Happy Mother's Day

I love the bear images from Lili of the Valley so I've used this pretty image which is ideal for a Mother's Day card.  At As You Like It Challenge this week, we want to know if you prefer monochrome or colours on your crafting creations. I do prefer to restrict myself to a small number of colours on my images, rather than a whole rainbow, and I carry those colour themes through as accents on my papers, matting layers and any embelishments.  

For this card, I've concentrated on Spring lemons with some accents in orange and green. I've added a small hint of bronze (to match the bear's fur) in the form of a narrow strip of satin ribbon on the base matt (mainly to cover where I'd joined two smaller pieces of yellow card together beneath the image panel).

To finish off my card, I've foiled the typed sentiment using my Minc machine.  It's challenging to photograph the effect of the foil, but it does show fairly well in this photo.

Designed for:
As You Like It Challenge
Lili of the Valley

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Yellows: Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

• James with Heart Bouquet from Lili of the Valley
• 6mm Satin Ribbon

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Woodstock Giallo Card 285gsm

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Mother's Day Quokka

I'd intended to share this card on Sunday but I got side-tracked!  It's a Mother's Day card that I made for my Mother-in-Law.  I decided on a Springtime lemon theme featuring a pretty Daffodil Quokka image on a simple shaped cardbase. 

Designed for:
Amanda Jayne Designs

Papermill Direct

Water-coloured on Ecoline Watercolour Card with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Background: Tumbled Glass
• Flower: Scattered Straw, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge

Card Recipe:

• Daffodil Quokka from Amanda Jayne Designs on Etsy
• Nitwit Collection Papers
• Hexagon nesting dies
• Memory Box Modern Flower Power Stencil
• Typed sentiment

Papermill Direct:

• Smooth White Card 160gsm
• Woodstock Giallo Card 285gsm

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Spring

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Recycle, recycle, recycle

Today is all about recycling on As You Like It Challenge.  I do try to recycle things as much as I can so on this card there are a few things that I've reclaimed and re-used.

Firstly, I reused some watercolour card that had another image on the reverse.

Secondly, I have to encourage my printer to pull the thick watercolour paper through, by firstly printing my image on the bottom half of some plain white copy paper, covering it with my thick card, and running it through again. Rather than throw the copy-paper away, I fussy-cut its image out to use as a stenciling mask.  

I then line up the paper mask on top of my watercolour card, and place my stencil over the top so that I can ink a background.

Even the plant pot cardbase was left over from another project.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Greens: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Plant Pot: Tea Dye, Vintage Photo 
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Flowers: Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge
• Pinks: Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo
• Greys: Weathered Wood, Speckled Egg, Black Soot, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke

Shading enhanced with Derwent Inktense Pencils

Card Recipe:

• Spring Plants Gnome from Polkadoodles
• Memory Box Flower Stencil
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL41 Pierced Circles
• Gummiapan Tag die
• Elizabeth Craft Crystal Flower Overlay 2

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - Recycle
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Hedgehog Reveal Card

For my Digi Choosday card this week I've created a fold-out envelope style card featuring Earlie Hedgehog Dandilion on the front, and Hedgehog Balloon on the inside. The front and inside is decorated with Lily Bug Love Heaven 2 Papers and a sentiment from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Sentiment Quotes.  My images are watercoloured using DI Reinkers and I followed a tutorial to create the card base.

Here's the inside once it's opened up:

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Hedgehogs: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Pinks: Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Barn Door

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Favourite Technique (watercolouring, creating a fancy fold rather than a simple square/rectangle card)

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Mother's Day Zig-Zag Fold Card

I saw a fabulous tag-pocket card over on Marlies' blog and decided to have a go. I really love fancy-fold cardbases and also love my huge tag dies.  For my Digi Choosday card today, I folded a rectangle into 4 panels to form the cardbase, and added little pockets at the bottom of each panel to pop in a decorated tag.  I used Polkadoodles Bella Bear Gift, Bella Bear Bouquet and Bella Bear Ladybug and a Mother's Day sentiment from the Winnie Sugar Sprinkles bundle for the fourth tag.  The tags can be removed to write on the reverse, or use as bookmarks or gift tags afterwards. The papers are from Lily Bug Love Paper Heaven 3 bundle.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint
• Reds: Candied Apple, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany

I've been inspired by:

• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Animal Antics

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Mother's Day

It's 'new release' day at Lili of the Valley and we're looking forward to Spring!  I've made a Mother's Day card using one of the new images and a sentiment. This one's in my Mother-in-Law's favourite turquoise and I've add a generous splash of pink.

