Balloon Bear

Good Evening Folks!

Hope your weekend is going well!! I don't seem to have achieved that much today but I did finish this little card using a vintage Forever Friends stamp that I found lurking in a box in my room - really one day I will be properly organised and ultra tidy with everything in it's place - yeah I know the Flying Pig just went past!! Anyway, here she is looking really cute and bashful! The papers are from my scraps collection, a mixture of DCWV and papermania I think??

Here's a closer look:

I followed this great sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday as my inspiration:

and also the picture inspiration over at The Cutie Pie challenge:

I'd also like to enter the challenges at:

Shopping Our stash - Scrap attack

One stop Craft Challenges - Anything goes

2 sisters challenge - 1 (image), 2 (papers) and 3 (embellies - ric rac, flowers & pearls)

Crafty Catz - 3 (embellies - ric rac, flowers & pearls),2 (papers) and 1 (image)

ABC challenge - Not just one

Crafting for all seasons - Think Pink

Papertake weekly - Sound of music - it has to be 99 red balloons by Nena!!

Oldie but a goodie - Inspired by a song -it has to be 99 red balloons by Nena!!

Bearly Mine challenges - Lucky dip - ribbon, flowers and pearls

The Craft garden - Flowers, ribbons, patterned paper & pink

Forever Friends Monthly challenge - Anything goes

& Forever friends fortnightly challenge - Pastel colours

Thanks for looking and also for any comments you might leave - I love reading them!!

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&  Lucky winner at:

Mini Mouse

Afternoon Folks!

Just wanted to share a card I made last night after I found this cute Penny Black image in my scraps box, aww poor little chap! I love the way the balloon is almost as big as him!!

I kept the card quite CAS and again tried to use up some odd scraps of card stock and made it more interesting with some embossing and die cuts.

I'd like to enter Mouse into the following challenges: 

The squirrel and the fox - Furry Friends

Totally Gorjuss - Embossing

Inky impressions - Punches and die cuts

Crafty creations - no patterned paper

I love promarkers - pastel colours

The cutie pie challenge - CAS

Oldie but a goodie - girly (PB stamp is one of the first I bought!!)

Penny Black Saturday challenge - Sketch

Image - PB Well wishers

Cardstock - DCWV and kraft

Embossing folders  - Swiss dots and magazine freebie

Sentiment - Stampin Up Itty bitty Banners

Dies  - Spellbinders and SU

Bakers Twine

Big smile on my face - I made the top 5 at The Cutie Pie challenge: