Gorjuss Spring

For this card I've used the Gorjuss 'Ladybird' stamp.  After stamping in Tuxedo Black, I coloured in with Promarkers and paper pieced part of the dress and the bow in her hair, adding some glitter glue to the spots.

The papers are First Edition Blank Canvas.  I cut the image using SB Floral Ovals and the bow was created using  X Cut and SB circles dies.  I finished with a large pearl and gems in the corners.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

The Crazy Challenge : stripes

Penny's Papercrafty : #175 Pastels

Scrapper's Delight : #21 Pretty Pastels

4 Crafty Chicks : #192 paper piecing

Moving Along with the Times: Pretty pastels

Papercrafting journey : spots or stripes

4 Krafty Girlz : anything goes

Brown Sugar : #92 two patterned papers

Fussy and Fancy : #113 spring colours

Floral Heart

This card uses another heart stamp from the Creative Expressions Singles range (I must have been in a romantic mood!!). I stamped and embossed in black before embellishing with gems and pearls.

I used a Martha Stewart PATP and also a flourish die from X Cut to which I've added a Memory Box die cut flower with some pearls in the centre. I also added another MB die in the opposite corner.

I 'm entering this card in the following challenges:

That's Crafty Challenge Blog - black, white and a splash of colour
Little Claire's - #45 Lots of layers
The Squirrel and the Fox - #68 Dies or punches
Artistic Impressions - Swirls and Pearls
Love To Create- #113 Pearls and Swirls
Twisted Tuesday - Black, white and 1 more colour

To you both

A vintage style wedding card using a Creative Expressions ' Singles' stamp (To Have And To Hold). The image and the Papermania sentiment were stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured in using Promarkers. I then went over the whole image with a Sakura glitter gel pen to give a subtle sheen and glimmer.

The papers are all Dovecraft Curiosity Corner and all the edges have been given the distressing treatment and then inked using a Promarker pen.  The lace border and flowers were fussy cut from the same pack and the flowers were highlighted with the glitter gel pen. The stamp has some roses as part of the image but I overlaid these with paper rose buds which I coloured with Promarkers and glittered. I finished with some pearls.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Corner - wedding bells

Fussy and Fancy - #112 Pearls and Lace

Wags and Whiskers - #127 Lots of layers

It's All About the Vintage - Flower Power

Crafting by Designs - flowers

Brown Sugar - anything goes

Whimsy Inspirations - anything goes

Love Ride

The Easter Fair has come to town and so has this new collection 'Fun Fair' from Helz Cuppleditch.  I fell in love with this sweet image.  I stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured it in with Promarkers (it took quite a while!).

 

The papers are a combination of Fun Fair and Lucy Cromwell.  I've used a Tonic border punch; Marianne Design die cut heart; Woodware and X Cut leaf punches.  The doily behind the topper is from Dovecraft and I've finished with some rose buds and gems and pearls.

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Craft Your Passion - Bunnies, chicks and eggs

Ooh La La - Easter/ spring

Crafty Catz - #226 animals

Get Inky - #11 Spring/easter

Totally Papercrafts - #214 Easter

The Squirrel and the Fox - #67 all creatures great and small

Colour Me Creative - #90 Anything Goes

 

Pursuit of Happiness

For this card I've used a lovely stamp from the Santoro Mirabelle collection called 'pursuit of happiness'. I stamped using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and coloured it in with Promarkers, adding some glitter glue and gems to finish off.

 

 

The papers are all PM Parisienne Blue which I've edged with Chipped Sapphire and the dies I've used are Marianne  for the topper and Xcut for the flourishes and flowers. I've added a brown spotty ribbon and some gems to the flowers.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

 

Brown Sugar # 83 -colours

I Love Promarkers # 208 Die cuts no punches

Sister Act Card Challenge - # 46 Anything goes

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day coming up hence this card.  I've used some new papers from Dovecraft called Curiosity Corner - lovely florals and slightly vintage.

 

The doily is also from this range and I've distressed and inked all the edges with Victorian Velvet.  I've used an Avec border punch (this glitter embossed card is from a First Edition paper pack) and the flowers and leaves were created using a selection of SB, Woodware and Nellie Snellen punches and dies.  I've finished with some pink pearls and a Personal Impressions stamped sentiment (in Victorian Velvet).

 

I'm entering the following challenges:

 

Mojo Monday - Sketch 333

House of Cards - Feb Challenge  #2

Papertake Weekly - Lots of Layers

Paper Shelter - #146 Punches and Dies

Penny's Paper-crafty challenge - ~#165 Lots of layers

Aud Sentiments Challenge - #100 Bingo: texture, die cuts & 3 word sentiment

 

 

Daisy Decoupage and Butterflies

I love this daisy stamp from Imagination Crafts and for this card I've kept to a simple orange and white colour scheme.

 

I stamped several times and after colouring with Promarkers, cut and built up the layers.  I matted the main image onto a SB Lacey Squares die with some orange ribbon and a MS punched border behind it.  I've finished with some punched and layered butterflies embellished with gems.

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Feeling Sketchy - #69

Imagination Crafts - # Butterflies

Cupcake Inspiration - # 228

Crafty Cardmakers - Winged things

Love to Scrap - Borders

Crafters Cafe - #29 Flowers

Tuesday Throwdown - #165 Things with Wings