Saturday 3 November 2012

Giving myself a Tea Break!


Well it's been a typical Saturday so far for me today. Firstly dragging myself out of bed ( I have to admit I need a bit of encouragement to drag myself out of my bed on a Saturday morning!)

Anyway, once I got going I have been getting on with the usual tasks that a working mum does on a weekend......washing, cleaning and all that fun stuff! Usually I try to get everything done and then find I have run out of time to craft and blog, so I end up posting at about 11pm or something ridiculous! So today I have decided to give myself a tea break and post at 11ish in the morning instead!

There are lots of 'anything goes' type challenges out there this week and also a 'manly' one from Allsorts so I decided to go with the boys for today.

As you may know, my beloved printer gave up on me earlier this week, and I can't tell you how badly I am missing it. Everything I want to do craft wise, seems to involve my Printer somewhere along the line, since the majority of my papers are of the digital variety these days! So I have decided to venture out to PC world this afternoon and get myself a new printer......then comes the scary bit of trying to get it connected to my laptop, which is now a bit of a dinosaur, running on Windows Vista. Oh well, one step at a time as they say!

In the meantime, the card I am blogging today was made with digital images and papers from the fabulous Pretty Tough CD form Polkadoodles.......my staple source on inspiration for just about any boy between 5 and 21!!!

As you can see, my Skater boy is coloured with promarkers, but the skateboard and greeting are printed directly from the CD, pre-coloured.......a little bit of a cheat but I hope I have got away with it!

Here are all the challenges that I am going to enter today:

Crafters Companion - Favourite Colour combination.....I have loads of favourites but the blue and burgundy is probably my favourite for a boy card.

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - Twinkle Little Star
Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Men Only
Make it Monday

Thanks for stopping by. Wishing you all a restful and crafty weekend!

Sharon x






14 comments:

  1. Sharon this is just gorgeous. Love the colours and embellishments. All the elements work so well together. I saw this on MIM and just had to pop over to have a closer look.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  2. great card, and a very familiar image (with having a teenaged boy!)
    Kim x

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  3. Perfect boy card...love that image & great colours too!
    Hope you're enjoying the weekend!
    Hugs Jo x

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  4. A gorgeous card Sharon, love the cute image, colours & design. Sounds like a busy Saturday at your house hun. Got loads to do here too.

    Donna x

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  5. Hi Sharon .Adorable masculine card .Great images .Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday

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  6. Super card, great image and colours, Mary x

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  7. Great boys card, super combination of colours :)

    Thanks for joining us at Crafters Companion this month :)

    Elaine ♥

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  8. A great card for the lads Sharon.

    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge this week.

    Hope you found a suitable printer, it's only when these things go wrong that we realise how reliant we are on them

    B x

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  9. Perfect for a boy, love this color combo too! Thanks for playing along at Crafter's Companion!

    Khristen

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  10. Darling card, perfect for a little boy. Thank you for joining us this week at the Catch the Bug Challenge at Bugaboo Stamps. I hope to see you join in on the fun again soon!

    Jackie, Bugaboo DT

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  11. fabulous colours on your card love the image too

    Thanks for joining us for our 'just for men' challenge this week at Allsorts

    Emma xxx

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  12. Beautiful male card!!!!! Thanks for joining us this month at BTC&G and we hope to see you again next challenge. Hugs, Brigitte

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  13. Fab card! Thanks so much for sharing it with all of us at Catch the Bug with Bugaboo Stamps! We hope you will join us again soon!

    Scrappy -Bugaboo Stamps DT

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  14. Love your colours and the starry backing paper. Thank you for sharing it with BTC&G's "Twinkle, twinkle" challenge.
    Geraldine

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon