Challenges 4 Everybody #20 - Anything Goes

Oh yes! I'm back again ..... hope you're not all tired of me yet lol.  

Today begins the start of another fresh challenge at Challenges 4 Everybody and, as always, it's ANYTHING GOES

We are sponsored this next fortnight by the fabulous Bugaboo who are offering our winner a choice of 7 digi stamps!

The image I chose for today's card is Dottie 2 Step and here she is ....

Isn't she fab!  

I made a gatefold card and drew a kind of saloon door shape to the front and cut around.  I then cut 1cm deep strips out of Kraft card and lined them up so that they hang slightly over the one below to give the wooden slat effect.  I then inked to add a look of weathered wood!

The backing papers are from a REALLY old set by Dovecraft but I think they're perfect for this dancing cowgirl :)

I used one of my Kanban stamps for the sentiment then twirled some twine around to make it look like a lasso!

I coloured Dottie with my Copics and, for some reason completely unknown to me, I decided to give her blue hair to match her jeans lol.  I do love colouring 'different' hair colours - you can check my other tones I've tried out HERE and HERE if you like ..... they're definitely a lot of fun to try out!

I hope you like my take on Dottie 2 Step and I'd love for you to pop on over to the Challenge and see what else my DTeamies have come up with and to pop your creations in whilst you're there! 

I would like to enter Dottie into the following:

A Little Bit Crafty - Kraft It

Cute Card Thursday - #268 Something Blue

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs, xx

Challenge #15 at 613 Avenue Create

Hey everyone - it's challenge time again at 613 Avenue Create.

As always, we welcome any project and, should you so wish, we have a fabulous sketch by our very own Kathi to follow!   Our sponsor for this next fortnight is the fantastic Bugaboo, who are kindly offering 7 digis to our winner! 

I thoroughly enjoyed creating my card with this sketch, and of course with the cute little Fancy SB Umbrella. Here's my little take on it ....

The gorgeous papers are the NitWit Collection - Bear Necessities, and you can find them HERE.   I die-cut the Memory Box Madeira Corner twice to create the corner flourish and added flowers from my stash.  The pearls and little buttons on the flags are also from my stash.  

I coloured Fancy SB Umbrella up with my Copics in the following:

Umbrella/Dress:  B000, 00, 12, 24   Hat/Jacket:  E00, 02, 95  Shoes:  E51, 53, 57 

and added liquid pearls to the edge of the scallop die and stickles to add a bit of sparkly rain :)

I'd love for you to pop on over and see the amazing inspiration from my teamies and cannot wait to see what you create for us this time!

I would like to enter into the following:

2 Sisters Challenge Blog #139 - Hats
Crafty Calendar April Challenge - Sunshine & Showers
Digi Haven - Rain/Umbrella
Heck of a Challenge - Just add water
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - April Showers and/or Spring Flowers

Thank you for visiting my little space today and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Hugs,

Easter Kids

Hey all - I'm back again!  Just had a load of fun hunting for eggs with George - I think we found them all ...... or maybe we'll come across the odd stray one in a few months' time lol.  That pesky rabbit finds every nook and cranny to hide them in ;)

Hope you're having a fabulous day so far and, to top it off, we have a new challenge at Challenges 4 Everybody and, as always, it's Anything Goes!  Our sponsor for this next fortnight is the fabulous Bugaboo and here's my creation using their fantastic digi Easter Kids.

*Warning* - You may need your sunnies on for this post as it's a tad bright!

Hee hee! Well, I said it was bright!! How fabulous is this image! I had so much fun colouring it up and playing about with Word to merge my sentiment.  I practically used all of the colours of the rainbow ...... and why not, I say?

Usually, I choose my backing papers and then colour up to match - this time I coloured first (as I couldn't wait) and then fished around for papers to match.  I was chuffed to bits when I came across my old DCWV paper stack - how lucky was that!  I've had them for years and had completely forgotten about them .... until now! I made the banner at the top by cutting along the harlequin design paper and attaching with 3d foam and popped a little pearl in the centre of each 'flag'.

