What a week!

Again it feels like I've neglected my blog but I just haven't had the time to craft! We had a hectic week as we had a Tribunal this week against the education department to get a place for our son at a special school in another county. It went really well and we won!

I couldn't even get near my workspace as it was too untidy but last night I spent a few hours re-organising my craft cupboard so everything would fit in and be easy to grab too. So now I should be able to squeeze in a bit more craft time in between sorting out the house and changing furniture!

Anyway, to give me a head-start, here is a card that I made last week:

The card is a 5x5" size and had to be made as once I mounted this cute stamp, I had to stamp it and colour in the image! The image is C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie called "Miss Rosalie with Roses" from Quixotic Paperie. I coloured it in with Promarkers which is a change for me and added some stickles glitter glue to the roses which doesn't really show here. I used a Martha Stewart edger punch called Hydrangeas to edge the card and brushed a little Distress Ink on the sides. The sentiment stamped on the tag is from Whimsy Stamps, also from Quixotic Paperie.

Valentines Bag

I am a bit late for this post, I made a Valentines Bag a week ago for the Elzybells challenge to create a Valentines treat/gift but I have been neglecting my blog a bit as there's still so much to do in our new home!

I made the bag using two nestabilities scalloped hearts. I cut a strip of card and scored a line along each side before folding it into a v-shape. I then added double sided tape along the scored edges and attached the hearts. I then used my Martha Stewart punch to make the handle and finally cut a Nestabilities heart for the front of the bag.

I used all Elzybells stamps on this; the Mini Tags clear set for the tag and sentiment; the heart was from the Hey Cupcake clear set; and the flowers are the very cute Mini Daisy Trio.

Valentines!

I made this card yesterday but added a touch more colour to the image today as it looked a bit lost on such a bright card! It is a Valentines card, but the "Happy Valentines Day" sentiment is on the inside as I had to use the sentiment on the front that worked well with the image.

The Stamps are all Penny Black. The main image is from a new Penny Black clear set called "Piece of My Heart" from The Glitter Pot and is coloured in with Lyra Polycolour Pencils. I used a 6x6" card and used a mat of black smooth cardstock with some Karen Foster "My Heart" 12x12" paper from Whoops a Daisy. I then used some more Bazzill 12x12" smooth card in red and black which was just 35p, again from my local craft shop called Whoops a daisy.

The mat for the image was cut with a circle Nellies Multi-Frame Die and the heart borders were cut with a Martha Stewart Valentine Lace Border Punch. I added Prima e.line pearls in red and black and a heart pin from my blog friend Jane (thank you Jane!) that is threaded through hearts which are cut with a Martha Stewart Scalloped Heart Punch.

This card hopefully qualifies for two blog challenges this week (I am on a roll for me!!)... First of all, the challenge this week on Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use "Pins and Pearls". Secondly, on the Lily of the Valley Challenge Blog, the theme is Valentines, unfortunately I didn't own a LOTV stamp that was suitable for my husbands Valentines card, but luckily it's not essential.

Whiff of Joy Baby Love

Here is the card I made yesterday. This week on the Whiff of Joy Challenge Blog the theme is "Love" and I thought this stamp shows so much motherly love (the most important kind!), hopefully it will still count so I can enter.

The image is from a Whiff of Joy Stamp called Willow Holding Baby. I think the image is so pretty and elegant. I coloured the image in with Copics and mounted it onto a pink mat from a Making Memories 6x6" pad that co-ordinates with the background. I cut a lattice border with a Martha Stewart String Lattice Edger Punch and added some Making Memories ribbon. Finally I added some Prima Flowers called Painterly Petals and some Prima e.line pearls.

Fairy Happy Birthday!

After making the monochrome card, I went for a cute one. The stamped fairy is a stamp by The Greeting Farm called Fairy Chloe. I cut it out with a Circle Nestabilities die and mounted it onto lilac card cut with a Scalloped Circle Nestabilities Die. The background papers are from a Making Memories 6x6" pad, the gemstones are from The Hobby House and the sentiment is from a Whiff of Joy set called Fairy Useful Sayings.

Now I'm up to date with last weeks cards, I will have to take a photo of the card I made yesterday and bring my blog right up to date. Maybe I'll try and squeeze in another card tonight too!

Monochrome

I received my order of some new Quickutz Dies recently so I decided to try out a card with the Ballerina. I didn't have anyone specific in mind for this die but I'd liked it for ages so thought I should make a card with it soon to warrant the purchase!

I cut it out on some Papermania adhesive velvet to make the silhouette so then went with a monochrome theme. I used a 6x6" card and some Pink Petticoat papers (so it didn't look too messy, I actually lined up the swirls on the black and white papers). I then added Prima pearls and gems, black cord, 2 white bows (thank you Jane!), and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

New Baby Card

First of all, I have a baby card to share with you. Our neighbours had a baby girl almost two weeks ago and this is the card I made for them. Sorry I'm so late posting it!

I used a Forever Friends baby stamp, I think this was coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils (I cheated and used one from my box of images coloured in!). I mounted it onto Craftwork Cards pearlescent papers which are then on a 6x6" card with pink pearlescent paper with a panel of DCWV baby cardstock and a border of pink cardstock cut with a Fiskars "Threading Water" border punch. I finished the card with four pink pearls on the image and three flowers in the corner which were from a cheap pack in The Range with a couple of leaves punched with an EK Success punch.