Dinosaurs rule...

or at least they do in my grandson's world.  So with his fourth birthday coming up what else could I put on one of his cards but a huge T-Rex?  

Our challenge at My Time to Craft this week is the dreaded male cards!!  I must admit I sometimes find adult male cards quite tricky to decide on a theme for, but kiddy ones can be so much fun.  I love making them for the grandchildren, which is just as well as I have two more to make before next Thursday.
Today's card was created using a Krafty Hands CD that I bought some time ago after seeing it on the British Craft Network TV.  It has a really good choice of both backing papers and different dinosaurs on it so a really good buy.
I tend not to print out the papers as they are on the CD but transfer the images to Serif Craft Artist to plan out the design and decide on which pieces I need to print.  This design is decoupaged although you really can't tell that much in the photo.
It's my second week of being a guest on the team at My Time to Craft and I'm really enjoying it.  I visited so many blogs last week and saw some stunning work.  I hope to see even more great stuff this week so get out your 'man' stash and start creating.  It's getting really close to Father's Day so this is a good chance to be prepared.

Other Challenges...

• Polkadoodles - anything male
• Seize the Birthday - animal birthday
• Moving along with the times - Happy Birthday
• ABC Challenge - K is for Kritter

Hope you have time to join in our challenge and all the other great ones out there - looking forward to seeing your creations - hope you like mine!
Have a great weekend.
Annie xxx

Play Time for Alexander...

It's so long since I did any scrap pages that I'm really out of practice and I've got so many gorgeous photos to use too.  So easy to fall into the trap of being overwhelmed by it all so today I've made a start and intend to do more as the week goes on.

To create this page about my grandson, Alexander, I used Serif Craft Artist and a really bright digi kit from my collection.  My plan for the page came from Sketches in Thyme where the new challenge involves using this fabulous sketch by Bev Code.

Thank you Bev it was a cool sketch to work with.

Other challenges...

• All Crafts Challenge - anything but a card
• Crafting from the Heart - anything goes
• Craft your Passion - anything goes

Annie xxx

So excited...

I've been invited to be a Guest Designer on one of my most favourite and respected challenges of all time.  My Time to Craft was one of the first challenges I ever entered and to be asked to be part of the team for a few months means so much to me I can't contain my excitement.
I'm such a saddo that I've actually gone back in time and found the first card I entered into a challenge at My Time to Craft - eeeeeeek - I was hoping for something to blow my socks off, but hmm, maybe I've learnt a lot since 2008.  Perhaps you too would like to travel back in time - if you do this is a link to the Christening card I entered in the 'Babies' challenge in April 2008. I have a feeling this was before I discovered dies - embossing folders and so many other craft items that make our craft projects look so professional these days.  We are so lucky and so broke!

Anyway on to this week's challenge which is 'Domesticated Animals'.  I was thinking of pets, but I suppose farm animals would have been fine too.  Anyhow I searched through my stamps and couldn't resist this cat and oh so cute sentiment.  It's from a clear stamp set by Personal Impressions and the paper is from a pad by Papermania.  The baubles are part of the design on the paper and I've just added a bit of bling in the form of gem on each large star on the bauble. The fairy kitty was coloured with Promarkers with added glitter cause you just can't have a Christmas card without glitter.

Other challenges...

• Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge - colour it
• Fab 'n' Funky - Christmas
• Rudolf Day - just made it !
• Cute Card Thursdays - Too cute!
• Christmas Sweet Stamping - Cute Christmas
• Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Christmas

Hope everyone is having a great weekend - I'm hoping to do some gardening and some crafting.  Have fun whatever you are up to and do try to have a go at our new challenge.  The team have done some stunning cards and it really is worth popping over there to be inspired.

Annie xxx