Delicious Doodles Challenge - Floral Fantasy

Hello I am a bit late with posting today we have had a bit of a bumpy week with lots of financial stuff and medical appointments and stuff to sort out. I have had a tough morning so this is going to be really short and sweet. I hope all of you who are going to the NEC have a fabulous time ( I am very jealous x).
This week over at the Delicious Doodles challenge the theme is Floral Fantasy. We know that you and us all love our flowers. We just want to see lots of flowers on your creations.
Guess what I am sponsoring this weeks challenge so please hop on over to the challenge as you could win  3 Collections of your choice from Pascale's PAD.

I love Teri's floral images so I used the gorgeous Hydrangea image for my card. The papers are from my shop and are from the Spring floral Collection Pink/ Grey.

I knicked the card shape idea from an item I saw on the paper clinic on Create and Craft TV. I loved the idea of this acetate stepper card so here is my interpretation. The Hydrangea is coloured with promarkers copics and prismacolour pencils.

I am entering this card into two challenges that have the same theme of something Girlie or for mum. They are the Simon Says Stamp challenge and Papertake Weekly

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

In the Land of Make Believe....!!!

Hi there I hope you are all having a suntastic Monday. It certainly is like that here in London. The sun is blazing and it just makes me feel so good.

I have managed to make this card for two challenges this weekend. A little decoupage for a change and a spot of CD crafting something I love doing but since being in blogland have kind of lost my sense of a little bit what with all the gorgeous stamps and papers that I have discovered.

So this one is for Totally Papercrafts challenge they would like us to add buttons to our projects meanwhile the girls over at CES challenge would love us to use or be inspired by our favourite song. One of the first records I brought was " In the Land of Make Believe" by Bucks Fizz way back in the 80's this is what has inspired this card. I made this for one of my daughters friends who has just had a baby sister. All the papers and the decoupage can be found on the " Flower Fairies of the Garden" CD rom from Crafters Companion.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Crafts and Me - Photo Inspiration and Texture

Hi there again I am just stopping by to show you a card I made for the Crafts and Me Challenge who this week want us to use a choice of photo inspirations ( Two wonderful photos to choose from) and an added challenge of using texture on your card or project.

As always a wonderful prize on offer this week from Lynette at Sweet Pea stamps of a$20 spending voucher to spend in her store. As Crafts and Me challenge is a year old they are also celebrating and the lovely Teresa is giving away 8 Digital images of your choice !!!

I have used the gorgeous Josephine Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Molly Harrison for my card. I used the second photo as inspiration for my card.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Time for a Delicious Doodles Challenge - 3D project

Good Afternoon, I hope you are all having a FAB Friday I certainly am. I have taken Jimmy to the doctors this morning and then we went to do a shop at Icelands so they can deliver it. We then went to my church for a cuppa and a cake and a natter. He bumped into a couple of mates whilst we were shopping and he had a good old chat at church with some of the people we know there.

So I am posting this a bit late. Over at the wonderful Delicious Doodles Challenge we have a theme of "Making a 3D project" I love these sorts of challenge as it gets the old grey matter thinking what can I do. My DT teamies have come up with some awesome projects well worth checking out if you enjoy making homemade gifts.

I have made a giftbag using the wonderful new release Seahorses. I used my graphics program craft artist from Serif to create this. I used the "Underwater" digikit available at Daisytrail. I used a giftbag template. I used a background and added some fish, seahorses and plants from the embellishments section of the digikit.

I added the image Seahorses from the Delicious Doodles Shop and used the blend mode to create the colourised effect.

I added some ribbons and some charms to finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge- Easter

Hi there everyone I had a lovely time watching my son perform The Tempest at The Globe. We were in the Gentlemans Box and had a perfect view. Jimmy enjoyed his day out too so I am really happy all around. I spoke to the teacher and they are pushing for a paediatric assessment to take place asap xxx

I treated myself to the wonderful Fairyopolis CD rom yesterday which is from Crafters Companion I am so looking forward to playing with it as I adore the Flower Fairies.

I dug out some of my other CD roms The Tale of Peter Rabbit, as they have been hiding in the cupboard for far too long and I made this card for the challenge over at Crafters Companion Challenge blog. The Challenge this month is Easter. All the papers and the decoupage are from the CD The Tale of Peter Rabbit I added some pearls from the stash some ribbon and some cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

To be or not to be....

