Tummy Yummy with The Crafty Pad

 Before I get to this weeks challenge at The Crafty Pad I would like  to share with you all a quick photo of our weekend.
This weekend we were blessed with a super quick 48 hour visit from hubby who flew home to help us celebrate Our Little Miss Emile turning the BIG ONE!

The time goes so slow between his visits home but so fast when he is here :( We had a wonderful weekend and Little Miss Emilie loved having her daddy home even if it was only for a blink of an eye :(  It is moments like these I have come to treasure and hold close to my heart.

But enough with the tears and onto things that make us happy and that would be crafting away to this weeks challenge and I assure you it is something really yummy this week!

You guessed it! This week The Crafty Pad girls wanna see 

SOMETHING YUMMY FOR YOUR TUMMY!

And this week we are being sponsored by the lovely Crafty Emma Store.

The random winner will scoop up their choice of Memory Box 6x6 Paper Pad!

Have you seen these papers? 

They are so adorable that if you haven't seen them then I assure you you will be adding them to your wish /must have list! 

This week I could not resist getting my Copics out & coloring The Crafty Pad Berry Sweet Strawberry that you can purchase HERE.   I thought this would go perfectly as a label for one of my jars of homemade Strawberry Jam.  A jar of jam can't be given alone, so I whipped up a gorgeous little piklet/pancake hamper basket to go with it.  

The hamper contains a mix & shake pancake satchel, a can of ready whipped cream, the jar of homemade strawberry jam & a few chocolates thrown in for good measure :)

I got creative with my embellishments this week & set to making some of my favorite flowers in pink.  I added one to the lid of the strawberry jam & I made a really nice big one to place on the basket handle.  I added some adorable strawberry buttons I found at Scrappers Haven the other day & to keep with the homely feel I went with raffia today & added one big ribbon bow on the basket handle. 

This little basket full of goodies I am donating to my girls daycare center for them to use on a cooking day.  I think little finger people would love shaking the mix up & I am sure those little tummy's will love eating the results :P

Remember - to play along with The Crafty Pad Challenge you do not need to use a Crafty Pad image but we sure do like to see them, so please use them if you have one :) 

I hope I will see you at this weeks challenge - you have till Saturday Evening at 8pm GMT to get your entries in!
See you THERE!

Challenges this creation is entering:

* Allsorts - #92 Make your own flowers - Sat
* Little Claire's Designs -  #1 Anything goes - Monthly
* Mark's Finest Papers - #44 Food - Sat
* Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge -  #123 Sweet Treats - Sat
* One Stop Craft Challenge - #120 Spring Flowers - Sat
* Stamp Something -  Something with flowers - Fri
* Studio 313 - HSC1 Nature Elements - The rafia is natural along with the basket and the jam - Monthly
* Crafty Sentiments - Spring - Thur
* Do You Stack Up - #8 Anything goes - Thur

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Furry Friends with Gingerloft Challenges #12

Good evening all!

Where has this fortnight gone? 

I have been flat out like a lizard drinking drinking this week, 

but I still found some time to get down and crafty. 

This fortnight the girls at Gingerloft Challenges are showcasing 

off furry friends in challenge #12. 

I stumbled across a box of empty snow-globes in the shed during 

a clean up that I didn't even know I had, 

so I chose this week to play and make 

a snow-globe for Chloe in honor of Winnie The Pooh 

and in hope that she will keep her paws off my glass ones! 

(The theory is good but the practical is not working out the best just yet :$ )

This is the first time I have played with a snow-globe 

and I was quite amazed at how much it magnifies the 

original image. I was going to add some ribbon over the top and s

ome little embellishmentslike some leaves and maybe some gems 

along the bottom but I had to beg Chloe to be aloud to have it for 

just one momentto take a photo of it, 

let alone get my hands on it to add more pieces.

With the amount she is handling it I think it is best to leave 

any of the additional wishes on hold, as she will just end up pulling 

them all off and probably eating them.

(She is 2 and everything goes in her mouth STILL! ! ! )

I think he turned out rather cute!

I used New Polar Bear image from GingerLoft and guess what ???

He is a FREEBIE so why don't you head over there now, 

grab him and play along with us at Gingerloft Challenges in this weeks challenge 

#12 Furry Friends

Fair Winds and following seas, 

The Navy Wife

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Challenges this creation is entering - 

Lexi's Creations- #33 Bears
A Spoon Full of Sugar - #139 Anything but a card
Frosted Designs - No patterned paper

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Color me with Red, Pink and Black @ The Crafty Pad

Color me in Red, Pink & Black 

with The Crafty Pad Challenge this week!

Now that is a yummy combination on its own at the best of times.

But this week, it's the tune the girls at  

The Crafty Pad are playing along to!

And with a Joanna Sheen £10 gift voucher up for grabs! 

I know you wanna play along with us too! 

With a voucher to go shopping up for grabs

I thought I would get ready to go do some spending 

and crafted a gorgeous paper handbag / purse! 

I tried a new technique this week and used some shrink plastic! 

Never played with it before and it was a new one for me.  

I did freak out a little when it all rolled into a ball but as you shall 

see it all flattened itself out in the end *phew* :) 

I also made some adorable handmade flowers using my

favorite technique & the material is from an old chemise of mine that 
I have been hording but have now faced the reality my 
boobs will never go back to "pre-children" size lol  
And added a touch of pearls to 

finish with the posh pins.

I used a Core Dinations paper and distressed and sanded it down to 

bring out the flourish pattern and black core color.  

I also inked over it with my Brilliance Dew Drop Ink Pad

and the flowers in the bow are from my stash of 

Prima Pink Songbird Vine. (So in love with these!)

