We are Hull KR!

Hi there!

I promised that I would be back with a final Father's Day card today so here I am! I made this with the sketch {no.222} over at CPS in mind, and had I posted yesterday, I would have been able to enter the card, but as usual I've missed the deadline, so now it's just for fun!

I've made this for a friend who's Dad is mad on Hull KR Rugby team. I distressed the edges of the blue cardstock with Old Paper and Weathered Wood Distress inks, and the edges of the stamped panel and paper print with Old Paper. I stitched thread through the buttons before fixing them down, although with a little forethought I could have stitched them to the paper before sticking the panels down!

The John Byars image was stamped with Memento in Rich Cocoa, before colouring the player in the Hull KR strip ~ right down to the little badges on his arm and pattern on the socks! I hand drew a line of brown ink around the edge of the card before stamping Happy Father's Day around the image.

I stuck two lengths of ribbon together along the length, and fixed to the underside of the blue cardstock, trying with a bow using the two different colours. I'm really pleased with how neat the bow came out!

I {yet again} hand stitched around the newspaper print paper using a pale blue embroidery thread {2 strands}. By the way, if any of you know who makes this paper, or where it's available from, I'd be very grateful if you could let me know as I love it! Finally I added a hand drawn white line around the red paper with a gel pen. 

Supplies: Free Digi Image: Clare Curd Crafts; Stamps: John Byars sporting Stamps, Happy Father's Day clear stamp, part of a stamp set of individual words {unknown} Inks: Promarkers, distress inks in weathered wood and Old Paper, Memento in Rich Cocoa  Papers and Cardstock: Core'dinations cardstock in shades of blue and brown; Newspaper  print patterned paper {Unknown}, Doodlebug Cheerfully Christmas Grid   Tools: hot glue gun, pokey tool,  Embellishments: BasicGrey buttons in brown and red, Sakura white gel pen, twill in red and gross grain fawn ribbon

Tomorrow sees the start of the new digi Monday challenge, with the availability of a new digi download. Only one this week I'm afraid :( , so it would be great to see you then!

FREE Blog Candy for you.

Edited to add: this Blog Candy is now CLOSED. The winner is Sandracraftycrardz! Thanks to everyone who entered x

Have you got a sweet tooth? Well, a sweet tooth for Blog Candy?

Yesterday I promised you a little something, but I never got the chance to post as I took Joseph to Flamingo Land. What a gorgeous day it was, although I must say a little too hot for me! I have designed another Free digi for use on cards {scrapbooks, ATC's whatever really!}, the first one is *HERE*, but I have decided that I'm going to have a special day once a week for giving away freebies, and what better day than the first day of the week ~ 

Free Digi Monday! 

It's probably a day when we could all do with a lift! So be sure to visit next Monday {6th June} for your freebie! I may even have a contest with a prize for the best card made with the free digi - call it a challenge if you will!

Anyhoo,l before I get onto blog candy, I wanted to show you the building of our new patio, that's occurring right now, as I type - I can hear them out of my craft room window. We've had an area that can no better be described as 'waste ground' for years and years, and we decided to get Joe a trampoline {well, actually I really wanted one}, so we thought this was the perfect time to get something done with that area. It's going to look a.ma.zing!

We'll hopefully have the trampoline up tomorrow, so expect to see photographs of me*ahem*, I mean Joseph bouncing happily!

So onto the blog candy...It's not much, I've had a right good clear out {as we say ooop North} and most of my village, schools, friends charity shops and clubs have benefited from my crafty stash, so I have this little offering for you!

If you would like to win this, you have until 10am, FRIDAY 10th JUNE to enter. All you need to do is leave a comment at the bottom of this post, and put a link to this blog and a mention on your blog. That's it, simple!

EDITED TO ADD: If you don't have a blog you can still enter, but I would really prefer it if you could put a link on your blog if you have one.