Good morning a busy little day ahead today. I am off to see my son Harry at The Globe his class are taking part in a performance of "The Tempest". I am not a big Shakespeare fan but I am so excited. I am also off to see Bradie youngest daughters teacher. I have to try and push for an assessment of her as she is so behind and I feel she may be audiologically dyslexic. If she is I feel I will need to push for a statement.

I am also bringing you my DT card for the brilliant Crafty Purple Frog ChallengeI love this weeks theme which is to use Green in honour of St Patricks Day.

I used the lovely Invertage that is available on this gorgeous sheet called Green Sea Turtle. I used some Basic Grey Papers and a sentiment from Sweet Pea Stamps and ribbon from The Ribbon Girl. Gotta dash a really hetic day.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Help Japan with this little stunner...!!!

The amazing artist Mo Manning has launched a new online shop. It is so easy to navigate and it contains the most amazing images. One of which "What's Cookin " is being sold for $1 with all proceeds going to the Japanese disaster fund. Please hop on over and get yours I have mine and already Mo has raised $350. I am off to print mine out so I can get colouring in xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Penny Black Saturday Challenge -Green

For one reason or another this week I have been creating lots of Green cards and I have really discovered that I love using this colour and I have discovered so many papers hidden in my stash that really should see the light of day more often.

I have made this card for the super Penny Black Challenge . They have a theme of Green. I have used an image and sentiment my transparent Purrfect Day set. A gorgeous collection of pussycats on here. I have a very unsteady hand so sorry about my glittering with some glitter glue a wee bit wonky.

On a family note we took a wee walk to the park that is near our home today so that was very encouraging and great for Jimmy to get some fresh air xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

From Fireman Sam to Batman in a wink of an eye....

Hello and I hope you are all having a safe and happy Saturday. My thoughts and prayers remain with those in Japan and the Pacific.

I have been rudely awoken at 6.00am by the kids but have managed to get out to the shop buy my new clothes horse and some ingredients for pancakes ( not enough time Tuesday) and yummy flapjacks. Jimmy managed to put up my clothes horse so I am now doing a wash to christen it ...!!! I got the kids a couple of toys with there birthday money. My little 3 year old Max is obsessed with Batman so he got an outfit. My youngest daughter Bradie got a doll that you can style the hair on but I think my oldest will be playing with that more than her...! xxx

I made this card yesterday for one of my favourite challenges Mo's Digital Pencil challenge. I have not managed to join in recently as real life has been so busy but now OH is home from hospital I hope to be back to joining in every week.

The theme is to use Green. I hope you like my take on the theme.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

A Pink Mermaid...

My heart is really with the people of Japan and the Pacific today. As a young girl I spent hours learning origami with the Japenese students that stayed with us. My mum taught French at a Japenese school so we would often have students to stay.

I have been watching the news coverage and it is just mindblowing that all this destruction is caused by two plates of the earth meeting.

I have a card to show you that I have made for Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge. It was my daughters birthday last Sunday and this is the card I made for her. She loves Mermaids so this beauty from the Terra Bidelspacher collection is perfect for her. I used promarkers and copics to colour with a touch of sakura stardust pen. Our theme is scallops this week so I used a Martha Stewart punch to create my scallops.

I am entering it into the following challenges

In a Sweet Pea Dream - Pink

Simons Says Stamp - Anything Goes

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Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Green should be seen ...

Hello I hope you are all looking forward to the weekend. I know I am this week I have had a really tough week full of ups and downs. We went to the hospital on Tuesday and were sent home with oral antibiotics two very strong ones as the scan showed that the temporal abcess had disappeared and the subdural abcess was very very tiny. So home we came.

On Wednesday Jimmy started getting prickly feelings so on Thursday I contacted the GP who failed to contact me back so I contacted the hospital doctors directly. They seemed to think he should continue with the antibiotics so that we have done. The GP have been atrocious throughout this and today I decided to change practise as yesterday they were so rude to me when I tried to get some information from them.

On the ups my gorgeous Baby Boy Max turned 3 on Thursday x I cannot believe it x

We have a great theme over at the Delcious Doodles Challenge this week which is to Use Green on your project and a St Patricks theme is optional. I will not send any St Patricks cards so I decided to just Use Green.

I made this box frame  for my daughter to display in her room. I used a background from Serif Craft artist platinium range and I used the template from My Craft Studio " The Encyclopedia of card and papercraft templates and folds".

