The Crafty Pad

The challenge this week at The crafty Pad is to follow the awesome sketch by Debbie. This is my second week as a Guest designer and I had a lot of fun with this sketch. I used Belinda goes shopping for the cards main image and the border stamp set for all the details on the card. I have used no patterned papers at all. I heat embossed the borders and cut them out and then coloured in the flowers with sakura stardust pens and added gems to their centres. I also stamped the card behind with the second border in the set. I use some of the leftover flowers to add to the image as further embellishment. I coloured Belinda with a mixture of copics and promarkers and I used watercolour to do the background.

The Crafty Pad - Something Shiny

Hi everyone, it is a bit dull in London today, good excuse to craft! I am very excited as this is my first Guest Design Team appearance since I joined blogland!!! Debbie who owns The Crafty Pad asked me to be a Guest designer for two weeks. This week the theme is to use something shiny in your card or project. You could use mirrorboard, Gems, metal, glitter as long as it shines. You do not have to use a crafty pad stamp,but if you choose too you, will be entered into the prize draw twice.
I decided to get out my polymer clay (my favourite medium) and make a necklace. I used the Butterflies and verse set. I mixed several colours of clay (silver, black and white) I rolled it out and having inked my stamp with clear versamark ink, I pressed it into the clay to form the butterfly impression. I cut it out using craft scissors. I then added beads to parts of the design. I didn't follow the stamp impression directly I improvised. I then added clear liquid polymer clay and baked in the oven.
To add the shine I painted on some H20's and added a glaze of varnish. I then beaded the necklace.
Debbies stamps are deeply etched and give a very good impression ,so this is why I could use them to make my necklace. I have already worn the necklace and had some lovely comments which made me feel very chuffed. I was shopping in Next at London Bridge and I chose a ring and the assistant said that will go perfectly with your butterfly necklace.
Please pop over to The Crafty pad and see the other Design Team projects as they are very creative and extremely talented.

The Crafty Pad - Gatefold card

Hello here is my card for The crafty pad challenge .
This week we would like you to make a Gatefold card - any embellis can be added that you wish to use. :)
The challenge will be open to everyone. If you do not use a Crafty Pad stamp
your name will go in the draw once - BUT anyone who uses a Crafty Pad stamp will get their name in twice. :)
The prize will be any single Crafty Pad stamp of your choice. :) :)
We would also like to know what is your favourite Crafty Pad stamp?
I made the gatefold card and then I used my punch to make a stencil and used the twinkling H20's to make the black flowers. I then punched some flowers and grass from white card and newspaper. I then added gems to some of them. I stamped my favourite stamp Faith and embossed her. I paperpieced her hat and jacket with some newspaper. I added a harsh black background of china black H20's and then I added a flower embellishment in the corner. Inside the card I added some black card and a happy birthday sentiment.
I am having a horrible day as the sky people are being a mare and will not send someone to sort out their mess today. I am fuming!!! They ballsed it up and will not come and sort it. That is the polite way of saying what I want to say. They connected my neighbours box to our dish. I am awaiting a manager to call me to come and sort it.

The Crafty Pad challenge - a recipe

The challenge at The Crafty Pad is to use the recipe which is 2 brads,1 ribbon, a pocket and at least one crafty pad stamp. Oh boy was this such fun!!! I got a tutorial off of You tube for a pocket card and decorated it with the butterfly stamps available at the crafty pad. I made two tags to go inside but you could make notelets or put money in or just a letter it is up to you. I added brads to the butterfly attennae on the tag and the ribbon I stamped with another stamp from the set, I kept it simple and I will definately make some more of these!!!!

The crafty pad challenge - Sketch

The crafty pad has a sketch for this weeks challenge. Debbie has also released her new stamps they are cute ones and the girl is called Belinda go over and have a peek they are only £2.99 each and the P&P is free!!!!

My card is using Faith as you know I am very much in love with this stamp. I sewed the beads onto the jacket!

