Nutcrafters Challenge Reminder - Love and Friendship

 Just to remind you that you still have time to enter our current challenge at Nutcrafters - our theme is 'Love and Friendship'.

You can find all the details here on the challenge blog where you'll also find a gorgeous freebie digi - we'd love to see you using it to make a card for the challenge!

I've used the free digi for my card.  My paper is from Craft Creations and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

  Forever Friends - 'anything goes'
Come and Get It Challenges - 'hearts'
One Stop Craft Challenge - 'love is in the air'
2 Sisters Blog Challenge - 'hearts'
Raise the Bar Challenge - 'a couple of things'
Card Crafter's Circle - 'love is in the air'
Simon Says Stamp - 'have a heart'
Divas by Design - 'winged things'
Digi Haven - 'valentine challenge'
Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'valentine'

New from Little Claire - Best Friend

Today I'm sharing another card made with one of Little Claire's new stamps - this one is called 'Best Friend' and you can find it here on the website.  The little verse I've used on the stopper comes with the main stamp and I've also used one of the sentiments from the 'Sunshine Sentiments' set which you can find here on the website.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge - 'anything goes'
Moving Along With the Times - 'only girls allowed'
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'
Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog - 'get in shape'
Eclectic Ellapu - 'girly'
Pile It On Challenge - 'shaped cards'
Robyn's Fetish Challenge - 'paper piecing'
Stamping Sensations - 'fur and feathers'
Paper Creator's Crafts - 'circular easels'

Special Offer from Little Claire - For One Day Only!!

There's a special offer on the Little Claire website today for one day only!!

If you head over to the Little Claire blog here, you'll find a great project made using the 'Room With a View Wedding' set and for today only, the stamp set is available for a very special price.

The set is on offer for just £6.99 (RRP £8.99) and that's a lot of stamps for the price!!

You can find the offer here on the website.

This is one of my cards from 2011 made with the set - if you click on the gallery link on the website page, you'll find lots more inspiration.

New Challenge at The Squirrel and the Fox and a Little Tribute

As many people will know, Jacqui the talented artist behind The Digi Garden passed away recently.  I was privileged to be one of her Digi Garden Divas and, although we knew she hadn't been well, the news came as a huge shock to all of us and, I'm sure, to many in the crafting community.

Jacqui had a talent for drawing beautifully cute little characters that are so easy to colour.  It was wonderful to be part of her Design Team and to see all these gorgeous images as she made them available for us to use.  She will be missed so much.

Jacqui was also part of the original Design Team for the Squirrel and the Fox challenge blog - we were both part of the team at the outset.  So I decided today was the perfect occasion to mark her passing with a little card using some of her gorgeous images which I hope you will like.

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Full details of the Squirrel and the Fox challenge can be found here on the blog - do have a look at all the gorgeous inspiration from my fellow DT members.  The theme this time is 'love'.

I'd also like to share my card in the following challenges:

Raise the Bar - 'a couple of things'

Crafty Catz Weekly - 'love is in the air'
Totally Papercrafts - 'valentines or love'

Card Crafter's Circle - 'love is in the air/valentine'

Moving Along With the Times - 'only girls allowed'
One Stop Craft Challenge - 'love is in the air'
Allsorts Blog Challenge - 'valentines'
2 Sisters Blog Challenge - 'hearts'

Come and Get It Challenges - 'show us your heart'

New Pink Gem Challenge - Hearts and Valentines

It's time for another challenge on the Gem of a Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'hearts and valentines'.  Click here for all the details and to see the cards from my fellow design team members.

For my card I used the very sweet digi 'Brotherly Love' which you can find here on the Pink Gem website and I also used the 'February Calendar' digi which you can find here.  I die cut the card base with a large scalloped die and used some heart paper from Craft Creations.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - 'love struck'

Paper Crafting Journey - 'love'

Charisma Cardz - 'love'

Stamp'n'Doodle - 'love is in the air'

Inky Impressions - 'love'

Emergency Crafters - 'romance'
Crafts for Eternity - 'be my valentine'
Pattie's Creations Challenges - 'valentine's day'
One Stop Craft Challenge - 'love is in the air'
Allsorts Blog Challenge - 'valentines'

New from Little Claire - 'Yes Miss'

This is the first of my cards made with the new releases from Little Claire - I missed the release week showcases because I was busy with class preparation and this past week I've finally caught up with myself!