The image is designed by Teri and is available from the Delicious Doodles Shop. She is called Cupcake Fairy. I coloured her with promarkers and copics and added some stickles.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Penny Black Saturday Challenge -More than one fold!

Hi there I have found a tiny bit of time to make this card for the wonderful Penny Black Challenge.  I have never made a twisted easel card so that is the multifold I went for. I wanted to use several stamps from the set so I made a little scene. This is going to be my card for my son's birthday on Thursday. He is going to be 3.
I kept it very simple. Thanks for all your comments that have been left regards Jimmy. It is lovely to read them and gives me lots of strength to get through each day. He has been doing extremely well the last couple of days.

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Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Happy Birthday Bradie!!!

Hello no card today I just wanted to share a  couple of pictures with you. One is of the book day costumes and the other one is  of my birthday princess who is 6 today!!! It feels like I only gave birth her yesterday....!!!

I have used her card for a DT piece so you will see that later in the week. I hope you are all having a great weekend. I managed to escape for an hour yesterday and to grab a hot chocolate with my lovely big Princess Georgina and that was nice. Just a bit miffed as to why as soon as I got back his Mum and Sister left asap....!!!

Jimmy is progressing well much more with it than last weekend xxx

Barbie, Hetty Feather and Harry Potter xxx

I made the Hetty Feather costume for Georgina.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

A better day...!

Hello there today has been a BETTER day!!!! The antibiotic mix seems to be a better one and Jimmy is less shaky as he has had his Epilepsy meds. I am chilling now as I have been racing around 24 MPH. I have been shopping for my two lovely youngest babies who both have birthday next week and I have been dusting and hoovering, washing sheets, cooking, collecting kids and remaking beds and of course being nurse, secretary and stuff for my lovely Jimmy.

I have my DT card for the wonderful challenge over at Delicious Doodles Challenge!!! You really want to check out this weeks AWESOME prize from the super funkyhand they are giving the winner the latest CD rom called "Craftaway the Year" I am sooooo jealous of the winner already.

Our theme is to Make the card you would like to receive. I love Clean and Simple but not too clever at it so at the moment that is the style I like as I want to improve on this style. I LOVE poppies they are my favourite flower. They are a bit of a rebel like me they grow all over the place and are very free spirited. So I chose to use Teri's image Poppies which is one of Teri's beautiful sketchy style images. I used promarkers to colour it. I used a Mark Twain sentiment as I love verses on cards. I added a corner stamp and some pearls for a touch of detail.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Life is a Rollercoaster...!!!

Hi there I am a bit confused and dazed at the moment. My trust in the NHS has returned to rock bottom following a relapse this week. On Monday the  nurses noted some changes in the blood levels of Jimmy and he was called back into hospital to have his antibiotic reviewed on Tuesday night. We waited for 4 hours for patient transport and I had to push for him to have a bed (he ended up on the private ward).

He had a reaction to one of the antibiotics and so they had to keep him in for a further night and to change the antibiotic. He went to a ward where I was hugely disappointed. They let him sit in a chair and wait 4 hours for a bed. They did not book his patient transport to an outpatient appointment to the correct hospital. They left him without pain relief and without EPILEPSY medication for 36 hours. I tried to contact them about this at today and I am still awaiting the sister in charge to call me back.

On the upside he went to an ENT outpatient appointment and will be having an op on his ear again in June to investigate further. Oh and I have him home yippee!!!!

My gorgeous Georgina won the book review competition in her class today so I am a very proud Mummy and she got into her first choice of secondary school xxx

Enough of my  rollercoaster ride of life here is my  DT card for today's challenge over at The Crafty Purple Frog. We want to see " Things with Wings" I chose the lovely Peacock Blue Decoupage. I printed onto some glossy card and used silicone  glue to decoupage it. I used some papers, card and sentiment from the hunkydory Spring Elegance kit. The ribbon is from the ribbon girl.

Hop on over to the Challenge where there are some great prizes to win including some images from Delicious Doodles!

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sweet Pea Stampers - Use your favourite Stamp

Hello again. This is my DT card for the Sweet Pea Stampers challenge blog. I have to say a big thank you to all of the fantastic DT girls who have been keeping the blog going in my absence. I love you all and you really have done me proud over these past few weeks.

