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Beccy's Place - March challenge - I coloured the image then chopped it up and layered each section on black

.I'm not a person who goes for bold bright colours but Gerberas are the exception OR so I thought -when I passed my local florist yesterday I had a look inside and there were some beautiful Gerberas in white and the palest of pinks - who knew ?

A bit of twine

 

 

Lets Craft and Create - challenge 123 - entwined - I have a big bag of twine in some really pretty colours but I can come up with any clever ways to use it. The sentiment at the bottom says 'happy mothers day'.

Birthday celebrations

 

 

 Scrapbook Boutique - March challenge - I went with shapes similar to the pencils and also the rainbow assortment of colours.

A little bit of Christmas

 

 

I 'm not really sure about this card -I love the background paper but I when I added silver or pale blue tones it looked a bit drab and boring - bring on the pink - a pale pink.

 

 

Christmas Card Throwdown   -  March sketch - I wasn't sure if my little tree at the bottom of the card would be allowed but then I noticed a member of the DT has some silver holly on her card.

 

Southern Girls - challenge 155 - pop it up -  I popped up my little  pink tree.

 

 

 

 

It's a boy X 2

A couple of baby cards for my charity box - sorry about the patches of sunlight on the photos, it's just very very sunny here atm.

All dressed up

I stamped a swirl pattern with Versamark and clear embossed.

I use distress inks in 'worn lipstick' and 'weathered wood'

the dress form stamp is just  from a set I got in K-mart . the red dots and heart are just punched from card coloured with the ' worn lipstick ' and the covered with glossy accents.

 Tuesday Morning Sketches -sketch 392 -  you mentioned using a Bible page which I did not really want to try so used a book page instead -  if you add  texture and colour you can keep the script visible and not desecrate your Bible.

In the Pink

 

It's the first day of Autumn but we still have very hot weather -  a great shaft of sunlight which shows up on the left hand side of my card.

 

 

Passion for ProMarkers - challenge 384 - In the Pink

 

I used the two stamps at the top to create the background and then stamped the rose on another piece of card - all coloured in with AquaMarkers - I love being able to add lots of water to get these delicate colours - looking at my card I think maybe I should have added a small border of green then black around the large main  panel.

Using up old bits and pieces

In an attempt to tidy my craft stuff I found several sheets of half used  rub on sentiments ,orange flowers,some black borders and musical peel offs- all destined for the rubbish but at the last minute I decided to put them to good use and make some simple cards for my charity box.

A big heart

CCC digi creations - challenge 66   -add a heart

Double D challenges - lavender and lace

Have a heart or a butterfly

I think this is the first time I have bought brown papers - I really liked the designs and hope I can make some pretty cards with the papers.These two cards were made with one sheet of striped paper and a tiny amount if the diamond pattern.I think the blue works really well with the brown.

All buttoned up

I never got back to the card making yesterday so this morning I made sure Bella had her breakfast and was in a sunny spot in the lounge.I won the sentiments stamp a few years ago and as it's unmounted I have no idea where it came from- the flowers are from Creative stamping magazine .
I used AquaMarkers and lots of water.

Southern Girls -  retro challenge -buttons or brads,

Tuesday Morning Sketches- I used this weeks sketch 387 for my layout.

I love ProMarkers - challenge 327-   Anything goes - I used AquaMarkers and lots of water.

A helping hand or should that be paw

Bella looking in the box of ink pads - it's important to pick the right colour.

I was hoping to make a couple of cards this morning but Bella had other ideas -  she picked a 'Happy Birthday " stamp.  I'm sure once the sun moves away I can have my desk back.

04 a bit of a high flyer

I used a rick st dennis image coloured with watercolour pencils - the sentiment is a stamp from a woodlands hug set.

Let's Craft and Create - challenge 121 - things with wings

Southern Girls - challenge 151 - stitch me up -  two rows of stitching on the right hand side

03 Warm Wishes

This stamp was still sitting on my desk from about 2 weeks ago - ( I'm very bad at keeping things tidy).I used watercolour pencils and added a wink of Stella to the flowers.


