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:

"Dad" Birthday Card

Two weeks ago it was my Dads birthday and I hadn't made the card in advance so I had to make it on the day. There was a bit of pressure as I had to make it by a certain time but I soon decided on the Chef and Cake stamps and they were luckily easy to colour quickly so it wasn't too bad in the end. When I look at the card, I feel as if it's missing something, but then again, my Dad isn't really into pretty things so I couldn't add flowers or too many gems!

The stamps are Magnolia Chef Edwin and Cake. I stamped them and coloured them with Promarkers before cutting them out. I mounted them with foam tape to a background cut with a Nestabilities die, which I coloured with a blue distress ink pad. The harlequin background is a piece of blue Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock which I embossed with a Sizzix Texturz Plate then sanded to reveal the colour. The mat of blue cardstock under it is Core'dinations. The letters that spell "dad" were cut with a Sizzix Embosslits Pink Lemonade Alphabet die and the sentiment is a Craftwork Cards message. Finally, the glitter dots are from a Papermania pack.

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).

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.

Copic Colour Challenge Week 35

Finally, I have made another card to take part in a blog challenge!

The colours for this week on the Copic Colour Challenge blog were; G02 Spectrum Green, BG05 Holiday Blue, and, R27 Cadmium Red. Here is my entry:

I used a Whiff of Joy stamp for the image (I tried a couple of images before picking one that didn't require too many colours!). I used Core'dinations cardstock from a 6"x6" pack and cut the frame with a Nestabilities die. The gems and brad are from Papermania and the flower was a RAK from Jane, my loyal follower! (Thank you Jane!)

Using up images..

I have lots of stamped images that have been coloured in and are just waiting to be made into a card. Most are in a box but some are still on my desk. Last week I had a can of diet coke on my desk and a box fell off the shelves above it and diet coke spilled over some of my things! I was devastated but luckily not too much got ruined. I was worried about some CC Designs images I'd recently coloured, but luckily only the white card got wet so I was able to save them by cutting out the image. So, three days ago I thought I should just start using some of the images that I have laying around and made these two:

This one is very simple, when I put the image onto the card, I felt that I should leave it rather than clutter it with anything extra as it would hide the cupcakes! The image is Whiff of Joy and the background paper is Doodlebug.

This one is a CC Designs fairy called Gretal. She is coloured with Copics and put onto Nestabilities circles. I used the Doily Lace Martha Stewart punch for the strip behind the circles and then my new Quickutz Photo Corner die for the corners. The flowers are Prima (of course!).