Spring colours

Creative Inspirations -challenge 52-white,Yellow and Green .

The layout is from the challenge Sugar Creek Hollow.

SophistiCat- challenge 27 -Mint Green ,Lilac ,plus one other colour and flowers.

S2G challenge 48 -spring is in the Air -Use pastel colours.

Digital Tuesday challenge 51 -Happy Spring.

The image is Anya from The Greeting Farm.

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Vintage wallpaper

365 Cards -Day 23 -Stencil it- I've used a plastic decorating stencil for the diamonds and part of a brass stencil to make my card.As usual I had no idea when I started what the end result would be.I was thinking vintage wallpaper. I aged a cream card with gold before I started stencilling.I decorated a spare piece of card with the same design, stamped the sentiment and attached with ribbon.

Who's that in the tree ?

365 Cards -Day 22 -Movie Monday-the new release of Alice in Wonderland starring the very talented Johnny Depp is our inspiration for today. By now you should know who's in the tree.

Still not sure ,why it's the Cheshire Cat. As soon as the card was finished I realised I could have done so much more. I should have made a sliding screen at the back of the tree to cover up the cat completely. Too late now.

The image is from S2G.

A Spring Flower

I hope you all had a good weekend ,the men are back in the garden this morning so I am going along to my local craft store for a free card making demo. It has an Asian theme so I hope it will inspire me .

365 Cards -Day 21 - Super sketchy Sunday .This was a lovely simple sketch ,I've used peels off to create my card. I stuck the flower outlines to card and raised with sticky dots .Ribbon and pearls finish it off.

The Bells

Apologies for the photo I should have closed the blinds to keep out the sun.

365 Cards- Day 20 - Lets make some noise- Bells ,beads,rice,anything as long as it makes a noise .My first thought was wedding bells but I just love anything Christmas related . Reindeer and Christmas tree from my friend Jeanne.

Fabric Flowers

365 Cards Day 19 -Imagine this -Cotton.

When I think cotton I think fabric because I enjoy sewing.My flowers are made from cotton print fabric and lace with a sparkly brad.
This is my second attempt at a card for this challenge so if you think this one is rubbish you should have seen the first one. It would be lovely if I could have a whole week when I liked all the cards I made.

Bloomin Beautiful

This card covers a few challenges

Delightful Inspiration - Free image- Faith is very generous with her creations.

Daisy Doodles challenge 4- Artist choice but must include a digital image.

Cute Daisy May- anything goes

The Creative Cottage-Challenge 2 - Flowers

Crafty Catz - challenge 24 - Spring -It's time to plant those seeds.

Pretty in Pink

This was my final selection of papers to chose from ,the pink and orange vellum on the left reminds of the beautiful saris I've seen in India but it had to go.Two of the papers I've used were given to me by my lovely friend Jeanne in South Australia. You can never have too many friends like that.

How many times have you looked at your craft stash and said "I'm not buying anymore stuff".We all have I'm sure ,but when you're given a challenge that involves different paper designs we never have enough.

365 Cards challenge Day 18- Plentiful Paper,Use 3 or more of these Gingham,Paisley,Plaid,Houndstooth or Toile.

Just Hello

Happy Friday out there.I've had a busy week ,my garden has been full of men disrupting my usual peace and quiet.They've laid a new drive and landscaped the gardens areas,it's very tidy but not nice to look at.I'm a bit of a wilderness person myself ,I asked my husband if we should gather together all the snails to keep them safe until the work was finished,he declined to comment. We have much needed rain this morning,a sound I love to hear.The rest of the week has been sunny and very warm,this sunset picture was taken from our deck on Wednesday evening ,the light colour across the bottom of picture is the Tamar river. I haven't enhanced or tampered with the pic in anyway it was just a beautiful sky.

Black 'n' Red

365 Cards-Day 17 - Twinches - My 2x2 is decorated with an image from My Grafico,the background paper I've had for so long I don't remember where it came from which is a shame as I would like another sheet.

A New Arrival

I was so busy making cards yesterday I didn't even say hello when I posted on my blog.If you were celebrating St. Pats Day I hope the hangover is not too bad and for the rest us it's always good to get to Wednesday,half way to the weekend. I've taken quite a shine to the vintage images on offer at Digital Two for Tuesday.I hope I can make something with the second image which is also baby related.