Here's a little close up - not sure if you can tell or not but I added Snowtex to a few of the little one's outfits to kinda give it a cuddly, fleecy effect - not overly confident it worked, but I'm sure you get where I'm coming from :)  

As if the card needed brightening up anymore, I decided to use every colour under the sun with my flowers too hee hee!  I added my gorgeous flat backed pearls and beautiful glittery bow - all from my stash - and voila!  An egg filled, flowery feast!

Anyway, I'm gonna hop off now for a little while but would love for you to hop on over to place your entries into the challenge - we would love to see what you create this time!

I would like to enter this super duper bright card into the following:

4 Crafty Chicks - Easter
ABC Challenges - Easter Cards
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Easter Egg-stravaganza
Crafty Creations Challenges - Easter
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Easter
Creative Corner Challenges - Anything Goes
Di's Digi Designs - Flower Frenzy
Inky Impressions - Easter or Spring
One Stop Craft Challenge - Easter
Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge - Think Spring
The Squirrel and the Fox - Easter or Passover
Twisted Tuesdays Challenge - Banners and Pearls

Thank you so much for stopping by today and hope you all have a fun-filled rest of the weekend!
Hugs, 

Flowers in the Avenue

Good Morning to you all and a very Happy Easter to each and every one of you!  Whichever way you celebrate this day, I hope it's as wonderful as can be .......  I have to say, the most first and foremost thing on my little boy's mind when he wakes will be his adventurous egg hunt :)  He has been beside himself with excitement and even left a carrot out for the Easter Bunny!! So, it seems, carrots are not only good for us humans and that there Rudolph .... they are also very good for Easter Bunny too lol.

On to my first post of today now .....

We have a brand new challenge over at 613 Avenue Create and the theme this week is

Anything Goes with the optional twist of Flowers 

Our fabulous sponsors for this week are Bugaboo Stamps and Meljens Designs

My card this week features the beautiful If Friends were Flowers from Bugaboo.

I decided, for a change, to do a stepper card this week.  The fabulous papers are the gorgeous Maja Design Vintage Spring collection from Live and Love Crafts and, if you're quick, there's a fab Easter sale on until Monday midnight GMT.

I coloured these beautiful flowers with Copics and wanted to make them as vibrant as I possibly could - seeing as we are definitely lacking in the flower department in chilly old England at the mo!  I used my woodware self adhesive lace as a bottom edging.

For the left hand section of the card I made up a little miniature bouquet with some cellophane wrap, twine and shabby seam binding.

I hope you like my little card today and I'd love for you to pop on over and take a look at the awesome creations of my teamies on the Avenue .... and, of course, to post your gorgeous makes whilst you're there :)  

I would like to enter my card into the following:

Brown Sugar Challenge - Flowers

Creative Corner Challenges - Anything Goes

Di's Digi Designs - Flower Frenzy

Little Claire's Designs - Cards with Folds

I'll be back shortly with my second post of the day ..... going on an egg hunt with my boy now :)

Thanks for popping by and big hugs,

DT Debut with Fancy SB Flowers

Happy Sunday lovely peeps!  Today I have some super exciting news to share with you all, which, by choice, I have been sitting on for the last two weeks awaiting my Debut Day!  I have been invited by the lovely Amelia of Challenges4Everybody to join her DT - my first EVER one guys so, firstly, I would like to thank Amelia and the lovely team for giving me such a warm welcome to the group :)

Our challenge for this next fortnight is sponsored by the fabulous Bugaboo, who are offering a prize of
7 Digi Stamps to our 1st place winner!

The challenge, as always, is everyone's favourite ........... ANYTHING GOES

I have used the adorably sweet Fancy SB Flowers and here she is ....

Isn't she the cutest little thing?
I coloured this little poppet up with Copics - had a job getting a colour match to the papers, but I got there - kind of! :)  Her hat, pinny and shoes:  B93, B95, B97, BG93, BG96  Flower Pot:  E33, E51, E53  
I also paper pieced her little dress.
I used the beautiful Pion Design papers from Live & Love Crafts, as well as their cute little sewing spools. I threaded twine through the banner and then twisted around the spools.  The sentiment letters are computer generated, then distressed and inked.

