Happy Birthday Sausage!

I made this card for a close friend with whom I share a love of dachshunds; she certainly is one of a kind!  When we are old ladies, we will have a dachshund each and we'll terrorize the neighbourhood with them, although I think we'll be more terrifying than the dogs!

 The main image and matching sentiment stamps are by Woodware, I coloured with my usual Promarkers and attached the dog to the card with foam tape.
I used a DL card to echo the length of the dog, and stamped some Inkylicious splodges directly onto the blank using three colours of Memento ink.  The card has a lovely linen texture which gives the stamped background a distressed look, in-keeping with the nature of the design.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Creative Corner - For the Dogs
Southern Girls - #155 - Pop It Up With Foam
Artistic Inspirations - #174 - Anything Goes
Pile It On - #128 - Humour Puns

A Partridge in a Pear Tree

A Christmas card today, to add to my slowly growing pile.  I'm determined to do what I did last year, and make them steadily all year round so that I don't have a mad rush in the last few months before the big event.

 The image was stamped with a Woodware stamp and coloured with Promarkers, then highlighted with soft gold and bright red glitters and some Liquid Pearls.  I also topped it with a red bow made with narrow ribbon.
I covered the card blank with cream pearl card for a luxurious look, and chose a piece of glittered paper from my First Edition Gilded Winter paper pack to add to this, along with textured gold card for matting.
The leafy gold flourishes were cut with Sue Wilson dies, and I finished with a sentiment stamped with a stamp from a magazine freebie set.

I'm entering the card in the following challenges -

The Holly and the Ivy - #1 - Anything Christmas Goes
Come and Get It - Things With Wings
Christmas Card Challenge - #8 - Inspiration Pic - I used the reflective gold
Sweet Stampin' - Anything But Birthday
Pattie's Creations - #132 - Image with Wings
Winter Wonderland - Ribbon or Lace
Crafty Creations - #337 - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie DT Card - Dies and Digis

We have a new challenge for you at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Dies and Digis" and we're sponsored by Little Miss Muffet, who very kindly gave the DT some super cute digis to play with.  I chose to use Larry's Daffodil, colouring the image with my Promarkers.
Also, if you play along, don't forget to make your project as cute as you can!

 I created a background for my springtime scene using coloured paper and a variety of dies.  The grass die is by Craft Emotions, the cloud dies are by Joy, the sentiment and flower dies are by Dovecraft, and the plant pot die is by First Edition.  I added some Flower Soft soil and a little bit of inking to bring the scene to life.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Sweet Stampin' - Anything But Birthday
Aud Sentiments - #175 - Easter or Spring Sentiment
CRAFT - #406 - Easter / Spring
Craft Rocket - #34 - No Patterned Paper
Little Miss Muffet - #158 - Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers DT Card - Transport

It's time for a new challenge at I Love Promarkers, this time our theme is "Transport", and we're sponsored by Digital Delights, who very kindly gave the DT some cute digis to play with.  I chose to use Flying Santa, colouring the image with my Promarkers, or course, and adding a touch of Star Dust Stickles to the snowflakes for a bit of festive sparkle.  I think that this lovely image is just perfect for a boy's Christmas card.

 The patterned card is an off-cut that has been in my stash for ages, I teamed it with some bright red card and inked all the edges with Gray Flannel Memento ink for definition.   The sentiment was stamped with a Papermania stamp, I thought it was perfect for the Santa image.
I kept the embellishments simple on this one, adding just some silver edged ribbon with a double bow, and some Christmas lights made with a Sweet Dixie die.  I coloured the bulbs with a red Promarkers and covered where I'd coloured with Glossy Accents.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Season's Greetings - #2 - Anything Christmas Goes
Passion For Promarkers - #385 - For the Boys
The Holly and the Ivy - #1 - Anything Christmas Goes
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #229 - Say It With Music - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
My Time To Craft - #340 - Travel
Pattie's Creations - #132 - Image With Wings
Winter Wonderland - Use Ribbon or Lace
Fab 'n' Funky - #341 - Music / Inspired by a Song - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Snowflake Seed Head

I picked up this lovely, unusual Woodware stamp at the SECC last October and finally got round to inking it up.  I kept the card really simple to showcase to pretty snowflake seed head image, it's like a winter dandelion clock!

