Coral Bloom

The rain has returned to Malvern, but the air's still humid enough to give us a lovely thunder storm last night. So instead of going out today, I've stayed in and done some jobs around the house that I've been putting off for ages, and then I sat down with a coffee and made a card for my friends birthday.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch comes from Mojo Monday,

the colours from ColourQ,

and lastly, Friday Mashup with the theme

VELLUM   and/or 

STITCHING ( Sewing or Faux)

Supplies :

Card - Summer Starfruit, Calypso Coral, Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Blended Bloom, Summer Silhouettes, Express Yourself, Tea Shoppe, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Black Archival, Blackberry Bliss, Calypso Coral, Summer Starfruit, and Blushing Bride

Tools - Big Shot, Fancy Fan EF, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - Primo Clay Flower, 3D Pads, and Mini Gems

Have a good weekend whatever you are doing, and I'll be back soon

Yellow Upsy Daisies

Today is the first day in a while that I've had time to myself, and I made this card

I embossed some white card with diagonal stripes and laid it on some yellow card. I stamped some grey lattice and wrapped it with yellow organza ribbon, and added it to the base cards. I made a yellow and grey label with daisies, placing it down on 3D pads and topped with a butterfly. The sentiment was tucked under the lattice, and the finishing touches were the gems added to the butterfly.  

I am entering these challenges 

Colour Me  have these colours,

the sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches,

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have ANYTHING GOES with option of                                                                GET WELL or THINKING OF YOU

Supplies :

Card - Naturals White, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, and base FMS

Stamps - Upsy Daisy, Express Yourself, Summer Silhouettes, and Papillon Potpourri

Inks - Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate

Tools - Big Shot, Framelits Labels, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sizzix Textures, Elegant and Itty Butterfly Punches

Extras - 3D Pads, Ribbon, and Gems

The last few weeks have been a complete nightmare. The long awaited donkey foal, Buttercup, became an orphan when her mother died two days after giving birth from complications, and we are all trying to care for her at my sisters (Alison ) house as she needs to be bottle fed every 2 hours. With 2 kids, 2 dogs, and a donkey in the house you can imagine the chaos, especially when the kids were off school.

To top this, Ali's neighbour had a huge house fire which has badly damaged her own house, so the insurance assessors are sending builders and glaziers round for repair work quotes. Then my neighbours husband suddenly died!............they say things happen in 3's, so I hope that is the lot now. ( fingers AND toes crossed )

Here is Buttercup having a little snooze, and in the rear of Ali's car with Duff Duff her dog, on their way to the field to see the other donkeys. She isn't strong enough yet to be left with them all day as she has no mother to feed her or keep her warm and safe. We say a lot of prayers at the moment to make her strong enough to survive, but we still have a long way to go yet before she is out of danger of catching an infection and falling ill.

I will keep you informed of her progress.

Thanks for dropping by and I hope to be back soon

Button Bloom

Yaaaay!, I've just found out that I made the "Wall of Fame" at Addicted to Stamps, and I'm over the moon, so a very big "Thank You" to their lovely DT.

Today, I'm sorry for a quick post, but I'm busy with Nathan and Sophie. Here's my card

The flower was coloured with markers and AQ, fussy cut and laid down with 3D pads. Some leaves were stamped and tucked under it, and the sentiment stamped alongside. It was finished off with a butterfly and two yellow buttons.

I am entering these challenges :

The colours and sketch are from

CAS Colours and Sketches

                        

Paper Players want to see BUTTONS

Inkspirational want us to use

MARKERS OR PENCILS

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have 

ANYTHING GOES

Supplies :

Card - Naturals White, and base FMS

Stamps - Blended Bloom, Stippled Blossoms, Papillon Potpourri, and Sassy Salutations

Inks - Black Archival, Smoky Slate, Crushed Curry, and Lost Lagoon

Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Aqua Painter

Extras - 3D Pads, and Buttons 

Thanks for dropping by

All About the Butterflies

Hello, I hope you are all having a great weekend? This is my first day out of bed after my hospital treatment, so I still feel a little fragile. To start the day off gently, I have made this Butterfly card.

The main image consists of the word "Butterfly" in different languages, with small butterflies flying around. I coloured the whole image with my AP, and the small butterflies with my markers. I then stamped the image on some saffron card to cut out the two tags, and stuck them down on 3D pads. This was then laid on some coral and saffron card that had been wrapped with a ribbon and bow. The large butterfly was coloured with my AP and markers and placed on the large tag with 3D pads. To finish it off, I added the sentiment, two Swallowtail butterflies and gems on the insects bodies.

