Racing car Bryan!

A quick and simple card using my new 'art gone wild' stamp, who's name is Bryan :o) I've coloured him with promarkers as usual. The paper is MME with Bazzill Bling cardstock and a computer generated sentiment. I didn't think it needed anything else with all those spots!

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Mojo Monday - sketch
• Cupcake Craft - red & green
• Incy Wincy - red & green

Cards For Men 1st challenge - Christmas

Here's my DT card for the very first challenge at Cards For Men - it's a nice easy first challenge, Christmas! So we want to see Christmas creations for the men and boys in your life, hope you'll join in with us :o)

I've made this one for my youngest son - his favourite story book is about a polar bear so I'm sure he'll like this. I've used a lovely little digi stamp from Pink Cat Studio, coloured with promarkers and with ivory flower soft around the hood and polar white flower soft for a sprinkling of snow. The paper is DCWV with coredinations cardstock. The snowflakes were made with a little punch (from Hobbycraft I think) with little blue gem centres. Nice and simple!

I'm also entering my card for the challenges at:

• Friday Sketchers - great sketch! (in fact I liked it so much I used it again - see below!)
• Cute Card Thursday - snips, snails & puppy dog tails (cards for young boys)
• Saturday Spotlight - hats on
• My Time To Craft - winter pals

Both of my cards would fit the challenges at:

• Crazy 4 Challenges - punch happy
• Creative Card Crew - Christmas
• A Spoonful of Sugar - Non-traditional Christmas
  

I made this card following the same sketch because I have so many cards to do! I've used another digi stamp from Pink Cat Studio, the papers are Papermania 'naughty & nice Christmas', cardstock is coredinations, snowflakes are punched with little gem centres.

I'm entering this card for:

• Doodle Palace - pink Christmas
• Digital Tuesday - Christmas sparkle
  
  
  
  
  

High Hopes, Allsorts & Pink Elephant

It's the first time I've entered a challenge at High Hopes - my lovely blogging friend Squirrel (from Squirrels World) sent me a selection of fab High Hopes images. I've been wanting to get some of the stamps for ages, but there are so many lovely ones that I tend to just look at them all and can't decide which to get! I loved this sketch and Walkabout Wallie's great, thanks Squirrel hun :o) I'm also entering my card for the challenges at Allsorts where they want to see buttons, and Pink Elephant where they want to see colouring in your favourite medium. I've coloured this with my fave promarkers as usual.

The papers are MME bloom & grow, with bazzill cardstock. I've cut the image out with a Nellie Snellen circle die and added some buttons tied with thread and some card candy dots. It came together really quickly this card, which is always a bonus!

Crafty Cardmakers challenge 9 - alternative Christmas

It's time for another challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and it's a fun one - we want to see either non-traditional Christmas colours (so no red, green & gold) or non-Christmas images done in traditional colours. Have a look at the rest of the DT's fabulous work and join us if you can :o)

I've made this one for an order (as I suddenly have about 20 orders to complete and am panicking a bit!), and used a large 8"x 8" card blank. I've used a gorgeous digi stamp from Pink Cat Studio, coloured with promarkers and with bucketloads of glamour dust added! The papers are MME, with some sparkly blue cardstock from my stash. The sentiment is computer generated using Scriptina font. The snowflake was made using the cuttlebug icicle die, again with loads of glamour dust, and added large flat back pearls for snowflake centres.

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• Card Patterns - followed the sketch (although I have adapted it slightly, hope that's ok!)
• Stamp With Fun - Christmas
• Bee Crafty - sparkle
• Crafty Catz - angels & fairies
• Dare U 2 Digistamp - glitter
• Sophisticat - snowflakes & sparkle
  

Totally Gorjuss challenge 7 - not a card

I'm very late getting my DT project for Totally Gorjuss on here tonight. We had the hairdresser round tonight doing everyone's hair (me, hubby, and the 2 boys) and it meant we were running late with everything. Anyway, this week we'd like to see you make anything other than a card - it's been great seeing all the different ideas the other DT girls came up with so I can't wait to see what you all come up with if you can join us this week :o)

I've made a little gift box to go with the card I made for my cousin last week. She's asked for money for Christmas, but I didn't really want to just put money in a card, so I thought I'd pop a small gift and a money envelope in a little box. I've used my Crafter's Companion thingy (sorry I'm tired and can't remember what it's called!) to make the folds for the box. The cardstock is DCWV and some sparkly gold card from my stash, the paper is Sandylion. The big snowflake was cut using the cuttlebug icicle die, and attached using a big gem brad. The small snowflakes were made with a punch, with little gem centres. Oh, nearly forgot (you can tell I'm tired!) the image is obviously the sitting gorjuss girl, coloured with promarkers and cut out with nestie squares. Ribbon is from stash - I tried (and tried and tried) to make a bow but I'm useless at it, so I've now ordered a bow maker lol.

I'm panicking slightly now because my hairdresser has ordered loads of personalised Christmas cards from me tonight. It's always nice to get orders because it makes me feel like people think my cards are worth paying for, but I already have a big card order from a friend, as well as loads of our Christmas cards still to make. It's my fault for not being more organised through the year though - I'll try and remember this next year when I think I don't really want to do Christmas in February!

I'm also entering my box for the following challenges:

• Everybody Art - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - Christmas crackers
• Charisma Cardz - Anything Christmas
• CRAFT - Christmas gifts
• Cooking it up with Katie - Something in 3's, use red, use a brad
• One Stop Craft - Snowflakes
• Lots To Do - Free theme
  
  

No cards today, cute pics instead!

Seen as I'm having one of those bad cardmaking days where nothing will go right for me - why does this happen when I'm at my busiest?! - I thought I'd put a couple of cute pics on here to cheer me up. Hubby took these a few days ago and they made me laugh when I saw them. Dex loves the cats (we have 2) and Phoebe in particular loves him. She's taken to snuggling up with him and she'd just sat down with him in the first pic, then by the time the second one was taken they both look half asleep! Bless 'em, so cute :o)

Creative Craft, ABC & Die Cut Dreams

I've made this one following the sketch at Creative Craft, the theme of 'puppy love' at Die Cut Dreams and the colour indigo blue (although I've also used lots of yellow, hope that's ok!) from ABC.

The image is a digi stamp from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with promarkers. The cardstock is coredinations, with some Papermania paper I've had for ages - I've decided that the amount of paper I've bought recently is quite ridiculous and I really have to start using some of the older stuff up! There are papers that have been sat in drawers for 2 years - honestly I think I have enough to keep me going for 10 years but I still can't stop buying more! Anyway... the button, ribbon and sequin stars are all from my stash, the number 4 was cut with a sizzix die (night & day alphabet) and the sentiment is a Pink Petticoat download.