Thursday, 26 July 2012

Dog Hot Days of Summer.....

Good morning bloggers and as today is Thursday that can only mean on thing - a new challenge at Delightful Challenges. The theme this week is:

THE DOG HOT DAYS OF SUMMER

I just went and put the Hot Dog days of summer and couldn't figure out what was quite wrong!!  This is not a phrase we tend to use here in the UK - more like The Raining Cats and Dogs Days of Summer but hey we can get into the spirit of this we can use our imagination can't we??  When I think of summer I always think of strawberries - mmmmm yummy, they are always at their peak for my birthday in the first week of July.  With that in mind I made my card for the DT and here it is:


I have used the super cute Strawberry Delight by Wendy and teamed her up with Strawberry Balloons these are both available at Digital Delights.  She has been coloured with Copics and Prismas and then cut and matted with Spellbinders Nestabilities.  The sentiment is also by Wendy and that has been cut and matted with Nesties.  The papers are a mixture of K and Co and DCWV both really old stacks!  The butterfly and corner dies are MFT and the border is made with an EK Success punch.  The ribbon, charm and gem are all from my stash.  We are sponsored this week by:


Joanna Sheen is kindly giving the winner a £10 Store Voucher.  So get your thinking caps on and enter the challenge - you don't need to use a Digital Delights image to enter but we love to see them and your entry can then be entered twice!  For more inspiration please pop over to Delightful Challenges and see what the talented Design Team have come up with - some great inspiration there.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Birthday
My Mum's Craft Shop - Birthday Girls
Whimsy - Summer Fun
Crafty Sentiments - Food Challenge


I'd like to know what is going on with Blogger and all these blasted ads that are everywhere - they are now all over the comment box!  Is anyone else fed up with them or is it just me?  Well that's it for me for today looks like another dull one here in Blackpool! Have a great day wherever you are, thanks for looking and take care xx

34 comments:

~Tammy~ said...

This is incredibly cute! I instantly fell in love with this gem! All things I love....strawberries, pink, and red! So so darling!

Sonia said...

Just gorgeous Suzie:) Beautiful stramberry card:)
The image is very sweet:)
Big hug,
Sonia

Caroline said...

Morning Susan.... Love your card I love strawberries too. The image is coloured beautifully and the layout is gorgeous. Weather dull, dark and miserable here too. Hugs Caroline xxx

Claire said...

Really sweet card Suzie. Love the pink and red combo. Hugs, Claire x

sandy's crafty bits said...

oh my what a little cutie love that little girlie and love the strawberry papers well done ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

Chrissy said...

Yes, I get these silly adds all over the place to Susan, so annoying..and pop ups...grr...

Gorgeous card, love the cute little image with her beautiful shiney hair, so pretty..

Luv CHRISSYxx

Sue said...

gorgeous card Susan, I love the cute image and pretty colours and layout

Hugs Sue

Lorraine said...

She's a cutie and the backing papers are fab too.
Love your card and love strawberries!!!
Lorraine x

Craftychris said...

Such a yummy scrummy card! I love the pink and red and those papers are fab! I had an ad pop up yesterday with Blogger - I hope its not the start of much annoyance! I am sure you will get the sun soon. xx

Sue said...

Love your card Susan,the colours and image are fabulous.Love the charm.
Hugs Sue xx

nnalorac said...

Gorgeous card Suzie, yummy colours, image and love your strawberry balloons. Carolxx

Doreen said...

This is gorgeous Susan....love the image and fab colouring.xxx

Eileen said...

Gorgeous colours here Susan. Really cute image and great design and layout. She looks good enough to eat, well her balloons do :)
Eileen x

julie_woolston said...

Aww Susan she's so cute the papers and colour choice is gorgeous and the strawberries are delish.

Hugs Julie x

Kelly said...

Beautiful card Susan! Love the strawberry balloons. Thanks for joining us at Whimsy Stamps, hugs, Kelly xxx

Mary J said...

Such perfect papers and love the hair colouring Suzie!

Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...

Gorgeous card hun, fab layout & papers! hugs shell xx

Sonia said...

I'm here again sweety:)Congrats for your win:)All the pins are fantastic:)
Big hug,
Sonia

Lisa said...

Oh wow, I just LOVE this card, wonderful job!!

Wendy Hall said...

This is too cute Susan:)
Hugs
Wendy

Unknown said...

Oh yes, strawberries are so much part of the summer! I remember when I was much much younger I used to pick them to earn a bit of money (and eat them in between of course ;-) Your card is delightful! So pretty!! Hugs, Ira x
irascreacorner.blogspot.com

coops said...

so gorgeous suzie.scrummy strawberries paper and the image is really sweet :D

xx coops xx

May said...

hmmmm Strawberries... Gorgeous card.. love the papers and cute image..lovely!! Thank you Susan for your lovely kind comments.. Hugs May x x x x

Glenda Atkins said...

Fantastic colouring Susan, the image is so adorable and I love your charm and ribbon. Wonderful card!
hugs
glenda

Larelyn said...

Such a sweet card. I love all the embellishments, the charm is just perfect. And the colors-just perfect!
Hugs,
Larelyn

Dawny P said...

Love your sweet card - the colours are gorgeous and that image is so sweet :) Thank you for joining us this week over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, hugs, Dawny xxx

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Gorgeous card Susan love the colour's and image is fabulous
Hugs Dianne xx :)

Sue B said...

Aww this is SO scrummy Susan! she's a real sweetie! Love the gorgeous papers and embellies… and the ribbon and strawberry charm.. it's one really cute card!
Big Hugs
Sue xx

Sandy said...

Cute as can be Suzie!
Sandy

Anonymous said...

Very yummy Susan, love the strawberry theme!
Helen x

Unknown said...

Gorgeous card, love the Design!

Thanks for sharing with us this week at Whimsy Stamps Challenge, good luck!

Jo xxx

Joey said...

Fantastic card Susan, great image and love the papers! thanks for joining us at MMCS. Joey x

Lisa Jane said...

Oh how cute is this .. and i love the pretty colours
Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week for our food challenge
Lisa x

Andrea said...

wow excellent a strawberry feast for the eyes your colouring is ace isn't she a sweety and again co-ordinates all beautifully ...fab... x