Today I also chose a Crafty Pad Image

Rose for 0.99p that you can purchase by clicking HERE! 
And I colored it with ... My NEW COPICS - 
Yes ... I have finally brought some and am staring a collection :$

 

I think she looks beautiful to the point that I don't know how I am 

going to part with it and send it lol.

Now ... It's your turn to show me Red, Pink and Black 

and by sure to drop by The Crafty Pad for some more scrummy

inspiration from the DT girls.

With no requirements to use a Crafty Pad image there is 

no excuse for not playing along with us!

Though we sure do like to see those images

on your cards!

 

Challenges this creation is entering:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  #9 Spring Flowers Everywhere

Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Plastic - I have shrink plastic heart charm

Crafty Cardmakers - Hearts - metal heart charm & heart shrink plastic charm

Cupcuke Craft - #129 I *Heart you - metal heart charm & heart shrink plastic charm

Kaboodle Doodles -  #54 Hearts & flowers - metal heart charm & heart shrink plastic charm and I have flowers.

Woodware USA - #14 Embossing - The DP is embossed (Core Dination)

Bearly Mine - #4 Ribbon & pearls - I have pearls and fabric ribbon

Digital Tuesday - #98 Use a Die Cut - The shrink plastic heart is a die cut as well as the 'latch' on the purse

Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz - I have pearls and shiny satin fabric & the white paper on the 'latch' is a metallic shim glitter paper

Scrap-Creations - Spring Fever - Flowers

Creative Belli -  #111 Felt or Fabric - Handmade flowers are made from my old chemise.

The Creative Cottage -  #33 Fabulous Flowers  *** EDIT*** Made Creative Belle of the Belli :)) 

Forgotten Scraps -  #3 Spring Flowers

Simon Says Stamp - Make your own embellishments - Flowers are hand made and shrink plastic heart charm

Stampin' Royalty -  #59 Mark It Up - used copics to color the image on the shrink plastic heart

Truly Scrumptious - Swirls & Pearls - Swirls embossed on the DP and I have pearls

Charisma Cardz - #7 Spring has sprung

Digi Doodle Shop - #47 Anything goes 

Dutch Dare - DDCC#100 Sparkle/Glittler/Bling - I have pearls and shiny satin fabric & the white paper on the 'latch' is a metallic shim glitter paper

Guylou's Inimitability - Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey - PCJ 4 Anything goes

Paper Play - Add shine - I have pearls and shiny satin fabric & the white paper on the 'latch' is a metallic shim glitter paper

Pixie Dust Studio -  #62 Don't be square

Samuel Taylors Crafts - Use Copics 

Shelly's Images - Show us what you got - Anything goes 

Blog-a-Doodle - Ribbon, embossing and bling - My fabric I have cut thin to be my ribbon, the DP is embossed and I have bling pearls &the white paper on the 'latch' is a metallic shim glitter paper

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days -  #2 Distress it

Crafts 4 Eternity - Hearts, glitter & pins - I have hearts, the white paper on the 'latch' is a metallic shim glitter paper & I have pins. 

Res-Q-Challenge - RESQ71Make a card including something that makes you happy - I love flowers and I love bling and pearls but I really love making my favorite  flowers.

The Stamp Man - #16 Hearts a theme - metal heart charm & heart shrink plastic charm

Stamp Something - Funky - I think this is funky & hip with the big flowers the satin shine finish

Totally PaperCrafts - #54 Do it with a digi

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The Crafty Pad - Hearts #108

Good evening all! 

Wow can you believe a week has gone by already? 

Where does the time go?

I am going to make this one a short one this week as I have a crafty card idea in my head itching to get out!

This week at The Crafty Pad we are challengeing YOU 

to use HEARTS on your projects (Challenge #108).

Our sponsor this week is Creative Craft World - 

If you have not had a peak at their site then you need! You will be sorry if you don't!

That's enough talking form me and on with the pictures!

I created a beautiful bookmark for hubby for valentines seeing as he has become a study worm of late.

And it of course had to have its photo shot with one of Chloe's Winnie The Pooh Books as she insisted on it!

I used Teds In Love Image from The Crafty Pad and you can purchase it from here.

Fair winds and following seas,

The Navy Wife

Challenges I am entering: - 

There are plenty around with Valentines Day on our doorstep,

but this week I am limiting myself to just a few :P

*Craft Your Passion - #44Anything goes (Mondays)

* Crafty Card Markers - #39 Hearts (Mondays)

* Lexi's Creations - #33 Bears (Mondays)

* Digital Tuesday - From the Heart (Tuesdays) 

* Creative Card Crew -  For a loved one (Tuesdays)

* Everybody Art - #128 Valentine (Tuesdays)

* Simon Says Stamp - Anything but a card (Wednesdays)

* Paper Romance -  #37 Clean and Simple Valentine (Thursdays)
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Paris and English Roses

Paris and English roses to me on a general note do not mix, but this is what I had in mind while piecing this card together.  I will say that English roses are not my general thing nor is Paris my style but I had a plan in mind and ... nope it still did not go to the plan.  I was originally thinking all straight lines and a good two or maybe 3 matts but ... Creativity goes where the imagination leads and today I let it lead me. 

I decided I was going to play along with the challenge over on Picture & Scrap and this week we have to play with this image.  

 (I added a dark rose tint to mine)

This is what I ended up with.  As I said, not generally my style but this is growing on me the longer it sits on the mantel piece :)   I love how the feathers soften the picture and I so am in love with the chipboard sign and the posh pins! I even took a flame to the papers to give it a real distressed look and it worked magic on the black cardstock and really brought out a true distressed color.

Fair winds and following seas,

The Navy Wife

Challenges I am entering:

* Picture & Scrap: #2 Use picture provided