My Grandma's Birthday Card

This card is for my Grandma's birthday at the end of this week (as the calendar indicates!)


What I used


Image - Penny Black floating dreams (coloured with Whisper's markers)
Flourishes - Die cut from a Joycrafts cutter
Calendar - Catslife Press horizontal calendar
Papers - 'The Far East stack', Papermania Retro Floral stack and odd bits I've collected
Buttons - Just what I've collected over time.


I'm also entering it into a few challenges:


Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #178 Shabby chic / Vintage
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012_03_01_archive.html

Party Time Tuesday - #61 Anything goes
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/

Top Tip Tuesday - #73 Animals


http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/   (My top tip is that I always test out my whispers pens (like Promarkers) before I colour my card to make sure the colours blend ok and I don't ruin the card if not!)


Craft Your Passion Challenge - #103 Monochromatic (Shades of 1 colour)

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/challenge-103-monochromatic.html


Bunny Zoe's Craft Challenge - #22 - Shabby chic / Vintage
http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/challenge-22-shabby-chicvintage.html


Stampin' for the Weekend - #6 Anything goes
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/challenge-6-anything-goes.html

Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

7th Birthday card

This is my cousin's 7th Birthday card.  


The image is (again!) from Penny Black's Toadily collection and coloured with Whispers markers.  I've used my Cuttlebug quite a lot for this card; Cuttlebug spots and dots embossing folder for the paper, Babyface alphabet for the lettering and number 7 and Sizzix die cutter for all of the circles.  The happy birthday sentiment is an Anita's stamp.  I've hand drawn and cut the bunting and used my Whispers markers and Craft Planet musical note punch to decorate it.


I'm entering this card into a few competitions...


The Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Anything goes (Something on a spool)http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/rcc46-anything-goes-with-party-time.html

Cupcake Craft Challenges - #185 Sound of Music 
http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

Ladybug Crafts ink - #57 Spots and Stripes
http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/challenge-57-spots-and-stripes.html

Craft your Passion - #103 Monochromatic (Shades of 1 colour / black & white)
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/challenge-103-monochromatic.html

Top Tip Tuesday - #73 Animals
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.co.uk/

Party Time Tuesdays - #61 Anything goes
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/

Sweet Stampin' - Anything goes
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Third card

This is my final card for this week.  I'm entering it into the Penny Black and Allsorts March 'Springtime' challenge.  http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/

I have used another Penny Black stamp from the 'Toadily' collection and coloured it in with Whisper's markers and a glitter pen.  The flowers are die cut from a Cuttlebug cutter.  

Second Challenge Card

This is the second card I am entering into a challenge.


I'm entering the same challenge, the Penny Black and Allsorts March challenge.  The theme is "Springtime". http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk/

This is another Penny Black stamp from the 'Toadily' collection.  I've also used a Cuttlebug 'heart' embossing folder to make the backing papers and a joy crafts die cutter for the swirls.

First card!