GDT card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge

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Hello again everyone, as promised I am back with my second card of the day.
Please scroll down if you would like to see my Passion for Promarkers card.

This is my final Guest Designer card for the fabulous Papertake Weekly Challenge, I cannot believe how quickly the last 3 months have gone!
I would like to say a massive thank you to the Design Team for letting me be part of your team, especially the wonderful Sharon. I have really enjoy it and hope I get the chance to be GDT again for them sometime.

So this week the theme is 
Sketchie Free For All
There is a new sketch for this week or you can use any other Papertake Weekly sketch that you can find on the challenge blog here
The fabulous sponsor for this week is

Prize - $20 voucher to spend online for the lucky winner.

This is the card I made for my very beautiful eldest daughter, it was her 18th Birthday a couple of weeks ago.
I made an easel card using one of  Dawny's older sketches #47 which seemed to work well with the fairly large image. I have had these pretty papers for a while and had been saving them for a special occasion!





Here is the sketch I used Sketch #47

Items Used:

Stamp - High Hopes Cat Trio coloured with Promarkers.
Sentiment - Die-Namics Polka Dot Greetings
Papers - Hobbyhouse 
La la Lands Heart Banner
Clearly Besotted Mini Love Hearts Die
Memory Box Parker Numbers
Tonic Studio Medium Flower Punch
Charm, gems, twine and ribbon from stash

If you take a look at the Papertake Weekly Challenge you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the talented design team.


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

Crafty Catz - Spots and Stripes (spots are on the sentiment, hope this is okay?)
Moving along with the times - Shape up
Corrosive challenges - Tic tac toe- Metal or Charms/Image/Dies or punches
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Oldie but Goodie - Charming - old items are papers, stamp and charm
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by once again, it really means a lot to me and I love to read any comments you may wish to make
bye for now
hugs


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Shades of Grey at the Passion for Promarkers Challenge

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Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I do hope all is well with you and you are having a good week so far.
A warm welcome to my new followers too, thank you so much for joining me.

I have 2 posts today so I'd better get straight down to business.
Today is the start of a new Passion for Promarkers Challenge
This week our fun theme is 
Shades of Grey 
 (monochromatic grey colouring)

Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps
Prize for the lucky winner is 7 digi stamps of the winners choice.

I recently purchased this wonderful image from Pollycraft (which has now sadly closed.) so when I saw the theme I knew he would be ideal. I made the faux screws with Card Candi coloured with Promarkers and a pencil line down the centre.


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pollycraft (now closed) coloured with Promarkers
Sentiment - Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual
Papers - Dovecraft Monochrome
Embossing Folders - Stars Crafts Too
- Chevrons Crafter's Companion.
Card Candi

If your pop over to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of this week's design team

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

Pan Pastels - Shades of Grey
Created With Love Challenges - Anything Goes
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog this morning, I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make.
I'll be back a bit later with my GDT card for Papertake Weekly
Bye for now.
hugs


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Funky Snow Girl

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Good Afternoon to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and having a good weekend. 

Pink Gem Designs has just released some gorgeous new Christmas images so I just wanted to show you a card that I made with the adorable  Funky Snow Girl . 
I have followed a sketch from In the Pink Challenge - one of my favourite challenges. I rotated the sketch to enable me to have my snowflakes in the top corner.


Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Funky Snow Girl  coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers
Papers - Papermania Mistleto Kisses (very old!)
Memory Box Precious Snowflakes
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Stickles - Stardust
Polar White Flower Soft
Gems and charm from stash.


I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Graph'It Markers - Alternative Xmas Colours
In the Pink  - Fabulous sketch which I rotated.

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I know I always say it but I really do appreciate it and love to read any comments you may wish to make
For those of you in the UK, I hope you all take care in the storms that we have forecast tonight and tomorrow morning.
bye for now
hugs 


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Donkey and Friends

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Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are well and that you are having a good weekend.
We are all happy here as the colleges and schools have started their half-term holiday - yippee!!  I am sure you know how much I love having the children at home. We have nothing special planned, it's just nice to have a break from routine and spend some time together.

