It's Friday!! It's Bugaboo Freebie Day....

It's Friday!! And that means the Friday Freebie over on Bugaboo Digi Stamps will be popping up sometime today (there's a time difference so I might be early!!...ooh, early??? Where's Lyn and what have you done with her?? and (as if by magic) here he is, off to have fun at the fair, scoffing his toffee apple! Haven't have a toffee apple in years! You'll find more of him and his friends HERE and more DT cards HERE

My Card. I printed the little boy out twice so I could 3D him, coloured him with Promarkers. Cut one of him out with a deckled edged Nestie, then chopped off the other ones head, ears, T-shirt, hat peak and legs, then fixed them over the other with silicone glue. I saved the top of the apple to stick inside the card.
Papers. I've used let's Fly Away paper stack by Rachel Harper (freebie a while back from Quick Cards Made Easy magazine) Twine and ribbon also came with a magazine.
Added three eye lets, to add a bit of interest. The little plastic charm came from a store that sells X bankrupt stock and only cost 25p for about ten. I made the sentiment on the computer.
The Fonts, there's more then one, are called Baddog for 'Happy'. Handwriting for 'Yummy' and Janda Quirkygirl for 'Birthday' (Click the links) but because the other one's called 'Handwriting', I can't find this actual font (It has little hearts over the i's) but Dafont have loads of 'hand written' types of fonts Here You might already have them as I've linked them before.
New Follower! Hi and a big wave to Diana, (no link) That's it for now.
Thank you for stopping by!!

Challenges
Creative Mondays - Food
Creative Sketch - Use a Digi
digi doodle-use charm
The poodles parlour-die-cuts
Paperpretties-use a square card
Crafting for all seasons-bright colours
Dilly beans challenge-bright colours *Top Three!*
Digihaven-letting kids be kids/ use a Freebie
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
Paper-craftingjourney-anything goes

School's Out For A Quirky Summer! (Posted Monday)

Yay! I'm here at last!! I know, it says Sunday but to me it's Monday! Where have I been?? The list is too long... I'll add it to another post! Agghhh! Look at my stats! It just goes to show, no freebies, no visitors!! Oh My!! Well, I lost (mislaid) my reading glasses over the weekend, stilll can't find them, can't see much without them, so please EXCUse mistakes in post!! (using glasses from pound shop!) It's the Quirky Craft's new Challenge time again. It's Diane's turn to set the theme and she has decided on...

School's Out For Summer!

She wants to see children having fun. So I decided to use a bear... well, why not, bears have fun too!!! So, any project that shows or involves children (or bears, or animals) having fun! Easy!!
Our sponsor this challenge is Robyns Fetish and they are offering 5 Digital Images to the winner! So, off you go and create!!
Here's my card, as I said above, I decided not to use a boy or girl for this challenge, but this cute little Carl bear! You'll find him in our sponsors store here!
I've used 6x6 Serif 'Picnic In The Park' paper stack (freebies with a crafty magazine) and We R Memory Keepers, Travel light, as they have other activities going on, mainly travel and picnics! (Freebie stack from Simply Cards & Papercraft)
The paperclip is there to add a bit of interest...(tell the truth) ok...to hide a bit of smudged ink (but it did come in handy to hold the note in place) and inside the card... the apple under the sentiment hides a very large thumb print!
I did a bit of ripping, coloured with Promarkers, dotted the bear's eyes black, also did a bit of 3D-ing and added my own doodle back ground, then added the extra ball to the bear's paw rather than over the other ball, using a 3D foam pad.
All the edges have been inked in green. Inside, there's room for some holiday or birthday money!
Both Fonts are freebies. Front font is called Cutie Pop, download it free HERE. Inside font is called Apple Boy BTN Outline, which I've coloured with a red Poppy Promarker. Download free HERE. (some sites do charge)
Have some challenges to add, but I must zoom off again, catch you later!!

Challenges
One Stitch At A Time-anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Craftascene-august theme-anything in the great outdoors.
The crafty pad-summer vacation
My heart pieces digital stamp challenge: use designer paper
Critter digi week
Card and scrap use stamps (can be digi) (link wouldn't work)

Crafts and me : use a digi

Aarrggghh!! It's A Prettie Quirky Guy in Brown and Blue!

Happy May the 6th! Two of my ponies were born on May the 6th, many years ago. Bother! I missed May the Force be with you, Day... So it has to be Sunday and that means it must be challenge time again, and that's just what it is, the next theme for the...

Quirky Crafts Challenge,

set by Caro, is...

Masculine,
something for a guy, man, boy and to use the colours
Brown and Blue!!

See easy!! We're sponsored by Paper Pretties who are offering our winner 6 digi images of their choice!

Here's my card. What y'think? I worked hard on that sentiment!
To start with, I coloured the edge of a pearl card with a brown ProMarker, edged some blue dotty paper with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The 6x6 paper stack came free with Paper Crafts Inspirations Magazine this month. (Link HERE to some more of their freebie papers!)
Edged and inked another bit of pearl card with brown, added the sky paper, (from a freebie paper stack 'Let's Fly Away' from Quick Cards made easy) along with the digi from our sponsors called AAAGGGHHH!! (I might have spelt that wrong!) I did turn him into a clear background PNG, then printed out three digi's (One printed over the sky and the others left normal) so I could do a bit of 3D-ing. He is very thin though, so decided not to add a third layer. Actually, it would've been easy if I'd just added his head and body as the third layer (??? Brain's now thinking have I got time to do that?...No! Oh go on, it'll make him look a bit fatter... oh...okay...next picture has an extra layer, making him have three bodies and three pairs of paws, but no extra arms or legs or tail or ears!! Bet you don't notice!!!)
I coloured him using browns and blues, used silicone glue to fix the bits together, added the ribbons and bronze pearls and a blue and brown buttons. The blue button has Hazard embossed onto it, so I just had to use it, nothing more hazardous than jumping out of an aeroplane!
The little chain dangling swivel thing is from a fishing packet of whatknots. (so much cheaper than crafty whatknots!)
The font is a Freebie, it's called CK Man's Print. I though it was just right, seeing it's a 'man card'. You can download it HERE! or just Google the name, but some sites do charge for it.
That's it! Hop over to Quirky Crafts and join in!!

