My Family & Other Animals

Sunday 8 July 2012

"(Come On Baby) Light My Fire..."

SO what a week! I'm finally finding my feet on all three Design Teams, and I feel I really owe a certain Mr. Andrew Murray of Scotland a HUGE apology. I sat glued to the TV today watching him fight with every ounce of his fibre in one of the most exciting matches I have ever seen. I wrote the man off and I didn't expect to see such a massively improved game (and attitude) from him, he was amazing to watch and his match against Tsonga was an epic battle, especially in the third set. So again, well done sir, you were awesome and I hope your effort is matched by Team GB at the Olympics, I might even get excited about it yet!!
On to this week's challenge over at Kenny K's Krafty Krew and the theme is Big Birthdays. Kenny and Elena are celebrating their second birthday in blogland and have this lovely message to share with all their fans and followers:

"Kenny and I are thrilled to be celebrating our 2nd anniversary in digi-land! The card making community has welcomed us with warm hearts since day one, and we are very thankful for all the love you have shown us. Thank you to our amazing and super-talented DT members, past and present, for your amazing support, creativity and hard work each week; The Krew ROCKS!! And a very special thank you to our DT Coordinators this year, Susie Little and Sarah-Louise. Ladies, we are grateful for the dedication, generosity and love that you put into running successful challenges week after week, working at getting great sponsors and managing all the little details that have made this challenge blog a success!! Looking forward to continuing our journey with you all and the many new projects and ventures we are lining up for the future!"

And as if this wasn't enough, there is a birthday Blog Hop for you to follow too. Now I must admit to you all that I have never come across this phenomenon before and if I am honest with you all I still don't really understand it, but as far as I can make out, you have to go from person to person (in the order stated below) leaving a comment about their Big Birthdays Challenge card and then when you have reached the end of the list of names you go to the KK'sKK site and leave a comment letting us know you have completed the hop and then you need to make a card yourself and enter it into the challenge! The prize for doing all of this? MASSIVE is the only word for it. There are 15 - yes 15 digi stamps from Kenny's back catalogue. A Prize package from Marianne Designs, Whimsy Stamps are giving 4 of their July releases, a great package from Inky Impressions, Bearly Mine are giving away 3 digi sets and Kattiz from K-Designs are donating 3 rubber sentiment stamps from her new release.
So here is the list of people you have to visit (from top to bottom):














Me







And there you have it, give it a go and let me know what you think of this weeks card. I am using Kenny's summer mini release and he's called Olympic Runner (available here). The numbers are from a template set I bought ages ago from Wendy Rhodes designs and the dies are (of course) Spellbinders. I'll be back again soon with my first Squigglefly card, see you then.

Take Care

Andy

xx

Entered Into: Cards For Men Challenge #14 - Happy Birthday

Celebrate The Occasion Challenge #70 - Happy Birthday

Craft Room Challenge - Sport

Tip Top Tuesday Challenge #80 - One For The Men!

The Crafty Bloggers Network Monday Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Crafts For Eternity Challenge #79 = The Olympics

Our Craft Lounge Challenge #124 - Usa A Die Cut

Paper Play Challenge Week 27 - Happy Borthday

52 comments:

  1. Nice card! I like how you have used the numers in the card. // Sandra K

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  2. Hi Andy, I popped in earlier to comment on your card but it wasn't up yet. So glad I came back ot check it out! Love the design, and I really like the sentiment too! Hugs, Frea

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  3. Oh Andy...I just love, Love, LOVE reading your posts. I think it's because I've found someone more verbose than I!!! hee hee hee. On to your card. What can I say? This is FaBuLoUsNeSs personified. It makes me giggle and proud to be one among the "over 50" set...ugh...am I really that old?

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  4. Such a fun and fab card the sentiment fits the image perfectly, love it and love the hop xx

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  5. Fabulous card. Love the sentiment. Awesome coloring. I love the papers/stitching.

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  6. This is soooo cool!!! Love it. Hugs...Mona

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  7. This is great! Love the big numbers and love how he is running on them! Very well put together! It all blends so nicely together!
    I'm doing a hop/giveaway for Create With TLC right now too!
    Hugs,
    Karen C
    www.busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com

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  8. What a fabulous idea. Love the layout, coloring and the creative way you made this image a birthday one.

