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Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Cards for All Seasons IG Hop - Week 4

Hello friends; I hope you're having a great week so far. I'm back today to share my card for this week's Cards for All Seasons IG hop organised by my lovely friend Kelly. We are now on Week 4 and this week our theme is 'follow your heart'. which means either use a heart somewhere on your project; which is super easy, or alternatively create a card with something that’s near to your heart.  A really fun theme and I can't wait to see what sparks your imagination.
I decided to go with something that's near to my heart and I chose my pets.  We have a cat called Willow who is 3 years old and a puppy called Wesley who is 10 months old and they are full of fun and mischief and keep me on my toes but I love them dearly.  I found this cute stamp set in my stash and I'm not sure I've ever used it but it was perfect for today's card.  I hope you like it.
Here is my card:
A closer look at the adorable image:
Plus I decorated the inside:
I began by stamping the image onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured it with Promarkers and added some details with a white gelly roll pen.  I then used the coordinating die to cut it out.  I decided to have a kraft card base for a change and randomly stamped the two paw prints all over the front of the card base with kraft ink for a tone-on-tone look.  I went with a brown and orange colour scheme to compliment my image and cut a thin strip of orange card and also a strip of patterned paper and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I then added them directly onto the card base with double sided tape.  I die cut a white circle as a grounding area for my image.  I added the image onto the circle with foam squares and then the circle over the patterned paper with double sided tape.  I stamped the sentiment onto the same kraft card using acorn ink and die cut it with a banner die.  I adhered this under the image with foam squares.  I die cut a few hearts from the orange card and added them with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4' and added a strip of the patterned paper and a tiny strip of orange card along the left side with double sided tape.  I stamped 3 pawprints onto kraft card and used the coordinating dies to cut them out; I adhered them in the bottom left corner with liquid glue.  Finally I stamped the sentiment in the acorn ink in the centre of the panel.  The panel was added to my card base with double sided tape.  I really love this card and the image is just so cute.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - make your mark (coloured with markers)
Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal
Crafty Catz challenge - ATG optional twist use a die
I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG or add some sparkle
Tic Tac Toe challenge - kraft card stock, die cut, ink/markers/coloured pencils

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #cardsforallseasonshop2025 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I'll be back in the morning with my card for the Krafty Chicks challenge so I hope you will pop back and check it out. Until then thank you so much for stopping by.

Love and hugs,

card ingredients:
MFT - forever friends stamp & die set - retired
MFT - friends forever stamp (for inside sentiment) - retired 
MFT - blueprints 27 (for banner die) - ? retired
MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for heart dies)
Promarkers
Basic Grey - basics white 6x6 paper pad - no longer available
VersaFine Clair - acorn ink pad
Gina K Designs - kraft ink pad
Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)
Crafter's Companion - kraft card stock 280gsm
Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card (currently not available)
orange card from stash

Monday, 9 April 2012

Cupcake craft challenge #187–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again dear friends.  I hope you’re all having a good day, although the weather is typical for a bank holiday Monday isn’t it?  It is absolutely chucking it down here – nice weather for ducks lol! 

I’m back to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge and the lovely Jane has set the theme and she has chosen “spring is in the air” (just don’t look out the window when you imagine this theme haha!)  It is my auntie’s birthday today so I used this challenge to make her card – Happy Birthday Auntie Celia!  Here is my card:

CCC challenge 187 - spring is in the air 

CCC challenge 187 - spring is in the air (close up)

I used a super cute digi image from cc designs called ‘Rosalie with roses’ and I coloured her with promarkers.  The papers are again a mix – the striped paper is SU from the subtles pattern paper designer stack and the flowery paper is basic grey from the ‘hello luscious’ paper pad.  To add to the spring feel I added some flowers and butterflies.

We have two sponsors this week – firstly we have My Creative Classroom who are offering one seat on any Creative Classroom Course in the next year.