New Follower! Hi and a big wave to KNBarker out the back and in the dark (no link) Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges.

Clearly Inspired Challenge-What goes up must come down
OSAAT-Use A Digi/Mother's (Mom) day
Emeraldfaeries-anything goes
Bythecuteandgirly-May: spring is all around (well, it is!)
Crazy4challenges-the great outdoors
Sweetstampin-4 legged friends
Sparklesforumchallenges-men only
Comeandgetit-let's hear it for boys.
Sendasmile4kids-buttons ribbons and/or flowers for kids **TOP THREE!
Craftyourdaysaway-just for children
Marksfinestpapers-(Speedy Fox & Friends)-use three of something ( 3 G's! 3 layers, 3Body, 3 pairs of paws, 3 clouds)
Joyfulstamper-anything goes
Papertakeweekly-anything goes

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Let's Fly Away

Enough Doom and Gloom, look what I found sitting out in draft. Nice to find something you'd forgotten all about. The camera batteries went flat after taking just one picture, so it just stayed there. I used some paper from a freebie 6x6 pack, which came from Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine, called 'Let's Fly Away.' I used my own digi. He's only just over an inch and a half tall. I wanted to see how 'small' I could make him before all the black merged, then after making the card, wasn't very happy with it. Not sure I like his bottom! I may re-draw him, what d'you think? Re-do him and put this one up as a freebie??? He may look better bigger! I've 3D-ed him and the kite and used a Memory Box die-cut, 'Elegant Scrollwork'.

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Thanks for stopping by!

It's Quirky Snowing...

Hello!! This is my second DT card this Sunday for the challenge over on Quirky Craft's Challenge Blog. (I know...I nearly fainted too!) It's was my turn to set the theme and decided it should be something very easy. Snow!
I used one of our sponsors digi's Little Tree by Limited Runs. Coloured with Promakers (of course)
Backing Papers. I've used 'Cosy Collection Papers', which came free from Quick Cards made Easy Magazine issue 93. (worth clicking the link, you won't find these papers but you will find links to other freebie papers. You may have to 'sign in') I've layered the papers onto matt silver card. I used Nestabilities Scalloped Circles and a Martha Steward border punch, plus some red reindeer ribbon from DoCrafts and grey/silver eyelash wool from my stash. I've also used Liquid Appliqué on the tree...I love the way that stuff bubbles up when you heat it. The Large snowflake I bought on line years ago...I think I had a bag of 50 of them! (49 to go!) I added some micro glitter to it and there's also some micro glitter on the little girls clothing. Her buttons have a 'smidging' of red Stickles glitter.
The sentiment was made on my laptop so therefore The font is a freebie. I'm sure I've linked it before, it's called Cute Pop, which you can down load HERE or Google the name.
I've had Emma and Tom (daughter and S-I-L) here today... making their Christmas Cards, so it's been quite a crafty afternoon! Wish I'd taken some pictures!
New Follower! Hi and a big ((wave)) to Manderly who I'm sure will start her blog soon!! Thank you for following! Monday tomorrow...I type that just to remind myself! Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges

LimitedrunsDecember Challenge-Use Limited Runs Digi.
Christmascardsallyearround-Anything Goes (2nd card)
AiFactory 98-something red (the girl & the paper) WINNER!!

Cardmadfairy 22-winter wonderland

By the cute and girly December- let it snow

St Luke's December-let it snow

Delightful- let it snow

Totally papercrafts- let it snow

One stop craft 160-let it snow

Shelly's-there's no business like snow business

Essentially Sweet Wishes to Pam

It was supposed to be a bit of a play on words. The Title. Essentially because I've used papers from a paper stack called 'Sweet Wishes' and some cute clear stamps by PinkPetticoat both free from PaperCraft Essentials this month.
I don't normally get this one, as it's a £1 over my limit, but I do like the mag and this month's freebies were definitely worth it!
I had to make a very quick card in answer to an invitation from a second cousin of John's, Pam, who'll be eighty next week. (She doesn't look or act eighty!) Basically when he was born, she was just twenty one. She's called him 'Tuppenny' ever since! (because of his curls)

"Have you replied to Pam yet?" asked John late this afternoon, "No! Forgot!"
With less that an hour to the last post of the day, I very quickly made this card and rushed up to the Post Office. (I always seem to be chasing the Postman!) Shapes punched out using Woodware punches, coloured with Promarkers, a bit of 3D-ing, a bit of inking around the edges, candi dots fixed on with foam pads this time, hmmm... bit raised, I'll use thinner foam pads or silicone glue next time. It would've had flowers, but there was no time. I used my Quitekutz for the R.S.P.V....which I keep thinking I've spelt wrong!
*** yep, too late now, the card's gone! Thank you Tabitha! It means, (and I shall never forget now!) répondez s'il vous plaît, meaning “reply please” or "please respond" and it should read R.S.V.P. !! (oops!)
New Follower! Hi and a big {{wave}} to AK Hoynes! (no link) ** Up date! Angela from Crafting With Jack! Angela draws digi's! Thank you for stopping by! See you tomorrow!