Happy Anniversary

Good morning all!

We've had a great week taking in the atmosphere at the 

Edinburgh Festival & Fringe.

It's back to normal today, back to work & I have a card to share!

This fun little offering was made for my parents anniversary!

I used the 7 Year Itch Decoupage Sheet from La Pashe, 

Wrinklies At The Movies CD.

My Dad is a big Marilyn Monroe fan, & my Mum loves 

the movies, so it worked well for them!

The base is 8"x8" Kraft cardstock.

The Papers are from the My Minds Eye, Best Of Paisley Paperstack.

I kept the layout fairly simple, adding a couple of bits of ribbon & some lace.

The sentiment was printed on some Kraft then cut out using a 

Spellbinders Callout die.

The stars were punched using an amazing Fiskars Punch that I won!

(It feels like it will punch through anything, like it's butter)

I then embossed them using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

I added a sheer bow to finish it off.

As you can see from the photo, I decorated the inside of the card too!

Thanks for popping by, I hopeyou like it!

I'd like to enter this card in a few little challenges:

Ooh La La Creations -Three Embellishments. Top 3

CD Sunday - HOT HOT HOT (W1 of 2)  Top 3

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper.

Dies R Us Challenge -Doily and/or Lace.

Fun with Shapes  - Lace.

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Lots of Layers.

Inkspirational - Patterned Paper.

My Time to Craft -Embossing (heat or dry).

Baby Girl

Good morning all, what a quick weekend that was!

I hope you all managed to get ome time to relax & a bit of fun time too!

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe has begun, so the city is busy busy busy!

We managed to spend a little time soaking up the atmosphere & I'm

looking forward to my stay-cation next week, when we can make the most of it!

Here's the card I have to share today!

It's a little A6 Baby Girl card.

I used an image from La Pashe for the main focus.

I used a spellbinders circle die to cut it out & a scalloped circle to mat.

The edges have been distressed & inked a little.

The embossing folder is a cuttlebug one if I'm not mistaken.

The sentimet was done on the pc & I used a border punch for the decorative mat.

The ribbons & heart gems are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hope you like it!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.

Ooh La La Creations - Ribbons & Bows.

Dies R Us Challenge - Babies.

Come and Get It - Buttons and Bows.

A Gem of a Challenge - Buttons & Bows.

Christmas Sparkle

Hello everyone, two posts from me today!

A while back, I was lucky enough to win a challenge at UnstampaBelles.

Part of my prize was an invitation to be GDT with them for a month.

The theme for the December challenge is

"Sparkle & Make Us Smile"

You can create something all sparkly for Christmas, not necessarily a card 

We all end up with glitter all over us and the creative space anyway at this time of the year

so go for it!

The twist is to make us (the readers) smile!

This can be with your project or with your post about that project!

Prize:

A $20 Aust. Gift Voucher to an on-line shop of choice

(must be able to issue gift vouchers)

Here's my card!

I used a white 6"x6" base for my card.

I cut some glittered card stock using a Lawn Fawn Die,

silver for the snowscape & blue for the night sky.

I added a die cut, white glittery circle, cut with a spellbinders circle die

for a moon, then added some EK Success punched white glittery reindeer.

The snowflakes are punched, and the sentiment is a glittery peel off. 

I also gave my lead reindeer a red gem nose!

This card lurked about in my head for a while & it was good to get it made up

 I'm glad to say I was happy with the results!

Thanks for popping over, I hope you like my card!

I hope you'll play in the challenge too!

Just remember not to use a stamp, rubber or digi!

I'd like to enter this card in a couple of challenges:

Crafting with Dragonflies - anything Christmas, not just cards

My Time to Craft - Christmas animals 

Just Us Girls - merry 

Crafter's Cafe - Die Cuts and/or Punches 

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas Goes 

Sparkles Forum Christmas - Die Cuts for Christmas

Tinker- Dream - Glitter

Creative Corner - Sparkle & Shine

Busking Snowman

Hi everyone, happy Thursday!

It's been a busy week. I had intended to share this card 

sooner but hey ho, here we are now!

This gorgeous snowman is from

The Gift Of Christmas CD Rom by La Pashe

I love snowmen & this little guy has to be one of my fave's

I wonder what he's singing? I'm guessing it's "The Holly & The Ivy"

The papers are from the CD too.

The base card is 8"x8" square. I added a doily, some red & white ribbon,

 a big green button, a few die cut & punched snowflakes & some 

little red gems to embellish.

The decoupage is easy to cut out & layer up.

A little side view to show the dimension.

I like to keep these cards fairly simple as the images speak for themselves

& have lots of interesting little details to them!

Hope you like it!

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

Crafting By Designs - Frosty Snowman

Sisterhood of Crafters  - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Use A Die Cut 

Card and Scrap - Christmas

Crafter's Cafe - Inspired by a Song (The Holly & The Ivy)

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything Christmas Goes

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes with a Winter or Christmas Theme

Die Cuttin' Divas - Buttons

Inky Chicks - Christmas

Unicorn Challenge - Christmas is Coming

Incy Wincy Designs - Winter Activities

CD Sunday -Something Beginning With H (Holly)

Mangled!

Happy Tuesday Bloggers!

It's all go here! All sorts going on!

Time for the New Release Image Showcases at

The Crafty Pad!

Debbie has created some lovely "Laundry Day" Images

these will be in the shop today

I used the Mangle & Dolly Peg images as well as the sentiment!

I changed the colour in MS Word 

(the lovely Ms Leesa has done a tutorial here to show you how)

& added some text I found on Google,

It's the medical definition of mangle!

Here's a closer look at the Sentiment & the Dolly Pegs

The papers I have used are from The First Edition Hide Away stack.

The floral one is glittered, I'm not sure if you can see it sparkle in the photo!

I used the MS Doily Punch, inked the edges & added some Gems for a bit of bling!

I decorated the inside of the card to reflect the outside!

I hope you like it!

Don't forget to check out the other fabby DT creations at 

The Crafty Pad & see lot's more inspiration of how you can use 

these lovely images!

I forgot to mention that if you leave a comment on the New Release post at 

The Crafty Pad, you could be in with the chance of winning the full set of images!

If you follow the blog, you can have a second chance!

Good Luck

I'd like to list this card in a few challenges as listed below:
Paper Pretties Create A Square Card
Card & Scrap Use A Die
Ladybug Crafts Anything Goes
Natalie & Amy's Challenge Anything Goes
Unique Crafters Challenge Anything Goes
No Matter Which Challenges Die Cuts & Punches
One Stitch At A Time Use A Digi
ATCs & Cards With Attitude Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop's Best Vintage