Sweet Spring Miss

Well another weekend is drawing to an end, it will be back to work in the  morning. Unfortunately the sun did not put in an appearance but I have stayed warm and dry tucked away in my craft room. I wanted to enter the Magnolia-Licious Highlites challenge as they have a wonderful sketch for us this month.

As you can see, I have kept my card true to the sketch.

For my card I have used Tilda with a Small Gift, she appears to be out of stock at Magnolia-Licious right now but I am sure that Diana has her on re-order and she will be available again soon.

 All of the papers are from a few of the MME Stella and Rose collections which arrived in the mail on Thursday. You have to love happy mail.

The flowers are a combination of Prima and Wild Orchid, I have punched the leaves using a Martha Stewart punch and added a few pearls to finish off the floral corners. I have probably gone overboard but I like the end result even if it won't fit in an envelope.

This card will also be entered into the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday - Pink-a-Licious

One Stop Crafts - IceCream - Cotton Candy Flavor

Colour Throwdown - So Saffron, Rose Red and Aqua

Moving Along With The Times - Two Bs - Blue and Blooms

Allways Something Creative - Flowers

Butterfly Blues

Wow, it is good to be back (silly Blogger and its tricks).  Today has been a wet and rainy day perfect for crafting. I have taken the opportunity to work on a card that I want to enter into a few challenges.

I coloured Tilda with Copics a few weeks ago. I struggle with blues and greens but I like the result of this one enough to put it on a card, although I do vow to keep practicing. I cut out her feet so that they dangled over the edge and stamped a little frame of flourishes around the edge of the image.

The layout for my card is based on the sketch for this week's Spoonful of Sugar Challenge:

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I have used many of my favorite items for this card. Basic grey papers in blues and greens from the Hello Luscious and Marjolaine collections. A lacy doily for the circle element of the card. Gorgeous flowers from Prima and Wild orchid and a touch of bling in the form of the butterfly and swirls.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

A Spoonful of Sugar - Sketch

Basic Grey - Mix and Match

Just Magnolia - Make it Lacy

Magnolia Down Under - Your Favorite Things

Cutie Sunday - Butterflys

Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

Sarah Hurley Challenge - Butterflies/Things with Wings

Little Boy Blue

Good morning, the sun is shining and I have another quick card to share with you today.

I wanted to make a card following the sketch from Just Us Girls as I loved the different angles found in the layout.

I have used a Hanglar stamp that I have had for a year  but have never inked before.

All of the papers for my Card came from the Memory box Minuet collection which I love for the soft blues and greens. All of the flowers are from Wild Orchid.

Below is a view of the inside of my card.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Just Us Girls - Sketch

Just Magnolia and Hanglar - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Give us a Quote/Sentiment

Dutch Dare - Winged Things

CES Challenge - Favorite Colour Combo

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Dust off your Stash

A Beary Merry Christmas

Welcome and a wonderful morning to all of you.  We are really moving through the year, I can't believe that we are already at May. I love seeing the signs of spring and knowing that it means that summer is just around the corner but before we know it winter will be upon us again and with that comes Christmas.

For those of you wanting to beat the rush and get a head start, we have another great challenge over on the ABC Christmas Blog.

This week we are hosted by Helen and she has chosen the theme of

J is for Joyfold.



We are sponsered this week by Simon Says Stamp who are offering a $15 voucher for one randomly selected entry.

For my card, I have used one of my favorite Teddies. I just adore James who is so cute with his tinsel. I have coloured him with Copics and accented the image with glossy accents and Martha Stewart tinsel glitter.

You can find him over at the Lili of the Valley Store.

All of the papers for this card are from the Basic Grey collection Jovial. I find that the black and red combo from many of the papers in the collection to be very striking and love the rich effect that it gives.

To help hold the card closed, I have opted to tie it with a ribbon and the bow has the added touch of acting as an embellishment. I wanted to keep the card simple to allow this image to shine so I have accented with only one pointsettia and a few punched leaves.

Basically a Joyfold card is a card with two overlapping flaps, below is a picture of the card open.

If you have not made a Joyfold card before, Helen has created a wonderful tutorial for you which can be found on the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog. Be sure to stop by and see the rest of the gorgeous creations made by my teamies to inspire you.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley - Animal Antics
Creative Inspirations - Glitzy and Bling
Winter Wonderland - The Colours of Christmas
ABC Challenge - U is for Underneath

Love Grows

Good day, I hope that you have all been enjoying the same sunshine that we have had here. Spring has definitely arrived and I am so excited to see my garden springing back to life. This is in keeping with my card today as it features a super cute image from Lili of the Valley called Love Grows.

This is another image that I had coloured some time ago without giving any thought to what papers I would use it with. I struggled with what papers to pair it with but when my new Hello Luscious paper arrived last week I knew that this image had found a home. This collection is full of wonderful, cheery spring colour that just makes me happy.

This is a rather large card for me measuring a full 6 inches square but I wanted to have enough room on the card that you would still see those gorgeous papers. To embellish my card I have created a little floral arrangement using flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and have die cut a little tag which I have tucked behind the image and embellished with a ribbon bow and a heart charm to continue the theme of love.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope that you will come back again tomorrow for the start of another ABC Christmas Challenge.

