New Granddaughter

Friends of ours recently became grandparents for the first time to a beautiful baby granddaughter.  I made this card for them. 

The image is from LOTV, 'Baby Blanket', stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers. I used Spellbinder Nestabilities dies for matting an layering.  The embossing was done with an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts', embossing folder.  I used a Memory Box 'Stitched Country Border' die for the pink, scalloped border and added a computer generated sentiment.  All the pink card and white embossed card were snippets, so I'll be popping over the Playground to share my card. 

Tomorrow I'm off to a two day crop, crafting all day until 10pm each evening.... well, probably chatting, laughing and eating for some of the time! 😉

I am joining in the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #332 ~ Use snippets

Penny Black and More! August Challenge ~ I Spy something beginning with B (Baby, blanket)

A Gem of  a Challenge #225 Breast Cancer Awareness ~ PINK to be the Predominant colour 
Back to Basics and Beyond Challenge #8 ~ Use an Embossing Folder
I Love Promarkers Challenge  #364 ~ Anything Goes

Dots and Stripes

The Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today and the theme is Dots and/or Stripes.  Our generous sponsor this month is A Day for Daisies.

For my DT card, I chose to use the beautiful Ladybug Hello  digi stamp from A Day for Daisies.  The image is coloured with Promarkers.  The dotty and striped patterned paper is from Anna Marie Designs.  I added three Card Candi to finish off my card.

The Crafty Calendar ends on the 28th August, so pop over the Challenge blog HERE to get lots of inspiration from the DT and perhaps win a gift voucher from A Day for Daisies.

I am joining in the following challenges:
Double 'D' Challenge ~ Don't Bug Me
That's Crafty Challenge Animal Magic Challenge
Passion for Promarkers Week 455 ~Spots and/or stripes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge ~ Wild Things (Ladybirds)
 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #17 ~ Include a Critter
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August 2018 challenge
I Love Promarkers Challenge #364 ~ Anything Goes

Stripy tights!

A CAS card today to join in with a few challenges.

I chose to use one of my all time favourite stamps,  Funstamps 'Fairy with Attitude', as she has stripy tights .  I bought the stamp to make a birthday card for my daughter when she was a teenager, which was a LONG time ago! LOL!   The image is stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers.  I love the film 'Me Before You', where a pair of yellow and black striped tights feature in the film, so this gave me the inspiration for the colour scheme.  I added some sparkle to the crown, star and wings with Wink of Stella clear and silver glitter brushes.  I scored four lines around the edge of the card to make a border, although the vertical lines show up much better IRL.  To finish my card, I added four silver stars where the scored lines cross over.

I am joining in the following challenges:

1. Less is More Challenge #376 ~ OLC Stripes

2. Passion for Promarkers Challenge Week 455 ~ Spots and/or stripes

3. Inkspirational Challenge #166 ~ Make a Card in 10 minutes or less (it took about 7 or 8 minutes)

4. Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ CAS 

Merry Christmas!

There was a slight delay in the Rudolph Days Challenge this month, so you have got until August 7th to make a Christmas project to join in the fun.

I used an Apple Blossom 'Merry Christmas' embossing folder, using red and green snippets of card for each half.   After stamping the sentiment on a snippet of white card using a stamp from an Apple Blossom set of wavy stamps, I used a freebie die from a magazine to die the the sentiment.  As a finishing touch I added three red pearls which, IRL, are the same shade of red as the red card.  

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days July Challenge 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #331 ~ Use Snippets

Addicted to Stamps and More! Challenge #303 ~ Holiday

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #404 ~ Christmas in July

Dream Valley Challenge # 183 ~ Christmas in July

Back to Basics Challenge #8 ~ Use an Embossing Folder