Here Is A Box....

a musical box, wound up and ready to play....

Who remembers those fabulous childrens' programmes that were on at lunchtime? Well this is a box but not a musical one, in fact all I'm showing you is the lid as that's the only part with a bit of bellie on it. The main item is what's inside.

Its our little grand-daughter's 4th birthday next week and she's a real girlie girl, loving anything resembling fairies or princesses. So taking inspiration from Kate Crane's pyramid card in the July Craft Stamper I made this little card for Casey. It would have been so much easier if I had stamped and coloured my card like Kate had done but I don't think my little grandee would have appreciated it.

As you can see the outside of the pyramid is decorated with Tildas all coloured with copics and the occasional bit of bling. The birthday text DP I've had in my stash for ages and I'm not sure where it came from but the green patterned DP is from a 12 x 12 Papermania stack 'Rose Garden'.

I also found it easier to tie the top of my pyramid with ribbon threaded through the tips.

That way when she opens it she could leave it partly looped to keep an upright shape (hope that makes sense to you all). Inside I've used more of the same papers and the two number 4s are chipboard shapes which I've coloured with adirondack dabber, adhered to some of the green base card and then adhered off centre back to back. That way she can see the 4 from either way she looks at it.

I'd like to enter it into the following challenges and I hope you like it, x

Craft Your Days Away #26 - Birthdays

http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/2011/08/cyda-challenge-26-birthday-celebrations.html

Digi Doodle #71 - Shaped Cards

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-71-shaped-card.html

A Spoonfull of Sugar #162 - Happy Birthday

http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-162-happy-birthday.html

Pumpkin Pie

Morning Peeps, what's happened to the sun then? Who stole it? It was supposed to be sunny here in Bradford today so the washing machine has been on overtime and now I'm stuck with wet washing.....Hey! Ho!

Anyhows enough moaning, my card this morning is a freebie image from the clever people at Designed 2 Delight who offer a progressive challenge every week. If you wanna know what I'm on about check out the link below. I really love how this has turned out but I think its because of the warm colours. Of course no image is complete without my trusted copics. I've cut out the leaf border and adhered it under the main image and then added some buttons from my stash.

For the first time I've been able to use my Nesties Maple Leaf dies as they were just perfect for this project and I've nestled these under the main image.

The DP is Memory Box 'Fernbrae' from Crafty Emma's Store.

Hope you like it and here come the challenge links:-

Designed 2 Delight Challenge - Pumpkin Image
http://designed2delight.com/blog/2011/08/free-digi-challenge-stitched-pumpkin-mouse-and-fall-border-stamp-set/
Crafty Sentiments - Punches & Die Cuts
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2011/08/dies-and-punches-on-crafty-sentiments.html

Another 'C' card but not as you know it....

Yep, that's right its 'C' for Cheers not Christmas, lol. That's for the benefit of the very talented Jo of Jozarty, tee! hee!
I've made this easel card for our neighbour who will be 70 next week and is partial to a pint or two. The stamp is by Funstamps and it is one of my favourites for blokey cards although I confess I haven't used it for ages. I've coloured it with good ole copics and then a fav thing of mine is to add white liquid applique to the 'head' and once its dry and then heated with the heat gun it resembles over-flowing froth.

In keeping with the theme I've used a flattened bottle top as the stop, coloured the rim with a copic, added a punched circle of co-ordinating paper and adhesive numbers.

I'd like to enter it into the following challenges and hope you like it, x

Crafty Creations #131 - Male Birthday and Sketch

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-131-male-birthday-sketch.html

The Play Date Cafe (PDCC94) - Fudge, Goldenrod and Teal

http://theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com/2011/08/play-date-cafe-challenge-pdcc94.html

Crafts & Me #47 - Make It Count

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-47-make-it-count-by-including.html

Totally Papercrafts #79 - Food and Drink

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-79-food-and-drink.html

Yet Another 'C' Card

Good Morning Peeps, and how is your weekend going. I did a table-top sale with my son yesterday......nuff said!!! Anyway, getting home earlier than planned meant I was able to rattle off some cards, so here comes the first for today.

