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!!

EDITED TO ADD 

&  Lucky winner at:

Little Boy Blue ..

Evening Folks!

I'm running very late today, have been in the garden since this morning trying to tame the jungle and completely forgot about my post for Here Come the Boys.. oops very red face!!

This time we'd like to see your 

LITTLE BOY BLUE CARDS

i.e. cards for little boys with a monochromatic blue theme - you can use skin and hair tones but the papers and the remainder of the card must stick to the blue theme. 

Here's my card using a sadly neglected LOTV image, coloured with promarkers. The papers are a recent bargain purchase from the local garden centre (!) and I think they are papermania . The sentiment and card candi are from Craftwork Cards.

Here's a closer look 

I hope you can join us at Here Come the Boys this fortnight, please check out the rest of the design team inspiration on the main blog and we also have this fab prize of a bag of charms on offer:

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Natalie & Amy's Challenge - Monochromatic

Creative Craft World - Blues +/or Browns

2 Sisters Challenge - Blue +/or Green

Totally Papercrafts - Monochromatic

Crafty catz - One for the boys

Daring Cardmakers - Childs play

Cards for men - Anything goes

Another Christmas card ...

Afternoon Folks!

This is something of a first for me, 2 Christmas cards made before December!! I'm usually finishing the last ones off on Christmas Eve! Perhaps it's the snowy weather that inspired me to have another sort through my Christmas stash!! Today, I came across one of the first clear stamps I ever bought, this cute little Polar bear is from Spiral Whisper and is no longer available but I think there is a very similar digital version over at Pink Gem. I love the CAS look but I do find them quite difficult because there's no where to hide any mistakes lol!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Star

A Gem of a Challenge - make it cute

Ready Teddy Go - Anything goes (with a bear)

2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Sparkly

Crafts 4 Eternity - Cute as you like