My Valentine at Craft Your Passion!!

Not long now till Valentine's Day!!  The boys and I have a special dinner planned as we do every year, then we are off to the Summer Reading club party, which the boys participated in over the summer (and read over 500 books between them). I actually think the teachers are striking that day so I can plan the dinner with the boys!!! May even have a special lunch instead seeing as we have a busy night!!
Anyway as always I'm rambling!! It's time for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion and this time the theme is MY VALENTINE!! Nice and easy one cos everyone is creating cards for valentines day!! If it wasn't for DT committments I wouldn't be making cards for this day cos I'm single!! LOL!!
We are being sponsored by Bugaboo stamps this week and I chose to use Clyde - Be Mine!!

I kept this design simple cos I wanted this sweet little guy to stand out!!! I coloured clyde in with Tria markers, mounted it on pink card stock then found some sparkly blue scrap that I cut up to put behind the image, then just added some ribbon, found some heart buttons and finished it off with rhinestones!! I hope that you can join us this week at Craft Your Passion and be sure to stop by the blog for more inspiration!!

                                     

There's a whole lot of LOVE over at The Paper Crafting Journey!!

I was just thinking it doesn't seem like two weeks has past since the last PCJ challenge but that would be because I was late getting my card done so did a mid week post last week!! Silly me!!! Anyway, this week at PCJ our theme is LOVE and we are being sponsored by the fabulous Krista from Saturated Canary!! I absolutely love her images but don't think I do them any justice with my colouring!!!
Now I'm not  a great fan of this time of year and having to make cards that are for valentine's day or just lovey dovey in general because I'm single!! But I do actually make Valentine's day a special day for my boys by making them heart sandwiches and something with hearts for dinner!! Not too sure what we are having for dinner this year but have bought some heart pie cases so will make a brownie or cake or something for them!! I also have another little surprise for them but I will share those with you next week when I have made them!! Anyway, I'm rambling..  so onto my card!!

I was lucky enough to get this gorgeous image Puppy Love from Saturated canary to create with which I think is perfect for lots of occasions, they could even be used on their own!! Anyway, coloured them in with tri markers and paper pieced the girls bow, dress, shoes and stockings!! I inked around the image with Pickled Raspberry distress ink. All the papers are from a blog candy I recently won from Amy at A Thousand Sheets of Paper. I added a quarter of a doily and inked it with the pickled raspberry distress ink also then added the two heart pins and the heart charm on twine!! Finished off the card with the flowers and rhinestones and distressed around the whole card with the pickled raspberry distress ink!!

I look forward to seeing all your love creations!! Pop on over to the PCJ blog to see what the other DT gals created!!

I am entering this into the following challenges!!

* Simon Says Stamp - Have a  Heart

* Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

* Going Grey with Scrap Creations - Valentines

* Inky Chicks - Valentine or Anniversary Card

* Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

* Top Tip Tuesday - Let me call you Sweetheart

* Tuesday Throwdown - Heart strings

* The Cutie Pie Challenge - Valentine's

* Incy Wincy designs - Love is in the Air

* Stampin with the Dragon - Love is all Around

* Stampin for the Weekend - Something Metal

Digi Bell's Post with Sweet Tooth Mary

Happy wednesday to you all!! We had a scorcher here today, so I still have the air con on to keep the house cool for tomorrow!! It's my turn to post on The Digi Bell's blog and I decided to use Sweet Tooth Mary which is of course by the fabulously talented Elisabeth Bell and you can get it from her digital collection... right now if your heart desires!! The reason I used this image is because my son recently lost his first tooth and he was so excited about the tooth fairy coming that I couldn't get him to go to sleep!! I know this image is of a girl but  he loves this image and it just represents him, he's both a crafter and recently lost his tooth so it is just perfect!!

I coloured Sweet Tooth Mary in with Tria markers and added a bit of kindy glitz and glitter pen to parts of the image!! I inked around the image with mowed lawn distress ink. I'm not sure what company the tooth fairy paper is but it was something Logan picked up at a craft store late last year and the tooth fairy embellishments were also something he picked up!
Logan loved this card whe I showed him this morning and he is now going to do his scrap book page with the photo of him with his first missing tooth!!
Don't forget the Digi Bell's Blog Hop is still going on, you have one more day to join in and try your luck at winning the gorgeous new image Love You, Miss You which is now available in Elisabeth Bell's Digital collection!!

