Music man travels to Paris

My card today is on the theme music man travels to Paris with stars in his eyes, who knows why

Stamping swirls over a piano paper backing paper added depth to my card.

The starry ribbon was bought from a seller on ebay, came in three different colours

The Jazz topper and birthday sentiment is from Kanban

The Eiffel Tower charm from Ebay

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Cards For Men Challenge 13 Stars

Paperplay challenges Stars and Stripes Challenge 25

Oh La LA Creations Blog Challenge 82 - Special Man

Vintage Lady Card

This card was made by distressing the edges using sandpaper & white gouache, a messy technique which I did enjoy

The flowers and lace were from Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaves cut out on Silhoueete HD

The lace detail on the backing paper was punched using Martha Stewart punches

The backing papers were a collection by Laura Ashley

And the pink mulberry paper was torn and shaped

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Craft your days away - challenge 23 vintage

These christmas girls are so addictive

Heres another 2 cards from my LOTV christmas girls. On a roll now...

I would like to enter them in the following challenges please

Crafty Cats Challenge 88 - Add a charm

LOTV Christmas Girls Card

I received some lovely things from LOTV last week to get myself in the christmas spitit. We`re half way there and with the longest day out of the way, our day light hours are getting shorter.

So heres one of the "girls" from LOTV and Christmas Sentiment stamp

Lace , flowers and lace ribbon, corner  - Wild Orchid Crafts

Gingham ribbon - Barnsley Indoor market 50p a metre

Holly cut on Silhouette SD

Friendship Survival Kit

As a request to a friend I`ve posted this survival guide... Mint : your worth a mint to me Button Its better to button your lip , rather than say something thats not nice Toothpick : to pick out the good qualities Rubber Band : for flexibility Safety pin : to keep us together Flower : If friends were flowers I`d pick you Stone : painted with a smiley face . Smiling is contagious Star - to reflect your inner beauty Tissue : For drying tears Candle : you light up my life Paperclip:to keep everything together  Gold Thread: Friendship is the golden thread that binds our hearts together Marbles : to help you replace the ones you`ve lost You can mix and match these with other survival guides on my blog, enjoy

New Home Card Tilda

Tilda is coloured in using promarkers, the bouquet was then painted over with cosmic shimmers to give that sheen
The flowers are from a selction at Wild Orchid Crafts, and papermania
The grass at the bottom is Flowersoft
The curtains from a range of backing papers at Samuel taylors
The house was cut out using my Silhouette SD

Tilda in the window coloured, scanned and reduced using an Epson Photo scanner

Inside the card is "wallpapered" using Kanban papers

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Crafty Pad - 126 Something New

LOTV Little girl and dog

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Country Baskets

The green leaves were cut out on my Silhouette SD

The backing papers from Samuel Taylors

Ribbon - Hobbycraft

I would like to enter this in the following challenge

The crafty pad

Fathers Day Card

Today I made a card for fathers day for my OH. Its for the dog to give him tomorrow as he always calls the dog, my little boy

I thought it was very apt

The sentiment was a set of stamps I recently purchased from LOTV

I coloured the image using promarkers

And cut it out using the Big Shot and a Spellbinders Die

The ribbon was from a selection at Samuel Taylors

I would like to enter this in the

2 sisters challege 44 - For a guy