End of an era over at Make It Monday :(

No, don't worry - Make It Monday isn't going anywhere!  But I am :(   I am stepping down from the team due to work commitments but this is very sad for me - I was one of the original MIM team members when it first began back in March 2011.  The team are wonderful too - I will miss every single one of them!  But only for a moment cos they will remain on my regular blog rounds anyway!  I'd also like to thank our fab boss Michelle who founded MIM - not only is she a fab boss, she has become a dear friend to me too!

Anyhoo, let's get down to business and here is my last DT card for Make It Monday...

Ain't he fun?!  This is Birdie Brown's Clown Balloon and I matched him up with the few Echo Park papers from this collection that I have left!  I love how this card turned out so I'm going to give it to my lovely nephew!

So this week we are being sponsored by the lovely DigiDoodle Shop who are giving away a $10.00 Store Gift Certificate to the lucky random winner!

Okay, that's it from me now - I hope you can link up your creations to the Make It Monday party!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Creative Card Crew - dimension
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp - for a special male (my nephew!)
• Southern Girls - dies/punches
• Dare To Be Sassy - hats off to you
• Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - for boys
• Copic Marker Europe - summer colours (green/yellow/orange/blue)
• Bunny Zoe's - anything goes
• Dies To Die For - die cuts (My Favorite Things border die)
• Allsorts - happy birthday to someone special (my nephew!) 
• Sweet Stampin' - moon and/or stars (obviously stars!)

Make It Monday sponsored by Scrapbook Sisters!

A new Make It Monday linky party has opened today!  So a happy Monday to you and here is my DT make to kick off the week...

This little lady is called Step On It and is illustrated by Torico of Birdie Brown fame - she just makes me smile!!  The papers are from The ScrapCake Happiness paper pad (for mine from Dies To Die For). This card is going to a very special friend who has lost a lot of weight recently and I know she'll love this cheeky gal!  I really enjoyed colouring this sweetie's hair and skirt in too - here's a closer look...

What a doll!  Anyway, this week we are being sponsored by the lovely Scrapbook Sisters and the prize is 5 digis from their store!

So for my pick of the week, I have chosen this lovely age card by Julie of Rainbow Days...

Created by by Julie of Rainbow Days

I just love the way Julie used the shades of pink and red together, along with the embossing and doodling - beautifully put together!  Thanks for sharing with us Julie!

Right, I'm off!  Thanks for visiting me and hope your week starts off well!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• Crafty Sentiments - bingo (patterned paper, coloured image, punches/die cuts)
• Whimsy Stamps - anything goes
• Bunny Zoe's monthly challenge - anything goes
• Divas By Design - pink (is there enough though?!)
• Sassy Studio Designs - 3 of something (dew drops!)
• Cute Card Thursday - a touch of sparkle (the dew drops!)
• Waste Not Wednesdays - use your scraps (getting through my dew drops nicely!)

 

Make It Monday sponsored by Meljen's Designs!

Time for a new Make It Monday linky party!  And this week we are being sponsored by the sweet, whimsical Meljen's Designs! For my DT make, I using Little Pocket Mice...

I love this cute image and knew it would be perfect for a mini circle card!  I think the denim digi paper is a freebie from a mag, but I can't remember which one!

 

 I hope you can join us this week - we love seeing your creativity!  Meljen Designs Digital Stamps  are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!

Onto my pick of the week!  I chose this beautiful card by Berit of Berit's Hobbykrok...

Created by Berit of Berit's Hobbykrok

As my regular visitors know, I am a HUGE fan of MilkCoffee Stamps and I think Berit has done wonders with this gorgeous gal!  Lovin' the flowers, the colours, the lace, the pearls - everything!  Thx for sharing with us Berit!

Okay, that's it from me for now, see you later with my Pollycrafts Monday DT post!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• Totally Papercrafts - no pesky girls allowed
• Whimsy Stamps - make it pop
• Papertake Weekly - cute, cute, cute (he sure is!)
• Crafts and Me - punches and die cuts
• The Paper Shelter - anything goes
• Allsorts -  for a man or boy
• Crafty Emma's Store - anything goes
• Waste Not Wednesdays - use your stash (that bit of square stringy thing!)