This first card was made using the very cute 'Yes Miss' stamp which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  I've also used one of the sentiments from the 'Dictionary Definitions' set which you can find here.

I've used a Fanciful card blank which you can find here on the website as well as kraft and gingham paper - I inked all the edges of the layers to give some extra depth.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Moving Along With the Times - 'only girls allowed'

Forever Friends Challenge Blog - 'animals or birds or butterflies'

Papertake Weekly - 'anything goes'

Loves Rubberstamps - 'anything goes'

Bearly Mine Challenges - 'anything goes'

Crafty Bloggers Network - 'anything goes'

Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - 'something old (papers) and something new (stamp)'

Poinsettia Corner

Another Christmas card today, this time using the beautiful 'Poinsettia Corner' from Little Claire which you can find here on their website.  I've also used one of the little tag stamps from the Little Claire which you can find here on their website.  The paper I've used is from Dovecraft and I've finished the card with some gems, Card Candi and a bit of ribbon coloured with a Promarker.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'something beginning with P'

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - 'anything goes'

Sparkles Christmas Challenge - 'anything goes'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'

Addicted to Stamps - 'make your mark'

Hiding in My Craft Room - 'reds'

Sparkles Forum Challenge - 'die cuts and flowers'

New Penny's Challenge - Ribbon and Bows

This week at Penny's Paper-Crafting Challenge Blog our theme is 'ribbon and bows'.    You can find all the details here on the challenge blog.  

We've been sponsored by:

and

The DT were given images to work with and I chose the beautiful 'Mr and Mrs' from LOTV which you can find here on their website.  I've used white glitter card for my background and then put sheer white ribbon across the middle of the card.  I layered the image panel on to a scalloped white circle and then put some peel off greetings in two corners and three pearls in one of the other corners.  I'm not very good at putting bows on my cards so I made up a little 'faux bow' which I put in the bottom right hand corner topped with another pearl.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Love to Create Challenge Blog - 'let's celebrate'

Eureka Stamps - 'sweethearts'

Lexi's Creations - 'valentines/love'

Creative Creations Challenges - 'it must be love'

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - 'anything goes'

OLLCB - 'love story'

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 'ribbon and/or lace'

Sweet Stampin - 'love is all around'

That Craft Place Blog - 'WOW'

Crafty Calender Challenge - 'love and marriage'

New Nutcrafters Challenge - Love and Friendship

Today we've got another great new challenge for you on the Nutcrafters blog.  Our theme is 'Love and Friendship' as chosen by Katie and there's a great free digi on the challenge blog too!  You can find all the details here together with all the information about the great prizes on offer.

I've used the free digi for my card with some red gingham and kraft paper.  I used Stickles on the heart on the bird box to give it some sparkle and added a stamped sentiment and some Card Candi to finish.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'inspiration photo' (colours and hearts)

Created With Love Challenges - 'Valentines Day'

Crafty Bloggers Network - 'anything goes'

Eureka Stamps - 'sweethearts'

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - 'valentines cards'

Sweet Stampin' - 'love is all around'

Stamping Sensations - 'fur and feathers'

Divas by Design - 'winged things'
Fab'n'Funky Challenges - 'valentines or hearts'

Dahlias from Pink Gem

 

This is a very CAS card I made using the current free digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs - you can find it here on the Pink Gem website.  

I punched the bottom edge of the card with my Fiskars Threading Water punch and added two embossed lines at the bottom and top of the card.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and then matted on to lilac Bazzill card.  I've then used nail head gems to finish it off.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Stamp and Create - 'spring is coming'

Crafty Bloggers Network - 'anything goes'

Artistic Inspirations - 'embossing/anything goes'

Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

Stampin for the Weekend - 'metal' (nail head gems)

Card Crafter's Circle - 'spring time'

Moving Along With the Times - 'punch it out'

Crafty Sentiments Designs - 'anything goes'

Happy Camper's Craft Collective - 'flowers, use something digital'

New Cutie Pie Challenge - Valentines

Today we've got a new challenge for you on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'Valentines'. You can find all the details of the challenge here on the Cutie Pie Blog.  For the challenge we were sponsored by Bugaboo.

