Donna has a Jubilee Sale

Donna of Bearlymine Designs is having a Diamond Jubilee Sale so its worth popping across to her website http://bmd-creations.blogspot.co.uk/ to see what you can treat yourself to, the papers are gorgeous.

Bearlymine Designs Challenge #37 - "A Card with a Animal On"

Good Morning Everyone, now this post is going to be scheduled so I do hope it appears on time, if not I will try and post it remotely, as at the moment Im in Cornwall enjoying a few days with my friends from Guernsey and their dear little boy, whos just reached a year old, will tell you all about it when I get back.
Todays Challenge for Bearlymine is our 37th and for this one we want to see a "Animal" on your card, I know that there are lots of images out there so it shouldnt be a problem for you. And for this Challenge we are being sponsered by:-

Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi Sets of Winners own Choice

And for my card I decided to use a Saturated Canary Image.

And I printed her onto white card and used my copic pens to colour her, then she was cut out by rotatrim and mounted onto a piece of blue card also cut with my rotatrim. The sentiment is one from my stash and was treated in the same way as the image.

The base card is a 6"x 6" white card and for my first mount Ive used a piece of blue card, and the papers are from Donna's Bearlymine "Spring Flight" digi paper set and you will find them here, for the first layer I have used a blue background with daisies on and for my second is a pink one thats been cut in a strip and on one edge Ive a Martha Steward border punch, on top is a yellow strip with white daisies on.

The mounted image was then positioned in the centre, the sentiment is at the bottom on the right hand side, to finish of I have used some of the Cherry Blossoms in two colours and pink angel tears with pearl sprays, these were stuck to the card with silicone glue and punched out fern leaves in the bottom left hand corner. And the final flourish is three pink pearls down the top right hand side.

Now that youve seen this card I do hope that you will go and visit The Bearlymine Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the Design Team have created for this weeks "Card with a Animal On" Challenge, hopefully it will inspire you also to take part in it.

This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

A Card for Saturated Canary "Bookmark" Challenge

Good Afternoon Everyone, I hope your enjoying your weekend so far, Im a bit annoyed I washed a door curtain this morning, and went into the garden to take it down, but before I did that I decided to remove the wind chimes as they were making one hell of a racket, and you can guess what happened the wind blew my beautiful clean curtain around it, and of course it left huge green marks all over it, so into the wash its gone again. Just hope we dont get any more blibs in the power as weve already had one today, its so annoying as I was in the course of downloading my photos onto my computer when it went of, we had two yesterday afternoon.
Anyway thats enough of that chatter, this card today or I should say bookmark is for the Saturated Canary Challenge this week, this little cutie was the free download that I got from them and Ive printed it onto white card then used my copics to colour her, it was then cut out with one of the Go-Kreate Tag dies, and I decided it looked a bit bland and decided to stick some lace around the edge before sticking it to a mount, to finish of Ive stuck a ribbon to the top and a little rose in the centre between the tabs. Its a simple design as I didnt want to make it to thick so you would be unable to use as a bookmark.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://fatpageswithattitude.blogspot.co.uk/
http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.co.uk/

The Paper Shelters 65th Challenge - "Bling it On"

Good Morning All, only a few more days and we will be of to Looe in Cornwall for a few days and meeting up with friends from Guernsey, Im so looking forward to it as Ive not seem my little friend "Nicolas" (my friends little boy) for almost nine months and as hes a year old tomorrow its going to exciting to see how well hes grown and probably almost walking. Anyway thats enough chatter from me, this weeks Challenge over at The Paper Shelters Blogspot is "Bling it On" and Im sure if your anything like me you have lots of bling in your stash so girls get it all out and start making your cards.
As always our very generous sponsers are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of $20.

to spend on their website, thats providing you have used one of the gorgeous products on your card, but even if you havent they will still give your three images of your own choice. The are always updating their website with lots of new images and papers also accessories so you will really enjoy visiting The Paper Shelter Website to browse and no doubt spending your money, by the way they really are extremely good value.
Now back to this weeks Challenge, and this is my card.

I have used this gorgeous "Aerialist" for my card and you will find her here, Ive printed her onto white card and used my copic pens to colour her, then used a oval Nestabilitie Die to cut her out. I then used the Floral Oval for the mount out of pale lilac pearlescent card. The sentiment is one from my stash and has been stamped and mounted in the same way as the image.
The papers I have used are from the "Sweet Gardener" and you will find them here, the first paper is a green background with William Morris type flowers on, for my second layer I have used some hologram card and cut a square and used my Martha Stewart border and corner punch on it. Then across the middle I have wrapped a organza and wide satin ribbon across the middle which was attached to the back of the first mount.
I then used two gem swirls that have been stuck to the bottom left and top right hand of the card, and the last flourish I have used a large rose and stuck to the card with some punched out leaves in the top left hand corner.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you will go and visit The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of my very talented Design Team have created for you, and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "Bling it On" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Guest Designer for Party Time Tuesdays

About a month ago we were invited to do a guest spot for Party Time Tuesday Challenge Blogspot by Danie, and several of both teams decided to give it a go, the Challenge is "Vintage/Shabby Chic" theme and I decided to take part with my fellow Team Leader Marie.
And here is my card.