 I stamped the image and sentiment that came with it, in Perfect Medium, and heat embossed with silver Woodware embossing powder onto oyster coloured pearl card.  I used silver linen textured card for matting, and added clear glass dew drops and crystal gems to embellish.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Sweet Stampin' - No Designer Paper
Sparkles Christmas - #74 - Use Silver or Gold
Cards For Galz - #42 - Name Your Powder - Woodware Embossing Powder
Craft Rocket - #34 - No Patterned Paper
Southern Girls - #154 - Nature Inspired
Ooh La La - #223 - Embossing

A Gem of a Challenge DT Card - Three Bs

We have a new challenge for you at A Gem of a Challenge, this time our theme is "Add At Least Three Things Beginning With The Letter B".  I added a bunny, buttons, butterflies, blooms and blue to my card for my "Bs"; and used a super cute digi called Bunny with Flowers, from the Pink Gem store, which I coloured with my Promarkers, fussy cut and stuck to the card with foam pads.

 The patterned papers are from a seriously elderly Papermania pad called Venetian Skies, to which I added a hint of kraft and some light blue paper for a fresh look.
I stamped a sentiment with a stamp from a Personal Impressions set, and embellished very simply with a couple of buttons and a trio of butterflies punched from dark blue paper.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Allsorts - #405 - Spring Inspiration - Flowers and spring animal
The Paper Shelter - #283 - Animal Magic
The Crazy Challenge - #243 - We Love Animals
QKR Stampede - #233 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - #231 - Anything Goes

Kitty Bee DT Card - Flowers

We're at the halfway point of our "Flowers" challenge at Kitty Bee, so you still have a week to play along. We're sponsored this time by Star Stampz and Crafty Sentiments, both of whom kindly gave the DT some image to play with.  I, however, ended up using a Crafty Sentiments digi from my own collection, an image called Ladybird and Butterfly, which I coloured with my Promarkers.

 The patterned papers are from a Dovecraft pack called More or Less, I added in some soft jade paper and a brown doily for matting.  The sentiment was stamped with a stamp from a Stampin' Up set, I inked the edges with brown ink.
To embellish, I added some peach pearls, and some flowers and foliage made with Crafter's Companion dies.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Crafty Catz - #360 - Doilies
Creative Corner - Girly Fun
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - #173 - Anything Goes
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #228 - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - #240 - Anything Goes
Crafting With Friends - #38 - Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers DT Card - Shabby Chic

We have a new challenge for you today at I Love Promarkers, this time our theme is "Shabby Chic", and we're sponsored by Fabrika Fantasy, who very kindly gave the DT some images to play with.  I chose to use Winter Games 2, which I coloured with my Promarkers, using some Star Dust Stickles for a bit of glitter and some White Gloss Nuvo Drops for falling snow.

 The papers are from a Papermania pack called Pocket Full of Posies, I picked it up for a pound at the SECC show last October.  I scuffed all the edges with my Tim Holtz tool for a shabby look and added kraft card for matting.  The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.
To embellish, I added some chunky silver snowflakes that have been in my stash since the year dot, and a few crystal gems.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Fab 'n' Funky - #339 - Christmas
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas Goes
Sparkles Christmas - #73 - Krafty Christmas
Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes
QKR Stampede - #231 - Add Sparkle / Bling
Creative Corner - Winter Wonderland
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - #106 - Sketch

Kitty Bee DT Spotlight - Basket of Love Bun

It's the third Wednesday of the month, so it's time for my Kitty Bee DT showcase project, which this time is an Easter card featuring the super cute Basket of Love Bun digi stamp from the Kitty Bee Etsy store.  I've coloured it with my Promarkers and fussy cut it so that it could be stuck to the card with dimensional glue.

