Anything Goes @ The Crafty Pad

Mornings beautiful peoples :)

It is time for a new challenge at .... 

The Crafty Pad 

It's my turn to pick the challenge this week and I pick ...

Anything Goes!

Ohh too simple! for you all lol 

This week I was feeling a little ... Purple! 

 And that is not at all like me !!!.

But then again ... 

stepping outside the comfort zone seems to be a regular occurrence for me at the moment ... so let's see what fun Mr Mojo and I got up too!  

It's purple!  A lot of PURPLE!  And ... I'm actually ok with it :)  Better than ok even, as I have become rather fond of this one and don't want to part with it lol.  I was tinkering on my desk when my fingers made the gorgeous Chair Silhouette  {available from The Crafty Pad Store {here} into a postage stamp and things just followed from there.  The sentiment I generated in MS word and I had to go shopping for some new papers at Raspberry Road Designs to match the delicious ribbon from my September Kit Club from Really Reasonable Ribbons.  I raided my stash for the jewels, the pearl on the bow and the flower (my stash of purple flowers are slowly dwindling down lol ) 

With no restrictions this week the TCP girls have all created some amazing creations and we would love to share them with you so please do call past and share some love with us at

The Crafty Pad Challenge! 

We would love you to play along with us too!
Being "anything goes" - we do ask you this week to please limit your entries to only 3 per person.

The girls has some wonderful inspirations too share with you!!! 

So be sure to drop in and share some love with them!

Thanks for calling in to see me :)

Recipe -

Stamp(s) - The Crafty Pad -Chair Silhouette

Paper(s) -  Base - Hammered white card stock, Designer Paper - Raspberry Road Designs - Bountiful Paper Set

Embellishment(s) -   TH distress inks, Ribbon - September Kit Club @Really Reasonable Ribbons, Stash - flower, jewels

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
ATC's & Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes Fri GDT
Card Crafter's Circle - Patterned Paper Fri C10 E1/3
Dilly Beans - Anything Girl Fri C10 E1/3
Raise The Bar - Anything Goes Fri  E1/1
Happy Campers - Shabby Chic Thurs  E1/3
My Heart Pieces - Ribbon Thurs E2/3 
Paper Crafting Journey -Ribbon / Twine Thurs  
Unique Creafters Challenge - Sugar & spice & all things nice  Monthly E1/3
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Sunny Side Up!

Finally Sunday has lived up to its name and has brought the sun out! Yay!

I have been waiting all weekend for the weather to clear up to take some photos of this card. 

So with out any further ado ... On with the show.

With the miserable and cold weather we have been having I really felt like something bright, cheery and sunny and as I am soo in love with these Country Home papers from  Raspberry Road I just could not resist playing with them.  Threw in a Prima flower & vine squiggly from my stash, the lace from Nana's box along with the too gorgeous sparkly ribbon, a bit of stitching around the edges and hit it all with some TH Distress inks and voila! I was happy I didn't go do the housework :))

I love these papers so I really did not want to cover them with heaps of embellishments so this is a little C&S for me but I am soo in love with it that I really don't mind lol .

Thanks for dropping into see me today :))

 

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:

Aud Sentiments - Spring / Summer Colors Thurs

Bling It On - Monochromatic Monthly

Crafty Creations Challenges - Yellow and 1 other color Wed

The Perfect Sentiment - monochromatic and Thinking of you Wed 

Ribbon Carousel - RCC49 Bright Colors Tues
Creative Mondays - Yellow & Sunshine Mon
Oh La La Creations Blog - Bold & Bright Mon

Going to also try something new around here too.  Looking back over my blog I really wish I took more note of the things I had used in my creations (at the time of making them the papers and things are so fresh in my mind that I think I will remember them forever but I have sat here wondering months on what exactly I have used) so I am going to try adding the recipe's to my cards from now on. 

Recipe-

Papers - Raspberry Road Designs- County Home Collection

Cardstock - Kaisercraft

Flower - Prima Bronte Bloom Lemonade 

Vine squiggly - from Prima Summer Carnation Lemon

Ribbon and lace -Nana's Box (Stash)

Sentiment - Computer generated

Misc - Thread (DMC), TH Distress Inks.

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