I am entering these challenges 

The sketch is from Seize the Sketch,

the colours from Colour Me,

Make My Monday  have the theme of

         BUTTERFLIES

                                                 

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have

       ANYTHING GOES 

Supplies :

Card - So Saffron, Calypso Coral, Whisper White and base FMS

Stamps - Simply Sketched, Papillon Potpourri, and Clarity ( I think? )

Inks - Black Archival, Strawberry Slush, Hello Honey, and So Saffron

Tools - Aqua Painter, Elegant and Itty Bitty Butterfly Punches

Extras - Ribbon, 3D Pads, and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be back soon

Cabana Wood

I'm sorry for the quick post tonight, but the day has flashed past, and the light is now fading. Here is the card I made earlier

I stamped the blue wood background and mounted it on some cabana card, adding the frill at the top that was wrapped with bakers twine. I stamped the flower on white card, and coloured it with my AP and markers. It was fussy cut and decoupaged in the centre, with added gems, and some leaves. The finishing touches were the sentiment and butterfly.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch is from

Try Stampin on Tuesday,

the colours from Fab Friday

and Seize the Birthday

have the topping of 

TWINE or STRING                                           

Supplies :

Card - Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Blended Bloom, Express Yourself, Papillion Potpourri, and Stippled Blossoms

Inks - Black Archival, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, and Crushed Curry

Tools - Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fiskars Scissors, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras - 3D Pads, Bakers Twine,  and Gems

I promise my regular followers that I will not use the Blended Bloom in my next post!........I can not promise the same of my AP as that seems to be permanently attached to my right hand.

Please come by again soon, bye for now

Purple Bloom

Wow, have we been having some thunder storms over the last two days?! No problem I thought, I'll do some crafting instead of going outside........ah!, with the power cuts we have no electricity..... so NO Internet! Aaaah!

So, today I've made this card while I can surf the net for challenges to enter in

I coloured the flower with my AP and markers and laid it on 3D pads on some purple and blue embossed cards, that were then laid on some brown card stamped with wood design. Some blue and purple silk threads were wrapped around the base, and a sentiment and butterfly added. To finish it, I placed some leaves around the flower, and randomly added some pearls.

The sketch is from Mojo Monday,

the colours from Stampin' Royalty, ( I also used a crumb cake bg like one of the DT, so I hope this is allowed?)

                                                

Friday Mashup want a
STAMPED BACKGROUND and/or SOMETHING 3D

and lastly, Seize the Birthday have the topping of

TWINE or/and STRING

Supplies :

Card - Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Whisper White and base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Blended Bloom, Papillion Potpourri, Stippled Blossoms, and Simply Sketched
Inks - Black Archival, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Pistachio Pudding, and Crumb Cake
Tools - Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Mosaic Madness EF, Fancy Fan EF, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant Butterfly Punch
Extras - 3D Pads, Silk Threads, and Pearls

Thanks for dropping by, and I'll be popping around blogland soon to leave some love

Honey Bloom

My card today is using my other new SU stamps, wood and flower.

I stamped the wooden background in blue and cut it at the angle and placed it on the base card, and continued the blue line around the top of the base. The flower was stamped and coloured with my AP and markers, and placed on 3D pads. I added some leaves, the sentiment, a butterfly and pearls.

I am entering these challenges :

the sketch is from Clean and Simple,

Friday Mashup have the colours HELLO HONEY, MOSSY MEADOW, and LOST LAGOON

                                         

and lastly, Inkspirational have this photo inspiration, so I used the colours from it.

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White and white base FMS

Stamps - Hardwood, Blended Bloom, Stippled Blossoms, Papillion Potpourri, and Papermania

Inks - Black Archival, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, and Lost Lagoon

Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig, Aqua Painter, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras - 3D Pads, and Pearls

Thanks for dropping by, please call again soon and let me know what you think of my designs

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

Anniversary Blooms

Today, I am sat at my study desk with a thunder storm going on above my head and heavy rain on the roof. I have the TV and light on which keep flickering so any minute now I'm expecting to loose Internet connection. So I'll be brief, and here is my card.

I am entering it in the following challenges :

The sketch is from Retro Sketches,

the colours from this photo inspiration at

Stampin' Royalty,

Make My Monday have a theme of

ANNIVERSARIES,

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have ANYTHING GOES

              

I've made the card for my friends daughter who will be celebrating her 4th wedding anniversary on 18th August. I looked anniversaries up on the Internet and found that for the 4th one it is traditional to give the gifts of fruit or flowers, so I choose flowers for my card.

Supplies :
Card - Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar, and base FMS

Stamps - Fabulous Florets, Papillion Potpourri, and Express Yourself

Inks - Black Archival,  Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Baked Sugar, and Pear Pizzazz

Tools - Big Shot, Fancy Fan and Mosaic Madness EF's, Aqua Painter, and Elegant Butterfly Punch

Extras - 3D Pads and Gems

I'm logging off now so I don't loose Internet connection, thanks for dropping by

Golden Poppies

Here is my second card for today. I apologise for the photo but the gold glitter in the vellum made the flash bounce everywhere

Some white card was embossed in a butterfly folder with the insects flying up the right hand side of the card. I then heat embossed the poppy and sentiment in gold EP on the gold vellum, and cut it into a banner. It was all finished with a gold embossed butterfly and some mini gems.

I am entering these challenges :

The sketch and inspiration come from two challenges that have come together CASe this Sketch and Fusion Cards

and also Seize the Birthday with

ANYTHING GOES

Supplies :

Card = Whisper White, Gold glitter Vellum, and base FMS

Stamps = Simply Sketched and Papillion Potpourri

Inks = Versamark

Tools = Big Shot, Butterfly EF, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Elegant Butterfly Punch, and Heat Gun

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

Tomorrow, I'm off to my sisters, and Sophie has told me to take my swimming costume so I can play with her in her paddling pool and cool my burning swollen feet!!??!! Bless her cotton socks, she is so caring and thoughtful and only 3 years old!

Thanks for dropping by, and hope you'll come back soon

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

Thanks for dropping by, please call again soon