Four years in!

Hi everyone,

It's time for another Fab 'n Funky Challenge, we have a "Photo & Colour Inspiration" board for you this time. You can find the board on the challenge blog, using purple, blue, gold and brown. I decided to use this colour scheme to create the anniversary card for my husband; come June we will be married for four years. How time flies, incredible! Anyway, here's my card:

Materials:
* Kenny K Sexy Cupid digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* First Edition Up Up & Away and Authentique Remembrance DPs
* We R Memory Keepers Cupid sentiment Stamp
* Seedless Preserves Distress Ink
* Heart gems from stash
* Golden Rod Stickles

Challenges:
* Oldie but a Goodie (Anniversary) First Edition Papers & Heart gems are at least 3 years old
* KennyK's Krafty Krew (Anything Goes, Twist: Femme Fatale)
* QKR Stampede (Anything Goes, Twist: Gems or Rhinestones)
* Addicted to Stamps (Inspired by a Song) Bee Gees - Arrow Through the Heart
* Paper Makeup Stamps (Sparkle)
* Sister Act (Anything Goes)
* Eureka Stamps (Up in the Air)
* As You Like It Challenge (Favourite Fur or Feathers) I love this sassy cupid image!
* Digi Designs (Use Those Markers)
* Shopping Our Stash (Sing it To Me) Bee Gees - Arrow Through the Heart

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To the One I Love

Good Monday all!

I don't know about you, but this hot weather certainly doesn't make me want to spend a lot of time in my sauna of a crafty room. To be honest, I'd rather sit in the garden with a history mag or spend a couple of hours in front of the fan watching a funny film with my hubs. However, I still want to be creative and try to craft for shorter periods of time, which works well but my progress is a lot slower.

We also had guests this weekend; one of my oldest friends and her husband spend some time at our house and stayed overnight. It was great to catch up with them, as we don't get to see each other that often.

But I did manage to make a card today's Ooh La La Challenge, themed "To the One You Love". I found an image that was already divided in two halves and thought it would be fun to make a gate fold card with it:

Materials:
* Ooh La La Together Forever image & DP from the Everyday Occasions CD
* Crafter's Companion CS
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Peel offs from my stash

Can't wait to see your creations, come and join us if you can!

Challenges:
* Tuesday Throwdown (Anything Goes)
* Oldie but a Goodie (In the Garden)
* Let's Craft & Create (Anything Goes)
* Crafts and Me (Anything Goes)
* Brown Sugar (Anything Goes)
* Southern Girls (No Spoolin')
* Dream Valley (Fancy Folds)
* Anything Goes Challenge (Anything Goes)
* Digi Haven (Any Animal)
* Creative Fingers (Anything Goes)

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The Power of Love

Hi all!

You might have noticed that it has been a little quiet on my blog this week, that's because I was on holiday. We spent 10 lovely days in the Big Apple, it was great and we saw a lot. Of course we were pretty shocked when the Boston marathon bombing occured on one of our last days in New York, very surreal to see all the press coverage and the massive police force out on the streets. I have to admit I felt a little unsafe after that, something that really hadn't happened before during our trip. Thankfully they caught those responsible, I can only imagine what they could have had in store........

Anyway, while in New York, I visited Michael's, one of their crafting store chains, to stock up on a number of lovely goodies. I bought some lovely punches, a circle cutter and some paper pads, which I am sure will feature in my upcoming projects very soon :) I made this card with my 'old' stash, using up some lovely papers that I have had for ages but never used before. This week @ Fab 'n Funky the theme set by the lovely Ginny is "LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING", so just make sure you spread the love with your creation! Our sponsor this week is Floppy Latte and the DT received some lovely images to work with, including this one:

Materials:
* Floppy Latte Cupid on a Rope, coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs
* Prima Marketing Sparkling Spring & Reflections DPs plus some gold paper to frame the image
* MS Doily Lace Border Punch
* Tim Holtz Distressing Tool
* Personal Impressions Sentiment stamp & Vintage Photo Distress Ink
* K&Co Smitten Chipboard
* Ribbon and pearls from stash

Also, as we reached our 1000 followers over at the challenge blog, we have a little follower candy to give away:

Looking good, no? Have a look at the challenge blog for more details later in the day!

Challenges:
* Dream Valley (Things with Wings)
* One Stitch at a Time (Use a Digi)
* LEJ Designs (Mystical, Magical or Mysterious)
* Oozak (Anything Goes with Lace, Ribbon & Pearls)
* Sarah Hurley (Projects with Character)
* Oldie but a Goodie (Make it Girly) I've used some old forgotten chipboard and ribbon
* Bearly Mine (Digi Days)
* Sweet Stamps (Use 3 of Any Item)
* QKR Stampede (Punches and/or Dies)
* A Gem of a Challenge (Distress It)

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I Love You This Much

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Hi All!

We are starting another PCD challenge today and as Valentine's Day is approaching fast, our theme this time is Valentine/Love. I thought I'd make an easel card again, as I hadn't been doing alternative folding techniques for a while now. I hope you can join us this fortnight :)

Materials:
* Platypus Creek Digitals Row of Hearts digi, coloured with Promarkers
* Digital Delights Love is in the Air Sentiment set
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park & Paper Mania Summer Bloom DPs
* Inkssentials Crackle Accents Glaze
* Gloss Glaze
* Red ink & Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Brads, Silver border peel offs from my stash

Challenges:
* Avadares (Valentine's Day/Love)
* One Crazy Stamper (Anything Goes)
* Stamp & Create (Love)
* Let's Craft & Create (Anything Goes)
* Diva's by Design (Make it Girlie)
* Paper Creator's Craft (Love it All Around)
* ATC's with Attitude (Add a Tag or Sentiment)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Sentimental)
* Card Mania (Oh So Girly)
* One Stitch in Time (Love)

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