Black Eyed Susan

Hello there,

I'd like to let you know that we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is One for the Girls, and I may use this as a Mother's Day card for my Mother in Law or a friend's birthday in March. As I'm not sure yet I haven't added the sentiment.  

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Limetree Crafts Buttercup and Continental Coffee card for the mats 

Dotty embossed white card 

Crafts Too Oval and Stitch Dot Oval dies

JustRite Black Eyed Susan stamp set

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Brush Pens Light Yellow, Gold Brown, Light Green 

Gold Pearls 

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them

Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.

Blue is the colour ...

Hello there,

First of all I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year!

Now I'd like to let you know that we've a new challenge starting today over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog. The theme this month is Blues, and I've decided to go with blue flowers. This card is a variation on one I made at a Maximum Crafts online workshop, I hope you like it. 

I do hope you'll join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month and share your makes with us.

Card recipe

8 x 8 white card blank

Limetreee Crafts Indigo Blue card for the mats and sentiment 

Clarity Indian Summer Designer Paper

White mat

JustRite Black Eyed Susan stamps

Creative Expressions Canvas Collection - Large Hexagon die

Sentiment die from my stash

Spectrum Noir TriBlend Brush pens: True Blue Extend, Light Green Blend

Spectrum Noir Finesse Flagstone ink pad

I hope you like the card I've made, please leave me a comment if you've time, I love reading them and really do appreciate them

Please also join us over at the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog this month, we'd love to see your makes.

Spring flowers

Hello,
here's my card for the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge for June, the theme is anything goes with the option of the White Witch. This month we're sponsored by the wonderful Ike's Art and I've used the Blossom image. I took it into Craft Artist 2 to produce the background paper which I lightly coloured, and also used it for the main image.

What I've used

8x8 white card blank
Pink card for the mats
Pink organza ribbon
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: PP1, PP2, LG1
Sue Wilson's Happy Birthday die for the sentiment

I hope you like the card, please leave a comment if you have time.

Please also join us at the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge this month, and thanks to Ike's Art for sponsoring us this month.

Sunshine and flowers

Hello,

still not managing to find as much time to craft as I'd like - still decorating and catching up with chores.

This is another card for the Fairy and Unicorn Challenge Blog, which has the theme of the Summer Solstice which is in June. I made it basically using Tonic dies and yellow, gold, green and blue card stock from Tonic, plus Limetree Crafts Poppy red card and Anna Marie Amber Sparkle card. I used the Tonic Sunray Window die to cut in gold and yellow card, then used the yellow as the base which I layered on to blue card for the sky and green for the ground. I then paper pieced using bits from the yellow and gold die cuts. I cut a narrow frame in green and layered it on top then layered it all on to the amber sparkle card.

The centre piece is the middle of the Sunray Window in gold matted on to amber sparkle with and amber sparkle circle in the middle. I added this to the centre using foam pads to give some added dimension.

The white flowers are cut using the different size dies in the Tonic Entwining Trellis Daisy die with a yellow brad in the middle. The red poppies are cut in the same way using the Bellus Buttercup die from the same set with a black brad in the middle. I finished it off with a few flourishes cut from a pale green card using the Frond Finesse die.

I hope you like it, please join us in the Fairy and Unicorn challenge this month.

I'm also entering this for the following challenges:
A Bit More Time to Craft 45: ATG
Crafty Catz 373: ATG with Summer time
Die Cut Divas: Summer fun
Die Cuttin' Diva's Weekly Challenge Blog 319: ATG
Do-Al(1) Kreatives: Challenge no 6
Simply Create Too: Summer Fun