Under the Weather?

This is my second card of the day. I am going to give it to my friend who has bad Gout and Arthritis in her foot, and she is hobbling about at the moment on my borrowed crutches.

When I saw the "Singing in the Rain" theme at Less Is More, I thought of the iconic dance scene where Gene Kelly dances around a lamppost, and so I went straight for my lamppost stamp. After stamping it I coloured it with my AP and markers, fussy cut it out and placed it on a base card. The dots and drops were stamped  

in the opposing corner with random teardrop gems added. To give the design some colour and texture, I stamped the small flowers and leaves and grouped them at the base of the lamppost. I know it's corny, but the only sentiment that I could think of was "Feel better soon", as the rain drops made me think of being "Under the weather".

I will be entering these challenges :

The sketch is from Sunday Stamps,

the colours are from

Color Throwdown,

and lastly, the idea of the card comes from 

Less is More  with the theme of 

SINGING IN THE RAIN

Supplies :

Card - Whisper White, and base FMS

Stamps - Flower Soft, Baby Blossoms, and Express Yourself

Inks - Black Archival, Black, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, and Rich Razzleberry

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

Extras - 3D Pads, and Gems

That's all for today, but please call again soon

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.

Sleepy Owl

Another week begins, and after a lot of rushing about today, I finally found time for a quick crafting session and made this sleepy Owl card ( sorry about the photo, I couldn't get my flash to work!)

I will be submitting it in to these challenges


CAS Colours and Sketches had this sketch,

the colours are from Sunday Stamps,

and Make My Monday had the theme of 

      OWLS

Supplies
Card = Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Coastal Cabana, and base FMS
Stamps = Fine Feathers and Simply Sketched
Inks = Coastal Cabana and Black
Tools = Owl and Bird Punches, and Fiskars Scissors
Extras = 3D Pads and Gems

Be Back soon