The theme this week is Use your favourite Stamp. For me this was a really hard decision as I just love too many of these stamps. So I decided to pick a stamp from the new artist Terra Bidlespacher's  that has caught my eye called Terra Bidlespacher's Flutters. I coloured with promarkers and kept a very fresh colour scheme. I used the gorgeous Martha Stewart punch and I used some papers from my shop Pascale's PAD.

I am off to do my nursing duties and sort the kids out so enjoy your evening and thanks so much for stopping by. Sorry I am a really slack commenter of late xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

He's Coming Home....!!!

Morning a bright and cheery one for me today as later on my GORGEOUS JIMMY is coming home!!! He is going to be medicated at home by Medicare so they will be coming three times a day and I will have to administer all the oral drugs inbetween his intravenous ones. We are getting a sharps box and everything. Do you think I should buy a nurses outfit?

I am bring to you my first DT card of the day for the wonderful Delicious Doodles Challenge there is a great prize on offer so go over to the blog for all the details.

I liked this challenge set for us this week as it involved lots of creativity. We had to make our own buttons. The DT have come up with some simply gorgeous buttons. I made mine using some paper flowers. that I glued together and then I added some glossy accents and distress crackle. Once it dried I added some holes using my a punch and some ribbon.

I created the card using my craftartist program from serif software. I used the photo cutout feature to cut out Teri's stunning image called Sweet Shamrock Fairy you can get her here along with a host of other gorgeous digital stamps. I added some floral and butterfly detail and some shadows from the digital  elements available on the program.

I coloured in the image using promarkers the dress I wanted to match to the main butterfly so I mixed a yellow and blue to create the same look. I love this fairy but I won't be giving any St Patricks day cards. This is why I coloured in the shamrocks in pink and added a centre of stickles to them so they became flowers.

Looking forward to seeing your creations this week. I will be back later with my Sweet Pea Stampers DT card.

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Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Combining images

As some of you may know I have had my partner in hospital for a while with a Brain Abscess and Chronic Media Otis with Cholestema. I haven't had a lot of time to make physical cards but I have had a great deal of fun destressing on the computer making digital cards. There is GREAT NEWS Jimmy is hopefully coming home to be treated by medihome on Friday so I am such a happy bunny xxx
I made this completely flat card a while ago whilst playing with the latest Serif software Craft Artist Platinium. I really wanted to share it with you.

I have used two fantastic images from Teri's fantastic shop Delicious Doodles. The images are Mushroom Fairy and Fern. There are no physical elements to this card. I used my graphics program and elements from digikits available with the Craft Artist Platinium to create all the layering and embellishing. I watercoloured the image with Aquamarkers. I also added some sakura stardust pen.

Thanks for looking! Hugs Pascale

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

A touch of Magic for The Crafty Purple frog challenge this week...

I am truely grateful to all you lovely bloggers for all your comments on my recent GOOD and BAD news what an amazing bunch of friends I have made here xxx

 I managed to get my DT card done for this fortnights challenge over at the gorgeous Crafty Purple Frog . We have a theme of "A touch of Magic". I have added some foiled embellishments (hunkydory spring elegance) and some gems as Magicians always have a bit of bling surrounding there acts. The papers are from Pascale's PAD.

 This image is my current favourite from the amazing collection on offer at The Crafty Purple Frog she is called Night Rose and you can get Pyramage or you can get Decoupage. I am being short and sweet so for full details of prizes and to see the AMAZING creations by my teamies please hop on over to the blog xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

I'm engaged only had to wait 15 years....

Hi there I thought I would post this card I made for the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge. This was for the Glitz and Glamour challenge. The current challenge is a fantastic sketch by Vanessa. I didn't manage to make a card for that one.

We are currently holding a DT call so please hop over and check it out if you love Sweet Pea Stamps and want to part of a really friendly DT xxx

I watercoloured this gorgeous Ching Chou Kuik image from Sweet Pea Stamps . I used the Hunkydory Spring Elegance kit to make the card. I used one of the aperture cards to frame the image and a sentiment and die cuts to frame her.

I have some really exciting news to share with you all too. I proposed to Jimmy yesterday as we have been together for nearly 15 years and he has never popped the question. Well he said yes. I bottled out of getting down on 1 knee but I took him a single red rose but had to bring it home as the hospital won't let you put flowers on the ward.

I am really excited and am now hunting for the perfect dress he he xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sorry for my absence but my partner nearly died a few weeks ago ...