I coloured this sweet Elizabeth Bell image with copics and added some stickles for sparkle to the snowflakes. The DP is Kars 'X-mas Collection', and the Christmas definition stamp is a cube stamp by Judikins.

I hope you like it and I'll be back later with another card for you to see, x

Here are the challenge links:-

Christmas Challenge With Sketch #6 - Sketch
http://christmaschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-6-sponsored-by-hobbystempels.html
Fab n Funky #85 - Its Christmas
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-85-its-christmas.html
Ooh La La #86 - Christmas
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-86.html

Papertake Weekly

Evening Peeps. Well its wet and wild here in West Yorkshire. However, despite that we've had a lovely day out today with our 2 sons and little grand-daughter. The original plan was to go to Flamingoland however once we saw the forecast, on the advice of a friend, we went to Thornton Hall Country Farm near Skipton. We managed to do the outside stuff before the rain really set in including a bumpy ride in a cart thingy towed by a quad bike thingy around the farm. This also involved going through a field of cows with their calves and the daddy!!! Oh boy, wasn't he a big lad. My eldest son thought he was going to get into the cart beside him, lol.
On our return we were able to help with feeding the lambs and calves with their milk. Magic. Casey absolutely loved it and got really confident at approaching the animals including goats and giving them the feed pellets. She was also excellent in going to the wash station straight away and washing her hands.  I was able to feed 2 calves at the same time, that was after one of them had suckled on my hand for about 5 minutes. Quite a soothing warm feeling actually. So cute.

Anyway, enough of that back to the card. This is one I made a little while ago but hadn't got around to uploading. The papers are by K & Co 'Que Sera Sera', image is Sugar Nellie, and the sentiment is LOTV. Image of course is coloured with copics. Flowers are from Crafty Emma's Store and the leaves are made with my Martha Stewart punch.

Hope you like it and I'm entering it in this week's Papertake Weekly challenge which is 'grow your own'.
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/08/grow-your-own.html

Christmas in August - Again!!!

Me again! Just got time to upload this challenge card before I have to scoot off to work. You know, that thing that pays for my addiction, lol.

This is a card I made yesterday at our Second Monday Stamping Group at Samuel Taylors in Brighouse, and thought, why not pop it in a challenge or two.

I still had my Christmas stamps in my bag from Saturday so I continued with my Christmas theme but this time in purple. I've used a variety of stamps including Simple Expressions and a Craft Stamper freebie. I've also used a Crafty Individuals image. Added a bit of bling and a dab of copic and voila!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:-

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas
http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2011/08/mini-christmas-stamp-release.html
Fussy & Fancy #42 - Christmas in July/August
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/07/fussy-and-fancy-friday-challenge.html
Ooh La La #86 - Christmas
http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-86.html
Sir Stampalot - Whatever you fancy
http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/mr-linky-problems-august-challenge.html

Cupcake Mouse

Good Morning.The sun is shining here in West Yorkshire and I was up with the birdies so no doubt I'll be asleep by early afternoon, lol.

This cute little image is one of the freebies on offer over on the Designed 2 Delight site which has a progressive challenge each week. I've not managed to participate for a while but if you can it helps you build on your stash of digital images. Check out the link below to see what I'm talking about.

Anyhow, this little cutie is called Cupcake Mouse, isn't she sweet. I've used copics, no surprise there, to blend with the DP which is a double sided sheet from a Websters range 'Sweet Season'. I love these double-sided pages as you know you are gonna get a good blend, so I used my MS leaf punch with the reverse side of the paper to create the leaves.

I've turned the current Sketch Saturday sketch on its side and interpreted their 6 boxes by adding embellishments instead of papers. I hope that counts. Check out the link to see their sketch.

The cupcake brads are by Papermania, the rest is from my stash. The only thing I wasn't sure on was the tag.

Let me know what you think and the challenge links are below, x

Sketch Saturday #167 - Sketch
http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/2011/08/week-167-terrys-dt-weeksponsored-by-art.html
Delightful Inspiration - Cupcake Mouse Image
http://designed2delight.com/blog/2011/08/free-stamp-of-the-month-august/
Charisma Cardz #31 - Bingo (I've used flowers, pearls and glitter)
http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-31-team-carly-bingo.html