Daddy Dearest

Hi all,

After a couple of good days we are now well and truly back to dreadful weather territory. It's just so depressing and  everything is wet and I have to wear my rain suit on my bike and that's all plasticky and sweaty and.....well, you get the picture, I'm not too thrilled about this weather type!

Let's move on to my card today, as that's a lot more cheerful this week. This week, our theme for the Delightful Challenge is "For Dad". As Father's Day is coming up very soon in the Netherlands, this was a perfect opportunity to make a card for the occasion. I'm not quite sure yet whether it's not too cutesy for my dad, but I do love this fish and background digi combo, they look great together!

Materials:
* Digital Delights Smiling Fish & Under the Sea Background, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park DP
* DCWV The Glitter Stack Brights CS
* Robin's Nest Dew Drops
* Washi Tape from local store (Hema)

What will you come up with? Share it with us, see you on the challenge blog!

Challenges:
* Dream Valley (Animals)
* Scrap Card Challenge (Animals)
* Whimsy (Anything Goes)
* Go Fish (Glitter)
* Kaboodle Doodles (Anything Goes)
* Paper Make Up (Anything Goes)
* Songbird (All Creatures Great and Small)
* The House that Stamps Built (Fur, Fins or Feathers)
* Shelly's Images (Show Us What You Got)
* Get Inky (Good Golly Glitter)

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Here Come the Girls!

Hi everyone!

Oooooh, I'm late, I'm late for the Fab 'n Funky challenge that starts today! Our theme this week is "For the Girls", chosen by Judith. As usual the theme is open to your interpretation, as long as your project fits the challenge theme of course. I am guessing that this theme is not too much of a challenge for you crafty people out there, so please join in!

Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage Image, Flowers & Borders
* First Edition Spring Feast & Basic Grey Olivia DPs
* Brad & twine from stash

Challenges:
* Joanna Sheen (Girls,Girls,Girls)
* The Squirrel and the Fox (Here Come the Girls)
* Heck of a Challenge (Fashion)
* Kaboodle Doodles (Anything Goes)
* Crafting by Designs (Anything Goes)
* Use It Tuesdays (Anything Goes)
* Paper Creators Challenge (Anything Goes)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Creatalicious Challenge (For the Girls)
* By the Cute and Girly (Flowers)

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One with Nature

Good morning everyone!

Monday again, where does the weekend go? I had a lovely time shopping with my friend, even though I had a lot of train trouble which resulted in me traveling the entire breadth of the country to get where I needed to go! I got there in the end though and we had a lovely time.

We are starting another challenge @ Ooh La La today, each of the DT members has chosen her own theme and we will share these themes with you at the coming challenges. This time, my teamie Pauline chose the theme "INSPIRED BY NATURE". So many ways you can interpret this theme, so we are looking forward to a whole bunch of diverse projects!

My card is a DL card this time, making use of the lovely long image with flowers from the Fleur D'Imagination CD. I decoupaged the flowers to make them pop of the page a little. I am looking forward to what you can do with this challenge theme!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Lilac Bell image and DP (inside card) from the Fleur D'Imagination CD
* DCWV The Green Stack DP, distressed with Ranger Distressing Tool
* Studio Light sentiment
* Pearls, Butterflies, Flower, Button & Twine from stash

Challenges:
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Birthdays)
* Everybody Art (Flowers)
* Crafty Sentiments (Buttons)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* Flourishes Tuesday (Butterflies)
* Cute Card Thursday (Tie It Up)
* Allsorts (Birthday)
* Natalie & Amy (Things with Wings)
* Crafty Calendar (Blooms & Blossoms)
* Lisa B Design (Wings and Things)

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Celebrate Friendship

Hi everyone,

Almost weekend, I have a lovely shopping trip planned with one of my besties, so am looking forward to that. Today I have a card to share with you for the Delightful Challenge, themed "Celebrate Friendship" and I decided to make a card for my lovely husband, the bestest bestie of all :) How will you interpret the theme? I am very curious, it would be great to see your makes!

