Easter Bunny

 It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter who has kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Adorable Easter Bunny image - The Paper Shelter

Papers - Crelando

Greeting - Hey Bunny font

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Crafty Calendar Challenge March - Easter

Inkspirational Challenges #261 - critters that hop

Aud Sentiments #292 - Spring/Easter sentiment

Time Out Challenges #209 - cute

My Time To Craft - animals

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Good Luck Bling

 Today's card was inspired by the challenges at :

Less Is More

Inspiration Station - TOP 3

Colorful Options

So a blingy four leaf clover it was...

What I used:

Heart die - Diesire

Gems - The Range

Patterned backing paper - Papermania

Greeting - Paper Flowers font

It was sheer good luck that I had a scrap of clover patterned paper as well!

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Simply Fabulous Peacock

 I've always been fascinated by peacocks, even though some consider them unlucky. As soon as I saw this wonderful stamp on the cover of a magazine, I knew I had to have it...

What I used:

Stamp, patterned paper, greeting and embossing folder - Simply Cards and Papercraft #227

Gold Mirri card

Gold gems

Gold glitter washi tape

Peel-off waste bits to decorate the tail

What a beautiful image to stamp and colour - I really enjoyed making this card. I tried using a gold gel pen to highlight the centre of the 'eyes' on the tail but it didn't stand out very well. I ended up using lots of tiny waste bits from gold peel-offs. The finished size is 7in x 7in,

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Critter Crazy Challenge #60 - AG

Addicted to Stamps #424 - any occasion

QKR Stampede Challenge #439 - AG

Crafty Animals Challenge #59 - anything with an animal

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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40th Birthday Bling

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week the theme is:

Add some bling

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Number Dies - Tattered Lace

Greeting die - Crafts Too

Patterned paper - the Range

Corner dies - Wish

Vellum

Gems - Home Bargains

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #177 - anything goes

A Perfect Time To Craft - March challenge

Fab N Funky #546 - dies or stencils

Creative Fingers #226 - anything goes

Time Out Challenge #208 - Birthdays (Happy 8th Birthday!)

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Pink Cocktails

 Today's card is inspired by the challenge today at Less Is More:

What I used:

Card base - laid card from Ross Papercrafts

Stamps - Clearly Besotted

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens

It's a very simple design but the laid card makes it look less 'plain'.

I'm also playing along with the challenges at:

Double D - shades of pink

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Toadstool House

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by Morgan's Art World who has kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Image - Morgan's Art World (Garden 2)

Background flowers digi - Digistamp Boutique (now closed)

Coloured with - Spectrum Noir

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Crafty Catz #583 - AG

Creative Fingers #225 - AG

Morgan's Art Word Challenge #2 - AG

Colour Crazy Challenge #7 - AG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #176 - AG

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Pink Tulips

Once again I have been glued to the TV screen watching curling so the style of today's card was always going to be very clean and simple...

What I used:

Digi image - Digistamp Boutique (now closed)

Coloured with - Spectrum Noir 

Greeting - Pumpkin Cheesecake font

I printed the image twice and fussy cut some of the flower heads and used a tiny foam pad to create depth and interest as the layout was very simple and basic.

 I'm playing along with the challenges at:

CAS on Friday - spring flowers

Crafty Catz #583 - anything goes

Krafty Chicks #599 - CAS

Simon Says Stamp (Wed) - slimline cards

Polkadoodles # 8 - anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - feminine including flowers

As You Like It #268 - a favourite technique. One of my favourite things to do with a stamped image is to stamp the image twice and use parts of the second image to highlight/decoupage areas of the first image using foam pads

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Butterfly Birthday Wishes

 Just a quick post today to share a card I made whilst watching the excitement of the curling today - I'm obsessed with it! 

Patterned papers - The range

Image - Rachelle Anne Miller - Ballerina

Coloured with - Spectrum Noir

Greeting stamp - free with a magazine

Pearls - The Range

A sweet simple design - these quick cards are great for work colleague's birthdays.

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Fab N Funky #545 - Birthdays 

Mod Squad Challenge - Birthday Butterflies

Addicted To Stamps #423 - Birthdays

Watercooler Wednesdays #335 - anything goes (awww - it's their last challenge)

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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HB * 2U

I desperately need more masculine cards for my box. I usually keep to a clean and simple style when making cards for men so seeing that Less Is More has started up again with the very broad theme of 'Birthdays' I was inspired to make this...

I've only used one third of the card leaving a load of clean white space - very CAS!

I've had the number/letter dies for so long I can't remember where they are from! And the coloured card are bits from my scraps box. I love the star between the letter - looks like something from an old Soviet propaganda poster! The only embellishments used are a tiny black plastic dot and two peel-off strips.

