And Relax!

There is nothing better than to have a nice soak along with a cuppa, newspaper and favourite rubber duckie - Deirdery certainly knows how to roll!

Coloured with Promarkers plus liquid pearls on her cap and glitter glue on the bubbles, Papermania Tea House 6x6 papers plus a Clearly Besotted die cut.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments:  Anything Goes
Everybody Art Challenge:  For Girls
Fairy Tale Challenge:  For Girls
{PIN}inspirational:  Anything Goes
Craftin' Desert Divas:  Create a Scene

Getting Ahead!

I do like to be organised and ahead of myself because when I leave something to the last moment, something usually happens and my schedule goes out of the window!  I like to work from lists and this is a card I've been asked to make for a little girl's birthday which is not until December!

Image and sentiment are both from Jellypark - they are not in the new store, but if you drop Jellypark an email, I'm sure a custom listing can be arranged!  I've used Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour along with glitter glue on the dress.

Papers are Dovecraft 6x6 Tea House pad - I had to do some creative joining as the paper wasn't big enough to cover all the card!  Blue and pink cardstock is from my stash along with the half pearls.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges;  Sketch followed
Moving Along With The Times:  Birthday
Crafty Hazlenut's Patterned Paper Challenge:  Anything Goes
Mod Squad:  Birthday
Wonderful Wednesday:  Anything Goes

Lady of Leisure

Ah, now this would be a perfect start to a Tuesday morning, especially if you are a lady of leisure.  Deirdery is just one of those, ahem, ladies.  And here she is (modesty protected by the rather 70's tub) thinking that the room could do with a make-over and that blasted tap is still dripping......

You too could be the proud owner of Bath Time Deirdery and give her pink hair and a lime green tub!  The wallpaper and pictures are from Dovecraft 6x6 Tea House paper stack.  The floorboards are kraft card offcuts (notice the bad match on the right hand side!) and the skirting board is an inked strip of card.

Deirdery has been coloured with Promarkers plus some stickles and liquid pearls.  Her cup of tea has not been tampered with cos I did not dare.  Builders brew, just how she likes it.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

One Stitch At A Time:  Make It Girly
Colour Me Creative:  Girly
Sweet Pea Stampers:  Use A Digi
Cards In Envy:  Polka Dots or Stripes

Image:  Bath Time Deirdery from Dr Digi, coloured with Promarkers
Papers:  Dovecraft 6x6 Tea House
Everything else:  My stash

Simply Create Too Challenge 13 MIDWAY EXTRA - Mother Day / Female

Welcome to the Midway Extra point of the current Simply Create Challenge!  As a reminder, the theme is:

Mothers Day / Female

I've used another of the wonderful toppers from Cardmakers Delights.  It's been layered onto an offcut of base card and then onto offcuts (look carefully you will see the joins!) from Tea House papers from Dovecraft.

The main dark pink spotty paper is a free download from Papercraft Inspirations magazine plus I've also got my inspiration from the magazine for the layout.

Ribbon is again from my cousin Claire - I think there are 4 different widths of the pale green ribbon so don't be surprised if you see more of it in the future!  I've made the bunting from an offcut of card - the printed card has been layered onto stiffer card so it didn't bend and then I've added some fake brads with a black marker and glossy accents.

You've still got time to enter the challenge - for more details click here to go to the blog!  Good luck!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges:  Add Ribbon

Diva's By Design:  Pink

Just Tracy's:  Anything Goes

LEJ Designs:  Lots of Layers

• Topper:  Cardmakers Delights
• Papers:  Bright pink - Papercraft Inspirations freebie, all others Dovecraft Tea House 6x6 stack
• Everything else:  My stash

Cake Shop

Here is the last of the three new releases from Jellypark (I'd have blogged it sooner but forgot!) This is such a great image and I wish there was a cake shop like this near me! I've coloured it with Promarkers plus some inking around the edges and all the papers are from Dovecraft - Tea House 6x6 paper stack. The brad is also from the same collection.


