Oh I do like to be beside the Seaside!

I'm from Cromer & it's known for its crabs. Try spotting my well camouflaged inchie! It's for the Inchy by Inch places challenge.

Funky Fairy says... "Stamp!"

... so I did! I avoid stamping. I buy stamps to make myself learn & still don't! I kept it simple & was still challenged outside my comfort zone. Guess that's why they're called challenges!

A Mechanical Card

Rainbow Lady's challenge this week is "Gardens". I've been wanting to try a mechanical card for ages so this was my chance! 

Work in progress, I think, to improve the cutting out & the exact placing of the greeting, but it was fun having a go. 

In the Jungle

Here's my second DCM challenge  -animals & this is for the Leo in my life, but I'll have to camouflage him until August!

Recycling -DCM Challenge

My first DCM challenge -recycling.  The "merci" & ribbon are from a card I received. I often recycle but don't dare give the cards in case I accidentally offend whoever gave it to me!

A Bird in the Hand...

Not sure what came over me here - I am NOT a Sesame Street fan! But there does seem to be a Big Bird influence happening here! Rainbow Lady & her Bird Challenge may never recover! 

Bloomin' Bright!

My Time to Craft ribbons challenge and fiddling, a ribbon frame took shape. This resulted: a playschooler's riot of delight -ribbon, mesh, felt, wooden flowers, lots of fun, but probably OTT for most of my friends! Keep changing my mind as to what I think...

Three Dee

I enjoyed making a frame card earlier this year so I tried a different take on the Arty Girlz 3D challenge: the image going into the card rather than coming out. I love the effect of framing.

Funky Fairy's Dotty!

Funky Fairy is totally dotty! So am I cos I should be getting lunch ready! Looks like it's frozen pizza again -teeheehee!

So-so!

The Inch by Inch challenge is to use a word starting with the initial of your first name -sew here's mine! Well that's what I thought the challenge was -duh! I had sew much fun creating this inchy -but the result is only sew-sew: I didn't see you were supposed to include things starting with the initial too! But hey -we all know that the old fashioned word "button" has been replaced by the much more user friendly expression "Sew-able/on-able/fastener" which quite obviously starts with S -sew I'm not as stupid as I seem. Then there's stitching & strands - and obviously I'm clutching at straws!!!

Gift Box

Buttons & a punched buckle to hold a ribbon bow et voila a gift box for the Funky Fairy recipe challenge & a moment of therapy after the theft of my mobile & purse today. Oh, and thanks to Inchy by Inch for cheering up my day too -my "hot" inchy (below) picked up the blog candy prize! Thank you, Fiona!

Pink and Black plus One

Thanks to Rainbow Lady for having pink in her challenge! To be combined with black & 1 other colour. Two firsts here -for ages I've wanted to give a spiral jotter a new lease of life & I've been wondering how to make those cheery ribbon flowers. This was great fun to create!

Monochrome Violet? Not!

I love Rainbow Lady's challenges! Imaginative & with oodles of space for creativity. But this week I have failed & should be disqualified! I post my card nonetheless with a sense of arrogant pride: I tried, did not make the grade, but still have a card which is perfect for my nearly 30 year old step-daughter! 

The First Inch!!!

There's an awesome new challenge blog  -Inch by Inch. Inspired by beautiful posts I thought I'd try it -how difficult & how much fun?!? One inch by one inch & to include any word is all -hah!!! Anyway here's mine which I dedicate to all the "Kiss Me Kate" cast & crew. We were indeed "Too Darn Hot"!!! 

Christmas Beads

 This is cheeky! My Christmas angel card was an excuse to wrap silver & red beads round the repeatedly stamped angel which disguises the fact I still can't stamp! So Rainbow Lady thank you for another versatile challenge which I am also posting for Fab's Big Christmas Challenge. 

Fairy Godmothers

The Fairy Godmothers granting the baby's wishes -& so much acetate, iridescent hearts & glitter that it's too difficult to get a decent shot. Sorry everyone! This is for Rainbow Lady's challenge which this week is fairies.

Here is yet another commissioned baby card. I guess it will soon be the wedding season instead lol! This one was also designed to suit the DCM midweek challenge to use folds on the card -here the envelope is folded. I wish I had some gadget to emboss my card blanks and add interest..... but I haven't. 

Lots to Do!

A card for Rainbow Lady's plastic challenge and a CD for the Lots to Do challenge! I'm feeling emotional as the "KMK" run finished yesterday -no more "Another op'nin, Another show" for me. This is a plastic cd cover attached to a card blank & a KMK poster as backing paper to decorate the CD. I cut the kiss & kate from a flyer, mounted them on red card & SWALKED the plastic shut.... a card for the producers!

Making Waves

Waves for the Papertake Weekly challenge hand-embossed onto the card blank & a scalloped edge that's 1cm shorter than the back so the card stands up balanced on the lighthouse panel. I used the scalloped off-cut on the bottom layer of the card to add dimension. TFL!

Oooohh là là!

Are you thinking garters & "something borrowed, something blue"? Here's my Poppicrafts ribbon challenge card. Skim down & you'll see what a ribbon user I am -not! I've used 84cm & 7 different types here(there's an aqua ribbon under the lace).

Please hop by again -I promise my PIF prize competition will be posted Monday evening/Tuesday morning latest!