)  Anyway, I have used the sketch from this weeks CMLI sketchie challenge set by GDT Debs.  The theme was movies and I may have cheated a bit with this- making a card and then finding a movie to fit rather than making the card inspired by a movie.  Anyway, it so happens there is a movie called Monkey Love and so it fits the card.

I will also enter the card into this weeks Pollycraft Monday challenge (red, pink and cream) and Digi doodle shops best (anything goes) challenge.