Lime and Black

Here's my second card for the Less is More LIME & BLACK Challenge (No. 114).  Felt it was a bit plain when I first did it with just the border and sentiment but feel better now I've added the butterfly.

Border was created with Coredinations Whitewash card stock embossed with Tied Together embossing folder and small black gems from stash added then mounted onto black card.  Sentiment from a Paula Pascual set.  Butterfly cut on Sizzix Eclips with svg file from Birds Cards.  Stardust stamp from Korean Rubber Stamp DIY Tin Box Set Flower Fairy.

Thanks for looking.

Easter Break

I had promised myself some crafting time over the Easter Holidays, but here we are heading towards the end of our two week break and I've not really spent the time I thought I would have done crafting.  I have though managed to complete a couple of cards for a challenge.  The current challenge on Less is More is LIME & BLACK (Challenge no  114).  A bit out of my comfort zone but I thought I'd give it a go.

Small square card - 4"
Papermania Textured Card - lime and black
Sentiment is Paula Pascual All Year Round stamped in black
small punched flowers with black gem centres
die cut flourish - sorry not idea of make, need to keep a record of these things when I throw the packets out!!

Although fairly simple I quite liked the end result.

Have made a second one for this challenge but think I might add something else to it before I post as it looks just a bit too plain at the moment.

 

Mother's Day Card

Hopefully now my work hours have been reduced I might get some time to make more cards and at least upload those that I have managed to make since the new year!

It was Mother's Day in the UK last weekend and this is the card I made for my lovely mum.

I cut the shaped card on my Sizzix Eclips using a template from www.birdscards.com.  (note to self - must use card with coloured core - this was white and slightly spoilt the end result!).  The iris stamp is, I think, from papermania, coloured with Copics, and highlighted with stardust sakura pen.  Pearl gems to finish off.  Sentiment was printed on computer.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - Floral Frenzy

  Totally Gorjuss Challenge 174 - For Mum

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Things that begin with F (Flower)

Thank you for looking

Happy New Year - 2013!

Happy New Year !

The end of 2012 was unexpectedly busy as I am now working part time in the local primary school, so I haven't been crafting as much as I would have liked, even struggled to get my christmas cards done - will hopefully post some pics later this week.  I will have to try and organise myself better in 2013.

With OH back at work today I took myself off to make a card for a friend's birthday.  Using the challenge sketch on the Sketch Saturday website this was my effort:

Dandelion stamps from Lavinia Stamps

Swirl Circle Die from Marianne Design Creatables
Butterfly Die from Joy Crafts

Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass

Paper - Melody Ross, Lydia collection

Sentiment - Personal Impressions (I think!!)

Gems and ribbon from stash

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - #239

Halloween Sweet Bouquet

A bouquet of sweet treats all ready for Halloween.

Handmade box full of chocolates and sweets and coordinating ribbons.  Box has been decorated with a free digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs, coloured with copics, edge has been heat embossed with black sparkle embossing powder.  Spiders were cut using Sizzix Eclips.

Challenge Entries
Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 19 Something Spooky
Shopping Our Stash Challenge 73 Trick or Treat
 Lexi's Creations Challenge 76 Halloween
The Pink Elephant TPE170 Trick or Treat (Treat Holders)

Birthday cards for my Nephew

These two cards were for my Nephew's 22nd Birthday last month.  The monkey was a free Dustin Pike digi image, coloured with copics. Card cut using my ECAL and Sizzix Eclips.

 Decoupage car from The Big One CD Rom (La Pashe).  Backbround was made with a stencil I cut with sizzix eclips and distress inks with and sparkly embossing powder!

More soon - hopefully.

After the summer holidays!

Ok time to start some serious card making, have let it slip quite alot while the children have been home from school but really need to get going again especially as Christmas will be with us much too soon.

First card this week is a "Thinking of you" for my Mother In-Law to wish her a speedy recovery for the hip replacement op yesterday.

Stamps (orchid and pot) were from a sheet of clear stamps but I've no idea what they are (think they were papermania!) were coloured with Copics.  Pot stamped and coloured a second time and decoupaged.  White Candi coloured with copic to match image.  Coredinations card stock and whitewash and paper from stash.  Thinking of you stamp - Paula Pascual Mixed Sentiments sheet.

I have used this week's Sketch Saturday sketch #223 for inspiration so will be entering it into their challenge.
Thank you for looking.