Seems a Little Sketchy - Sketch 32

Hi all, back again with my second post today!! We have a new sketch for you today at Seems a Little Sketchy and we are sponsored by Sweet 'n' Sassy.
Here is the sketch:

And here is my card!

I used Bethany Bunny from Sweet 'n' Sassy for my card!! I coloured her in with tria markers and used glitter pen on all the pink!! Now you will have to excuse my poor sewing , but I am a card maker and not a sewer after all!! I used my floral vine die again and the paper is again from my scrap stash!! I still have not bought any patterned in over a year and my scrap stash has decreased a lot but I still have a stash of paper that I will continue to use!! To finish off the card I just added some buttons with twine and rhinestones!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

A new challenge at Craft Your Passion brings sad news!!

Hello and welcome to challenge 148 at Craft Your Passion!!  Before I share my card with you, it is with a heavy heart that I bring you some sad news!! We were to be sponsored by The Digi Garden this week but we were informed late last week that the owner Jacqui McNeil passed away suddenly!! So I wish to send my deepest sympathy to her family and friends. May the memories of the times you had with her help you through this sad time!!! (Jenn (CYP blog owner) will still honour the prize from the Digi Garden and give the winner the digi images the DT got to create with).
         So this weeks challenge is Pastels!! We don't want to see bright or dark colours just Pastel colours in your creations!!  I used Molly Heart Peeker from the Digi Garden and I just loved creating this card!!

I coloured Molly Heart peeker in with tria markers and added kindy glitz to the hearts.  I printed out the image twice and stuck the hearts on foam tape for a bit of dimension!! The papers I used are from my scrap stash. I recently won the floral vine die and wanted to use it  and I think it perfectly with the layout of my card!The ribbon was from another blog candy win, then I added the flowers and buttons and the heart charm. To finish it off  I added some rhinestones mainly cos I hadn't used any...LOL! I probably could have left them off but hey they look ok!!

That's it from me but I'll be back with another post very shortly!!!

Digi Bell's Blog Hop with Miss You, Love you!!!

Hello and Welcome to The Digi Bell's Blog Hop! we are here to share with you Elisabeth Bell's newest digi image which as I say every month is absolutely adorable! before I share with you what I created with her lets make sure you are on the right track. So if you have arrived here from Linda's blog then you are on the right track... If not then head on over to the Digi Bell's Blog and start at the beginning because you do not want to miss a thing.
So without further ado here is my creation with MISS YOU, LOVE YOU which you can now get from Elisabeth Bell's digital collection.

This is such a sweet image and I just loved colouring her up!! I think she can be used for so many occasions but I decided to make a miss you card cos I found this rubon sentiment which I thought suited the image perfectly! So Miss you, Love you is coloured with tria markers with a bit of kindyglitz added!!! I then just die cut some flowers (with my memory box die) and added some rhinestones!! Oh and I distressed around the edges of the image with Squeezed lemonade distress ink!!
Well that's it from me, so head on over to Rose's Blog to see her beautiful creation. And if you get lost along the way then head back to the Digi Bell's Blog where you will find the full blog hop list. If you comment on everyone's blogs then you will have the chance to win this sweet new image but if you can't wait she is now available in Elisabeth Bell's Digital Collection!!

Enjoy the Hop!!!

 

3 or More Layers plus add red and pink at Polka Doodles!!

Wow, it feels like forever since I made a card for Polka Doodles!!! Hope you joined in the fabulous Blog Hop recently with the new Emma Canning images!!! All the DT did a fabulous job with the images!!
This weeks challenge at Polka Doodles is 3 or more layers and pink and red so make a card with 3 or more layers of paper and include the colors pink and red
I found this theme a bit of a challenge as I'm not a fan of red and pink together so my card is not totally red and pink but I do have red and pink in the card which is how I interpreted the challenge theme!!.

My images and papers are from the Cherry Blossom Lane CD and the sentiment is from Studio 12 Picknix Collection 1 CD.I used this gorgeous precoloured image and layered it on a spellbinders die, then finished the card with buttons, flowers, pearls and ribbon and some kindyglitz for a bit of sparkle!! Wasn't too sure of this card when I first finished it but it has grow on me and I gave it to a friend for her birthday and she loved it!!
I hope you will join in with our challenge and if you are wanting some amazing digi images and papers why not head on over to the Polka Doodles shop where you will find sets for every occasion.