Bugaboo also very kindly gave some images to the DT to work with - I've used 'Kidz - Boy Hearts' which you can find here on the website.  I've also used Craft Creations paper and kraft paper - I punched the hearts from kraft and edged everything with brown ink.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Hiding in my Craftroom - 'reds'

My Time to Craft - 'love is in the air'

My Mum's Craft Shop - 'valentine/love'

Allsorts Blog Challenge - 'let's get cute'

Crafty Calender Challenge - 'love and marriage'

Card Makin Mamas - 'love'

Creative Creations Challenges - 'it must be love'
Dream Valley Challenges - 'valentine'
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - 'anything goes'

GDT Card for Here Come The Boys - Westerns

This is my second GDT card for the Here Come the Boys Challenge Blog and this time the there is 'Westerns'.  You can find all the details about the challenge here on the challenge blog.

The challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.

For my card I've used the 'Cowboy Luka' digi stamp from La-La Land Crafts.  The layers on the card are tan gingham, kraft and red card and the sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'anything goes'

Allsorts Challenge Blog - 'let's get cute'

Cards Galore Challenge Blog - 'one for the men'

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - 'one for the guys'

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 'card or creation for a child'

Crafting When We Can - 'cards for boys'
Sandy's Crafty Creations - 'happy birthday'

Little Claire Class - One Stamp, Lots of Cards

I've just come back from another great class at the Little Claire Design Studio in Ledsham - a big thank you to the ladies who came along and made it such a fun morning!

Today the class was 'One Stamp, Lots of Cards' and I used the beautiful 'Cherish, Hugs, Dream' stamp set which you can find here on the Little Claire website.  We made five cards in all using the main floral image and the little butterfly stamp.

For the first card (above) I stamped the background using the small butterfly stamp and then the main image in black layered on to black and white card.  We used Versafine Onyx Black for this card because it gives a lovely crisp image when you're not using Promarkers (it doesn't work with the Promarkers because the colour bleeds).  To the bottom of the card I added some of the gorgeous English Lace and some white sheer ribbon coloured with a black Promarker.  To finish I used some white pearls - some I left white and some were coloured with a black Promarker.

Next a very simple card using acetate as the base.  This time the image has been coloured and matted on to pink and blue card.  I added a peel off greeting and some clear gems.

This one was a little bit vintage in style.  The image was stamped on kraft paper with Versafine Vintage Sepia and then I tore the edges (against a ruler).  The lace is the same as I used on the first card but this time we coloured it with the Vintage Sepia pad.  Again I finished the card with some little pearls.

Next a card with the image stamped in Memento London Fog for a softer look.  Once it was coloured, the image was then covered in a piece of the Glitter Sparkle Sheet.  I finished the card with a piece of white ribbon and three Card Candi coloured with my Pink Carnation Promarker.

And finally a tag card - for this one I cut the stamped image in to three equal pieces and added the small butterfly to the left hand panel.  I've used white sheer ribbon coloured with my Amethyst Promarker.  The tag cards are available here on the website and you'll see that they also come in lots of other different colours.

I'd like to enter my cards in the following challenges:

Unique Crafter's Challenge Blog - 'lace or fabric' (first and third cards)
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - 'anything goes with a ribbon' (first and last cards)
Crafty Blogger's Network - 'flowers'
Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'
Flutterby Wednesdays - 'open choice'
Passion for Promarkers - 'add sparkle' (fourth card)
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - 'monochromatic' (first and third cards)
Southern Girls Challenge - 'get krafty' (third card)
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog - 'flowers and ribbon' (first and last cards)
Totally Gorjuss - 'anything goes with lace' (first and third cards)

Brand New from Little Claire - Hearts and Flowers Plus a New Website!

New from Little Claire today is the February club stamp set 'Hearts and Flowers' - a gorgeous collection of images and words.  Club members will also receive a pack of materials and instructions to make the card above - the first photo shows the whole card and the second shows the inside panel.



You can find the stamp set plus details of how to join the club here on the Little Claire website.  If you click through to the link you will also see the great new Little Claire website - lots of gorgeous products, plenty of inspiration and a nice clean, fresh look.  If you want to see more cards made with this month's stamp set, take a look at the gallery here

I'd like to enter my first card card in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - 'anything but square'
Delicious Doodles - 'red, red and more red'
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - 'go red/hearts'
Heck of  Challenge - 'love and flowers'
Simply Create Too - 'valentine's day or hearts'
Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog - 'have a heart'
Bearly Mine Challenges - 'hearts galore'

My second card uses the hedgehog, border stamp and two of the sentiments:

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Crafting Cafe - 'anything goes'
Charisma Cardz - 'pink and brown'
Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'
Inky Impressions Challenge - 'bingo board' (pink, sentiment, die)
Crafting By Designs - 'animal antics'

Hedgehog Bookmark

This is a bookmark I made recently for a swap on one of the Yahoo groups I belong to.  I've used the very cute 'Hedgehogs in Squares' from Little Claire which you can find here on their website.  Instead of using the whole stamp, I've stamped and then cut out three of the squares from the design.  I also used red card, kraft and gingham paper and some Card Candi.  I then put it in a plastic bookmark sleeve and punched a hole at the bottom - the ribbon is from my stash coloured with my Poppy Promarker.

