Waking Up Birdie

Waking Up Birdie is this really cute digi stamp from Robyns Fetish.

 Robyns Fetish Blog Challenge theme is Spring this week, so I desided to enter using this fab birdie image !

Most of you know now I love paper piecing and chose to use these fab spring colour dotty papers from Crafts-Too Designer Paper pack. I`m not very keen on doing a flat image card so I made the door open on the birdie house so I could write my own greetings on the inside. Most of you will also know I love fiddley cutting out !! So I have decoupaged some of the flowers and the little bird. Just a really sweet card.....

Pop over to Robyns Fetish Challenge Blog and see all the fab creations their design team have come up with and check out those super cute images in the shop !!

Would like to enter:

Robyns Fetish: spring
Cupcake Craftroom: bugs n birds n wings n things
The Paper Shelter: wings and things
The Stamping Boutique: anything goes
Made Especially For You: three flowers

Showcase Inspiration !!

Check out this weeks inspiration at The Crafty Pad Showcase Monthly Competition which comes from myself and Venus !!

I have made this pretty mini book using Debbies "Teaset" and "Sentiments " WARNING photo overload !!

Sorry there are so many photo`s, but there are so many bits to open and pull out !! Anyway I thought it would be nice to put photo`s of friends in. The lovely paper is from Wild Rose Studio.

Want to see what fab creation Venus has made this week, then pop over to The Crafty Pad Blog and check it out !! Why not enter !!

Would like to enter:
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Stamptacular Sunday: anything goes
Ditzy Craftymess: anything but a card
Wags'n'Whiskers: anything goes

Big Boys and Little Boys

Wether their big or small I`m sure the boys would love this Monster card !! The men in our lives can be soooo hard to make a card for, but this one is easy....

First all you need is to choose the stamps you would like to use. Mine are a set by Woodware called "Little Monsters" designed by Francoise Read. To fit my monsters, I cut eight 1 6/8 circles round a piece of card using a die. Then I embossed the piece of card using a brick design embossing folder. Inked round all the edges. On one of the cut out circles I then stamped my Birthday sentiment and stuck it in the middle. Now comes the surgery.....but no blood !! Decide where and how much of your monsters you want to show and then stick them in place and remove all body parts you don`t want !! Then put 3d foam tape on back and stick on front of your card. To add more fun I have put wobbly eyes on the monsters !!

I`ll let you into a secret.........my card is for a BIG boy, well actually my cousins hubby !!

Would like to enter:
Secret Crafter: a mans card
Crafty Ann`s: it`s a man`s thing
Fab 'n' Funky: on all 4's (fun entry as monsters have four legs and must surely count as animals !!)
Sparkles Monthly challenge: men only

Bounty of Buttons !!

Now if you`re like me you LOVE BUTTONS !! So this weeks challenge #166 at The Crafty Pad, a "Bounty of Buttons" will be right up your street !!

Our sponsor this week is Robyns Fetish

With a fab prize of 5 digi stamps or 4 digi stamps + 1 paper set of your choice !!

This week Robyns Fetish gave the DT`s from team A some fab images to play with. I chose "Daisy Days" to use on my card.

I printed out several times the image so I could decoupage Daisy and the flowers to use on my side stepper card. Then I have coloured them in with promarkers. Used just a few BUTTONS for some of the flower centres. The little fence is a Marianne die. As yoiu can see I also love cutting out !! All the flowers are from the main image......

Pop over to The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog to see what other fab creations  the DT`s have made !! Remember to check out our Monthly Showcase competition !!

Would like to enter:
Cardmakin Mamas: make it girlie
Cute card Thursday: spring flowers
Crafty Creations Challenge: flower power
Little Red Wagon: spring colours
Scrapbook Sisters: anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges: buttons
2 Sisters: flowers

Check it out !!

The Crafty Pad now has a monthly Showcase competiton running !! All you have to do to enter is use a Crafty Pad Design image and you could win 5 digi images of your choice !! The competiton runs for the whole month.

 Don`t have a Crafty Pad image...then don`t worry. There are some fab images on special at mo and some freebies !! Check them out !!

Every week, two of are fab DT`s will be showcasing their creations to give you some inspiration. This week its " Dawn and Debbi"  so pop over to The Crafty Pad Blog and check them out as well !!

Woodware

The monthly sketch challenge at Woodware is this:

 My poor camera is really giving up the ghost now, so sorry about poor photo......

For my card I have used the stamp set called "Owl Greetings" by Francoise Read. I just love my owls !!

I like to look at a sketch differently to others and thought I would make a little scene. All the owls have been paper pieced and 3D, plus I have stamped and cut out all branches and leaves. They have been coloured in with promarkers. The ivy trails I have cut using a Marianne die. The wood effect frame has been embosed with a cuttlebug folder.

 Why not pop over to the Woodware Blog and have a go !!

Would also like to enter:
Crafting When We Can : things with wings
The Squirrel and the Fox: things with wings
Stamp, Scrap and Doolde Saturday: things with wings

New Release !!

Check out the new release templates from The Crafty Pad Designs !! There are three fab design templates for a Slider Easel Card with either a Scallop Circle or a Plain Rectangle or Plain Circle.

You can of course use all three together as I have on my sample card !!  You`ll  find the fab digi image from Debbie called " Flowers and Watering Can" that I have used also at The Crafty Pad Designs 

Would like to enter:
That Craft Place: spring
Stampin With The Dragon: spring
Wags "n" Whiskers: say it with flowers
4 Crafty Chicks: flowers