SFTW DT Card- Bingo

Good morning my lovelies how are we all today? You could hear a pin drop in my house this morning..why?.. because my two little monsters are at nursery..bliss. I'm having a very chilled out morning but I will have to squeeze in a little housework as the boys have a play date this afternoon.

I'm sharing with you my dt card for Stampin For The Weekend.My lovely dt teamie Heidi-Mari is hosting this weeks challenge and she has chosen the following challenge

BINGO

and this week we are being sponsored by


If you have never tried a bingo challenge before then pop on over here

For this card I decided to use my monster boy stamp from squiggle stamps. I've said this many times before but this has got to be one of my all time favourite stamps, just perfect for those little monsters lol I'm disappointed that the picture isn't that great because it looked fab in real life and I was really pleased with my colouring. And being a sucker for spots and stripes which Mel will confirm this lol , I dug out my favourite Claire Curd papers and I've used my scrabble stamps again!! lol


and another


Thankyou for stopping by today and I'd like to say a huge hello to my new followers, hope your weekend will be a wonderful one and I hope you'll pop by again soon.

hugs and kisses

Clare x

Charisma Cardz Challenges- 4 LEGGED ANIMALS

Good morning everyone is it just me or has this week just flown by. The weather has been fantastic here in Scotland up until today, only in Scotland would you be sitting in 24 degress one day and wake up to rain the next lol.

Today we have a brand new challenge over at Charisma

We have a challenge that you can get your teeth into lol But before I reveal all I would like to say a huge thank you to all you lovely crafters out there who joined Denise's Sunshine challenge.
Your cards could easily brighten up the dullest of days and boy have we had a few of them.


Anyway here's the details of this weeks challenge .....




Our theme this week is


ANIMALS/FOUR LEGGED FRIENDS
(Must have 4 legs!) (no more! no less)

We are proud to have sponsor our Challenges:
Prize One

We'd like to give a huge big welcome back to our monthly sponsor!

Your Choice of SIX single Digi's from Digistamp Boutique! Sally-Ann from Digistamp Boutique! Now i'm sure you've all seen her fabulous work???!? NO?! Well head on over to her Digi shop! there's a digi for everything her work is fantastic and at such a low price too! Sally-Ann is very talented! go on! have a peek! You know you want too!!!

PRIZE TWO
We'd like to give a huge big welcome back to our monthly sponsor!

Bunny Zoe Crafts

Bunny Zoe's Crafts is full of wonderful craft items to make very special cards and crafts from! Nikki is a lovely friendly lady who will make your shopping experience one you'll always keep coming back to!!!
Bunny Zoe's Crafts have a whole array of items in stock from Magnolia Stamps to Charms, from Whimsy Stamps to Ribbon the list is endless why not pop along and see for your self!!!
Including some of the following new arrivals!*PRE-ORDER Magnolia - The Winner Takes It All *NEW Cards Only Magazine No. 20 *House Mouse Restocks *NEW Echo Park - Country Drive and Victoria Gardens *NEW Tickled Pink July Release *NEW Kraftin's Kimmie's July Release *NEW Bildmalarna Stamps *NEW Magnolia Sweet Rainbow DooHickey Dies *NEW Whimsy July Release - Due 15th July


One lucky winner this fortnight will win:

Fabulous or what? Here's my dt card and I my favourite squiggle stamp image (monster boy) very appropriate don't you think lol

paper- wild rose studio (for men collection)
tools- nesties,woodware flowers,sizzix swirls
ribbon- wild orchid crafts,
button and gems stash
sentiment and image- squiggle stamps
promarkers- denim blue,pale blue,ice grey 1, blush,pale pink and almond

challenges I have entered are...

totally gorjuss- punch
passion for promarkers- animal crackers
die cut dreams- Animal antics
creative card crew-Animal antics

thanks for stopping by and leaving me such wonderful comments I really do appreciate them all.

hugs Clare x

Arran's birthday card

Arran was 3 on Tuesday and this was the card I made him. I have had quite a few wee boy cards to make recently and this little stamp is just perfect. I love colouring him and seeing the image come alive so to speak!!

The papers I used don't get out much and if my memory serves me right they were my first DP purchase which is nearly 3 years ago!!!

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sketch- sketch saturday
DP's- PM kids??
colouring- promarkers
image- monster boy by squiggle stamps
flowers/star- American crafts
tools- sizzix dies,nesties, cuttlebug stars embossing folder and friskars template
brads- PM craftsuperstore

Two pees in a pod!!

I have made this card for Jack who will be 3 next Tuesday, the same day as Arran. His mum and I meet while we were having our wee boys in hospital and have stayed in touch ever since.

Here's a wee picture of my card which I am afraid is monster boy again but Jack loves dinosaurs so it seemed appropriate. Might have overdone the flowers for a wee boys card but Arran said it was lovely...never mind eh!!



image-monster boy by squiggle stamps
papers- K&Co again!!!hope your not getting bored of them
sketch-Sunday Sketch and Stamp
embellishments-punched flowers from DP papers- lesson learned keep the smallest of scraps,
card candy,gems,ribbon,sizzix dies for tag and squiggles.
sentiment-handwritten
medium-promarkers(arctic blue,powder blue,soft green and almond.

hope you are all having a great week so far

happy crafting!!

hugs Clare

Monster Boy

Before I start rambling on about my card I just wanted to say a huge thank you to all my lovely followers and those who have left a wee comment.Group hug now!!!!lol.You truly lift my spirits when all is not well in 'the broons hoose' as my friend Dawn would say!!

Anyway I have been a busy wee bee of late hopping about mad on blogland picking up loads of inspiration and actually taking note rather than relying on memory. Which seems to fail me these days on a regular basis, way too much going on upstairs lol.Also I had been asked to make 3 commission cards so I thought this would be the ideal opportunity be a little more creative than usual. Please leave me a comment as I would love to know what you think and please be honest it's the only way I will learn.

This card came about after seeing Angela's card with this image. He is just so cute and having two wee boys myself I know he will be used many times. Please pop over to squiggle stamps you won't be disappointed, they even put in the sentiment which was a nice surprise.I would like to share with you the day I received my stamp.Normally whenever I receive any mail Arran shouts mummy Pat been aka post man pat or he will pull them out of letter box and put on kitchen table.Not today, while I was putting lewis to sleep upstairs Arran decides to open my mail (not the bill ones but my stamp parcel). He then shouts upstairs mummy look what you've got??A dinosaur stamp. Well to say I was shocked is an understatement but I was also saddened as I was so looking forward to opening my new stamp. Very childish I know but I have heard there is a child in all of us.

papers-K&Co Hopscotch
stamp-Monster boy by Squiggle stamps
ribbon,beads,gems-stash
flowers-punched
tools-nesties and friskars template
colouring-promarkers

I managed to enter this card into a few challenges this week which couldn't have been done without the help from Mandy's blog. Please pop over her cards are amazing.

challenges
Truly Scrumptious- Sketch
Fussy and Fancy- New