Happy Mother's Day

flower image from Designed 2 Delights coloured with Copic BV00, V06 and YG23.
Other materials: Kreaxions 910 punch, Kreaxions star template, Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder, small butterfly punch, blings and purple satin ribbon.
Challenges:

1. Just Imagine Crafts Kreaxions - May challenge sketch
2. Delightful Inspiration - use fun flower freebie image
3. Cropstop - complimentary colours (mine are green and purple)
4. Creative Accents Challenge - celebration
5. Stamp Something - sentiment

LO - Little Sprout

Picture of my 2 1/2 old son aka lil' monster.
materials:
digital paper from Basic Grey Sweet Threads kit Purple and Boutique Shopping.
elements: Basic Grey Sweet Threads kit (Little Sprout tag, scallop border, large flower, leaves, photo mask by Carley's Digi Scraps.
Challenges:

1. Sketch Saturday - sketch
2. Cropstop - complimentary colours (mine are green and purple)
3. Paperplay - Blossoms and Blooms
4. Sukkerkot - show your style
5. Basic Grey - shabby chic
6. Totally Gorjus - strings or twine (my string is on the top button)
7. Paper Sundaes - vintage/shabby

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LO - Just Me

The baby in the picture is me...but the lady holding me is not my mom (I edited the scaned photo to blur the surrounding image). She was my neighbour and so happened a photographer was scouting photographing services came to my village. This is the only baby photo I have and I treasure it very much. 
Materials:
Basic Grey digital paper Pashmina, Mila, Merino(the red journal tag) from the Urban Coutoure pack and the pink border element is from the Sweet Threads starter kit.
Other elements: pink flower and swirls from Another Tea Party collection by Coreen Silke at Computer Scrapbook.Com, ribbon from Delicious Scraps.com,
notes tag from Joyful Girl kit by Valerie Foster at Computer Scrapbook.com and the butterfly from DCWV Ciao Bella kit.
Challenges:

1. Sketch Saturday - sketch
2. Basic Grey - shabby
3. Paperplay - blossom and blooms
4. Totally Papercraft - pink and girlie
5. Sukkerkot - show your style
6. Allsorts - wings
7. Totally Gorjus - strings or twine (my string in at the journal tag on top)
8. Paper Sundaes - Vintage / shabby

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Bookmark - Girl with Umbrella

Girl with umbrella image by DZ Doodles coloured with Copic E00, E31, E33, Y06, R21, RV81, RV83, YG23, YG67. White card stock embossed with Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder.
Challenges:

1. ICopic Lover - advance shadowing
2. Copic Creations - yellow
3. Paper Variety - school theme
4. Creative Card Crew  - anything goes
5. CES - embossing
6. Little Claire - shaped cards

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LO - Trip

materials: Cosmo Cricket Delovely digital paper and some elements from Gizaa Design Scrap Cool collection.
Photos of my 2+ son's school trip to a Dinosaur exhibition.
Challenges:

1. Scrapbook And Cards Today - Project 12 April's sketch
2. Creative Card Crew - anything goes

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ATC - moment

Background Moments paper is from Shabby Cottage Studio and the clock image is from The Graphics Fairy which I printed on white card stock but distressed it with TH Tea-dye distress ink. Added fan-fold flower with pearl on the centre as embellishment.
Challenge:

1. Crop Stop - create ATC with clock theme

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Tilda - Wedding

image: Magnolia Tilda coloured with Faber Castell watercolour pencils.
sentiment: Hobby-Paleis "Congratulations on your wedding"
other tools: Martha Stewart PATP punch, Woodware heart border punch, Cuttlebug Floral Screen and Swiss Dot embossing folders, pink polka dot paper from my stash, blings and white satin ribbon.
Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - sketch
2. Magnolia-licious Highlites - wedding 
3. Magnolia Stamp Lover - dry embossing
4. Magnolia-licious Challenge - black and white plus one other colour
5. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
6. Crafty Cardmakers - embossing

