On yer bike

Hey, everyone. I am still struggling to make cards for men/boys,

especially in the CAS style,

but here's one I managed to put together for my nephew.

 I came across a great challenge site which had somehow managed to escape my attention.

Freshly Made Sketches

The sketches are created by the DT and their ethos is clean lined and fresh!

I hope I've managed to achieve that.

I'd also like to enter my card at Moving Along With The Times - Birthday Boys

and Shopping Our Stash - Cabin Fever

Freshly Made Sketch from Linda #121

Supplies:

Sizzix/Hero Arts Bicycle Stamp and Die  Clearly Besotted Tree Stamp 'Home Sweet Home' and Die

Personal Impressions Sentiment Stamp    Memento Dew Drop Ink, Tangelo

DP - Fancy Pants 'It's the little things'       Brad from Freckled Fawn      

Copic coloured gem and Sequin

When black cats prowl...

Is it getting chilly where you are?  I am sat here, in my boots, leggings, 2 cardis and a scarf!! 
The kitchen temperature thingy is reading 16C - time to blast the heating on me thinks.

I have just 2 Halloween cards to make this year, and here is the first one... for my dd Annabel and her b/f.

I know that my girls' have a big Halloween party planned, but I have no idea what Annabel is going as - she usually decides the night before and wants a costume making lickety split!

I do know that Maria is going as a peacock (weird!) - so I will be trying out my blues/greens on this image next.

Oh, and the 2 kittys I added are for Annabel's fur monsters - Benga and Nero.

Can you spot todays deliberate mistake?
I added some glitter to the bottom of her dress and sprinkled silver instead of my fav. Glamour Dust.
Definitely a *bleep* moment - it looked awful - so I went over it with an orange Copic to try and blend it in...   all I can say is - it's better than it was!

Challenges.
Tiddly Inks - Fall
Digi Galore - Goth (hope 'cute' goth is ok)
Cupcake Craft - Autumn
Papertake Weekly - All creatures great and small. 
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Divas by Design -  Anything Goes
Without Words - Things that go Bump. (Thanks to Squirrel for the heads up on this this challenge, where the focus of your card should be the image and they like you to have fun with colour.)

Supplies.
Digi Image from Tiddly Inks, coloured with Copics.
DPs - Memory Box, Blackbird.   Fancy Pants, It's the little things.
Prima, Printery.
Cats - Little Claire's, Silhouette Cats.
Ribbon,  Gems,  Spellbinders Dies.

Special Birthday

Forget about your Christmas shopping - you have loads of time left for that - join us instead over at  CES  for our new weekly challenge :-) 

Our theme this week is 

special, milestone birthdays

 Think, 18th, 21st, 40th!!

I made this card for my niece's daughter - what does that make her?? My great niece??

Anyhoo, it's her first birthday next week.

I used a 6 x 6 Petal Point Card Blank and this cute Fancy Pants, Baby Mine paper - aren't those little birds adorable? The piece that looks like a tag, with the 1, on it, was cut from the DP too.

Teddy Bea is coloured with Copics, with pearls on her shoes and arm.

You can see the amazing work of my teamies over at the main blog and don't forget, if you join in the challenge, you could win a lovely £10 gift voucher to spend in the store (excl. p & p).

Challenges - 

Papercrafts Star - Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl's - Anything Goes

Supplies

Teddy Bea Digi Stamp, coloured with Copics / 6 x 6 Petal Point Card Blank
DP Fancy Pants, Baby Mine / Pearls / Natural Lace / Sentiment Craftwork Cards
Fancy line and dot stamp from the Papermania Tweet Set

It's A Kind Of Magic

Happy Saturday everyone. 

Time for another challenge at the CES Challenge Blog.

Our lovely host this week is Carrie  
and she has chosen the theme

Make it Magical or Spooky 

I admit, the theme threw me this week - several cards ended up in the bin and I'm still not entirely happy with this one.

So, I need you to enter the challenge and give me some inspiration :-)

I used an 'On the Edge, Petal Point card blank, - isn't this shape great for halloween cards?

The DP is Fancy Pants, It's the Little Things

I really don't have any Halloween images, so I googled and found this owl freebie. I used purple chalk for the night sky and a touch of yellow for the moon and finished off by running my white gel pen along some branches.

The image was then mounted onto black card with stickles silver glitter for the dots.
 

I love Glamour Dust, and I found a great new way to add it

 - new to me that is - you've probably all been doing this for years :-)

I used my glue pen to add a line of glue all around my DP and then just sprinkled the glamour dust on.

I sooo love having a nice big bottle of it, instead of one of those tiny, fiddly pots.

Finally I added some black pearls to the petal points. Job done :-)

Join us this week for your chance to win a £10 gift voucher 
to spend in the store (excl p&p).

If you haven't popped over to Crafty Emma's recently - why not? lol**
There's still a fabulous SALE on, plus some gorgeous new papers have arrived.

GIVE AWAY

We all like to be in with a chance of winning something, right?

So head on over to Emma's own blog and see what she's offering :-)

Challenges -  
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Halloween.
Pals Paper Arts - Halloween
Stamp Insanity - Black and Purple

Back to Skool

Morning everyone...

here in the UK it's fast approaching that 'back to school' time.

I don't envy those of you who have to go uniform shopping, buy games kits and hockey sticks, maths sets and pencil cases and sew names into everything!

So, you must have guessed this week's Totally Papercrafts Challenge - it's

Back to School

I found this fabulous image by Anne Bodil.  Check out her blog - she makes beautiful cards and has some free digi stamps that she has drawn herself.
I used Copics here, and this was my third attempt at colouring this schoolgirl!

 Challenges

Party Time Tuesdays - Back to School

Sassy Studio Designs - Back to School

Papercraft Star - Back to School

Other Supplies
6 x 6 On the Edge card / DP Fancy Pants 'it's the little things'  - available from Crafty Emma's Store. 
Label Nestie / McGills Ticket Punch / Staples / Clip / 
Computer generated sentiment.

Drivers, start your engines!

Happy Saturday everyone.
Is summer officially over?
Can I get out my jumpers and thick woollies now? :-)

We want you to play along with another CES Challenge this week.
Our lovely host is Kaylou 

and she has chosen the theme 

 Banners, Bunting and Flags

If you need some inspiration check out the awesome work from the DT

I needed a 50th Birthday card for a friend, so flags and bunting were perfect.

I know this image is a bit different for a 50th birthday, 

but the person it's meant for has a car like this, that he and my hubby take circuit racing, so there is method in my madness!

I have used one of these 'On the Edge' card blanks from Crafty Emmas. 

Have you seen them? They are 6 x 6 smooth white card and you can get different edge designs.

DP is Fancy Pants 'It's the little things' also available at Emmas

The image is AJ the Racing Driver from the Stamping Boutique
coloured with Copics and some glossy accents on the tyres.
The numbers were cut on my slice machine - basic elements card
Bunting is a Molly Blooms stamp, paper pieced with the DP.

Pop along to Crafty Emma's this weekend and check out the 
GORGEOUS NEW STOCK that has just arrived. 
And, you know what 'new stock' means -
it means there is a massive SALE to make way for all the new goodies.
Grab yourself a bargain whilst you are over there.

And remember,  if you join us this week, you could win a £10 gift voucher 
to spend in the store (excl p&p).

Challenges.
Scrappin' Chics - Pennants or Banners
Cards For Men - Anything Goes
The Stamping Boutique - Stripes and Dots


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