Oh so Girly

The new challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days this fortnight is Oh So Girly. We are being sponsored this time by The Poodles Parlour. 
The last challenge  Add an Animal was very well supported and I had great fun looking at all the entries and visiting so many cool blogs. 
I really love this image as the dress reminds me of the kind we wore when we were young,so many years ago!! She also reminds me of my sister Jenni when she was little, I'm not sure if it was intended as a self portrait but that was what prompted me to use it and to give her red hair. I bought a new pack of papers and my first Martha Stewart punch  which I thought would really fit in with the girly theme. I love the butterflies and glitter and the chinzy flowers on the papers. I wanted to make the little blue butterflies  which I added to give a focus stand out from the card so I curled some acetate strips with my heat-gun and stuck them to it, it's a bit tricky to see from my poor photography but they actually stand about an inch from the card. The two branches in the foreground which are also a Cardmadfairy image were coloured to match the flowers in the backing paper to try to give a feel of the little girl being surrounded by flowers and butterflies.
I would also like to take part in the following challenges
http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/ summer
http://kbchallenges.blogspot.com/ use a Digi
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/ use a Digi
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ flowers
http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ open
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/ glitter (on backing paper and flowers)
http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ butterflies
http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com anything goes
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ summer

Animals

Time for a new challenge over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days and this time the theme is to include an animal anywhere on your project. The sponsor this time is Pink Gem who are offering some of their lovely digi stamps to our lucky winner!
 I combined two images this time and coloured them as always with Promarkers. I was really pleased to find a button in my box which just happened to have all the colours from the Basic Grey backing papers!
I would like to enter the following challenges
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/ recipe
http://littledarlingschallenges.blogspot.com/ favourite colour combo
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/ lots of dots
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ stitching
http://ynschallenges.blogspot.com/ use buttons
http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ sewing
http://foreverfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ include an animal
http://www.stampsruschallenges.blogspot.com/ there was a little girl
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ sentiment with at least two words

Taste of the Orient

Hi All it was lovely looking at all the different cards in our Under the Sea Challenge it really is nice to see all the different ideas out there. Very inspirational.
The new challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days is Taste of the Orient and our sponsor this time is Little Claire's who is offering 3 digi downloads to out winner.  Now this is not a type of card I have ever tried before so I was a bit worried but when I checked out my stash of papers I was surprised by the number of different options I had. In the end I decided to use some digi papers from Summer Driggs which I thought were the best match for the new Geisha image at Cardmadfairy. I love the fact that with a digi you can resize the image to suit your design. I found an old book of Japanese prints I had been given years ago for inspiration as I had decided I wanted to give the image a background which I haven't tried before. I used my distress inks and a bit of masking for the background and my Promarkers for the image adding a little sparkle with Sakura gelly roll pens. As I didn't have any oriental embellishments in my stash I drew the fan onto a piece of white Shrink Plastic and added a tassel.
I would like to enter the following challenges.
http://colordare.blogspot.com/ Colour Dare red peach and pear
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ Sparkly
http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/ The letter G(Geisha)
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ Anything Goes
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Use Red
http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Use a digi
http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Asian Inspiration
http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ Use a friendship sentiment

Underwater

This time the challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days  calls for an Underwater Theme for your project.

The sponsor this time is Stichybear Stamps. 

I am just recently back from a lovely visit to Scotland to stay with my sister Jenni. While I was there she made a beautiful shaped card which you can see here for the Teddy Bo challenge and I was so inspired by it I decided to try something similar for this challenge.

 I chose to use the Cardmadfairy mermaid image combined with the seaweed which I printed twice. I coloured them with Promarkers and then cut them out. I used a pudding bowl to make the shape of my card before sticking on the Basic Grey backing paper. I layered the images using sticky pads to give the mermaid some dimention. The seaweed in the foreground is actually acetate which I coloured with alchohol inks before cutting into the shape I wanted and blasting it with a heat gun to make it curl. The anchor was a lucky find in my button box.

I am entering the following challenges:

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ anything goes

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ anything goes, use a sea image

http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ things with tails 

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/ mystical creatures

http://designdollies.blogspot.com/ colour combo

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ anything goes

http://www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/ optional theme shape card

http://jffchallenge.blogspot.com/ use Tim Holtz (alcohol Inks)

Sketch

This time over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days challenge Jenni has drawn a sketch to follow and also chosen a great colour combo. I have used some of her latest images to create my card. I printed the large flower and cut it out with a scalloped die after I coloured it with Promarkers. Then I printed and cut out the flowers and curled and layered them before adding pearls in the middle. Lastly I coloured the butterfly and cut it out, gluing it on with pinflair to give it a 3D effect and added lace round the image to frame it.

Our sponsor this time is Glitterbabe. Her store Glitterbabe's Digis is stuffed with a huge variety of digi images for every occasion - well worth a visit!

It also fits the following challenges; 

http://hippitywithippity.blogspot.com/ flowers
http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/ flowers
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ lavender and lace
http://woodwareusa-clearstamps.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ things with wings
http://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/ pearls
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/ Die cuts and lace
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ blossoms and blooms

Rock Star

Goodness me what a pain! All that time wasted, I had written quite a long post but I am really busy this weekend and don't have the time to repeat it, never mind this post will have to be short and sweet.
This week's challenge over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days is For the Boys which is pretty self explanatory. I have used one of Jenni's new images which I love to make a card for the budding rock star in your life. The budding rock star in my life happens to be a girl so I will have to speak to her about drawing some more new images.
Our challenge is sponsored by MeiFlower who have a fab online shop with a great range of toppers and embellishments for all your cardmaking - a £10 voucher for the shop will go to the lucky winner
I would like to enter the following challenges.
http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/ circles
http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/ for a teenager
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ one for the boys
http://www.pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ boyz to men
http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/ diecuts
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ anything goes
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/  colour inspiration

Wedding Day

Time for another challenge over at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days and there couldn't be a more suitable theme for today than Wedding! It will be hard to ignore a certain ceremony that is going on today so you might as well join in and make a card to celebrate someone's big day.

 My husband and I (gosh I sound just like the Queen!) actually got married a month after Charles and Diana 30 years ago and I remember us sitting watching their wedding and wishing we had a bit more money than we had at the time to have a more elaborate affair. However given that we are still together and happy thirty years later if I've learned one thing it's the amount you spend on the wedding day definitely isn't the be all and end all!  Anyway I wish Willian and Kate and any other couples tying the knot today all the happiness for the years ahead and now back to my card. I used Jenni the Cardmadfairy's digi image of a wedding cake and mounted it on a card heart which I covered on both sides with lilac paper before I distressed the edges. I folded the front of the card in half so the heart is only attached on one side, which is why I had to cover the back as well. The paper is covered in phrases related to weddings which meant I didn't have to worry about where to add a sentiment! The little sprig of flowers at the bottom is meant to remind you of the bride's bouquet, and I added some sticky pearls in the corners to finish them off. All the DT cards are fabulous please go and visit the challenge blog and if you agree be kind enough to leave a comment.

This challenge is sponsored by Whoopsie Daisy Designs who make fabulous digi stamps.

I am entering the following challenges:

http://cookingcraftingcamping.blogspot.com/ use a digi

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/ weddings

http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/ flowers

http://www.thepixiecottage.blogspot.com/ royal wedding

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/ flowers

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/ anything goes

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ royal wedding

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/ wedding

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/ here comes the bride

http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/ purple and lace

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ wedding