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Summer Bear - Thinking of You

image from Designed 2 Delights "Summer Bear" coloured with Prismacolor pencils. Paper is digital download from Crafter's Companion Everyday Twin Set
and sentiment is from my old rubber stamp and Martha Stewart border punch.
Challenges:

1. Delightful Inspiration - use summer bear freebie image
2. Stamptacular Sunday - bear
3. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes

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Tag - Three Butterflies

The big butterfly image is a pre-coloured freebie from Crafter's Companion. The small butterfly and the corner flourish are from my stash of rubber stamp. Distressed the tag with some different colour ink pad (green, blue, orange, yellow, tea-dye etc). Added blings to the top and bottom corners.
Challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp & Show - old wives' tale (3 butterflies mean good luck)
2. Sketch & Stash - sketch (stash of my old rubber stamp)
3. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
4. Bizzy Becks - tag

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Bookmark - Crown King

image by Sliekje. paper are from some my stash, brown card stock, Spellbinder beaded oval die, Ink It Up yellow ink pad, Prismacolor pencils.
Challenges:

1. Stamp and Create - charm/crown
2. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes

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PB - Tag

materials:
Penny Black stickeroos Flower Gallery, bling, Ink It Up chocolate brown ink pad and cream textured card stock.
Challenges:

1. Penny Black Saturday - clean and simple
2. Papertake - bloom and grow
3. Joan's Garden - matching card and tag set
4. Bizzy Becks - tag
5. Wacky Wednesday 

PB - Happy Birthday Card

materials:
Penny Black Stickeroos Flower Gallery, Ink It Up chocolate brown ink pad, cream textured card stock and blings.
Challenges:

1. Penny Black Saturday - clean and simple
2. Papertake - bloom and grow
3. Joan's Garden - matching card and tag set
4. Midnight Madness - sketch
5. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
6. Paper Sundaes - birthday
7. Crafter's Companion - girl's birthday

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Bookmark - Skater Boy

materials:
image sport boy from Designed 2Delights, Prismacolour pencils, Basic Grey Green At Heart and Sugar Rush patterned paper, red card stock, Woodware border punch, star punch and glitter glue.

Challenges:

1. Delightful Inspiration - use freebie skater boy image
2. Stamp Something - anything goes
3. Paperplay - sparkle(mine is glitter on the star)
4. Basic Grey - mix and match (mine is mixture of Green At Heart paper with Sugar Rush paper)
5. Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - old supplies (both Basic Grey paper bought  more than a year ago)
6. Totally Gorjus - not square
7. Little Claire - sparkle
8. Creative Inspirations - glitzy and bling
9. The Paper Variety - star
10. Simon Says - sparkles and shine
11. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
12. My Mum's Craft Shop - anything but square

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Tilda in Purple - Corner Bookmark

Materials:
Magnolia Tilda, Copic E31, E33, E35 (hair), PrismaColour pencils, Basic Grey Green At Heart, Basic Grey Whisper Flourish cling stamp, Cream textured card stock, Ink It Up watermelon ink pad, glitter glue and Woodware Star border punch.

Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - lace (mine is the lacy border)
2. Stamp Something - anything goes
3. Paperplay - sparkle
4. Basic Grey - mix and match (mine is mixture of Green At Heart paper with Whisper flourish stamp)
5. Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - old supplies (mine is the cream textured card stock which I bought more than a year ago)
6. Totally Gorjus - not square
7. Little Claire - sparkle
8. Creative Inspirations - glitzy and bling
9. The Beary Scrap DT - nature (floral paper and basket of fruits)
10. The Artistic Stamper - ladies/girls
11. ICopic Lover - blond hair
12. Simon Says - sparkles and shine
13. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
14. My Mum's Craft Shop - anything but square
15. Divas By Design - one for the girls

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Baby - Sweet Baby Girl

image: In A Scrap Creations Store
sentiment: Bross Art Addiction
tools: Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder, Ink It Up green ink pad, Faber Castell water colour pencil.
Challenges:

1. Simon Says Stamp - baby  
2. Stamp Something - anything goes
3. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
4. Crafty Creations - anything goes
5. Simon Stamp & Show - anything goes
6. Cute Card Thursday - distress

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For You Flower

image; Penny Black Stickeroos "Flower Gallery #10-180"
sentiment: cling stamp freebie from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine
tools: Spellbinder Beaded Oval die, TH Tea-Dye distress ink.

