Slugs, snails and puppy dog tails......

Do you remember the nursery rhyme about what little girls and boys are made of? Well it was the boys that were made of slugs and snails and puppy dog tails but, for some reason, this Whimsy Stamp image reminded me of the rhyme and I just had to have it. Isn't this the cutest little snail you have ever seen?

For this card I have gone large on an 8 x 8 base and used some of the lovely paper from the Bearly Mine Spring Flight set, which I thought complimented the image perfectly. I have also used a blue paper from the Pain and Simple paper set, to cover the whole of the base card.

As you can see, there is a little bit of distressing going on here too :o)

Finally - a close up of the image where you can hopefully see that I have gone for decoupaging and a little splash of glitter.

I would love to enter the following challenges with this card......
Make it Monday
Passion for Promarkers - Ribbon Lace or Twine
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Stamp n Doodle - Lots of Layers
Fab n Funky
Sister Act
Created with Love

Thanks for stopping by today.

Sharon x

Lilis Little Fairies Purple Yellow Challenge

It's time for a new challenge at Lili's Little Fairies today and this time it's to use purple and yellow.

As you can see it's a colour combi that I really like and I had a lovely time colouring, finding matching papers and also making my flowers using my favourite Britannia Die.

A little trick to share about my flowers - I cut them from cream pearlescent paper and then coloured the plan side with my pro markers. The colour seeps thorough to the pearlescent side so you get the lovely sheen and the colour too - perfect matching flowers every time!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to hop over to Lili's Little Fairies to join in the fun this week.

Sharon x

LOTV girl and dogs 2

Well it's Sunday evening, we have had a day of gorgeous weather and it's a Bank Holiday tomorrow so a bonus day off work. Things are looking really sweet at the moment!

I have made a bit of time for card making this weekend too, but, unfortunately I can't show any of them yet as they are all for upcoming challenges. So I thought now would be a good time to post one of the cards I made a little while back, and here it is.

As you can see, it is very CAS and uses up a just a scrap of paper and a bit of left over ribbon, so no wastage here.

The image is Lili of the Vally and I have coloured her in with pro markers to match my backing paper which is from a NitWits digi kit (which is called Go Nuts - I thikn!)

Not much to say about this card really, so it's on to the challenges of the day I think:

Passion for Promarkers - Anything Goes
Fab n Funky - Ribbons or Lace
I love Promarkers - Anything Goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/challenge-8.html
Card Makin Mamas - Rubber Stamps
One Stop Craft - Furry Friends
Make it Monday
Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x

Sale Time at Bearly Mine

If you have ever thought of visiting the Bearly Mine blogspot and maybe picking up a few new digital papers, there couldn't be a better time than this weekend as Donna is having a sale...but, be warned, it's for this Bank Holiday weekend only.

The more you buy the more you save, so why not treat yourself and hop over to Bearly Mine right here for a bit of therapeutic digital shopping.

Enjoy!

Sharon x

One card....and a lot of challenges

I happened to make this card over the weekend, using a Gorjuss Stamp which I had been meaning to have a play with for ages, and some lovely papers which I had previously printed out  from the lovely Bearly Mine Plaid set.

Who knew that one simple card would fit the bill for so many lovely challenges!

I had a lovely card making this card. For once the colouring of the hair went right (more by luck than judgement I think!) and my paper piecing came out just as I had imagined it. I also got the chance to use some lovely punched flowers which i had left over from a previous project so I didn't ave to drag out my Grand Calibur and dies. It just doesn't get any better than that.

Anyway, I hope you like the card and here is the long list of challenges that I would like to enter.......

Fab n Funky - Ribbon or Lace
Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes
I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers
Papertake - Paper Piecing
Cupcake Craft - Lavendar and Lace
The Squirrel and the Fox - Here Come the Girls
Joanna Sheen - Girls
Make it Monday
Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Lace
Come and Get it - Sketch
By the Cute and Girly - Flowers
One Stop Craft - Anything Goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/challenge-7.html

Thanks for stopping by.

Sharon x

Bearly Mine Anything Goes Challenge

It's time for a new challenge over at Bearly Mine today and this week it's everyone's favourite - Anything Goes.

We are sponsored this week by the wonderful Meljens Designs and I have chosen this funky Flower Power Car from her range to play with.

The papers that I have used today are Floral Fantasies for the patterned paper and the distressed paper that you see at the back is from the Plain and Simple range. I have to say that, much as I love all the patterned papers, I have to say that the Plain and Simple is always my go to set as, no matter what other paper I use, there is always a Plain and Simple to complement it.

Also, I have tried something a little different for this card - take a look at the side view......

Just a little idea that I  picked up off of a show on Create and Craft one day!

Well I do hope that you will come and join us at Bearly Mine this week - I  look forward to seeing all your lovely creations.

Sharon x

Challenge Reminder - Lili's Little Fairies

Hello all my blogging friends......

Just a quick reminder that Lili's Little Fairies have a lovely challenge going this week entitled 'Thank You'.

This is a nice easy challenge and we would love to see your creations using Lili of the Valley Stamps or panels so please fee free  to hop over here to join in the fun.

Sharon x