Materials:
* Digital Delights Cuddle Bunny, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Basic Grey Olivia DP
* EK Success Binding Edge Border Punch
* Recollections Washi Tape
* Peel-off letters from stash
* Robin's Nest Dew Drops

Challenges:
* Crafty Catz (1,2,3) 1 image, 2 dew drops, 3 DPs
* 2 Sisters (1,2,3) 1 image, 2 dew drops, 3 DPs
* Use It Tuesdays (You Can't Touch This) First time cutting into this paper pad,which I have had for more than a year
* Scrap Cards (Animals)
* Dream Valley (Animals)
* One Stitch at a Time (Use a Digi)
* Robin's Fetish (Four-legged Friends)
* One Stop Craft (Anything Goes)
* Simply Create Too (Anything Goes)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)

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Lace It Up

Good morning everyone!

Today starts another challenge @ Fab 'n Funky and this time our theme is "Ribbon and Lace". I'm not ribbon's biggest fan, but tried to use both ribbon and lace on my card this week. We have several sponsor this week, by Doodle Pantry and Stampart Design by Katherine. I've used a Stampart image called Gracie, such a cute scene! I am pretty happy with how the fence turned out, although I wish the dress came out better. Hey ho, better luck next time :) Hope you can join us!

Materials:
* Stampart Design by Katherine Gracie, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Papermania Sweet Nothings & Docraft Country Companions For Someone Special DPs
* Studio Light sentiment
* Heidi Grace Designs Chipboard Shapes
* Victorian Velvet & Tumbled Glass Distress Inks
* Lace sticker from local store (Xenos)
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Card Mania (Spots and/or Stripes)
* Forever Friends (For a Child)
* Delicious Doodles (Lace)
* One Stitch at a Time (Use a Digi)
* Southern Girls (Going Spotty)
* Created with Love (Ribbon & Lace)
* Kaboodle Doodles (Stripes and/or Circles)
* Love to Create (Something for Kids)
* My Heart Pieces (Anything Goes)
* One Stop Craft (Anything Goes)

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It's a Bingo!

Good Morning all,

It's Thursday and therefore time for a new challenge over @ Delightful Challenges. We have a bingo board for you this time, have a look at the challenge website for more details. I've used patterned paper, punch and flowers on my card:

Materials:
* Digital Delights Daisy Flower & Daisy Frame, coloured with Promarkers
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park & First Edition Up, Up & Away DPs + some scraps
* MS Picket Fence Border punch
* Lace border from local store (Xenos)
* Eline's Vintage Sentiment stamp

Challenges:
* Card Mania (Flower Power)
* My Heart Pieces (Anything Goes)
* Digi Haven (Mother's Day/Floral)
* One Crazy Stamper (Flowers)
* Crafty Calendar (Blooms & Blossoms)
* By the Cute and Girly (Flowers)
* Simply Create Too (Anything Goes)
* Color me Creative (Anything Goes)
* My Time to Craft (Show Us Your Insides)
* My Sheri Craft (Flower Power)

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Use Your Faves

Hi everyone!

Another Wednesday, another Fab 'n Funky Challenge. This week our theme is "Use Your Favourites", so we're basically asking you to use the products or techniques you use anyway and inspire us to try it out too. My favourite crafty items are pearls and DP, so that's what  I used for my project this week. I also really enjoy paper piecing my images and as I haven't done it in ages, this was the perfect opportunity.

Materials:
* Dilly Beans Penelope & Birdcage digi, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue DP (also used for paper piecing)
* EK Success Binding Edge Border Punch
* Memories Direct Flower
* Personal Impressions Sentiment Stamp
* Pearls & Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Fussy & Fancy (Anything Goes)
* Clear It Out (Anything Goes using more than 2 DPs)
* Natalie & Amy (Things with Wings)
* Crafty Bloggers Network (Bingo) I've used Punch,Flowers,Ribbon
* Brown Sugar (Angels & Fairies)
* A Gem of a Challenge (Things with Wings)
* Creative Corner (Things with Wings)
* Jellypark Friends (Girly Girl)
* Sweet Pea (Birds of a Feather)
* Lisa B Design (Things with Wings)

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Red All Over

Hi Everyone!

Yesterday, it was Mother's Day here in the Netherlands, so today I can share my mother's day card with you that I made for my mum. Again, I used Ooh La La's Yesterday's Memories CD, the images are just so beautiful, I love the vintage feel. Our challenge this week @ Ooh La La is to "Use Red", I think I managed that, don't you? ;) If you are making any red creations this week, why not enter our challenge and share your creativity, it will be great to see them!