Challenges:

1. Simon Stamp & Show - anything goes
2. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
3. Crafty Creations - anything goes
4. My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - use die
5. Charisma Cardz - under the weather (this is a get well soon card)
6. Cute Card Thursday - distress
7. Penny Black @ Allsorts - shaped card
8. Penny Black Saturday Challenge - distress
9. Etsy Inspired - Bear Creek Design (mine is this photo

  


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Tag - Thank You Tilda

image: Magnolia Tilda.
sentiment : local rubber stamp
tools: kraft paper, Momento black ink pad, Spellbinder Flourish Accent die (for the small blue flower), Copic B00 and B02 (for flower), Faber Castell water colour pencils, TH Tea-Dye distress ink, Olaf circle cutter.

Challenges:

1. Just Magnolia - anything goes
2. Magnolia Down Under - magnolia and kraft
3. 7 Kids College - circle
4. Simon Stamp & Show - anything goes
5. Wacky Wednesday - anything goes
6. Crafty Creations - anything goes
7. My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - use die
8. Crop Stop - shadow (I use Copic B00, B02 to colour the flower)
9. Cute Card Thursday - distress
10. Little Muffet - tag/banner
11. Bizzy Becks - tag
12. The Artistic Stamper - ladies/girls

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Tag - pail of flowers

image: Designed 2Delights. Sentiment : rubber stamp.
paper: brown textured card stock.
tools: momento black ink, Copic (for flowers), Faber Castell water colour pencils. Martha Stewart pinking scallop border punch, Nestabilities Beaded Oval smallest die and epoxy sticker.

Challenges:

1. Delightful Inspiration - use May freebie image pail of flowers
2. Bizzy Becs - tag
3. Simon Says Stamp & Show - anything goes
4. Midnight Madness - sketch 103
5. Papertake - punch
6. Crafty Creations - anything goes

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LO - Hugs

challenges:

1. Sketchy Thursday - sketch5.5
2. Crafty Creations - anything goes
3. Simon Stamp & Shows - anything goes

Tilda - Spring

materials:
Magnolia Tilda, paper freebie from Papercraft Essential(blue polka dot) and Crafter's Companion (purple stripes), doily, Faber Castell water colour pencils, Carl daisy punch in 3 different sizes and Carl fern punch.
Challenges:

1. Magnolia-licious - photo inspiration (I was inspired by the girls' dress colour, red and purple and the polka dot pattern)
2. Magnolia-licious Highlites - sketch with spring theme
3. Just Magnolia - anything goes
4. 7 Kids College - april showers may flowers
5. All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge - use Magnolia stamp

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Mother's Day - lady with hat

Lady with hat image by Digital Tuesday and the heart image freebie from Cartoon Kids.
paper by : Crafter's Companion 'Everyday Twin Set
other tools: Copic, Faber Castell colour pencils, doily, Nestabilities classic scallop circle, Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border punch, organza ribbon and altered flower.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter challenge - use Everyday CD-ROM free download
2. Creative Card Crew - for mom
3. Cupcake Craft - something with C (I use classic scallop cirlce die)
4. Pollycraft - anything goes
5. Papertake - anything goes
6. Wacky Wednesday - mother's day
7. Crop Stop - #18 sketch (I also use Copic to colour the image)
8. Joan's Garden - blue, green, lady, big embellishment, bow

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Old Middle and Young

Iris flower by Doodle Pantry. Sentiment and paper by Crafter's Companion 'Everyday Twin Set
other tools: Copic and Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border punch.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter challenge - use Everyday CD-ROM free download
2. Do You Stack Up - #18 purple
3. Pollycraft - anything goes
4. Papertake - anything goes
5. Doodle Pantry - use Doodle Pantry image
6. Crop Stop - #18 sketch (I also use Copic to colour the flower)

