Happy Birthday

How time flies this is the 5th Monday in July and my last card as GD for Incy Wincy . Thanks to all the lovely sponsors for their super images . This week the challenge is Birthdays and the sponsors are Lacy Sunshine and 2 Cute Ink . I've used  'Clown  Eleanor '  from Lacy Sunshine , the balloons are perfect for a birthday card.

Christmouse in July

The lighting is not very good as it's early evening - the card stock is a lovely deep cherry colour and the strip at the bottom is spruce green  .I have put glitter on the red berries and the spruce branch but it doesn't show up .

Southern Girls - challenge 74 - Animal Antics
Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 4 - Things with Bling
Lets Create and Craft  -  challenge 75 - Fancy Edges
Hiding in My Craft Room - challenge 108 - Christmas in July

A little wedding love

 I can see me making more of these in different colours. I just need to be a bit more exact cutting the panels and also in adding the pearls ,the center one needs moving ever so slightly.


Crafting With Dragonflies has a bloghop and also challenge  7 - Weddings .

Christmas in July

Christmas in July seems to more popular every year ,my husband wants to know who started this idea. So ,who was the first to bring about Christmas in July.


Tuesday Morning Sketches - challenge  208 - Sketch above
The Stamp Spot - Monthly challenge - Christmas in July
Crafting By Design -  Christmas in July
I Love ProMarkers - challenge  178 - Christmas in July - I did some  colour mixing of red and blue to get just the right shade of purple I wanted .

Cupcake Sparkles

This card seems to have a bit of everything ,lots of glitter on the cupcake ,stitching ,lace gems ,paper piecing and some very pretty papers. The cupcake image came from  not just mum .

My Craft Spot  - challenge 105 - Stitching  -  I did mine by hand and some of the stitching is a bit uneven .
Paper Playtime - challenge 15 - Pattern Paper .

Tulip Bookmarks

This week at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge  the theme is " Read all about it " . Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps  . I used Bugaboo Tulip Tag which I re sized  to make my bookmark ,I then cropped the small butterfly ,enlarged it and used it to cover the tag hole at the top edge.The design is the same on both sides of the bookmark which I coloured using pencils .I added some beads to give the bookmarks a little weight .

Dragon delivery anyone ?

The challenge this week at Incy Wincy is 'things with wings - . the sponsor is Doodle Dragon Studios and I've used this cute stork making his delivery . The background papers were just the right colour but sadly only scraps so there is a blank area behind the main image , I used washi tape to define the sections.

A fashion plate

I think this is called a pagoda shaped card. All the fashion plates are from Graphic45.

Crafting with Dragonflies - challenge 6 - shaped cards but not easel cards . They also have a lovely flower freebie on offer. You have to be a follower to play along.

My second week as guest designer

Blogger seems to be up the creek at the moment so I've reverted back to HTML to get this posted .I tried all day yesterday with no luck .

Incy Wincy have a sketch to follow this week ,the sponsors are Meljens and Hobbycutz , my image is steam punk girl from Meljens . Join in the challenge for a chance to win super cute images .

A simple happy birthday

I used sequin waste as a stencil to make my own background paper.

This card was created using a sheet from Nancy Watt. Once I had made my backing paper it was an easy task to pick out a few elements and stick them down .

UnstampaBelles -  challenge 52 -  Birthday Cake - Now I know I don't have a birthday cake on my card but then neither have any of the design team except Merry so I'm guessing it's just a birthday theme .

Summer Lovin

                                      

Wow ,I blinked and there went six months ,the DIY projects I was supposed to be doing during the Autumn haven't even started yet ,not an awful lot of crafting either ,what have I been doing ?

For the next five weeks I am guest designer at Incy Wincy and so I'm hoping my mojo will appear and make some great cards with the lovely images from the sponsors . This week our sponsor is  StampFairy  , I've used Herb from the Summer collection .

Brown check paper from Stampin Up ,Blue paper Kaisercraft , spotty strip is chipboard from heidi grace. All the other bits are just made by me .