The crafty pad and Colour create challenge

Today I decided to combine the crafty pad sketch with the colour create challenge. The colour create challenge is to use Duck egg and rose and the additional challenge is stitching ( faux or real). I used my Faith stamp as my image. I added real hand stitching to the bandana on the hat and to the jacket. I added some faux stitching on my layers. I added some roses as embellishments. I also added a little sentiment. I used copics to colour in the image. I used K and company papers. Not much happening today so just talking about my cards.

*****************Thanks for stopping! Hugs Pascale*********************

Arty Girlz final challenge meets The Crafty Pad challenge

Hi I have made this card for for the arty girlz final challenge :( , which is stamping and the crafty pad challenge which is making a card for a female. I would love a card like this to pop through my letterbox so I this is my entry. I stamped Faith and then paperpieced the jacket and added some gems as buttons. I coloured her with copics. I stamped with red ink and my new penny black stamp around the edges of her to frame her. I added the same stamp in black this time to the backing paper. I added a layer of card some ribbon and more gems. No sentiment for this one.

Don't tell sshhh!!!

Okay i don't want the OH to hear I have brought some stamps this weekend. Joey I have sucummed to Anya and high hopes all your fault hun!! I am going to have a large hole in my pocket but will have endless fun. Here is one card for two challenges. Colour create is red and green and to use wings. The crafty pad is a sketch by Debbie so I have combined the two.

Finally my computer let me post this!!!

Two for one here I have used the colour create challenge which was to use brown and blue and lace and pearls were an additional challenge. I used a lace stamp and pearls on my wire and on my card. The crafty pad challenge was to twist something on your card so I used some twisted wire at the top of the card as an embellishment. You can find links to both challenges in my side bar.

Two challenges and two cards!

Okay so card number one is for the challenge and I used Faith is beautiful stamp. I love this stamp. It is simply beautiful. The challenge is to follow the sketch. I hope I have done it justice. I decided to be quite girly this week. Debbie who owns the crafty pad has some Teddy bear stamps and butterfly stamps out to pre order if you click on the link you will find them. She has some blog candy to give away to. I have to get around to entering that to! Gosh I am so behind these days.


This second card is for the Basic Grey challenge. The challenge is colour combos, I picked blue and brown. I used the " granola" papers. I love this image at first when my new spring collection whiff of joy stamps arrived i thought that this would be my least favourite yet I seem to used it lots. I love all of them equally. We have been shoe shopping today but really I should of been on a exercise binge, boy did I eat a shedful of food at The Chicago Rib shack yesterday. I loved every morsel of it. We got some toys in Harrods, the kids adore the toy shop there. I have been shoe shopping today over in Charlton that was surprisingly, a hassle free trip. I also brought some t-shirts and bits and bobs for the kids. Hubby got a lovely jacket! I have an award to post from Sue so I will try and do that later. I am becoming a slacker recently but just seem so busy. I think having four babies has something to do with it. Thanks for taking the time to look really appreciate it, hugs Pascale :)

2 briefs and one card!

Okay this card has a story to tell. I think she is a chic model who has roots in South London. She has seen the sinister, dark side of modelling. But she has come through that with some grit and determination,lived her dream and is now a top super model who has been to Paris, Milan, New York!!!
The two briefs ,as unfortunately I haven't got time to tell the rest of my imaginative story! We would be here for hours believe me and you!!! The challenge over at is a recipe. Two brads, some ribbon and ripped or torn somewhere. The challenge at colour create is to use Red, white and blue with an added extra of using travel of some form.

Another play with Faith!

I did this little quickie with Faith from the crafty pad too. For details of where to get Faith please read post below as I added the link there. Alternatively click on the blinkie in my sidebar.

The Crafty Pad Challenge - Embossing

I took the plunge having been following for a few weeks and brought some stamps from The Crafty Pad I however was sent this image by the lovely Dawn (who truly spoilt me,in our swap, I will do a post later of what she sent.)and I decided to join the challenge this week. Check out this site as the cards are really unique. I used promarkers to colour her. I cuttlebugged the base card and added some paper and some ribbon that came attatched to some clothing. I added a little brad to make it like a picture hanging.