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

Featured Stamper

Yaaaaay! I was the Featured Stamper with Color Throwdown last week with my Circus Mouse card, and as a result I have been asked to be their Guest Star Stamper this week. OMG ! I was so excited, that it took me ages to decide what to do with their colours

Well, after some deliberation, here is the card I came up with

Using the Color Throwdown palette, I stamped the blue wood grain background through a Framelit aperture, and topped it with a flower coloured with my AP and markers. Some leaf sprigs and sentiment banner were added, with some Mini gems on the centre of the flower to finish.

I am entering these challenges :

Of course the colours come from

Color Throwdown, 

and lastly,the sketch from Clean and Simple    

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Blended Bloom, Hardwood, Simply Sketched, Summer Silhouettes, and Verve

Inks - Black Archival, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, and Marina Mist

Tools - Big Shot, Framelits Labels, Aqua Painter, and Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads, and Mini Gems 

I have had my treatment today, so I'll be back at the weekend when I've recovered.

Thanks for dropping by

Subtle Flowers

Hi All, I hope you've had a nice Bank Holiday? Mine was hectic, but my Sisters donkey finally gave birth to a new donkey foal that we have been waiting for (seems like it's been months!!) I have yet to take a photo of her ( Buttercup) but will post it when it's done.

Now, I found time to craft today for the first time in a week, and here's the card

I stamped two flowers and the leaves on the white card, laid it on green card, and then with 3D pads onto some wood stamped brown card. A third flower was stamped, fussy cut, and added to the top panel with a sentiment banner. To finish I put some mini gems on the flower heads.

I'm entering these challenges :

The sketch is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday

                                             

and the subtle colours from CAS Colours 
and Sketches

(Ooops, Sorry TSOT I used the wrong sketch first time!)

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Green and base FMS
Stamps - Hardwood, Summer Silhouettes, and Express Yourself
Inks - Black, So Saffron, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar
Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig
Extras - 3D Pads and Mini Gems

Here's a photo of  my sisters donkeys, before the new arrival.

Thanks for dropping by and hope you'll call again soon.

I'm in hospital tomorrow for my treatment again, but pop back to see something that I was really excited about?

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

Thanks for dropping by, and please come back again soon

They Call It Mellow Yellow!

Happy weekend everyone!. 

Well, I've waved off the family as they drive down to Devon for a weeks holiday........and I'm glued to the phone as my sisters donkey is about to foal any minute, and I'm in the hot seat if it goes into labour!Aaaaah!

While I wait, I've made this card

I wrapped some Raffia around some pale yellow card that I had embossed, and laid it off centre on a white base. On 3D pads, I then added a yellow card square and topped it with a smaller white one, onto which I stamped two flowers and sentiment. Next, I stamped three yellow flowers and fussy cut them out, and arranged them with some punched leaves above the sentiment. The finishing touches were the gems in the flower centres and flower heads.

I am entering it in these challenges :

The sketch comes from Freshly

 Made Sketches

Seize the Birthday 

have a topping of

MONOCHROMATIC YELLOWS

                                         

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps want us to MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Whisper White, Pale Yellow and base FMS

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes, and Express Yourself

Inks - Basic Black, Hello Honey, and Crushed Curry

Tools - Big Shot, Sizzix Textures, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Bird Punch

Extras - 3D Pads, Raffia,  and Gems

Thanks for dropping by, and enjoy your weekend

Summer Mojito's!

Here we are, half way through another week! Doesn't time fly?

Today this is the card I've made

I first stamped the sprigs of leaves and the lattice, and then added the sentiment over it. I then stamped the flowers, fussy cut them out, and arranged them over the leaves. One of the yellow flowers was laid on 3D pads, and the finishing touches were the mini gems in the centre of the flowers and 3 scattered around the lattice.

I am entering these challenges :

Retro Sketches have this sketch,

Less is More have this colour palette (and Happy Birthday to Sarah)

                                                  

Inkspirational want us to use 

MARKERS OR PENCILS

and lastly, Addicted to Stamps have

MAKE YOUR MARK

Supplies :

Card - Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Summer Silhouettes and Simply Sketched

Inks - Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Gumball Green, Lucky Limeade, Bermuda Bay, and Hello Honey

Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig

Extras - 3D Pads and mini Gems 

During my hectic day with Nathan and Sophie yesterday, they made these cards using my Big Shot ( or "Magic Rolling Machine" as Nathan calls it ) for their Nana's birthday. They chose everything themselves, their colours, die cuts, and layouts.

Thanks for dropping by, and please call back again soon