Hi these past few weeks have been the worst I have ever faced in my life. My partner was admitted to hospital four weeks ago with a supposedly severe ear infection. Having been to see 4 different GP's, had an ambulance called and two visits to A&E.

He failed to improve. He was seen by ENT who syringed his ear and gave him antibiotics and he continued to stay in hospital. His is leg started moving involuntarily after 3 days of being in hospital and they told him it was anxious leg despite the fact we kept telling them he wasn't worried.

They were trying to get him up to walk so that they could send him home but we later found out that he was showing signs of epilepsy and stroke. I was quite angry and upset.  The nurse looking after him said she wanted an MRI before he was discharged (Praise God for her). This was on the Tuesday. I took the kids up and they saw their Daddy in a lot of distress. He was in the MRI for a long while finally he came out. The doctor who had told me it was only anxious leg looked to be furiously trying to sort something out and it was then I knew the news  wasn't going to be good news.

I braced myself. His meal was coming and they said No food. I knew that moment that this was far worse than we could ever of expected.

She ushered the kids into the staff room with an auxillary nurse and told me and Jimmy the worst news. He had Mastioditus (Ear infection that instead of coming out the ear goes into the mastiod bone) that had subsequently caused a brain abcess and two collections of the bacteria in the brain as it had not been diagnosed correctly. The anxious leg was a sign of epilepsy.

That night he was in HDU Neurology in a bad way. They drained one abcess and next day he was transferred to another hospital to have a 4 and half hour opertaion on his ear which will have to be operated on again in 6 months. The thing that saved his life apart from lots of prayer is that we have antibiotics. The night he was transfered to ENT for the ear op he was hanging with us by a thread I was so scared.

I have left out lots of detail here but I wanted to give you an idea of what the past few weeks have been like for me.

I have hope he will recover 100% as he is doing mighty well on the antibiotics he will be in hopsital for at least four more weeks as the anti biotics are super strong

If you are still with me here is my card for the Delicious Doodles challenge which this week has a great easy theme of Valentines day.

The card is completely digitally created except the colouring of the beautiful Delicious Doodles image which is called Cross and Roses.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

What a week...

Hi there I am bushed I have had a very traumatic week. My partner went to the doctors  Wednesday last week with an earache. He then was told to take the ibropufen and co codomol that he was taking. Then the pain still remained so he went to the doctors again last Friday and was told it is wax. So he carried on with the pain relief. Sunday he was twitching in pain so I sent him to casualty where they said it is an ear infection and perscribed antibiotics. Come Sunday night he was shaking violently so I rung an ambulance. He was told to wait for the meds to kick in. Monday he shook violently again and he I took him to the doctors to be told that there was not much they could do. So between Monday -  Wednesday ( my birthday) the pain has progressed to his head and then I have had to send him to Casualty again. He came home with new antibiotic, Diazepam and a stronger codiene. He  was shaking profusely again. I felt he must go to the doctors again so  we went. The Doctor couldn't explain the shaking and I suggested it was the codeine he looked it up and said it was a rare side effect but yes it could be.

He has such a bad headache so I have sent him to the hospital with a friend tonight as I have to stay with the kids. Please if you pray, pray he will find out what is happening to him.

This is why I am so late posting this on my blog. It is my DT card for The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge. Our challenge is Distressing. I distressed the edges o f the invertage available from the shop. I also added some distressing to the DCWV paper and I used my cricut Princess Rock to make the Rebel part of the sentiment. The other sentiment is from Sweet Pea Stamps. There are some fabulous cards from the amazing DT and some fab prizes on offer. So visit the challenge for more details. Sorry to be so quick but time is short this week xxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Transvision Vamp

Hiya again! Managed to make this card today I was nearly not going to make it as today has been all about back tracking grrrr... !!! I am entering it into CES Challenge which has a theme of no DP.

I used two images from the marvellous Delicious Doodle Shop. The reason I love Teri's images is that she does such a range from cute to dark and lots inbetween.

The main image called Dark Valentine I played with in my graphics program. I want

ed her to be softer and the trick I used worked perfectly for this. I used the AUTOTRACE feature to create a different look. I loved how she was made so much softer and almost angelic. I added a small dash of flesh colour and some sakura stardust to her.

The frame I made by copying and pasting the fantastic Loving Corner image. It is so pretty. I then added Sakura Stardust pen to it and cut out. 

