Double up for Spring!

I am sharing a card for my DT midway post over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

where the theme is 

Hello Spring or anything goes.

We have two fabulous prizes of Lisa Horton products

so be sure and join us!!

 

Entries must have at least one stamped element on the front of entered work using either conventional rubber/acrylic stamps or digital images. 

So I pulled out my Lisa Horton products and made a get well card.

I cut a frame in green card using  the nested stitched bubble squares (LH),

then cut a white piece for my image.

I used the multi layer Garden Rose stencil, stamp and die set

along with some grapefruit grove, crushed curry, garden green

and granny apple green inks (SU).

I stamped and stencilled my rose, stamped the sentiment

from the same set and finished with some sequins.

I would like to enter this card into

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option CAS

Creatalicious - anything goes option Easter/Spring

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral + option mood board

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It's also time to share my midway card for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is also

Hello Spring or anything goes.

We also have a lovely prize up for grabs here too.

Two lovely Penny Black stamps from Buddly crafts.

As always there must be some stamping on the front of your entry and brief details of products used. 

For my card I used a Penny Black stamp called Sunbursts.

To get the different colours on the stamp I used 

Stampin' Write Martkers (SU)

which took a bit of time as they are getting low in ink.

I went with Grapefruit Grove and Call me Clover

then added some pineapple punch to highlight the flowers

along with some brown.

I added some clouds to the background along

with a tiny stamp for some decoration.

I added a bit of fencing which I coloured up with my

blending brush and finished with a sentiment

from Oval Occasions stamp set (SU),

punched using my oval punch (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Catz - anything goes option add a sentiment

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Papercraft Challenges - Spring blooms

Love to Craft - anything goes

2 Sisters on the blog - Spring and/or Easter

Anyone for tea?

It's time for my mid month DT card for

Stamping Sensations

where the theme is anything goes option Autumn Colours.

We have a great prize from

STAMP ADDICTS

I found an old pack of teapot templates from Craftworks and decided

to make one for my Mother-in-law's birthday.

I traced the template onto my chosen papers and

cut it out. The papers are also Craftworks.

I inked the edges using pumpkin spice ink and

glued to the template.

I then covered a separate lid in the same way with

a different piece of paper and inked it up.

I attached a rectangle of card to the lid

and stamped a message using  a stamp set called

Approaching Perfection (SU).

The birthday sentiment is stamped and punched using

a bundle called Oval Occasions.

I then stamped two of each flower from a set called

Floral Essence. I cut them out and layered them up.

The centres have been made using some pearlized enamel effects drops.

I then stamped the leaves in old olive ink and punched them out.

I doubled up the back of the teapot to make a pocket

for my lid to slip into.

I then added the flowers and sentiment and finished off

the handle by wrapping some green twine around the handle

and added two beads to the ends.

The bow was then added to the removable lid.

I hope you get time to join us this month.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

The Paper Funday - anything goes option Autumn colours

Colorful Options - orange

Cardz 4 Galz - pick 3 purple, orange, black, green

I used orange, green, black

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Autumn colours

Had a quick scoot to Omeath this morning.

Rotten day, loads of traffic works going on and not

able to get for a walk.
So went for quick lunch and back home lol

Storm Ashley is heading our way on Sunday

so there's something to look forward to...NOT!

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe!

Tick tock!

I have another tag for Michele's challenge over at

Tag Tuesday

where the theme is clocks/time.

After much searching I am realising that I only have one clock stamp!

So out came that set called Chronology

and and this time I used three different ink colours to stamp the clock.

I punched a few ovals using my oval punch and

stamped the sentiment with some cogs and added some ribbon behind.

I thought the whole tag lacked a bit of texture so

I added some 3d paint through a stencil.

I finished it off with an eyelet.

I hope you get time to join us.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - clocks/time

International Art & Soul - anything but a card

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We have been hibernating for about a week or so now

as our daughter is heading to USA on Friday and we

are afraid of carrying covid into the house.

We are all vaccinated but we just don't want to take any chances,

and ruin her trip.

She will be away for two weeks and I will be counting the days

till she gets back, hopefully COVID free!!

 

Birthday Cake - card 2

Today I am sharing card number 2 from

Kendra's Card Challenge 3

I have a video showing how I followed the sketch

I have used a retired stamp set for the cake slice.

The background card is Petal Pink.

The sentiment has been stamped and punched using

Oval Occasions punch.

I used my calypso coral blends to colour the

 white crinkled seam binding to match.

The background has been scored to give texture

and I added some gems to the sentiment to finish.

You can join in here.

Remember you have 3 whole months to complete 16 cards!!

