For Mum

Yaaaay! My Peacock card was Top 3 at Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge #178, so a big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

A quick post tonight as it's very late, but here's the card I've made for my Mum's birthday on Sunday

I stamped the lattice on brown card, and laid it on red card. I stamped the flower ring, coloured it with my AP and markers, then fussy cut it out and laid it on 3D pads on some wood effect card cut with a Framelit.I fussy cut some foliage and added them under a chipboard heart covered in red card that was embossed with gold word "Mum". The finishing touches (that you cant really see in the photo) were the mini pink gems in the flower centres.

I am entering these challenges :

Try Stampin' on Tuesday

 have this sketch,

the colours come from

Hand Stamped Sentiments,

and lastly, Just Add Ink want to see

CHIPBOARD

                                                       

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Apothecary Art, Summer Silhouettes, and Papermania

Inks - Versamark, Black Archival, Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive, and Baked Brown Sugar

Tools - Big Shot, Framelit Labels, Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Heat Gun

Extras - Gold EP, 3D Pads, and Mini Gems

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Vanilla Stripes

Yaaaay! I never thought it would happen, but I've just made number 50 in my followers, I'm over the moon, so Thank You all for joining me.

Today is a busy day of TV sport for me......with the men's Wimbledon final, and the British Grand Prix, but before I settle on the sofa, here's a card I've made

The flowers on the wreath were coloured with my SU markers and an Aqua Painter, and cut with a framelet. This was then placed on 3D pads and laid on some vanilla card that was embossed with diagonal stripes. The finishing touches were the sentiment, butterfly, and gems.

I will be entering these challenges:

The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

the colours from Color Throwdown,

Stampin' Royalty want something 

SIMPLE

                                                     

Seize the Birthday want STARS or/and STRIPES  

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to

MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Apothecary Art, and Papillion Potpourri

Inks - Black Archival, Strawberry Slush, and Tempting Turquoise

Tools - Big Shot, Framelets Label, Aqua Painter, Sizzix Textures, Elegant Butterfly punch, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems 

Thanks for dropping by, and have a nice Sunday

Watercoloured Trellis

Today my card is for my friends Birthday next week.

My friend loves her garden, and is lucky enough to have green fingers to keep her flowers looking beautiful. So to echo her planting, I used the Mosaic Madness EF to emboss some white card and water coloured the gaps with blue, before laying it on blue card, and then some embossed brown card. I then added some die cut vines and stamped fussy cut flowers to the trellis, all topped with the sentiment label, ribbon, gems and a butterfly.

I am also entering these challenges

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

The colours from ColourQ,

and Seize the Birthday who have a theme of

ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Card = Crumb Cake, Naturals White, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Green and base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Apothecary Art, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks = Black Archival, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, and Rich Razzelberry

Tools = Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Mosaic Madness EF, Marianne Die, Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras = 3D Pads, Ribbon, and Gems

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Tag Tree

My card today is for my Step Dad's birthday next Month ( sorry about the photo, my camera flash is still doing it's own thing! )

I will also be entering it in these challenges :

Colour Me have these autumn colours,

the sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

The Male Room want a masculine card with theme of

"TREES AND LEAVES"

 Seize the Birthday have a toppings of "TAGS"

and lastly, but no means least,  Addicted to Stamps want us to

"MAKE YOUR MARK"

I stamped the tree with rust ink, and hand coloured the leaves with SU markers. I then cut it out using the shape from the outside of a Nestie for the top of the tag, and laid it on some rust card. This was then placed onto a randomly stamped base card with leaves, script, and splodges. It was finished off with a sentiment banner, ribbon and button.

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Rust and base FMS

Stamps = Leaves of a Tree, French Foliage, and Apothecary Art

Inks = Black, Crushed Curry, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive, and Adirondack Rust

Tools = Nestie and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = 3D Pads, Button, Ribbon, and Bakers Twine

I had a bad fall in the garden again yesterday, and my arms and legs are black and blue, so I decided to do the right thing today, and stay indoors watching the French Open Tennis while crafting. 

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Ring of Flowers

Yaaaay! I've just seen that I was one of the Top Picks at Sunday Stamps, so a big "Thank You" to Marie, and the DT. 

Well the weather stopped play for me today, but I'm glad it did, as instead of doing the gardening, I made this card. Looking for flowers, I turned to my favourite stamp set of the moment, Apothecary Art from SU.

I am entering into the following challenges:

The sketch is from Sunday Stamps,

the colours from ColourQ,

                                                         

the Paper Players have a theme of clean and simple

"FLORAL"

and lastly, Less is More also have a theme of 

"FLOWERS"

I coloured the flowers with my Aqua Painter and SU Markers, and fussy cut it before laying it on turquoise card that I also cut by hand. I pieced the sentiment together using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, and placed some tiny gems on the added butterfly.

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, and base FMS

Stamps - Apothecary Art and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Black Archival, Crushed Curry, Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade, and Melon Mambo

Tools - Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fancy Fan EF, Fiskars Scissors, and Butterfly Punch

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems

I must get a new daylight bulb for the lamp in my study/craft room, as the photos taken with my old camera are quite dark, so I apologise if the colours don't look quite right. Either that, or I must find time to do my photos and posting earlier in the day!

Thanks for dropping by, and I hope you all have a good weekend.

Apothecary Art Birthday

Today, I'm avoiding the sun, and hiding in the shade indoors to do some crafting, and I made this card for my friends birthday.

I will also be submitting it to these challenges :

The sketch is from 

Seize the Sketch,

                                                                     

The colours came from Color Throwdown

and from the photo inspiration at 

Addicted to Stamps,

and  lastly, Seize the Birthday have the extra topping of 

                         "FLOWERS"

Supplies

Card - Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Silver card and base FMS

Stamps - Apothecary Art, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Black Archival, and Versamark

Tools - Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Aqua Painter, and Heat Gun

Extras - Silver EP, and 3D Pads

The Apothecary Art label was coloured with my Aqua Painter, and shaded with SU Markers, before being laid on silver card. The Butterfly was coloured the same way, with the wing edges and body touched with Versamark and heated silver EP. The sentiment was pieced together from the original stamp of "Happiest Birthday" using the Stamp-a-ma-jig.

I'm still recovering from my nightmare of loosing my all my comments, and I will make sure I don't have too many email pages open at the same time in the future!!

I hope you all have a good week, whatever you are doing.

Trio Of Roses

Today, as I'm still struggling to find my mojo, I went to my friends for coffee and crafting, and here is what I made

I'm entering it into three challenges:

CAS Colours and Sketches have this sketch,

Dynamic Duos have green plus a choice,

and Less is More want to see 

"ROUND AND ROUND"  

My roses were stamped in pink and then with green to add the detail, fussy cut, and placed with leaves on 3D pads for dimension. I hope the round shape of the roses fits the LIM theme?.

Supplies

Card = Whisper White and White base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Apothecary Art

Inks = Gumball Green, Strawberry Slush, Crumb Cake, and Black

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches

Extras = 3D Pads and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, hope you call again soon