Busy being fabulous

Wow  ,  I love this paper but it's hard on the eyes . It would be lovely to have the space and the money to have ribbons ,buttons and ric rac in every colour but it's just not possible ,I wanted black ric rac and had to use some ink to dye this yellow stuff. The large stars are cut by hand and a star punch for the small ones.I love this stamp but trying to get a perfect image is not easy -I had 8 attempts before I was happy .

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  challenge  201 - Sketch layout .
Charisma Cardz - challenge 22 - lots of layers
Southern Girls - Tic Tac Toe  -I've gone right down the middle -  inks ,stars and chevrons .

Cookies for the weekend

Friday morning -  make a card or bake biscuits - the baking wins every time - I love being in the kitchen . From left to right we have fat rascals then cookies with milk and white choc chips and the front ones are crystallized ginger .  The recipe for the cookies makes over 100 so I split the mix into four portions  and freeze the other 3 .Well I'm off to see the physio with my back AGAIN .

Time to sew

Another card with a sewing theme , there are lots of elements to this card but at the same time it has a bare unfinished look about it . Any suggestions ? The torn paper was deliberate and I distressed the edges of the circle.

Feeling Sketchy - sketch 60 -  above . Option to use ribbon , I used lace and ribbon and this cute little button.

A Stitch in Time

Not my usual sort of card but I guess it's OK. I forgot to change the stitch size on my sewing machine ,oops ,BIG BIG stitches .

Southern Girls - Going Spotty Dot . Pink and Blue ,lots of spots.
Incy Wincy -  Metal Mania - Buttons are metal .
The Stamp Spot - Feminine

Have a great weekend ,I'm off to make Lamb and spinach curry.

Bunny love

As much as I enjoy cardmaking it's not the only thing I do .I love my cross stitch,knitting ,sewing with fabric ,sewing on paper.Over the years I think I've tried most things including  batik ,soft toys ,
candle making ,jewellery . It's good to have a change now and then- so here is Miss Maggie Rabbit .How cute are those boots.You can buy the pattern ( as I did )which includes the rabbit ,dress and boots as well as a little cape which I haven't done yet  or you can buy the complete kit with fabric etc. from Alicia Paulson at Posie :Rosy Little Things
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another easel card

                                                   

I made one of these easel cards last week and I quite like how it looks so here's another one .The peel off flowers and butterfly were stuck on thin card and attached with sticky dots .The silver sentiment sticker was coloured black .

Unstampabelles - challenge 23 - Easel card -no digi or stamps .

butterfly flutter by

I haven't added a sentiment until I decide if it should be a birthday or thank you card . The text paper is from kaiser craft and the pearlized blue is from an envelope .I'm not sure where the butterfly stamp came from.

A Gem of a Challenge - 79 - Things with wings.
Creative Corner - challenge  18 - Things with wings.

Smile - it's your birthday

Things always look better after a good nights sleep . I can't remember the last time I really cried but yesterday afternoon I was a mess . My ongoing hip and shoulder pain were quite bad ,I had all the symptoms of a cold coming on and to top it all a really bad migraine . Today the migraine has gone and the other things seem a bit more bearable .

Ok -onto my easel card -the camera image is from Birdie Brown -the grey check paper is Stampin Up and the grey spot paper is from Kaisercraft . I'm still debating if I should add some of the grey spot  paper onto the inside of those flaps ,I can't decide if it will make it look too dark . The little sentiment at the bottom says 'it's your birthday ' , sorry I haven't taken a clear pic of it.My card yesterday was for Jeanne  a friend over in SA, this card is for her husband Derek hence the monogram letter.

Lady Anne's  May  challenge - Easel Cards
Scribble Designs -  challenge  - shaped or easel cards - freebie provided - 
Paper Creator's Crafts -  challenge 8  - For the Boys -masculine card .

Sorry about the crappy header ,I will sort it out  some time today.