Sunshine and Smiles

I couldn't resist this very cute free digi image from the Pink Gem Designs blog - her name is Phoebe and I thought she was perfect to use for the latest Gem of a Challenge.

Card Recipe

Image - Phoebe from Pink Gem Designs

Sentiment - Pink Gem Designs

Paper - Craft Creations

Pink and brown card

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - 'anything but square'

Fun at Fairy Knoll - 'happy' 

Just to Say .....

Here's another card made with one of the very cute Bella images from DigiStamp Boutique - I love these little characters!

Card Recipe

Image - Bella and Flowers by DigiStamp Boutique

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Ribbon - Meiflowers

Pink card

Peel off greeting

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Totally PaperCrafts - 'cuddly and cute'

Totally Gorjuss - 'spring is sprung'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'for a special lady' (it's a get well card for a very good friend)

Digistamp Boutique - March customer creations 

Oh Baubles!

This is probably my favourite stamp of the Christmas releases from Little Claire Designs last year - I love the idea behind the stamp plus it's a nice easy one to colour!

Card Recipe

Image - 'Deck the Horns' stamp from Little Claire Designs

Paper - Craft Creations

Peel off greeting - Little Claire Designs

Red and green card

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - 'oh baubles!'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'a square card'
Secret Crafter - 'Christmas in Spring'

Less is More Sketch Challenge

I'm having some problems getting my photo to show up in my post but it must be there somewhere because it appears when I click on the little dot which shows where it should be!  So I've decided to post and see whether it reappears tomorrow - fingers crossed!  This is my card for the Less is More sketch challenge - I've used paper from Dovecraft and a circular sentiment stamp from Pink Gem Designs stamped with purple metallic ink.  I used the same ink to edge the circle and the purple card which is underneath my patterned paper.

Birthday Amy

I discovered another digi-stamping site this week while I was looking at the gorgeous cards made by Katina and Vicky - the company is called Crafty Sentiments and they've just launched a new range of digis featuring Amy.  The one I've used on my card is available free on the Crafty Sentiments blog.

Card Recipe

Image - Amy by Crafty Sentiments

Papers - Pink Petticoat

Pink gem stones

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Pink Cardstock

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiment Designs - a card using the freebie image

Charisma Cardz - birthday card for a teen

Crafts and Me Challenges - 'anything goes'

Papertake Weekly - 'girlie'

Peartree Designs - 'happy birthday'

ABC Christmas Challenge - F is for Freebie!

The theme on the current ABC Christmas Challenge is 'F is for Freebie' which in this case is the digi image I've used to make my card.  There's also a sketch to follow.  I really like this cute little stamp - he's very easy to colour.

Card Recipe

Image - Stamp Fairy (available here)

Papers - DCWV

Red card

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Cupcake Tree

Last card for today!  This one was made using the 'Cupcake Tree' set from Little Claire Designs - the little row of cupcakes is from the same set.  I've just used pink and brown card to put the card together - the base has a scalloped oval on it although you can only see part of it and I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder on this and the pink panel on the top of the card.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Wild Orchid Challenge - 'dieing to punch it out'

Charisma Cardz - 'to die for'

Sarah Hurley Challenges - 'embossing'

Alphabet Challenge - 'T is for trees'

Stamp Something - 'stamp something sweet'

Craft Us Crazy - 'cupcakes'

Let's Ink It Up - 'die cuts/punches'

Paper Sundaes - 'embossing' 



Three Waistcoats

I'm really enjoying the challenges on the Less is More blog and when I saw that this week's theme is 'masculine', I immediately thought of this stamp.  It's made by a firm called Inkwell Stamps and it's one that I've had for years and used on many occasions.  I've coloured it with Promarkers and used some brown paper, black dots and a peel off greeting to finish it off.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

Less is More - 'masculine'

Papertake Weekly - 'triple tastic'

One Stitch at a Time - 'something for the boy's

Fun at Fairy Knoll - Birthday Challenge

I made this card today for a birthday this coming week - I wanted something 'non-cute' so I went for this stamp which I think is a Visible Image one.  I've had it for a long time but I think it was one of theirs!  The sentiment stamp is from Little Claire Designs and I've just added some pink and black card to frame it.

I'd like to enter this card in the 'birthday or thank-you' challenge currently running at Fun at Fairy Knoll.

Little Claire Designs Challenge 3 - Pink and Green

Our third challenge at the Little Claire Design blog has lanched today - you can see all the details, cards from the DT and the winners from the last challenge here.  Take a look at the photo above to see the prize for this challenge - the theme is 'pink and green'.

I Love Promarkers - Challenge 57

The theme on I Love Promarkers this week is 'cards for men' - this is the card I made for my Dad for his birthday which was today.  I used a digi image from Pollycraft Designs called 'Cuthbert and Car' and papers from the Dovecraft 'Back to Basics 2' pack.

Card Recipe

Digi stamp - Pollycraft Designs

Paper - Dovecraft

Circular greeting - Craftwork Cards

Black paper and peel off greeting

Christmas Mimi Tag Card

Another Christmas card - still keeping to my resolution to make them throughout the year!  This one is a tag card - I die cut the base using a tag die in my Cuttlebug and then die cut the paper to match.  The stamp is one of my favourites from last Christmas - part of the Christmas Mimi set from Penny Black.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Christmas Mimi by Penny Black

Paper - DCWV

Red ribbon and gold paper (scalloped circle)

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - 'tag it with a shape' (my scalloped base card)

Anything Goes - 'die cuts' (my base card and the image and scalloped circle)

Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - 'go for gold' (thank you for your lovely comment on my blog and for pointing me in the direction of your challenges!)

Friendship

I finally got round to using some of my new Crafty Individuals stamps today - this image is from a sheet of different images of children with some beautiful sentiments/sayings and I thought it was perfect for a vintage card I wanted to make for a swap.  The paper is from a new set I bought at G-Mex in January from Do-Crafts - 'V&A - Hanoverian' and I added some lace and little self adhesive pearls.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Image and Sentiment - Crafty Individuals

Paper - V&A Hanoverian Collection by Do-Crafts

Flowers - Prima

Lace and self adhesive pearls

I'd like to enter this card in two challenges:

Sketch and Stash - I've followed their sketch as the card layout

A Spoonful of Sugar - 'vintage'

Pearls and Lace

This is one of latest purchases from Lili of the Valley - the design is called 'Mirror Mirror' and I just thought it looked so cute and girlie!  I've used pink and green cardstock to match the background paper which is from a Pink Petticoat pad.

Card Recipe

Stamp - 'Mirror Mirror' from Lili of the Valley

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Paper - Pink Petticoat

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Lace, pearl gems, pink card and green card

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley - 'say it with flowers'

Let's Ink it Up - 'embossing'

Totally Gorjuss - 'pearls and lace'

Bunny Zoe - 'lots of pearls'

Butterflies

This is my card for the current challenge on the Less is More challenge blog which is 'one layer - off the edge', certainly not as easy as you might think!  It's probably the first time I've ever stamped direct on to a card blank - I always put at least one two layers on my cards, one of which would be a piece of card with my stamped image on it!  My card was made using one of the images from 'The Flourishes Pack' by Inkadinkado - it's the same image stamped three times.  I didn't add a sentiment because I was concered it wouldn't be 'balanced' - I don't do 'random'!

I'd also like to enter the card in two other challenges:

Paper Sundaes - 'keep it simple'

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'clean and simple'