MY CREATIVE CLASSROOM

Our second sponsor is Paper Pretties and they are offering one lucky winner 6 images of their choice.

Paper pretties badge

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards as always so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate the lovely comments you leave for us each week.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Fairy fun challenge – anything goes

Fairy tale challenge – everything goes

Raise the bar challenge – cutesy Easter/spring cards

A gem of a challenge – aquamarine inspiration photo

Stamp, scrap and doodle challenge – things with wings (punched butterflies)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – ribbon or twine

Bizzy Becs creatalicious challenge – sketch

Little Claire’s challenge – spring/Easter

St. Luke’s charity cards challenge – bling

Addicted to stamps challenge – spring/Easter

It’s not part of the challenge but I also decorated a brown sack to match my card (as very last minute I realised I didn’t have a gift bag for my auntie’s gift.  It’s very simple but it looks pretty next to the card:

CCC challenge 187 matching gift bag      CCC challenge 187 matching gift bag (side view)

I would like to enter my gift bag into the following challenges:

Paper sundaes challenge – sundae bar (my 2 items are kraft and die-cuts)

The squirrel and the fox challenge – things with wings

Lexi’s creations challenge – focus on the sentiment

Stamps and fun = creativity challenge – butterflies

Crafty catz challenge – CAS

Catch the bug challenge – anything goe

Drunken stampers challenge – you’re a krafty one (my gift bag is kraft)

Stamp, scrap and doodle challenge – things with wings

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Enjoy the remainder of your bank holiday, if you’re lucky enough to have one, unfortunately it’s back to work tomorrow, but at least it’s a short week!!  Thanks for stopping by today.

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CCC challenge 187 - spring is in the air

Card ingredients:

Image: cc designs – ‘Rosalie with roses’

Papers: SU – ‘subtles pattern designer paper stack’, basic grey – ‘hello luscious’ paper pad

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, MS butterfly punch, SU oval all punches, sakura stardust pen, sentiment created on pc, doilies from Joanna sheen. gems from stash, ribbon from fantastic ribbons 

Monday, 7 November 2011

Stamp with fun #136–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and maybe enjoyed a bonfire night party.  We didn’t have any fireworks this year as my boys didn’t want any but the rest of the community did so we enjoyed theirs instead lol! 

I’m here this morning to share my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week we have a fantastic sketch by Tina46 to use.  Here is my card:

SWF #136 - sketch

SWF #136 - sketch (close up)

and here is the sketch:

SWF #136 sketch

I have used another image from saturated canary digis (I think I’m addicted to them!) and coloured her with flex markers and promarkers.  The papers are basic grey from the ‘green at heart’ paper pad.  The flowers are punched out, embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder and inked with a chalk ink pad.  I don’t know why my pics look so fuzzy as they looked ok when I edited them – user error once again I’m afraid!!

The rest of the design team have created amazing cards as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Dream valley challenge – anything goes (3rd entry)

OSAAT challenge – use a digi

The squirrel & the fox challenge – hats or flowers (2nd entry)

Stamptacular challenge – sketch (it is spookily similar to our sketch lol!)

Papertake challenge – anything goes

I love promarkers challenge – glitter & glitz (my gems)

Truly scrumptious challenge – BINGO (embossing, gems & lace)

4 crafty chicks challenge – die cuts

Crafty purple frog challenge – sparkle

Paper crafting journey challenge – use a digi

Saturated canary challenge – 1 image/2 papers/3 embellishments (lace, flowers, gems)

Crafty Ann’s challenge – floral frenzy

Basic grey challenge – anything goes

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes (1st entry)

CES challenge – entertain us – inspired by song/film (pretty woman)

One stop craft challenge – 3 is a magic number (3 flowers, 3 gems, 3 layers)

Bizzy becs challenge – distress your edges (I inked all the edges)

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – lace it up

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I will be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by.

