Floral Frenzy

The May challenge at Hobby Art is Floral Frenzy so I was going to use my poppy stamps but I can't find them anywhere - time for a clean up I think! So I've used this bear from the Flower Bear set and used this sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Hobby Art Flower Bear stamp set
Hobby Art Scene-it Windows stamp set
Dovecraft Basics DSP
Cuttlebug Roses Embossing Folder
Craftwork Cards butterfly sentiment

I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:
Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Blossom & Butterflies
Digi Choosday - Pretty In Purple
Melonheadz Friends - Flowers Everywhere
Stamp & Create - May Flowers

Gingham or Plaid at Cardz 4 Guyz

Time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week we want to see Gingham or Plaid on your masculine cards

Fr my card I've used the ever useful Woodware Stamp, Huge Happy Birthday. The papers are from Papermania's Vintage Press pad

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Simply Papercraft Challenges - Anything Goes
Digi Designs Challenge Blog - 2 or More Designer Papers

We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge so why not pop over and see what the rest of the team have come up with

Bling It Up At Cuttlebug Mania

We've got a new challenge for you at Cuttlebug Mania and this time our theme is Bling It Up


I've used an X Cut Doily die on pearlescent paper and then folded it to make a fan. The pink card and butterfly are cut from Bazzill Bling cardstock and the tassle is made with embroidery thread

I've added Wink of Stella and some pink Stickles to the corners which you can just about see in the picture below - bling is so hard to photograph!

I've also added some sparkly gems to the corners, the sentiment and the butterfly body

I'm also entering this into the Butterfly Challenge which is D for Doily - the doily backing paper is by Wild Rose Studio

A Few Good Friends

I made this card for a friend using the Indigo Blu stamp set B.F.F and following this layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches

The image is stamped with Seedless Preserves and embossed with clear powder. The background is a sheet of Dovecraft basics paper stamped over with a Dimension Forth grape stamp

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps - White & One Other Colour

Inkspirational Challenges - Purple Colour Challenge 

World Wildlife at Cardz 4 Guyz

Tuesday so time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week it was my turn to pick the theme and I've chosen World Wildlife. Lots of scope for this - it gave me a chance to get an old CD out - Joanna Sheen's Animal Antics. The sentiment is computer generated and the black panel is embossed with one of Cuttlebugs Animal Prints embossing folder although it doesn't show well in the photograph

We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge and don't forget  your card can be for a male of any age

Torn Vellum

 I was making a card using this sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch

But what I had done was too plain. I then remembered that the current theme at the Butterfly Challenge is J is for Jagged Edges. So I tore the vellum strip to give my edges. I've stamped the Stampin Up sentiment and embossed with Zing Teal Metallic embossing powder. I just love this as it's got a lovely sheen on it. The butterfly is from a Sizzix stamp & die set and embossed with the same powder

Make Your Mark at Cardz 4 Guyz

Time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week our theme is Mark Your Mark. This is Man Made Marks only so can include stitching, inks, embossing, pens, paints, stencilling etc.

For my card I've used a stitching pattern from Stitching Cards. It's a great set for men. The papers are by Papermania and the wording die is an X Cut die called Headliner

We'd love to see what you come up with but please make sure your creation is suitable for a male

Cuttlebug Mania Ribbon Challenge

We've got another challenge for you at Cuttlebug Mania and this week we want to see RIBBON on your designs

Our sponsor this time is Digi Scrap Kits

I've used this sketch from Friday Sketch Challenge

And here's my card

Marianne Designs Ribbon border die

Taylored Expressions Stitched Essentials die

Cuttlebug Daisy Pattern embossing folder

Papermania Lucy Cromwell Image and DSP

Gardening At Cardz 4 Guyz

Time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week our theme is Gardening. I've used this sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday but turned it on it's side

You'll need sunglasses for my rather bright card! This was from a set called Lovely Lime by Doodlebug and included the papers, images and letters. Some green card and twine from my stash to finish

We'd love to see what you come up with for this theme but please make sure your creation is suitable for a male

I'm also entering this into the Kreativeinkauf Challenge which is Spring In The Garden and the challenge at Card & Scrap which is Masculine

Ooh ooh ooh Miss Grace

Do you remember that song from 1975? It's what gave me the idea for my card when I saw the challenge at the Butterfly Challenge was Lace. I've used Tagxedo to create the butterfly with the words Satin, Perfume & Lace - I just love playing around with this programme. It's a card for a friends daughter who happens to be called Grace. Of course she wasn't even thought of when the song came out but she's always thought of it as her song. The letters were cut with my Quickcutz tool from snippets of pink card - they were quite small so had to use a post it note to get them in the punch so I'm taking this over to Pixie's Snippets Playground too