One Layer Wonder

Yaaaay! I've just seen that I came Top 3 again at one of my favourite challenges, Make My Monday, with my Monochrome card, Thanks so Much to their DT. 

My card today is for two challenges, firstly Make My Monday who want a

                                   CAS ONE LAYER CARD

and Color Throwdown who have these spring colours for us



Here is my card

A One Layer card always throws me for a while, but once I decide on the stamp set I want to use, the rest just seems to follow. I started by stamping the central flower, and then covering it with a Post It note, and stamping the next flowers to the side so they looked like they were behind it. I added some stamped leaves and sponged a background through a Nestie aperture in some scrap paper that I cut in the Big Shot, and finished with a sentiment. 

The words are from Verve Stamps and were my Prize from the Mojo Monday

challenge. They have a sale on at the moment, so feel free to click on the link for a browse through the online shop.

Supplies :

Card = White base FMS

Stamps = Greenhouse Garden, French Foliage and Verve

Inks = Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence, Always Artichoke, and Crushed Curry

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilitie, Stamp-a-ma-jig, and Post It's

Yesterday, I had a busy day playing Dinosaurs, so I've had this morning to myself to make a card. Now I've done this, I'm off to play with Nathan and Sophie again.

Thanks for dropping by

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

                 

Lavender Friends

My Clean and Simple card today is for two challenges

The first is CAS Colours and Sketches with this layout,

and Play Date Cafe with the colours
LAVENDER, BUTTERCREAM
and VANILLA



Here's my card

                                      

I started by cutting three lilac card Nestie scallop circles in the Big Shot and topping them with some off white circles. With Wisteria, on one, I stamped the centre of a filigree pattern, and on another one a flower. With Apricot, I stamped the "Friends F" on the last circle. The circles were then stuck on a white base with 3D pads for dimension, and the sentiment stamped under the first. I then stamped the small flower and two butterflies on white card, cut them out, and added them in place. The butterflies bodies are pearl gems, and a yellow gem was put in the centre of the small flower.

Supplies :
Card = Naturals White, Lilac and White base FMS
Stamps = Bliss, Vintage Vogue and Verve
Inks = Wisteria Wonder and Apricot Appeal
Tools = Big Shot, and Nestabilities

Extras = 3D pads, Pearls and Gem

I hope you've all had a great Easter, and have enjoyed the dry, but cold, days. Yesterday, we had an Egg Hunt at my Sister's for Sophie and Nathan. We hid the eggs, found the eggs, hid them, found them, hid them etc.......... eventually, when icicles were forming on our noses, we managed to talk the kids inside with the promise of eating all the chocolate they wanted, just so us adults could defrost with a nice tea and coffee!!.

As it is half term for our area, I'll be doing a lot of Auntie and child stuff this week, and of course that involves being the odd Super Hero or two!!!

Back soon

Blue Flowering Flourishes

Yaaaay! I'm a Featured Artisan over at Paper Craft Crew so a big "Thanks" to their DT.

Today's card is for two challenges.


 

The first is this sketch from a new site I've found at Paper Craft Crew

and second, these colours from ColourQ    

Here is my card

I started by randomly stamping the flourish in Brilliant Blue on Bashful Blue card and then embossing this with a fan EF, before sponging the edges. A border punch was used to make the yellow strip, and then a black ribbon wrapped around it. The sentiment was stamped on some Naturals card which was then cut in a Nestie and tucked under the yellow strip with a flower and some ribbon. All this was then layered on a white card base.

Supplies :

Card = Bashful Blue, Daffodil Delight, Blue and White base FMS

Stamps= Flowering Flourishes and Verve

Inks = Brilliant Blue

Tools = Big Shot, Nestabilities, Shapeabilities, Martha Stewart border punch, and SU Fan EF

Extras = Ribbon and 3D pads

Thanks for looking today, and I'll be back soon

                                        

Yappy Birthday #2

This is the same card as posted earlier today, but without the green vines. I think my card needed it to make sense of the flowers. What do you think?

I'm entering this again for CAS Colours and Sketches.

Supplies are the same as before but without the Lucky Limeade vine.

Be back soon

Yappy Birthday

We're still covered in snow here, so It's a good excuse to stay in the warm and craft while waiting for the Grand Prix to start.

My card today is for two challenges.

Firstly CAS Colours and Sketches with this colour palette,

and then CASe this Sketch with this sketch

 Here it is

My dog is a Die-Monde die put through the Big Shot and made in Crumb Cake ( as I don't have River Rock )and edges sponged with Suede. He is actually sat down, but I've manipulated his body so he looks like he has jumped up onto a Flower Soft white picket fence stamped in Suede on Natural White. I pieced together the sentiment and stamped it in red. I then punched some Red flowers for the fence, but they didn't look right so I've added a green vine ( I'm crossing my fingers that I haven't broken the colour rules?! ), and Crumb Cake and White Pearl centres.

Supplies :
Card = Crumb Cake, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, and White base FMS
Stamps = Flower Soft, and Verve
Inks = Soft Suede, Black, Real Red, and White Gel Pen
Tools = Big Shot, Die-Monde Die, Marianne Vine die, Readicut Flower punches, and Stamp-a-ma-jig#
Extras = White Pearls and 3D pads

I had a fun night playing Bingo at Nathan's school on Friday, and I won a prize. Have a look

Poor Nathan thought that he had marked a full house, and Mike ( his Daddy ) shouted out. One of the PTA members came over to our table to check the card and he realised that there was one number not marked off, so it was a false call. Talk about embarrassing with everyone looking at us, but someone else won with the next number called, and Nathan was gutted. I offered him my mug but he didn't want it, so hopefully next time he will be luckier.

Thanks for dropping by

Candyfloss the Rabbit

My card today is for three challenges


Mojo Monday  with this sketch,

Stampin' Royalty with this photo inspiration,







and Addicted to Stamps where we are to MAKE YOUR MARK! and use marker pens

Here is my card

I stamped the sentiment and rabbit in Archival ink and coloured him with my Write Markers and Aqua painter. I then embossed some pink card and layered that on some darker card that had white ornate corners on the one end. Three green vines were then added on the pink card, and a white ribbon wrapped horizontally around the middle.

The rabbit was placed on a scallop Nestie and 3D pads, with the finishing touch of a bow and sentiment tag.

Supplies :

Card = Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Naturals White, and white card and base FMS

Stamps = Daisy and Dandelion and Verve

Inks = Black Archival, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, and Lucky Limeade

Tools = Aqua painter, Big Shot, Nestabilities, Xcut corner punch, Marianne Corner and Vines, and SU Fan EF

Extras = 3D pads and white ribbon

We had a snow blizzard last night and the snow was settling when I went to bed, and so I expected to find inches of snow when I woke up. Luckily overnight it had turned to sleet, and now rain so it's almost all gone. Thank goodness it has as I'm going to Nathan's school tonight to play Bingo, and I don't want him to be disappointed. They are raising funds for various equipment for the school and so often have these fun evenings to include the children's friends and family. Fingers crossed we win something!

Anyway, have a great weekend whatever the weather decides to do.