Owl and Moon

My fallen-to-pieces copy of the French Lieutenant's Woman is still going strong and here I've stamped it with a little owl, cut it out and clear embossed it. The background is a Papermania stamp and I embossed a metal sheet and added a cardboard owl that I UTEED  while back when I had the melt-pot out,

I'd like to enter:
Artful Times- owls
Shopping Our Stash  stamped background
Allsorts For the guys

Tyre Swing

The boy on a tyre swing is a free SVG from The Lady Wolf. I really like it because I think it could equally be my little boy swinging, or one of my brothers when we were kids - kind of timeless. Everything has been coloured with distress ink , and I used an old Woodware stamp for the pattern.

I'd like to enter
City Crafter birthday card with banners
Twisted Tuesday sunshine and playful
Die-cuttin Divas male
Creative Knockouts Summer's Coming

Guest Designer at Scrapping 4 Fun

Today, I'm delighted to be one of the Guest Designers at Scrapping 4 Fun challenges for their 'Father's Day' challenge.

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and I paper-pieced it and coloured it with Promarkers. The newspaper is from a Crafter's Companion CD.

Thanks for having me, Scrapping 4 Fun.

I'd like to enter:
Charisma Cardz Father's Day
Delightful Sketches masculine
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark
Simply Create Fathers Day

Festive 48 - Week 20

A simple card this week. I used a pre-glittered die-cut sentiment from My Mind's Eye , a scrap of patterned paper, kraft cardstock, rick rack and a Bo Bunny brad.

Just to recap, I have challenged myself to make a Christmas card every week , and post it here (to make sure I do it!) . If I do this, by the beginning of December I will have 48 Christmas cards. I have also issued an invitation to anyone who would like to join me by linking up ONE card each week. This link up is ALWAYS 'Anything Christmas Goes'. 

Thank you to everyone who's joined me so far. I love seeing your cards. 

I'd like to enter: 
Cute Card Thursday text only 
That's Crafty kraft
Christmas Stampin  anything goes
Festive Friday photo 

An InLinkz Link-up

Gift for a Baby

Just how do you pose a blanket? 

Just sharing a padded cot cover I made for a new baby - baby is nearly four weeks old and, as I had almost nine months notice, this is shamefully late.

It's nothing complicated at all - just a piece of fabric cut in half and sewn together with wadding. However, sewing is not my strong suit, so I am ridiculously pleased with myself for getting it done.

Xmas Shopping

An extra Christmas card this week , as I'm off work. I made a stepper card and used the shopper silhouette from SVG Cuts and Carta Bella Winter Fun digikit for the patterned paper. The city in the background was made from cutting files, but I didn't cut them out , just printed the shapes onto the patterned paper. I added lots of glitter.

I couldn't go shopping in those heels!

I'd like to enter:
Holly Jolly  Fancy folds
Tis the Season  photo - inspired by the buildings
Winter Wonderland Christmas Shopping.
Fab n Funky  Christmas

Sunflower Fairy

This week's challenge at CD Sunday  is 'tots to teens' and I thought I'd like to make a card suitable for a teenage girl.

The fairy with the stone 'grotto' , sunflowers and bee are from Debbi Moore Garden Fairies Grotto cards CD. The background paper and bunting are scraps , and I added glitter and gems.

See the glitter!

As well as CD Sunday , I'd like to enter:
Crafty Boots  bees
Use your Stuff bling
Open-minded Crafting Fun  fairytale or fantasy

Pinspirational Challenge 109 - Cowgirl

Here's this week's photo inspiration from Pinspirational Challenges :

For my DT card I used some stickers by October Afternoon, with some paper scraps. I think one of   my nieces would like this, so I will probably put it away till her birthday later in the year.

How does the photo inspire you? Come and join us at Pinspirational  where we have great sponsors and prizes to be won.

I'd like to enter:
The Squirrel and the Fox Let's hear it for the girls
Stampin for the Weekend For the girls

My New Kitchen Clock

We recently had a new kitchen fitted and , in the 'excitement' our clock got smashed.

I bought an acrylic clock kit years ago and then didn't know what to do with it. Now I have the Silhouette electronic die-cutter,I realised that I could use adhesive vinyl for it. So, the bird, branches and letters were all cut out on the Silhouette cameo which should have been a quick and simple task but of course, I had to have a few dramas along the way....

So the result is a very imperfect clock, but one I quite like, and now it's hung up on the wall, you can't see the mistakes.

I'd like to enter:
Eclectic Ellapu spring
Quirky Crafts time
Artistic Impressions anything goes with wings

Make My Monday - Sophisticated

Humour is so individual, so I hope at least somebody finds this funny! It is my DT card for the new Make My Monday  challenge 'A Card to Make you Laugh'.

I used a digi from A Day for Daisies - I'm not sure it's supposed to , but she's always looked  a bit sozzled to me- and added the text. I coloured with Promarkers and spotty paper and added a die-cut cocktail glass.

Please come over to Make My Monday  ,see what the DT have done and enter your own funny card. Hopefully , you'll make me laugh.

I'd like to enter
Oddball Stamps  Girly and Glam
Corrosive Challenges anything goes