Cupcake craft challenge #181–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend – the weather was so spring like here and looking out the window you would be mistaken for thinking it was April or May, although there was quite a nip in the air.  Can’t complain for the end of February though can we?

I’m here this morning to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge.  This week I have the honour of setting the theme and chose “boys and their toys” which is the complete opposite to Keeley’s girly challenge last week!!  Here is my card:

I used a super cute image from Pollycraft called ‘skills’ and coloured him with promarkers and flex markers.  The paper is my mind’s eye from the ‘kraft funday’ pad and the black card is from eBay.  All I seem to be making at the moment are cards for boys, but I don’t mind really, as having two boys myself I’m quite used to it lol!

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. 

 

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 the lovely comments you always leave for us. 

By the way from today the teams over at cupcake have now split into two and I’m with Team A so I’ll only be posting a DT creation once every 2 weeks from now on.  However I’ll still be letting you know each week what the challenge is and I hope you’ll still be able to join in each week. 

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

Dream valley challenge – for men (2nd entry)

Paper sundaes challenge – circles

Little darlings challenge – pearls

My mum’s craft shop challenge – buttons and ribbons

Moving along with the times challenge – lots of layers

Simon says stamp challenge – use 3 papers (it looks like I used 4 but I used both sides of a doubled sided paper – hope this is ok?)

Crafty catz weekly challenge - something beginning with B – boy, black, ball, button

Seems a little sketchy challenge – fab sketch

Stamp, scrap and doodle challenge – manly card

The pretty little ribbon shop challenge – anything goes (2nd entry)

I hope you will be able to join in with my challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  I would like to welcome my newest followers – Jenny and Mandy – *waves hello* welcome ladies, I hope you like my creations and will visit me often.  I’m running late with my stamp with fun challenge DT card this week but I’ll post it as soon as I can.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Pollycraft – ‘skills’

Papers: my mind’s eye – ‘kraft funday’ pad, black card from eBay

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, circle nesties, quickutz star cookie cutter die, button from fantastic ribbons, pearls from the hobby house, ribbon from the ribbon girl

Sweet Stampin’ Guest DT card

This is going to be a super quick post from me tonight as it’s way past my bedtime!!  However I’m late posting my Guest DT card for this week’s Sweet Stampin’ challenge and wanted to get it done before the week ran ahead of me again lol!  I cannot believe that it is already the last week of being a guest but I’ve had a brilliant time and hopefully they’ve been happy with my cards!  The theme this week is “masculine” and here is my card:

I’ve used an image from Tickled Pink stamps called ‘Lil Lad Eric’ and I coloured him with promarkers and flex markers and I have to say I’m really pleased with his shabby/distressed looking jeans haha!  The papers are wild rose studio from the ‘for men’ paper stack and the plain kraft card is from dies to die for.  I distressed all the edges with my new tonic (Tim Holtz) tool which is much easier and quicker than using than my scissors.  I added my usual go-to male card embellishments of stars and buttons and added some faux stitching and my card was done!

The design team have created amazing samples so please pop over to the challenge blog and check them out. 

There are two sponsors this week – Quixotic Paperie are offering a £10.00 voucher and Joanna Sheen is also offering a £10.00 voucher, so definitely two good reasons to join in with the fun!

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

Corrosive challenge – another dimension (2nd entry)

Freshly brewed challenge – double it (2 papers, 2 stars, 2 layers)

Paper pretties challenge – punches or die cuts

Crafty sentiments challenge – use only 2 papers

Do you stack up? challenge – distress

Southern girls challenge – so distressed

2 sisters challenge – anything goes

Allsorts challenge – anything goes

Delightful challenge – use patterned papers

Little darlings challenge – pearls

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge this week.  I cannot wait to see what you create.  Have a wonderful Monday and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Tickled Pink stamps – ‘Lil Lad Eric’

Papers: wild rose studio – ‘for men’ paper stack, kraft card from dies to die for

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, quickutz cookie cutter star die, buttons from fantastic ribbons, pearls from the hobby house, sentiment created on the pc, nesties labels 3 (which I cut in half), tonic distressing tool, letraset fine liner pen

 

 

Passion for Promarkers #137–DT card

Here I am again with a late post but at least I’m actually posting a card this week lol!  Better late than never I suppose.  I hope you’ve all had a good start to the week so far, mine’s been ok, very busy in work but at least the first two days have flown by!  I’m here to share my DT card for this week’s passion for promarkers challenge and this week the lovely Nic has set the theme and she has chosen “black & white”.  However we only want to see the colours black and white apart from skin, hair/fur etc. and obviously you have to use your Letraset pens.  Here is my card:

I have to say I’m really chuffed with how this card turned out.  The image is from Tickled Pink stamps and I coloured him with all the grey promarkers (his hair is actually using warm grey promarkers but it looks a bit brown in the photo).  I made this card for my nephew who is 23 tomorrow so I didn’t “fuss” it too much.  I added 3 card candi, a button and some twine and that was it.  The papers are a mixture but I think they work quite well together.  The card is A5 in size.

