Happy Happy Birthday ...

Have you seen that there is a new monthly card challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog? On the first Sunday of every month the Ribbon Girl blog is the place to be.

This is the card I made for the first challenge

I used:

Lace, button twine, zebra button, pins and crystal swirl from Ribbon Girl

These digital papers

Papertrey Ink sentiment stamp

Doily die

Butterfly embellishment

Sailor Girl ...

My card for the PTW challenge which is a sketch from Dawny P - check out the blog for more details

I used:

Hanglar stamp coloured with Distress Markers (my first attempt with them)

Papers from Sweet Shoppe Designs

Ribbon, lace and charm from Ribbon Girl

sentiment stamp and tiny tag die from Papertrey Ink

Border punch by Martha Stewart

Paint by Ranger

Water Fun ...

A card made for the Tilda's Town challenge blog which asked for 'water fun' , I made a nice simple no fuss card :)

I used:

Magnolia image coloured with Copics

October Afternoon papers

Spellbinders die

Liquid Pearls from the Ribbon Girl

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia

The new challenge at the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge blog this week is a great sketch and this is my take on it.

I used:

Hanglar stamped image coloured with Copics

Tilda paper

Dies - Spellbinders and Papertrey Ink

Tulle, dewdrops, pins, charm, twine, stickles and rhinestone hearts - Ribbon Girl

Computer font for sentiment - TypewriterHand

Gingham ...

The challenge over at Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar this week is to use gingham and because the Ribbon Girl are sponsoring the challenge this week I got to be a guest designer :)  This is the card I made

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Distress Markers

Papers - Daydreamer digital kit by Mari Koegelenberg at Sweet Shoppe Designs

Martha Stewart PATP doily punch

Papertrey Ink sentiment stamp and tag die

Gingham ribbon, pins, button, twine, liquid pearls and that gorgeous pearl rose organza all from Ribbon Girl

Red, White and Blue ...

The challenge over at Papertake Weekly is to use patriotic colours and this is my card

I used:

October Afternoon papers

Tiddlyinks image coloured with Copics

Ribbon Girl ribbon, pins, charm and pearls

Waltzingmouse sentiment stamp

Kraft cardstock

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge

There is a new Colour Challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog with two fabulous prizes from Lili Of The Valley and Ribbon Girl.  The Design Team have created some gorgeous projects so hop over to the blog to check them all out

This is my Design Team card for the challenge

I used:

 A pre-coloured image from the Hobby House (I added stickles to her wings)

Scrapcake papers

Seambinding, silky crush ribbon, pins, crystal leaves, liquid pearls, stickles, button and twine from Ribbon Girl

Spellbinders, MFT and Magnolia dies

Distress inks

We Will Miss You ...

 A card for the lovely student who has been working in my Classroom for the last few months, she is leaving next week to finish her course and then to go on to University to get her teaching qualification and we're all going to be sad when she leaves us so this little Magnolia was very suitable. It's my DT card for the Lovely Hanglar and Sweet Magnolia challenge blog which has a theme of vintage/shabby chic

I used:

Magnolia image coloured with Copics

My Minds Eye papers

Spellbinders dies

Lace, ribbon, button, pins and liquid pearls from the Ribbon Girl

Sentiment stamp - Waltzingmouse Stamps

Kraft cardstock PTI

Party Girl ...

The challenge over at Lil's Little Fairies challenge blog is to use your favourite craft tools and it's sponsored by the Ribbon Girl. Our favourite tool in this house is our Big Shot closely followed by all our lovely dies and this is my card I entered as a Guest Designer for the blog

I used:

Stamped image - LOTV coloured with Copics

Papers - My Minds Eye

Dies - Spellbinders and Magnolia

Lace, silk ribbon, buttons, stickles and liquid pearls all from Ribbon Girl

Cute Card

The challenge at Papertake Weekly today is cute cards and sponsored by Stamp Fairy. I used their Lenny and Linda Wedding stamp for my card and embellished it with a sparkly button, stickles and liquid pearls from Ribbon Girl

I printed the bears as large as my regular square cards, coloured them and turned them into a shaped card, I like it

Sweet Baby ...

I'm one of this weeks Guest Designers over at Just Magnolia and Hanglar challenge blog - sponsored by the Ribbon Girl the challenge is buttons and bows and this is my card

I used:

Hanglar stamped image coloured with Copics

My Minds eye papers

Faux silk ribbon, tiny pompom trim, buttons and Liquid Pearls from Ribbon Girl

Tiny tags die and sentiment stamps from papertrey Ink

Birthday Wishes ...

The challenge over at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia is 'image grey/black and white, everything else coloured'

I used:

Hanglar image coloured with Copics and Glossy Accents on his glass

My Minds Eye papers

Spellbinders dies

Ribbon and Liquid Pearls

Crafters Companion sentiment stamp

Distress Inks

Hello ...

The challenge over at Papertake Weekly this week is one of Dawny's sketches and this is my interpretation

I used:

 Papermania papers

Tiddyinks image coloured with Copics

Airmail Bakers Twine

Union Jack buttons

Postage stamp dies

Papertrey Ink sentiment

Any Nitwit Fans? ...

Are you a Nitwit fan? You might want to check this out :)

Hanglar Challenge ...

Hello, today there is a new challenge at the Lovely Hanglar challenge blog and here is my design team card. The challenge is 'Spring has sprung' and I have used spring colours for my celebration card. We have news too - from now on you can use Hanglar or Magnolia stamps for the challenges so hopefully more people can join in with us :)

The gorgeous papers are from this digital kit at Sweet Shoppe Designs, little Hanglar has been coloured with Copics and I used lace, twine, button and those sweet little heart shaped pearls from the Ribbon Girl. The doily die and sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the tag die is a DooHickey