PBSC July - Anything Goes (Or Baby)

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or
'Baby'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I went with the optional 'Baby' theme, and picked a cute teddy bear image called 'Snug'. I simply coloured it using watercolour pencils, added a sentiment (from a set by Art Impressions), then doodled a border before adding it to a kraft card blank.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Addicted to CAS - Baby
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Card Mania - Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too - No Patterned Paper

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Crafty Little Fairies - Starting Over

It's time for a new challenge over at the Crafty Little Fairies...and seeing as it's our first of 2014, the theme is:

'Starting Over'

(New Home/Baby/Job etc)

The sponsor this week is:

The Ribbon Girl

Prize - a £10 voucher to spend at The Ribbon Girl!

It's not actually my team's week...but I'd made a card at the weekend that was perfect for the theme...so couldn't resist playing along :0)

I've made a 'New Baby' card...and used a new stamp too...it's by All Night Media, but doesn't have  name on it. I simply coloured the nappy pins using watercolour pencils in various pastel shades so the card is suitable for either a baby boy or a baby girl. I used my trusty Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder for the embossing...distressing the edges a little. The sentiment stamp is from a set by Art Impressions, the ribbon is the last scrap of a piece that I think came from the Ribbon Reel, and the Card Candi is by Craftwork Cards.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - New Beginnings
• C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes
• Cuttin & Stampin - Anything Goes with Something New (New Stamp)
• Little Red Wagon - New Beginnings
• Shopping Our Stash - Use the last of something (Ribbon - I had hoped to tie a bow, but there wasn't enough left for that!)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (New Stamp & New Baby)
• Sweet Stamps - Something New (New Stamp & New Baby)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge.

Favourite Five Cards of 2013

Happy New Year! 

I hope that 2014 treats you all well! :0)

I thought I'd start this year by playing along with the lovely Debby, and show you my favourite five cards of last year:

Most of them seem to be CAS in style...I made plenty of non-CAS cards too...but it was the CAS ones that leapt out at me as I went through last year's cards. As with my Favourite Christmas Cards, I've linked all of the photos to the original blog posts so that you can click through for all the info should you want.

The first one uses one of my favourite Penny Black stamps ('Bunny Friends')...I cut them out of their flower pots on this one...I love that this stamp is so versatile!

I had lots of fun making the second of my choices...I don't like ice cream, but this card still appeals to me!

The next card was also a bit of an experiment...and I love how it turned out!

My final CAS card is similar to one of my favourite Christmas cards...love the watercolour effect background...it's a Christmas stamp ('Snow Dust') but I masked off the snow before stamping.

And I had to include a non-CAS cute card somewhere in the mix...this one is quite recent (from last week in fact!)...but I just love this cute chappie...and the bright colours.

I'm sneaking in a cheeky sixth creation...I think that this nappy cake that I made for a friend is my favourite thing I've made this year...it was a labour of love, but it was worth it as my friend loved it so much that she didn't dismantle it for a couple of months after her daughter was born!