Inspired by a SONG

Good Morning, long time no blog....my bad!

Time for another challenge at THE CRAFTY PAD, and my turn to choose the theme, which is

 

INSPIRED BY A SONG

 

We want to see your song-inspired creations and please remember to tell us your SONG-CHOICE in your blog post.

 

We have Crafty Ribbons sponsoring us this week

 

 

With this super prize

 

 

I have used Dog in Window image and Fabulous Friend sentiment ticket available from The Crafty Pad shop.

 

 

My song choice is (no prizes for guessing) 'How Much is That Doggy in the Window? By Patti Page.

 

I hope you can join us this week.

 

I would like to enter these challenges:

• Polka Doodles wk38 - Inspired by a Song.
• Allsorts #173 - Inspired by a Song.
• ATCs & Cards with Attitude wk23 - Anything Goes.
• Little Miss Muffet #44 - Anything but Square.
• Willow Sketchie - Paper-Piecing.
• Whimsy Stamps Inspirations #51 - Anything Goes.
• Fat Pages & Cards with Attitude wk23 - Anything Goes.

It's SCRAPTASTIC at The Crafty Pad!!

Morning folks,

 

I do hope you are enjoying a weekend of fantastic weather, just as we are lucky enough to have here?

 

Our lovely Estelle has set the challenge over at The Crafty Pad this week, and her chosen theme is

 

SCRAPTASTIC!

 

We want to see you use up your 'scraps' and leftovers from previous projects, and tell us about what you used in your post.

 

Here's what I came up with:

 

 

Firstly, I must thank Helen (Crafty MamaMia) whose card for the special month-long BCA challenge inspired me to make this.

 

 

My image is called Umbrella - whimsy 2 from The Stamping Boutique, who are one of the 2 sponsors we have for this week's challenge. I coloured with Promarkers and added some blue gems and Glamour Dust.

 

 

 

 

For the base card, I used a piece of A4 card in my 'don't throw...you never know' box, that had a section already cut from it, and managed to draw around a tea-plate to get the main shape! The papers I've added are scraps from previous projects, from Nitwits. The piece of cheesecloth behind the image was one i had previously cut for a project but it was too small, so I inked it with a TH Distress pad and staped it to the card. The piece of lace was one I had also cut but not used previously.

 

 

The sentiment is one I actually use quite a lot, printed onto a scrap piece of paper.  The flowers were punched from the leftover DP  and the swirl was another leftover from a previous project. I made some posh pins which are positioned to help 'balance' the card and some heart-shaped gems to finish.

Our other sponsor this week is Lili of The Valley!

Be sure to pop over to the challenge blog and check out what the DT have created with the images!

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Fussy & Fancy #71 - Fabric of our Lives. (I have added cheesecloth behind my image.)
• Digital Tuesday #176 - Shaped Cards.
• My Mum's Craft Shop #73 - Anything Goes.
• Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes.
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Hope you will join us!

New Releases at The Crafty Pad

Good morning friends

Today sees the launch of the latest new designs over at

The Crafty Pad Designs Store

 

SEPTEMBER NEW RELEASE!

 

Our fab boss, and owner of the online store is very generously giving all our readers the opportunity to

WIN the ENTIRE SET!

(you'll have to keep reading to find out how!!!!)

 

Debbie has been busy at the drawing board and we are very pleased to share with you ...

Laundry Set!

 

Everyone on the DT has used something from the set to create for today, so please make sure you visit

The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog

and have a look...you'll be amazed at how versatile these images are, I know I was!

 

Here's my card

 

 

As you can see, I made a Get Well card using the mangle and dolly peg images.I re-coloured the mangle image on the computer before printing.

 

 

The DPs are a greyish/blue and I teamed them with a brownish/orange card for matting & layering.  I added some stitching around the edge, and made some roll-up flowers.

 

 

I created my sentiment on the computer.

 

 

Some orange grosgrain ribbon, a few orange and pale blue gems, and some die-cut flourishes to finish.

 

I also decorated the inside to match.

 

 

For your chance to WIN this set ....

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and your name will go into the draw!

For a 2nd chance in the draw,

become a follower of

The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog

and leave us another comment telling us you are a follower :)

It is that super duper easy!

Commenting will close 12pm BSTon Monday the 10th of September,

and the winner will be announced on Thursday the 13th of September.

 

With the help of Feline Playful,

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Simply Create Too #21 - So Old/Vintage.
• Cute Card Thurday #232 - A Stitch in Time.
• Digi Doodle Shop #123 - Vintage.
• Crafting for All Seasons #34 - Stitching.



A Special Post in Honour of a Special Friend

Good Morning, and a very warm welcome. I am really excited to be here today to share details of a special challenge we are holding over at

THE CRAFTY PAD DESIGNS.

One of my teamies, and a very lovely friend of mine, Dawn, is doing something wonderful to support her beloved mum, who is currently battling Breast Cancer. On Saturday September 8th, she is having her head shaved in honour of her mum, who has lost her hair through chemotherapy, and at the same time, is hoping to raise lots of money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

 

 

To support our friend in this wonderful gesture, The Crafty Pad will be running a MONTH long challenge alongside our weekly challenges to offer our support.

 

The theme for our special challenge is:

 

Breast Cancer Awareness and/or Think PINK

(not just a little pink but lots of PINK!)

 

In honour of this special challenge, Debbie, the fab boss and owner of The Crafty Pad, has created a plethora of wonderful FREEBIES, both images AND sentiments for you to use (optional) if you would like to join the challenge. Simply pop over to the challenge blog and see. All we ask is that you PLEASE don't share them, but direct people back to the blog to collect them in-person. Also, if you DO use them in your creations, PLEASE give credit & include a link back to The Crafty Pad. Simples!