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Hair: Scattered Straw, Brushed Corduroy 
• Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Worn Lipstick, Vintage Photo
• Leaves: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn
• Flowers: Wilted Violet, Scattered Straw, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany
• Hat/Outfit: Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover, Pine Needles

Card Recipe:

• LOTV Time for You
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Oval Stax
• 15mm Satin Ribbon
• Nitwit Collections Romances & Roses Papers
• Wild Orchid Crafts Cherry Blossom
• Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses
• Wild Orchid Crafts Hip Rosebuds
• Wild Orchid Crafts Mini Rosebuds
• Wild Orchid Crafts Lily Flowers
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL41 Pierced Circles
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL67 Double Stitched Ovals
• Pink gems

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Dressed Up

I'm sharing a little sweetie from Lili of the Valley called 'Dressed Up' today for my As You Like It card sample.  The theme is to share your favourite flowers. I couldn't decide whether to opt for my favourite paper flowers (embellishments) or my favourite garden variety, so I played it safe and opted for both!  

For floral embellishments I love lilies and open roses which I often use, as well as the starburst ones which I can't seem to buy anymore.  I also sneaked in a two-tone pink rosehip which I think are beautiful.

However, the flowers that I love most in the garden are tulips, which I rarely use in paper form.  Tulips remind me of Spring with the end of the cold weather in sight. I also love the variety in colour and especially love the double variety which can resemble roses.  I love the pinks and plum colours, but my favourites are probably oranges and yellows, which remind me of little flames lighting up the garden in the Spring sunshine!

Water-coloured on Langton Watercolour paper with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers:

• Fur: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs, 
• Grass: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
• Sky: Tumbled Glass
• Pinks: Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry

Card Recipe:

• Dressed Up from Lili of the Valley
• Nitwit Collections Papers
• CC Designs Cutters Mini Alpha and Numbers
• Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses
• Wild Orchid Crafts Hip Rosebuds
• Wild Orchid Crafts Tulip Flowers
• Wild Orchid Crafts Lily Flowers
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies XXL41 Pierced Circles
• Crealies Crea-Nest-Lies Extreme Labels and Tags No.12
• 5mm Pink Crystals
• 15mm Satin ribbon (colour Beauty)

I've been inspired by:

• Dream Valley - Spring Colours
• Noor! - Spring
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Spring Panda

Today's image is one I've actually had for a while but, like much of my rubber, he's been neglected while I play with new stash!  But today he's having an outing in a Springtime themed Mother's Day card.  I've stamped him in pale grey ink and watercoloured him.

Here's a bit more of a close up of my little panda...

... and although I've shown you this before, I've also included a mini-tutorial on how I've coloured some of the orange flowers using some a drops of DI reinker in a few drops of water.  I dip the flower tip into the diluted ink, just for a few seconds, and let them dry (or if you're impatient like me, dry them with a hairdryer!)

Card Recipe:

From Dies To Die For:

• Wild Rose Studio Panda with Flowers
• MFT Dienamics Stitched Circle Stax
• Maja Design Coffee in the Arbour Paper pad

From The Ribbon Girl:

• 15mm Berrisford Lemon Satin Ribbon
• Cosmos Daisy
• 15mm Yellow Gold Open Roses
• 10mm Cream Open Roses (coloured - see pictures above)
• Mini Rose Buds (coloured - see pictures above)
• Peaches & Cream flat backed pearls

Other:

• Watercoloured with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Typed Sentiment (Wendy Medium font)
• Vellum

I've been inspired by:

• Craty Calendar - Mother's Day
• Country View Crafts - Tim Holtz (Tim Holtz reinkers to watercolour image and flowers)
• Noor Design - Spring
• Simon's Monday Challenge - Layer it up (layered colours esp on the flowers!)
• Seven Hills - Animals, Watercolour, Bold Shades
• Inky Chicks - Flowers

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Mother's Day Bunny

Well March is here so we're meant to be moving into Spring (although I think someone forgot to order it because it's still cold and wet) but with Spring in mind, I have a cute little bunny with some spring flowers to share today.  It's for my MIL's Mother's Day card so I hope she likes it. I've water coloured the image and added a custom sentiment.  The ribbon is a lovely sparkly deep pink, and it's wired so it holds the bow beautifully. I've had to wrap it well for posting to stop it getting squished and battered by the time it gets 'oop North' to her.  This project also supports the challenge at In The Pink where the theme is for a special lady.

