Mum - My Inspriation

Another very quick post to accompany this card.  Not a lot to say at the moment :) - yep strange for me, guess I am a bit busy with another project I have on the go which is distracting me from talking - :)

Recipe:-

• White Linen card from Craft Creations
• Digi - girl7 (this is a free digi which can be used with their current challenge)
• Pink striped paper - Papermania
• Pale pink side panel - printed text, background ProMarker Blossom and air-gun
• X-Cut die for circle 
• Extreme Glitter, Stickles, flowers, metal embellishments and lace from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Just Some Lines - For Mum
• Chocolate Coffee Cards - Challenge #38 ~ Mother's Day/For Mom (Mum!)
• Digi Haven - Happy Mother's Day / Floral
• Patties Creations - Challenge 67 - Mother's Day
• Crafts 4 Eternity - R#123 - Tic Tac Toe  (Right side column, Pink (card DP and dress etc), 3 of something (flowers), Bling (silver Stickles for jewelry, silver Extreme Glitter for the shawl and glittery bits in the embellishments re the metal flower and the crystal beads)

Bloom with Happiness!!

Seems like the hours in the days are shortening lol.  Been a busy day today and just have time to upload this post before heading off to bed.  Early start in the morning and the beginning of another day of work.  No, not in the mood to go to work at all, need a day in my craft room - yep a therapy day is called for lol.  Hopefully this card classes as a CAS (clean and simple) card :) as I have entered it into to clean and simple challenges.

Recipe:-

• White Linen card and blue card from Craft Creations
• Digi - Alisa with Roses from Mo's Digital Pencil
• Lattice background by me
• Pearls from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• DP2 - Clean and Simple
• Jellypark - Girly Girl
• Dilly Beans - Celebrations
• Crafty Ribbons -  No design(er) paper
• Cute Card Thursday - Something Blue
• Moving Along with the Times - CAS

Imagine !!!!!

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #162

Theme ' Anything Goes'

The sponsor this week StitchyBear Digital Stamps with a prize of all the DT images used in challenge # 160.  To win this prize you need to use a digi from the StitchyBear store.  You can still enter without using a StitchyBear digi and the prize for the winner is $3 to spend in the store.

A little sneak peep : in the next 3 weeks we have a fantastic mega challenge coming up... With lots and lots of prizes.. To win and enter this challenge you MUST use a StitchyBear Digi Outlet product.. So why not take advantage of our great offer.. FREE IMAGE ....... If you spend $3 or more in our store , you get a fabulous FREE image ( This image changes, every week) Of course you can use your images week after week to win our TOP prizes. Which you must use a StitchyBear Digi Outlet product to win . :O) Here's this weeks image

For this week I had to choose a Panda Bear paper pack and used the paper to make my card.  Oh so many choices to choose from but in the end I opted for the Imagine pack, I had totally fallen for one of the papers in particular, wonderful warm gray and pink colours.  The digi I used for the outside of the card is one I have had for a long time from Floppy Lattes called Funky Flower, it just screamed to be decoupaged and I felt would work perfectly with the DP.  For the inside of the card I used another Floppy Latte digi, one of those that is so handy to have called You Inspire Me, I have used this digi so many times, it is going to be an all time favourite I think.

Recipe:-

• Panda Bear paper pack Imagine
• Digi stamps by Floppy Latte - Funky Flower and You Inspire Me
• Card from Craft Creations
• Die cut design which I created and cut on my Black Cat,  It was inspired by one I once saw on Crafts U Print
• Ribbon coloured with ProMarkers to match the paper main colour
• Stickles
• Pearls from Hobby Craft
• Ribbon from my stash

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:-

• Dream Valley - Challenge 56 - No Squares Allowed
• Pile it On - Pile It On #18 - For a Mother
• Sentimental Sundays - Challenge #153- Paper Piecing
• Fashionista - Challenge 15 Shabby or Vintage
• Ooh-la-la- - Vintage/Nostalgic
• Crafts and Me  - Challenge #131 - Floral Frenzy
• Simon Says - HAPPY MAIL
• Southern Girls - #68 - You Can Say That Again
• Crafty Creations - Challege #220--Mother's Day with Flowers
• Stampin for the Weekend - Die cuts and/or punches
• Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #165 - Don't be Square - Use a Shaped Card

Thank you for taking the time to stop by.  Hugs Mimi

Poppies and Die Cuts

Last quick post with this card, then to the kitchen to find nourishment lol

Recipe:-

• Black and white card from Craft Creations
• Digi -Poppy Cluster from Just Inklined
• Swirly and flower die cuts designed by me using symbols from Graphicxtras which I then cut on my Black Cat
• Xcut Nesting Die - Scalloped Circle ( larges one)
• ProMarkers used to colour digi:- Metallic Black used with spray gun for edging round digi, Pale Pink, Poppy, Mandarin, Amethyst, Aubergine, Buttercup, Meadow Green, Grass, Moss, Marsh Green.
• Buttons from stash, white raffia colour with ProMarker to match digi (Poppy) also from stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Passion For Promarkers - Week 196 - Theme - To Die For
• I love Promarkers - Challenge #166 - Put a Button on It
• Card Crafters Circle - challenge-73-buds-blooms-and-blossoms.html
• Creative Corner -Flowers and/or Mothers Day
• Digi Haven -Use a Button
• Stampin for the Weekend - Die cuts and/or punches
• Artistic Inspirations - CHALLENGE 39 Lots Of Layers
• Eureka Stamps - challenge-37-black-and-white
• Love to Create - Challenge #63 Punches and/or Dies
• Stamp and Create  -**Use at least 1 Die**

A Man and his Wheels!!