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SWF #136 - sketch

Card ingredients:

Image: saturated canary digis – ‘Nevaeh’

Papers: basic grey – ‘green at heart’ paper pad, SU cookie crumb cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, ek success retro flower punch, cuttlebug ‘script’ embossing folder, gems from stash, cats eye chalk pads in pastel pink and ice jade, lace from wild orchid crafts, doily from Joanna Sheen, sentiment created on the pc

Monday, 24 October 2011

Cupcake craft challenge #165–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

Please scroll down to see my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends.  I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Sari has set the theme and she has chosen “denim & lace”.  You can use the colour of denim or an actual piece of denim (as some of the DT have on their creations).  I decided to use the colour of denim and you can see my card here:

CCC challenge 165 - denim & lace

CCC challenge 165 - denim & lace (close up)

I have used a super cute image from Saturated Canary digis called ‘hippie love’ and I coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  I used denim effect paper by basic grey but I’m not sure what it’s called and the other papers were off cuts in my stash.  I added some faux stitching and distressed all my edges.

Our sponsor this week is Crafty Emma’s Store and one lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store. 

Crafty Emma's store new logo

Don’t forget we also have our ‘icing on the cupcake’ sponsors and for October we have two!!  Firstly we have Polka Doodles and they are offering one lucky winner a copy of their ‘pretty sweet’ CD collection.  Our second sponsor is Scrap Affair and they are offering one lucky winner a 5 pack of promarkers. 

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Pile it on challenge – be happy (she looks really happy to me)

I love promarkers challenge – cute

Fab ‘n’ funky challenge – distressed or torn

4 crafty chicks challenge – marker it up

Pixie dust studio challenge – happy birthday

Saturated canary challenge – stitching

Crafty catz challenge – birthday

Paper cutz challenge – in the pink (hope it’s ok that I’ve used blue too)

Totally papercrafts challenge – layer upon layer

Bizzy becs challenge – distress your edges

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – lace it up

By the cute and girly challenge – anything goes

I hope you will be able to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by – your lovely comments really brighten by day!

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CCC challenge 165 - denim & lace

Card ingredients:

Image: saturated canary – ‘hippie love’ digi

Papers: basic grey (denim effect), un-named papers from stash, SU pink pirouette cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, ek success retro flower punch, personal impressions sentiment, lace from wild orchid crafts, gems from friend, scissors for distressing edges, letraset fine liner pen for faux stitching

Monday, 10 October 2011

Stamp with fun #132–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you all had a fab weekend, but boy don’t they go by too fast.  I can’t believe it’s time for work already groan!!  However on the positive side it also means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at stamp with fun challenge.  This week we have a wonderful sketch by Tina to work with.  I had been asked by a friend at work to make a card for her daughter’s 21st birthday so I decided to combine the two!  Here is my card:

SWF #132 - sketch

SWF #132 - sketch (close up)

and here is the sketch:

SWF #132 sketch

I have used a gorgeous image by Sugar Nellie stamps from the simply sassy range called ‘retail therapy’ and I coloured her with promarkers and flex markers.  The colour scheme was chosen by my friend as her daughter loves these colours.  I have to admit I did struggle to find papers that complimented each other and most of these have been in my stash for years.  It does look much better IRL and my friend was very happy with it!  I recently treated myself to some new magnolia doohickeys dies – the flowers and swirl – and I love them already so expect to see them on all my cards for the next few weeks lol!.  The card is 8 x 8 in size and as it was such a layered sketch I think I worked really well on a larger size card.  

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Corrosive challenge – purple + 1 other colour (mine is teal)

OSAAT challenge – anything goes

Sentimental Sunday challenge – anything goes

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – anything goes

Aud sentiments challenge – happy birthday

Crafty purple frog challenge – layers

Hanna & friends challenge – bingo (lace, pearls and dies)

Fairy fun challenge – sugar and spice and everything nice

The poodles parlour challenge – birthdays or buttons or brads (I’ve used brads and birthday)

 Simply create challenge – older than 6 months (my papers)

One stop craft challenge – anything goes

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers – Dawn Lancaster, Julie-Ann, Wishes, Jane Gould, Nicola Jayne Saul, Elaine, Cath, and KarmaFran *waves hello* – thank you so much for joining my little bit of blogland, I hope you will visit me again soon.  I’ll be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by today. 