I wasn't sure how best to add a little detail to the drapes ,I finally decide a fine line of glue and a little glitter.It works for me.

Sophisticat- challenge 23 - New Beginnings

My Time To Craft -challenge 83- Lovely lace -the trim and the ribbon are cut from a net curtain.

When Love conquers all

365 Cards- Day 16 -Opposites Attract. The elephant image is from Dustin Pike and I've added the little mouse.

Double Trouble

PaperPlay challenge- Week 10 -Seeing Double.

Crafty Catz challenge 23- Something for the Boys.

I really set myself a challenge with this one.My cutting skills with scissors or a craft knife are not very good.I printed this cute image from Sliekje twice ,the second image I mounted on stiff card and attached him with sticky pads for a 3D effect.I've used 4 red eyelets across the top.

Cheshire Cat

S2G challenge- Twisted Thursday-Cheshire Cat .I love this cheeky grinning cat. The papers were all free from a magazine.

Easter Bunnies

Come and join us at Digi Kitty with our Easter theme. If you played along last week you will already have your image ,if not pop along to our shop .When you enter you will get another image free. I had already coloured my little bunny but couldn't find just the right paper so this is gift wrap on my card.

Easter Greetings

Apologies for the bad photo,my card is actually prettier than it looks here. The colours are inspired by a photo at 365 Cards which is Day 15 - Ad Inspired.

Present Time

The start of a new week and lots of challenges to come.I don't normally do much Iris folding but I like the designs by Michelle Powell. This gift with its quirky bow caught my eye.

I've used none traditional colours for this Christmas card so you could use it for any occasion.

Susie and Vikki's Christmas Club- challenge 8- Presents and Gifts

Ribbon and Pearls

365 Cards -Day 14 super Sketchy Sunday-All the papers are from Heidi Grace.The flower is made from felt,a pack of 6 in different shades of brown and the pearls all from my local discount store.

Day 13 -Dimensions

I've choosen the two hearts as my dimension bits.

365 Cards day 13 -A Whole New Dimension-The image is from Digital Doodling. A good crafter nevers wastes anything ,as you can see I've saved the punched corner bits and stuck them on my card.

Circle Frenzy

365 Cards - Day 12 - Circle Frenzy

It's almost 4.20pm and I'm posting my card,I think this is the earliest I've been.I need to set aside some time each day for the 365 card challenge or I will never make it through until the end of the year.

The background paper is from Momenta and I just love the colours.It's such a busy paper I thought I had better keep the rest of the card simple .The paper for the tree I made myself using similar colours to draw circles on handmade paper.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,with luck I will be back later with another card for 365.

All challenged out

The last two days have been hard challenges for me at 365 Cards.

Day 10 -Wacky Colour Wednesday-Purple,Blue and Orange-the image is called 'Balancing Act ' from Delightful Inspirations.
The layout is from Unscripted Sketches challenge 14.

I stamped orange card with a dark blue swirl and added my birdies.





365 Cards Day 11- Lovely Landscapes .I thought my only option for this was a paper covered in snowflakes or Christmas trees but then I remembered this beautiful oriental inspired paper with the silver branches and butterflies.I've used a leaf punch with some beautiful vellum to add a few leaves, I think I need to add a couple more.

Is it ready yet ?

These patient children are waiting for their hot chocolate.I've used a vintage image which can be found here.

Susie and Vikki's Christmas Club - challenge 7 -Hot chocolate

A Spoonful of Sugar - challenge 94 - Recycle - The lace is from an old net curtain and the green buttons are from an old skirt.

New Arrival

The talented and very generous Renate at Hobby Paleis has done another fab image to work with.I really love the stuff she does.

Sketchy colours challenge 14 -I've used the layout for my card.

Cute Card Thursday challenge 103 - Celebrations- What better than a new baby.

what a wonderful world

365 Cards - Day 9 Song inspired .The words from the beautiful song"What a wonderful world " are the basis for the card.This is my creation.I've used lots of chalk on this image which came from The Treehouse.

Is there anybody out there ??

I hope your day is going well so far.When I went into my craft room this morning I had no idea my creation would turn out so well,I'm amazed. All the items on here were made using a very cheap plastic stencil which was part of a children's craft set.

