Red Swallowtails

Here we are starting another weekend, and it only feels like it was the weekend yesterday!!

Anyway, Today my card is for three challenges

First is ColourQ with these colours,

then the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, and 

lastly is Make My Monday with theme of

ADD SOME DIMENSION               

 Here is my card

                                   

I stamped some yellow and grey roses and leaves on white card, fussy cut them out and placed them up on 3D Pads, laid on some embossed grey card. The grey card was edged with some red card cut with decorative scissors, as was the sentiment. The finishing touches were the butterflies with gem bodies that are also on 3D pads.

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Real Red, Grey, and white base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Verve

Inks = Black, Crushed Curry, So Saffron, Real Red, and Sahara Sand

Tools = Big Shot, Dots EF, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches, and Fiskars Scissors

Extras = 3D Pads and Gems

I've had a lovely delivery of supplies from SU and hope I get chance to use them soon, so please drop by again to see what I do with them. Thanks for calling

Summer Reflections

Yaaaaay! I made Top 3 at Make My Monday with my Paper Piecing card, so a big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

My card today is for three challenges

 First is Make My Monday where they want to see some

 3D DIMENSION,

second is Addicted to CAS with a theme of

 SUMMER

and lastly, The Male Room with a masculine card in a theme of      REFLECTIONS

Here's my card

I stamped the lady in the boat twice in Black Archival ink, coloured one and cut it out. With the other one I cut it with a Nestie and stamped some flowers and plants on the riverbank. and coloured the water and reflections with an Aqua Painter. The first lady was then stuck over the other with 3D Pads. The Nestie image, also on 3D pads, was then placed on some green and red cards that had been embossed, and that had been wrapped with a navy ribbon. The finishing touches were the sentiment, bow, and the stamped dragonfly which was also on 3D pads.

Supplies :

Card = Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Whisper White, Pacific Point, and white base FMS

Stamps = Summer by the Sea, Pocket Silhouettes, Organic Grace, and Tea Shoppe

Inks =  Black Archival, and Too many to mention, but all SU Write Markers 

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Fancy Fan and Dots EF's,  Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Aqua Painter

Thanks for dropping by today, and for all your lovely comments, as they make my day. I'm sorry that I haven't left many comments myself lately, but I hope to get round sometime this week to catch up.

Cup of Roses

Yaaaay! I've just seen that I was one of the Goddesses Top Picks last week at Stampin' Royalty, so a big "Thank You" to them.

Today my card is for two challenges

First is this photo inspiration from Stampin' Royalty, 

and second is this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

      

Here is my card

( sorry about the poor photo, but I had to use the flash as it's dark now I've finished making it )

                                                                 

         

I started by embossing some green card and laying it onto a white base. I then randomly stamped tea cups onto white card, embossed some brown card, and matted them on some coral card. A blue tea cup was fancy cut and placed on 3D pads, and then some roses arranged inside it. A butterfly and sentiment finished it off.

Supplies :

Card = Certainly Celery, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, and Whisper White

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Tea Shoppe, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks = Black, Certainly Celery, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake, and Pool Party

Tools = Big Shot, Dots EF, Fancy Fan EF, Nestabilities, Bitty Butterfly Punch, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = 3D Pads

Thanks for dropping by and I'll be back soon

Yellow Magnolia

I'm posting my card late today as I've been out with my sister Ali, celebrating her birthday.

I will be entering my card into three challenges

The sketch comes from Paper Craft Crew,

the colours from Paper Players, and

Make My Monday are asking us to use a
NON INKED STAMP or NEW SHEET OF DECOUPAGE

Here it is

Finding an unused stamp in my stash was quite difficult, but as I have not used the Magnolia, Sentiment, and Butterfly stamps before, they are what I chose to use.

Supplies :

Card = Tempting Turquoise, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Simply Soft, Papillon Potpourri,  and Verve

Inks = Black Archival, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, and Tempting Turquoise

Tools = Big Shot, Dots EF, Nestabilities, Fiskars Scissors,  Bitty and Elegant Butterfly Punches

Extras = 3D Pads and Gems 

Now, as I teased you yesterday, I have some amazing news to share with you. I have been invited to be on the design team of a new challenge blog called The Male Room, aimed at masculine cards. Pop Over and have a look, as the first challenge goes live on 31st July with Anything Goes, and we would love it if you could join us.

