Flower Trio

I've been rushing around like a whirlwind today, but surprisingly I've found some time to myself and created a quick card. ( sorry about the photo, but it's really late now and the flash just bounces off the gold card  )

I am entering these challenges

The sketch comes from

Clean and Simple,

the colours inspired by this photo at

Just Add Ink,

and Inkspirational  who want 

SHADES OF PINK AND GREEN

                                           

Supplies

Card - Whisper White, Gold and base FMS

Stamps - Ornate Flowers and Express Yourself

Inks - Black, Blushing Bride, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pool Party, and Pistachio Pudding  
Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Gems

I'll be back after the weekend when I've recovered from my hospital treatment.
Thanks for stopping by, and please call again soon.

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

Pretty in Pink

Today, I have finished a card that I started yesterday while Sophie had a little snooze. I am entering it into two challenges


                               
First is Retro Sketches with this layout

and Fab Friday with these juicy colours



Here's my card

I started by stamping the flower head on a white card base in SS and rounding two corners. I then cut some PiP , CC, LL, and white Nesties Labels in the BS and layered them together to make the frill at the bottom. Some pink card was put through the BS in an embossing folder, and the bottom cut to shape to mimic the frill, before all being placed on the base. 

The flower was stamped on the white Nestie label, which in turn was layered on CC and LL labels and stuck on the base with 3D pads. A big white bow and the black sentiment were added as the final touches.

Supplies :

Card = Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, Clarity Silk, and white base FMS

Stamps = Ornate Flowers and Verve

Inks = Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Blushing Bride, Black, and Sahara Sand

Tools = Big Shot, SU Fan EF, and Nestabilities

Extras = 3D pads and ribbon

I was at the Dr's this morning, and have been diagnosed as a Diabetic now, so another ailment to add to my health list. Oh well, there is always someone worse off than me, so I'll not moan about it.

Hope you bloggers are all well and dandy out there, and have a good weekend. 

Be back soon

Hi Ho Silver

Today's card is a sad reminder of a close family friend that we lost last year, and with the anniversary of his passing coming up, I wanted his widow to know that she is not alone in her grief. It also fits into two challenges ( hopefully).

I thought that silver would be a better colour than a maudlin black card, and as  CAS-ual Fridays theme is Silver this is the first challenge I'll be entering.




The second is Clean and Simple with this sketch






It was difficult to photograph, but here is my card

I've used one of my favourite stamp sets, and stamped the flower in Versamark before heat embossing it in silver. I did the same to the sentiment and die cut this with a Nestabilitie in the Big shot, then layered it onto silver card and placed it on a square white card on 3D pads. It was finished off with some gems.

Thanks for looking, and I hope to be back soon.

Pink Diamond

Hi All!

Today was our Club workshop where we were making Diamond fold cards.

I decided to make mine as an early Mothers Day card and combine it with a new challenge blog I've found over at The Play Date Cafe where they have this colour palette for us.

 Cranberry . . . Raspberry . . . Petal



This is my card. Cherry Cobbler ( Cranberry ), Melon Mambo (Raspberry), and Pretty in Pink (Petal)

                          and here is a side view 

This is the card inside a box I've made with an acetate wrap, and with ribbons across opposite corners topped with a bow to keep the box from sliding out of the wrap.

            Here is a photo of the side of the box

First I scored some white card to create the central diamond, and then I decorated the ends with cards that had been border punched, and added ribbon. I used Jacqueline's SU dies for the layered central panel, which I then decorated with flowers that I'd stamped onto white card and cut out, and arranged with the middle flower raised on 3D pads and a bow, all under the MUM sentiment. I made the box bottom in white card, and scored some acetate to make the wrap.

Recipe :

Card = Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink, and Whisper White

Stamps = Ornate Flowers and Papermania sentiment

Inks = Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, and Certain Celery

Tools = Cuttelbug ( Jacqueline's ), SU Dies, and Martha Stewart punch

Extras = Acetate and Ribbons

As I mentioned the other day, I'd helped Nathan make a valentine card for his friend Adelaide. He did all the designing and stamping himself, even though I was there to help him, he told me that he wanted it done "his way, or no way!!", the little Diva.

What do you think of his talents? I wonder where he got them from?

  

He even decorated the inside.

The inks and majority of the stamps are SU, but there are a few toppers and unknown stamps that Boris the Elf had sent him!!

Well that's all for now, I'm hopefully having my hospital treatment tomorrow, so I'll be back soon.

Have a great weekend whatever you're doing

Muppet Birthday!

My card today is for the Friday Mashup challenge where they have this mash up theme

1. Favourite Muppet colour combo
2. Project for kids
3. Both 1 and 2



I went for the colour combo of my favourite Muppet, and the King of all Muppet Land...............Kermit the Frog


Here is my card

As you all know if you've followed me for a while, I just love pink and green, and my favourite SU stamps at the moment are Ornate Flowers, so I simply had to use both today.

I Versamarked the green card with the flower head, before stamping the flower panel twice in pink and cutting them out. The central panel was made by stamping the flower on white card and drawing around it with a Write marker. The panels were raised on 3D pads as was the sentiment under the ribbon.

