A little nature

I really like using monochrome papers and as you can see this card is no exception.The image is from Pollycraft and the papers from Cuddly Buddly.

Here are a few challenges

PollyCraft - Add a little nature (the plant)

Crafty Catz - Recipe 3-2-1... 3 embellies (corners, buttons and pearls) 2 papers, 1 image

Moving along with the times - In Stitches (faux)

Paperplay Challenge - In Stitches

Stamp Something - Something Cute

Anything Goes - Say it with flowers

Bee Crafty - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Song Inspiration -

Little Sunflower

I'm a little sunflower
I'm so small.
Soil, sun, and water make me tall.

When I get all grown up
You will see,
That I'm as big
As I can be!

You'd never guess that I used to teach little ones would you!!! This can be sung to the tune of 'I'm a little teapot!'.

Pretty in Pink

I love the images of Kiki from Pollycraft (where I was a Pollycraft favourite last week) and this one is no exception. Here she is holding a bunch of very tempting looking cupcakes. It's for a few challenges.

Sweet Stampin - Pretty in Pink

Crazy 4 Challenges - Include a cupcake

Charisma Cardz - Teddy Bear

CAS-Tastic Challenge - Case the DT

Alphabet Challenge - O Oval

All the pink on this card was coloured with Copics... the ribbons and the card trims, which were then twinkled with Glamour Dust.

Love this Bear

I think that these Pollycraft bear images are such cuties, I find myself using them time and again. Here it is for the challenges from Just Cute Bears, where I used the sketch, together with the chosen colours from Stempeltraume, where the selection was green + 2 other colours, in this case pink and brown.

I used a few new things in this one... my new border embossing folder from the Christmas selection from Papermania and a new large script one from Cuttlebug.

I also used the method of making a straight punched border into a curved one, as in my tutorial here. This time I used a Stampin' Up border punch, but the method was exactly the same.

It was particularly useful for this card, as the sketch demanded a large circle and I had no edging large enough for it. With this method, no shape would be too large, you could just keep adding more lengths of border. Useful huh?

The DP is a freebie download from Fred She Said. There are various shades of several colours... really useful.

Yo Ho Ho

I began this yesterday and somehow it just didn't go as well as I had hoped. I think the idea was reasonable but the execution leaves a little to be desired.

Here are the challenges

Teddy Stampers - Film Inspiration - Pirates of the Caribbean

Crafty Creations - It's a Stitch Up

Digital Tuesday - Easel Card

Pollycraft - Let's have a sing song - Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of rum.

Tuesday Throwdown - Celebrate summer

Simon Says Stamp - 'Shiver me Timbers' pirate card!

The image is from Pollycraft and the paper from Cuddly Buddly. I used the scrap from a Cuttlebug border die to make the waves and the sentiment is cut from a piece of the backing paper and mounted on a slider tag.

It's now 9.30am and I'm still in my dressing gown, I'd better get into the shower!

When you wish upon a star!

It took me quite a while to come up with an idea for the challenge of 'Stars and Swirls' at My Time to Craft this week. I decided to look through my collection of digi stamps to see if inspiration struck and this one of Bronson and Beaker from Pollycraft seemed to ring my bell!

The sentiment, which is from Unity stamps, seemed perfect for it. It also made me think of the Disney song 'When you wish upon a star' and so for this reason I thought it would be just right for challenge #88, 'Song Title', from Everybody Art.

A spoonful of Sugar would like to see 'Furry Friends', Bronson is quite furry isn't he!

The paper is Cuddly Buddly and the embossing is Divine Swirls from Cuttlebug.

Having a Bank Holiday this week has put me out of step slightly, it felt like Sunday yesterday.

One Stop Crafts - On the Move

It is my turn to set the Challenge this week at One Stop Crafts and I chose 'On the Move'. Any kind of movement on a card is great for this challenge, so shaker cards and cards with flaps, waterfall cards or anything else you can dream up will be perfect.

I decided to make a Spinner Card, and this little teddy from Pollycraft is a super subject to spin.

I thought that I would also include him in another couple of challenges. Pollycraft's 'Anything Goes' and Cooking it Up with Katie's Recipe Challenge of Something Old (the sentiment) Something New (the SU Stamp) and Something Sweet ( I think this little bear is SO sweet!)

He was coloured with Copics and cut out, then a penny was stuck behind his tummy, then another penny was stuck to the first one using a circular 3D pad.

I made the track for him to spin along with a Word Window punch from Stampin' Up. The track fits between the two pennies.

You would need to raise this track from the surface of the card to give room for the pennies to rotate, so I added the grass section to the base of the card using 3D tape.

The houses are from a Jumbo Wheel stamp also from Stampin' Up.

I have added a little video for you to see him tumbling along. (It's my first attempt at video, so please be kind!)

Get Optimistically Pink!

When I saw the topic for the challenge from One Stop Crafts this week, my mind immediately went to this image from Pollycraft for my DT contribution.

This young bear Bailey, has been baking some cupcakes and is viewing the world through her rose coloured spectacles!

The sentiment which is a stamp from Unity stamps reads You're the cherry on top.

One of the papers is from Cuddly Buddly, but I don't quite remember where the deeper pink digi paper came from. The two ribbons are from my stash, the corner embellishment is from Cuttlebug and the mounts are Nesties.

