Exploding box...Golden Wedding

Another Golden Wedding card.

This time an exploding box using

We R Memory Keeper dp's,

flowers, punched leaves

and buttons.

I have also used my

Anniversary Heart image coloured

with promarkers and sakura.

Some lovely glittery golden ribbon

round lid and as handle.

I'd like to share this with

Fussy and Fancy - anything but a square/rectangle

Daring cardmakers - A box of tricks

Chocolate, Coffee and cards - fancy folds

Crafty Creations - photo inspiration

Crafty Creations have a wonderful

photo as inspiration this week - yummy.

I wanted to take several elements 

from the photo for my project

so I went with

1. Pink floral - dp

2. Gold embossing - I changed the crown to hearts

3 the wonderful sponge yummy - ribbon

4 A very special celebration - Golden Wedding!

I really enjoyed playing with some

heat embossing for a change with this.

I do love a gatefold card and 

really like to secure with a ribbon

for extra interest.

What does the wonderful photo say to you?

Come share at Crafty Creations.

In 2 Stamps are this week great sponsor

and you could win a voucher for their fun images.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day indeed!

A wee trip down to Girvan to visit Mum and Dad today

and it was lovely! Such a sunny day for the drive

which helps in damp soggy Scotland!

I used chipboard diecut shapes that I sprayed with

H2o's and Glimmer mists.

Some little net and wired flowers.

Lovely papers By We R Memory keepers

punched leaves, doodled sentiment all on

a shaped card blank from Craftwerk cards.

I'd like to share this with

Delightful Challenges - Someone Special

Rogue Redhead challenge - Gatefold cards

Pan Pastel Challenge - Add a flower

Opus Gluei - Branching out

The challenge at Polka Doodles this week

is to include a furry or feathered friend

in your projects!

I love the new Candy Doodles collectors edition!

How sweet are the birds in the tree and

the little bird houses.

It is packed full of new digi stamps to colour.

Also some great new sentiment tickets and

of course loads of lovely Polka Doodles papers.

Come see what fab prize can be won this week

at Polka Doodles, I know how much we all

love our furry/feathered friends!

We are all fairies living under the leaf of a lily!

Daisy has turned 9.

A card for a friends daughters birthday.

The title of my post is the lovely sentiment that

comes with this gorgeous image.

Using beautiful vintage style papers by Prima.

The wonderful image is by

Digi Blessings and I am very

pleased at how well it paper pieced

to create the finished card.

I coloured the cute mouse and fairy with copics,

paper piecing the grass and lilly of the valey.

Prima flowers, punched greenery and butterflies.

Happy Birthday ribbon from East of India.

A little stickles and some sticky pearls and gems.

I'd like to share this with

Paper and Such designs - Paper piecing (2nd entry)

Chocolate coffee and Cards - Feathers and fur

Fussy and Fancy - fairies

Flutterby Wednesday - Spring & wings

The Cheerful stamp pad - land of fantasy

The perfect blend.....

One of my good friends husbands asked me to make a 

card for her recently.

He recons her favourite occupation is drinking coffee!!

So I tried to inject a little romance into the theme.

With this fun Bugaboo digi stamp - Perfect Blend

I have used We R Memory Keepers papers.

Paper pieced with foam pads for dimension.

Also fussy cutting to create embellishments

to tie it all together.

I'd like to share this with

Catch the bug challenge - March Anything goes

Stamp and Create - Paper piecing

paper and Such design - Paper piecing

It's all about Stripes at Crafty Creations.....

It's all about stripes at

Crafty Creations this week!

A fun card for a friend

with lovely flower and bugs by

The Octopode Factory.

Coloured with Promarkers.

Stripey Dp in background - Tim Holtz

Stripey Dp at base of card - Crate papers.

Doodled sentiment in Black Sakura.

A few splashes of stickles.....

Come share those stripes at 

Crafty Creations!

Love apple tree Canvas......Welcome baby Sol

A while back I made a tiny picture using my

love apple tree digi for friends.

I really like the idea with the couples initials carved in the tree

and the kids initials on the apples sitting at the base.

I decided I wanted to try out the same idea for

friends that have just had baby Sol.

This time as a mixed media canvas.

I covered the canvas in old music score.

Painted with a thin layer of gesso as a base.

Then painted with pale acrylics and crackle paint.

Added the clouds which were cut from a WRMK dp.

Love apple tree was coloured with Promarkers and Sakura.

Trunk and branches finished with clear glaze

and the apples had added shimmer glaze.

Pearl liner to edge clouds, stickles to add definition to grass.

Various glitter glazes added to grass and sky, then some

alcohol ink applied with sponge to add definition to sky.

It was alot of fun!

I'd like to share this with

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Must use a digi

The Corrosive Challenge - another dimension

Polka Doodles - Spots and Stripes!

