Aud Sentiments #49 Happy Birthday

This is my second post today, see below for my DT post for Crafty Purple Frog.
The current challenge at Aud Sentiments is to use the words Happy Birthday on your project. We're being sponsored by Bugaboo and TLC Creations. As always TLC have provided a free sentiment for you to use should you wish, you'll find this on the challenge blog. I've used an image from Bugaboo on my card.

• Image: Bugaboo, Scarlette Cupcake
• Medium: promarkers
• Dies: Spellbinders
• Papers: DCWV
• Ribbon and sentiment from my stash

Do pop over to see this weeks inspiration from the DT - you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - humour
Passion for Promarkers - Mum/female
Totally Papercrafts - song or dance (Lady in Red)
By the Cute and Girly - in the kitchen

Carol x

PS Don't forget I have blog candy up for grabs!

Teddy Bea

Bea is obviously expecting rain today! I've coloured her with promarkers then cut her out with a nestie labels die. Backing paper is from a DCWV adhesive stack. Fancy mat is spellbinders die. Card is finished with a ribbon, flowers, button die cuts tied with cord (Marianne Designs) and pearls.

Challenges entered:

Bearly Mine - buttons

Passion For Promarkers - Beary Special

Crafty Sentiments - spots and stripes (on Teddy Bea)

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - use shapes or die cuts

CYDA - pink, brown and blue

Paper Creations Ink - buttons and bows

Paper Minutes - rain

Carol x

H is for

The image was a freebie digi from CDAC and has been coloured with promarkers and highlighted with stickles on the snail and snakes hat. Backing papers are from a DCWV adhesive stack. Coloured card is from Papermania. I've left the card unembellished to let the papers and image do the talking!

Challenges entered:

Birthday Sundaes - photo inspired

Stamp & Fun = Creativity - spots and stripes

Lia Stampz - birthday

Daisy Doodles - anything goes

HLSC - birthday

Art Impressions - lots of dots

DYSU - friendly critters

I Love Promarkers - anything goes

Paper Shelter - anything goes

A Spoonful of Sugar - party time

Creative Card Crew - anything goes

Digital Tuesday - going buggy

Passion for Promarkers - anything goes

Poodles Parlour - animal antics

Carol x

Crafting for all Seasons #4 card 1

Where are the weeks going to! It's another new challenge at Crafting for all Seasons today and the theme is red, white and blue - we love to see your creations so what are you waiting for lol. Many thanks to all those who created such wonderful projects for our summer challenge - you didn't make it easy for us to choose a Top Three!

We are sponsored by 2 cute stamps and all the design team got to choose a stamp to work with, I chose Original Cowboy Kid and this is my card:

Image is coloured with promarkers then mounted onto a scalloped nestie square cut from the back of an old file. Backing paper is from a DCWV adhesive stack. Card is finished with a raffia bow (off a present), a star  and a sentiment (both of which I've had forever).

Many thanks for looking today and do please pop over to the rest of the Design Teams blogs to see what delights they have in store for you.

Challenges entered :

Cards for Men - stars 

Rainbow Lady - digi day 

Paper Play Challenges - stars and stripes 

Shelly's Image Blog - patriotic 

Stamp Something - red, white and blue 

Stamptacular Sunday - stars and stripes

Paper Playtime - red, white and blue
Sentimental Sunday - patriotic
Celebrate the Occasion - red, white and blue
Tuesday Throwdown - red, white and blue
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - stars and stripes
Die Cut Dreams - red, white and blue
Craft us Crazy - red, white and blue/summertime
Use it Tuesday - red, white and blue
Birthday Sundaes - stars and stripes birthday
2 Cute Rubber Stamps - red, white and blue

Carol x

Two of a kind

I was going to say Good Morning but looking at the clock I can see it's well into the afternoon lol.

Lady and Diva Lim have given us a sketch to work with this week and as I had this Penny Black stamp sitting on my desk ready to use I thought it was ideal to cut up to follow the sketch.

The topper really doesn't look straight in the photo but I went back and measured just to check it was irl - and it is! Penguins are coloured with promarkers and a gel pen and highlighted with a gelly roll pen. Backing paper is from a DCWV adhesive stack, matted on gold textured mirri card. Card is finished with a ribbon saved from a cracker and a peel off sentiment.

Challenges entered:

Less is More - sketch

Christmas Stampin all Year Round - photo inspired

Bah! Humbug! - penguins

Christmas Cards all Year Round - anything goes

Fabs Big Christmas - sentiment

Now where does the Two of a Kind come in I hear you ask - well I did it all again in pink!

Challenges entered:

Winter Wonderland - pink
CCEE Stampers - pink

Carol x

Just Clowning Around

Teddy Bea that is........

Trying for a vintage look but don't think it's my genre anymore then WoW was! At one point I didn't think this card was going to come together at all but I'm glad I persisted as I'm quite pleased with the finished article.

Teddy Bea is coloured with promarkers and highlighted with a Sakura gelly roll pen. Backing paper is a freebie from Bearly Mine and gingham came from a DCWV adhesive stack. Purple card has been grunged with white ink and white card has been grunged with purple . Card is finished with some plaited jewellers line, roses, pearls and a sentiment from my stash.

Challenges entered:

Sketch and Stash - followed sketch and used Teddy Bea for the first time

Cupcake - gingham and roses

Teddy Bo - easel card

Bearly Mine - vintage easel

My Time to Craft - scallops

DYSU - purple

Thanks for stopping by today and if you leave a comment I'll know you've been :)

Carol x

Cinco de Mayo day

Digi stamp was a freebie and is coloured with water colour pencils. Backing papers are from an adhesive DCWV stack, 2nd one is punched with a MS double border punch. Card is finished with buttons.

Challenges entered:

CCEE Stampers - Cinco de Mayo day

Carol x