Make It Monday sponsored by Bugaboos!

It's time for a new linky party over at Make It Monday and today we are being sponsored by the fun lovin' Bugaboo Stamps!  So here is my card using Roly Poly Chef Pie...

Yum!  I love this guy and his pie - I'm not sure why I painted that pie topping green - perhaps it's an olive, or a brussel sprout!!    The papers are from a digi collection called Spring Time by Shery K Designs and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things Clearly Sentiment About Food set - the perfect match with these cuties!

So this week the lovely Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

So onto my pick of the week is from sweet Amanda of Amanda's Paper Palace...

Created by Amanda of Amanda's Paper Palace

I love the soft feminine look Amanda has created with this cute CC Designs Nora!  I also love how she's done the sentiment and added the teeny tiny flowers!  Thanks for sharing with us Amanda!

Okay, that is it from me today - our Pollycraft Mondays challenges are now fortnightly so nothing to show you for this week.  Hope you all have a fabby week!

I am entering this into the following challenges:

• Totally Stampalicious - male theme
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Waste Not Wednesdays - using up my teeny tiny buttons!
• Fab 'n' Funky - celebrating maleness
• Cute Card Thursday - one for the boys
• CRAFT challenge - buttons
• Catch The Bug - anything goes
• Crafty Emma's Store - shape it up

 

  

Make It Monday sponsored by Digi My World!

There's new linky party open over at Make It Monday and this week we are being sponsored by the fun and funky Digi My World!  So here is my make using Megan Cupcake from the using Megan Wish Big collection...

I love this sweet collection!  I matched Megan up with DCWV Sweet papers and the sentiment is from the There She Goes Numbered Days set. Digi My World are offering the lucky random winner a $10 gift voucher to spend in store - how fab is that?!

For my pick of the week, I chose this sweet scene card by Birgit of Cards R Fun...

Created by by Birgit of Cards R Fun

I love the fence, the layering and the texture - just lovely!  Thx for sharing with us Birgit!


Okay, that's it from me for now but I'll be back later with my Pollycrafts Monday and All That Scraps preview posts!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• Ribbon Carousel - anything goes
• Creative Card Crew - ribbon
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Fussy and Fancy - punches/dies
• Bunny Zoe's monthly challenge - ribbon
• Penny's Papercrafty - happy birthday
• Crafty Emma's Store - cupcakes
• Color Me Creative - celebrations (birthday!)
• Cupcake Craft - photo inspiration

 

Make It Monday sponsored by Ladybug Crafts Ink!

A new linky party has opened over at Make It Monday!  This week we are being sponsored by the lovely, talented Kerry of Ladybug Crafts Ink!  I am loving her new Teenage digis so for my make, I used Jess Coat of Paint...

I matched her up with Cosmo Cricket The Boyfriend papers and some freebie denim digi papers (sorry, don't know who by!).  I hope you can join us this week - Kerry is giving away a £10 voucher to to the lucky random winner to spend in store!

 

So onto my pick of the week!  As I didn't do one last week, I've chosen two this week.  The first is by Arielle of Snappy Stampin' w/Arielle with this lovely fresh card - I love how she used the space and touch of blue...

Created by Arielle of Snappy Stampin' w/Arielle

My second pick is by Bettina of Bettands Hobbykrok with this sweet, feminine make - I love how she used did her layering, very clever...

Created by Bettina of Bettands Hobbykrok

That's it from me for now, back later with my Pollycrafts Monday DT post!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• The Stamping Boutique - anything goes
• Waste Not Wednesdays - using up bits of my left over DP stash!
• Wags 'n Whiskers - anything goes
• Stamptacular Sundays - loads of layers

 

Make It Monday sponsored by Meljen Designs!

It's time for a new linky party over at Make It Monday and today we are being sponsored by the wonderful and whimsical Meljen's Designs!  For my make this week, I used Window Kitty...