 

AND...There's MORE!!! So many wonderful people and companies have offered to sponsor this challenge with fabby prizes, including:

 

LOTV,

The Stamping Boutique

L.R. Designs,

Crafty Sentiments Designs,

MeiFlower,

 

 & more!

For full details go to the challenge blog.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 I knew straight away what I was going to do with this wonderful image!

 

 

Believe it or not, this image is one of the fabulous freebies designed by our dear Debbie especially to support this BCA/Pink challenge. I used a peachy/cream coloured card to cut the 'bust/chest' shape from, then paper-pieced the image using a range of Breast-Cancer support DPs. I LOVE paper-piecing, it's one of my all-time fave techniques. The flower was cut using a daisy-die, and finished off with a pearl. I added a simple sentiment. 'thanks for your support' surrounded by pink gems.

 

 

I do hope you will join us is this challenge, and help us to raise awareness for this worthy cause, and hopefully some money too!

 

 

With the help of Feline Playful, I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• The Perfect Sentiment PSC47 - Anything Goes with a sentiment.
• Ladybird Crafts Ink TLT - Paper Piecing.
• LEJ Designs - Anything Goes.
• Papelitos Stamps #9 - Pretty in Pink.
• Party Time Tuesdays #83 - Anything Goes.
• Sweet Stamps #81 - A Favourite Technique.
• Creative Stamp Friends #58 - Special Card Shape.
• Made Especially for You - Paper-Piecing.
• C.R.A.F.T. #170 - Shaped Cards.
• Paper Play wk.35 - appreciation/Thank You.
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #20- Ribbon for a Cause (breast cancer.)

 



Time For Twine!

Morning all, I hope you are enjoying a relaxing Sunday morning :)

 

I am here with details of a new challenge at

 

THE CRAFTY PAD

 

#185 - TWINE

 

Any kinda twine you like, garden twine, divine twine....

 

Here's my card:

 

 

I made an easel card for my nephew's birthday using this adorable image called BRADLEY WITH FOOTBALL. It is one of several Bradley images available at THE CRAFTY PAD DESIGNS online store.

 

 

I coloured Bradley up with Promarkers and teamed him up with some digi papers from my stash.

 

I have used Orange Divine Twine behind the image to represent the goal-net.

 

 

My nephew's name is Bradley, and he is a footie fanatic, so the image seemed perfect for him! I added a sentiment panel (raised up on foam pads to act as the stopper,) and some football buttons to decorate.

 

 

Finally I inked the edges to finish.

Here is a side-view.

 

The rest of Team B (with the exception of our dear Leesa, who is amidst moving-house-mayhem!) have some fabby inspiration to get you in the mood for creating your own masterpieces, so pop over to the blog and see.

Nearly forgot to mention our SPONSOR this week!! Thanks heaps to Joanna Sheen for her generous £10 to spend in her online craft shop.

 

We hope to see lots of entries again this week, and remember, if you use a CRAFTY PAD IMAGE you will get another one of your choice for FREE!!

 

Thanks for your visit, see you again soon I hope.

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Dude Time Doodles - Push my Buttons.
• Paper Pretties PWC220 - Cards for Kids (my Nephew is 11.)
• Bearly Mine #49 - Anything Goes.
• Papelito's Challenge #8 - Masculine.
• Sassy Cheryl's #189 - Happy Birthday.
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To 'Die' For!

Morning my friends, and welcome to a glorious Sunday morning!

We have a brand new challenge over at THE CRAFTY PAD today, set by our lovely Dawn, and the theme is:

#184 TO DIE FOR!

We want to see you use your dies and punches on your creations this week....easy-peasy methinks! ;)

With prizes from TWO great sponsors this week, you won't want to miss this challenge...pop over to the challenge blog for more details!

Make sure you pop over and take a look at Team A's fab creations, not to mention an essential visit to The Crafty Pad SHOP to check out all the wonderful NEW RELEASES that have been added this week!

Have a great Sunday, see you soon!

New Releases at THE CRAFTY PAD

Hi bloggers, I'm here with a quickie today to share with you the wonderful
New Releases at

THE CRAFTY PAD.

Here are the previews:

First, the CHRISTMAS Themed ones:

Next, the PAPERS.

And some Autumn Themed goodies:

And Finally, some Birthday Sentiment Circles:

FAB aren't they!

I was making a card for my Sister-In-Law and couldn't resist using some of those fabby papers...I chose the Vintage Postcard Pack one of the circle sentiments and teamed it with the Dress-Form-Trio images, also available in the SHOP.

Here it is:

I followed the sketch and theme (Get Krafty) at Willow Sketchie, so will be entering their challenge again this week.

I printed the dress forms and the sentiment circle directly onto the Postcard paper, and the rest is pretty self-explanatory!

This is the first time I've used the 'dew drops' on the flowers, they are from Robin's Nest. I made the posh pins myself to match the colours I've used.

Make sure you pop over to The Crafty Pad Designs Shop and check out these fab new releases.

As well as this week's Willow Sketchie challenge, I will be entering the following challenges with my card:

• Delightful Challenges - Punches & Dies.
• MAWTT - Anything BUT a Square (mine is a 5x7 rectangle.)
• My Mum's Craft Shop #70 - Kraft it!
• WhoopsieDaisy Challenge - Anything Goes.

Thanks for popping in!