Boys will be boys!

This is a card I have made to enter a few challenges this week.

I have followed the sketch over at Inspirational card sketches this week. The image is a Karens Doodles Digistamp which I have coloured in with Promarkers.
The designer paper is from a 6 x 6 paper pad from Forever Friends range called Just for him. I have matted and layered onto blue card and then black card.

The football has been cut using my Quickutz football die and the word Goal has been cut with a Quickutz alphabet. I have stuck the image and the left hand panel on with 3d foam tape to raise them off the base card. I thought this was a nice little card for a footie made little boy.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges
Karens Doodles Scandinavia Boys will be boys
Inspirational card sketches Sketch
Papertake Weekly In the garden
Creative Inpsirations Lets get physical
CRAFT Babies/children
Donna's den of crafts Its a mans world
Stamp something Something digital

Thanks for looking, have a great weekend everyone x

Graduation card for my nephew Dominic - Well done Dom

My nephew Dominic graduates from Southampton Uni on 21st July, Congratulations Dom !!!
Here is the card I have made him, I hope he likes it.
I have made a circle easel card, I cut the circles out with my nesties, the image is a rubber stamp fom the Hoot range at Joanna Sheen which I have coloured in with Promarkers. I have computer generated the sentiment and cut out with my nesties and stuck on the base with a foam pad. I have also added some faux stitching on the base and around the image with the thin end of a Marvey Le Plume pen. The DP on the base is from a 6 x 6 pad from the Forever Friends range called Just for him.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges
Donna's den of craft Its a mans world
Passion for Promarkers Animals
For fun Technique for colouring stamps - Promarkers
Crafty Anns Shaped Easel cards
Lexis creations Real or faux stitching
Creative Card Crew To die for

Thanks for looking

I've had a lucky week - I'm a Doodle Diva & I came 2nd in a challenge

Well I have had a lucky week, I was chosen to be week 2's Doodle Diva at Doodle Diva blog here and I also came 2nd in Karens Doodles USA challenge winning 2 of Karens fantastic digi images.
I am really thrilled as I love Karens Images and its been a real confidence boost.
I hope everyone is having a great week, thanks for looking x

A Criss Cross card

I thought I would have a go at making a Criss cross card today, this was the Just Magnolia special monthly challenge. Its too late to enter their challenge but I wanted to have a go at one anyway.
I have used papers from my Piece of Cake 6 x 6 paper pad from Dovecraft and brown paper and card.
I don't know why but I am suddenly liking these two colours together and I have made quite a few cards using the same colours and papers in the last week.
The image is a Magnolia stamp coloured in with Promarkers. I have stuck onto oval and scalloped oval with 3d foam pads to raise off the card. The brown spotty ribbon was from a reel I bought at WS Designs at the Newbury craft show.
The punch I have used is a Martha Stewart punch called Layered Arches. The flowers have been made with my Marianne Design flower dies with pearls stuck in the middle and the swirls are from a Marianne Design die too.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Paper Sundaes Lots of layers
The pink elephant Pocket cards
Just Magnolia Recipe
Totally Papercrafts Swirls and pearls

Thanks for looking x

Christmas in July

Here is my entry for Karens Doodles USA challenge this week, their theme being Christmas in July.
The only Karens Doodles winter/christmas image I have is this one so will need to get some more in time to make my christmas cards.
I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and stuck to some gold paper before sticking onto base card.
The designer paper is from an 8 x 8 contempory christmas paper pad from Dovecraft. I have used gold fine line peel offs to edge the green card and used a Martha Stewart Artic snowflake punch to create the gold snowflakes stuck on the green card.
The sentiment has been computer generated and cut out with my circle nesties.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Karens Doodles Christmas in July
Ooh la la Creations Christmas in July
Fussy and fancy Christmas in July
Simple Doodles Holiday fun
Bee Crafty 3D
Magical Crafts Christmas in July
Pollycraft Bold and bright

Thanks for looking x

Love - First anniversary card for Jane and Andy

Here is a card I made for my friend Rachel's friends Jane and Andy for their 1st wedding anniversary. I made them a bookatrix card for their wedding last year in gold, cream and Burgundy and Rachel wanted me to stay with the same colours for their first anniversary so this is what I came up with.
First of all I printed the message in gold on my computer and added the burgundy ribbon doen the left hand side, then made a double bow and stuck that on top of the ribbon.
I have used a lovely wedding digistamp from Karens Doodles that I was lucky enough to win a few weeks back and have coloured a little bit of the image in with Promarkers. I then cut the image out with a circle nestie and then cut a scalloped circle for it to go on and stuck gold hexagon peel offs around the edge. I cut a scalloped heart out with a nestie and then punched the interlinked hearts out of the burgundy heart with my X-cut punch and stuck some gold card behind to make the hearts appear gold.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Karens Doodles Scandinavia Love
Allsorts July Love

Thanks for looking x

Keep it clean and simple

Over at Karens Doodles UK challenge their theme is Keep it clean and simple, I found this one quite difficult, anywhere here is my entry.