Another challenge which involves pink and digi images is I love Digi Challenges, so this is for that challenge too!

Have a nice day!

For A Special Friend

I began by thinking I would make a bear card with a lilac theme for the challenge at Just Cute Bears, but it seemed to take on a will of its own and become a card for several other challenges.

Kaboodle Doodle - Fancy Fold

Stamp with Fun - Stitching

Cupcake Craft - Friends

Rosie D - Friends

Project Tuesday - Joy fold

Cute Daisy May Bright & Cheerful

If the Shoe Fits - Mad for Plaid

Gingersnap Creations - 3 Colours Lilac, Green, Brown

The papers are Cuddly Buddly Fairy Fun - lavender, digi papers, the image is from Pollycraft and the sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly. The front section of the card can be held closed by the white flower, by just tucking the flap behind the petals

The inner section of the card is decorated with a Spellbinders pendant die and a labels diecut for writing the greeting.

This lilac colour looks beautifully bright and fresh doesn't it!

Happy Monday!

Head over heels!

I had such fun playing with my stash from SU which arrived today. I have wanted to make a spinner card for ages and today I had the wherewithall to do it.

The image is another of the fabulous bears from Pollycraft, this time turning head over heels , so I thought him perfect for this type of card.

I made the slit in the red spotty card with my SU word window punch, and mounted the Copic coloured and cut out bear onto a penny, put another penny on the back side of the slit and joined it to the first penny by a dimensional circle. When the card is tilted the bear spins head over heels along the slit. I love it!

The paper is from Forever Friends and the tiny hearts are punchies.

I made the sentiment in Word Art on the computer and mounted it on Nesties.

I wish I knew how to take a video on my camera, I'll have to find the instructions!

This card is for :-

Hearts Challenges from Little Red Wagon

& Hand Full of Stamps,

Corrosive Challenges - love

Lily-Boo - Valentine

Something New - Doodle Palace (New image, Punch, Spinner card)

Pixie Dust Studio -3D

I am also entering this for the 'Moving' challenge from Sir Stampalot in celebration of their move into larger premises in Peterborough, and where the first prize is a Big Shot. Go to Brenda's Blog for details and join in the Blog Hop!

I can't stop playing with this card, it's really fun!

Truly Scrumptious, Saturday Challenge & Bee Crafty

There's just something about these bears from Pollycraft that has got me hooked. I really ought to do something a little different, but for the moment I'm enjoying myself.

The sketch is from Truly Scrumptious and the theme of hearts is from The Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge. At Bee Crafty it's time for Romance.

The paper is from Forever Friends and the sentiment is handwritten. The hearts are a download from Whimsy Doodles and the embossing is from a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

It's jolly cold outside today, I've restocked the birdtable... but I'm happy to be indoors!

Smitten by bears!

Yet another bear image from Pollycrafts, this time for the challenges from Paperplay, with Pink , White and Green and also for the theme Flutterby from the challenge at Quixotic.

I coloured Baxter with my Copics and used a background paper from Forever Friends. The sentiment and the embossing are from Cuttlebug and the punchies are by X Cut. I added a couple of adhesive pearls and some Liquid Pearls to the dragonfly and a little Glamour Dust to its wings and also to the butterflies. I'm not normally a 'green' person, but I find this shade particularly pleasing! Sadly I could find only one sheet of the plain one, I think another trip to the Paper Mill Shop may be on the cards!

Friday Sketchers - Bah Humbug - Totally Papercrafts

Here are Bronson and Beaker from Pollycrafts, yet another bear and his pal and this time I used the Sketch from Friday Sketchers, with the theme of Baubles from Bah! Humbug! and Friends from Totally Papercrafts.

The image was coloured with my beloved Copics with a little Glamour Dust added for the glistening snow and twinkling baubles. The border punch is from Martha Stewart and the embossing is Cuttlebug. The stars making up the background are from the waste of the punching.

Another gorgeous bear!

This sweetie of a bear is another from Pollycraft, which I downloaded yesterday. I just love them. This one is in gentle shades utilising the colours from the Copic Colour Challenge #49 of E00 Skin White, E33 Sand and R02 Flesh. It is also for Creative Inspiration's Challenge of 'Feminine' and Cute Card Thursday's 'Blooming Gorgeous'

Over at the Alphabet Challenge Blog they have got up to the letter N for New... thesebears are my new downloads!

The inspiration for this one started with the piece of lace and kind of took off! The flowers are Prima with Leonie Em punched leaves. I just punched little splats for the centres of the flowers and added a few sticky pearls.

I just delivered my latest Wedding invitations to a satisfied customer, so that makes me happy too!

Love is in the air!

I love this image from Pollycraft which I bought yesterday. There are a whole bunch of bears in the series and they're all delightful!

I think that the tendency these days is to put everything but the kitchen sink onto cards and I had to resist the temptation to put on more, as I actually think that this works really well with lots of white space!

It is for these challenges

Dare U 2 Digi Stamp, Hearts - Valentine

Fussy & Fancy Friday, Hearts

No Time to Stamp , Red & A Heart

I coloured him with my Copics and made the sentiment on the computer, using Wordart and the free download font called Cool Dots, which I then mounted on Nesties.

I broke a bridge this morning whilst cleaning my teeth, but fortunately the dentist had an early appointment free and so for the moment, it's fixed... long term however, it may be a different story!