I'm here to share my DT card for Dies to Die For.
I used an adorable Crissy Armstrong Stamp by Whimsy with some beautiful My Minds Eye papers that are currently in the sale.
My flowers are made with the help of the wonderful  Die-namics Blueprints 3, I cut into them and shaped them slightly then added a Die-Namics Mini Rolled Rose to the centres.
For the corners I have used the Memory Box Ivy Tendrils die decorated with the fabulous Floral Delights.


Items used:
Stamp - Whimsy Stamps - Crissy Armstrong Collection -Donkey and Friends
Sentiment - Whimsy Everyday Mini Postage Stamp
Papers - My Mind's Eye Ooh La La -Lah Dee Dah
My Mind's Eye Lil' Robots on a Pedastal (reverse side)
Bazzill Kraft Cardstock
Dies - Die-namics Blueprints 3
 Die-Namics Mini Rolled Rose
 Memory Box Ivy Tendrils 
Memory Box Floral Delights
Whimsy Mini Postage Die


Thank you so much for stopping to look at my blog today. I really do appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend
bye for now
hugs




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Cards for Men at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

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Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you are having a good week. Sending hugs to those in need of them especially to my friends over in Australia effected by the devastating bushfires.

My card today is part of the mid way reminder for the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge.
This time our fun theme is
Cards for Men!
Our sponsor is 
My Mums' Craft Shop
Prize for the lucky winner is a £10 voucher.

So onto my card, a fairly CAS design this time.
The cute image was a freebie from Digi-Stamp Boutique about 2 years ago. I don't think is available any more but they have loads of other wonderful images to buy.
My papers were a freebie too from a magazine.



Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Digi-Stamp Boutique  coloured with Promarkers
Papers - Forever Friends (free with a magazine)
Memory Box Country Landscape die
Sentiment - Craftwork cards
Stardust Stickles 

If you take a look at the Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team.

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

Digi Stamp Boutique - October Customer Challenge
Polka Doodles Digi Choosday  - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles - Christmas is Coming

Thank you for taking the time to stop and have a look at my blog today. I really appreciate it and love to read any comment you may wish to make
bye for now
hugs



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GDT card for Papertake Weekly Challenge

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Good Afternoon to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope your week is going okay.

I honestly cannot believe how quickly the last 3 months have gone, this is my penultimate GDT card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge!
This week the theme is
Oh Christmas Tree
Please feature a Christmas Tree somewhere on your project

The sponsor for this challenge is a fab new digi company called  Digital Stamps.

So onto my card. I used my newest LOTV stamp, I adore James Bear and was so pleased when I saw the gorgeous new images.


Items Used:
Stamp - LOTV James Bear Christmas Tree
Papers - First Edition Nordic Christmas
Memory Box - Festive Lights
Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug snowflake dots
Crystal Glamour Dust 
Xcut corner rounder punch
Ribbon, twine and eyelets from stash



If you take a look at the Papertake Weekly Challenge, you will be able to see the wonderful creations made by the Design Team

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Polkadoodles - Christmas Is Coming
C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
Moving Along With The Times - Christmas Cuties
LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Anything Goes


Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today, I really appreciate it so much and I love to read any comments you may wish to make.
bye for now
hugs 



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DT card for Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge

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Good Morning to you all my wonderful crafty friends.
I hope you all are well and that you had a good weekend. Sending hugs to those in need of them.

Today is the start of a new Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge
This time we are using sketch #20
The optional theme chosen by the lovely Doreen is Stitching (real or faux)
Our sponsor for this challenge is the wonderful Pink Gem Designs.

The DT were able to choose an image from Pink Gem, I picked the adorable Horace with Flowers.




Here is the sketch for you to follow, a nice simple one!

Items Used:
Digi Stamp - Pink Gem Designs Horace with Flowers coloured with Promarkers
Marianne Design Craftables - Circle,Flower and leaf stitch die
Crafters Companion Florabunda Embossalicious Embossing Folder
LOTV  Sentiment Tags
Buttons and ribbon from stash

If you pop along to the  Sketch 'n' Stash Challenge you will see the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team and see who were the winners of the last challenge.

I would like to enter my card into the following fabulous challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Ribbon
Just for Fun - buttons and Bows
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
Allsorts - ribbons and bows

Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my blog today and for all your kind comments on my recent cards too. Your support and encouragement really means so much to me.
Bye for now
hugs




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