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Mother's Day - silhouette

silhouette image by Graphic Fairy. Sentiment by Netty's Cards.
paper by : Crafter's Companion 'Everyday Twin Set
other tools: Nestabilities classic scallop circle, Nestabilities beaded oval and Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop border punch, organza ribbon and hand made flower.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter challenge - use Everyday CD-ROM free download
2. Creative Card Crew - for mom
3. Cupcake Craft - something with C (I use classic scallop cirlce die)
4. Pollycraft - anything goes
5. Papertake - anything goes
6. Delightful Sketches - mother's day/someone's special
7. Beary Sweet - sketch#25
8. Wacky Wednesday - mother's day
9. Paperplay - show us your style (I love flower,pink/red, embossing)
10. Joan's Garden - blue, green, lady, big embellishment, bow

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Mother's Day - Easel Card

materials:
paper and sentiment from Crafter's Companion 'Everyday Twin Set' free download.
Nestabilities beaded oval, Cuttlebug Floral Screen, Ink It Up watermelon ink pad, Martha Stewart border punch, Ranger Glimmer Mist and bling.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter challenge - use Everyday CD-ROM free download
2. Creative Card Crew - for mom
3. Cupcake Craft - something with C (I use Cuttlebug embossing folder)
4. Pollycraft - anything goes
5. Papertake - anything goes
6. Creative Inspirations - embossing
7. Delightful Sketches - mother's day/someone's special
8. Loathian's Craft - easel card
9. Midnight Madness - sketch #102
10. The Paper Variety - ink/misting/paint
11. Wacky Wednesday - mother's day
12. Divas By Design - anything goes
13. Paperplay - show us your style (I love flower,pink/red, embossing)

Bookmark - Oriental Tilda

materials:
image: Oriental Tilda,
paper: Crafter's Companion Everyday CD-ROM
Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder, Woodware border punch, Faber Castell watercolour pencils and Ink It Up green ink pad.
Challenges:

1. Allsorts - oriental
2. Crafter's Companion Easter challenge - use Everyday CD-ROM free download
3. Cupcake Craft - something with C (I use Cuttlebug embossing folder) 
4. Simon Says Stamp and Show - some hands
5. Papertake - anything goes
6. Creative Inspirations - embossing
7. Loathian's Craft - easel card
8. Charisma Cardz - no cards allowed
9. 7Kids College - showers/flowers
10. Paperplay - show us your style (I love to use die-cuts, pink/red, flower)
11. All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge - marvellous magnolia may moments (create anything using magnolia stamp/die.)

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Birthday - Easel Card

materials:
paper and sentiment from Crafter's Companion 'Everyday Twin Set' free download.
Nestabilities beaded oval, Cuttlebug Candy Cane Stripe and Floral Fantasy, Ink It Up Orange ink pad.
Challenges:

1. Crafter's Companion Easter challenge - use Everyday CD-ROM free download
2. Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - girl's birthday
3. Cupcake Craft - something with C (I use Cuttlebug embossing folder)
4. Pollycraft - anything goes
5. Papertake - anything goes
6. Creative Inspirations - embossing
7. Delightful Sketches - mother's day/someone's special
8. Loathian's Craft - easel card
9. Emerald Fairies - anything goes

Door Hanger

               

materials:

image from Lou Cee Creations printed on thick card stock. Cut out the bird image and adhered to the background with foam pad for a pop-up look. I added the small flowers which were cut using one of the Spellbinder Shapeabilities Flourish Accent die. I distressed the flowers with Ink It Up watermelon ink pad while flowers were still in the die and shaped the flowers with an embossing tool. I also use the Spellbinder Nestabilities classic scallop circle die to cut the scallop circle hole.

Challenges:

1. Crop Stop - Nightingale (include bird/birdcage/bird nest with texture)
2. Stamp Something - things with wings
3. Pollycraft - anything goes
4. Papertake - anything 
5. Divas By Design - anything goes
6. Charisma Cardz - april showers may flowers
7. Emerald Fairies - anything goes
8. By The Cute And Girly - anything goes

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