Just add sparkle

 Morning all.  First of the month means a brand new Sparkles Christmas Challenge.  And that's pretty much it.  We want 'Sparkle' on you Christmas Projects.  I found a topper with a little glitter added and some gorgeous sparkly snowflakes but it's so hard to photograph.  You have to believe me, it's so sparkly in real life.

I distressed the edges of my papers and used silver card for my greeting and behind the image.

Please pop over and say hi.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Fun in the sun

 Morning all.  I hope you are all enjoying the warm weather.  Keeping cool on a narrowboat is difficult.  I'm sitting here with the duck hatch and all the doors open but the windows covered.  What I need is a quick dip in a pool - just like my critters in todays Make My Monday Challenge.  We are looking for all sorts of 'fun in the sun' projects.

Aren't these little sea creatures just adorable.  I bought the clip art from Cinematic Circle on Etsy.  I added a sentiment and a couple of seaside die cuts and I love how it turned out.

Please pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Alice

 Morning all.  Over at Sparkles Monthly Challenge this month we are going a little whimsical.  We are looking for 'Fairytales or Story books' on your project please.  I have some Alice in Wonderland clipart from Etsy so I've used that. You really need to pop over to the blog to check the DT projects. I am totally in love with Vicki's inspiration.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

E for Embossing

 We are up to E for 'Embossing' (wet or dry) over at The Alphabet Challenge.  I will admit to never having much luck with dry embossing to I turned to my trusty embossing folders for this one.  I had printed my sentiment out and centred it in the middle of the folder.  The only issue is, the side I could see the sentiment through was the back.  So you have the debossed side of an embossed pattern on my card.

I always think that sympathy cards need to be simple to be effective.  I am really pleased with this one.  The sentiment does all that needs to be done.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Easy Easel

 Afternoon all.  We have the lovely new theme of an 'Easel' card for you over at Cardz4galz.  I do love an easel card.  It's an easy showy card.  I chose some pretty girly papers and decorated mine with a trellis and some florals.

I backed the trellis with vellum so it mutes the pattern but you can still see it.

Please pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

She sells sea shells

 Believe me when I say that the title is easier to type than it is to say.  Over at Cardz4guyz today we are looking for 'Sea Shells' on your projects please. In my dim and distant past we used to collect them to decorate plant pots but now I am all for leaving them where they are for others to enjoy.  I've bought some more clip art for this one.  

I love the illustrations on this set of images from Etsy.  I think they would look lovely on a clean and simple card but I had this piece of designer paper in my scraps bag so I dragged it out.  I hope you like it too.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Something fishy going off

 Evening all.  I'm a day late but better late than never.  Over at Make My Monday we are looking for 'Something Fishy'.  I bought some wonderful clipart from Etsy and I can now make fishy cards all year if I wanted to.

I used a couple of the images on here.  Aren't they fun.

Thanks for reading. 

Love Dawn x