Just a note, the charm that I used came from my friend Lacey (thanks sweetie)

and she has a sale on now at her store

Stamp and Create

all charms are 25% off.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Basic Grey Challenges - Be Charming

Stamp and Create - Charms

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

PaperPlay - Show us Your Style (bright and cheerful)

Stempletraume - Lovely Colour Combination

Raise the Bar - Flower Power

Dream Valley - Flowers

StampFairy Challenge #22 - A Sketch

Good morning, it is time for another StampFairy Challenge.

This week Gerda has created another fantastic sketch for you.

I have a colleague at work who is expecting their first child, so I have used my favorite teddy

Chubby Angel to make a card to welcome the new baby.

http://www.stampfairy.com/digistamps_critters_chubbyangel.htm

I have rotated the sketch this time around as I felt that it better suited my image.

The papers for my card are from The Memory Box collection Minuet. This collection is one of my favorites as it is full of soft watery blues and greens.

I have kept the embellishment soft using pale blue hydrangeas from Prima and some Martha Stewart punches for the butterfly and leaves.

I hope that you will join us this week. I love to visit your blogs and look forward to seeing your wonderful creations. Please remember that in order to be eligible for a prize, you must use a StampFairy image. Be sure to visit the StampFairy store and have a look around. New images are added every Monday and Friday.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Teddy Bears

Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge - Babies

Stamp Something - May Digi Challenge

Totally Papercrafts

Addicted to Stamps - 2 papers, 3 flowers and 3 half pearls

CES Challenge - Favorite Colour Combos - Blues and Greens
Craft your Passion - Check it Out

Sweet Honey Bear

Good Morning and Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there. I hope that you are all enjoying a wonderful sunshiny day wherever your are today.

I suppose that the card that I am showing you should be a Mother's Day card.

It easily could have been if I had used a different sentiment.

I have used Lenny Bee which you can find in the store.

http://www.stampfairy.com/digistamps_critters_lennybee.htm

Here is the inside view of my card.

These bright and cheerful papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 paper pad.

I have paired it with a Prima flower and some buttons from Nikki Sivils.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Sketch

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes
Sara Hurley Challenge - Butterflies/Things with Wings
LadyBug Crafts - Going Dotty

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Scrap Creations - A Bug's Life

Stamp Fairy Challenge - Topsy Turvy Panda

 

Good morning, it is time for another StampFairy Challenge.

Our challenge this week is

Shaker Cards

 

If you have not made a shaker card before, Annette has created a tutorial for you and it can be found here.

For my card, I have used Panda Paul Bamboo which I have coloured with Copics.
The papers for this card are from the Abriana collection from K and Company.  I know that I will be using this collection a lot in the coming weeks as the colours are so bright and perfect for the warm sunny days that are sure to be coming.

 

For the shaker, I have used one of the shaker pouches from Impression Obsession Stamps and filled it with glass seed beads left over from a previous hobby.

I hope that you will join us this week, I do look forward to visiting your blogs. Remember that in order to be eligible for a prize you must use a StampFairy image. New images are added to the store every Monday and Friday so be sure to stop by and take a peek.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - Z for Zoo Animals

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Do it with Digis - I Can See Clearly

Sun Bathing Beauty

Just before I left for vacation, my new stamps arrived from Sparkle Creations. Of course that means that now that I am back home, I needed to have a play with them this weekend. Over on the Sparkle Creations blog there is a challenge running that uses the following inspiration photo.

I was inspired by all the pinks and purples to create the following card.

All of the papers are from a K and Company pad that I picked up at Michael's the other day. I love the bright colours in these papers, perfect for summery cards. The flowers are Prima Hydrangeas and the sentiments are from Hero Arts.

Below is a picture of the inside of the card. I used scraps left over from the front of the card to trim it up.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges;

Sparkle Creations - Inspiration Photo

Hanna and Friends - Sketch

Cute Card Thursday - Use any Current Sketch

Scrap Creations - Flowers

Crafter's Companion - Girl's Birthday

I is for Indigo and Ice

Good morning, I cannot believe how fast this year is going. It is time for another ABC Christmas challenge and this week we are already at the letter "I". Before I tell you all about our next challenge, I want to thank all of you who participated in our Hotspot challenge. It was really inspiring to visit your blogs and see your beautiful cards.

This week it is Samantha's turn to host and she has chosen the theme,

I for Indigo, Ice and Inspiration

Samantha has also chosen a photo to inspire you.

You may interpret the photo in any way that you wish but you must create a Christmas card.

We have the Fabulous Brenda as our sponsor for this challenge

Brenda Dean is a Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator. Brenda is giving out a fabulous prize for this challenge - Prize - One free Month of The Paper Society! Members of The Paper Society (including our winner) get exclusive videos and tutorials teaching you techniques, seasonal projects, mini-albums, cards and more.

I have not done any stamping on my card this time around. Instead, I have worked with the gorgeous papers from the Bo Bunny collection Midnight Frost. The colours in this line fit the challenge perfectly.  I have used one of the background papers and a quote from the cutout sheet as the basis for my card. I then added some shimmery cardstock, rickrack and silver pearls for some sparkle and bling and an icy touch.

I hope that you will stop by the ABC Christmas Challenge Blog to see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the design team and our lovely guest designers Brenda (our sponsor) and Shelly from Feline Playful.

After that, it's your turn. I hope that you will share with us your lovely icy creations.

This card will be entered into the following challenges;

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes