Birthday Card for DH

I just love this image by The Greeting Farm - Oliver&Amelia - my favourite thing.  I had him coloured before I started work on the card and decided to change his hair colour from blond to brown!!! hmmmmmm not sure if I'm happy but it will have to do!!  Would like to spend more time fine tuning the colouring but... time is a racing!

I saw this card by the wonderfully talented Kelly Booth and I knew I had to buy this set!.  I only recently got to ink it up and loved the way another amazing gal - Lucy made this card for her Dad recently.  So I "mish mashed" the two ideas in my head and got the card above!  Added machine stitching in brown on pp from Joy Ride by Cosmo Cricket which I had run through the printer to add the sentiment.  Added it to Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock as the base.

Lots of glossy accents on the fish bowl and hey presto a card for my DS's to give to my DH on his Birthday today!.  Happy Birthday hun. 

Hope everyone has a great day and wonderful weekend.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Beautiful Birthday Dahlias

I was late with my post for this month's challenge over on Tiffany Doodles and I still feel bad about it.  So, I have another "flower power" card for you using Tiffany's wonderful image - Dahlia w/Oval

I coloured the image twice and added a second "flower" layer raised on pop dots to add dimension.  I also added LOTS! of glossy accents to the bottle which I hope you can see in the first photo.  Sentiment is from PTI. 

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you get a chance to play along with this month's challenge over on Tiffany Doodles - all details here.  Remember - Tiffany has lots of flower freebies available on her site too - check them out here.  Hope you have a great weekend.

Paperplay - "Pink it up"

This week's challenge on Paperplay is "Pink, pink, pink".  It is very kindly sponsored by Bunny Zoe Crafts.

Supplies: PTI Sentiment and frame, TGF Washi tape in pink, 

Prima flowers, bubblewrap stamp by Kaiser craft, glue dots and kraft cardstock.

This is outside my comfort zone because I am not a very "pink" gal... having grown up with three brothers!  and now having two sons!!! no pink in this house! LOL!

I decided to pair my "Pink" with kraft and decided to make a "beat up" type of card..... used the wonderful washi tape that my friend Jane sent me - thank you again Jane.  I also stamped my new bubblewrap stamp across the tape and card - it nearly looks like someone stood on it!.

Then added some beautiful Prima Flowers with pop dots and hey presto... lots of pinkness!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

Winner of the Beautiful Roses Digi.....

And I used the true random number generator to get a winner.... can never post the widget... sorry.... this is the bit I managed to post.......  Just managed it...woohoo... sorry it's not very crisp!

 Barb Said

Wow! Love this, Deirdre! Fabulous design, the way the flowers flow off the side!

August 13, 2010 4:45 PM

Congrats Barb - email me and I will arrange to get your digi sent to you.  Thanks to everyone who visited and left such lovely comments - I really appreciate them.  Hope you enjoyed the first ever blog hop.  Will post some cards later today.

Hello Card

Hero Arts challenge this month is "Keeping in Touch and Going back to School".  I made this card on Thursday evening to enter before the first deadline of the month.  Still plenty of time to enter - check out the details here.

It has been a while since I have entered a Hero Arts challenge - don't know where the time goes!  I have missed it and am going to try to get back in the groove and start entering again.  The gals in the HA Flickr Group produce amazing work on a daily basis.  Check it out here.

Supplies: Hero Arts CG105 Silhouette Flower and CL184 Thoughtful messages, 

versamark ink and clear embossing powder, Papermania pearls coloured with copics, 

XCut scallop border punch and dark chocolate cardstock, ribbon & ink and pop dots.

I did three or four layers of embossing powder on this card to give it an "enamelled look" and I really enjoyed making this card and look forward to getting it into the mail to "keep in touch" with a friend.

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a great weekend.

Mami Doodles - new release/challenge and FIRST EVER blog hop!

Welcome to the FIRST EVER Mami Doodles Blog Hop.   In order to win the digital stamp that I used please make sure you leave a comment to be entered into the draw - (winners will be drawn on Tuesday evening and posted on Wednesday).

Elisa (Mami Doodles) has outdone herself again and created some new wonderful digis released yesterday - check them out here.  As a member of her DT, I got to play with some of them and had lots of fun colouring and creating.  I paired this "bunch" with the Spellbinders blossom die cut and added an wonderfully appropriate SRM Sticker.  I just adore these stickers - be sure to check out the SRM Blog here for wonderful inspiration.

Elisa's challenge on Mami Doodles is "Shaped Cards" - so get your thinking hat on and create a non standard card and post it here with a chance to win some of Mami Doodles wonderful digis. 

The next stop on the hop is Elisa B - just click here and just in case here's the hop order


Claudia
Deirdre (you are here!)
Elisa B
Jackie
Lily
Vera
Trinh
Mami Doodles

Thanks for stopping by and looking forward to seeing what you create.  Remember... leave a comment!

Paperplay - "Bon Voyage"

Supplies: Cosmo Cricket Early Bird Crafting Pack, MS border punch, 

misc red gems, ribbon and embroidery floss.

This week the challenge on Paperplay is "Bon Voyage" - it can be for vacation, moving etc.  It is very kindly sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.  I decided to go with the "moving" theme and created a card using the Cosmo Cricket Early Bird range.

Be sure to check out what our wonderful Guest Designer Jeannie created here and the rest of the DT here.

Thanks for peeking and I hope you get a chance to play along with Paperplay this week.