Pink Candy by Caroline

DCM Card - Animalia

Well would you Adam and Eve it.  I actually made a card for the DCM Challenge Blog.  Been meaning to for aaaaages.....

This weeks challenge was:

Hi everyone, it's my turn (Mel) to set the dare this week :)

I've based my dare on the book by Graeme Base called 'Animalia' (just because that book happened to be sitting near my desk when I realised it was my turn for the dare this week).

So, all you have to do is create a card featuring an animal. I hope you all enjoy having a play with this dare, don't forget to come back and let us know where we can see the cards you make - because we do love to see all the wonderful cards you make.

and here is mine!

The image is from PCCrafter.com and I was able to print out in black and white and colour myself.  Used Zig Scroll and Brush pens and then heat embossed a crystal powder over the complete image.  Also used sewing machine, crumpled circles and lacy edge punch.

Thanks for looking!!

a glorious pair........

Been working on a layout for the Bubbly Scrumptious Blog.  We are following the Elsie Challenges on that Blog - which can only be viewed by Monthly Kit customers, and this is what I came up with for Challenge #1.....

Pic of of my eldest son Jake and Sam walking down to the sea front in Looe, Cornwall August 2006.  The words are from a poem by Edgar Guest.

Used KIM Lace Cardstock, Adornit Bleu Circles paper, kraft card, fancy handmade paper.  Some net is used to slightly frill out at the bottom of the photo and the circles are all hand cut and then scrumpled up and doodled on!

Acrylic paint bottom right and then a glue flourish added and covered with Fun Flock to give a velvety effect.

The Bubbly Scrumptious Blog is being very well received and I am so pleased with how the change in the monthly kits has gone.  They are proving popular and the Blog has the potential to be a massive source of inspiration with projects and info being added every month.  Love it!  Thanks to all of you who support it too....xx

The next thing on my craft 'to do' list is this weeks DCM card, which I did aim to do last week but never got around to it, but I will try for this week!  I have been out of card making for so long, but actually made two this past month, and I did enjoy making them so will give it a go.

Another thing to spur me on with the card making is I have ordered some Prismacolour Pencils.  I love stamping and have so many gorgeous stamps ideal for card making and scrapbooking, but wanted a better medium to be working with.  I've heard so much about these pencils and seen the lovely effect they give, so tracked some down on Ebay and they should be with me next week.  Expensive for pencils, but apparently worth every penny.  So looking forward to being able to make the most of my stamps!

My little car has been poorly of late - something wrong with the temperature as sometimes it would overheat and sometimes be OK, but you always had to watch it.  My cousin looked at it today and it needed a new water pump.  Just normal wear and tear for a car of its age, and an expensive job, but what can you do?  I wubs my car so it had to be done, and  and I've just got back from collecting it.  So its like new again!

The new stock of the RiffRaff Chipboard has been a very popular purchase this past week and I have some more new and exciting chipboard on its too!  All the way from Australia, fingers crossed for sometime next week.  So be sure of look out for that folks!

Well a cuppa tea is calling me, and I'll have a little think about the DCM card too - watch this space, lol.

Things that make you go 'oooohhhh......'

Found some gorgeous 'stickers' whilst shopping.  From Accessorize for £2.50 you get 32 flowery resin spots - great for the centre of a flower or on their own.  I do like finding potential crafty items in non-crafty places, don't you, lol ! 

Got two CJ layouts done this weekend.  One for UKS Retailers called 'Pop' where we had to show our first pop idols.  My first really serious interest in music was for Adam and the Ants.  I liked Bay City Rollers when I was ten and I liked others after that, but the ones that really made me go 'ooooh' was Adam and the Ants.  I liked them even more cos my Mum and Dad thought they were rubbish, lol.

The other CJ was for one on the BF Forum and this one was Kathy's called 'Stash Attack', where we had to use some of our favourite crafty bits.  I could of filled a whole CJ on this subject just by myself, but llimited to just one layout I kept it simple.....

left hand side of layout and.....

the right hand side......(the bit of fibre hanging from the top of this page isn't part of my layout, lol - its from a tag on the sign in page)......

I am getting braver with my own handwriting too.  Darren says its awful and difficult to read, but its mine and its me and I can't do much about it!  At least the children will see a part of me on every layout and page I do that has my writing on it.

And, some of you may be surprised now, but I made a card!  And I enjoyed making it too, so you might see some more from me, lol.  This was a Confirmation card for my friends son.  Now what do you do for a ten year old boy on his Confirmation?!  So I just went with birdies and bright and lots of heat embossing!

My cards and my layouts, in fact anything I do, seems to come together if I doodle at the end.  I just have to do some doodley frames or bits to finish it off.   Harry said he liked it anyway, so thats what matters.  Although it might have been the £10 note inside......hehe