SWF #132 - sketch

Card ingredients:

Image: sugar nellie stamps – simply sassy ‘retail therapy’

Papers: basic grey – ‘romani’ paper (now retired I believe), plain paper from stash, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, lace from wild orchid crafts, magnolia doohickeys flowers and swirls dies, brads from stash, making memories ‘cheeky’ shimmer letter and number stickers,personal impressions sentiment, clear and simple stamps sentiment, circle nesties

Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Passion for promarkers #116–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  As it’s Tuesday I’m here with my card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge.  This week the lovely Julie has set the theme and she has chosen “patchwork”.  I couldn’t believe it when I saw the theme as if you saw my cupcake craft card yesterday you will know that our theme over there is also patchwork this week – coincidence or what!!  Now I used a patchwork paper yesterday so thought I had better make a patchwork design myself for today’s card.  Here is my card:

PFP challenge 116 - patchwork

PFP challenge 116 - patchwork (close up)

I used papers from basic grey ‘Olivia’ paper pad and cut them up into small squares and stuck them together to create my larger patchwork square.  I then added some “faux” stitches and matted it onto black card.  The super cute image is from Lili of the Valley called ‘Maisie two balloons’ and I coloured her with promarkers.  I also seem to have gone mad for paper piecing this week as I paper pieced the balloons with some scrap bits of paper I had left from creating my patchwork. 

Our sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen and the lucky winner will receive a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.

joanna sheen

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples as usual, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – add a bow

Pile it on challenge – B is for……(balloons, bow, black, bling)

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s bling it (black gems)

Craft your passion challenge – anything goes with a twist…add at least one flower

Crafty creations challenge – use at least 3 dies/punches (flower, tiny circle, leaf, oval nestie)

Scrapbook sisters challenge – anything goes

Cute card Thursday challenge – a pinch & a punch

Some odd girl challenge – paper piecing

Raise the bar challenge – paper piece

Mark’s finest papers challenge – bring on the bling (black gems)

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower Ольга Хиневич *waves hello*, thanks for following me and I hope you continue to visit me.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

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PFP challenge 116 - patchwork

Card ingredients:

Image: Lili of the Valley – ‘Maisie two balloons’

Papers: basic grey – ‘Olivia’ paper pad, SU basic black and whisper white cardstock

Tools: promarkers, ek success retro flower punch, MS frond punch, papermania adhesive stones, gingham ribbon from lady on FB, small circle punch from stash, letraset fineliner pen, oval nesties

Monday, 5 September 2011

Cupcake craft #158–DT card

** THIS IS MY SECOND POST FOR TODAY **

See below for my Stamp with Fun DT card

Hello again friends, I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week the lovely Liza has set the theme and she has chosen ‘patchwork quilt’ so we would like to see patchwork of some kind on your creations.  Here is my card:

CCC challenge 158 - patchwork quilt

CCC challenge 158 - patchwork quilt (close up)

I was lucky enough to find this gorgeous patchwork paper in one of my basic grey paper pads so decided to use that.  The image is from wild rose studio called ‘Mia with kitten’ and I decided to do some paper piecing, which I haven’t tried for such a long time.  The rest of the image is coloured with promarkers.  I think the finished card is a bit busy but overall I’m quite happy with it. 

We are sponsored this week by Simon Says Stamp and one lucky winner will receive a $20.00 voucher to spend in their online store. 