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Less is More - showCASe

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CAS on Friday #224 - Male - TOP 3

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Colour Of Love - Special Day

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

The challenge this week is...

use 2 or more patterned papers 

This week we are being sponsored by Colour of Love who have kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Image - Colour of Love

Patterned papers - Ross Papercraft

Scroll dies - Cheery Lynn

Greeting - Claire Hand font

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Creative Knockouts #438 - lots of layers

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #175 - anything goes

Krafty Chicks #597 - stamp act

Colour Crazy Challenge #5 - anything goes

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Champagne and Balloons - 40th

Today I'm sharing the card I made for my sister-in-law for her 40th Birthday...

All dies - free with magazines

Mirri card / Patterned paper - The Range

Glittery stars - very old peel-offs (Anita's?)

Rachel is very girly so I had to go with pinks on this one! Also, a chance to use some of the ancient peel-offs I have had for almost 20 years for the 'strings' and stars!!.

I'm playing in the challenges at:

Cardz 4 Gals #165 - make it sparkle

Penny's Paper-crafty Challenge #514 - AG

Watercooler Wednesdays #334 - all about occasions

Crafting Happiness #120 - AG

Creative Knockouts #438 - lots of layers

Thanks for popping in

Sharon

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Monochrome Elephant

 Just a quick card today...

Image and greeting- Kanban

Papers - Ross Papercrafts

Pearls - The Range

Circle/square dies - Spellbinders Nesties

I often have tiny images left over from the Kanban die-cut toppers sheets - I've used a lot of matted layers here but still created a pretty clean and simple card.

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Creative Knockouts #437 - use dies/punches

Gem of a Challenge #3 - anything goes

Krafty Chicks #596 - all occasions

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #624 - anything goes

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesdays #540 - monochromatic

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Sending A Hug

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

The theme this week is....

L   O   V   E  

This week we are being sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs who have kindly provided images for us to use...

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Papers - from stash

Coloured with - Spectrum Noir pens

Image - Bundle of Hearts from Crafty Sentiments

Heart gems - The Range

Greeting - Hey Pretty Girl font

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

Crazy Critter Challenge #58 - anything goes

Crafty Animals Challenge #57 - anything goes

Time Out Challenges - in love

Sunday Stamps #275 - colour challenge

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Cool Brittania

I needed to make a card for someone who is into Mod/Ska/Brit Pop music and culture so using really old bits and pieces from my stash, I came up with this...

What I used

Car sticker/papers/greeting - Papermaina's Portobello Road range

Kraft base card - Ross Papercrafts

Red pearls - The Range

Simply put together but it hits the brief.

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Creative Fingers #223 - anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #624 - anything goes

Creative Knockouts #436 - anything goes

Fab n Funky #523 - 2 or more patterned papers

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Kenny K - Birthday Wishes

 Another girly card for the 'Birthday Box'...

What I used...

Image - Kenny K stamps

Papers - Buzzcraft

Greeting - free with Papercraft magazine

Pearls - Dovecraft

I'm playing along with the challenges at:

Little Red Wagon #636 - pick patterned papers

Creative Inspirations - AG

Aud Sentiments #290 - AG plus sentiment

Moving Along With The Times - for a lady/girl

Crafting Happiness #119 - AG

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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All Dressed Up - New Baby Girl

It's Monday which means there is a new challenge at Dream Valley Challenges ...

This week we are being sponsored by All Dressed Up Stamps - the owner Wendy has kindly provided images for us to use

As always the design team have come up with some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing - here's my card:

What I used:

Kraft card 6in x 6in base

Image - All Dressed Up Stamps

Pearls - The Range

Patterned papers - Craft Sensation's 'Florals and Basics' pad.

I'm entering this card into the challenges at:

CCC Digi Creations #132 - for a baby/child

Sweet Stampin' - new (baby)

Pam's Inky Pinkies #2202 - anything goes

Let's Craft and Create #179 - something new

So have a pop over at the Dream Valley Challenge Blog to see some more lovely inspiration from my teamies on the design team and have a chance at winning a prize.

Thanks for visiting

Sharon

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Little Black Dress

Today I've been playing with some shiny card found in my 'bits' box and ended up using the strips to add some bling to a girly birthday card - what better theme than a Little Black Dress and some blingy card!

What I used:

Digi - Party Rach from the now defunct Digistamp Boutique

Black lined paper - The Range

Gold and blacked striped card - from 'bits' box

Greeting - Pumpkin Cheesecake font

Pearls - The Range

I'm playing along with the current challenges at:

Colour Throwdown #674

Through The Purple Haze #188 - anything goes

Creative Fingers #222 - anything goes

Gem of a Challenge #1 - anything goes

Thanks for visiting!

Sharon

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