Materials:
* Ooh La La Red Anemone from the Yesterday's Memories CD (image & DP)
* DP scraps from my scrappy shoe box
* MS Doily Lace Border Punch & rounded corner punch
* Cosmic Shimmer Red Fire Twinkles
* Eline Vintage sentiment stamp set
* Pearls from stash

Challenges:
* Mema's Challenge (Anything Goes with optional Mother's Day & May Flowers)
* As You Like It (Favourite Punch or Die)  I love my Doily Lace border punch, it's the first border punch I bought and I still use it very regularly.
* The Squirrel and the Fox (Mother's Day)
* Crafty Calendar (Blooms & Blossoms)
* Chocolate, Coffee & Cards (Mother's Day/For Mum)
* Go Fish (Mother's Day)
* By the Cute and Girly (Flowers)
* Shopping Our Stash (Mother's Day or Pink)
* Crafty Sentiments (Use a Sentiment)
* Tuesday Throwndown (My Mother, My Friend)

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Use Up Your Stash: Horsing Around

Hello my fellow crafters,

Time for another Delightful Challenge, this week the theme is "USE YOUR STASH". Basically, we are challenging you to use items in your stash that you've had for ages and use it up! For my project, I actually went back to two stacks of stash; my crafty stash of course, but also my stack of older photos that haven't been put into albums yet. I found one of some of our ponies we used to have at home. This photo was taken at an exterior examination, which we would regularly attend.

Materials:
* Robin's Nest Cowboy & Calamity Jane Diagonal CS
* DCWV The Natural Stack CS
* Digital Delights Hallie the Horse, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Robin's Nest Cowboy Sticker Sheet
* Robin's Nest Dew Drops
* Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink
* Tim Holtz Distresser
* Brads from stash

The stash that I used up was some DCWV CS that I bought to scrap our wedding album (that was almost 3 years ago) and the brads that I've had for even longer. Our sponsor this week is Robin's Nest, who also made some lovely goodies available for me to use in this project, you can see the items mentioned in the materials list. Their CS is really nice quality, nice and thick, and their Dew Drops are really cool too as they carry different shapes (I've used round and diamond shapes on my card) and sizes so there's definitely a pack available for any project!

Robin's Nest is providing the winner of this week's challenge 

with a 15 dollar gift certificate

Challenges:
* Pattie's Creations (Anything but a Card)
* Allsorts (Add Some Sparkle)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* One Stitch at a Time (Anything Goes)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Anything Goes)
* Polka Doodles (Anything but a Card)
* Creative Craft Challenges 2 (All About Animals)
* Crafty Boots (Use a Stamped Character)
* Ruby's Rainbow (Furry Friends)
* Creative Moments (Use Brads)

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Dress Up with Beads

Happy Wednesday everyone!

First, I would like to welcome my new followers, what a lovely surprise you guys are following me now too, hope you like what you see!

I have to be honest, this week's Fab 'n Funky theme had me stumped at first, my teamie Rachel had set a challenge alright! She is asking for projects featuring " Beads". I quickly realised that I didn't have any beads in my stash, but that was easily fixed by a quick trip to a local book & craft fair. Once I had the beads, the next challenge was to incorporate them into my card's design. I decided on threading them on some twine and make a border out of them. My teamies have come up with quite a few ideas, so have a look at the challenge blog post before you start on your own project. Here's mine:

Materials:
* Digi Darla Fancy Dress, coloured with Promarkers & Spectrum Noirs
* Sakura Purple Glitter pen for the bodice
* DP scraps from my scrappy shoebox
* Tim Holtz Distresser
* MS Doily Lace Border Punch
* Beads, sentiment & gems from stash

Our sponsor this week is Digi Darla Designs, who also provided the DT with some lovely digis!