SimonSaysStampBlinkie1

The rest of the cupcake DT have created amazing samples as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really love reading all your lovely messages each week. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Aly’s Sunday challenge – add a bow

Pile it on challenge – B is for……(bows, blue)

4 crafty chicks challenge – celebrate (birthday)

Aud sentiments challenge – card/sentiment for a girl

Crafty purple frog challenge – birthday

Crafty sentiments challenge – ribbons and bows

Cute card Thursday challenge – a pinch & a punch (oval all punches)

Do you stack up? challenge – friendly critters (kitty cat)

Dutch dare challenge – fall colours

Simon says stamp challenge – anything goes + blog hop

Some odd girl challenge – paper piecing

Fun with shapes and more challenge – what you want

The poodles parlour challenge – animal antics

Raise the bar challenge – paper piece

Basic grey challenge – celebrations (birthday)

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – the colours of autumn

Ok so that’s all from me today.  I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and cannot wait to see all your beautiful creations.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by. 

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CCC challenge 158 - patchwork quilt

Card ingredients:

Image: wild rose studio – ‘Mia with kitten’

Papers: basic grey – ‘marrakech’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, SU oval all punches, personal impressions sentiment, ribbon from lady on FB, flowers from wild orchid crafts (coloured with my promarkers), oval nesties

Stamp with Fun #127–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Another weekend has flown by and it’s back to work already (groan) and this week sees the start of school for most children in England & Wales I think.  However my boy’s school have a staggered start so my eldest son goes back on Wednesday and my youngest not until Thursday, which is really silly in my opinion – the boys think it brilliant of course! 

I’m here this morning with my DT card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week our theme is very apt – “autumn” as the summer season has definitely come to an end here in South Wales.  Here is my card:

SWF #127 - autumn

SWF #127 - autumn (close up)

I have used a super cute Lilliput image from CC designs called ‘rainy day’ and coloured her with my promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are basic grey from the ‘cappella’ paper pad and the flowers are wild orchid crafts.  I have to say that I rarely use green but when I do I really like it. 

The rest of the design team have created gorgeous creations once again this week, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Order of the opus gluei challenge – roses or rosettes

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – nothing bright only muted or earth colours

Stamptacular challenge – the sky’s the limit/anything goes

Whoopsi daisy challenge – let’s bling it (pearls)

My mum’s craft shop challenge – 1-2-3 (1 image, 2 roses, 3 papers)

Crafty catz challenge – monochromatic

Catch the bug challenge – anything goes

Mark’s finest papers challenge – bring on the bling (pearls)

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – colours of autumn

Sweet stampin’ challenge – anything but birthday + optional sketch (which I’ve rotated)

I hope you will have a chance to enter our challenge this week and I really look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations.  I will be back later with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge so ‘see’ you later.  Thanks for stopping by.

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SWF #127 - autumn

Card ingredients:

Image: cc designs – lilliput ‘rainy day’

Papers: basic grey – ‘cappella’ paper pad, SU basic black cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, roses from wild orchid crafts, SU basic pearls, white gel pen

Monday, 29 August 2011

Stamp with fun #126–DT card

Good Bank Holiday Monday dear friends.  It’s so fantastic to have an extra day off from work isn’t it!  We’ve got no plans today so I guess I’ll just have to craft lol!  I hope you’ve had a great weekend and if you’re out and about today have a brilliant time.  Of course if you’re staying home and crafting, like I am, then you’re bound to have a good day!! 

I’m here this morning with a brand new challenge over at stamp with fun challenge.   This week we have a gorgeous sketch by Andrea-Emmi41 to use.  Here is my card:

SWF #126 - sketch

SWF #126 - sketch (close up)

and here is the sketch:

SWF #126 sketch

I have used one of the new August images from DigiStamp Boutique called ‘lil pop girl with flowers’ and it’s part of the offer of the month from the set called ‘lil pops collection 1’.  They are so cute and although they are quite small, not too bad to colour, especially if you have the fine nibs for your promarkers.  You can get them at a special price at the moment so check them out in the shop here.    There is also a second offer of the month which has 3 gorgeous Christmas images, so plenty of reasons to check out the shop. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples, as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Pile it on challenge – girls just wanna have fun