Recipe :

Card = Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, and white card base from my stash

Stamps = Ornate Flowers and Verve sentiment

Inks = Versamark, Pixie Pink, Poppy Parade, and Pear Pizzazz

Extras = Ribbon and Martha Stewart border punch

I'm off to the Doctors now as my cough will not go away, and 6 weeks is too long to cope with it any longer, and I'm barking more than Monty is!!

Thanks for dropping by today

Bunny Love

Well, would you believe it???? I went to Jacqueline's today, and..........amazingly I managed to do some crafting whilst chatting.

The card I made is for two challenges, the first is Clean and Simple where they had this sketch , and I have rotated it 90* so my semi circle is at the bottom,

and the second is CAS-ual Fridays where they are looking for                "SOMETHING YOU FIND IN AN EASTER BASKET"

 I don't have any Easter stamps, but I do have a rabbit called Candyfloss! She has hopped out of her basket to pick a flower. After stamping and cutting out the flower,  I have raised her paw up on a 3D pad so it looks like she's holding it, but its not been picked up by my camera angle, Sorry!

What do you think?

Recipe :

Card = Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, and white card base from my stash

Stamps = Daisy and Dandelion (rabbit), Ornate Flowers, and Basic Phrases

Inks = Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo, and Lucky Limeade

Tools = Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras = SU DSP, 3D pad, and Brown and Pink pencils  

Tomorrow is my Super Hero day with Nathan and Sophie, but I hope to be back after that.

Thanks for dropping by

With Sympathy

Today started with the sad news that one of our close friends has lost his battle with Cancer, so when I sat to make his wife a card I decided to go monochrome.

For my layout I used the sketch over at the Clean and Simple challenge , and as it's made with several die cuts, I'll try the Less is More challenge again.



Here is the card

I stamped the flower buds in Versamark and heat embossed them with black powder (that's why the camera flash has reflected off them!!). The white card was put through the Big Shot and Nestabilities labels, the side ribbons are SB border dies, and the corners are Marianne designs. The center panel is raised with 3D pads for added dimension.

Recipe :

Card = Whisper White, Basic Black, and card from my stash
Stamps =  Ornate Flowers and Woodware sentiment
Inks = Versamark and Basic Black
Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities Labels and Border, Marianne corners, Heat gun
Extras = 3D pads, Xcut corner punch, and Black embossing powder

That's me for today, I cant concentrate after hearing the news, plus I'm still worried about my old neighbour who's still in hospital. The WRI hospital is still in Lock-Down with Norovirus so I cant even visit him, just phone him on his bedside phone, which is not the same as a personal visit, and I seem to always call when he's seeing the Dr, nurse, or is in the bathroom!.

Anyway, I may be back tomorrow, I just don't know how I'll feel.

Thanks for dropping by today and looking at my work.





Happy Birthday

Today's card is for 2 challenges.

The first is Stampin Royalty where they have this sketch

and the second is ColourQ where they have this colour palette

Here is my card

Recipe :

Card = Very Vanilla, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, and cream card from my stash

Stamps = Baroque Motifs, Ornate Flowers, and Verve

Inks = Real Red, Pretty in Pink, and Pool Party ( I don't have Cool Caribbean )

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swirl embossing folder, Martha Stewart border punch, and Readicut 2 step flower punches

Extras = 3D pads and white Pearl gems

I wasn't too sure about the blue flower stems and Baroque Motif at first, but I think because they are so pale they can pass as bluey green foliage. What do you think??

I've had a terrible few days............On Thursday night, I found my old neighbour ( a widower who is on the verge of  Dementia) in a Diabetic coma again and had to get the ambulance out. Thankfully, he is still in hospital and the Dr.s have found more complications that I wasn't aware of, so he is now getting the right treatment he needs. I hope for his sake he will be there for a while yet, so that some Home care can be sorted out for when he comes home, as his son lives in London and there is no one else other than me.

I hope to get some more crafting done in the next few days, but who knows what will happen??

Thanks for looking today

Mum's the word!

I've been really busy again over the last few days, but I have managed one card which I'll be entering into the Clean and Simple challenge where they have this sketch

and Make My Monday challenge where they are looking for HEARTS AND FLOWERS with die cuts if possible.

So of course I have had to have a go and decided to combine the two.



Here's my card

I started by sticking a semi circle of vellum stamped with hearts on the left of the card ( I used a snail tape pen so that the glue did not show through the vellum). I then coloured my flower stamp with write markers and stamped it on a cream circle. The daisy flower dies looked similar to the stamp so my faithful Big Shot came out and cut 4 daisies.

I have to admit my mistake now...........After the final touch of the word 'Mum' was added, I dropped the acrylic block on the stamped flower disc........AAAAAAAAaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!! So the mark had to be covered with something. I decided on this butterfly die, as although it is large, the wings are very dainty and don't swamp the design too much. What do you think??

Recipe:

Card = Rich Razzleberry, Real Red, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla, and cream and blue from my stash

Stamps = SU Ornate Flowers and Papermania

Inks = Poppy Parade, Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, and Lucky Limeade

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities circles, Shapeabilities, and Marianne

Extras = 3D pads, and blue gems

Thanks for stopping by today and hope to see you again soon