Southern Girls challenge - stitching - the corners are real and the border was done with my dress makers tracing wheel.

02 Flowers

Beccy's Place - January challenge - use an image from Beccy  to join in.

01 Birthday Bird

I hope you all had a good time with family and friends over the holidays - we don't do the chrissy thing in our house and when I asked my DH what we should have for our main meal on Dec 25th he said "lamb curry " and delicious it was.

I Love ProMarkers -  challenge -  325 Anything goes - I used AquaMarkers and it has to be said there was a lot of water involved to get the colour just right.

More Trees

 

 

Well , as predicted yesterday I was stuck for ideas and carried on with the punched trees. I must admit I don't like them all and prefer the softer colours.

Trees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I looked through all my Christmas stamps and then looked through a whole lot more digi images and nothing inspired me - so back to very basic card making with a couple of frames and a punched tree.I love the paper from the top card ,almost vintage. I was busy re-sealing the deck out back yesterday and I was hoping to do a second coat today but it's raining - such a welcome sight - so

I'm off to the craft table - I have a funny feeling there will be more cards just like these - inspiration is in short supply.

Birthday Owl

 

I think this paper was a magazine freebie and so was the Woodware  owl stamp set. I used AquaMarkers to colour him.As this card was for a man I couldn't decide what embellishments would work so I left it plain and simple.

Happy Birthday

Like many of you I have a few sentiment stamps but usually only use a handful and this 'Happy Birthday' stamp from Stamp-it is one that I use again and again.

Framed

About 8 years ago I made my visit to New Zealand ( a place I love to go ) . Driving around we came across a  shop which was really a haven for quilters and had some lovely fabric . In a little corner were a few bits of crafts stuff and I picked up sheet ( 6 on a sheet) of these 3D handbags. Over the years I have only used 2 so thought it was time to dust them and get them on a card.


I love this top card the colours really work for me but the bottom one does nothing for me at all and I struggled to find the right paper.

christmas baubles

 

 

I promised myself that this year I would play along and make a card for each day of the challenge and here we are at Day 21 and I only just joining the party over at Beccy's Place -I used 3 different stamps on a biscuit coloured cardstock - then coloured with Aquamarkers .

Shades of Blue and Brown

Can I say a BIG thank you to my 81 followers who have not yet deleted me from their list. This last year has been a strange one - I have lost a lot of my bloggy mates due to divorce -moving house- and even death -along with  my own little problems I have struggled to find any interest in crafting , in fact any interest in anything at all - I'm not sure if and when normal service will be resumed but I will try .

 

As you can see all 3 cards use a brown cardstock with blue and white.  

Christmas Trees

 

 

I teamed together brown and pale blue - not the usual Christmas colours.



 Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 72 - Anything Goes - I had the idea for this card two weeks ago when the challenge was spots an stripes but just never got the time to make it - lucky it fits the theme this time around.

Cuddly Birthday

I love  ProMarkers- challenge 315- Birthday -  I used AquaMarkers for this card and a sweet stamp from Cuddly Buddly which I've had for quite a while.

A square card

Passion for ProMarkers challenge 358- hip to be square - I used AquaMarkers for my cute elephant- typical me I coloured the elephant first and then had to search through my stash to find some papers - I never learn.

Thank you

a quick card made with some pretty paper - it can be that simple.

Just a shower

 

 

 

Squirrel's - Not - So- Random Challenge 1- Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 68 - Anything goes

Little White Dog

 

 

Penny's Paper- Crafty Challenge -  288 - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

I took this pic on Monday when it was rainy and gloomy so the colours look a bit faded with the flash on the camera, I have'nt been able to turn it off despite pressing all the flash buttons on my camera.

Cute as

 

I've just noticed I haven't removed the backing on the sticky tape across the bottom of the planter. We've had a lot of rain today and the sky has been heavy and dark which is not good for taking pics. The colours are sage green cardstock -very pale pink for the circle and the sentiment is made up from a sheet of rub-ons.

 

Feeling Sketchy number 149-