Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with the Cutie Pies

Good afternoon,

I know, I often say it but I'm a bit late with this post!  It's been a mad week at work and my health has taken a bit of a dip at times again so I've been battling exhaustion.  Yesterday was almost a write off, I couldn't keep my eyes open!  I'm hoping to get a cortisone injection into my (frozen) shoulder in around a week so if that works I might be able to drop the tablet I'm taking at night to help me sleep through the pain which is contributing to the tiredness.  Fingers crossed it all works out.

Anyway back to my DT card.  Our theme this month at the Cutie Pie challenge is Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun and we are sponsored by Polka Doodles who are a new sponsor to us and have a fantastic prize lined up for our lucky winner!  The DT are very excited to work with Polka Doodles as they have loads of gorgeous and super cute images to choose from!  As soon as I saw this image Big Cheer - Sparkle Unicorn I knew it would be perfect.  My daughter is a cheerleader and although she's grown out of the unicorn phase I know this image will be popular with her younger friends.

Materials Used:

Digi Stamp - Polka Doodles Big Cheer Sparkle Unicorn

Promarkers

Sentiment Stamp - Personal Impressions

Patterned Paper - Dovecraft Over The Rainbow

Cardstock, ribbon, buttons & twine from stash

Thanks for dropping by.

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft-Dee Bowz Challenge - July/Add a Bow x
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - July x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #470 AG x
I ❤ Promarkers - #388 AG/One for the Girls x
Crafty Creations - #394 AG x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #109 AG x
Crafty Sentiments - Add a Sentiment x
Crafting from the Heart - #247 AG
Not Just Cards - July x
Creatalicious Challenges - #166 AG/Use 2 or more papers
Simply Create Too - #151 AG/Use Patterned Paper x
Crafty Friends Challenge - #114 Two or more patterned papers x
Unicorn Challenge - #45 For a baby or child x
Polkadoodles - #28 AG x
Digi Choosday - #28 AG x

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge #52

Hello,

Sorry I've been MIA for a wee while.  I've had some changes to my medication and I've been wiped out again.  Hopefully this is me on the way back to normal again now for a while at least.  Anyway enough about me and on to my card.  There's still some time left if you would like to join in with the Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge.  As always our theme is 'Anything Christmas Goes'  This time I've used another Magnolia stamp for my DT card and coloured her with Promarkers to match these ancient papers that I've had forever!

Materials used

Magnolia rubber stamp - The Day Before Christmas Noel Tilda

Promarkers

Papermania papers - Honey & Hugs Festive Frolics

Sentiment - LOTV

Cardstock, ribbon, buttons & twine all from stash

Thanks for stopping by, it means a lot to me.

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - June x
CHN Christmas Challenge - #443 ACG/Optional washi tape x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #467 AG/Optional circles x
I ❤ Promarkers - #387 AG/Optional 3 of a kind (3 buttons/3 papers)
CCC Digi Creations - #104 Eileen's AG x
Crafty Creations - #393 AG x
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - June AG/Optional non-trad colours (lime & pink)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #108 AG x
Crafty Sentiments - AG x
Crafting From The Heart - #246 AG
Craft-dee Bowz - June AG/Handmade Bow x
Crimbo Crackers - #187 ACG
Not Just Cards - June x
Sweet Stampers - #33 AG x
A Bit More Time To Craft - #94 AG x
Creatalicious Challenges - #165 AG/Optional Spots and/or Stripes

Ribbons & Bows with the Cutie Pies

I'm back again with another (not quite so) late post to share my DT card for the Cutie Pie challenge.  Our theme this time is Ribbons & Bows and of course it must be cute!

Our sponsor this time around is Crafty Ribbons who have a fantastic prize for our lucky winner!

The DT were allowed to use an image of their own for this challenge so I opted for this cute Forever Friends image as I had a baby card to make.  As usual I've coloured with Promarkers.

Materials Used

Digi image - Forever Friends (CD)

Promarkers

Papers - Pebbles Inc Girl Squad

Sentiment stamp - Personal Impressions

Scalloped square nesting dies - Sizzix

Cardstock, ribbon, twine and buttons from stash

Thanks for stopping by.  That's all from me for this evening.

