Creative Inspirations and Cute Card Thursday Challenges

Another creation of mine today which I am entering into 3 challenges, the first one is Creative Inspirations http://cinspirations.blogspot.com/ which was to make anything but a card and also Cute card Thursdays http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ where thay want to see some wheels on your creations and the third is Allsorts http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ where they want to see acetate somewhere on your project.

I have made this baby pram for my friend Tina whose niece has had a baby boy. The pram and box are both made from a template by Hasslecastle http://www.hasslecastle.co.uk/ and is all made from card. The box is made from card and acetate. I have just bought the accessories pack from them and will hopefully make another pram soon when I have more time with some of the accessories that go with the pram. I have typed Tina's message onto card and then cut out with my Sizzix bottle die and tied onto the handle with some blue gingham ribbon. Thanks for looking x

1 card 3 challenges

Here is my latest card which I am going to enter into three challenges this week. I followed the fun sketch at Carols Sketch Fun http://carolssketchfun.blogspot.com/

The papers are from the Daisy and dandelion A5 pad, the image is from Modern Sugar Blvd http://www.modernsugarblvd.blogspot.com/. I have only just found their website, I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and Prisma pencils. The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with my circle and scalloped circle nesties. The flower is a Flora doodle with a Prima flower in the middle finished off with a brad. The tag is punched from my Whale of a punch deckled tag punch and then stuck onto some brown card with a brad added. I am also entering this card into ABC challenge http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/ where the theme is "Two Tone, use only 2 colours on your card" which I have done and also into Pink Elephant challenge http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ where the theme this week is to use your favouite colour combo. Thanks for looking x

Truly Scrumptious challenge entry

Well its lovely to see the sun out again today although its so hot we don't feel like doing anything. I am off to the Newbury craft show on Saturday, which I am really looing forward to. Hope its not too hot that dayas its always a very busy show.

Anyway onto the card I have made today for this weeks Truly Scrumptious challenge http://www.trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/. The theme this week was a sketch which I have followed. The image is from Whiff of Joy http://www.shop.whiffofjoy.com/ called Willow with flower basket . I have coloured her in with Promakers. The backing paper is from Basic Grey 6 x 6 Boxer pad. The flowers are Flora Doodles which I got on my craft day out on Saturday, I have also punched some stamens and used a brad to finish the flowers off nicely. The sentiment is a stamp from Cuddly Buddly http://cuddlybuddly.com/ which I have then cut out with my nesties. The corner on the top right hand side of the card is a cuttlebug die. Thanks for looking x

Ouch Dragon Get Well Card

I hope everyone is having a good weekend, I went out all day to an all day crafting event run my Sonia who teaches jewellery making and cardmaking in Ferndown. We had 4 different tutors showing us how to make 4 different cards, a great day was had by all.

Here is my latest card which I am going to enter into 5 different challenges, I am getting used to combining them now as I have had less time recently to make some cards, in fact I can be quite a challenge to combine them all too.

I have made this card from a lovely sketch over at Stamps and smiles http://sasthefreshbatch.blogspot.com/ I rotated the sketch by 90 degrees. The image is from Dustin Pike http://www.dustinpike.blogspot.com/ he is called Boo Boo Dragon, I think he is soooo cute and he only costs $2.50 as a download image.

I have coloured him in with Meadow Green and Lemon Promarkers which were the required colours to use for Passion for Promarkers challenge this week http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/, I coloured his plasters with pastel beige, I think this is allowed as main image is in the required colours, they wouldn't have looked right in meadow green or lemon. I have cut the image out with an oval nesite and backed this onto a scalloped oval nestie. I have run some scrap pieces of green and lemon coloured card through my cuttlebug swiss dots and distressed embossing folders and printed the sentiment and cut out with circle and scalloped circle nesties, (It was a requirement to use scrap pieces and a digi image) to enter Digital Tuesdays http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ challenge. I am also entering the card into Papertake weekly's challenge http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ which this weeks required element was to use a digi stamp and also into Charisma Cardz http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ The theme this week being any theme, any style. I am now going to enjoy the rest of the weekend with this beautiful weather we are having. Thanks for looking x

Yippee I won some more blog candy and a card I have made for Connor

Yippee I was lucky enough to win some more blog candy during the Simon says stamp blog hop http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ which was really fantastic, some great projects and cards. I won the candy on Iris's blog http://iriswelt.blogspot.com/, thank you Iris. I won a set of Turtle stamps which are really cute, I was really pleased as I couldn't resist ordering the frog set which I can't wait to receive, and I think the two will go well together.

Onto the card above. I have made this card for Connor as it will be his 13th birthday soon. I have followed this weeks Mojo Monday sketch, the image is a Penny Black stamp called 2453K Cool Friends which I have coloured in with my Promarkers. I have embossed the top section of card with the swiss dots Cuttlebug folder and the bottom card with the bubbles Cuttlebug folder. I have cut out the image with my nesties and added number 13 and some silver peel off stars on the square. The other stars on the card are cut from an Impress Die. My local The Range Store in Bournemouth are selling all their Impress items at just £1.99 each even including the dies that were previously £12.99 so a real bargain. The bow is made from blue, white and red tartan ribbon from Hobbycraft.

I am entering the folllowing challenges with this card

1/ Penny Black http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ where the theme was embossing as I have used a Penny Black stamp and dry embossed the card.

2/ One stop craft http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ where the theme was Numbers

as I have a number on the card

3/ Stamptacular Sunday http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ where the theme was red, white and blue and a star too, as I have used the correct colours and there are 7 stars on my card

4/ Mojo Monday http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ as I have followed their sketch for this week.

