2 for the price of 1!

Hiya! As the title suggests, I've got 2 cards to show today, not ideal but I made both of these over the weekend then forgot to blog them and the challenges end today! Oops!
Here's the first one for the new challenge Seize the Birthday! I'm still on a mission to use neglected stash and I think I'm doing pretty well! This pad is new but the stamps & dies I've had for yonks and until now, haven't seen the light of day!

Challenges;
Seize the Birthday - this sketch (female week) -->
Top Tip Tuesday - Fur or feathers
Die-ing for a Challenge - Celebration
Allsorts - Dies & punches




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And here is the second. These double sided sticky florishy things I've had for ages too, and I'm not really sure why I haven't used them! They're meant for flocking, glitter or foil so no excuse really! And I have an alphabet set too - madness! ;-) I took the sketch pretty literally as I thought it was perfect for this flourish! Thanks for stopping in, I hope you like them!

Challenges;
CAS(E) this Sketch - this sketch -->
Dynamic Duos - these colours -->
Addicted to CAS - Embossing (behind the front panel, it doesn't show up too well)




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Merry Christmas!

Hiya! I've got a day off today, which is nice, and so does Jamie, also nice but it means he's hogged the PC all morning when I wanted to blog this card I made! ;-) Its quite a simple one but I like the graphic-ness of it! I hope you like it and youre having a good week! Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
CAS(E) this Sketch - this sketch -->
Less is More - Red & Green
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Glitter
Top Tip Tuesday - Christmas
Creative Inspirations - Traditional Christmas Colours

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(The 'merry' is a Studio G Mini Alphabet set but I can't find it anywhere)

Rocket Man!

Hiya! I'm back again with this little card. I've been making loads recently but never seem to be home in the light to photo them. I've got about 5 to share over the next few days and might even get some crafting time in this weekend! Woo hoo!
This card is using one of my new fave things, Mister Hueys spray mists! I got the white one and the silver one and used them both in this card over a Distress Inked background. I love the effect it gives, like a sparkly night sky! So this little rocket man seemed the perfect choice! I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Waltzingmouse Sketches - this sketch -->
Colour Q - these colours -->
My Mums Craft shop - Inspired by a Song, Rocket Man, obvs! ;-)
Top Tip Tuesday - child or teen card
Daring Cardmakers - Twinkle Twinkle (Stars)

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Happy Halloween

Hiya! I hope you've all had a good week! I had the looongest day yesterday but now I'm off for 3 days! Woo hoo! I started off today by making this little Halloween card for the plethora of challenges out there - I couldn't miss out! ;-) The papers were freebies by the way! I've put a link at the bottom. So here it is, I hope you like it! Hopefully I'll be back over the weekend with some other crafty bits! Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
SFYTT - this sketch -->
Cute Card Thursday - Something Scary
My Mums Craft shop - So Spooky
Creative Inspirations - Happy Halloween
Top Tip Tuesday - Halloween
Sweet Stampin' - Boo...it's Halloween!
Colour Q - these colours -->











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More Hexagons!

Hiya! I hope you're having a good week! I have, minus the hayfever! I've been making loads of cards recently - just not had time to blog many of them yet, hopefully soon. And I promise they're not all with hexagons! ;-) This card is for the funnest challenge I've seen! This weeks Papertrey Make it Monday challenge is called Roll the Die, all the details are here but basically you print out and fill in the sheet, then roll the dice to see what options come up and that's how you make your card! Here's my sheet, it's not very clear so I've written below what my choices were;

Orientation -

5 - Vertical

Layout -

3 - Sketch #3

Stamp Sets Image -

4 - Happy Hexagons

Stamp sets sentiment/supporting dies -

1 - Hexagon plate (phew!)

Colour scheme -

2 - Black, white & pink

Embellishments -

6 - Pearls

I'm so glad the Hexagon plate and stamps came up, I'm not sure I'd be good at spacing them without that! Although I've just read back and it doesn't say dies on the sheet! I thought Erin said it in her video but now I'm not so sure! Whoops!!
I thought the colours, layout and hexagons led to quite a funky, girlie card so I chose a bright pink and some stars, then added a bit of doodling. I use a mini square punch to make the banner end on the sentiment. I hope you like it!

Challenges;

Papertrey: Make it Monday - Roll the die
Top Tip Tuesday - Circles
Papertake - Girlie
Passion for Papertrey - Anything goes
Moxie Fab Challenges - Stamp it Week - Birthday

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A little Patriotism!

Evening! I hope you've had a good Sunday! Jamie was working and I seemed to have slept through most of it - I must have needed it!! I thought I'd make this little card though while the football is on - the last match for a while - hurrah! ;-)
I really wanted to join in this weeks Daring Cardmakers challenge of 6 patterned papers. (Sometimes I read a challenge and I can't get it out of my head until I've done somethng with it - just me?!)
So I used various bits from my scrap drawers to make this patriotic little number! I know we don't send anything like this in the Uk so I made it a sort of 'Way to go/Congrats' type of card. I hope you like it and thanks for stopping in!