A spoonfull of sugar challenge – happy birthday

Digital Tuesday challenge – cute and girly

Digi doodle challenge – anything goes

Paper crafting journey challenge – anything goes

Card makin’ mamas challenge – pink

Jellypark friends challenge – gettin’ punchy

Basic grey challenge – anything goes

Mark’s finest papers challenge – use lace

Totally gorjuss challenge – as you like it

Crafty calendar challenge – hot colours

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  It is such a fantastic sketch, with lots of layers, which I love, so I will definitely be saving it for another day.  I’ll be back later with my DT project for this week’s cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by. 

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SWF #126 - sketch

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘lil pops girl with flowers’

Papers: basic grey – ‘sultry’ paper pad, SU crumb cake cardstock

Tools: promarkers, lace from wild orchid crafts, ek success retro flower punch, craftwork cards card candi, personal impressions sentiment

Thursday, 11 August 2011

Charisma cardz #32–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you are having a great week so far.  Mine is going great (it helps not being in work of course) but it’s going too fast lol!  As it’s Thursday it means it’s time for a brand new challenge over at charisma cardz challenge and this week it’s time for Team Gem to share their work (which I’m part of).  As from last week the DT has a few new members and we’ve split into two teams – Team Carly and Team Gem – so that means I will only be posting a card once a fortnight now, although I will still be commenting every week.  Anyway enough rambling the theme this week is “distressed” and here is my card:

charisma cardz #32 - distressing

charisma cardz #32 - distressing (close up)

I received my new Go-Kreate XXL scalloped circle dies a few days ago and couldn’t wait to use them so made a circle card for a change.  I stupidly didn’t order the XXL plain circles (but I’ve rectified that now lol) so I used the scallops for all the layers, except the image which I cut out with my circle nestie.  The super cute image is from Some Odd Girl called ‘snuggle tiny Tia’ and the paper is basic grey from the ‘kioshi’ paper pad.  My distressing consists of inking every edge possible with a chalk ink pad.  I normally rough up all the edges with a scissors but as all the edges are scalloped I thought this would probably look a bit naff!!

We have two sponsors this week, firstly we have Some Odd Girl (who generously gave me my image) and they are offering one lucky winner 3 digis of their choice and our second sponsor is  The Stamping Boutique and they are offering one lucky winner 5 digis of their choice.

The rest of the design team have created amazing creations as always, so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out.  We really appreciate all the lovely comments you leave for us. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cutie Sunday challenge – flower power

Dream valley challenge – distressing

Sentimental Sunday challenge – flowers and a sentiment

Whoopsi daisy challenge – anything but square

Craft your passion challenge – under the sea or fave season (mine is summer)

Incy wincy designs challenge – something old, something new (old - paper, new – dies, digi)

Lollipop crafts challenge – monochromatic (hope my brown cat is allowed – couldn’t colour him purple lol!)

Creative craft challenge – it’s summertime (I think my card is very summery)

Everybody art challenge – summer

Let’s craft and create challenge – go digi

Paper pretties challenge – die cuts

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or say it with flowers

Stampavie and more challenge – card for a girl

Frosted designs challenge – colour something

Mami doodles challenge – flowers

Simply create challenge – favourite animal (kitty cat of course)

Stamp something challenge – August digi day

Crazy 4 challenges challenge – shape it up

Mark’s finest papers challenge – any card except standard size

Stamp, scrap & doodle challenge – friendship (my sentiment says “special friend”)

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest follower shortshop *waves hello*, I hope you can visit me again soon.  Anyway that’s my lot for today.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

charisma cardz #32 - distressing

Card ingredients:

Image: some odd girl – ‘snuggling tiny Tia’

Papers: basic grey – ‘kioshi’ paper pad, SU purple cardstock

Tools: promarkers, craftwork cards sentiment, go-kreate XXL scalloped circle dies, SU paper daisies, SU basic rhinestones