I have followed the sketch over at Papertake Weekly. The image is a Karens Doodles digi stamp coloured in with Promarkers. The papers are from a Pink Petticoat download. The green piece of card has been embossed with a swirl Cuttlebug folder before being added to the card.

I have only added 3 gems and a piece of ribbon to keep it as simple as possible although I would have loved to embellish it with loads of flowers!

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Karens Doodles UK Keep it clean and simple
Polka Doodles Summer theme
Kaboodle Doodles Celebrate summer
Rosie D's Summer birthdays
Creative Craft Summer Lovin
Delightful Sketches Summertime colours
Papertake Weekly Sketch

Thanks for looking x

Another Donkey card

I couldn't resist using this fantastic free donkey digi image from Karens Doodles again. Its so cute.
I have followed the lovely sketch over at Karens Doodles Netherlands blog this week
The papers I have used are all from a 6 x 6 Dovecraft Piece of cake 6 x 6 paper pack. I have done faux stitching with a brown Marvey Le Plumepen with the thin end around the pink paper.
The image has been coloured with my Promarkers. The brown spotty ribbon is from a reel I bought at WS Designs at the Newbury craft show last weekend. I have made the flowers with my new Marianne Design dies and added pink gems in the middle of them.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Karens Doodles Netherlands Sketch

Thanks for looking x

Donkey card for Michelle

Last night I managed to make a card for Michelle, I am sure many of you have already read about her terrible news but if not I found out Here
I wanted to make her a card to wish her a speedy recovery and lovely Karen (My favourite digistamp artist) at Karens Doodles is offering this gorgeous donkey digi for free to help with the card drive for Michelle as she is mad on donkeys.

I used a base pink card. I followed the sketch over at Friday Sketchers this week. The paper is from Dovecraft 6 x 6 piece of cake paper pad. I have run the pink card through two of my Cuttlebug embossing folders, coloured the image in with Promarkers, cut out the computer generated sentiment with my oval nesties, added some ribbon and a bow made in the same ribbon to the card. I have added the image and sentiment onto card with 3d foam tape.

Apart from sending this card off to Michelle pronto, I thought I would enter it into a couple of challenges to spread the word.
A spoonful of sugar Michelles card drive
Friday Sketchers Sketch
Stamp Something Recipe - One DP, One ribbon and one image.
Dare u 2 digistamp The great outdoors

Thanks for looking and if anyone gets a chance to make a card for Michelle I am sure it will help her make a speedy recovery knowing that so many crafters are thinking of her at such an awful time. x

A Triangular Easel card

Amended to add new photo taken in daylight

As you can probably tell I have spent the day in my craft room making a few cards. Here is another one, an unusual shaped easel card which was the challenge over at Crafty Anns this week and she has even put templates on the blog to use.
I used the template to create the base triangular easel card which is in a lovely pearlescent brown and then added a light pink pearlescent layer and then a cream layer both edged with gold peel offs as I thought the colours reminded me of neapolitan ice cream yummy yummy! The image is a Karens Doodles digistamp which I have coloured in with Promarkers. and then cut around and stuck onto card with 3d foam tape.
The sentiment is computer generated and then cut out using my circle and scalloped circle nesties and then stuck over the ribbon with 3d foam tape. I have added a little bow in the same ribbon at the peak of the card. I have also added 3 pink gems on the points of the triangle.

I am entering this card into the following challenges
Crafty Anns Shaped easel card
Dare u to digistamp The great outdoors
Craftalicious Cute
Pile it on My favourite things - I love all of my nesties but particularly my circle nesties and I'm also lovin easel cards at the moment too!
OSAAT Lace, ribbons and bows
Pink Elephant Recipe
Karens Doodles USA Bling it up
Creative Inspirations On the move - my card moves
Fab n Funky Get in shape
CRAFT Cakes and ice
cream
Just inspirational Recipe
Bee Crafty 3D
ABC Y is for you and me
Party Time Tuesdays Outside in

Thanks for looking x