My first challenge this year!

I was inspired to enter a blog challenge after seeing a sketch on a blog that I subscribe to with email updates. The sketch was for Papertake Weekly Challenge and was this:

I loved the sketch as it was simple with nice clean lines so I set to work and came up with this:

The image I used is a beautiful rubber stamp from Lili Of The Valley and I coloured her with Polycolour pencils. The background papers were in a download kit from Nitwit Collections and the sentiment and "Word Window" punch are from Stampin' Up! The punched border was made with a Martha Stewart border punch called Eyelet Lace.

I really enjoyed the challenge and being in time to enter it too!

Thanks for dropping by, Claire.

Lili of the valley challenge!

I am back with another card as it was my nieces birthday this week. I bought the Lili of the Valley stamp of a horse and girl especially for her card as she loves horses. I decided to follow the sketch of the Lili of the Valley challenge blog to make the card as it saved me having to plan it first! I haven't entered a challenge for a while so it's nice to get the chance.

The stamp is from Lili of the Valley and it was coloured in with Promarkers. Unfortunately the sketch had an oval image but I wasn't able to get this image into an oval so I hope the rectangle will be okay! I mounted the image onto pink pearlised card cut with a scallop rectangle Nestabilities die. The patterned papers are from a 6"x6" Making Memories pad and the scalloped border was cut with an X-Cut Border Punch. The flowers are all Prima with a small yellow brad in the middle and the pink dots are Craftwork Cards Card Candy.

Finally, here is the sketch I (mostly) followed:

Mothers Day Card

For the second part of the March catch-up, here is the Mothers Day card I made for my Mum:

I started off with a large 8" x 8" square card from Craftwork Cards. The image is a Lili of the Valley rubber stamp, it was coloured with Lyra Polycolour Pencils and was cut with an Oval Nestabilities Die. I then cut a mat for it with a Scalloped Oval Nestabilities Die. The pattered paper is from the Forever Friends Pink Parfait pad and the card is Bazzill Dotted Swiss and textured. The pearls are Prima e.line and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (they were white and I coloured them to match the card).