Flowers are a mixture from LLC, WOC and The Hobby House.  The heart pins and metal ribbon slider are also from The Hobby House - the ribbon slider I coloured up with Copics.

I added folded ribbon behind the image, a strip of lace, a butterfly, a splash of glitter and flat backed glitter gems and Voila!...... all done and ready for my fantastic Mum for Mother's Day.

I hope you like my little creation today and I look forward to seeing everyone's fabulous designs on the challenge page.

I would like to enter into the following:
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes - Optional Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon, Digi, Free Space (Glitter)
Allsorts Challenge - For a Lady
Crafts 4 Eternity - Tic Tac Toe (Lace, Twine, Layers)
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Mother's Day or Birthday
No Matter Which Challenges - Anything Goes
Sincerely Yours Creations - Mother's Day
Southern Girls Challenge - Waving in the Breeze
Stampin' for the Weekend - Lace
Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge - Girl Time

Thanks so much for popping by and your comments are so very welcome and appreciated :) xx

Drive Guy

Hi all, hope you're all keeping well and happy!  Today I am sharing a quick post with you all to show a card I made for a friend's son who passed his driving test - I always feel it's a huge milestone as it is the perfect ticket for that extra bit of freedom.  No more relying on public transport, friends or family ...... and the option to go where you want, when you want!  I remember passing my test (a whole 25 years ago ...... yikes).  It's such an amazing feeling and one which deserves celebrating :)

For my card I used a digi image from Bugaboo Stamps called Guy - car

I coloured this fab image up with copics and matted him on to my Maja Design papers.

I distressed the edges of the papers and added card candi around the sides.  

I added a little bit of fun by making up road signs on my computer to personalise the card for John :)

The 'L' and 'P' plates are also both coloured with copics.

I apologise for my super quick post today, but hope you all like my fun little take on this card :)

I would like to enter into the following:

Allsorts Challenge - Week 191 - Masculine

Cards for Men - Ch 2 - Transport

Here Come The Boys - Ch 44 -Bingo (I used Patterned Paper, Distressing, Image)

Joanna Sheen - 3-2-1 

Lady Anne's Challenges - Sentiment - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for those who stop by - it means so much!  Big hugs,

Red Wine Party

Hi everyone and a Happy New Year to each and every one of you! Hope you all had the best Christmas and here's looking forward to a bright and exciting 2013 along with (hopefully) more regular posts from Yours Truly :) 

I have no excuses as to not being on here over the festive period apart from the fact that I just totally chilled with my lovely family. Yesterday was my first day back at work number crunching and little one's first day back at school today so, sadly, normality resumes ...... I did get an extra special prezzie from 'The Big Man' at xmas though ..... a whole 144 copic ciao markers! Oh my gosh, I was beside myself and did massive happy dances :D ..... Whoop! Whoop!

Today I'm sharing a card I was commissioned to make by a friend of mine for a fun loving lady's 50th who happens to enjoy a glass of red wine .... or four ;)  Whilst scouring for a digi stamp I came across this fab image from Bugaboo Stamps ....

I used my sparkly new copics to colour this up .... yep, I know, practice needed but I'm having fun doing so :) I was a tad scared to colour such a large space in red (the card is 8" x 8") and I could have added more of a deeper shading but I'm fairly pleased with my first take on it :) Hmmmm .... I think, actually, that Julie may be a little inconsiderate .... why couldn't she have preferred white wine instead??!! Ha ha! ;)  I used 3D crystal laquer to give the glassy effect and added Julie's year of birth using good ole fashioned peel offs lol. For the corners I used my lovely Memory Box die and added liquid pearls to add a bit of depth.

The fab quote comes with the digi .... I just changed the font to match the birthday greeting.  My little floral arrangement consists of the gorgeous roses/buds from WOC and the pretty gold and white stamens from Live & Love Crafts.  

My first post for 2013 .... hope you like :)

I would like to enter into the following challenges - two of which are brand new, so huge congrats and best wishes to the Inky Chicks and Creative Creations on the start of their new ventures :)

Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Creative Creations Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Divas by Design Challenge 66 - Anything Goes
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge 34 - Party Time

Thanks so much for popping by, big hugs to all ...

 xx