As You Like It Challenge (DT) Halloween or Fairies

 WhoooooooooooooOO!  

As You Like It Challenge

has gone a bit supernatural for this theme and are asking for

Halloween or Fairies as your choice (and your reason)

We don't celebrate Halloween at home, but have friends who do so I always end up

making a card or two, especially if we haven't seen those friends for a while.  Anyhoo, I don't really

need an actual excuse to get a a gargoyle out!

Whimsy Stamps (Dustin Pike) Gargoyle And Friends

Lawn Fawn 6x6 Papers

Sunny Studio 6x6 Papers

MFT Die-Namics Stitched Alphabet

Martha Stewart Goo Border Punch

Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours

Our sponsor for this theme is

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Silver Wedding Anniversary

 Well, I'm not sure how we achieved it, but me and the Toad celebrated

our Silver Wedding Anniversary this past week.

How can it possibly have been 25 years?  That actually scares me to think

how much has happened in that time, but how quickly the years

have flown past.

Anyhoo, we had a lovely day, including a marvellous lunch out, and

are now working on year 26!

C C Designs - Grandparents Clear Stamp Set

(I know we're not, but the image was too cute to resist using)

Waffle Flower Happy Anniversary Duo Stamp Set

a mixture of grey toned papers from Honey Bee, Sunny Studio, and MFT

Image painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) as watercolours and fussy-cut

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Favourite Two Colour Combo

 Oooh, it's a colour challenge theme over as

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

this time, and we would like to see (and hear about)

Your Favourite Two Colour Combo

I have lots of favourite colour pairings, but I always seem to come back to

blue and brown, I don't know why, to me it's just a comforting combo, and can be

used in so many different ways.

I've used one of the Lili of The Valley Spring Gnomes stamps

Teamed with a mix of Honey Bee and Sunny Studio papers

and a sentiment from Clearly Besotted

Gnome coloured up with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and Polychromos Pencils

The sponsor of this challenge is

Last Minute Manda

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) To Beach Or Not (Holidays)

 It's time for another new themed challenge over as the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

It's all about holidays, your favourite, to beach or not to beach!

I only live about 8 miles from the coast, so spent most of my childhood on beaches.  Our beaches though aren't beautiful soft, golden, sand, they're hard and lumpy pebbles!  I do like a day-trip to the beach, for a picnic or a paddle, but I couldn't spend a week there, I'd be bored rigid after one day.

So I have used one of the uber cute Dustin Pike dragons from Whimsy Stamps

Dragon Water Fun

and a tiny shrub from Colorado Craft Company

with the Mini Cloud Edges Stencil from MFT

all painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Papers are a mixture of Sunny Studio Designs

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) African or Australian Animal

Time for another challenge from the

AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE

and this time the theme is

Your Favourite African or Australian Animal

I had to think long and hard about this because I have a lot of favourite animals, so I had to narrow it down by working out which was the one I was most likely ever to get a cuddle from.

Koala!

Except there is a rumour they'll wee on you.  I'll chance it.

 

So I have used

Gerda Steiner Designs - You're Koalafied

Simon Says Stamp hugs die

Sunny Studio 6x6 neutral papers

Lawn Fawm 6x6 papers Flower Market

Distress Inks (ReInkers)

The sponsor of this challenge is

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As You Like It Challenge (DT) Fur Feathers or Scales

 I wasn't going to mention this week's weather, but by crikey it has been exceptional - on Monday it was dear old Suffolk that broke the UK high temperature record (obviously exceeded on Tuesday), and I have to say I HAVE HATED EVERY SECOND OF IT!  The forecast for tomorrow is 19C and I cannot wait to be able to breathe again.

Anyhoo, it is time for a new theme at AS YOU LIKE IT CHALLENGE and this time

it is Your Favourite - Fur, Feathers, or Scales (and why)

Soft and fluffy fur!  I quite like feathers themselves, but am nervous of birds, they are so delicate, except for chickens, chickens are sneaky and evil.  Scales are attached to things that freak me out (sorry to the tortoises), so fur it is, it's soft, it's strokeable, it's warm, it's usually wrapped around something I'd like to cuddle.

For this one I have used the Bears set from CC Designs

painted her with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

teamed her with some papers from Lawn Fawn and Sunny Studio Designs

and a die from Crealies

Corner punch is unlabelled so can't tell you what that is

The sponsor for this challenge is the ever popular and talented

Lee Holland

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Strike Up The Band (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello peeps, it's the weekend again, hurrah!

