Easter Project

Hello again, is everyone looking forward to easter and all that possible chocolate? I know I am!

This project has been inspired by a Spoon Full of Sugar's challenge this week of an Easter Project. Now, I don't know about anyone else but I love making something a little bit different to present my easter gifts in, especially a Cream Egg. And this year, these little cuties are going to be joining the baskets of gifts, I hope you like them!

The pattern has come from a papercraft magazine which I have, as usual tweeked until I was happy with it. The card, paper and ribbon is all from stash.

Thanks for looking!

One for a Special Lady

Morning all! has anyone else been having issues with blogger recently? i've not been able to create a new post for the last couple of days - hence why this is the first of several today!

Anyway, as we all know - Mothering Sunday is this weekend and although I've already made my Mother's day card (see post below) I was asked to make another one for a friend. She wanted it simple, with a flower on it.......so this is what I came up with:

 

The papers are all scaps that I've had for a while. I think the spotty orange came from a pad I got with a cardmaking magazine. The Sunflower is a new stamp I treated myself to and is by papermania and is the same idea as my build a butterfly stamp. the image is coloured with Promarkers and the ribbon is from stash. The sentiment comes from the same pack as the sunflower.

I hope you like it, my friend loved it and hopefully so will her mum - I think it's quite affective, so I'll be making another one to go into store.

I'm entering this card into Creative Inspirations and Allsorts challenges this week, who both have a mother's day theme.

Thanks for looking! happy crafting x

Book Card

On Sunday I went to a Bristol Craft day - it was organised by the fabulous Sue and was the first of the big Bristol playdays, with 19 insane crafters in one room, laughing, making and eating! it was fantastic - it's been agreed on that it should become a regular thing, so if you fancy joining in the fun on the 2nd Sunday of the month head over to Sue's blog (Playingwithpaper) for more information!

Anyway, this month's project was book cards - now some of us in the room *will mention no names* had been playing with the project prior to the session and so put us all to shame on the day by not only completing the project but making a card everyone wanted to take home! Me, on the other hand, was chuffed to have got all but the inside panel and the box made!

Now, I claim no originality in the design - I saw a card of similar design somewhere and it was stuck in my memory, so many thanks and kudos to whoever it was that created the original. Nevertheless, it was a design my mother would love so this is my card to her for mother's day!

Box cover and card in box base

Front

Back

Inside

If anyone wants to know the project ingredients specifically, let me know but they are pretty much as you see them!

I hope you like it, I hope my mother likes it, but most of all thanks to all the fab ladies who were there on Sunday!  it was a fantastic day - I loved learning a new project and here's to the long and ongoing success of the Bristol Playdays x

Just Magnolia - Anything goes with Glitter

Hi everyone. Another Challenge card, this time for Just Magnolia and Hanglar - which is anything goes with the additional option of glitter.

So obviously its a Magnolia image - I thought this little girl needed an airing and her pinifore is so much fun to glitterfy (possibly not a word) but  the photo's don't show it up too well sorry. Papers are from K&Co pads, buttons from stash.

Hope you like, I really enjoyed making this one.

$Thanks for looking and Happy Crafting x

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Late

Evening all,

Have you ever had one of those weekends which, whilst fab, left you achieving nothing of the growing list that needed to be done? well that was mine! Oh well - I just about managed to get this card done and it's not even that complex! lol

So, the essentials: this card wass for Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge this week; however, I'm too late to enter it - ooops! and the image is by the fabulous Mo Manning and is called Chickies. It's coloured with promarkers and everything else is from the scaps box. Boarder punch is Martha Stewart and the pips are from stock.

Like a said - small, simple and sweet

Hope you like it! thanks for looking and happy crafting x

Crafty Catz - One for the boys

Hi everyone! this one's for the boys...... well specifically my cousin but it'll do for Crafty Catz challenge this week too, which is one for the boys!

The stamp is one that came free with a magazine and I can see getting some serious usage. the layout is one I created and i've been using over recently (remember the valentines card with Edwin?) Image is coloured with promarkers, papers are from a K&Co pad and that's about it. Really simple but I think it works. I hope you agree!

Take care and Happy Crafting x

Creative Inspirations - Plain and Simple

Hey everyone. I hope you're all well, it's been a long week hasn't it? or is it just me that feels like that? anyway, todays card is for Creative Inspirations challenge of Plain and Simple. I used my new butterfly stamp again to create my mum's birthday card

The image is stamped with stazon black ink and then coloured with my watercolour pencils. The die cut is nellie snellen edged with stickles and the paper is from stock, a freebie pad that came with one of the many card magazine's I buy. The sentiment is printed off on the computer and the gems are from stash.

That's it! thanks for looking and happy crafting x