Challenges;
Retro Sketches - This sketch -
Daring Cardmakers - 6 Patterned papers
Simon Says Stamp - Patriotic or sports
Cute Card Thursday - Patriotic
Top Tip Tuesday - Independence Day or Stars & stripes
Pixie's Crafty Snippets - Week 26

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More from Mulberry Wood!

Hello! Here's a very quick post for another Sneak Peek into the new Mulberry Wood range of stamps, CD & papercrafting kit from Crafters Companion. It's launching this friday at midday as the Pick of the Week on Create & Craft!
There's a blog hop going on too, if you click this link and follow the hop you could be the winner of the Mulberry Wood CD Rom!
Here's a little card I made using this cute Reindeer image & sentiment stamp plus papers from the CD, I hope you like it!

Challenges;
Top Tip Tuesday - Stars & Stripes
Dynamic Duos - Light & Dark Green
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Ribbons & Bows

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Sparkly Flourish!

Hello! I hope you're having a nice weekend! I'm back again to show you a little christmas card I've made for a couple of challenges. I adore this stamp and after I'd bought it went to a craft show and saw all the beautiful things people had made with it, and yet I've still only used it a couple of times! But when I saw what Mandi & Chrissie had planned for this week, I dug it back out again. I've embossed it in white then added crystal & silver glitter then a couple of teeny gems. I didn't use the sentiment attached to the image for some reason and went for this Waltzing Mouse one instead. I hope you like it, thanks for stopping by!

Challenges;
Winter Wonderland - This photo -->
Less is More - One Layer & a flourish
ABC Christmas Challenge - K = Keep it Simple
Top Tip Tuesday - Sparkles Galore
Papertake - Anything Goes

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Truly Scrumptious Challenge #82 - the last one!!

Morning peeps! Cripes, how is it wednesday already?! Love it though! I'm back today with another Truly Scrumptious challenge, and, as the title suggests, it's our very last one! :-( Thanks so much to Michele for running it for us and to everyone who has entered in the last 3 and a half years! The last theme then is Flower Power! And there's a $20 voucher to spend with Simon Says Stamp to be won!
Here's my card, still loving all the red, white and blue! I hope it'll stick around for a bit! I went a bit jazzy with this card and I quite like it! It's a bigger card than I normally make, I think it's 5x7. I hope you like it, and I hope you can join in for our last challenge!

Challenges;
Retro Sketches - This sketch (below left)
Daring Cardmakers - Red, white & blue
Paper Smooches - Photo inspiration (below centre)
Papertake - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Diamond Jubilee
Top Tip Tuesday - Sparkles
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Dynamic Duos - These colours (below right)

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One layer card!!

Morning1 This is a very speedy post as I'm off out in a sec. I'm behind on almost everything this week, I made this on Sunday and this is the first chance I've had to blog it! It;s for this weeks Less is More challenge; One layer and 3 stamps! I rifled through my stash and found this funky text stamp, made a nesties embossed frame around it and coloured in/glittered some of the words then used 2 star stamps, used the large in bright blue and the small one in 2 other blues. Thanks for looking!

Challenges;
Less is More - One Layer & 3 stamps
Allsorts - Man or boys card
Top Tip Tuesday - Clean & Simple
Simon Says Stamp - Clean & Simple
Cute Card Thursday - Touch of Sparkle

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Cupcake Guest Designer - Birthdays with no patterned papers!

Good morning! I hope you had a lovely weekend, wasn't it nice of the sun to make an appearance both days?! I'm here again for my second week guest designing for Cupcake Craft challenge, this week we'd like to see a Birthday card using no patterned papers. I went for some jazzy glitter paper for mine with a bit of negative die cutting - love this technique! I hope you like it, thanks for visiting!

Challenges;
Top Tip Tuesday - Clean & Simple
Creative Craft - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft challenge - Monochrome

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge #197!

Good morning! What a grey day! Oh well, lots to do indoors today then a 50's party tonight!! Should be fun!
I'm back today though with the details of this weeks Penny Black Saturday challenge, this week is Spots & Stripes! And there's a $20 voucher to be won from 1-2-3 Stitch for a lucky random entry.
Here's my card - more stash using up as I've had this pad for a while, it came free with a magazine and hasn't been touched til now. The backing paper is stripey with patterns between, I'm not sure if it shows but there's some cute little bunting! But I thought it would be good as a mens card so I've kept the flowery-bling-ness to a minimum! Have a lovely saturday, thanks for popping over!

Challenges;
Deconstructed Sketch - This sketch -->
My Mums Craft shop - Celebration
Sir Stampalot Challenge - Birthdays
Secret Crafter - Mens card
Top Tip Tuesday - Spotty & Dotty
Play Date Cafe - These colours -->
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