I'd like to enter my bookmark in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Crafty Creations Challenges - 'anything but a card'

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - 'anything goes with a ribbon'
Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - 'anything goes'
Crafting by Designs - 'animal antics'
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 'card/creation for a child'
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - 'something old (stamp) and something new (plastic sleeve)'
Inky Impressions - 'bingo' (ribbon, red and flowers)

Black and White Nativity

A very simple card made using a die cut that from Crimson Cloud which I won recently in a blog challenge and a stamped sentiment from the Little Claire 'Silhouette Manger' which you can find here on their website.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Perfect Sentiments Challenge - 'anything goes with a die cut'

Anything Goes Challenge - 'monochrome'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'nativity'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'
Crimbo Crackers - 'male'

New Penny's Challenge - One for the Girls

Today we've got another brand new challenge for you at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog and this week our theme is 'one for the girls'.

For this challenge, we've been sponsored by:

and

You can find all the challenge details here on the blog.

Both companies supplied the DT members with images so I've made two cards for the challenge.  My first (above) was made using a Sassy Studio Designs digi.  The paper is from a magazine give-away and I've used my new Cheery Lynn corner die plus some Card Candi, fancy border peel offs and two glittered flowers.  There are also little pearls in the corner die cuts. 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes'

Love to Create - 'anything goes with a sentiment'

Sparkles Forum Challenges - 'die cuts and flowers'

 Happy Campers Craft Collective - 'flowers and something digital'

Paper Crafting Journey - 'for a girl' 

Crafts and Me Challenges - 'favourite embellishment' (Card Candi)

The Perfect Sentiment - 'anything goes with a die cut'

My second card was made using a digi from QKR Stampede:

Again, the paper is from a magazine give-away pack and I've added some flowers and Card Candi

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Bearly Mind Challenges - 'hearts galore'

The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'hearts'

Digi Makeover Challenge - 'hearts'

 Delicious Doodles - 'all you need is love'

ABC Challenges - 'valentines day'

I Love Promarkers - 'love is all around'

 Shopping Our Stash - 'love, hearts, valentines'

Nutcrafters Challenge Reminder - Cute and Girly

A quick reminder this morning about my challenge on the Nutcrafters Challenge Blog - the theme I've chosen is 'cute and girly' and you still have another week left to enter.  You can find all the details here on my original challenge post.

For my card I've used one of the Nutcrafters 'Angel' digi stamps called 'Angel Cake' which you can find here on the website.  I've used some pink ink around the image and then a circle of Stickles (not very clear on the photo) on the outside edge.  The paper I've used is from Craft Creations.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - 'add sparkle'

Tuesday Throwdown - 'bling it on'

Top Tip Tuesday - 'lavishly luscious layers'

Party Time Tuesdays - 'anything goes'

Love to Create - 'anything goes with a sentiment'

My Time to Craft Challenge - 'things with wings'

Creative Craft Challenges - 'bling it up'

Oldie But Goodie - 'glitz and glam' (paper and pearls more than 6 months old)

Alphabet Challenge Blog - 'Y is for Yummy'

GDT Card for Forever Friends

This is the card I've made as a GDT member for the new challenge at Forever Friends.  The challenge is being sponsored by Pink Gem so we were asked if we would like to take part as GDT members.

The theme for the Forever Friends challenge is 'ribbons and/or lace' and you can find all the details here on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used 'Chloe in the Rain' which you can find here on the Pink Gem website.  The paper I've used is from a Country Companions pack and the ribbon, lace and pearls from my stash.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog - 'ribbon'
Crafts for Eternity - 'tic tac toe' (birthday, ribbon, circle)
Happy Campers Craft Collective - 'flowers and use something digital'
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - 'hearts and flowers'
Charisma Cardz Challenge - 'hearts and flowers'
Dream Valley Challenges - 'girls, girls, girls'
Forever Friends - 'birthdays'
Paper Crafting Journey - 'for a girl'
The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'hearts'

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge - Something New

Here's my card for the new challenge on The Squirrel and the Fox challenge blog.  This fortnight our theme is 'something new' and we've been sponsored by The Digi Garden.  You can find all the details about the challenge here.

