Little Star

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Stampin with the Dragon - Sketch
Stamptacular Sunday - Patterns Galore
DYSU - For a Friend
Magnolia Mania - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Sweet Tilda

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Midweek Magnolias - Inspiration
Lovely HAngler or Sweet Magnolia - Doilies
Sketch Saturday - 218
Love to Create - Add aTag

One Fine Day

I'm entering my card today in the following challenges:

Totally Papercraft - Orange/Yellow
Love to Create - Spots n Dots
Friday Sketch Challenge - 22
Just Magnolia - In the Country
Tildas Town - Name your Technique - Stamping and Masking

Thank you for looking.

CD Sunday - Mainly Men

At CD Sunday this week we have another challenge for you. This time the theme is Mainly Men, so a chance to tackle one of those cards we always seem to struggle with for Sons, Brothers, Husbands, Uncles  and Granddads to name but a few!

I've used this lovely image and backing paper from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia Collection CD featuring paintings by Kevin Walsh. If you haven't seen this CD there are some really lovely images on here for all occasions, including Christmas, that have a lovely feel of times gone by.

Please take a look at what my fellow teamies have come up with and then join us with your creations this week. I look forward to visiting your blogs.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen - Animal Crackers
Fab n Funky - No stamped images

Baby Boy

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

Magnolia Mania - Prince/Princess
Magnolia-licious - Suzan's Inspiration
Critter Sketch - 125
Cute Card Thursday - So distressing

Shady Lady

I've had a great time putting this card together using one of my all time favourite stamps from Dimension Fourth. Isn't she beautiful.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

CYDA - Shades of Grey
Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Carole's Sketch
Stamptacular Sunday - To Die For
Crafting when we can - Monochrome
Tuesday Alchemy - Very Vintage

Aahh - too cute!

I'm entering this card for the challenge at {pin}spirational this week. I've used some House Mouse decoupage with spellbinder borders, lots of pretty flowers and some charms to finish.

Thank you for looking.

Oh Fairy Cakes!

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

I love Pro Markers - Sparkle
Sketch Saturday - 217
Digi Design Challenge - Mystical Creatures
Cute Card Thursday - Fairy nice
DYSU - Food

CD Sunday - A is for .........

   ALCOHOL!  ....................................LOL

I have used The Wine Buffs CD for the images and backing papers for my card for the CD Sunday Challenge this week but you can have anything beginning with A. My fellow teamies have come up with some wonderful ideas. 


I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:


Polka Doodles - Go Green and Recycle (Bottle tops)
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Love to Create - 3 of something (3 Bottle tops)

My Rainbow

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

Totally Tilda - Tilda + sentiment
Critter Sketch Challenge - 124
Allsorts Challenge - Distressing

Delicious Lavender

I'm entering my card today in the following challenges:

Sketch N Stash - 92 Sue's Sketch (from Stash - Flowersoft that never usually sees the light of day lol!)
Fab N Funky - 130 Make your own flowers (using Flowersoft)
Tuesday Alchemy - Button, Button, Who's Got a Button?
House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - 124 Summertime Fun
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
OSAAT - Anything Goes

Thank you for looking.

Little Flower Girl

Ingredients:

Backing papers from Crafters Companion Strawberry Kisses CD
Oval die by spellbinders coloured with Spun Sugar Distress Inkpad
Fence cut using a Marianne die
Cutie Patootie rubber stamp coloured with Promarkers and paper piecing for her smock and cap
Flowers, beads  and ribbons

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Little Claire's Designs - Summer
Stampin with the Dragon - Ribbons and Bows
DYSU - Cool Colours
The Sketchy Challenge - 27 Sandy's Sketch

Little Star

Ingredients:
Backing papers from Crafters Companion Boys 'n' Girls CD
Stars cut using sizzix die
Banner cut using Spellbinders
Coloured with Promarkers

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Magnolia-licious - Colour challenge
Midweek Magnolias - Lets Look at Edwin
Tilda's Town - Edwin
Sketch Saturday - 216

Baby Tilda

Ingredients:

Lacy backing paper from Joanna Sheen's Baby Love CD.
Spellbinders die for the butterfly circle and plain circles
Tilda is coloured using a mixture of Pro Markers and Flex Markers
Ribbon and lace tied together for the bow
Pins and buttons to finish

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - Circles
Just Magnolia - Bingo (buttons & Pins, Ribbon & Lace, Lilac)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Tilda only
Totally Papercrafts - Lots of Layers (6 including the base card)

Pearls and Swirls

Our theme at CD Sunday this week is Pearls and Swirls and I made made my card using backing papers and an image from the Joanna Sheen  Royal Horticultural Society Collection CD. I printed the topper twice so that I could decoupage the flowers. I've used some orange card to mat the layers and finished off with some ribbon, pearls and die cut swirls.


