Boys Will be Boys

At Cards for Men they have a super title for their challenge this week, ' Boys will be Boys' and as we know Men are just little boys in disguise. For my card I used some My Minds Eye papers, along with some from my stash. The main image is a LOTV stamp which I love, so typical of all boys. Thanks for visiting me, I am slowly starting to get back into making cards again. 

I am also entering this card to apply for a DT post for a new blog, The Male Room, which will also be concentrating on male cards challenges. There are so few around, another will help to promote what most crafters find difficul, making male cards. 

Kimono

Hello everyone, I am sorry my picture is not to the usual standard but my photographer and editor is still in hospital as I prepare this page to be scheduled for 16th June for my choice of Kimono for your challenge this week at CD Sunday Challenges. I chose Kimono for I have always enjoyed making Oriental cards and there are many good Oriental CDs around to choose your images. Did you know that    "The kimono (着物) is a Japanese traditional garment worn by men, women and children. The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear".  For my card the main image is from Joanna Sheen Oriental Dreams, which is matted onto black and gold card. The overlapping fans are from an Oriental set of stamps from See D stamps. The string of beads are a mixture of varied beads from my stash and some paper beads, which are so easy to make and very effective.  I found this You Tube video , if you want to give it a try.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bPsp6lfIV8
I look forward to again visiting you to view your Kimono projects. Thanks for visiting me and for any comments you leave.

Taking a Break

Hi everyone, I thought maybe it's time I explained my neglect of my blog. Due to a family illness, I have decided to take a break from blogging and sadly from the Design Teams which I am part of. I would like to thank everyone who I have discussed my break with,  for their kindness and understanding. All being well, I should be blogging again before the end of June. Take care of yourselves and hopefully enjoy the wonderful summer weather we in the UK are all hoping for.

Handmade Embellishment

Happy Bank Holiday to everyone who is having one today. Today at Make My Monday Fliss has chosen a really interesting challenge, to make a handmade embellishment for your project. It seems that pin wheels are becoming fashionable at present. So to be in vogue (as they say) here is my card with a home made pin wheel. I have used paper from a 12  x 12 scrapbook page, for the background, on the reverse is the white spotted paper which I used for the pin wheel. The butterfly is from a Marianne die, I used some red stash paper and edged it with black, adding three black gems for the torso. The greeting is from Words - stamps by Sheena Douglas.

Aged to Perfection

It's thanks this week at CD Sunday Challenge to Sue B for choosing our challenge which is Aged to Perfection, now of course this is once again left to your imagination, for there are a few things which do get better with age. However, the moment I saw the makings of this card on The Best of La Pache 2010 CD, I wanted to make a card. I have kept it fairly simple from printing it out for I think the the way the couple are with each other tells their story. I stamped Congratulations onto a banner stamp, and added a printed sentiment, On Your Special Day. I also used a sheet of pale lilac card and purple card printed out from Sheena Douglas Paint Fusion CD, to mat and layer the main image. Have fun everyone looking forward to visiting you, during the next week. 

H - is for Happy

Hello again to my followers (friends), here we are again at Alphabet Challenges, Shaz has chosen for the letter H - HAPPY, all you need to do is to add the word HAPPY onto your project, lots of choices here.

I went with the obvious, the card design is from a sketch I used a few weeks ago for another project but I felt it suited this card so well. the papers are from a free pack with a magazine, Pink Petticoat Vintage Rose Collection. The gorgeous little ballet dancer is from Paintbox Poppets series by Crafter's Companions. I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers and DI Tattered Rose. An addition of a flower and a few leaves, plus the HAPPY  birthday sentiment with a few jewels to complete the card. I am so much looking forward to visiting you again, to see your HAPPY cards, most of all, have fun. 

BLOG HOP - BLOG HOP

Welcome everyone to our very first Blog Hop at Addicted to Stamps and More!

We are SO excited because we have such a wonderful designer/sponsor to introduce you to and there are amazing prizes to be won!!  In fact there will be 8 prizes up for grabs by joining in our blog hop.

How do you win these amazing prizes? All you have to do is leave a comment on the main blog and then comment on EVERY blog that is participating in this hop. Easy peasy!! 

Firstly, I would like to introduce to you our sponsor for this hop -

Ignacio from Nicecrane Designs

You will be stunned at the selection that is on offer over at the store. You have digital images, pre-coloured digital images, backgrounds, collages, bookmarks, ATC's, templates and so much more!!

There are so many themes to choose from too - all you could want for your Vintage projects, Christmas projects, Easter projects,  Steampunk, Halloween projects............. the list just goes on!

Now on to the fun part!!

 Each blog has a different prize up for grabs!!!!! Don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to be in the running for a prize. 

Below is the list of blogs that you must visit.

You are HERE at Caz's Blog

Next is

Nonni

Deept

Danielle

Florence

Sandie

Kylie
Addicted to Stamps and More 

We have all incorporated products from Nicecrane Designs in our projects.

I chose a sheet of STEAMPUNK designs for I love how there are no rules in Steampunk, just go where your imagination takes you. 

So, have fun looking at all the blogs and we hope to inspire you to create using these wonderful designs.

Nicecrane Steampunk Sheet

Here is my card...............

Materials used

Distress Inks TH - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Scattered Straw, Broken China, Vintage Photo.

White and Black card. Promarkers, Sakura Silver Gel Pen, Scissors to scrape the edges of card to distress. 

Stamps - Digis Stamp Flying Machine from our Sponsor Nicecrane Designs, Stampendous Lady and Time Flies with Pocket Watch. Creative Expressions Hand with pointing Finger and Enjoy The Journey, Kanban Cogs,  Crafty Individuals -3 Gentlemen,

"Next on the list to visit is the amazing Nonni  Don't forget that you must visit all the links to be in the running for the prize, if you get lost either return here or to the main blog.  There is a prize to be won on every blog!!"