Thanks for looking x

My first ever Stair Step Card

I was looking the other day at The Next Level blog http://thenextlevelchallenge.blogspot.com/ what a fountain of knowledge can be found there and there was a tutorial for making a Stair Step Card, I had never tried one of these before so thought I would give it a go so here it is, my first ever stair step card. I am entering it into The Next Levels challenge and also into Dare to Digistamps challenge http://dareu2digistamp.blogspot.com/ as their theme this week was to Make a Scene which I have done and I have used all Digistamps and I'm also entering Papertake Weeklys challenge http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ as their theme was to use something that had been downloaded. I am also going to enter it into this weeks Simon says Stamp challenge http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ as the theme was to make a card for a sick child, I hope this card might brighten a sick childs day, will have a good look on the Post pals http://www.postpals.co.uk/ website and pick someone to send it to.

And into Scrappy frogs http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/2009/06/challenge-7-arrrgh.html as I have used the stated download.

The card base has been made as per the tutorial. I then printed off the freebie downloads from the Dustin Pike website http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/, yes these images were all free and its a fantastic blog, thank you Dustin for your generosity with sharing these free images, the DT cards are amazing. I coloured them all in with my Prisma Pencils and stuck the bits on with 3d foam squares and thats all there was to it, although it took me quite some time to colour the images all in. I am really pleased with the result with it being my first. Thanks for looking x

Another post from me today

This is another card I have made today to enter into various challenges. I have followed a lovely sketch by Arianne at Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge blog. The image is a Magnolia stamp called Tilda in the sea which I have coloured in with promarkers and paper pieced her dress. The backing paper is from a 6 x 6 pad of papers I have by Crafts Too. The tags have been punched with my Whale of a punch Deckled tag punch which I have put together with a green Basic Grey brad, and stuck a Happy Birthday peel off too. The backing card is from my craft stash and the green brads in the top left hand corner are also Basic Grey large brads.
I am entering this card into the following challenges
1/ Just Magnolia http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/ where the theme this week was "Summer"
2/ Stampin for the weekend http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/ Iy chose the Song "Time of the season" as Summer is a season and this card is quite summery.
3/ Secret Crafter http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ where the theme this week is Pink and Green as I have used lots of pink and green on this card.
4/ Sunday Sketch and Stamp http://sundaysketchandstamp.blogspot.com/ as I have followed Ariannes beautiful sketch
Thanks for looking x

Weiman Wranglers Card - Please check this download out

I have purchased the Weiman Wranglers download from Pink Cat Studio today , if you have not heard of this download yet, be sure to pop over and take a look here http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Stamps/WeimanWranglers/WeimanWranglers.htm, I have just checked the link and they have now raised $1155.66 in memory of Ethan Weiman who sadly died on 12th June. The download includes 4 images, a cowboy, a cowgirl and a Howdy and You're amazing sentiment and is $6 which paypal connverted today for me for £3.73 so a bargain and its all for a very good cause, there are also chances to win prizes for submitted cards etc, so take a look.

This is the image I used which is called Ethan which I have coloured in with promarkers, I have 3'ded Ethans hat and his horse although you can't see that very well in the photo. I have used star backing paper by Trimcraft and used by cuttlebug border folder and distressed strips A2 folder. I have stuck the Howdy on with foam pads too to raise the wording.

I have followed a sketch by Sketch Saturday challenge blog http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/2009/06/sketch-56-20th-june-sponsored-by-simon.html so I will enter this card into their challenge and over at Our Creative Corner challenge blog http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/2009/06/occ-challenge-stars.html the theme was Stars , as I have stars on the backing paper and stars above the image I will be entering their challenge too.

There is a link to add any cards made with the Weiman Wranglers download on Laurens blog http://laurenm.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/ where you have chance to win a voucher, winner will be chosen on 28th June, you can also submit photos of your cards on the Pink Cat Studio Website. Thanks for looking x

Amended to add Vicki at http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/2009/06/for-ethan.html is also offering $20 vouchers to use at Pink Cat Studio

And Heather http://heathersheavinlystampations.blogspot.com/2009/06/win-20-plus-prize-from-me-pink-cat.html is also offering $20 voucher to use at Pink Cat Studio.

Stamps I have ordered have arrived hooray !!

I am so pleased that some stamps I have recently ordered have arrived today!! I've got three new Lofty stamps by Joanna Sheen www.joannasheen.com and 3 stamps from Whiff of Joys www.whiffofjoy.com new collection. I know what I am going to be doing this evening, putting these lovely stamps onto EZmount so I can get some stamped up to use in some challenges this week.

Malcolms Birthday Card

I hope everyone has had a good weekend, especially as the weather has been so lovely. My hubby bought me a new laptop which arrived on Friday so we have spent most of the weekend transferring all my files and programs over which has taken ages.
I made this card today for our neighbour Malcolm whose Birthday is today. I am entering it infto three challenges this week.
As I have followed this weeks sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches blog http://icsketches.blogspot.com/ which I rotated by 90 degrees so my image would fit on it ok. The image is a digi download called Jim from Digistamp boutique I am entering their challenge.
I am also entering it into Passion for Promarkers challenge http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ as I have used my promarkers to colour the image in, with this weeks stated colours which were Berry Red and Royal Blue. The last challenge I am entering this card into is Cute Card Thursday challenge http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ which was to add a tag somewhere onto your card or project. I have added a tag punched out using my Whale of a Punch deckled tag punch. I have put the backing card through a swiss dots fand distressed stripes Cuttlebug folders to add some texture. I have done the sentiment on my laptop and cut out with my circle nesties. Thanks for looking x