Cuthbert says Thank you!!

Hi Folks!
I'd like you to meet Cuthbert, from Pollycraft, who has come along to send a thank you message to someone! The image is coloured with promarkers - no surprise! - and glittered up a bit with some stickles. Papers are from my stash, not sure about the green but I think the lilacs are Forever friends. Tags, bling and stickers all from stash, flowers are by Green tree and corner punch is from the Art of Craft. I used the sketch over at Lynne is In2Crafting but I decided it looked a bit 'empty', so inspired by the 'Gotcha cornered' challenge I read this morning at Our creative corner I added some punched corners. Colour combo of green, purple/lilac and white is this weeks challenge at Sketchy colours. I haven't tried lilac with green before but I must say I love it and it could become a new favourite!! Honestly where would I be without challenges to inspire me - LOL, it's not like I'm addicted is it!!! I'd also like to enter Cuthbert into these challenges too:

Creative card crew: Thank you!

Kaboodle : Recipe 3 papers, 2 embellishments (flowers & gems), 1 image

& "Just us Girls" Challenge: Let's get digital

Thanks for looking!

Baby Elephant card!!

Hi Folks!! I'm back to the land of blogging after going AWOL for a while after Easter!! I managed to clear a small space on my desk today and get some crafting done, think I must be the worlds most disorganised crafter - or is it because I am untidy?? Perhaps best not to answer that one!!!

Anyways, here is the result of this afternoons efforts, a cute baby elephant card which might become a 'New baby card' - a family friend is due very soon or if the new baby isn't 'pink' as my nephew would say, I thought it would make a nice kids card!!
The inspiration for this card came from the Sketchy Colors challenge, this week the colours are pink, grey & white and as soon as I read them I thought of my new elephant digi stamp! This cutie is from Squigglefly and it is drawn by Crissy Armstrong who has just started a new challenge blog called Sundays with Crissy. The first challenge is 'To make it a combo' so in my usual fashion I decided to combine this card into multiple challenges!! I used the fab sketch over at Sketch & Stash along with my new digi stamp and a sheet of 12" x 12" paper by American Crafts which has been in my stash since forever (not even sure why I bought it originally!!) . Rather appropriately I think my little elephant fits nicely with the challenge recipe over at The Pink Elephant this week, which is to use 1 image, 2 dies (scalloped and plain circle nesties) and 3 favourite embellishments (layered up flowers). Allsorts this week are looking for petals and pearls and My Time to Craft also have pearls as a challenge. Crafty Angels challenge is 'My favourite things' which could be interpreted in 2 ways for this card - I love elephants (you might have guessed) and I also love flowers on my cards! Then last, but by no means least, Papertake weekly challenge is 'Cutie Pie' which I think this little Ellie definately is!!

I think that 8 should qualify as a 'combo' of challenges LOL, thanks for looking!!!