I've keept it quite simple as I think the image is fab!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Robyns Fetish Designs: Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time: Use A Digi
Sparkles Forum: Anything But A Christmas Card
The Hybrid Chick: Metal (the cupcake brad)
Incy Wincy: Anything Goes

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers
• Papers: Dovecraft Tea House 6x6 stack
• Brad: Dovecraft Tea House
• Everything else: My stash

Pink Wedding Cake

Here is the second of three new releases from Jellypark! And its another Wedding themed digi stamp! This is a really quick Wedding Cake to colour which I've done with Promarkers, a little glitter glue and liquid pearls.

I've added liquid pearls around the edge of the card - the shapes were made by using a Spellbinder Nestabilitie die for a template and I've used some silver paper from my stash to layer the image on.

Backing papers are from Dovecraft 6x6 Tea House pad and for once I picked the papers before I coloured the image so it matched! Ribbon is from Meiflower and the silver heart buckle is from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge: Xtra Special Occasion
Bloggers Challenge: Celebrate Good Times
Card Crafters Circle: Anything Goes
Creative Inspiration Paints: Something New (New Life)
The Hybrid Chick: Metal
The Squirrel and the Fox: Something New (New Life)

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Promarkers, glitter glue and liquid pearls
• Papers: Dovecraft Tea House 6x6 pad
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities for shaped card bottom and template for image
  
• Ribbon: Meiflower
• Everything else: My stash
  

Mary, Mary Quite Contrary

Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?! If anything like mine - very fast! My strawberry plants which started off as being just two are fast growing and sending suckers out which have been duly planted in pots so that they can be re potted to a more suitable location (hanging bags and baskets on the fence!) They are an organic variety from B&Q and the strawberries are wonderfully large and sweet! Now I have a decent covering of crushed egg shells in the pots I no longer have slugs!



Anyhow. My card is for the Poodles Parlour challenge which is:

Round and Round the Garden

If you look closely, there are tiny flowers in the paper! The papers and flowers are all from the Dovecraft Tea House collection - 6x6 paper stack used. I bought them on a recent trip to Dunelm mill and they were a bargain! The image is from the Poodles Parlour and I've coloured it with Promarkers.

I've added some coloured card from my stash (forgot I had some this shade!) and also some sparkly bright pink card (I've had it for ages and rediscovered it when looking for something else!) and also some ribbon. Added some card candy and also the liquid pearl drops around the edges of the card and image.

It's more vibrant in real life - pesky weather! I've also followed the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch as they are fantastic sketches!

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Incy Wincy: Something Old, Something New (old are the turquoise and pink papers and ribbon, the new is the digi stamp)
Passion for Promarkers: Diva's with Glam and Glitter (liquid pearls?!)

• Image: Poodles Parlour, coloured with Promarkers


• Papers: Printed - Tea House collection from Dovecraft, all others my stash


• Flowers - Tea House collection


• Everything else: My stash

Princess and Flowers

Isn't this such a cute image? It's one of two new releases from Jellypark and you can buy it HERE. Just don't blame me if other stuff ends up in your shopping basket!

I've coloured her with Aquamarkers and used one of my Nesties to make the shape - I used it as a template. The papers are from Dovecraft - Tea House 6x6 paper pack which I bought on an impromptu visit to a local Dunelm mill a few weeks ago and the pack was only £2.99! Bargain!

I've also used some lilac pearlescent paper I've had in my stash for absolutely ages and thought I'd better use some of it it!

Ribbon and eyelets are from my stash. Watch out for another Jellypark new digi release coming to this blog later today!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Shelly's Images: Summertime
Stampin' B's: Use Ribbon
Amber's Crafts and Stuff: Patterned paper
Crafts and Me: Ribbon
Deep Ocean Challenge: Ribbons

• Image: Jellypark, coloured with Aquamarkers
• Papers: Dovecraft Tea House 6x6 paper stack
• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities as a template
  
• Everything else: My stash