I had so much fun playing this afternoon to create this one.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Something other than a card... baby booties

Hi there I have branched out my love of crafting to try some knitting. I taught myself to knit with needles a while back but never really enjoyed it. I found patterns too confusing and my tension was crap. So when I saw the authentic wooden knitting boards on Create and craft I had to get one. I brought the tadpole to see if I really would enjoy it and have ordered a 28" board now. I have made two scarfs with the tadpole and these little booties for a teacher who has just had a baby girl.

Hope you are all having a great Sunday. I had to send my partner to casualty he went to the doctors twice this week with severe ear pain and they both said to just take pain relief and put olive oil in his ear. He was twitching like a drug addict on cold turkey with pain so I said to him go to casualty today. He came back it was an ear infection. I have just told him to go to bed and catch up on his sleep. So I am trying to get some DT bits and pieces completed around looking after the kids so much for the crafty Sunday I wanted LOL xxx

Not perfect but I am dead chuffed with them ...

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

A Challenge card for Mo's and Simon Says

Oh my the heavens well and truely opened here in South London just during the school run. I have been home and hour and can still feel damp patches. I made this card yesterday but did have time to post it on here so I am doing it now while the kids are eating dinner. They are all shouting ice-cream at me so I am shouting back in a minute. LOLxxx
 Here is my challenge card for two challenges of which you can find details of beneath the card.

The Challenges I am entering are Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge who have a theme of "It's Playtime" and the sketch I used is from  Simon Says Stamp Challenge.
 

Off to get the hairdryer out or change my clothes .....ROFL xxxx

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Delicious Doodles Challenge DT card - Tricolour theme

Hi there again back with my second DT card of the day. Over at the wonderful Delicious Doodles Challenge we have a wonderful theme for you all. It is choose a tricolour scheme for your card or project. Hmmm we were a little stumped by what this might be too. It is to choose three colours (and you can use flesh colour tones too) and stick to these colours only on your card.

I chose Yellow, Green and White for my card. I used the fantastic Wistful Fairy from the shop! She is so, so pretty. I love her. She is a dream to colour and to embellish too. I used promarkers and sakura pens. I decoupaged her too to add some dimension.

I added some gems to the image and I added some punched butterflies. The papers are from the Valentine Rose collection over at Pascale's PAD.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sweet Pea Stampers DT card

Hello there I feel all refreshed I managed to go out with some girlfriends for a few white wine spritzers last night. It was a much needed couple of hours as things have been a bit all over the place since Christmas xxx It is amazing what a bit of childfree time does for us SAHM.

Enough about me time to show you a card. This one is from the gorgeous Meredith Dillman collection over at Sweet Pea Stamps. I used her to make my DT card for the Sweet Pea Stampers challenge which has a theme of "All White apart from the image".

I stamped her onto glossy card and then coloured her with promarkers and sakura pen. When the ink was completely dry I buffed it. I made a frame using my EK success punch. I decided on an easel card for this image. I added some ribbon and punched some butterflies and maded a butt with the same EK success punch as the frame. If you are a Sweet Pea lover I hope you can join in the fun and if you don't yet own any Sweet Pea Stamps there is a chance to get some over on the challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

In a Sweet Pea Dream - Under The Sea

Hi there bloggers I am a little bit all over the place at the moment. My partners hours this week have been chopped and changed and I don't know if I am coming or going.

Last night I just decided to spend an hour of quality time crafting and made this card for In a Sweet Pea Dream challenge who have a theme "Under the Sea".

I used the gorgeous Ching Chou Kuik stamp called Radiant Butterfly you can buy her HERE! I coloured her with promarkers,copics, and Sakura pens. I then created a circle to mount her onto. I used my EK success punch to cut out two different papers and to create a wave like effect. I then used a Martha Stewart punch to cut out the foilage that frames the cirlce. I added some roses for a finishing touch.

The sentiment is from Ching Chou Kuiks The Moth which you can find HERE! All the papers I used are from my own blog shop Pascale's PAD they are from the Spring Colours 2011 Collection Teal/ Brown.

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

Sheena Douglas blog candy

Pop by to see Sheena Douglas's amazing new stamps at her AMAZING! blog HERE!!! and if you leave a comment you could be in with a chance of winning the following:

The winner will get a set of the three new 'Sketchies', and also a set of the beautiful new 'Spring' embossing powders, featuring Easter Sparkle, Lime Light, Bark, Magenta Twinkle, Burgundy Red, and Blueberry. The winner will be announced at 2pm on friday

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

HELP FOR KATIE

If there is one thing you do today check out JAK HEATHS blog and purchase an amazing 168 digital stamps for the price of £15 from a variety of wonderful artists. The passage below is snagged from Jaks blog

It is with a saddened heart that I am writing to ask for your help.


