Birthday wheels for a boy

This card uses the sketch for Everybody art 186:

For TTC12 04 on Crafts by Carolyn forum Barbara gave us this paper as inspiration:

I've used offcuts of Basic Grey cupcake papers and DCWV birthday sentiments paper - another opportunity to venture into the playground for Pixie's crafty snippets 14.  I stamped the little Papermania bicycle stamp a few times with memento rich cocoa and added a couple of sentiments - not easy to see here - they say 'you're the best' and 'wishing you a wonderful day'

This is also for:

Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 101: square cards
Alota 80: birthday
2 sisters 85: birthday fun
CRAFT 148: things with wheels
Sunday stamper 199: on the road again - transport
Pink elephant 142: clean and simple
Desert island 28: I chose - suitable for a child under 10, 2 or more patterned papers, masculine, clean and simple
CES 79: no girls allowed
One crazy stamper April: boy/men
Joanna Sheen: it's a man's world
Stamp with fun 155: no Easter card
Crazy amigo: free theme
Papertake: anything goes
Hiding in my craftroom 40: freestyle
Fairytale 38: everything goes
Simon says: anything goes
Crafty purple frog: anything goes
Make it Monday 83
Inspire me Fridays 52
52 cardpick up week 13

Little photo catch up

The photo prompt for Suzie 365 day 91 was 'games', so this is 3D noughts and crosses:

Next day was day 92: costume - all I could think of was this 2 piece that I occasionally wear:

And for today's prompt for day 93 the subject is childhood. Here is a photo of a mug that commemorates the coronation of King George VI in May 1937 - just about at the beginning of John's childhood (he was born right at the end of 1936):

and here is something from my own childhood - every child in Essex was given a book like this to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (I was six later that year):

I wonder what tomorrow's prompt will be?!

Easter moments of faith

Yet another Easter card using a pre-patterned card blank. The stamps are once again Papermania moments of faith coloured with copics, with just the addition of some flowers from the 99p store.

So this another Easter card for:

Addicted to stamps 27: spring/Easter
Make all with love 25: Easter
PanPastel UK 12: Easter week
Take time for you 64: Easter
LiaStampz 14: Easter
Hooked on craft 19: Easter
Cutie stampers 124: Easter
Raise the bar 98: Easter (religious aspect)
Fashionable stamping 18: spring is in the air
Stampin with the dragon 7: spring is here
Flourish timeless 162: Easter
Riley and company: spring/Easter or polka dots
Aud sentiments 51: Happy Easter
More than favors wacky Wednesday 68: Easter/spring
The paper shelter 57: Easter
Penny's 76: Easter
Scrapbook sisters 77: Easter
Cute card Thursday 210: Happy Easter
PaperPlay 13: Easter
Totally papercrafts 110: Easter
Art impressions 57: spring has sprung
Prairie fairy Fridays 75: spring fling
Catch the bug : Easter/spring
Craft your days away 42: Easter
One stop craft 176: Easter
Stamp, scrap & doodle: spring
Come and get it: bring it on ... spring
That craft place 8: it's all about spring
Crazy challenge 113: spring
Incy wincy 140: Easter and/or pastel colours
My craft spot 50: Easter
Stamp and create April: spring
Ruby's rainbow 25: Easter

This is also for:

Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 101: square cards
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us your stripes
Paper pretties: April showers bring May flowers
Wags n whiskers 76: say it with flowers
Inky impressions: flower power
Lily pad: flower challenge
Great impressions 2: lots of flowers
Bloggers challenge: for the birds
Stampin with the dragon 7: things with wings
My mum's craft shop 50: stamp it
Hiding in my craftroom 40: freestyle
Fairytale 38: everything goes
Simon says: anything goes
Crafty purple frog: anything goes
Make it Monday 83
Inspire me Fridays 52
52 cardpick up week 13

Guest designer - Paper Creations Ink

I have the privilege of joining the team on Paper Creations Ink for challenge 22: natural materials - to use materials such s burlap, twine, cork, twigs, leaves etc.

I used Catherine's sketch given for Crafting for all seasons23:

The honeybee image was supplied by Shelly's images, who are sponsoring the challenge - the winner will receive a $9 gift voucher. I printed on to textured DCWV card and coloured with copics. This and the surrounding mat were die cut with nesties and the edges distressed with tea dye DI. This was then mounted on to a cork circle. The embossed panel behind it was run through the cuttlebug with the Creative expressions crackle folder distressed with tea dye. Running across the bottom is some distressed woodgrain card that I had left over from making this card wrapped around with some ribbon and some raffia. I then added some little flower brads, skeleton leaves and flowers held with a pearl brad.

This is also for:

Lily pad: flowers
Pixie's crafty snippets 14 (all pieces of card used were from my offcuts box)
Whimsy 32: no patterned paper
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 101: square cards
Stampin with the dragon 6: things with wings
Cupcake craftroom: bugs n birds n wings n things
Crafting when we can 15: things with wings
Di's digi designs: emboss it any way you want
Alphabet: D for dry embossing
Blog a doodle: let's see some embossing
Willow sketchie: sketch and/or embossing
Delicious doodles16: textures
Corrosive 146: heavy metal - I used four brads
Catered crop: brads
There she goes 150: metal embellishments
Stamp with fun 155: no Easter card
Pattie's 40: anything goes
Crafty purple frog: anything goes
The cheerful stamp pad 39: anything goes
Ribbon carousel 46: anything goes
Hiding in my craftroom 40: freestyle
Fairytale 38: everything goes
Simon says: anything goes
Make it Monday 83
Inspire me Fridays 52
52 cardpick up week 13