Bugaboo Golfing Gus!

I made this card for my husbands uncle.  He plays golf regularly with my husband and father in law, so when i saw this image i thought it was perfect!  Especially as it looks like him!

The image and sentiment is Gus from Bugaboo and is coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers.

The card blank is Hunkydory.  The paper is from Craftwork Cards, in the Christmas range!

The ‘golf ball’ stopper is embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder.  The little ‘Golf’ word is from Dunelm.

The ‘Happy Birthday’ is from A Man’s World Range’ from Papermania.

The colours used are:

SKIN: Sunkissed Pink, Blush (fm) Antique White (fm)

HAIR: Cool Grey 4 and 2

TROUSERS: Black, Cool Grey 4 and 2

SHOES and HAT: Cocoa, Cinnamon, Tan

TOP: Sky Blue, Cocoa, Pear Green

FLAGS: Gold, Buttercup, Ivory

GRASS and BUSHES: Moss, Pear Green, Forest Green, Lime Green, Lime Zest, Aniseed (fm) Citrus (fm)

Thanks for looking.
I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

The Secret Crafter - A Mans Card - 19/04
Our Creative Corner - Boys and their Toys - 20/04
Make my Monday - Sports/Hobbies - 21/04
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Anything with Green - 30/04
Crafty Boots Challenge - No Girls Allowed - 29/04

Cardmaker’s Delights

The other night i was browsing the internet as you do when it is 1am and you can’t sleep and came across a website called Cardmaker’s Delights

Now on this website you will find a wide variety of Toppers, from vintage to Christmas to cute kittens to shabby chic!

The owner Tracy is a lovely lady and sent me some to try out. 

Well when i received my parcel, there was a dozen toppers in there and they are all different and are fantastic quality! The card they are printed on is a good weight and thickness, not at all flimsy.  And i have found out today that Tracey designs these herself, i am in total awe of them.

When i sat down to make this card, it took me absolutely ages to decide on the paper, i wanted to do the topper justice and everything i picked up just seemed too busy but i came to this one which i believe is K & Co (but i could be wrong!)  I wanted to make the topper stand out and not ‘crowd’ it so i just kept it simple.

The birdcage is a Tim Holtz die cut that i was sent by my secret Santa.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The butterflies are a punch.

The pearls were in my stash.

I really hope you like it and that i have done the topper justice, they really are fab!

Be sure to pop over to Cardmaker’s Delights to see the variety.

Thanks for looking

The Crazy Challenge – Inspired by a Movie

This is the first challenge i have managed to join in with at The Crazy Challenge since hurting my shoulder, but i am very proud of the design team, they coped perfectly without me!

Well this challenge is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs and the theme this week?  Is to be inspired by a movie!

This is one of my favourite themes to do using Sassy Studio Designs, so when it comes to choosing the image it is REALLY difficult because they have sooo many movie themed ones, but in the end i chose Honey Tinkerbell.

I coloured her with Promarkers and stickled her wings with Frosted Lace Stickles.

I used a simple Glitter card as the background.  The ribbon was in my stash.

The gem ‘bracket’ is done using a template that came with Papercraft Essentials this month.

Thanks for looking

Incy Wincy DT – Use a Digi

It’s time for another challenge at Incy Wincy and this week for our USE A DIGI theme we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles!

Teri at Delicious Doodles is uber talented!! I just love her images!

For this card i rounded the edges with a corner rounder from Xcut. 

The paper i think is Forever Friends.

The image is from Delicious Doodles and is coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.

The border is a Marianne Designs Die and is cut from Centura Pearl card as is the butterfly which is punched from a Martha Stewart punch.

The flower and leaves are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Pearls were in my stash.

Thank you for looking.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft your Passion - Use a punch and or Die - 22/04

That Craft Place DT – Anything but Square or Rectangle

 

This fortnight at That Craft Place Challenge blog we would like to see your ANYTHING BUT SQUARE OR RECTANGLE projects and we are sponsored by the fab Crafter’s Companion who are giving one lucky winner a £10 voucher for their store!

Here is what i made

I used a round card from Anita’s range.

  The paper is from a pad free from a magazine a little while ago. 

The image is a C.C. Designs stamp from That Craft Place Shop and is coloured with promarkers. (colours at the end of the post)

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The leaf ribbon i got from ebay.

The pearls and lace were in my stash.

In case you didn’t know That Craft Place Shop also has an inspiration blog where the DT post lots of inspiration so pop over and take a look.

COLOURS USED:

HAIR: Burnt Sienna, Cocoa, Cinnamon, Tan

SKIN: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Blush (flexmarker)

SAND: Sandstone, Gold, Buttercup, Ivory

SWIMSUIT: Wild Orchid (FM) Orchid, Lavender

ICE CREAM: Vanilla, Fuchsia Pink, Pale Pink

Thanks for looking.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Shaped Cards - 16th April
All that Scraps - Anything Goes - 24th April
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Shape it up - 6th May

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days DT - April Showers

Good morning everyone, it is time for another challenge at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge. But before i tell you about the challenge i just want to let you know that there is a DT Call too.  So onto this weeks challenge, we would like to see your April Showers

For my project i used this cutie, April, from the Jenni's store and coloured her with promarkers (list of colours below)  The clouds are done using a cloud shape and Distress ink.

 I chose to do a yellow/blue theme as i always associate April as yellow and May as blue (don't know why!!) and the saying is April Showers bring May Flowers!

The card blank is from Craftwork Cards.