Sponsored by:

Card Recipe:

• Image - WRS Bunny & Butterfly
• Typed Sentiment (Wendy Medium font)
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Lili of the Valley paper pad
• Stazon Ink Pad
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• WOC & Mulberry Flowers
• Organza Ribbon
• Flat Backed Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Bunny Zoe - Things with Wings
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Touchy Feely
• The Ribbon Girls - Use Any Image
• Sweet Stampin' - Special Lady
• Cute Card Thursday - Mother's Day

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Happy Mother's Day

I've made a gift for my MIL for Mother's Day using the image I'm showcasing today, and I wanted to make a card to match.  She's called PomPom (the image, not my MIL!), but I think she must be retired now as I can't find her in the store.  She was one of my earliest Lilis and she's been one of my favourites, but I've been busy with new images lately and haven't used her in a while.  So today I'm rectifying that. :0)

The sentiment was printed on vellum using Word (I created an arc in WordArt to match the curvature of the image panel).  I stamped and painted the image in DI reinkers, and used some of my favourite Maja Design papers (I may be a teensy bit addicted to these).  The ribbon actually matches the image more than it appears in the photo, and I added a die cut butterfly (another neglected item in my stash).

I hope it motivates you to dig out your old favourites for some reminiscing!

Card Recipe:

• Image - PomPom by Lili of the Valley (retired)
• Typed Sentiment (Papyrus font)
• Colouring - Distress Ink Reinkers
• Cardworks Card base
• Maya Design Vintage Summer Basics Paper pad
• The Langton watercolour paper
• Stazon Ink Pad
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Memory Box Vivienne & Isabella Butterfly Dies
• MFT Die-namics Stitched Circle Stax
• Gingham Ribbon from Fantastic Ribbons
• Flat Backed Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• Vellum
• Papermania Gem Brad
• Viva Pearl Pen

I've been inspired by:

• Simon's Monday Challenge - B (Bow, Butterfly, Blooms)
• Crafty Calendar - Metal (brad)
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - Things that Fly

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Daisy

If you don't like purple then I suggest that you read no further, as there might possibly be a small glimpse of purple in today's card.  And after yesterday's card, you may feel a bit "purpled out"   :0)

I've used a new La La Land heart ribbon corner which is really pretty, (even if it is a lot smaller than I thought it would be when I ordered it!) but it's also barely visible in the photo as I used shimmer papers to cut it out, and only the top right hand corner one actually shows up, and even then only slightly, so you have to look closely!  There is also one in the top left corner. Honest!  :0)

While on the subject of dies, there is also a sale on all the new Wild Rose Studio dies at The Stamp Basket.  But the sale is only for this weekend, and ends on until Sunday, so get your skates on and grab a bargain.

Well, as I said above, there's a small sprinkling of purple in today's card, mainly inspired by the pretty Wild Rose Studio papers.  This project is to support the Mother's Day challenge at A Gem of a Challenge which starts today.

I'd planned for this card to be fairly flat (ie, suitable for cheapskate-posting).

But then I forgot, and added the flowers.

D'oh!!!

Card Recipe

• Image - Chloe with Daisy
• One of my own Freebie Sentiments
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Wild Rose Studio Butterfly Glade papers
• Neenah Classic Crest White Stamping Card
• Momento Stamp Pad Ink
• Spellbinder Nesties Lacey Circle Die
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Pearls
• La La Land Heart Corner Die
• Lilac shimmer paper
• White Gel pen
• Glossy Accents

I've been inspired by:

• Inky Chicks - Monochromatic
• Cute Card Thursday - Girls

Happy crafting
Annette
xx

Mimi with Puppy

There is a new release and freebie today at StampFairy and this week it's Mimi with her dog.  I've used 2 images from the newly released set as I like the peeker image for the inside.   I painted my images with DI re-inkers and stitched around all my panels (and yet again asked myself when I will learn not to attempt this when I'm using circles!)

I used the cut outs from a border die for the paw print accents.   I followed a sketch at Charisma Cardz, but unfortunately their challenge ended 2 days ago!!  LOL  Never mind, it was a nice sketch so nothing lost!

Here's the front :

... and here's the inside of my card :

See my cards available to buy on eBay




Card Recipe:

• Image - Mimi Dog from Stamp Fairy
• One of my own Freebie Sentiments
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papermania Lucy Cromwell Papers
• Lacey Circle Spellbinder Nesties
• Cottage Cutz Paw Edger die (I used the bits it cuts out, rather than the border itself)
• Pearls

Please pop on over to StampFairy to see the newly released digi images.

Here's a preview of the set being released today:

I've been inspired by:

• Creative Craft - Mother's Day
• Totally Gorjuss - For Mum
• Joanna Sheen - Mum's the Word
• Bunny Zoe - Girlie

Happy Crafting

Emma Rose Garden

The theme today at Lili's Little Fairies is Mother's Day so I've got a card to share using Emma Rose Garden from LOTV.  I know it's not particularly girlie colours, but this one is for hubby to give to his mum, and since her favourite colour is turquoise I've tried to incorporate that colour in my card instead.