I'm both thrilled and terrified at the prospect, and I hope that I don't let the other team members down. So I hope to see your lovely creations there on 31st.

Thanks for dropping by                                                    

All Square!

Yaaaaay! I made it as a Featured Artisan at Paper Craft Crew, so a big "Thank You" to their DT.

My card today is for three challenges

The sketch is from Paper Craft Crew,

the colours are from this photo inspiration at

Play Date Cafe, SMOKEY PLUM, CHERRY BLOSSOM, and LAVA  

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps who want us to use markers and pens to

                           MAKE YOUR MARK

This is my card

                                                                     

The roses are stamped in pink and coral onto white card and fussy cut out, and placed on a white square with 3D pads. Pink and Wisteria leaves are added to

each rose and a wavy Coral line drawn around each edge of the square. 

Some coral card was embossed and placed on the lower half of some wisteria card that was also embossed. A white ribbon and bow added with the sentiment stamped onto white card, The finishing touches were the pearls put in the centres of the flowers.

Supplies :

Card = Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral,  Whisper White, and white base FMS

Stamps = Stippled Blossoms and Tea Shoppe

Inks = Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, and Black

Tools = Big Shot, Dots and Cottage Floral EF, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = Ribbon and Pearls

I'm taking my friend to the airport at 3am tomorrow, and then I'm in hospital again for my RA treatment, so I may be AWOL for a few days, but will be back as soon as I can.

Just Believe Butterflies

My second post this afternoon, and my card is for two challenges

The sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday,       

and the colours from Play Date Cafe are                                                                               NAVY, SCHOOL BUS, ,  and GRASS   

Here's my card

                                 

The flowers were stamped and cut with a Nestie and layered on the embossed cards. The sentiment was stamped and also added on a Nestie. The finishing touch was the two punched butterflies with Gem bodies.

Supplies :

Card = Naturals White, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Navy, Green, and White base FMS

Stamps = Just Believe

Inks = Crushed Curry, Midnight Muse, and Gumball Green

Tools = Big Shot, XCut Dies, Elegant and Bitty Butterfly Punches, and Dots and Fancy Fan EF's

Extras = Gems 

Thanks for dropping by, and have a good Bank Holiday

                         

Coral Blooms

Today, my card is for two challenges

The first is Mojo Monday with this sketch,

and second is ColourQ with these colours





Here is my card

                                              

Some embossed coral card was laid on a white base with a green strip and black ribbon flag tails to the right hand side.

Two Nestie labels were added so they over lapped, and some blooms were added with leaves. The upper most label was on 3D pads, as was the large flower bloom. The finishing touches were the addition of the sentiment and the butterfly with gem body.

Supplies :
Card = Calypso Coral, Black, Certainly Celery, Naturals White, Whisper White, and white base FMS
Stamps = Stippled Blossoms and Verve
Inks = Black, Calypso Coral, Real Red, Certainly Celery, and Crumb Cake
Tools = Big Shot, Dots EF, Nestabilities, and Elegant Butterfly Punch
Extras = 3D pads, Ribbon, and Gems

I've been so busy this week, but Mum is getting stronger and is on the mend now, and is doing more and more each day. Next week is my Sister Cassy's birthday, so we'll be off to Leicester to see her, and of course little Henry, so may not get the chance to do much crafting.

Enjoy your weekend, and I hope to be back soon

Pastel Butterfly

Today, I've combined three challenges to make my card

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

colours from Color Throwdown,

and theme of Birthday from
CAS-ual Fridays

This is my card

I masked 4 squares with Post Its and sponged them with green, yellow, and pink on white card, and then stamped the butterfly in black across them. This was then matted on some pink card which was placed on a white card base above some yellow card that had been embossed with dots. A stamped sentiment and pink ribbon and bow were added as the finishing touches.

