Floral Posy - Lisa Horton

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

The colour challenge on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog caught my eye, especially as it includes my favourite colour turquoise.  

I used the  Edgecutz dies from Lisa Horton to cut into my card. I inked onto another piece of card in turquoise and green DIs and stuck this behind.  I used the extra flower dies to cut more flowers - solid out of inked turquoise and navy cards and  outline from  gold mirri card. I finished with a few gem and pearl clusters.

If only there were real flowers in this colour, they would definitely be in my garden!

Other dies used: Carnation Crafts Shabby Stitched Rectangles

DP: Craft Sensations 

DIs , gems and pearls

Challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges #582

As You Like It - favourite season: it has to be spring.  Something to look forward to during the dark months and when it arrives, everything is bursting into life in fresh, vivid colours ( which tend to dull over summer).

Krafty Chicks #557

Sisterhood of Crafters - from a garden

TTCRD AG

Lemon Shortbread  #144 

Crafty Creations #420 

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx

Echinacea

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I love echinaceas (or coneflowers ) - one of the highlights of the late summer garden, and so I couldn't resist treating myself to one of the new Woodware stamps.

I really enjoyed colouring this with my Promarkers. I kept the layout simple using some Bright Ombre Cardstock from Craft Sensations and a Pinkfresh Studios frame die.

I chose warm colours this time but I know I'll be colouring this stamp in many different colours.

Challenges 

A Gem of a Challenge #9

Allsorts #621 3 colours of the rainbow - red, orange and yellow

Sweet Stampin - no squares allowed

Krafty Chicks #556

Creative Fingers #206

A Bit More Time to Craft #138

Crafter's Cafe #264

I love Promarkers #433

Colour Throwdown #639

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Arianna Blooms

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I have a slimline card to share today. 

I blended distress oxide ink to create the background behind the apertures and dug out a favourite Memory Box die Arianna Bloom to die cut the flower, swapping the colours over for the central flower.

    

I shortened  the stem a little bit and added lots of sparkle with a Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen.

I didn't want to waste the swirls that I snipped off the flowers , so I glued these back onto the card. I finished with some sequins. The dies I used were from Gemini, MB and Pinkfresh Studios. 

Challenges

Inkspirational #237

Creatalicious Ch. # 209

Die Cut Divas - windows/ apertures

Love to Craft #57

 A Gem of a Challenge #8

Cardz 4 Galz #144

Sisterhood of Crafters - yellow mellow

Thank you for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx 

Spring Picnic

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

No teddy bears in the woods today - only these cuties enjoying their picnic! 

The weather today is perfect for a picnic or just a walk in the woods and I can't wait to visit my local woods soon to enjoy the bluebells and wild garlic :)

This cute topper and papers are from Craft Consortium Bluebells and Buttercups.

I have also used dies from Carnation Crafts, MB and JND.

Challenges:

Cut It Up #222

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #154

A Gem of a Challenge #7

A Bit More Time To Craft #136

MAWTT #128

Make My Monday #145

Thanks for visiting and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Spring Bloom

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

For today's card I have used a favourite digi stamp from LOTV. 

I've coloured this cutie with Promarkers. 

Dies used include Chloe's, Gemini and Craftwork Cards. The papers are from Sara's Beautiful Butterflies.

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge #6

Inkspirational #235

Cute Card  Thursday #678

Paper Shelter #461

I Love Promarkers #431

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Happy Birthday

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

I've gone for some ink blending today using some oxide inks and a bit of water splattering.

The tulip embossing folder is a magazine freebie which I die cut into square shape. I added a  sentiment to the centre and finished with some sequins.

Dies used:  Sara Signature, Daisy Mae, Lisa Horton  and Tonic.

Challenges:

Just Add Ink #545 

Colour My Heart  # 435

Simply Create Too # 168

Craft Rocket Ch. #79

Thanks for dropping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting and take care.

Fatima 

xxx 

Daffodil

 Hello lovely crafters. Hope all is well with you.

Another Mother's Day card today.  I've used a daffodil die which came free with a magazine and framed this with some eyelet dies from Heartfelt Creations which I also used to create the card.

I've added some die cut  grass along the bottom and stamped the sentiment.

The papers are from Craft Consortium, with lots of spring flower names and phrases.

Thanks for popping by and any comments you leave.

Happy crafting.

Fatima 

xxx