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