I loved making this card but it made me feel sad too!!  Bless, someone let that cat in!!!  And what do you think of my clean and simple card?  I just wanted to add some buttons or ribbon but I kept to the less is more and just gave the image and sentiment some depth with foam pads instead.  And I love my wall stamp but I can't remember what the make it - so annoying when that happens!

Anyhoo, I hope to see you share more of your inspiring makes with us again this week!  Meljen Designs Digital Stamps are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!

I didn't have time to choose a pick of the week as I've been away for the weekend so I'll make it up for next week by choosing two then!

See you later with my Pollycrafts Monday DT card!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

• Creative Craft Crew - kraft
• Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes
• Fab 'n Funky - animals
• Show Me Thursdays
• Wags 'n Whiskers - anything goes
• Prairie Fairy Fridays - anything goes
• Paper Sundaes - anything goes

Make It Monday sponsored by Bugaboos!

Okay, so first things, first - did I get my Lindt egg from the hubster?  NO!!  But instead he got a real egg, emptied it and filled it with dark and white chocolate!!  He made one for each of my immediate family too - that's 9!!  A whole solid choccie egg, not a hollow one - what a sweetie!

Anyhoo, it's time for a new linky party over at Make It Monday and today we are being sponsored by the fun lovin' Bugaboo Stamps!  So here is my card using Bobblehead Zoo Monkey...

C'mon, tell me this little fella didn't put a smile on your face?!!  I kept smiling when I was making this card - he is just tooo darn cute!!  So, I matched him up with papers from My Minds Eye Just The Girls and the sentiment is from The Flipflop set by Ladybug Crafts Ink.  For the dies, I used My Favorite Things cloud dies and a Quickutz branch die.

So this week the lovely Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!  I wish I could win it because there are a whole load of bobbleheads to collect!

So onto my pick of the week by the lovely Jan of She's Gone Digital....

Created by Jan of She's Gone Digital

The simplicity of the card really showcases Jan's gorgeous colouring of this beautiful image - I love it!  Thx for sharing with us  Jan!

Right, I'm outta here!  Back later with my Pollycrafts Monday post - toodle-oo!

I am entering my monkey card into the following challenges:

• Catch The Bug - April anything goes
• Anything goes - anything goes
• Divas By Design - anything goes
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
  
• Simon Says Stamp - use your favourite tool (Grand Calibur and Nesties!) 
• Southern Girls - use sentiments
• Show Me Thursday - anything goes
• Wags 'm Whiskers - say it with flowers
• Do You Stack Up - friendly critters
• Prairie Fairy Fridays - anything goes
• Totally Papercrafts - bingo (flower, die cut, blue)
• Paper Sundaes - Sundae Bar (kraft and die cuts)  

 

Make It Monday sponsored by Cupcake Cards & Crafts!

It's time for a new linky party over at Make It Monday and today we are being sponsored by Cupcake Cards and Craft!  So this week I used my all time fave Sweet Ginghams to create this Easter card along with newbie Bella and Buster from the Pixie Dust Studios Bunny Tales collection...

The lovely Mandy of Cupcake Cards and Craft who creates gorgeous digi paper collections and kits!    Mandy is offering the lucky random winner 3 downloadable paper collections!

http://www.cupcakecardcraft.co.uk/

Onto my pick of the week!  I have chosen this very lovely new home card by Andy of Andy's Crafty Corner...

Created by Andy of Andy's Crafty Corner

Such a lovely little scene, love that fence and the bunting fab!  Thanks for sharing with us Andy!

Ok, that is it from me for now - see you later with my Pollycrafts Monday card!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Southern Girls - use sentiments
• Anything Goes - Easter
• Sassy Cheryl's - Easter
• Crafty Sentiments - Easter
• Creative Card Crew - Spring
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter
• The Paper Shelter - Easter
• Cute Card Thursday - Easter
• Totally Papercrafts - Easter
• Wags 'n Whiskers - say it with flowers
• Prairie Fairy - Spring Fling
• Catch The Bug - Easter