I do sooooo love that Collectors edition 

Sugar Birdies cd!

It's spots and stripes at Polka Doodles this week

and my card for Zoe uses mostly elements from that cd

except the backing paper which is from Paper boutique.

Lots of added bling and tiny flowers.

My Diddy Doodlers!

Hope - 4 1/2

I am a very proud Mum - as you know!

But here is a shout out to Hope and Jacob 

who are GDT's at Diddy doodles this month!

If you get a chance please pop by their blog

and say hi!

They had very little help with their cards

other than with getting the back off the

double sided ...lol

Of course my stash pile is somewhat reducing!

Jacob 9

Jacob even wrote his own post - Way to go Jacob!

Our little visitor....

When we came back from the school run

this morning Hope was thrilled to find a visitor

outside our house!

Swirly owl 40th card

At last I had a minute to colour up

Swirly owl branch

for my SIL birthday card

Promarkers/ Sakura to colour with a Basic Grey sticky ribbon,

Crochet flower and some teeny fimo embellies.

I'd like to share this with

Ad Sentiments Challenge - HAPPY!

Paperplay Challenges - For Mother/female relative (SIL)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Use a digi

Crafty Creations - Fancy folds!

I have some lovely shaped cards from Craftwerk cards

and I decided they would adapt well

into a fancy fold card with a couple of straight crease.

Perfect for this weeks Crafty Creation challenge

Fancy Folds.

I love this simple shape fold and will definitely use again.

We are thrilled to have

Robyn's fetish sponsoring this week

and I have used one of her lovely images.

Coloured with copics,

Basic grey dp, sticky pearls,

stickles and a handwritten sentiment.

Have a look at the Dt fancy folds 

and you may find something new to inspire you.

We'd love to see your fancy folds  - so play along!

My Husbands Valentine......ahhhhhhh!

I saw this wonderful image by the Paper Shelter

sometime last year and filed it away in one of those tiny

spaces left in my mind.

When Valentines day was fast approaching

I knew what I wanted - how gorgeous is he!

I'm just sharing it with the team

at cards for men

(as you can see its on the mantlepiece now!)

Polkadoodles....a wee recipe! Pretty Sweet

I do soooooo love those pretty sweet girls

from Nikky. 

Polkadoodles is a recipe challenge this week from Anne - 

thanks Anne - I did enjoy this.

1 Image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments.

1 Image -  from Pretty sweet

2 papers -  spots and stripes - Paper boutique 1

3 embellies - cake, scalloped semi circle and frame - Paper boutique 1.

Card blank is from Kraftwerk cards and all I've added is 

a little ink and doodling - job's done!

Nikky is going to be on Create and Craft

Sunday 19th Feb 9a.m. and 2p.m.

But please we'd love you to join us at Polka doodles

for this weeks challenge!

Teddy Bea baby girl card

I have had a busy week of making cards.

Teddy bea is just so gorgeous

I decided she would be the image

for this baby girl card

I have mostly used  GCD studio cloisonne collection

dp for papers and fussy cut embellishments.

A hear shaped paper doillie , fabric flowers

and some velvet brads.

I'd like to share this with

My time to craft - A is for adorable

A bit of a challenge.....2 pot noodles and a window cleaner!

I do love to be challenged and this one I thought about

for a good few days before making a start!

The request:

Happy 40th Birthday Sarah

A window cleaner looking confused,

washing a window, inside two hot pot noodles

sitting on a table.

You know it has to be a personal joke...don't you?

I had a lot of fun making it.

Swirly Whirly at Crafty Creations.....

I am thrilled to be sponsoring the challenge

this week at Crafty Creations

"Swirly Whirly"

The girls on the team have come up with some beautiful

creations using my new Swirly set

I have used the Swirly Street

coloured with Promarkers/Sakura.

Create papers dp, ribbon and

some tiny dried flowers.

Thanks so much to my fab teamies that

really have brought my doodles to life!

Come on Play along at

Crafty Creations 

- we all love those swirls!

Happy 100th Birthday card!

Pretty special happy 100th Birthday!

I loved this soft blue paper that I found in my

stash (no ideas to identity) Everything was chosen to go with.

Gate fold card with two huge eyelets

tied with lovely butterfly ribbon

I'd like to share this with

Shelly's images - all tied up!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - make your own flowers.

polka doodles with some hearts......

Pretty sweet indeed!

Polka Doodles 

are challenging you to create

a project with hearts!

Morgan's Birthday card

uses the Polka doodles Pretty sweet cd,

hearts from a double sprinkle of Kraft

and alphas from Candy Doodles.

Coloured with Promarkers and

the addition of Sakura hearts on her dress

and socks

Pop by the fab DT projects

at Polka Doodles

we'd love you to play along....