I decided to use this gorgeous "Spring Breeze" image for my card and you will find that here, Ive printed her onto white card then used my copic pens to colour her, afterwards I used a square Nestabilitie Die to cut her out, for the mount I used the Leaf Square and used pink card for this.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card and for my papers I have used "Victorian Beauty" and you will find them here.  The first paper is a very pretty pink patterned background which I have distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz tool and then on top I have used a green one and I have torn the edges on both sides to create a strip which was then placed down the middle. I then used some vintage lace across the center and vintage ribbon along the top both these were stuck to the back of the first mount,
I then positioned my mounted image in the centre with the sentiment at the bottom on the right. To finish of I have tied a bow with some of the vintage ribbon and stuck to the left of the image and tucked a couple of hat pins behind it, and the last little flourish is the pink pearls down the right hand side.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope you go and visit Party Time Tuesday Challenge Blogspot and see what the rest of the team have created for you, and hopefully it will inspire you to take part in this "Vintage/Shabby Chic" Challenge.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-

Cards for Men Challenge #11 - "Congratulations" and DT Call

Good Morning All, I hope youve had a good weekend, I have, Ive been in charge of taking the dog for a walk while hubby has been volunteering, hes does work with the local restoration Steam Railway and he does love it so I suppose I ought accept it, though at times it does rather take over our weekends.
Anyway back to this fortnights challenge over on Cards for Men and for this one we are being sponsered by Meljens, and we want to see the word "Congratulations" on your card somewhere.

And they are offering a prize of 4 digi images of your own choice, and here is what Melissa says about her company.

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at  http://www.meljensdesigns.com/ and browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

And we were lucky enough to be given several images to play with and I decided as I have two friends who are expecting this year I would throw caution to the wind and make a new baby boy card just in case one of them did have a boy.

And of course its Mr.Stork delivering his little buddle, Ive printed him onto white card then used my copic pens to colour him, afterwards I cut him out with my rotatrim, the mount was done in the same way. The sentiment was created on my computer and printed and mounted in the same way as my image.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of blue card and Ive used just one paper from one of my New Baby paper Pads. The pram diecut is one of the Marieanne dies and has been placed in the bottom left hand corner, afterwards I mounted my image towards the right with the sentiment below.
Now that youve seen my card I do hope that you will go and visit the Cards for Men Blogspot and see what the rest of the very talented Design Team have created for your inspiration and hopefully you also will want to create a "Congratulations" card for a special occassion.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://chalk-ah-lot.blogspot.co.uk/
http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.co.uk/
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/

A Card for Sugary Sunday and Sugar Bowl Challenges

Good Evening Everyone, I know Im late but its been a busy day, we always go swimming twice a week and today was one of those days, I really need the exercise so I have to put my mind into trying to more lengths each time I go, but it doesnt always happen but I did manage to do 22 today so at least it made a difference after only managing 14 on Tuesday. Todays card has been created for this fortnights Sugar Bowl Challenge and the Sugary Sunday on on Facebook that is a colour one and here the colours theyve chosen for this week.

A bit of a difficult choice to play with, but I think Ive covered them all, there is a bit of the light blue in her wings if you look a bit closer you can see it. Ive used "Rosie" from Funky Kits and stamped her onto white card before using my copic pens to colour her, the Nestabilitie Die No.1 is what I used to cut her out and a larger one for the mount. The sentiment is yet another from my stash and has also been mounted on a piece of pink card.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first mount of pink card, the papers I have used are the Authentique "Uncommon" Im sure there must be another name for it but this is the one I found on the front. Anyway the first paper is a cream/beige background with roses on in black, pink and red, then on top is a dark grey script paper thats been placed across the first mount then on top is a patterned paper in circles thats been stuck down the card. I then positioned my mounted image in the middle with the sentiment at the bottom on the left hand side.
I have also used one of the Die-namics swirl die to cut out in pink card this has been stuck down the right handside, then I used some of the left over script paper with the Royal Rose rolled die from Die-namics cut it out then rolled it up and placed it at the top of the swirl. To finish of I have used 6  black pearls in two sizes down the left and right hand sides.
This Card is to be entered in the following Challenges:-
http://atsblog.typepad.com/wednesdayschallenge/
http://www.sugarbowlblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/
http://trulyscrumptiouschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.co.uk/
http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/
http://myheartpiecesdigitalstampchallenge.blogspot.in/