Magnolia vs Stampavie

I haven't done one of these challenge for ages and there is a lovely sketch to follow this week. I used some K & Co papers which I thing go really well with the Sarah Kay images. I've coloured my image with distress inks and used a pale blue Tombow pen to put a bit of shadow around her and also around the edges. To soften the edges of the circle I used stitching with embroidery thread, punched and Prima flowers and a piece of a Sizzix flourish decorated with a few blue gems. The lace and ribbon are from my stash.

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Friday Sketchers

My postman brought me two lovely packages today; my Easter Magnolia stamps and two retro flower punches (thanks for helping me find these Debbie!) I've followed the Friday Sketchers sketch and used just one DP from My Minds Eye with some hot pink and green cardstock. Tilda is coloured with watercolours and distress inks, the sentiment is from Hero Arts and I've trimmed pieces of a large Sizzix die to create the flourishes. I'm also entering this card in this weeks Stamp Something challenge where your card should be inspired by a favourite something and tulips are my favourite flowers.

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Lavender and Lace

This is my entry for this weeks WOJ challenge. While I was blog hopping the other day I came across Anita's blog. If you have a spare minute you must visit and enjoy the gorgeousness of her creations, but be prepared to be there a while! Anita has created a fantastic little box and very kindly has put the template on her blog, so I though I would give it a go. It was third time lucky on cutting it out right (although I'm not sure why because its not that hard!). I had to modify the shape for the top and bottom and used some thin card which I covered in Crate Paper.

I wrapped lace around the box and then sewed on tiny lavender and pearl beads using invisible thread. I stamped my WOJ image onto watercolour paper and then used Dusty Concord distress ink to shade the paper and also to stamp some flourishes in the corners. I coloured her with distress inks, adding a bit of green for interest.

The flowers are all Woodware punches with tiny gems added to the centre and I added some wire and ribbon. My labels Nesties arrived today so I used one for the inside of the lid and another two for the bottom of the box. All tied up with a satin ribbon. I'm really pleased with how this turned out and will definitely make one of these again.

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Cute Card Thursday - Guest Designer

I was thrilled to be asked to be the Guest Designer for this weeks Cute Card Thursday challenge. When I heard the theme was Food & Drink I knew I would use my new Magnolia muffin stamp and after playing around with a few ideas I decided to make this 'box in a bag'. You can get the instructions for making this bag from Splitcoast Stampers - its very straightforward to make. I used bazzil cardstock for the base and my favourite Crate Paper for the bag. I don't have a tag punch so instead I cut 4 circles with my scalloped nesties, punched a hole through them and then stuck them to the top of the bag for the handles.

I also made a matching tag. I used the same DP to paper piece the muffin case, and the reverse of the paper to paper piece the bow. All the colouring is done with distress inks and for the icing I used 'fluffy up stuff' (I can't remember its proper name) and while it was still warm, pressed in some seed beads.

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Truly Scrumptious Challenge #2

I can't believe it's time for our second challenge already! There were so many entries for our first challenge which was very exciting. This week there is another sketch for you to follow but we also want to see some handmade buttons on your card. This is the sketch for you to use:

And here is my card;

Sketching Stamper Digi Stamps (Christine Dark) is our sponsor this week and I've used one of her images 'Pretty Window' for this card. I coloured the image with distress inks and then cut a frame from a scalloped nestabilities rectangle. I cut another frame exactly the same size which I put on top with sticky fixers.

Tilda is coloured with distress inks and stuck to the raised frame. The DP is by Crate Paper and is actually the back of a doublesided sheet. I stamped some Inkadinkadoo flourishes with Versamark and then embossed with silver powder. The buttons are made from fimo clay. I used two colours, one of which has some glitter in. I'm quite pleased with how they turned out.

Remember you have two weeks to enter this challenge so pop over to the Truly Scrumptious blog now and take a look at the fantastic cards that the other DT members have created.

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Some exciting news!

Denise at Whimsy Stamps has asked me to be a Guest Designer for her rubber stamp company. It took me a mili-second to accept!! I'm so excited to be asked and I'm looking forward to working with a fantastic team of talented designers.

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Spring Showers

It's actually blowing a gale outside at the moment but it was a mild spring day when I coloured this image yesterday!! I've followed this weeks Mojo Monday sketch and the card also qualifies for A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge which is torn edges. The colours on this card are VERY bright! the DP is by Bo Bunny and I've used bright pink, purple and green Coredinations cardstock for matting.

The WOJ image is not new but she's new to me and was lovely to colour. I've used distress inks and also layered the top of the umbrella to add a bit of dimension. I then added tiny drops of diamond glaze to the raindrops and umbrella to look like water droplets; they're just visable on the close up picture. I think the paper is too busy to add flowers but I have added a Cuttlebug corner swirl.

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