16 October 2010

I can't believe its Challenge #8 on CES already!!!

Firstly thank you to all of you who entered last weeks CES Challenge, I really enjoyed hopping around your blogs & looking at your fab creations!!

Onto this weeks challenge, where our theme is 'male birthday card'  I usually steer clear of making male cards, but I had loadsa fun making my DT card this week.
We have a fab selection of flowers, leaves, springs & buttons for the
 winner this week....


Yet again a long forgotten stamp came to my rescue!
I just wanted to say thank you to our youngest Katie Kat for making
 me some buttons out of her Fimo, I love them hun xxx

He is such a cutie!

Challenges I Would Like To Enter
OLLCB- no floral
Tuesday Taggers- more than 2 legs
Little Red Wagon- some thing old (stamp) something new (papers)

Goodies I Used
Image Sugar Nellie 'Pets Corner'
Super smooth card from Craft Emma's Store
Memento Tuxedo black
Promarkers from Crafty Emma's Store
Skin- blush & dusky pink
Hair- raw sienna, yellow & soft lime
Shorts- midnight blue
T-shirt- sky blue, azure & true blue
Stripy shirt- spice & burnt orange
Socks- powder blue
Shoes- tan, caramel & cinnamon
Kitty- dusky rose, warm grey 2 & 3
Dawgy- dusky rose, cool grey 3 & 4
DP striped- GCD Paris from Crafty Emma's Store
DP green- Memory Box Glitterati from Crafty Emma's Store
Dew Drops from Crafty Emma's Store
Charm & ribbon my stash
Pawprints & I love Dogs & cats- Docrafts stamp
Ticket- Tim Holtz
Sentiment- Personal Impressions
My button was hand made out of Fimo by Katie Kat!
The sewing was done using my birthday present, that Nige got me from
 QVC my We R Memory Keepers 'Sew Easy Stitch Piercer' which
 is sooooooo easy to use!

Thanks for stopping by please pop over to the main blog to see what the other girls have made for the challenge, that we all struggle with...you never know
 they might inspire you!!
hugs xx

13 comments:

Vicky said...

Hellooooo down there my ickle stokie mate lol. I adore your card hun & the forgotten stamp is soooo cute & he is coloured perfectly. The little paw prints look awesome. Hope you have a great weekend hun.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xx

Anne said...

awwwwwwwwwwwwww he's cute as a button Shell, smashing card hun
Anne x

Wendi said...

Gorgeous card love that image and your colouring is perfect
Thank you so much for sharing with us at ooh la la this week
Wendi

Wendi said...

Gorgeous card love that image and your colouring is perfect
Thank you so much for sharing with us at ooh la la this week
Wendi

Karen Lee said...

Hi Shell.....I just took a look at all your new creations....such lovely cards!! I wish I was better at stamping, but its just not my thing!! I hope your weekend has been a good one so far. I'm still fighting that stupid virus!! Its been a week today.

xoxo Karen Lee

Rosanne said...

Cute card! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon!

Teri said...

Lovely card hun! Love the cute animals.
Thanks for playing along at Tuesday Taggers this week.
Hugs,
Teri x

crafty amy said...

I really do love that button :D and all the paw prints.

Hugs

Amy xx

Unknown said...

I love forgotten stamps lol..

Fabby card sweetie xx

kaylou said...

aaaaah he's adorable, gorgeous hun.
Hugs Kaylou xoxo

Brenda Brown said...

Love this boy card Shell and the cat and dog. Glad you found the stitcher easy, I got one but haven't tried it yet. Must have a go.
Take care. B xxxx

Julie said...

So loving this Shell! Great layout and love the pawprints so much!! Keep umming and arrhing over stamps like these and well, you've done it now!!! Hugs, Juliexx

Sandy Ang said...

So appealing !