365 Cards- Day 8- Imagine this- Outer space. For once my entry is on time .

Over at Sew Many Challenges week 6 - Lets hear it for the Boys.

Delightful Sketches -Theme Kids .

Creative Inspirations challenge 29 -Male

365 Cards days 6 and 7

Day 6 -Stampin Saturday -Stamp an image using more than one colour ink.My butterfly started out lilac then onto green and then dark blue.



Day 7 Super Sketchy Sunday .The image is China Belle from Digital Doodling.I bought this paper way back in October and this is the first chance I've had to use it. It came from a shop selling beautiful paper and notelets.When I went in the shelves were empty as they were closing down and just had bits and pieces left.

365 Cards .Hooray I'm up to date if only for a few hours.I'm amazed ,but this is only one week still another 51 to go .Will I make it to the very end,I hope so and I will give it my best shot.

Easter Greetings

Its the start of a new month and this is Faith's freebie 'Patches ' the bunny from Designed2Delight Digital stamps.I really struggled this morning to make any cards at all.My inspiration seems to have flown out the window.I should choose my paper and colour scheme before I start to colour the images in.

Delightful Inspirations

365 Cards days 5

A very Happy Sunday out there in Blog land.Despite my best efforts on Friday to play catch up I am one day behind again. I did manage do a whole hour of housework on Friday and even cooked some Chinese red pork for dinner with noodles.

365 Cards Day 5 Fancy Folds . I've never made a petal card before and I'm not sure if I like them or not.I did however have lots of fun punching circles,adding the lace and my favourite of all the image which is so cute and came from Renate at Hobby-Paleis.

This is my inside flattened out so it's easy to see.I'm cooking a leg of lamb for dinner (I've spiked it with lots of fresh rosemary and slivers of garlic ) Sorry veggies don't mean to cause offence. If I have time I might get my card for day six finished.

365 Cards days 1 to 4

Day 1 - Colour combo -Brown Beige,Red ,White and Blue. I bought a pack of these cute die cut cars way back in October and this is the first one I've used.

Day 2 - Silver,Pearl and Circle - The glove pattern is from a book on paper cutting which I bought from a local charity shop.

Day 3 - String Art-I hand cut the flower,rubbed chalk around the edges and then wrapped with thread. The stems and leaves are drawn by hand.

Day 4 - A sketch-White Space .Only the top corner and a band across the bottom.

I think I need to lay down for the rest of the day.I had the silly idea to join in this challenge and had to make 4 cards to get me up to speed. The bed isn't made,the floors not washed,I will have to run around and try to get my jobs done when I have finished this post. Having said all that I do like the cards I've made which makes a change,I usually want to throw them away.

365 Cards At a glance.

Day 1 - Colour combination of blue ,brown ,red, white and beige. I know my red bits look orange ,I will try and get a better piccie later.

Day 2- Circle,Silver,Pearl - You can see all these elements on my card.

Day 3 - String Art - I hand cut the flower shape and wrapped thread across it.

Day 4 - White Space - Only the top corner and a strip across were allowed.

Welcome baby

This cute card is for challenge 35 "Babies and Children over at Moving Along With The Times.The image comes from Doodle Palace .I'm not very happy with sentiment,it is a self adhesive puffie ,it's also transparent and the glue shows through.The pack about 10 puffies in different colours and sizes,next time I will stick it to white paper first and then attach it to my card.

Here comes the Sun

This is just a quick post so here goes. I was going to include Carols sketch challenge when I realised I had sewn the circle on upside down.Never mind, not sure I will get the chance to make another entry.

Daring Cardmakers "Here comes the Sun'.- Oranges ,Reds,Circles

Caardvarks "Stuck on You " - Use stickers on your project, I stuck cellophane paper underneath both wings so only the body is stuck down.

Saturday Spotlight - Clean and Simple-

Hippo Flower

The start of another week, I hope you all had a relaxing weekend. If you joined in the Owly challenge last week at Digi Kitty then you should have your Hippo for the next challenge. My little offering is very simple but it I'm really pleased with it. I love to cut different shapes for the backgrounds,the pink eyelets were just the right colour and size.