Blossom

Hi, everyone, hope you are all well. Its another miserable day - the rain seems to be back with a vengeance.
Sorry I haven't been around much, we are understaffed at work and by the time I get home I'm too tired to do anything. I have however managed to make a card - I was determined. My card has been inspired by a couple of my new dies, which I was determined to use, and this is what I came up with, (sorry the photo isn't very good, the light is terrible)

Ingredients:

papers - papermania 'lucy cromwell'

image - house mouse - 'spring - tulip'

fence die - marianne creatable

arboscello tree/fancy blossoms - memory box

leaves/swirls - cheery lynn

gems - bazzill bling

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'summer daze'

Allsorts Challenge - week #161 'in bloom'

I love Promarkers - challenge #123 'anything goes' 

Penny Black & More @ Allsorts - July Challenge 'summer blooms'

LEJ Designs - challenge #10 'fabulous flowers'

Papertake Weekly Challenge - anything goes'
Tuesday Throwdown - challenge #104 'summertime'
The Poodles Parlour - 'cute and/or cuddly'
Tuesday Alchemy - challenge #21 'anything goes'

Pink Toes

Afternoon everyone, hope you are all well. Its been a day of sunshine and showers here . I have made my card today with a couple of challenges in mind - totally papercraft and craftroom challenge want to see pets, I've used a sketch from sketch n stash and played bingo for papertake weekly.  I would also like to say hi to my new followers.

Ingredients:

papers - papermania 'lucy cromwell collection'

image - penny black 'pink toes'

sentiment - free from magazine

border punch - martha stewart
spellbinders die - labels 8 (image mount)

pearls and ribbon buckle - mei flower

ribbon from stash

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts Friday challenge - 'its raining cats and dogs'

Craftroom challenge - 'furry four legged family'

Sketch N Stash - challenge #90 'free choice sketch' (I chose sketch 82)

Passion for Promarkers - challenge #154 'glitter and pastels' (the ballet skirt and paper are glittered)

Fab N Funky - challenge - #126 'polka dots'

Papertake Weekly - 'bingo' I choose - glitter/diecut/free (free is pearls)
Penny Black & More - June challenge 'all my favourite things' (PB stamps/promarkers)
Forever Friends Challenge - week #38 'anything goes'

Gone Fishing/Father's Day

Good afternoon everyone, hope you are all well. It had still been sunny here until about ten minutes ago, when the clouds opened, it is now chucking it down and there is thunder and lightning. It has been very muggy today so hopefully it will now cool down.  My card today is for the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge, who want to see anything but a square,  and I think I am going to make it by the skin of my teeth.  I bought some Kanban cards a little while ago, and they are really different - round, hexagonal - great for this challenge and as I haven't made a male card for a little while I thought I would make a father's day card.

Ingredients:

card - kanban

papers - docraft

image/sentiment - lily of the valley 'gone fishing'

charm - ebay

bakers twine - papermania

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies - 'anything but a square'

Here Comes the Boys - challenge  #28 'anything goes'

One Stop Craft - challenge  #184 'for the boys'

Totally Gorguss - challenge  #133 'something new' (cards/bakers twine)

Crafty Katz - challenge  #134 'card for a man'
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - challenge #93 'bring on the boys'
Tuesday Throwdown - challenge #100 - 'masculine'
Divas by Design - challenge #37 'anything goes'
Simon Says Stamp - 'anything goes'

Video Boy

Hope everybody has enjoyed the long weekend and the Easter hols. I am on holiday this week and have a few things planned with the girls and the grandchildren. We went to the London Aquarium today, my youngest grandson was fascinated, but I think he would have rather got in the tanks than watched from the outside.
My card this evening is one that I have made for my older nephews birthday in a few weeks. He's not into cutesy images and I thought this one was rather apt.

The buttons sort of reminded me of the symbols on the controller. I enjoyed using the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp so much that I have used it again with a slight variation.

Ingredients:

papers - papermania 'for him'

stamp - mo manning 'video boy;

buttons - local haberdashery shop

coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - 'Its a man's world'

Mo's digital challenge - #129 'anything goes'

Cards for Men - challenge #8 'spring colours'
Scrapbook Sisters - challenge #78 'dads birthday/men
Sunday Sketch and Stamp -  challenge #101 'marie's sketch' 

Lazy Afternoon

Just a quick post today as I need to cook dinner. Its my son in laws birthday next week and this is the card that I have made for him. I have followed the sketch at Sketch Saturday

Ingredients

papers -  papermania 'for him'

stamp - lotv 'lazy afternoon'

martha stewart punch 

coloured with promarkers

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday challenge #195 - sketch

Simon Says Stamp - use 3 different papers
CES Challenge #73 - spots and dots

Allsorts challenge 142 - anything goes

Moving along with the Times - lots of layers
Paper Sundaes challenge #108 - birthdays