The papers, tree and butterfly are from In the Meadow range from Nitwits.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The colours used are:

SKIN: Coral, Sunkissed Pink, Pale Pink, Blush (flexmarker)

HAIR:  Burnt Sienna, Cocoa, Cinnamon and Tan

JACKET AND BOOTS: Gold, Tulip Yellow, Canary and Buttercup

UMBRELLA:  Burgundy, Poppy, Berry Red and Lipstick Red

Grass Green for extras.  

Thanks for looking and i hope you like it.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Craft us Crazy - Flowers - 25-04

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Just Inspirational DT – sponsored by Delicious Doodles

This is the first challenge i have joined in for a long time at Just Inspirational!

We are sponsored by the wonderful Delicious Doodles

 

And our inspirational photo for you this week was chosen by the lovely Erin

Here is what i did

 

The image is from Delicious Doodles and is coloured with promarkers and Flexmarkers.

The papers are Wild Rose Studio, the new Bella range.

The larger butterflies are punched from a Martha Stewart punch and the smaller ones from a Woodware punch

The pearls are from Joanna Sheen.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts except the heather which i got in a bundle from ebay.

The pins are from a local craft shop.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally PaperCrafts - Bingo - 13/04 - Lilac/Flowers/pearls 

Catch the Bug - April Anything Goes - 14/04

The Pink Elephant - Flowers - 15/04

Anything Goes - Anything Goes - 15/04

Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes -15/04

Tuesday Throwdown - Stick Pins - 16/04

Crafty Creations - Flower Power - 17/04

Fairy Fun Fridays - Anything Goes - 18/04
Fashionista Challenge - Girly - 22/04

Charisma DT – Fancy Folds

This week at Charisma Cardz we would like to see your FANCY FOLDS! (easel, step, gatefold etc)

We have 2 fabulous sponsors this week too:

 

Digi Doodle Shop

Who are offering 2 lucky winners a $5 voucher each to spend in their online shop! Wow!!

Some Odd Girl

and not forgetting our regular sponsor Some Odd Girl who are offering one lucky winner 3 digi's of their choice!

 

I made a Step card, but i warn you now, these aren’t really my ‘thing’!  But i thought i would try something different for a change.

I have used this little cutie from Digi Doodle Shop and coloured her with promarkers and flexmarkers.

The paper is Forever Friends.

The cardstock is Gemstones. 

The ribbon is from a little shop near where i live and was a bargain at 5 metres for 50p!!!!

     The pearls and mesh butterflies are from Colour Connections who do a fab selection of embellishments and have brought out a fab selection of red, white and ble ready for the Queen’s Jubilee and Olympics later this year.

The flowers are a selection brought from Wild Orchid Crafts and ebay.

Thank you for looking and i will be back in a little while with my DT card for Just Inspirational

Incy Wincy DT – Cute Critters

I am finally being able to craft better now, although my shoulder seems to be getting worse!!  Maybe i have just got used to the pain!  I don’t know, i am just glad to be able to craft again (sort of!)

 

Anyway ………………  It is time for another challenge at Incy Wincy and this week we would like to see your cute critters!

We are sponsored by Stamping Dragon Designs who are offering the winner 4 digis of their choice!

I thought this bunny was so cute, she is coloured with promarkers.  I used a nestie circle die to cut it so that the bunny was over hanging the circle.  The green shape behind is using card from Craftwork Cards.  The papers were a freebie from a magazine and i believe are Polka Doodles.  The card blank is from Craftwork Cards.  The buttons from the Back to Basics range from DoveCraft.  The sentiment is Forever Friends.

I hope you like it and thanks for popping by x 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Desgins - Bunnies (09/04)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (10/04?)
Secret Crafter - Easter (12/04)
One Stop Craft - Pastel Colours & Die cuts (13/04)
The Crafty Pad - Use a die (14/04)
Cupcake Inspirations - (ends14/04)
Anything Goes - Anything Goes (15/04)

Scrappers Delight - Spring (ends ??)

One Stitch At A Time – Use a digi!

 

First of all i would just like to say HAPPY EASTER to anyone who is reading this xx

It’s time for another challenge at One Stitch At A Time and this week we would like to see you use a digi. – Simple eh?

We are sponsored by The Robin’s Nest

To be in with a chance of winning the prize from The Robin’s Nest you must use a Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps product.  But if you prefer not to use and SBDS product you still have the chance to win $3 to the store sponsored by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

 

For this weeks challenge i used Top Hat For a Lady.

This is not the type of image i would usually go for but i really enjoyed using it!

The paper was in my stash.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I hope you like it.

Thanks for looking.

How to centre a blog header

I have been playing around with my blog today and have found a few useful things i thought i would share

The first one i think is most useful is how to centre your blog header.

First of all upload your blog header:

Next, go to Dashboard> Design> Template Designer:

Then in Advanced go to ADD CSS and add:

.header-outer {
margin-left:90px;
}

Adjust the 90 to suit your preference. Our one is 150px:

Click apply to blog and that’s it!

 

I hope that has helped you. 

That Craft Place DT - SPRING

It's time for another challenge at THAT CRAFT PLACE and this time we would like to see your SPRING creations.

When i signed up for the DT the lovely Lisa sent me a goody bag to get me started.  Lisa was truly generous and sent me lots of papers, a stamp, some ribbon, cardstock, doilys and lots of embellishments!  Everything you see in the picture is from my goodybag and is available in Lisa's shop which has just opened and of course there is a website too! So be sure to pop over and check it all out.

The paper is First Edition, Stamp is Papermania and is coloured with promarkers.

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