Patchwork Bunch of Balloons

Morning friends.

It's only a week, but it seems an age since I posted a card. Hope you had a lovely week and are enjoying the weekend. 

I had a wonderful day on Tuesday when 3 friends and myself went for a spa day to Centreparcs.  Unbeknown to me, Carol upgraded us, so on arrival, we had a glass of champagne followed by a light breakfast and coffee. We then spent an extremely relaxing time in the many spa rooms before lunch and more champagne. The afternoon was just as relaxing. I apologise to all who were enjoying a relaxing spa day because we did not seem to see all the signs outside the spa rooms which said Shhhh!!!  Lots of talking and laughing was just what the Dr ordered.  To just relax totally is something that doesn't  happen often enough so I will endeavour to go again in the near future. 

My card today I made for a friend who's partner is 60 today. Happy Birthday Dave.

I have used a LOTV image called Patchwork Bunch of Balloons.

The card blank is from Craftwork Cards and the papers are from Nitwit Collections. I have backe the image onto a  new favourite which is Kraft card.

I have coloured the image with Pro Markers and Flexi Markers.

The clouds are from a Memory Box die. The ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Stamped blessings - Die cuts
Challenges for everybody - anything goes
Here come the boys - birthday
Crafts and Me challenges - ribbon or lace
Fab 'n' funky challenges  -  Use 3 of something
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Lots of layers
fun with shapes and more - anything but christmas
Joanna Sheen Challenge blog - anything but christmas
Simon Says - Anything goes

I have had such a busy week and have not had much chance to visit your wonderful blogs so, when i finish work tonight, I will be visiting you all. Take care.

Patchwork Bunch of Balloons

Good evening.

Hope you are all feeling better than I am. My throat feels like I have swallowed razor blades - guess I am going to wake up in the morning with a full blown cold.

Usually when I make a card I search for relevant challenges first but with the following card I made it with couple of challenges in mind - Ready Teddy go challenge and the Ribbon Girls Blog.

Patchwork Bunch of Balloons

I started with a card blank from Craftwork Cards. The image is from LOTV which has been

 coloured with Promarkers. 

The papers are from NitWit Collections called Petal Fresh Too, love these papers.

The flowers are from WOC.

The sentiment tags, which are so useful are from LOTV.

The ribbon has been coloured with a Pro marker to blend with the coloured image. 

The cloud dies are by Memory Box which are available from many craft stores. 

I am entering this card into the following Challenges.


Ready Teddy Go Challenge - Up Up and Away
The Ribbon Girl Blog - Colour Challenge 21

Will be back on Tuesday for my next Papertake Weekly Challenge.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Hope you get lots of crafting done whilst I am at work - shame.