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  9. Wonderful image and great job on the card. I also looked around and love your thriller card. I will have to keep checking back to see what you have. Thanks

    TTFN,

    CraftyGirl
    craftygirlcardsandcrafts.blogspot.com

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  10. Great elements on this card...love the stiching and image is fab...tfs

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  11. Fantastic card the image is fab and the layout is stunning. Caroline xxx

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  12. Great card, love the chunky 50 & sentiment. Great post title too :)

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  13. Very fun card, Andy! Love the big numbers and the cute image!

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  14. Great card Andy... so en vogue too with the torch bearer. Love your layout and design, a fun card with beautiful colouring. Aren't you a busy boy these days, and so well deserved.
    Awwwwww such a shame Murray didn't win, I could hardly watch, and so choked at the end. Hear part of the Jeremy Vine show today with some people pulling him to pieces for crying. Hmmmm no the wonder he cried, he must have had so much adrenaline pumping around it would have been hard not too. But hey £500,000 for second place isn't to be sneezed at :)
    Eileen x

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  15. Really cool card! I love it!

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  16. I LOVE what you did in this card! Amazing.

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  17. This is awesome! Love the stitching. The image is fabulous!

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  18. This card is just great! I love KennyK's stamps.
    Margret

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  19. Great work. Love the colour combo. And I love the big numbers. TFS

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  20. Beautiful and very funny card and your colouring is great!
    hugs Ula

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  21. What a fabulous card, that image is really cool. Thanks for sharing your creation with us over at the Craft-Room.

    Maria x

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  22. What a fun & energetic card! Thanks for joining us at Paperplay.

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  23. Sorry sorry Andy. I have somehow left your name from the blog hop list. I have fixed it now. Your card is beutiful, but so they are everytime. Hugs ...Kristel

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  24. Hi Andy,
    perfect card for a sporty man, fabulous creation, love the image!
    Thank you for sharing at Craft-Room Sports Challenge, good luck,-))m

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  25. Hi hi...that is a funny and just really great card from you!! Lovely work! =)

    Hop on...
    Hugs Maritha

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  26. Brilliant card for our challenge Andy. Thanks for joining us at Crafts4Eternity this week.
    Pinky

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  27. Awesome card Andy! I'm getting lots of inspiration from this hop :-) Crafty Debs x

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  28. Good luck with your blog hop, sounds like you have a lot of challenges keeping you busy at the moment! Love your card could not help chuckling when it popped up. thank you for including Craft-Room in your list of challenges to share it with. XOXO Zoe

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  29. This is such a fun card..I love it ! Good luck with your blog hop, Thanks so much for joining our Craft-Room Challenge..Esther xx

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  30. Andy, this is just too cute. I love Kenny K designs.

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  31. Andy you certainly have Rocked the theme this is wonderful and a superbly coloured image! Chanelle xxx

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  32. Gorgeous card! I love your coloring and the layout rocks! hugs Sandra

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  33. Fabulous card Andy! Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity this week hugs x

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  34. Hi Andy, what a great card. I love how you have done the 50. It is great to see how different your card is from the other DT member that used the same digi. TFS Cheers Filoma

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  35. Aivan mielettömän makee, iloinen.
    Maarit

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  36. fabulous card Andy!! love the design!! seeing so much inspiration on this hop
    hugs
    laney

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  37. Love your card! The sentiment is perfect for 50 :) Love the colours you used....awesome job!

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  38. A real fab card! I just love that image and your numbers and text!
    Hugs Annette

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  39. Gorgeous layout and colouring.

    Hugs
    Cathy
    xxxxx

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  40. Very funny & love this image

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  41. Wow, I really like your card. Like your big numbers and your fabulous coloring.
    Hugs Berit

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  42. awesome work! this rocks!! very well done!

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  43. Your card is very creative and I love the layout.

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  44. Great fun card Andy, thanks for joining us at craft room challenge, debi x

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  45. Hi Andy, Fab card! Love the image and your design is brilliant.
    Have a good weekend
    Lorraine x

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  46. Hi Andy! It's a pleasure to design with you at Squigglefly and I'm glad you're getting settled into all your DT work. :) You certainly produce wonderful works of art and this birthday card is testament to that. I love the bold colors and the original way you've designed the sentiment..looks wonderful. :)

    Thank you so much for submitting your masculine card into our challenge at Top Tip Tuesday!
    Lisa x

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  47. Super card Andy, I love the fab sentiment and the stamp is brilliant

    Hugs Mandy xx

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  48. What a cool card! Love how you designed it!!!

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  49. Fab card Andy. Thanks for joining in. Sarah CBN DT

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  50. I love your fun card, the image is brilliant. Thank you for joining us at the Craft Room Challenge.
    xxx Hazel.

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