O Christmas Tree

This weeks ABC Christmas challenge is 'O' Christmas Tree.  I have used another of the Christmas Bobbi images on this card along with my new snowflake die and new polka dots embossing folder (love it!).
I will enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge and this months Ready Teddy Go challenge.

Monster Birthday

Needing to distract myself today and so have done a bit of crafting.  I also wanted to cheer myself up and so made this card with lots of bright colours- just what you need when it is raining all day and a bit dark out.  We do need the rain though, so I'm not moaning about it.
I will enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) and Passion for Promarkers (blue plus green) challenge.

What's green a spotty?

Birthday Bobbi, or at least on this card he is!  I have fallen in love with the DigiStamp Boutique character 'Bobbi'.  He is a cutie isn't he?
Having a chill out this afternoon I went to town a bit on this card- distressing the papers and making an easel card for a change.  I will enter the card into this weeks Passion for Promarkers (easel card) and Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenges.

Snow in this heat?

Yes it is quite a challenge to make a snowy Christmas card in this heat, but then again it is refreshing to think of the snow when it has been so hot.  The last two days in Birmingham have been a LOT cooler though.  I wonder what this week will bring....  I'm not sure that the weather forecasters know yet- they keep changing their minds, don't they?
Anyway, I made this card today with the following challenges in mind- Ready Teddy Go (photo inspiration), Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch), I love Promarkers (anything goes), Passion for Promarkers (make a scene round the image) and Digi Sketch Challenge (theme- layers).

Wedding Anniversary

Mum and Dad are going to an anniversary party when they get back from France in August and I thought I would make them a card to take.  Not sure that this one will necessarily be appropriate ;-) but I enjoyed making it.
I will enter this in to this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Anniversary

Ok.  I am still playing catch up- who am I kidding??  It's Mum and Dad's anniversary in a few weeks and so I needed to make a card (it needs to be sent to France). Another DigiStamp Boutique image.  I will enter this into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Book worm

My Mum is certainly a book worm when she isn't busy with other stuff- in the last few months I think she has been doing too much DIY and gardening etc (I think both my parents need to give it a rest for a while, but then they don't listen to me as much as I don't listen to them- lol!).  Anyway, it is Mum's birthday soon and so I thought I would give her an Amazon voucher to buy books for her Kindle.  This image I got from DigiStamp Boutique a while ago (first time I have used it) seems very apt.
I will enter this card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenge.

Well Done

Just when I thought I had a very long list of cards to make already, another occasion comes along which requires a card.  I don't mind this one though as it is for a cousin who has just graduated with a 2.1 from Sheffield in Leeds.  She hasn't had the best of times but has done so well.  I wish her every success in the future too.

I will enter this card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday (fly like a bird), Passion for Promarkers (song- 'Congratulations', by Cliff Richard) and Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenges.  Again I am addicted to DigiStamp Boutique...!

Fizzy thanks

Another thankyou card.  This time using a Fizzy moon stamp that I treated myself to a few weekends ago.  I will enter this into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday and I love Promarkers challenges.

Flower Frenzy

I so want a weekend/week/month just to craft my heart out and relax.  Not going to happen...  I did try and make the most of yesterday afternoon though.  Feel like I am constantly playing catch up at the moment.  I have a list of cards as long as my arm to make.  This weekend the challenge was thankyou cards for birthday presents.  (My birthday was a month ago and so the cards are well over due :-(.)
I love this DigiStamp Boutique set of images and want to get them all out...  in time it will happen.
I will enter this card into this weeks I love Promarkers (anything goes), Pollycraft (anything goes- whoopee Pollycraft has re-opened!  I will used Pollycraft images in future challenges), Passion for Promarkers (at least 5 flowers) and Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenges.

Father's Day

I had to make this card today for next Sunday.  Good chance to use the DigiStamp Boutique image that I bought in April in Australia too.
I will enter this into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday and Hobby Cutz challenges.

Thanks

You can never have too many thankyou cards!  I was inspired by Deb's challenge for January on CMLI (noughts and crosses) to make this card.  I will also enter it into this weeks MAWTT (thankyou), Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) and Willow Sketchie (anything goes) challenges.

Baby Boy

So many 'new' challenges out there this week.  I don't actually know anyone due to have a baby in the near future but thought I would make a card with this cute image that was given to me by Debs- thanks!
I will enter the card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday (something new), Passion for Promarkers (something new), Willow Sketchie (anything goes) and Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) as well as this months Ready Teddy Go (something new) challenges.

Happy Birthday

Another birthday card- this time for my Dad.  I have used a Winston DigiStamp Boutique image again, along with this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch.  I will also enter the card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday (anything goes) and Passion for Promarkers ('happy' birthday) challenges.

Get Well Soon

This is another image I have had for a while and not yet used. This time from Bugaboo. I will enter the card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Winston in Love

I just adore the DigiStamp Boutique Winston images.  Ok, I should have been spending my time making cards that I NEED rather than a valentines one which I will never use, but I just had to colour this image up and make him into a card...

I will enter this into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenge.

Thankyou

A thankyou card using a Pollycraft that I used this weekend for the first time (oops- how long have I had that unused for?? too long!).

I will enter this into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenge.

A 60th Birthday

This is a card I have made for my Aunt who will be 60 in February.  I just have one 65th wedding anniversary, one 30th Birthday and a birthday card for my Dad left to make for while I am away next year...

I will enter this card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) and I love Promarkers (anything goes) challenges.

Distressed Penguin

I decided to use this DigiStamp Boutique image today for the first time.  I have made my own background in part with a bit of distressing and faux tearing.
I will enter the card into this weeks I love Promarkers (anything goes), Passion for Promarkers (distressing), ABC Christmas ('X'- crossed twine), Cute Card Thursday (snowflakes) and Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) challenges.

Christmas Winston

Another Christmas card- this time using Winston the owl from Digistamp Boutique.
I will enter this card into this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday (sketch) and MAWTT (dotty) challenges.