For my card I've used the very cute 'Ursula's Big Heart' which you can find here in Ursula's own special section of The Digi Garden website!  My 'something new' are the heart and corner dies I've used on the card.  The corner die was part of the amazing birthday blog candy prize I won recently from Teresa at My Crafty Heart.  The paper is from a magazine freebie booklet and the little sentiment is from my faithful old PSX stamps die cut with an X-Cut label die.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Craft Challenge - 'valentines day or love'

The Sisterhood of Crafters - 'hearts'

Delicious Doodles - 'all you need is love'
The Pink Elephant Challenge - 'inspiration photo'
Dream Valley - 'girls, girls, girls'

 Crafty Boots Challenge - 'new' (corner and heart dies)
That Craft Place Blog Challenge - 'new year, new goodies' (corner and heart dies)
 Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - 'valentines'
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - 'circle'
Word Play Saturday - 'anything'

New Pink Gem Challenge - Holidays

We have another new challenge for you this week on the Gem of a Challenge blog and this time our theme is 'holidays'.  You can find all the details of the challenge and see the gorgeous cards from the rest of The Gems here.

I decided to make a Christmas card using one of the very cute digi images from The Robin Set which you can find here on the Pink Gem website.  The paper I've used is from Dovecraft and I've glittered the snow on the main image and finished the card with gems and Card Candi.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Moving Along With the Times - 'bling it on'

Inky Impressions - 'celebrate'

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

Cards and More Challenge Blog - 'ice and snow'
Top Tip Tuesday - 'lavishly luscious layers'
Love to Create - '3 favourite colours' (red, green and kraft)
Winter Wonderland - 'it takes two'
MilkCoffee Challenge - 'snow plus glitter'
Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'anything goes'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'

Paper Pieced Christmas

Here's another card made with one of the stamps from the 'Merry Little Christmas' set from Clearly Besotted which I won recently in a blog challenge.  You can find the stamps here on their website.

I've paper pieced the tree using two shades of green gingham paper and then used label dies to cut out the image and a green mat.  The other layers are Bazzill card and I've finished the card with some peel off greetings and Card Candi.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - 'paper piecing'
Addicted to Stamps and More - 'clean and simple'
 Totally Stampalicious - 'paper piecing'
Creative Creations Challenge - 'keep it simple'
Christmas Card Challenges
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - 'recycled or use something free' (my stamp!)
Christmas Cards All Year Round - 'anything goes'
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra Challenge - 'anything goes'

Happy 40th Birthday

This is the card I made a couple of weeks ago for my cousin's 40th birthday.  The image is called 'Necktie Banner' and it's from Designed 2 Delight - you can find it here on their website.  I've coloured it with Promarkers and then layered on to kraft paper.

The circle sentiment is from the Little Claire 'Save the Date' stamp set which you can find here on their website.  The set contains four different circle greetings and separate numbers so you can create the sentiment you need for any card - a very clever idea.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Stamp 'n' Doodle - 'male themed birthday card'

Inky Impressions Challenges - 'celebrate'

Addicted to Stamps and More - 'clean and simple'

The Crazy Challenge - 'no design paper'

ABC Challenges - 'happy birthday'

Creative Creations Challenge - 'keep it simple'

Stampavie and More - 'spots and stripes'
Forever Friends Monthly Challenge - 'birthdays'

New Challenge at Penny's - Embossing, Wet or Dry

We've got another challenge on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog today and this week our theme is 'embossing - wet or dry'.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

and 

You can find all the details about the challenge here on the Penny's blog.

I've used a gorgeous Saturated Canary digi stamp for my card - this one is called 'Blanche' and you can find her here on the website.  The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and I've added some ribbon and gems from my stash.

I'd like to enter my cards in the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - 'favourite colour combination' (pink and black)
I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'
Addicted to Stamps and More - 'clean and simple'
Passion for Promarkers - 'favourite colour combination' (pink and black)
Digital Tuesday Challenge - 'favourite colour combination' (pink and black)
Creative Card Crew - 'girly'
Created with Love - 'anything goes'
Creative Creations Challenge - 'keep it simple'
Dream Valley Challenges - 'girls, girls, girls'
Totally Papercrafts - 'embossing'

New Nutcrafters Challenge - Cute and Girly

It's my turn to host the Nutcrafters Challenge this fortnight and I've chosen the theme 'cute and girly' - nice and easy for everyone!  For all the details about the challenge plus what you can win, click here to see my post on the challenge blog.

For my card I've used one of my favourite Nutcrafters stamps and some paper from Making Memories.  The flowers and pearls are from my stash and the little sentiment from Craftwork Cards.  A little tip (which most people probably already know!) - I added the faux stitching to my die cut circle by place the die back over the shape and using the edge of the die as a guide.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

I Love Promarkers - 'anything goes'

Bearly Mine - 'tic tac toe' (lots of layers, pearls, stamped image, lace)

Top Tip Tuesday - 'lavishly luscious layers'

Creative Card Crew - 'girly'

Sweet Stamps Blog - 'pearls and lace'

Created With Love - 'anything goes'

ABC Challenges - 'happy birthday'

In the Pink - 'luscious lace'

New Cutie Pie Blog Challenge - Use Three Textures

There's a new challenge today on the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and this time our theme is 'use 3 textures'.

For this challenge we've been sponsored by:

and

You can find all the details of the challenge here on the Cutie Pie Blog.

The Design Team were given digi images from Just Some Lines to work with - I chose 'Big Hat Girls 2' which you can find here on the website.  The three textures I've used are dry embossing, lace and ribbon.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin' - 'frills'
Totally Papercrafts - 'embossing'
Divas by Design - 'make it girlie'
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - 'one for the girls'
In the Pink - 'luscious lace'
Stampin for the Weekend - 'something girlie'
Addicted to Stamps Challenge - 'use material/texture'
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - 'use a digi'

GDT Card for Here Come the Boys

Here's my first card as a GDT member at Here Come the Boys.  I don't tend to make many men's cards so I'm really looking forward to taking part.

The new challenge today is to make a card using this bingo board:

You can use any line, diagonal or the four corners and the prize on offer is a digi image from Tiddly Inks:

All the details of the challenge are on the Here Come the Boys blog here.

For my card I used the left hand vertical line - blue, die cuts and patterned paper.  The stamp I've used is called 'Maybe' from Little Claire and you can find it here on the website - it's part of the sale at the moment and is available for £2.00 instead of £5.50.  The sentiment stamp I've used is part of the 'Dictionary Definitions' set which you can find here on the website.  The paper I've used is from Craft Creations and I've layered it with kraft paper.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Card Crafter's Circle - 'layers'
I Love Promarkers - 'layer it up'
Cards Galore - 'anything goes'
Fresh Brewed Monthly Challenge - 'anything goes'
Sandy's Crafty Creations - 'anything goes using blue and/or white'
The Stamping Shack Blog - 'card for a child'
2 Sisters Blog Challenge - 'brown, white and blue'
Word Play Saturday - 'anything'

It's All Black and White

No stamping on this card - it's all been die cut.  The medallion was cut with a lacé template and the butterfly with a Memory Box die.  The sentiments are peel offs and I've finished the card with some black Card Candi.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Unstampabelles - 'use one or more dies'

Card Makin Mamas - 'clean and simple'

Moving Along With the Times - 'birthday theme'

Addicted to Stamps and More - 'black and white'

Forever Friends Monthly Challenge - 'birthdays'

Cards Galore - 'anything goes'

The Crazy Challenge - 'without design paper'

Make My Monday - 'die cuts and punches'

Lady Anne's Challenges - 'anything goes'

Toadstool House from Pink Gem

There are lots of great new digi stamps on the Pink Gem website and this is one of them called 'Toadstool House' - you can find it here on the website.

I've used it to make a new home card - a very simple card but I wanted to showcase the beautiful image.  I've used red card, kraft and gingham paper with a couple of Card Candi to finish the card.

The sentiment I've used is from the Little Claire 'At Home' set which you can find here on the website.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge - 'new beginnings'
Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'new beginnings'
I Love Promarkers - 'layer it up'
One Crazy Stamper - 'anything goes'
The Craft Garden - 'at least 50% red'
Unique Crafters Challenge - 'new beginnings'
Card Crafter's Circle - 'layers'
Simply Create Too - 'anything goes'