Daring Cardmakers "take a letter Ms Jones" challenge "R"

Well I have not been able to get on the net for a couple of days and now I am going to have to play catch up yet again.....Here is my effort for the daring Cardmakers challenge and obviously it is R....rabbit in a red dress, red roses, red ribbon, red backing paper, ruby brads, rainbow oh and rain.....reddy marvelous really!

CPS#28....sketch challenge

I have done this card using quite basic backing paper which I have decorated with stitching and a few gems. The focal point being a Tanda stamp oriental lady.

A Lovely Card by Shannon!

This lovely little card was made for me by my niece Shannon. Didn't she do well!

Tand Challenge "Check~Mate"

This is the card I made for the Tanda "checking in" challenge.

A couple to share!

Well yet again been hectic......I have decided that I have reached that horrible age when everyone needs me and my life is non-existent, does that sound selfish or what! Anyway here are a couple of cards I have recently found time to make!

Daring Cardmakers buttons challenge "Butterfly"

Another great challenge from the daring cardmakers.....I also wanted to feature the butterfly I had just finished so here is the end result! I sewed a chain stitch border on the backing paper, the butterfly is a sticker put onto vellum, cut out and coloured using twinkling h20s and the finishing touch was the 4 flower buttons put in each corner.

Caardvarks Challenge "fibres"

I had great fun with this card, I have tried some techniques that various people have been talking about with the butterfly stamp and then mounted it all on an enlarged shredded wheat with some fluffy fibres threaded through the edges. I really like the finished result.

Di Hickman template challenge..."coffee time"

I recently bought some coffee flavour incense sticks and the packaging was simply fab, I couldn't bring myself to throw it away and so here it is in the centre of my challenge card!

Daring Cardmakers Dots n Dashes!

I really enjoyed this one, yet another manly card!

Daring Cardmakers "Frilly Flower"

For the Daring Cardmakers challenge I just couldn't get my head around frills so I have made a flower for this card using wide red ribbon, a piece of netting and a button, hope this counts as a frilly bit!

Wednesday Stamper Stitches challenge.

I kept this one fairly simple,,,,,

C.P.S.#27 template challenge

Well have I had a busy time lately, my baby has gone to Bristol to work & live...so a few tears were shed and a lot of sorting out was left.....Also having my grand~children during the holidays is keeping me on my toes.....Not made a card all week...made up for it today I hope and tried to get caught up with all the challenges I have missed. Well firstly I will start with my effort for the C.P.S. #27 challenge!

Tanda stamps challenge "Love is in the Air"

For this card I have used my sizzix heart punch and a little rose stamp which I have stamped 4 times and coloured with water colours. A big bow , a couple of brass embellishments and a gem give the finishing touches

Di Hickman template challenge " a man thing"

I seem to be doing a lot of Man cards lately, here is yet another which is just right for Di's challenge this week.

"Wiggly One" for the daring cardmakers!

The wiggly lines in the sketches provided to inspire for this challenge put me In mind of waves and water, so here is how I have interpreted this sketch!

Yet another card for Ann & Grumpy!

Here is another card I have made for my friends Ann & Grumpy Jack! This time it includes a picture of their son in his new sports car....I have printed it off in sepia tones to complement the colours of the card...lets hope it is what they want.

CPS#26...... Flowery Birthday!

Here is my offering for the C.P.S. sketch #26 challenge. Pretty bog standard but I liked the colour scheme!

Friendship "you can pick your friends

This is the card I have made for the tanda stamps miscellaneous challenge. I have simply stamped a piece of pearlescent paper with assorted flower & insect stamps, used it as backing paper and used an image printed from the pc.

Daring Cardmakers photo finish "my Mum"

for this challenge I have used a photo copy of a photo of my Mum in her "heyday", the dear old soul is now 83 and living more in the past than the now so as I have bought her a bar of her favourite fruit & nut to take with me for her tomorrow I thought I would take this card along for her as well. I am going to tell her that it won the gorgeous Great~Gran competition, that will make her day!

I Love this one!

I had to share this card with you all as I was so pleased with the finished result..........I have again used twinkling h20's on to photographic paper to make a backing paper, I have then stamped directly onto it with black stazon, cut out roughly and mounted onto card blank with a hessian matting. My husband really dislikes this card but I think it is fab!

Daring Cardmakers Challenge "Recipe for Love"

3 arrows..... 3 circles....& 1 square were our given ingredients. Here is my cooked cake with all the icings

I really enjoyed making this card, mainly because I have been playing with my twinkling h20's ( which I had not been able to get to grips with before). The result of my playing is the central square of this card which is photographic paper which I have coloured, allowed to dry and then stamped onto with black stazon. I love the finished result. The arrows required for the recipe gave me problems initially, in the end I made arrows from peel off scraps.

Di Hickman Card Sketch #2~~~~~

This is my offering for the Di Hickman card sketch August #2.

A couple of ordered cards for friends

Thought you might like to share a couple of cards I have been asked to make:-

C.P.S. #25 template challenge " what will I be"

This card put me in mind of that old song and so I hope that is what I have portrayed!

Caardvarks challenge....1~2~3

1 embellishment, 2 patterned papers & 3 flowers were ordered, & so that's what they got.....

plezier met paper challenge...car image

This challenge was to use an image on a card, which tied in quite nicely with a card for my brother~in~laws birthday.

Daring Cardmakers Challenge "Time & Tide"

The daring cardmakers challenge time made me think of that old saying "time & tide waits for no man", so that is what I have attempted to portray, sadly the little fish did not scan well!

Tanda Stamp Card Challenge 5 "Blue & Green"

this is the card I made for the blue & green challenge over at Tanda Stamps....the small embellishments at the top did not scan too well but read "friends" & "always". Right now I'm off to start on the rest of the challenges and to make a few birthday cards for family members.

Birthday Card for Nadine.

Well what a busy weekend.....not blogged since Thursday...and now I see there are quite a lot of challenges out there, so I will have to get busy. Any way here is a card I have made for a friend to give his daughter.

Di Hickman template challenge "Your Day"

I really enjoyed making this card, I have used shrink plastic with black stazon and tanda retro women stamps, completed with a pink marbled backing paper & a piece of star ribbon.

Daring Cardmakers Challenge "Sorry Mouse"

The final card I am putting on today is for the Daring Cardmakers Challenge "Sorry".

Golden Wedding Card for Ann & Grumpy!

This is another card for my friends Ann & Grumpy to give to Ann's sister & her husband. Lets hope they are pleased as Grumpy can be a miserable "old git" ! Hello Jack if you are looking in!

I've had a great morning playing!

Well that was just what I needed, a few hours to myself to play. I have made several cards today, Mostly using my new Tanda stamps which I am thrilled with.