Swing card for a birthday boy

In my travels around crafting blogland I came across Party time Tuesday - their challenge 5 is to make a swing card for a masculine birthday.

I've used a card from a recently purchased kit. The sentiments are rub ons and the watch has been added to the central panel.

This is also for:

The lollipop ladies 15: ba-humbugs - black and white stripes
Rubber cafe 6: fun folds
Pile it on 9: tri-fold
ECP 32: something for the boys
My Sheri 46: all about boys
Irish teddies: birthday
Crafty Ann 35: birthday card
Aud sentiments 23: birthday
Critter 54: sentiment
Sugar creek hollow: inside out
Sentimental Sundays 44: anything goes
Wild orchid 18: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes
Paper romance 39: anything goes
Dream valley 1: anything goes

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here

Celestial heavenly bodies

For these simple cards I've used K & Co Donna Ingemanson papers.

They are for Inspiration avenue: celestial (heavenly bodies).




They are also for:

ECP 32: something for the boys
My Sheri 46: all about boys
Sew many challenges 45: star challenge
Critter 54: sentiment
Sentimental Sundays 44: anything goes
Wild orchid 18: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes + optional: something old (everything!)
Paper romance 39: anything goes

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here

Party time birthday celebration

A couple of quick cards - the papers do most of the work:


These are for:

Sew many challenges 45: star challenge (the first card)
Ann's creative nook 126: bring on the colours
Irish teddies: birthday
Crafty Ann 35: birthday card
Critter 54: sentiment
Sentimental Sundays 44: anything goes
Wild orchid 18: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes + optional: something old (everything!)
Paper romance 39: anything goes

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here

Another simple thank you

Another simple thank you card, this time using scraps and stitched ribbon - this time the colours are for Stampin' royalty 61: wild wasabi, sahara sand, garden green.

This is also for:


Creative craft: thank you
Fun at fairy knoll: feeling a little green
Mami doodles 21: make it monochromatic green

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here

A simple thank you

This card is made from recycled elements and some paper that was received in a swap a long time ago. The sentiment was stamped with memento tuxedo black.

Colours are for Color Cue 12:


This is for:

Creative craft: thank you
Stampin' B 99: use a flower on a card
Stamp something: something with flowers
Lexi 34: flowers
Simply create 38: power of flowers
Crazy4challenges 76: flower
Critter 54: sentiment
Southern girls 13: brads, gems or dewdrops
Pink gem 15: brads
Frosted fabulous Friday: use metal (the brads)
Sentimental Sundays 44: anything goes
Wild orchid 18: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes + optional: something old (everything!)
Paper romance 39: anything goes
Dream valley 1: anything goes
Guylou's intimitability: anything goes

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here

For a sew and sew?

For this card I used a piece of unknown paper that's been in my scraps box for ages (I have another similar piece still) - I thought it lends itself to a sewing theme, hence the little topper with the 'dress it all' button scissors that fit perfectly over the scissors that were printed on the topper.

The image is 'antique buttons' by Stampington, stamped with memento rich cocoa with the addition of a few 'real' buttons. I inked the torn edges of the paper with silver ink and added the stitched ribbon down the lefthand side.

This is for:

Stampin' sisters in Christ 78: buttons
Iris' spot 14: buttons
Pink gem 15: buttons and bows
Pear tree 38: ribbon
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: let's play with ribbon
Corrosive 105: distressing
Anything goes: distressing
CCEE 1108: distress
Wild orchid 18: anything goes
Papertake weekly: anything goes + optional: something old (everything!)
Paper romance 39: anything goes
Guylou's intimitability: anything goes

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here

Moos and inchies

Postie has brought me the moos and inchies from the swaps for February on the BF forum.

Thank you, girls, for these lovely little works of art.

Love and romance inchies:

Sadly the love heart on Nicky's inchie got a bit worse for wear in the post - but perhaps it adds to the theme - sometimes, sadly, love and romance ends up with a broken heart!

Red for passion moos:

I am celebrating with some candy - you can read about it and sign up here