Thank You

I've been AWOL for the last week in North Yorkshire, where my hubby and I enjoyed a lovely holiday in Robin Hood's Bay with five other couples.  It's a beautiful part of England, with plenty of places for walking. We've been having a holiday with these friends every year since 1990 in different parts of the UK.  How time flies!  I wanted to make a card for the friend who finds a house big enough for us all to stay in every year.  As we went on a steam train trip in North Yorkshire, I wanted to include a steam train on my card and keep the card fairly masculine. 

I used a Memory Box 'Grand Thank You' die.  The train is a Marianne die cut. For the steam, I die cut three Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds' and trimmed them slightly to look more like steam.  The embossing folder is Couture Creations, 'Chain Link'. 

I am joining in the following challenges:
Daisy Chain Challenge #20 ~ For the boys/men
HLS June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
 Simply Create Too Challenge #139 ~ For A Male
Cards in Envy Challenge ~ Let's Hear it for the Boys! 

The house we stayed in.  Dating back to 1731, it was formerly a farmhouse.

 View of Robin Hood's Bay, taken just down the road from the house.


The steam train we travelled on, calling in at Goathland where the TV drama 'Heartbeat' was filmed.

Finally a beautifully decorated bike we saw in Pickering.

Happy Anniversary

Welcome to my new follower, Meg of 'Bits and Pieces'. 

An Anniversary card for friends who are celebrating their 41st Wedding Anniversary today. 

The love birds die was purchased from eBay, attached to a square of white card which was die cut with a rectangular stitched die and matted on red card.  The background is embossed with an X-cut 'Small Polka Dot' e/f.

I am joining in the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ All things bright and beautiful

Happy Birthday

A birthday card today for a friend who collects anything sheep related.  My sheep is inspired from the card I saw on Janice's blog HERE.

The sheep was made with SB Nestability dies and a leaf and a small flower punch.  The grass a Die-namics 'Fresh Cut Grass' die which I attached to a mottled blue and white piece of card, before die cutting with a Creative Dies 'Wonky Stitches' die and matted on a square of green card.  The background was embossed with an Embossalicious 'Clouds' e/f.  The sentiment is die cut with MB 'Stitched Circle dies.  Everything, apart from the card base, was snippets, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Playground.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #327 ~ Use snippets

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge #107 ~ Dies and/or Punches

Crafty Calendar Challenge - DT card

The Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today, with the theme of 'Three of a Kind'.  This is my DT card.

The beautiful image is a digi stamp from this month's sponsor, Sheepski Design called 'Hello'.   I coloured the image with Promarkers and die cut with a Memory Box 'Stitched Scalloped Circle' die.  I embossed a piece of white card with a Marianne 'Ocean View' e/f, then added 'Peacock Feathers' Distress ink with a brayer over the raised part of the embossing.  I added three shell beads which have been in my stash for ages.  From memory I think I bought them in the Early Learning Centre.  The sentiment is die cut using a Sue Wilson 'Frames and Tags Stitched Flags' die, matted on a piece of the teal card and attached with foam pads.

The Crafty Calender Challenge finishes on June 28th, so there is plenty of time to join in the challenge and be in with a chance of winning a lovely prize from our generous sponsor:

Sheepski Designs

Please pop over the the Crafty Challenge blog to see all the beautiful cards my teamies have made.

I am joining in the following challenges with my card:

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge # 72 ~ Mythical/Fantasy

A Gem of a Challenge Challenge #220 ~ Use THREE of Something (Shells)
Card Mania Challenge # 105 ~ Nautical / Marine
Sparkles Monthly Challenge # 104 ~ Sea Shells
4CC Challenge #405 Crazy Egg/ATG
SheepSki Designs  Challenge #15 ~ Embellish it or CAS
I Love Promarkers Challenge #360 ~ Anything Goes with the option of Circles