Another Male Card

Good morning and a big welcome to my new follower!  Did you see the flotilla? It was very enjoyable to watch the different crafts sailing down the Thames and what about that rain!! Such a shame but it didn't seem to stop the crowds.

I don't seem to be getting anywhere fast with my card making to many distractions I guess. So for today's card I have another male card I made for Wendy at Digital Delights last week.

This time I have not used an image just the Dad Sentiment and some of the patterned paper from the Just for Men Digital Paper Pack.  I have cut out and matted the sentiment with my Spellbinders Nesties to make it look like a rosette and put all the layers on foam squares for some dimension. Here is another view:

The sentiment and papers are available at Digital Delights and they have a sale at the moment with 70% of retiring products!  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Here Come the Boys - Anything Goes
Jellypark Challenge - For the Man in Your Life

Well thanks for looking today. I am going to try and get some cards done today so it will be a crafty day for me. See you tomorrow, take care xx

It's a Man Thing

Good morning everyone hope you aren't too wet here in the UK! I hope it stops raining this afternoon for the Queen and her flotilla! Well the boys have been and gone it was lovely to see them even if it was briefly.  It was quite funny because one minute the house was so full and the next everyone had gone, including Dave who went up to Carlisle to practice Tai Chi with some master or other and so he was gone all day.  Funnily enough I didn't do any crafting as I felt lonely lol!! I'm hoping today I will get some done as I have a load of DT work to do.

My card today I made the other day, Wendy at Digital Delights had asked if any of the DT wanted to do a couple of extra cards for these great new images she had so I jumped at the chance! I actually made three so I will show one today as I haven't made any others!  They are for Father's Day and my father passed away 11 years ago so it does feel weird making Father's Day cards.

I have used Wendy's Shirt image, Just for Men Digital Paper Pack and Dad Sentiment.  I paper pieced the tie and added a couple of small green brads to the collar buttons.  The sentiment has been cut and matted with Spellbinders. Some scrim and silver Card Candi from my stash finish off my easel card.  So easy and no colouring required. Pop over to Digital Delights and have a look at the moment there is a 70% Sale on retiring products - so grab them while you can!!  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Here Come the Boys - Anything Goes
Jellypark Challenge - For the Man in Your Life

I am dead excited - I am a lottery winner on the Euromillions ...... £6.20 mmmm wonder how I should invest that???  Thanks for looking today and take care xx

Here Come the Boys

Good morning and Happy Friday! Well tomorrow sees the beginning of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the UK. I am looking forward to watching the Queen and the flotilla on Sunday, I would have liked to have gone to London to see it as I think there will be a great atmosphere.  Last night I went out for tea with my aunt and my cousin which was lovely, my aunt is 90 and is still sharp as a razor!!  Tonight my son is coming up with 3 of his pals.  They are staying overnight with us before embarking on the Coast to Coast with their bikes.  I have to go shopping today to make sure there is enough food in - 4 big lads ...yikes!!!!  Anyway I have had a few things going on this last week so I have not been able to finish my card for today so instead I have one that I made a couple of months ago and never posted because I wasn't that keen!

The image is a Whimsy digi and I have coloured it with Prismas but I don't like how I have coloured it.  The papers are Nitwits and I have computer generated the sentiment.  I have used Spellbinders for the image, mat and sentiment.  Marianne dies have been used for the ivy and bird and house.  I have ade the little flowers with punches.  The flowers, ribbons and bling are from my stash.  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Well that is it from me for today - thanks for stopping by.  I am off to get ready I have the hairdressers this morning then I need to get loads of food and staples (beer) in for the locusts  lads  coming!  See you tomorrow and hopefully I will have chance to finish my card today, take care xx

Red White and Blue at Delightful

Good morning bloggers and Happy Thursday! As it is Thursday this sees the start of a brand new challenge over at Delightful Challenges and the theme this week is:

RED  WHITE  AND BLUE!!

