Is it Spring yet?

Hello, and welcome!

There's a challenge with your name on it at 

CARD CRAFTERS CIRCLE 

Are you fed up with the winter?  How about getting out your lovely papers, markers and pretty embellishments and creating something that will bring Spring to mind?

This week the theme for the challenge is 

SPRINGTIME!

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Here's my card........

This is a cream card blank with some pretty ladybird paper (from my stash mountain) and green dotty paper that I found on my desk (wonder who left that there?), layered with red dotty card......

How cute is this Easter Lara digi?  I had a lot of fun colouring this, and went to town with the white gel pen on the egg house, lol......all coloured with me trust Promarkers........

Love this button........might try to encourage the Hubster to climb up and put a flower on our chimney...hahaaa!

I generated the sentiment on the ol' 'puter, and printed it out onto Safmat, then cut it into the banner shape....cute, eh?

Three pretty pieces of Card Candi........I think the ickle ladybirds like 'em.......

There's a small tag of ribbon on there, too........all done!

Very Spring-like, methinks......

and now......your turn!

Don't forget to take a look at all the inspiration from my Teamies!

hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://mygraficocrafts.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything goes
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.co.uk/  Flowers
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything goes

Fairy delightful.....

Hi, and welcome!

It sees to have been one of those loooong weeks when I have been busy-busy, but don't really seem to have achieved much.....sigh......BUT....I did get to see the brilliant Les Miserables......twice!

What a surprise to hear the gorgeous voice Russell Crowe has!!

When he sang the evocative "Stars", I almost melted with delight.....ahemmm!

I read the book when  was 16 years old and it had a profound effect on me.  I also remember seeing an old film, and went to see the stage production when it was launched, 27 years ago.  It was wonderful to see Colm Wilkinson, who first brought us the character of Jean Valjean to the stage, playing the Bishop in the film.

I often shed tears during the film....but was brought to a drippin', sobbin' state when I heard one of the closing lines.....

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

Oh, my!

Anyway, it's Friday......hooray!.....and there's another challenge going on at 

Card Crafter's Circle

The theme this week is 

GREEN AND YELLOW

and we are so pleased to have one of our favourite sponsors back with us

Milk Coffee will provide a generous 5 images to our randomly drawn winner.....you'll have loads of fun trying to choose from so many!

I made a girlie card with the very pretty Tiffany Fairy......

I love green!  I started with a white card base and layered on some green Raspberry Road paper.  I cut the doily shape with a Nestie from a piece of Nitwits paper.............

A very pensive little fairy, lol.....I used a mixture of Spectrum Noir and Promarkers to colour her up and added some sparkle to her hair, wings and the flowers......I haven't fussy-cut for a while, so this made a nice change........

The sweet sentiment was cut from another freebie page of sentiments.  I added some teeny pearls to the corners and put a piece of green mesh behind......

A few strands of fibres, tucked under the fairy image, make her look as if she's sittin' in a nest...hahaaa!

A couple of flutterbies, cut from glittery pink card, are the finishing touches.

My Teamies have produced some really lovely cards for your inspiration, so please take a few minutes to check out their creations.

hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/2/post/2013/01/our-3rd-anything-goes-challenge.html  Anything goes

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/sentimental-friday.html  Anything goes

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/  Soft Pastel Colours

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/  Something girlie

http://canyoudigiit.com/blog/  Getting girlie

http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.co.uk/  Cute and girlie

Card Crafter's Circle/Challenge #18 GENTLE /PASTEL COLOURS

Hello, and welcome!

I'm soooo glad it's the weekend......pheeeewww.......been a bit of a hectic week!

I'm doubly pleased because it's time for another challenge at 

CARD CRAFTER'S CIRCLE

and this week we have a lovely theme for you.........

Gentle and/or Pastel Colours

One of our favourite sponsors is 

Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive the 4 Sponsor images the Design Team has created with - coloured and uncoloured! What a fabulous prize!

I decided to make a little wall hanging, just for a change, and I used this very pretty wreath image..........

I put the digi image into my graphics programme, then added the sentiment, and grouped them together so they would print as one image.........I then coloured up with Promarkers, and used a little chalk ink around the sentiment.......

The lovely sentiment is from TLC, and I'm giving the wreath to one of my girls, so I thought it was very fitting..........

I added a tiny pearl to each flower, just to give a bit of texture, added a length of pink gingham ribbon for hanging, and called it done!

You really need to take a look at what the rest of the Design Team came up with (links in the sidebar).....Bonnie used the same image as I did, but our creations are really different....that's what I call a versatile image.....haaaa!

Hope you'll play along with us, this week....you know how nosey I am, so show us what you can do!

Hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://www.scrapbooksisters.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/card-challenge-79.html  Anything goes

http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/simon-says-april-showers-bring-spring.html  April showers bring Spring flowers

http://ditzy-craftymesschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything but a card

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/  Pink

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/  Spring/Summer colours

Card Crafter's Circle/Challenge #11 PHOTO INSPIRATION

Hello, and welcome!

Is it Friday?  Yep.....certainly is, which means it's time for another great challenge at

 CARD CRAFTER'S CIRCLE

and it's a lovely one this week.........

PHOTO INSPIRATION 

and here's the piccie.......

Bet that made your eyes pop....haaaa!

We are being sponsored, this week,  by the fantabulous 

and our random winner will receive $10 to spend in the store...woohooo!

All you have to do, to be in with a chance of winning, is use the Photo Inspiration to create something lovely....easy!

Here's my DT creation........

 You will find some delightful stamps in Di's store, and this is one that I already had...cute, or what?

I layered up the background paper (scraps!) with the pink dotty triangle, and used a chipboard flower as the base for the digi image........the layer at the bottom is cut with a Martha Stewart border punch, with a piece of yellow cardstock at the back........

Blue flower, layered with a red one, and a button popped on top....I didn't really need to tell you that, did I?...heehee......

Isn't she cute?  I love the freckles...nearly as many as me...ha!  She's coloured up with the usual Promarkers......

All topped off with a bright chipboard greeting, and a dash of pink ribbon!

Okay, go get your stash out, and create!

I really love it when I've got my Design Team member hat on, and I spot one of your entries on the challenge blog....it's like popping in on an old friend....hello!

Lookin' forward to visiting you. :)

Hugs,

Anne-Marie x

Challenges:

http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/  Bold and Bright

http://www.doitwithdigischallenge.blogspot.com/  Don't be square

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/2012/02  Add sunshine to your day!

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2012/02/week-8-summer-fever.html  Summer Fever