Link to Kendra's Card Challenge 3 Link to Facebook Group where you can share your cards Link to Kendra's YouTube Channel Tag your cards on social media - #kendrascardchallenge3

I would like to enter this into

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

A Place to start - favourite holiday/celebration (birthdays)

Everybody Art - anything goes

Dream Valley - all occasions

Crafty Catz - anything option CAS + sentiment

I have the house to myself today,

first time in a year and a half!

Daughter is back in the office today and

hubby helping Son with last minute moving then golf!

So I will enjoy a few hours in my craft room

then do some housework!

Enjoy your weekend!!

 

Sketch 7 - thank you card

Happy Monday!

I am sharing the card I made using sketch 7 from

Kendra's Card Challenge.

I have gone with the same colours - Just Jade card and ink.

The sentiment is from Flowers of Friendship stamp set

and the large butterfly was diecut from the

Butterfly bijou papers.

I punched the sentiment using the

Oval Occasions punch.

I would like to enter this into

Dream Valley - die cuts and/or punches

Butterfly was die cut sentiment was punched

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - butterflies

Cardz 4 Galz - things with wings

Allsorts - any celebration (not birthday)

Beautiful day outside and there is some decking

needing a bit of nourishment!!

Have a great week everyone!

 

Double Post Today!

It's time for a new challenge at

TAG TUESDAY

and it's my turn to choose the theme.

If you haven't guessed from my tag it's

FRUIT and/or VEG!

I had this stamp I earned during Sale-a-bration

that had yet to be inked so my theme was born!

I used Berry Delight papers for the background.

The berries have been stamped in real red and granny apple green ink,

cut out and layered together in the basket I made from some food packaging!

I added a sentiment and a little bow from bakers twine.

I combined two bakers twine colours for the top.

Hope you can join us!!

I would like to enter this tag into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything May

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Allsorts - anything goes

Classic Design challenge - anything May

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My second project today is for the mid way inspiration for

Stamping Sensations

where the theme is beautiful blooms.

There is a great prize up for grabs, sponsored by

This months lucky winner will be able to choose an A4 stamp sheet or stamps to the same value from our lovely sponsor Chocolate Baroque who have two live shows on The Craft Store (Hochanda) on Friday 7th May at 9am and 1pm. Lesley will be showcasing different stamps in each show.

For my card I have gone with

Daisy Lane stamp set in polished pink colours.

I stamped six small daisies and two large,

which I then layered up and finished with a gold gem.

The leaves have been stamped in soft succulent ink

using the Forever Fern stamp set and die cut with matching dies.

I used Basic Border dies to cut away the card front

and replaced it with some polished pink card

which I embossed on my score board.

The sentiment was stamped in polished pink and punched out

using the Oval Occasions bundle.

I added some gold trim from the Simply Elegant pack.

I would like to enter this card into

Creative Knockouts - flower power

Cute Card Thursday - embellish it

Fab n funky - embellish it

Dream Valley - favourite colours (pink and gold)

or pink with anything 😁

The Paper FunDay challenges - anything option flowers

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

 

Flowers of Friendship customer card

Happy Monday!

Today I am sharing a card using the new stamp set called

Flowers of Friendship

and pale Papaya colours.

This was made for my customer thank yous

last month and the photo is not great as it was

taken late evening!

I embossed the background using the

Bricks & Mortar embossing folder.

The flower was stamped onto a rectangle

cut from the rectangle stitched dies.

I added some of the gorgeous new ribbon

pale papaya and white ribbon

and finished with a sentiment from the same stamp set

punched out using the oval occasions punch.

The flowers have been coloured using

wink of stella and the pale papaya ink pad.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

We Love Chocolate Baroque - bright and sunny colours

A Place To  Start - anything goes

Allsorts - Spring blossoms

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Well I had planned to walk the golf course today

with hubby but the weather had other ideas!

So craft room will have to suffice today!

Enjoy your week!

 

 

Inky Butterfly Brilliance

My video tutorial over in my

VIP Group shows how to make this card.

I have inked off a section

and used the lovely

Butterfly Brilliance bundle again.

It has been finished with a nice sentiment from

Sweet Ice Cream and Oval Occasions

stamp sets.

I then added some metallic pearls.

I would like to enter this into

Less is More - CAS inking

Cut It Up - Spring flowers and/or butterflies

Butterfly is die cut

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

It's a beautiful sunny day today though a bit cold.

Hopefully will be sitting in garden this afternoon.

Hope you all have a lovely Easter weekend

with lots of chocolate!

 

 

Easter Card

Another Easter card,

this time for my Mother-in-law.

It really was made up from scraps from my table!

I cut some layering ovals in crumb cake card to make the card bigger

and the papers, all retired where cut then stamped

using  Home to Roost (retired) and crumb cake ink and stuck in place.