Just a very quick post with this card.  Got a plate full of things to do along with another post.  Grrrrr, need more hours in the day are needed :)

Recipe:-

• Black card from Craft Creations
• Digi -Vintage Norton by Teri of Delicious Doodles 
• Quote - Four wheels move the body.  Two wheels move the soul (unknown) - how perfect is that to go with this wonderful digi :)
• Die cut mounts by me
• Coloured with regular coloured pencils - wow, such a long time since I have done that, in fact all the pencils had sharp points lol.  I love the vey subtle colour of the crayons on this digi, anything stronger would somehow distract from Teri's wonderful drawing ability I think.
• Brads, ribbon, gold pen from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Delicious Doodles - "Something For the Boys"   

Angel Baby

Just a quick post with today's card.  Beginning to get worried, two pink cards in two days although you can't see the other at the moment <g>  You will have to wait 4 weeks for that one lol.

I haven't made a baby girl card in a long time so thought for the Digi Darla Challenge of Celebrate it would be the perfect excuse to make one.  It is a bit of a heavy card with a total of 5 layers but I think it turned out rather sweet.  So here it is.  Must apologies for the photo, it is a bit squint - sorry.

Recipe:-

• While Linen card and pink card from Craft Creations
• Digi - Angel Baby Stars which was fuzzy cut and the head, limbs and stars also decoupaged
• Die cuts designed by me and cut on my Black Cat
• Ribbon from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• DDC #60 -  "Celebrate"
• Artistic Inspirations - CHALLENGE 39 Lots Of Layers
• Cutie Pie - CHALLENGE #43 - LOTS OF LAYERS
• Paper Make-up -  #86 - Celebrations 
• Love to Create - #63 Punches and/or Dies
• Stamp and Create - April Challenge: Use at least 1 die cut challenge
• Stamp with Fun - challenge 209 "Baby"
• Tammy Scrapin Corner - Challenge # 60 Lots of Layers

For Mum

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #161

Theme ' For Mom/Mum'

The sponsor this week StitchyBear Digital Stamps

with a prize $9 to spend in the store.  To win this prize you need to use a digi from the StitchyBear store.  You can still enter without using a StitchyBear digi and the prize for the winner is $3 to spend in the store.

I have throughly enjoyed this challenge:)  This week the image I have used is 'Sending Love', a My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Designs Priyanka!  Isn't she just so super cute!!!

I decided on a colour scheme of purple and yellows for a change and while colouring in all I could think about was my Mum's garden back in the UK.  Mum has the most amazingly colourful garden full of roses and lilies and other showy annuals (mainly pansies) dotted around for a bit of extra OOo La La.  Both my Mum and I love our pansies.  After completing the image I decided to make the backing paper myself using yellow pansies on a purple background.  First I found a digital photo of pansies from my Mum's garden which I potted around with (sorry for the pun)  :).  Next I converted one of the pansies into a Photoshop brush which I then used to create the backing paper. Pretty pleased with the outcome I think it looks so great with the digi.  It was a bit hard getting the colours right but after several attempts I managed to match them up with the digi colours.

I don't usually decorate the inside of my cards when I make them, preferring to do this as and when needed, but this time I could not help myself, I so loved the paper and wanted to see what the card looked like with the inside done too.  I found a great quote, ''Only a mother as perfect as you, could have a daughter as perfect as me" - Bobby Pin which I think sums things up perfectly (not saying I am perfect by any means lol)

Recipe:-

• White Linen card from Craft Creations
• 'Sending Love', a My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Designs Priyanka
• Topper die cut which I made and cut on my Black Cat
• Yellow mesh, gems, ribbon etc from my stash.  The ribbon was totally the wrong colour so I coloured it with ProMarkers <g>  
• All layers mounted with foam tape

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

• Hobbycutz - Challenge 5 - Mothersday
• Corrosive Challenge - Challenge # 173 - Mother's Day
• Stamping Sensation - ********Special Occasions********
• HIMCR #95 - Mother's Day!
• Sweet Stampin - Anything but Birthday
• Artistic Inspiration - CHALLENGE 38 Card for a Lady
• Tuesday Throwdown - Make Your Own Background
• PSC76: Mother's Day
• DL.ART - #10 THEME: Mother's day
• Paper-Crafting Journey - USE A SENTIMENT!
• Broken Box Stock - Challenge #25: Mother's Day
• Crafty Catz - Challenge 180 - THE COLOUR PURPLE
• JAI #163 - Just Add...a FUN background!