Challenges:
* Stampin' for the Weekend (Dies/Punches)
* Allsorts (Add Some Sparkle)
* Challenges 4 Everybody (Anything Goes)
* Color Me Creative (Celebrations)
* One Stitch at a Time (Anything Goes)
* Glitter 'n Sparkle (Anything Goes)
* Lexi's Creations (Happy Birthday)
* As You Like It (Favourite Punch or Die) I love my Doily Lace border punch, it's the first border punch I bought and I still use it very regularly.
* Let's Craft & Create (One for the Girls)
* Wags 'n Whiskers (Girly Birthday)

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Ribbon Delight

Hi all,

It's Thursday again and I'm already thinking of the weekend! It's Mother's Day this Sunday in the Netherlands, so I'd better get my card in the post for it to make it on time. This week's challenge @ Delightful Challenges is 'Ribbon', here's my card:

Materials:
* Digital Delights Flower Power Dolled Up Daisy, coloured with Promarkers
* Echo Park A Walk in the Park & Docrafts Country Companions For Someone Special DPs
* Butterfly Lace from local store (Xenos)
* Victorian Velvet Distress Ink
* Create & Craft Ribbon
* Eline Vintage sentiment stamp

Hope to see you there!

Challenges:
* Crafty Boots (Use a Stamped Character)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* LEJ Designs (Anything Goes)
* Mema's Craft (Anything Goes)
* Digi Galore (Spring)
* Simon Says Stamp (Happy Mail)
* Sweet Stampin' (Anything but Birthday)
* Created with Love (Spring)
* Dream Valley (Things with Wings)
* Cards in Envy (Things with Wings)

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Give Us Lots of Pink!

Hi everyone,

How is your day so far, are you guys in the mood for something pink? Well, that would be perfect timing, because this week's Fab 'n Funky challenge is exactly that, we want to see your pink creations! Great idea, Wendy :)

I saw this lovely china cup image in one of my crafty magazines and thought it was perfect for this challenge.

Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage image
* Papermania Sweet Nothings and DCWV Street Lace DPs, edged with my black Promarker
* MS Circle Cutter (my new baby!)
* Hunkydory Classic Cameo sentiment & Studio G sentiment stamp
* Pearls from stash

We are being sponsored by Lily of the Valley and Stamp Art Design by Katherine, so there's great prizes to be had. I hope to see your projects at the challenge blog!

Challenges:
* Art Impressions (Layer It Up)
* Polka Doodles (Birthdays with Bling)
* Aud Sentiments (Birthday Sentiment)
* Whimsy Stamps (Pretty in Pink)
* Crafts 4 Eternity (At least 3 patterned papers)
* Songbird (Truly Scrumptious)
* Lexi's Creations (Birthday)
* Cutie Pie (Lots of Layers)
* Creatieve Zebra (Anything Goes)
* Everybody Art (Pearls)

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Gingerbread Buttons

Hi everyone,

I had some lovely extra days off, we didn't do much as I still had my cold but is was nice to just be hanging around. I still did a little work, as I am falling a little bit behind after our holiday but I still got to sleep in and do a little crafting too.  But, today I'm back on my daily commute to work, coinciding with the new CCAYR Challenge for this month, the theme this time is "Use a Gingerbread image on your project, together with ribbon and at least 3 buttons". A little more complicated theme this month, but I am sure you will be able to create a project for it!

I had a little difficulty finding a ginger bread image in my stash, but in the end found one in a decoupage magazine, meant as part of a small gift tag. So I decided to use a tag on my card to fill out the front of the card a little more; I think it works but am curious to what you think.

Materials:
* Studio Light Decoupage image
* Dovecraft Noel & Let it Snow DPs
* K&Co Christmas Cheer Tag Pad
* Peacock Feather Distress Ink
* Dovecraft Back to Basics Christmas Vintage Buttons
* Dark Cocoa Sew Easy Floss
* Eline's Winterhuis sentiment stamp
* Ribbon from stash

Challenges:
* Charisma Cardz (Polka Dots)
* Southern Girls (Buttons, Badges or Flair)
* Crafts 4 Eternity (At least 3 patterned papers)
* Crafty Ribbons (Anything Goes with Ribbon)
* Crimbo Crackers (Anything Goes)
* Robin's Fetish (Spots or Stripes)
* Cutie Pie (Lots of Layers)
* Celebrate the Occasion (Anything Goes)
* Bearly Mine (Anything Goes)
* LEJ Designs (Anything Goes)

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