I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs this week to see all those pearly, swirly creations :-).

Ho Ho Ho!

For my card today I've used backing papers from SWALK Winter Cheer Collection CD by Crafters Companion and a rubber stamp from the same range coloured using Spectrum Noir alcohol pens. The distressing around the edge of the image and sentiment was done using Stormy Sky Distress Inkpad. I used an embossing folder for the snowflake background and then sprayed it and the main backing paper with Crafters Companion Iridescent Spray & Sparkle.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafters Companion - Ho Ho Ho
Hybrid Chick Card Caravan - 22 Christmas in July
Stamptacular Sunday - 171 Sketch

Fairy Magic

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen - Going Round in Circles
Cutie Pie - Glitter and Bling
Crafty Catz - Spots
Critter Sketch - Colour Inspiration

Happy Anniversary

I'd like to enter my card today for the following challenges:

Friday Sketch - Sketch 21 by Carol (optional Vintage)
I Love ProMarkers - Music
Totally Papercrafts - Here Comes Summer
Digi Designs - Pile on the Flowers (with a Digi from Digi Designs)
Craft Yours Days Away - Doilies and Lace
Delightful Challenge - Primary Colours

Thank you for looking.

Little Boy Blue

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Sketch
Cupcake Craft - Bright as a Button
Just Magnolia - All the B's (Blue, Boy, Bow, Buttons, Butterflies, Birds)
Tilda's Town - Favourite Tilda

Best of British

Our theme this week at CD Sunday is Best of British and can cover a vast spectrum of all things British as you will see from the ideas my teamies have come up with.

I used the CD Mimic Creations by The card Hut for my card and couldn't resist adding some card candy.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Red White and Blue
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything Goes
Do you stack up - Red
Raise the Bar - Red White and Blue
Allsorts Challenge - Red White and Blue

Raspberries!

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge - Let's get fruity
Clearly Inspired - 55 Some Like It Hot
Fab 'n' Funky - 128 Stars and Stripes
Saturday Sketch - 215

Thank you for looking.

Meet Daisy

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Penny Black and More - July Challenge, Summer Blooms
Penny Black Saturday - Hot Metal
Sketch N Stash - 91 (From my Stash, this Penny Black stamp that I haven't used for ages)
Allsorts Challenge - In Bloom

Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside!

My card today is for the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - 223 Patriotic
Totally Tilda Challenge - 50 By The Seaside
Stampin with the Dragon - Red White and Blue
Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Vacation
Just Magnolia - Banner

Thank you for looking.

Wedding

I've just made this card for a friend who is getting married this month and am entering it in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Delightful Challenge - Celebration
Hiding in my Craft Room - Anything Goes

Seaside Treasures

It's Sunday again and that can only mean one thing, - another CD Sunday challenge. This week is Seaside Treasures. We've had some lovely sunshine this week so let's see what the tide has washed in.

I used a backing paper from the Joanna Sheen Faye Whittaker Collection CD for my card. I then did some stamping and colouring and lots of die cutting using some new Marianne dies for the shells, anchor and lighthouse. 


I hope you have fun with this one and I look forward to seeing your creations. 


There is some special news this week at CD Sunday, over the last couple of months we have had Sue with us as guest designer and we have been very impressed with the things that Sue does so we have asked her if she'd like to stay on as a permanent member of our team and I'm happy to say she said yes.  Please join me in welcoming Sue on board and visiting her blog to leave some love.

We also have a new guest designer this month - the very talented Claire is joining us as a guest so please pop  over to Claire's blog and take a look at what she can do with inks, paints and pastels!  I hope you will love the card she has produced for this weeks challenge as much as we do.

To see Sue and Claire's work together with the rest of the team this week just visit CD Sunday and then join us for some fun and show us your Seaside Treasures. 

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:


Crafty Creations Challenge - Embellish it
Crafty Catz - Show us your Metal  (Starfish metal charm)
Fab 'n' Funky - Cute & Girly