Quirky Crafts Challenge 8 - Quirky Happy Event (recipe and New Baby or Pregnancy)

New challenge time, this time set by Cazzy. Our sponsors are Stitchy Bear Stamps and we have been given some lovely stamps to work with. I have chosen Baby Cakes.

I decided that I would like to make it into a shaped card, so imported the stamp into my Studio Software and created the outline by tracing, copying, fliping and welding the images. I then printed the image several times and decoupaged it. I have included gingham ribbon ( not the right shade of blue, but all I could find as I am in the middle of a craft room relocation!) and my themed button is the giraffe on the baby cup. it was just the right size!
By the time I next get to use the computer and blog I should (fingers crossed) be properly in the new craft room, hopefully with everything in its place and a new desk built etc....we will see, with Easter and Mine and Dan's birthday this weekend we are going to be busy. Its not only the craftroom to finish, but also Dan's new media room to decorate too.I am exhausted already!
Come on over to Quirky Crafts Challenge and see the other designers examples. Then you can have a go yourself and perhaps win some lovely images?
Hope to see you there

Quirky Crafts Challenge 7 - Its Sketchy

Challenge time again....cant believe how fast it comes around. I am sorting out my craftroom at the moment, it is in a terrible mess and I am climbing over boxes etc just to get to the computer. I have agreed to swoop rooms so that my Son can have more space. He is very into his computers and his bedroom really isn't big enough for him and his kit.....so he is now having my craftroom /office as an adjoining space for him to spread into, and I am trying to relocated to the old dining room. This is not going to be easy!!!
Anyway, you don't want to know all this I am sure....
This is my interpretation of the sketch set by our Lyn over at Quirky Crafts this weekend....

I have used Shery K papers (my favorite at the moment). The lacy mat is cut from a file shared by Monica's Garden, and of course the image is supplied by our sponsor this challenge....Bugaboo. Love their stuff!
Come an join us on the challenge...

Quirky Crafts Challenge - 6 A Recipe For A Special Lady

Hello all,

Well another two weeks have flown by and we at Challenge launch time again at Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog.
The challenge this time, set by Caro, is a recipe for a special lady. She is looking for a card created for a special lady in your life (so it doesn't have to be your Mum)....but it MUST HAVE

Circles, Flowers and gems/pearls

If you are going to join in the challenge, and we would love you to, please make sure you read the challenge theme and also the challenge entry rules in the side bar, otherwise your entry may not be considered for the prize.

Our sponsor for this challenge is The Cutting Cafe, and they have offered a prize to the winner of this challenge of a choice of 3 digistamps.

Here is my offering:-

There is a bit of a story behind this one. This card will be a Mothers Day card for my Mother in Law. She is in her 80's now, but hates to be indoors. She insists on going out every day, and insists on having a cup of tea absolutely everywhere she goes, even if it is just 5 mins down the road from her house! So when I saw the Tea Time digital stamp set, I just had to use it. I enlarged the stamps slightly to fit the scale of my card. The papers are from Shery K Designs. My images are coloured with promarkers and 3d on the card. I have a  ribbon element , the small bow near the sentiment and also a plaited ribbon strip behind my flowers, which were made with a spellbinders die and have gems in the centre. I have a circular element in the backing paper design and also I have used faux brads (Card Candy) on the tea cup border.

I hope you like it and please come visit the challenge blog to see the other design team examples.

Challenge 5 - First Signs of Spring

First of all, let me apologize to anyone who reads my blog for my tardiness lately. I have had a few things to deal with and have not been keeping up with my Blog...sorry about that, I will try to do better.
Today is the launch of Challenge 5 on Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog. It is my turn to set the challenge. As I said I have been a bit down and this time of year I am always desperate to see the first little shoots coming up in the garden with their promise that Spring and Summer is on it's way. I hate the cold and wet winters, and it certainly has been very cold of late,  so what better theme to cheer us all up than something looking forward to Spring. For the First Signs Of Spring Challenge I am asking for a Double Z Fold card from the cardmakers among you, and an item concealing something that indicates the coming of Spring for the non card makers, by that I mean perhaps an exploding box containing Spring items or something along those lines.
The sponsor for the challenge is The Stamping Boutique, who are kindly donating a prize of the winner's choice of 5 digi stamps. The winner will be chosen by the design team. Head on over to the blog to check out the design team's examples.
                                                               

Challenge 3 - Create a Scene

Challenge launch time at Quirky Crafts Challenge Blog.
This time the theme is Create a Scene. Our sponsors are Limited Runs Digital Stamps and Squigglfly. Please head over to Quirky Blog to see the prizes on offer. Sorry about the short post today, but major internet problems have meant that I needed to post quickly while I had a chance.

My scene would look lovely on a nursery wall. Limited Runs images were used in Craft Artist to create the scene and extra images printed to create decoupaging. Hope you like....