Our sponsor this week is Tickled Pink stamps (who kindly gave all the DT an image to use on our cards this week) and they are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice. 

The rest of the design team have created amazing samples 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:

Dream valley challenge – just for men

The pink elephant challenge – print it

Creative card crew challenge – masculine

Dutch dare challenge – distressing

Totally papercrafts challenge – ribbon and/or bows

Drunken stampers challenge – texture (embossing)

The pretty little ribbon shop challenge – anything goes

Addicted to stamps challenge – birthday card with dots

Lexi’s creations challenge – monochromatic

OSAAT challenge – use a digi or no image

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I cannot wait to see what you create.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Tickled Pink stamps – ‘Lil Lad Lestat’ digi

Papers: doodlebug (text paper) – ‘it’s about time’ 12x12 sheet, me & my big ideas (harlequin paper) – ‘bright co-ordinates’ paper pad, black card from eBay, white digi stamping card from craftwork cards

Tools: promarkers, twine from the ribbon girl, cuttlebug ‘swiss dots’ embossing folder, charcoal cats eye chalk ink pad for distressing, button from stash, card candi from craftwork cards

Cupcake craft challenge #180–DT card

Hello again friends.  Don’t faint, I’m back as promised with my DT card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge and the lovely Keeley has set the theme and she has chosen “pink fluffy cupcakes”.  So basically we want to see you use pink as the main colour, include something fluffy and at least one cupcake – simples!  Here is my card:

I have used a cute image from The Greeting Farm called ‘cupcake Anya’ and coloured her with a mix of promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are papermania from the ‘sweet nothings’ paper pad and the card is SU.  My “fluffy” part is the flower which I die cut out of felt (1 rolled flower and 2 magnolia doohickey flowers glued together).  I got the felt from dies to die for who are now selling 12x12 pieces in lots of gorgeous colours.  I made this card for my mother to give to her friend and it’s A5 in size. 

Our sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy and one lucky winner will receive a $10.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

 

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

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

Corrosive challenge – another dimension

Paper sundaes challenge – birthdays

Fab n funky challenge – try something new (die cutting felt)

Aud sentiments challenge – use the word ‘happy’

Cute card Thursday challenge – flower power

Card makin’ mamas challenge – happy birthday

Allsorts challenge – anything goes

Secret crafter Saturday challenge – BINGO (ribbon, swirls & gems) 

Bunny Zoe’s challenge – celebrations

I hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this week and cannot wait to see what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: The Greeting Farm – ‘cupcake Anya’ digi

Papers: papermania – ‘sweet nothings’ paper pad, SU pink pirouette cardstock

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, circle nesties, die-namics butterfly dies, magnolia doohickeys flourish and flowers dies, Marianne creatables rolled flower die, MS border punch, ribbon and twine from the ribbon girl, papermania adhesive stones, sentiment created on the pc

Stamp with fun #149–DT card

Good morning dear friends.  Oh dear another week has gone by with a poor show from me – sorry!  I don’t know where the time is going; I have really good intentions but then it’s 2am and I’m too tired to blog!!  I promise that I will try and be more organised with my posts this week – starting with today lol!

I’m here this morning to share my card for this week’s stamp with fun challenge and this week we have an easy theme for you of “shapes”.  Here is my card:

I’m sorry for the dark photos but the papers were quite vintage-y so I didn’t want to mess around with them too much as it would spoil the overall effect.  I have used a super cute image from Teddy Bo and coloured it with my promarkers and flex markers.  The papers are from my stash (and I’ve had them for ages – no names on them sorry) and the pink card is SU.  The gold mirri card is also from my stash.  The flourish is a Marianne creatables die and I used a MS punch for the butterflies.  I made this card for an order and it’s A5 in size.  The shapes I’ve used are rectangles, circles and hearts.