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - June x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #465 Anything Goes/Optional Birthdays x
Dream Valley - #204 Summer Colours x
Passion for Promarkers - #497 Make it Pink x
I ❤ Promarkers - #386 Anything Goes/Optional More Than One Layer x
CCC Digi Creations - #104 Anything Goes x

Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge #51

Hello,

A bit of a late post from me to share my card for the current Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge where as always we are running an anything Christmas goes challenge.  It's been a hectic few weeks of extra practice and weekends away with my daughter's dancing and cheerleading and I've been feeling a bit frazzled with it all.  Work is also beginning to get busier as it always does around this time of year so I'm a bit more tired than usual.   Just keeping on going as best I can though and trying to make some time to craft and blog.

Anyway, back to my card and this time I've used a fab digi stamp from Bugaboo, I was lucky enough to join their DT as a guest designer last month and it's made me love their designs even more than ever!  I love this cute and quirky looking penguin, especially it's eyes!

Materials used:

Digi Stamp - Bugaboo

Promarkers

Paper - Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas (Modern)

Sentiment Stamp - LOTV

Cardstock, buttons & twine from stash

I'm popping back again with another post so see you soon.

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - June
CHN Christmas Challenge - #441 Anything Christmas Goes x
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - June Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #465 Anything Goes/Optional Birthdays x
Crafty Creations - #392 Anything Goes x

Colour Challenge at Catch The Bug

Hello,

I'm back with another scheduled post today as I'm away for the weekend in Glasgow!  Today's card is my latest Guest DT creation for the Saturday Colour Challenge at Catch The Bug.  This week they have a fantastic colour inspiration challenge for you.

I've used one of their fantastic digi stamps Flower Teapot and coloured it with Promarkers

Materials used:

Digital Stamp - Bugaboo Flower Teapot

Promarkers

Designer Papers - Trimcraft First Edition Storyteller

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Cardstock, button & twine from stash

I'm really sad that my time as Guest DT has almost finished, I'm hoping I can squeeze in one more card next week before my time is up.  My image is coloured up and ready to go on a card or maybe a tag!  I've really enjoyed working with the regular design team and Jodie's fantastic images.  It's been a positive experience for me as I've made a few cards using images I'd never really have thought to use before but now that I have I love them!

Anyhoo, that's all for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs,

Shona xx

Freebie Friday at Bugaboo

Hello!

It's Freebie Friday over at Bugaboo and the fab giveaway showcased this week is Deacon Bugs!

Here's my take on this fab digi, why not hop over to Catch the Bug to see what else the team have made

Materials Used:

Digital Stamp - Bugaboo Deacon Bugs

Promarkers

Designer Papers - Docrafts Hot Diggity Dog

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Grass Die - borrowed off a friend

Cardstock, button & twine from stash

That's all for now, my daughter and I are heading South to Glasgow this afternoon for a weekend at Cheer Comp (and some shopping hopefully), heading back Sunday night just in time for work and school on Monday!  Hubby and Auntie Winnie are holding the fort at this end while we're away.

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May x
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #106 Anything Goes x
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #463 Anything Goes x

Humour Me Wednesday at Catch the Bug

Hello!

Another scheduled post from me - I'm impressed at how organised I'm becoming!  I'm here to share my latest Guest DT project for Bugaboo Digi Stamps at Catch the Bug.  I've joined them for Humour Me Wednesday where we celebrate the week's most weird and wonderful holidays!

My card celebrates World Goth Day on the 22nd of May!

I've used a fab Bugaboo image called Girl Skelekinz 01 and coloured it with Promarkers.  There's lots of fab Skelekinz digis in the shop if you like all things Goth.  It was great to get a change away from my usual cute and cuddly cards, although I still think it has a good bit of cuteness about it!  I've distressed all the edges to give the card a more edgy feel.  I don't have a tool for distressing, although I believe you can purchase them, I get by with carefully running the open bladed edge of a small scissors along the edge of the card or paper.  I picked up this tip from the Create and Craft Channel when I first started crafting and it's one that's stuck!  

Materials used:

Bugaboo Stamps Digi - Girl Skelekinz 01

Promarkers

Designer Papers - Gorjuss

Heart Die - Marianne

Cardstock, button, twine and letter stickers from stash

Be sure to come and visit us at Catch the Bug to see what holidays the other DT members will be celebrating this week!

Hugs,

Shona xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CHN Patterned Paper Challenge - May x

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes x

Dream Valley Challenges - #202 Only Girls Allowed x

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #106 Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - #243 Anything Goes x

Crafty Creations - #391 Anything Goes x

Craft-Dee BowZ - May x