 The patterned papers, bunting and flower dies are all from Trimcraft's Hoppy Easter range, I used a Spellbinders die to cut the label shape from pink card.  The sentiment was stamped with a stamp from a Hobby Craft set.  A trio of pearls was the final touch to my CAS card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Passion For Promarkers - #328 - CAS
Ooh La La - #222 - Use Die Cuts
Stamping Sensations - Animal Magic
Crafty Catz - Use 3 Design Paper
Crafty Creations - #335 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - #110 - Use Your Favourite Things - Promarkers, Dies, Patterned Papers
Inspiration Destination - #122 - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie DT Card - Simply Love

We have a new challenge for you today at Cutie Pie, this month our theme is "Simply Love", and we're sponsored by Sasayaki Glitter, who very kindly gave the DT some super cute image to play with.  I chose to use Love Mice, colouring them with my Promarkers.

 The papers are from a Lili of the Valley pad called Heartfelt, I inked all the edges with a Memento ink called Love Letters for definition.  I used the same ink to stamp the LOVE sentiment with a Hobby Craft stamp, I then cut it out with a Spellbinders die, glittered the heart with red Stickles, and, once dry, glazed it with Glossy Accents.  The verse was stamped with a Lili of the Valley stamp.
To embellish, I added blobs of Nuvo Drops in red, pearl, pink and clear, along with Star Dust Stickles, gems and die cut and punched hearts to give the effect of tumbling confetti.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - #381 - I Heart You
Come and Get It - Love is in The Air
Glitter 'n' Sparkle - #226 - Love is in The Air
Pile It On - #126 - Hearts On Fire
Allsorts - #402 - Hearts and/or Flowers
Crafty Calendar - Love is in The Air
Simply Create Too - #124 - Love
Aud Sentiments - #173 - Valentine / Love + a Sentiment
Craft Rocket - #32 - It's a Love Thing
Through the Purple Haze - #118 - Valentine / Love

Be My Valentine

Here's the card I made for my husband for Valentine's Day, I popped an iTunes voucher inside coz I'm romantic Like that!

 The patterned paper is from an elderly Papermania Dandelion and Daisy pack, I layered up with black card embossed  with a Cuttlebug heart design folder and a Papermania with tag that I stamped with a Hobby Craft Valentine's stamp in red ink.  I decorated the tag with a heart made with a Cuttlebug die cut and emboss set, using red holographic card, some ribbon and a twine threaded heart shaped ribbon.
The final touch was to add some blobs of black Nuvo Drops.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Allsorts - #402 - Hearts and/or Flowers
Cuttlebug Mania - Roses are Red
Cardz 4 Guyz - #156 - Love You
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Red
Crafting By Designs - Love and Romance
If You Gave Crafter a Cookie - #62 - Inspirational Photo - I used the romantic theme and colour combo
Through the Purple Haze - #118 - Valentine / Love
4 Crafty Chicks - #337 - Love
Just Us Girls - #380 - Hearts
Cupcake Inspirations - #394 - Colour Combo

I Love Promarkers DT Card - CAS

It's challenge time again at I Love Promarkers, this time our theme is "Clean and Simple" and we're sponsored by the wonderful Dr Digi, who very kindly gave the DT some fun images to play with.  I decided to use a Dr Digi image from my own collection, called Duncan Disorderly, to make my husband's birthday card; he was into punk music back in the day, still loves it now but masquerades as a respectable primary school teacher by day!
I have, of course, used my Promarkers to colour the image.

 The safety pin border was stamped with a Personal Impressions stamp and the splatters were stamped in Barn Door and Weathered Wood Distress Inks using an Inkylicious stamp set.  The sentiment was computer generated.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Inky Chicks - #78 - CAS
The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - #77 - O is for Outrageous
Crafty Catz - #356 - Male Cards
The Crafty Addicts - #33 - Add a Sentiment

Girly and Glam

An unashamedly girly card today, featuring a Papermania stamp set that I haven't used for ages and deserved an inking up.

 The dress, shoes and bag, and sentiment are all from the same Papermania Bellissima stamp set.  I coloured the images with Promarkers, stamped a section of the dress onto pink patterned vellum and sprayed it with Spray and Sparkle, then pieced it to the image, attaching it only at the top for some movement.  I then used some lovely Stix2 Anything glitter and micro bead mix to embellish the bodice, using Pinflair glue for glitter to hold it firmly in place.
The papers are from a Lili of the Valley pad called, appropriately enough, Little Dress Shoppe, to which I've added some white and kraft card for matting.
To embellish, I added some pretty organza ribbon with a matching double bow, some crystal gems, and a pink heart on the sentiment panel.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #51 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - #50 - Girly
Simply Papercraft - #43 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - #108 - Add Some Sparkle
Inspiration Destination - #121 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - #145 - Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge DT Card - Add a Butterfly

We have a new challenge for you today at A Gem of a Challenge, this fortnight our theme is "Add a Butterfly".  You can add one or loads, it's up to you, as long as we can see at least one butterfly on your project.
I decided to make a start on my Easter cards with my DT card, using the super cute Bunny With Carrots from the Pink Gem store on my card.  I coloured him with my Promarkers and added some colourful punched butterflies to the garden scene.

The papers, patterned and plain, apart from the dark blue and green, are from Dovecraft's Hoppy Easter range, the sentiment die and flower dies are from that range too; the flowers match the blooms on the paper exactly.  The foliage was cut with a Crafter's Companion die and the little garden tools were made with First Edition dies.

The final touch was to add some light blue pearls to the corners.

 I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - #380 - All Creatures Great and Small 

Scrappers Delights - #63 - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - #249 - Animals

Cuttlebug Mania - Hobby - Gardening - See main post for dies used

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - #105 - Sketch

Kitty Bee DT Card - Anything Goes

We're at the halfway point of our "Anything Goes with an Optional Twist of Use Something New" challenge over at Kitty Bee Aloha Friday, so you still have a week to play along.  The sponsors this time are Ppinky Dolls and Scrap N'Dipity, both of whom kindly gave the DT some images to play with.  I chose to use a Scrap N'Dipity digi called Magical Unicorn, which I coloured with Promarkers and added Star Dust Stickles to the mane and tail for a bit of sparkle.

The papers are from a First Edition pad called Sweet Owl, the plain pink paper is from the same pack.  I embossed the die cut white circle with a Crafts Too folder and randomly added some iridescent gems to it up up the bling factor. 

The sentiment reads: "Have a Unicorns and Glitter Sort of Day", it was computer generated in a fancy font.

To embellish, I added some organza ribbon with a matching bow, some flowers made with Sue Wilson dies, and some pink gems. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

Through the Purple Haze - #117 - Fantasy
Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - #108 - Add Some Sparkle
Inspiration Destination - #121 - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - 3 or More Layers
Crafty Friends - #50 - Girly
Brown Sugar - #236 - Pink and Pearls (pearls are in flower centres)

I Love Promarkers DT Card - Anything Goes

It's challenge time once again at I Love Promarkers, this time our theme is the ever popular "Anything Goes", and we're sponsored by The Paper Shelter, who very kindly gave the DT some image to play with.  I chose to use Dragon's Birthday, colouring the image with my Promarkers, of course, in colours suitable for a male card.

 The patterned papers are from an ancient Papermania pad called Little Cake Shoppe, to which I've added kraft card for matting and mirri and satin board for die cutting.  The sentiment was stamped with a stamp from a Personal Impressions set.
All the die cuts were made with the same set, an Xcut birthday party themed set that I use a lot.  The finishing touch was to add a few blobs of Buttermilk Nuvo Drops.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -

The Paper Shelter - #278 - Make It Digital
Artistic Inspirations - #171 - Anything Goes
Crafting From The Heart - #144 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - For the Men
Ooh La La - #220 - For a Man / Boy
Sweet Stampin' - Dies and Punches
Brown Sugar - #234 - Anything Goes