Supplies :
Card = Pretty in Pink, Naturals White, Barely Banana, and White base FMS
Stamps = Swallowtail and Verve
Inks = Black, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, and Blushing Bride
Tools = Big Shot, Dots EF, and Post Its
Extras = Ribbon

Thanks for dropping by, hope you can call again real soon



                                                     

Yellow Roses of Hope

Today my card is for my Sister Cassy whose 2 week old baby, Henry, is seriously ill in hospital. Yellow roses symbolise hope, joy, and caring, so convey everything I want to say to her in a card. I will also be entering it into two challenges.

 First is Mojo Monday with this sketch,

and, Colour Throwdown with these colours






This is my card

I started by randomly stamping the yellow flowers and green leaves on the top half of a white base, and then covering the other half with embossed blue card. I then stamped a yellow rose, a rose bud, and two leaves on some white card and cut them out. 

With the Big Shot I cut and layered the scallop circle and label, and embossed a strip of yellow card. These were stuck in place with 3D pads, and the flower and sentiment added. The finishing touches were the butterfly with gem body, blue flag, blue and yellow gems in opposing corners.

Supplies :
Card = Black, Daffodil Delight, Naturals White, Blue and White base FMS
Stamps = Stippled Blossoms, Baby Blossoms, and Cute Companions Sentiment
Inks = Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, and Brilliant Blue
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fancy Fan and Dots EF, and Elegant Butterfly Punch
Extras = 3D pads and gems

We are all really worried about little Henry, so I hope this bright card will bring some cheer to Cassy and Russell while he is in hospital having tests done. I've got my fingers and toes crossed that he will be allowed home very soon.

Thanks for dropping by today, and please send positive thoughts to Cass, Russell, and of course, Henry.

                                               

Marshmallow the Rabbit

The card I've made today is for my Niece Sophie's 2nd birthday on 16th May. She is obsessed by rabbits at the moment, as they have rescued a baby wild rabbit that a Buzzard dropped in their field as it was trying to carry it away.

I will also be entering these two challenges :

Mojo Monday with this sketch,

and ColourQ with these colours







Here's my card

The real rabbit stamp is actually holding a small daisy, but I masked it off and have added my own flower with a false paw. I used the Big Shot to emboss the yellow and coral cards before using the Nestie labels to cut the shapes.The rabbit was stamped in black Archival and coloured with an Aqua painter and SU Write Markers, and raised on 3D pads. The age tag was also added on 3D pads, and the finishing touch was the faux stitches around the edge of the card.

Supplies :
Card = Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Pretty in Pink, Naturals White, and white base FMS
Stamps = Daisy and Dandelion Marshmallow, Ornate Flowers, Papermania, and Woodware
Inks = Black Archival, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, and Soft Suede
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities Labels and Scalloped circles, Fan EF, Dots EF, and Aqua Painter
Extras = 3D pads and gems

My hands are still swollen and painful after being injected at the hospital yesterday, but luckily most of the preparations I did on Thursday night, so it was just the photographing and posting that still needed to be finished tonight.

Hope to be able to get some crafting done tomorrow, so bye for now

Just For You Mum

My card today is for three challenges.

First one is Clean and Simple with this sketch

secondly is The Paper Players where we could chose any line of three

and lastly, Dynamic Duos where we had a choice of colour to partner Primrose Petals.


                                 
Here's my card

For the DDuos, I chose green to go with my pink, and for PPlayers, the line of Ribbon, Mother's Day, and Pink and Green. ( My Primrose Write Marker looks almost burgandy in the camera flash, but it matches some ribbon I have perfectly ! )

I randomly stamped the flourish in pink and green over some white card, and layered it on some green card, and then a white base. A strip of the same green was embossed with dots and wrapped in a pink ribbon before being laid down. 

The sentiment and flower were stamped onto white card cut with a label Nestie, and added on 3D pads. The finishing touches were the bow and butterfly on the label.

Supplies :

Card = Lucky Limeade, Naturals White, and base FMS

Stamps = Flowering Flourishes, Just Believe and Bliss

Inks = Primrose Petals, Lucky Limeade and Black

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Dots EF

Extras = Ribbon and 3D pads

I hope that I will have some spare time in the coming days to catch up on my blog hopping so I can see your lovely creations. Thanks for looking, and hope you can call again soon