This is just so topical at the moment with us in the UK being only hours away from the Diamond Jubilee weekend and the 4th of July is looming on the horizon for our US friends (not to mention Bastille Day for our French cousins I could go on but I have run out of ideas lol)!!  Wendy has some gorgeous red white and blue digital papers over at Digital Delights and you can see them here. So here is my card for today's challenge:

Isn't she just adorable?  She is Riveting Rosie and I have coloured her with my Copics and Prismas.  Wendy's images are a joy to colour they just colour so well however if you don't like colouring or you are in a rush you always have the option to get the image pre-coloured!  Here is the link to Rosie and at the moment of writing this she is 50% off.  I have used a combination of Wendy's Digital Papers on my card. The ones with stars on are from Patriotic Digital Pack available here and the red white and blue stripe and dotted ones are from the Sail Away Pack available here.  I have paper pieced the scarf on Rosie's head. For the sentiment I have used Wendy's Ticket sentiment and just coloured the edge in with a Prisma.  I have cut and matted Rosie with a circle and  Star Circle Nestabilities. I then punched some little yellow stars out using the Star Circle Nestability and glued them on some card candi I had coloured to match.  I then put Glossy Accents on the card candi but I took the picture before it had dried so it looks a bit cloudy but IRL it is nice and shiny!  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Moving Along With the Times - Red White and Blue
My Mum's Craft Shop - Red White and Blue
Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes
Celebrate Craft - Red White and Blue
Love to Create - Add a Sentiment
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Our sponsor this week is:

Joanna has kindly donated a £10 gift voucher for her store to the lucky winner.

If you want some more inspiration please go over to Delightful Challenges and see what the other members of the talented DT have designed - its worth the trip!

Well that is it for me for today.  It is 0448 as I am writing this, its the last time I have two coffees at night!!  See you tomorrow, take care xx

Brace Yourselves for these Pictures!

Good morning! Well it turned out lovely again in Blackpool yesterday after a bit of a tricky start! I think the weather has definitely changed today though! So it will be a crafty day for me after a bit of housework and grocery shopping.

For today's card I have used another of the lovely Pollycraft images I got in the 100 bundle, I don't know how long it will take me to go through these!!

The digi is Celeste Amberglow Cupcake Party and Pollycraft are closing soon so you should pop over and have a look!  The gingham paper is Pink Petticoat and the two patterened papers are from DCWV Glitter Sweet Matstack. I have coloured her with Copics and Prismas and added Glossy Accents to her eyes.  I have used Viva Decor to the cupcake.  I have cut and matted the image with Spellbinders and distressed the edges with Spun Sugar DI.  The sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and that has been cut and matted with Spellbinders.  The corner die is by Dienamics and the ribbon is from my stash. I would like to enter the following challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - Photo Inspirations
Pinspirational Challenge - Photo Inspiration (I have used the cupcake as my inspiration)
Love to Create - Add a Sentiment
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me - Add a Ribbon



Now today is Wednesday and I always used to pop over to Julia's blog and play along with What's on Your Worktop Wednesday but I have been MIA from there for quite a while.  However I try to always pop over to Janet at  Fairy Thoughts blog and see how she is doing as she always plays along with WOYWW.  So Janet this is for you - and don't say I didn't warn you!!!!!!

Now I am so embarrassed!  As you can see this was taken yesterday and I have ran out of room so I ended up making today's card on my Big Shot Pro!  The other side is just covered in cards waiting for boxes.  Twice yesterday I had a die in my hand then put it down and couldn't find it I had to get Dave to find it!  Now I want you to know that the rest of the house does not look like this, in fact my family laugh at me and think I am slightly obsessive about housework.  I just don't know what happens when I get up here.  About once a month when it gets so bad I really can't find anything I will sort it out but it only lasts a couple of days!  If you would like to see more worktops then pop over to Julia's blog.

Well that's it for me and no I am not cleaning up my craft room today that can keep!  See you tomorrow and take care xx

Mrs Tiggywinkle

Good morning everyone and I think we may have said goodbye to our friend the sun!  Just when we were getting used to it oh well hope its not too long before we see him again!!  At least you don't feel too guilty if the weather is naff being stuck in your craft room crafting away.

Yesterday I saw a gorgeous card on Pauline's blog and loved the layout which she had made using a sketch for a challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Well, as you know, I do love making cards following a sketch so I had to have a play.  I also had some Beatrix Potter stamps that I had got at the NEC and never used so I thought it was about time I had a bit of a play with them.

The stamp is by Crafter's Companion and I have coloured her with my Copics and also some Promarkers and Fleximarkers.  Not sure who the papers are by as they were loose but possibly K and Co - they are quite old, antique I think!! I have used a Dienamics Die for the butterflies, the flowers are Woodware and the backing flowers are Magnolia Doohickeys.  I have added some Stickles to the flowers and the pearl brads are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Bearly Mine Challenges - Animal Kingdom
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking today, next time I'll try and have the kettle on!! See you tomorrow, take care xx

For the Man/Boy in Our Lives

Happy Monday everyone!  Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend and those in the UK enjoyed a sunny one!  Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Lexi's Creations and for this challenge we would like to see something for the Man or Boy in your life!  Here is what I have done:

For this card I have used Lexi's Little Devil which you can purchase here at Fairy Dust Crafts.  She has been coloured with Prisma Pencils and loads of  Buttercup and Orange Peel Stickles added to the flames.  For the card I have used a mixture of Black Gloss Card and Black Glitter Card.  I have used a Spellbinders die for the red glitter mat for the image and computer generated sentiment.  The border has been made using my Spellbinders Edgeabilities and red mirri card.

This week we are being sponsored by:

Cropstop.com and the lucky winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to their store.  

So please pop over to Lexis and see what my talented team mates on the DT have made.

That's it for me for today.  Have a great day and I will see you tomorrow, take care xx

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries!

Good morning everyone and I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend! Our BBQ was good although I think I had a bit too much Pimms, Rum Punch and wine because I fell asleep in Eurovision and missed all the scores!  I feel sorry for poor Englebert - second to last oh dear!!

I've just had a peek at the weather forecast and it looks set to stay like this until about Thursday!  It would be so nice if our summer was just like this all the time I think everyone is happier when the sun shines!  I don't really sit out in it but its just nice to wander down the garden and feel the sun on you instead of being covered up with cardigans!!  I still haven't got my summer clothes out yet, I was going to this weekend but the forecast says it will be back down to 14 by later in the week.  Dave says its like living with a weather girl because I'm always babbling on about the weather forecast and I always know the latest one!!  Anyway enough of my waffle here is my card for today:

This cute image is from Pollycraft and I got her in a bundle with 100 for £9.50!  Talk about being spoiled for choice now!! I have followed the sketch at Crafty Sentiments again for the layout.  She has been coloured with Copics and a touch of Prismas.  Glossy Accents to her eyes.  The sentiment is Pollycraft as well and comes in the bundle.  I have distressed around the image with Shabby Shutters DI and then cut and matted with my Spellbinders Nesties. The papers are Raspberry Road and I know its really an apple she is holding but I have decided in my wisdom that it is a giant cherry!!! So I made some cherries with the Card Candy:

I coloured the candy with my Copics and added some fallout from a Spellbinders Tear Drop Circles to look like leaves and twisted a stem from a Wild Orchid flower to look like the cherry stem. Here is a picture of the inside:

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment - Sketch
Wags 'n Whiskers - Summer Fun
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Charisma Cardz - No Flowers (got plenty of cherries lol)

Well that's it from me just off to get another coffee and then pay you all a visit!  Another BBQ today with Max and Emma coming over so I shall imagine there will be lots of squealing from the garden - and not just me!!  Thanks for looking see you tomorrow and take care xx