All of a flutter

Just a quick CAS card - all the elements came from a self adhesive pack -just assemble onto card stock.

My - what big cabbages you've got

One for the gardener - I used glossy accents on -carrots ,cabbages,sandals ,hatband and top of hoe.The image is Gardening Gus from Dr. Digi. Once I add a sentiment this card is going to my FIL - when he retired from work his leaving gift was a new greenhouse so I think he will like this card..

Quick card for Dad

This must be one of the quickest cards I've ever made . Cake Crumb card base - a section of paper from Graphics45 -  ' Kraft Reflections Collection- Forgotten city ' - I cut out two extra leaves , ( the ones with the black dots ) and raised them on sticky pads - added white pen to the other leaves - a thin border top and bottom - peel off sentiment - DONE -

Rhedd and Rosie - challenge 29 - Wood / Trees - Does my branch with leaves qualify .

Well - my branch does not qualify for this challenge - note to self and the rest of you check the challenge brief before you play along.

Birthday wishes

I'm easily seduced by spotty paper and once again I didn't think about the end result - I really wanted to add a sentiment but I  so  hate using gold -  white wasn't an option and I don't have a cream coloured ink pad - must add it to my shopping list . The flower centers are from a sheet of peel offs..


Feeling Sketchy -  sketch 84 - shown above .
Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 18 - Spots or Stripes - I made a card with Stripes last week so here are my Spots .

Just a quick card

I say just a quick card  but that is never the case- The purple flowers on the background paper were originally blue - the only flower that was the right size was purple so I had to change the flowers on the paper. I find this happens all the time - I don't gather all my supplies before I start a project  - will I ever learn - I think not.

Mothers Day in the UK

March 30th is Mothers Day in the UK - making a card for my MIL is always a labour of love . I made 6
cards and then let my husband decide which one he wanted to send. The red ladybug  was his favourite .

I used a textured red card  which I really like - when I added the white and green coloured pencils it looked like chalk. I tried the image on white but decided the black background looked better.

Chinese Fan paper

I love this Chinese  inspired paper - it has such vibrant colours . It;s hard to see but on the right hand side of the top pic I pierced a row of holes along the top and bottom of the blue card.

Shopping Our Stash - Buttons and Bows -  This whole card was a stash project - the paper was bought 4 years ago - the ribbon 10 years ago and the button about 2 years ago .
House of Cards -  CAS or Classic and Elegant + add a button -

Lavender and Lace

Leaves and flowers are stamps from Kaisercraft - sentiment Clear Stamps - purple Washi tape - flower brads .

Let's Craft and Create - Lavender and Lace.

Southern Girls - challenge  Floral Frenzy -  how many is a frenzy -

Little birdies

It seems like an age since I last posted - very busy with kitchen reno at the moment - lots and lots of paint  - all the colours have great names - along with the bog standard white I'm using 'Lambs Ear ' which is named after a plant in a very pretty shade of pale green. I will post before and after pics -I'm guessing in about a weeks time - but only if I work really hard .

Handmade Harbour -  Mid week party 29 - Spring - birds -rabbits - flowers  - I  haven't added a sentiment- Birthday - Mothers Day - Thank You - I will decide later.

Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 18 - Spots or Stripes - I love the colour of this paper -packs a punch when a little black is added.

I wasn't very happy with my CAS card ( top pic )  -a bit too CAS so I added a few gems - much better.

A little bit Christmas

Feeling Sketchy -  challenge 82 - above sketch -

The papers and sentiment are all Kaisecraft. The base card is approx 15 x 12.5 so I made my strips quite wide -  2.5 cm and 2 cm.

Art Deco Roses

 I'm not sure it shows up very well but the whole image has been covered with Crystal Glaze - quite a lot in fact -

I used glossy black trim in the corners and around the oval -again it's not so easy to see.

I love the clothes from the Art Deco era - lots of cloche hats - short hairstyles  - flapper type dresses -

Crafting Musketeers - challenge 11 - Art Deco .

Handmade Monday

You may have noticed Miss Ellie doesn't have any eyes - I didn't mark any eye positions before I started to stitch the daisy flowers-

Handmade Harbour -  157 - Handmade Monday -

Birthday Boy

A quick and easy card using an image from Handmade Harbour-

Handmade Harbour -  Mid week challenge 26 - Red ,White and /or Blue -

TGIF

Friday already and my first post of the week - Mr MOJO has been on holiday this week . On Wednesday I popped into my local craft store looking for a flower stamp - not just the outline but a solid flower as I wanted to do some shadow stamping -  I came away with a cute cat stamp - yesterday afternoon I stamped and coloured this cat 11 times with different products and I didn't like any of them. I think maybe I have to put the stamp away for a long time and then come back to it.


This morning I feel a bit more positive and made this card using some lovely embossed card and this pretty bag - I'm not which company makes them but I  bought a pack of 4 from a shop in New Zealand .

Lets Craft and Create - Embossing wet or dry - I did both - when I stamped the sentiment with 'Brilliance starlite silver ' it was a bit pale so I added silver embossing powder  .

Birthday gifts

The gifts and sentiment are all part of the same digital image from Handmade Harbour. Red coloured pencil -red stripey washi tape - I used a magazine freebie template to cut the fancy edge.

Handmade Harbour - Midweek Papercraft Party 25 - Put some ribbon on it - I know my little bow is well ....ever so little but I wanted to use  this great digi from Handmade Harbour- I was a lucky winner .

Catered Crop -  Birthdays -

Did I really use orange

I'm really not an orange person -it's would always be last on my list but this time it works . I used water colours and added glossy accents to the berries. The image is from Beccy's Place and this card is for the February challenge ..