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:

Digital Tuesday challenge – use your stash

Crafty creations challenge – warm and cuddly teddy bears

My mum’s craft shop challenge – pearly & swirly

Stampavie & more challenge – love

Truly scrumptious challenge – all creatures great and small

Paper play challenge – critters

Fussy ‘n’ fancy challenge – with all my heart

Crafty calendar challenge – love & marriage

Little Claire’s challenge – romance

I hope you can enter our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Even though I’ve been a terrible blogger for the past few weeks I am delighted to discover that I’ve got a few new followers – thank you so much and welcome to Borqna, Leslie Ornelas, Carrie & Lotta Sandra Petterson – I hope you can visit me often.  I’ll be back later with my card for the cupcake craft challenge but until then thanks for stopping by today.

Card ingredients:

Image: Teddy Bo – teddyBoBea_tabs_002

Papers: Old papers from stash, SU pink pirouette, gold mirri card from stash

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, MS butterfly punch, Marianne creatables flourish die, circle nesties, sentiment created on pc, MS heart border punch, pearls from the hobby house 

Cupcake craft challenge #179–DT card

Oops another late post from me and I think this is going to be theme for the start of this week – sorry!  I’m seem to be chasing my tail constantly at the moment, but I am trying to get more organised – honest lol!

I’m here to share my card for this week’s cupcake craft challenge and this week the lovely Shelly has set the theme and she has chosen “en-twined” so basically she would like you to use twine on your creations – easy right?  Here is my card:

The cute image is by Lili of the Valley and is called ‘cheers bear’ which I coloured with my promarkers.  The papers are from the wild rose studio ‘for men’ paper pack and the cardstock is SU real red.  I used red twine from the ribbon girl and the ‘70’ was stamped using a see-d’s stamp set.

We have two sponsors this week – stamp fairy are offering a prize of a $10.00 gift voucher for one lucky winner and the pretty little ribbon shop are offering one lucky winner a whopping 50 metres of baker’s twine. 

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:

The crafty pad challenge – the letter b (blue, bear, beer, birthday)

Karen’s doodles challenge – celebrate

The pixie cottage challenge – sketch and/or red

Moving along with the times challenge – cute critters

Fun with shapes and more challenge – birthday

CES challenge – lots of layers

Incy wincy designs challenge – 3 embellishments, 2 papers, 1 image

Kaboodle challenge – where the boys are

I hope you can join in with our challenge this week and I look forward to seeing what you create.  Thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: Lili of the Valley – ‘cheers bear’

Papers: wild rose studio – ‘for men’ paper pack, SU real red cardstock

Tools: promarkers, see d’s stamp set (for numbers), personal impressions sentiment stamp, twine from the ribbon girl, pearls from the hobby house, brads from stash, nesties label 1 and circles

Sweet Stampin’ GDT Card

Happy Sunday dear friends.  I hope you’ve had a great weekend so far, although I can’t believe it’s 6.00pm already – where has the day gone??  I’m here this afternoon to share my second card as Guest Designer over at Sweet Stampin’ challenge.  The challenge this week is “clean & Simple” which I know fills most people with dread, me included.  Here is my card:

I have used a brand new image from DigiStamp Boutique which is part of the offer of them month called ‘Daisy set 1’ which is available at a very special price for February – just £2.25 for 3 gorgeous images.  I coloured her with promarkers and flex markers and cut her out.  The pretty papers are from the me to you ‘spring chic’ paper pad and the plain card is from the papermill shop.  The sentiment strip is from pink petticoat.  I did some faux stitching with my fine liner pen and added a couple of pearls and viola my card was finished.  I have to say I think it looks like it isn’t finished but I’m sure some extra bits will find their way onto my card before I send it to anyone lol!  You really need to check out the DT cards over at the challenge blog as they are stunning. 

There are two sponsors again this week, firstly stamp addicts are offering a £10.00 gift certificate to spend in their online store and the monthly sponsor for February is Joanna Sheen who is offering a £10.00 voucher to spend in her online store.

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

Stampin’ sisters in Christ challenge – make a happy card

Papertake challenge – anything goes

2 sisters challenge – I {heart} you (image is holding a heart)

Allsorts challenge – free & easy part 2

Craft your days away challenge – get stitchy with it

Crafter’s companion challenge – anything goes

OSAAT challenge – anything goes

Scrapbook sisters challenge – anything goes

I hope you can join in with our challenge and we look forward to seeing what you create.  Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Card ingredients:

Image: DigiStamp Boutique – ‘Daisy set 1’

Papers: me to you – ‘spring chic’ paper pad, plain card from the papermill shop

Tools: promarkers, flex markers, pink petticoat sentiment strip, SU basic pearls, letraset fine liner pen for faux stitches, corner rounder punch