I punched a load of scraps using the Oval Occasions

punch to make the eggs.

They look a bit long but I wouldn't complain if

they were chocolate lol.

I layered them all up, stamped a sentiment

in rococo rose ink from the Timeless Tulips stamp set,

 then added the metallic bow.

I decided to add a little bird from the

Quite Curvy bundle and coloured him using

crumb cake and daffodil delight blends.

I added loads of Wink of Stella to the spots

on the eggs, doesn't pick up well in photo

but does make them look much prettier.

I would like to enter this into

The Sisterhood of crafters - Easter/Spring

Simon Wednesday Challenge - anything goes

Make My Monday - Easter or Spring cards

Simon Monday Challenge - Easter/Spring

Stamps & fun = Creativity - Spring and/or Easter

I keep thinking today is Friday for some reason!

I've been a day ahead of myself all week!

Today is hubby's first time back to his golf.

To say he is excited is an understatement lol.

Lucky boy!!

 

 

Easter Bunny Basket tutorial

My tutorial today is another wee Easter make

for the Grandkids.

More punch art,  and this time it's a

Bunny Butt!!

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed to follow along

Cinnamon Cider card - a4 strip x 3 1/2"

Cut 2 pieces using bag die

and emboss them using Pinewood Planks folder

2" circle punch for bottom

Oval Occasions punch x 2 in cinnamon cider

and 2 large ovals in basic white

1 1/8" scallop circle punch in white

(on sale at the minute)

Ice cream cone punch x 3 pieces in pumpkin pie card

3 pieces of old olive card 1/2" x 1"

Ink all white parts using Seaside Spray ink pad

and blending brushes.

I would like to enter these into

The Sisterhood of crafters - Easter/Spring

Crafting Happiness - Bunnies or anything goes

Welcome to my newest follower

DUNCAN STREET DESIGNS!

Thanks so much for becoming a follower.

We had a lovely day yesterday,

starting with a walk then time in the garden.

It was so warm!

Today is dull but good weather to return tomorrow.

Have a lovely day!

 

 

Easter Egg Cards

I made these cards for my Grandkids

for Easter.

I decided going with an oval shape would look cute

and with them all being boys

I went with green and blue colours.

I cut one oval in Bermuda bay and one in granny apple green.

The curvy die was used to cut the top and bottom

off both ovals and then I just swapped

them about and and stuck on to my base card

which I had cut with the same oval.

I stamped and coloured the little rabbit in

matching colours and the sentiment

was stamped in bermuda bay ink and

punched out using the Oval Occasions dies.

For this card I have used

Oh so Ombre papers retired

Oval Layering Dies

Curvy Dies

Fable Friends Stamp set retired

Crumb cake and Bermuda Bay blends

Bermuda Bay ink pad

Oval Occasions punch

I would like to enter these into

Make My Monday - Easter or Spring cards

Crafting Happiness - Bunnies or anything goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Spring and/or Easter

International  Art & Soul - shaped cards

Creative Crafting Uncles - Easter

Have a great week everyone!

 

 

Easter Bunny Punch Art Pouches

My tutorial today is, of course,

more treats for the Grandkids.

This time I went with these cute punch art

bunny treat pouches!

Sorry for the bad photo but you can't

get these pouches to stand to had to 

lay on the floor and lean over!

You can watch my video here

The first three are for the younger grandsons

and this one is for the oldest one.

I have made them in 3 different sizes.

Largest one - 6" x 6" papers

Medium one 5" x 5"

Carrot top - 1 3/4" x 2 1/4"

Small one 4" x 4"

Carrot top - 1 3/4" x 1 3/4"

Score at 1/2" top and bottom.

To Make Bunny

1 1/2" circle and Oval Punch

I would like to enter these into

Do-Al(l)creative - Easter

Kreativtanten - Easter

Animal Friends - rabbits

 

 

Easter mini egg gift box tutorial

My tutorial today

shows how to make these cute little

Easter Gift Boxes that hold

4 mini eggs.

Sounds a bit miserable but the Grandkids

will get loads of these little treat packages

along with their big egg 😁

You can watch the tutorial here

Measurements needed to follow along

Designer Paper - 6" x 4 1/2"

Score long side - 1", 4"

score short side - 1/2", 1 1/2", 2 1/2", 3 1/2"

I have used In-Colours seaside spray papers and ink

and the stamp set is called

Nature's Beauty.

The punches I used are called

Lovely Labels pick a punch

(available as a bundle saving with stamp set)

and

Oval Occasions

(also available as a bundle with stamp set)

I want to enter these into

Animal Friends - rabbits

2 Crafty critter Crazies - anything with a critter

Stinkin' Inkers - hot to it

Kreativtanten - Easter

Do-Al(I) creative - Easter

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY