Blowing gently

Good morning friends,

A very quick post from me which I will update later ... got mega family things going on at the mo.



It's time for a new challenge at The Crafty Pad and this week's challenge has been set by Diane. The theme is Cake.

This week's lovely sponsor is Tracey from The Stamping Boutique who is giving this week's lucky winner 3 digital images of their choice. Tracey has also provided some digis for the DT to work with and I chose this gorgeous Birthday Fairy.

My card recipe is as follows:

• Base Card - is Centura Pearl in Ivory, which I have cut, scored and folded to make a stepper card. This is the first time I've made one of these without following a template, and I'm not sure if I've got it quite right!
• Design Papers - are from the May 2012 Crafter's Companion Member's Download called Spring has Sprung.
• Image - this gorgeous fairy is Birthday Fairy by Tracey Malnofski at The Stamping Boutique. I've brought this tender moment to life using my Spectrum Noir pens mainly in turquoise and pink (definitely my fave colours of the moment as they're featuring quite regularly on my cards!) and a silver gel pen to highlight the wings, the fairy's jewellery and wand, and the cake. If you click on the picture, you can supersize it to check out that sparkle!
• Sentiment - is, of course, by the talented Paulette at Create with TLC and was a freebie she gave away on her blog in August. I imported the image into my word processing programme and tweaked the colour to a shade of turquoise, to tie in with the colours used on my the image and papers.

Head over to The Crafty Pad and see the gorgeous creations by the rest of Team A. Then come back and show us your Cake creations! You've got until 8pm (GMT) on Saturday 17th November 2012 to link your cards up.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

• Your favourite Colour Combination (using a Crafter's Companion Product) at Crafter's Companion
  
  

Hope you have a great weekend.

Hugs, Helen x



Beach Baby

Good morning friends and welcome to another week with The Crafty Pad! It's Team A's turn on the challenge and this week it's the lovely Ms Pauline who has chosen the theme of At The Seaside. We would love to see beach huts, buckets & spades, ice cream - anything to do with the seaside on your cards this week. We have two great sponsors lined up for you this week.

Letraset are offering one lucky winner a pack of Mid-Tone Promarkers and our second lucky winner will receive 3 Digital Images from The Stamping Boutique.

Tracey Malnofski has also kindly supplied the digital images for the DT to use this week, just to give you a taste of what you can find in her store. I have chosen this gorgeous image called, appropriately enough, Beach Baby.

For my layout inspiration I've followed the current sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, which I think is a totally gorgeous CAS style. If you've been following me for a while, you'll know that frilly and fussy doesn't sit easily with me - I'm rarely happy with my fancy creations!

My card recipe is as follows:

• Base Card - made from Centura Pearl in Snow White  onto which I embossed the largest rosette shape from the "nest" on the Ultimate Pro Embossing Board Springtime Sweets and Cupcake Treats. I folded the card to make a hinge on the side, and 2 "feet" at the bottom and then cut round the embossed shape.
• Design Papers - from a 6x6 paper stack called Beach Babe by Fancy Pants Designs, which was a magazine freebie, possibly with Cardmaking & Papercraft last month ...I think!. I used the largest circle from the "nest" on the Ultimate Pro Embossing Board Springtime Sweets and Cupcake Treats to emboss circles on the DPs, and then cut them to shape.
• Image - Beach Baby is just one of the many fantastic images by Tracey at The Stamping Boutique and you can get your own copy of this cutie by clicking here! I defy you to pay a visit to the store and come away empty handed! This little sand baby came to life courtesy of my Spectrum Noir Pens in the following colours:
• Sand - CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4
• Sea - BT2, BT4
• Sunsuit - BP1, BP2, CG2
• Skin - FS2, FS3
• Hair - TN4, TN5, TN7
• Flag & Spade - BP6
• Sky - light blue chalk
• Thread - White waxed Linen thread from my stash, which I then coloured using my Spectrum Noir Pen in shade BP6

Why don't you hop over to The Crafty Pad and see the great cards from this week's awesome Guest Designer and my "Talented Teamies" - I'm sure their creations will transport you to warmer climes, away from the dreary British "summer" ;o)!

Make sure you then come back and show us your At the Seaside creations! You've got until 8pm (BST) on Saturday 14th July 2012 to link your cards up. I know all the DT girls really love coming round your blogs and seeing your cards.

With a little help from the girls at Feline Playful, I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Sketch #153 at Tuesday Morning Sketches
• Challenge #16 - Anything Goes at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards
• Challenge #64 - Photo Inspiration (Hot Pink & Lime Green) at My Mum's Craft Shop
• Challenge #37 - Summertime at Cardmadfairy's Digi Days
• CIC#55- Some Like it Hot at Clearly Inspired Challenge
• Challenge #17 - Summer/Vacation at Simply Create Too
• SNSDC61 - Beach and Sand at Sweet 'n' Sassy Digis
• Challenge 29 - Cute or Cuddly at Poodles Parlour
• Summertime at Crafty Sentiments
• Going Round in Circles at Joanna Sheen

Hope you have a great Sunday! Happy Crafting!

Hugs, Helen x