Birthday Roses

 Keeping it simple - I love the clean look of this paper with the white embossed bottom. I had

to take several pics to get one that looked half decent- a trick of the eye I suppose but every pic looked wonky down the right hand side as though the card base wasn't straight.

happy anniversary

 this is layout number 8 from John Bloodworth  - gentleman crafter- you can download the layout from the blog and you can watch John make this card .

Johns layout number 7

 I used papers from Gentleman's Emporium - I will probably add a sentiment under the shield .

Come along and join in with Johns layouts- all just for fun and a facebook page to share them.

Hey little treasure

I wanted to do this in brown tabby colours but I really don't have much in the way of brown markers - this was done with Windsor and Newton markers in varying shades of grey.

 Allsorts challenge 664 " I love " my little kitty - even though she is very feisty and will bite and hiss when it suits her. 

It's a boy

 I have so much paper and so do you- I just know you do- cos you're a crafter and it's what we do . This layout is the perfect way to mix and match all your scraps.Thanks to john at gentleman crafter for the layout.

Creative Knockouts- 440 - 2 or more patterned papers - such a shame I covered the head on the rocking horse - I used 4 different papers and little baby tag.

2 for Wednesday with lots of layers

from sketch/layout 3

                                                                           from sketch/layout 5 

 all the papers are from Kaisercraft -the rabbit is from Lavinia stamps.

 If you have lots of paper then the weekly layouts from John are just what you need. You can download the layouts, watch John make the cards and there is a facebook group to share them if that is your thing.  It's rainy and very dull today so I might have to make another card - that would be terrible lol. Happy Wednesday.

Happy Birthday flowers

 

Well it's red and rosey  - at least the background is as I embossed it with this  lovely folder "rambling rose" from Crafters Companion. Coloured with AquaMarkers.

Colorful Options - February 2022 - Rosey Red-

A little love heart

 This is week 6 sketch 6 over at the very crafty blog of  John Bloodworth .If you like a layout then John has them in spades - last he provided 100 layouts if you need some inspiration - this year there will be 50 layouts over 50 weeks.

Wow that's 3 posts today from my little bit of heaven here in Tasmania -  heaven that is if you don't mind possums leaving their little calling cards on the deck or the stick insect that was in my craft room earlier this week - never a dull moment. Have a great weekend.

with love

 

Double D challenge -  hearts - do hearts have to be red- this is shades of grey and purple. Not my usual simple cards but it's good to have a change.

Did I go too far ?

 I picked up the wrong tombow marker pen to go around the flowers - did I go too far - should I have started again-  it's a bit dramatic but maybe that's not such a bad thing. The flowers were coloured with Aquamarkers .

Allsorts challenge 662 AG with the option of red flowers.

Double D challenge - hearts

Passion for Markers - week 627 add a sentiment - Tombow and AquaMarkers were used.

Trying to catch up

sketch layout 2

I should have used a patterned paper for the background or at least embossed this green card- a bit too plain.

                 

                                                                       sketch layout 4

John Bloodworth - gentleman crafter with his weekly layouts - he also posts everyday with different crafts.

John mixes many patterned papers which is not really my thing but I am happy to give it a try- I picked out the bluey/green flowers from the background paper .

I'm hoping to play along every week when John posts his layout but already I'm falling behind, John is hoping to do 50 layouts so plenty to keep everyone busy. I still have to do number 3 and then onto number 5.

Scrappy Christmas cards

 Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas challenge - challenge 579 - add a sentiment - 

 my local charity shop had packs with scraps ,  paper off cuts and labels - this one had christmassy stuff. 

Warm Wishes

I used this stencil  to create the panel behind the clock face - it's called diamonds and stars fro Spellbinders.

I used this die cut as stencil to add detail in the corners as most of my stencils had patterns that were too large .

I'm not sure where the butterfly stamp came from - a red rubber with gray backing- anyhow it was part of a prize win and came without packaging. I took this pic late at night so the lighting was bad- the background paper is pea green and the blues are vibrant.

Allsorts challenge week 661 A/G with the option of a stencil.

Every New Year I make the same resolution - to find more time to craft so last week I made two cards for the Allsorts challenge - ' make a card for a child' sadly I didn't get chance to post them in time to play along - here they are anyway.