Wedding with Bling

I couldn't resist using a side stepper card again - I think you may have guessed that I'm enjoying these at the moment eh?

This card is for a work colleague who is getting married at the end of July.

Materials used:

Pearlised cardstock - Papermill Shop

Heart Swirl Branch Die - Magnolia DooHickey

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon, gems & pearls - from my stash

Cuttlebug embossing folder - D'vine Swirl

"For You" circular sentiments - Lily of the Valley

Lacey Circles die - Spellbinders

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - ribbons and bows

Crafty Creations - let it shine
Creative Belli - letter "G"
Everybody Art - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - paper piecing
Crazy challenge - weddings

Digi Design House - pearls and lace - WINNER
Hooked On Crafts - anything goes
House Of Gilli - ribbons and bows
Karens Doodles - flower power
Corrosive Challenge - ribbons and bows
Etsy Inspired - weddings
Totally Gorjuss - pearls and swirls
Crafts 4 Eternity - embellishment "R"
Crafty Catz - fancy folds
Prairie Fairy - weddings
Fairy Knoll - sparkle
Totally Papercrafts - die cuts & punches

Anyone for cricket?

This is another Fathers Day card on a double side stepper but this time it's on a sporty theme.  The template for this can be found on my Dads Shed card post.

I've taken the cricket score board and entered relevant numbers - top line: date of birth, middle line: age & surname, bottom line: date of birth of his grandson and son - I wonder if he'll work this out?

My wonderful OH has used his woodwork skills to make the cricket bat - isn't he clever?  The stumps and bails were made from cocktail sticks wrapped with card and then coloured with promarkers.

I've entered this card into the following challenges:

Ai Factory - summer fun
CRAFT Challenge - stitching
Craft Us Crazy - fathers day
Crafty Sentiments - fathers day
Dutch Dare - for the boys
Shelleys Images - masculine
Little Red Wagon - for dad
Sisterhood of Crafters - masculine
Partytime Tuesday - fathers day
The Stamping Boutique - men only
Bows and Berries - masculine
Cupcake Crafts - boy, oh boy, oh boy
Daisy Doodles - fathers day
Hooked On Crafts - anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs - fathers day
Ooh La La Creations - fathers day
Stamp n Doodle - fathers day
Creative Inspirations - fathers day
Dream Valley - fathers day
Sentimental Sundays - fathers day
Sparkles Forum - fathers day
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - fathers day
Crazy 4 Challenges - masculine
Little Claires - masculine
One Stop Craft - fathers day

Lia Stampz - DT Call

There's a DT call over at Lia Stampz where they're going to be starting a brand new challenge soon using her digi designs - why not pop over and have a look?  Sooooooooo I thought I'd give it a go and see how I get on - fingers crossed :-)






To apply you're given a quirky image called kiki and asked to design a card.  I decided to add some feathers (courtesy of the birds who left them in my garden), decoupage the eyes and add some leaves to give the image a bit of depth.  Hope they like it :-)

I've entered this card into the following challenges:

Paper Shelter - punches/dies
Sisterhood of Crafters - masculine
Karens Doodles - stamp/digi
Paper Take Weekly - dads & lads
Partytime Tuesday - fathers day
Stamping Boutique - men only
Bows and Berries - masculine
Cheerful Stamp Pad - things with wings
Cupcake Craft Challenge - boy oh boy oh boy
Daisy Doodles - fathers day
Happileigh Scrappin' - embossing
Incy Wincy Designs - fathrs day
Ooh La La Creations - fathers day
Stamp n Doodle - fathers day
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - embossing
The Outlawz - fathers day
Sketch n Stash - sketch
Card Cupids - animals
Creative Inspirations - fathers day
Dream Valley - fathers day
I Did It Creations - birds
Sentimental Sundays - fathers day
Sparkles Forum - fathers day
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - fathers day
Crafty Emma - inspired by a movie (The Birds)
Crazy 4 Challenges - masculine
Little Claires - masculine
One Stop Craft - fathers day
Stamp,Scrap & Doodle - fathers day

Hedgehog Get Well Wishes

Well the sun is shining, I've finished work for the day and I've just heard that a friend has been admitted to hospital again.  So I thought I would make her a nice cheery card to try and brighten her day :-)

Materials used on this card:

Pearlised card - PaperMill Shop

Window stamp - Art Impressions

Hedgehog stamp - free with craft magazine

Martha Stewart around the page punch

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Promarkers and fine liner (used for the brickwork)

Ribbon (coloured with Promarkers), glitter glue & acetate (for the window panes) from my stash

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Karens Doodles - frame it - 2nd PLACE

Pollycraft - ribbons & flowers

There's Magic in the Air - pick two

Sketch N Stash - sketch

Card Cupids - animals

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz - favourite colour

Crafty Ann's - more than one image

Shelley's Images - anything goes

Crafts and Me - stamp something

My Mum's Craft Shop - punch it

JCB Birthday

I seem to be inundated with mens and boys cards at the moment and I find them sooooooooooooooo difficult as I know a lot of us crafters do.  Fortunately I was told that Harvey loves JCB's and being a 4 year old I had to give the card a bit of interest too, so I've made the bucket arm at the back move up and down by creating a joint using a brad and putting the number 4 on acetate so that it springs.

I've enterd this card into the following challenges:

Aly's Sunday challenge - all about kids
Creative Inspirations - fun folds
Sentimental Sundays - masculine
Crazy 4 Challenges - masculine
Little Claires - cards for men
Secret Crafter - masculine
Frosted Designs - stitching
Fussy and Fancy - male cards
Stamp Man - boys and men
Wags 'n' Whiskers - one for the boys
Charisma Cardz - how old? - TOP 3
Craft Us Crazy - masculine
Do You Stack Up Challenges - birthday
Little Miss Muffet - use numbers
Paper Play - masculine
Some Odd Girl - masculine
Stamp Insanity - masculine
Amber's Crafts - special man
Sisterhood of Crafters - masculine
The Paper Variety - for the guys
Scrap Creations - birthday
Stamping Boutique - men only
Bows and Berries - masculine
Ooh La La Creations - birthday
There's Magic in the Air - masculine
Woodware USA - masculine

A Helping Hand

The image on this card is a digi from the Praerie Fairy and is called "A Helping Hand" which was chosen from their store after being picked as one of their top 3 with my Dad's Shed card.  I thought the image was quite appropriate as we all need a helping hand from time to time, don't we?

Materials used:

White card - PaperMill Shop

Olive card - Core'dinations

Spellbinders Nestabilities - lacey circle

Time Holtz distress ink - shabby shutters

Flowers

Promarkers

Sentiment - Lily of the Valley - dreamy days circular sentiments

Glitter glue, button, ribbon, border strip - stash

I've entered this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments - sparkle
Lily of the Valley - anything goes
Colour throwdown
Divas By Design - florals
My Mums Craft Shop - punch it
Penny's Paper Crafty - best friends
A Spoonful of Sugar - here comes summer
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Craft Room Challenge - anything goes
Everybody Art - distressing
Papertake - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
House of Gilli - buttons
Incy Wincy Designs - tic, tac, toe (flowers, ribbon & tag)
Catch the Bug - anything goes