Happy Hearts

Lavender hearts or at least they will be when I attache the tiny lace bags of dried lavender to the buttons.I used my trusty heart stencil and some fabric paint on plain white cotton .

Handmade Monday 155   -   at Homemade Harbour

Spots 'n' Stripes

I only bought one sheet of this paper -  I should have bought more - I love the green /chocolate combo - It's called 'Stripes 'from the Christmas collection at  Queen and Co. I've added a felt  square and  circle in white and chocolate.

Let's Craft and Create - challenge 88 - Felt or Fabric -

Tuesday Treat

I'm a pushover for a muffin - it doesn't matter what flavour as long as the top is crunchy.

Let's Craft and Create  - challenge 87 - Cupcakes - The bigger the better .

Valentine

It's not often I get to post twice in one day but  the weather has been too hot today to do anything else.

Lucy's Cards  - sketch  day 2 -
Creative Craft Cottage -  challenge 15 - Love
The Squirrel and the Fox - challenge 63 - Love
Handmade Harbour - challenge 23 - Love

Happy Monday and butterfly template

This was a labour of love . I don't have a cuttlebug or template to make this card - I had to start  from scratch with a basic butterfly shape -  I used my fancy scissors to shape the bottom wings and added a slight curve to the top wings . I have covered the cardstock with the patterned paper and then cut out two smaller butterflies . Using a regular holepunch I did a few holes on one butterfly then place the second one behind so the colours would show through.  Try it for yourself using the template above -make sure the top of the wings are on the fold of your card.

Lucy's Cards -  Day 3 - Make a shaped card.
Crafting Musketeers -  challenge 10 - Butterflies

A bit of a swirl

After yesterdays disaster here is my  card using the sketch from day one  . As usual I made the tag and then hoped I would be able to find a paper with the right colours.

Lucy's Cards-  Five sketches - you have until 14th Feb to play along.
Handmade Harbour -  22 -  Hearts and or Flowers

Thanks

    

Lucy has 5 sketches to play with this week - I think I may have a bit of day one mixed in here ,my          sentiment could also be in the wrong place - all this hot weather is frying my brain. Closing date is Feb 14th -  Pop over to her blog  and join in - .         BLOGGER IS PLAYING UP AGAIN                                                                                                                                                

A Mothers love

This card was made from bits  n bobs - a forest green cardstock - the green stripe paper and the rabbit are Graphic 45 - the little white frame was a magazine freebie and the pink paper and hearts border from my stash .

Happy Tuesday

Happy Tuesday - as the mercury is set to rise AGAIN this week I will get the chance to make some cards - there has to be an upside to the hot weather. I was ironing at 6am and will do a little gardening before it gets too hot.

The paper ,sentiment and birdcage came from a cheap kit I bought in K-mart.

Feeling Sketchy - sketch 78 -
The Squirrel and the Fox - challenge 62 - Two or more embellishments - pearls -lace -ribbon
Incy Wincy Designs - Ribbons and Pearls

Valentines in blue and brown

I popped a piece of black paper behind my card just for the photo. I stamped the tiny leaf pattern and then inked generously with the same colour .  Valentines cards are usually red or pink ,I wanted to move away from the traditional .

Crafting with Dragonflies - challenge 18 - Anything goes

Yummy Cookies -the non fattening kind

Do you have leftover scraps of felt and a few beads -turn them into something your little  girl will love . It goes without saying do not give them to very small children . The hearts are about 6.5 cm at the widest and the circles are 5.5 cm diameter . Cut two large shapes in a cookie colour and one small shape in a paler colour. Stitch the small shape to one of the large ones using blanket stitch .Decorate with beads or you could embroidery small flowers or shapes .Stitch the two large shapes together adding a small amount of stuffing - use whip stitch .

Here is the link from Pamela Susan.

Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 14 -  Use Fabric or Felt

Painted heart

Over at Creative Craft Cottage the challenge is to use felt or fabric on your project.  I used fabric paint and a heart stencil - the paint is quite thick so I added a splash of water and applied it with a firm brush . The results were very good and had crisp edges . There was a small amount of paint left on my palette so I added lots of water and did a third stencil -as you can see from the bottom pic the paint oozed around making a much bluer background .
I'm off for a coffee and when the fabric is dry I will cut out the hearts and sew them together .

Well my coffee has gone and I've done a bit of laundry -the blue paint is dry so now I've  added yellow paint to flowers which had empty centers.My intention was to sew the two hearts right sides together ,turn and stuff  but the white outline around the heart made me think shabby and clipped - I stitched carefully around the blue heart then clipped right up to the stitches. I was intending to use this as a  pin cushion but it's so pretty I think it just needs a ribbon to hang on the door handle.

Yummy cherries

I'm holding my breath ,sweaty palms  - am  I  having an anxiety attack - no  , just stamping directly onto my card - how I hate to do this - do I have enough ink on my stamp ? - do I have too much ? -

The cherry hearts and the ribbon are exactly the same colour as the spots on the paper - the hearts are on textured paper and the ribbon is very shiny - the camera doesn't really reflect how pretty this card is.


Scrapbook Boutique -  January challenge - Inspired by the above photo -  your project can be a card or a scrapbook page.

Butterflies = Summertime

 I trimmed the edge off the card front and stuck the flower paper on the inside of the card.

The green stripe paper I've had forever and had the black dots already printed on it. The butterflies are done with swiss dots embossed card .

Incy Wincy -  Add Texture - Lace and swiss dots .