Before we get to today's card, thank you for all your well wishes for dad.  We went back to the hospital on Wednesday for a wound check and dressing change.  The nurse practitioner was a little concerned about some blistering of the skin that was torn in his fall, but after some thought she decided to take the steri-strips off.  Poor dad.  He has hairy arms.  They aren't quite so hairy now.  Anyhoo, long story short, the hospital are "cautiously optimistic" that healing is underway (it's going to take months) and redressed it with a lighter dressing.  He goes back again on Monday for another check.

So, to crafting.  The inspiration for today's card was actually a commission - a dear friend requested a card for her brother-in-law who is a musician.  Well, there was only one stamp set that I could possibly use for that!

I adore these bunnies, they make me happy

Ingredients

MFT Birdie Brown Strike Up The Band stamps MFT-BB-93

MFT DieNamics Strike Up The Band dies MFT-1676

MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes stamps MFT-CS-398

Sunny Studio 6x6 paper Subtle Grey Tones SSPP-118

Red card from own stash

The backing paper was just stripes, so I randomly over-stamped with the musical phrase accessory stamp from the Band set.

Bunny Band has been painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers).

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Mon Cheri (DT) Dies To Die For

  Ooh la la, bonjour mon petite pois!

You know you can always rely on me for a little bit of class.

Today's goodies used are:

MFT Birdie Brown - Mon Cheri stamps MFT-BB-130

MFT DieNamics - Mon Cheri dies MFT-2035

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

MFT DieNamics Stitched Basic Edges 2 MFT-1015

MFT DieNamics A2 Circle Stax MFT-1790

MFT Sassypants Birthday Greetings 3 MFT-CS-582

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Au revoir!

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Melon Friends (DT) Dies To Die For

  Hello everyone, eventually I'm here, still yawning - I cannot even begin to tell you how long I overslept!

So, one of the things that seems to crop up (pardon the pun) every summer

is watermelons.  I'm not a huge fan of them myself, they always taste like sweet cucumber to me, but I know a lot of people find them refreshing.

Gerda Steiner Designs - Melon Friends stamps GSD748

Sunny Studio 6x6 paper - Summer Splash SSPP-114

MFT A2 Circle Stax dies - MFT-1790

As soon as I saw this little bear, I knew I had to pair him with these papers, it was just meant to be.

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Whatever you are up to, have a good weekend.

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Freshly Picked Bouquet (DT) Dies To Die For

Things are springing in the garden, buds are opening and

colour is spreading.  It makes me happy.

Even though it is pouring with rain this morning, Mr Blackbird is out there giving it full voice and that always lifts my spirits.

MFT Clear Stamps - Freshly Picked Bouquet (stamps) MFT-CS-568

MFT Die-Namics - Freshly Picked Bouquet MFT-2003

MFT Clear Stamps - Spring Wreath (stamps) MFT-CS-559

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) - I'm sorry that the camera doesn't show the subtly of the shading, it just seems to say "ooh, ok, yellow" 

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Favourite Season - Spring or Summer (DT) As You Like It Challenge

 Well here we are again on a new Thursday which means a new

theme over at As You Like It Challenge.

Our theme this time around is

Your Favourite Season - Spring or Summer

(please explain your choice)

Oddly, being a Summer baby, I much prefer Spring.  It's fresh and clean, smells wonderful, and is full of new life and bright light.  The bonus is that it is too early for wasps.

Whimsy Stamps - Lucky Ducky

Whimsy Stamps - Fantabulous

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers Classic Sunburst

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

The sponsor for this challenge is

LILI OF THE VALLEY

Looking forward to seeing you there.

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Bring Out The Sunshine (DT) Dies To Die For

 Well hello!  As we are now into Spring (don't forget to change your clocks tonight UK) I'm bringing you a Spring-feel card today, because we all need a little sunshine in our lives (well, you'd get rickets without it).

Lovely things used from DTDF

MFT Birdie Brown : Bring Out The Sunshine - MFT-BB-71

MFT DieNamics : Bring Out The Sunshire - MFT-1521

(Special Offer in store - stamps and dies £10)

MFT Clear Stamps : Mini Meows - MFT-CS-533

MFT DieNamics : Mini Meows - MFT-1905

Mama Elephant Creative Cuts : Hilly Hello - me-19-71

MFT DieNamics : Stitched Scallop Edges - MFT-545

and the papers used are a selection of

MFT 6x6 papers

Lawn Fawn 6x6 papers

Sunny Studio 6x6 papers

I used MFT Stitched Cloud dies (retired) but there are lots of similar available

I've used Zig pens again on this one.

Have yourselves a wonderful weekend

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