If ever you have drawn inspiration or ideas from my work, downloaded the many freebies that I give away I am now giving you the opportunity to give something back and do some good for a very dear family.

I would be thrilled if you would tell everyone about this fundraising be it blogs/facebook/twitter/forums or anywhere that will allow it

Katie Emmerson Renz married to Kevin with 3 beautiful boys the twins Nate & Will aged 5 and Hunter aged 10 had some news just before Christmas that has rocked their world as they know it.

Katie has been diagnosed with stage 4 Stomach Cancer and is currently undergoing her only option which is Chemotherapy.

We are collecting to help with Katie's Treatment and to give her lovely boys a treat too.


Thanks for your time xxxx
Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

1970's Retro for Mo's Challenge

Hi there I have been so quiet this year sorry to be so quiet. Since I have hurt my back I have lost a bit of my mojo for card crafting. I have knitted two scarfs though and started some booties for two newborns. The first time I have followed a pattern. I find that really hard following patterns, instructions and rules.  I am a bit of  a throw it all together and see what happens chick.

I have been catching up with the cleaning that got neglected too. I invested in a Little Yello Steam cleaner and it is now my bestest friend. We spend  at least 45 minutes together a day but boy has the Housework become so much more fun xxx

I am entering this card into the fantabulous Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge. I love this challenge as I get to colour amazing images. This week their theme is "Going Retro". My partner and I often wish we were the age we are now in our favourite era the 1970's. I love glamrock, ABBA, hippies, peace, love, bra burning and political incorrectness!

So this is a little card reflecting the patterns of the 1970's. I am loving this colour combo at the moment too so sorry to be repetitive.

The image is Pug Love I love this image oh I love all Mo's images. I wanted to use Wonderful Day her latest release but of course I have run out of printer ink so couldn't print her even thought I have purchased her. I coloured with promarkers and copics. The papers are DCWV and the ribbon from a grab pack at The Ribbon Girl.

Have you seen Mo's Campaign to get rid of the stamp thieves that lurk here in blogland. If not hop over HERE  grab the banner for your sidebar x

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

This is my first card of 2011....

Good Morning to you all I hope you are all enjoying 2011! I must say mine so far has been lovely. This is my first card of 2011. It is my DT card for the fabulous Crafty Purple Frog Challenge. This week we are showcasing the wonderful new releases for January as our theme is to use something New on your projects. They are simply stunning. Infact so stunning it was a very hard choice choosing which image to use.

I chose this beauty the Carnation Fairy decoupage. I just think she looks like a fairy princess and I love the colours.

I teamed her with some of my own papers from Pascale PAD which I will release shortly. I used a sentiment from stamps away and some ribbon from my stash. Please check out the challenge where you will find a link to the shop where you can find all the new images. You will love what my fellow DT have created for you too.

Close Up

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

The Paper Shelter DT call

Hi I have been hopping and there is a DT call for The Paper Shelter if you hop on over you will find all the details on the blog of how to join in with the call. The images look really gorgeous and are a mix of cute, whimsical and fun. Be sure to check it out xxx


Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale

HAPPY NEW YEAR xxx

Hi  I am back to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR and with news of some the FOLLOWERS CANDY!!!

To be in with a chance of winning these 3 gorgeous Christmas stamps from Sweet Pea Stamps and 3 sheets of Digital  Ching Chou KuikDecoupage from The Crafty Purple Frog  please follow the rules as this is the only way to win!!!

I am sure you will agree this will be a great way to build up your collection of Sweet Pea Stamps Images or  Ching Chou Kuik decoupage and to start a collection if you are new to these Magnificient Images!

RULES

1. Become a Follower if you are not one already as the prize is only for Followers of Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge blog. Post the Blog Candy Banner in your sidebar
2. Spread The Word on your Blog and link this post to here using the Blue Frog Inlinkz by January 30th 2011.

We would love to get to 300 Followers so please let all your friends know!

All the very best of Luck here is the Blog Candy Banner

Thanks for stopping by today I really appreciate your time and comments. I hope you are inspired too. Hugs Pascale