See my cards available to buy on eBay



Card Recipe:

• Image - Emma Rose Garden from LOTV
• Sentiment - Typed
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Country Companions Sunshine Meadows Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Vintage style ribbon
• Liquid Pearls
• Pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• The Ribbon Girl - Ribbon or Twine
• Papertake - Anything Goes with optional Mother's Day
• Bunny Zoe Challenge - Flowers and Pearls
• Creative Inspirations - Mother's Day
• Crafty Boots - Something Old (image), Something New (papers), Something borrowed (the blue card I used to layer my panels was previously a filing folder which I liberated and reused.  I also 'borrowed' the sketch from a challenge which finished a few weeks ago, but I saved it cos I liked it) and Something blue (yup, there's definitely some blue in there!)

Happy crafting.

Guest Bar-Tender and a Freebie

Woohoo, I got selected by Raise the Bar Challenge last week to join them as one of their guest "bar tenders" this week.  I'm so proud to have been selected.

The theme this week is Mother's Day.  For all my UK blogging pals, I know we celebrated Mother's day back in March, but it is celebrated on 13 May over in the US, so we get to create some girlie cards again.  Since I think you can never have too much pink, I'm happy to play along.  However, I cheated a little, because I made my sentiment say 'Special Mother' so it could be used for a birthday card for a mum too!!

The sentiment is a new freebie (see below).

I saw this pink and brown colour scheme used a few days ago and decided to give it a go 'cos I thought it looked gorgeous.  The thin brown ribbon is actually cut out of a brown jumper (you know those annoying little ribbons they put inside the shoulders to supposedly help to hang it neatly on a hanger in the wardrobe, but all they end up doing is poking out from the neckline when you're wearing the top!!). Well, I can't stand them when they do that, so out come the scissors, and voilà !

This card is available to buy on my eBay listings



Card Recipe:

• Image - New Hat from Lili of the Valley
• Sentiment - One of my own Freebies (see below)
• Papers - First Edition Sweet Owl
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Nesties - Lacey circles, Labels 3, Grand Nesties Labels 1 (card base)
• Dies - Magnolia Leaf & Swirl
• Cherry Blossom, 10mm & 15mm roses - Wild Orchid Crafts
• From my stash -  Pearl strands, pearls, lace, ribbon, glossy accents

Freebie:
As promised above, here is my Sentiment freebie that I've used above.  You're free to download it if you like it; click on the image for a larger version, then right click and 'save picture as' to save to your own computer. 

My conditions are as follows:

1. Please become a follower, then you will see more freebies as they are posted,
2. Please leave a comment on this post to let me know you've downloaded it, and
3. Please don't share my freebies directly with other people, but please send them over to collect it themselves.

I also adore seeing your creations using my digi sentiments, so I'd really love you to send me an email with links to your creations so I can pop over for a peek!

I've been inspired by:

• Lili's Little Fairies - Favourite craft tool (big shot for shaped card, dies and nesties)
• Lexi's Creations - Lace & Ribbon
• The Crafty Pad - Girly girls with pink
• CES - Shape it up
• Creative Craft - Anything Goes
• Really Reasonable Ribbon - Mothers Day / Feminine
• Stampin' for the Weekend - Layers

Happy Crafting

Girlie Oval Box

StampFairy are sponsoring Papertake Weekly today, and so I've made a girlie gift box to support the challenge.  The theme is something for the girls, or Mother's day and I've used Clementine Spring to make an oval shaped (boy that was hard work!) gift box in pink.

I've used my pencils (again) to colour the image, and made the box by cutting a base, then cutting a fringe on a strip of coloured card, and then sticking the fringe to the base so that it forms the oval shape.  I then covered the sides with pretty paper, and added a lid made in the same way as the base.

Project Recipe:

• Image - Clementine Spring from StampFairy.com
• Papers - First Edition Sweet Owl
• Colouring - Promarkers, Pencils, Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Nesties - Lacey ovals
• From my stash -  Glossy accents

I've been inspired by:

• Crafty Ann - Not a card
• Gem of a Challenge - Perfect pastels
• Crafter's Companion - Spring

Happy crafting.

Fancy a Cuppa?

This fortnight's challenge at Top Tip Tuesday is Mother's Day.  There's also a fab tutorial and template on the TTT site showing how to make a teapot card, so I've decided to have a go at following it, and it was really easy.  What do you think about my attempt?

Card Recipe:

• Sentiment - Typed, traced onto patterned paper, and overwritten with Sakura Stardust pen
• Papers - Whoops, I can't remember !!! (maybe Laura Ashley?)
• Nesties - Labels 18
• Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• From my stash -  White gel pen, Colour Box chalk pad

Please pop on over to the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Blog to see the other creations by the talented design team, and to enter our challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations this week.

We're sponsored by :

I've been inspired by:

• Lexi's Creations - Mother's Day
• Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day
• Crafty Catz - Mother's Day
• Craft your Days Away - Mother's Day

Happy crafting.

Mother's Day Jake

It's Mother's day soon, so I thought that I'd better get a card made for my MIL.  Her favourite colour is turquoise, so I picked out some of my lovely new glittery papers, and complemented with some cheery springtime yellow and orange accents.

I coloured this cute little bear, Jake, from Stampfairy, using my pencils and sansodor, but I'm still a novice with the pencils and struggle to colour something that I'm happy with.  Despite that, I don't think my colouring on this bear is too bad. Perhaps the browns are easier to blend than other colours!!

I'll never be as good with pencils as the extremely talented Larissa.  She's definitely my idol when it comes to pencils, and I'm definitely the student!!

Card Recipe:

• Image -Thank You 4 from StampFairy
• Sentiment - Typed
• Papers - First Edition
• Colouring - Pencils and Sansodor, white gel pen
• Nesties - Lacey circles
• From my stash -  Pearls, ribbon, glossy accents, brads

I've been inspired by:

• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Critter - Colour challenge (blue, orange, yellow)
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• CRAFT - Mother's Day
• Paperplay - Something old (ribbon/brad/pearls) something new (papers)
• CMC - Fuzzy animals
• Crafty Calendar - Punches and dies
• 2 Sisters - 1 Image, 2 papers, 3 embellies (brads, ribbon, pearls)
• Craft Your Days Away - Mother's Day

Happy Crafting

Back to the beginning ...

Penny Black stamps were the brand that started me stamping, and I was always buying new stamps, mainly the cheesecake mice and hedgies as they were always my faves.  I remember when I once took some cards into work to try to sell off to create some space (about 50 that I'd accumulated over a short space of time) and someone looked through them and said "There are a lot with hedgehogs in here!". 

Since then my addiction has spread to other rubber stamp brands (like LOTV) and now that I'm also hooked on digis, courtesy of my favourite Stamp Fairy digis, it has meant that the Penny Blacks have been 'missing in action' for a little while. 

So I dug out my 'old faithfuls' and inked one up to create this little card, which I'm really pleased with. I created a shaped card with my circle cutter, and coloured the image with my Twinkling H2O watercolour paints, cutting it out and layering it up on sticky pads.  The beautiful papers are both from Summertime Designs.  I've added a couple of pale pink roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, some ribbon and pink lace.  Finally the lovely little white gems on the side edges were an out-of-the-blue surprise gift from my utterly lovely Incy Wincy team coordinator, Chris.  Thank you soooooo much Chris, you're fab, and I'm proud to be on the team! 

I've been inspired by the following:

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Sketch & Mother
• Penny Black at Alsorts - Shape Up
• Crafter Companion - Girl's Birthday

Happy crafting

How does your garden grow

This week at 2 Sisters our challenge theme is "How Does Your Garden Grow". We're sponsored by Patties Creations who have supplied the image called Tulips in Vase for us to showcase.  I've used a purple colour theme, adding flowers, a little pin, ribbon, a bow, my own sentiment and a bit of lace.  The papers are from Summertime Designs.

Please pop on over to 2 Sisters to see the creations by the other members of the design team, and to enter our How does your garden grow challenge.
I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid - Sketch & Mother
• Delightful Challenges - Mother {Edit - oops it is actually flowers}
• Bunny Zoe - Lace

Have fun

Lady In Red

The theme at Incy Wincy this week is Girlie / Mother's Day and we're sponsored by Kenny K who've supplied this Bathing Beauty image for us to play with.  I've decided to design another sentiment as I wanted one that fitted my Oval nesties so I had to create one that was the right shape.  It ended up a bit pale as I coloured it pink to fit the colour scheme of my card, but it kind of looks ok(ish) still.

Please pop on over to Incy Wincy to see the fab creations designed by the other members of the design team, and to enter our girlie / mother's day challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations.

I've been inspired by the following:

• I Love Promarkers - Song Title (Lady In Red)
• Scrapalicious USA - Mother's Day
• Delightful Challenges - Mother's Day
• Kenny K - Let's Go Retro
• Creative Card Crew - For Mom

Have Fun