Anniversary card

I love these Valentine Bird images from DigiStamp Boutique, they're so stylish.  I used this tree on my Auntie's anniversary card a couple of months ago, and she asked for one using the same image for some friends of hers.  Hope she likes it :o)

I've printed the image, sentiment and paper (Pink Petticoat pinstripes) onto ivory linen cardstock, and added some touches of sakura clear stardust pen on the hearts and bird's wing.  The border was cut with my MFT die again sorry!  Added some red pearls from my stash to finish.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly - anything goes (+ optional shaped card) 2nd entry
• Ooh La La - anniversary
• Crafty Creations - anything but a square

Well I can't seem to come up with anything interesting to say today, so I'll post this and do a bit of commenting instead...

Less is More wk32 - seeing double

I've made a quick card today for the new challenge at Less is More, which is 'seeing double' and also one-layer week.  Well, it should've been quick, but the first attempt went wrong so this is the second version...

I've wanted to have a go at drawing a frame with a fineliner like this for ages, but I suspected it probably wasn't as easy as it looked... and it wasn't... well, not for me anyway!  This one isn't perfect, but it's a lot better than the first card (now in the bin).

The flower stamp is from a Pink Gem set, stamped in 'rose bud' memento, then masked and stamped again in black versafine.  The sentiment is Personal Impressions and I've added a card candy centre to the flower because none of my buttons seemed quite right - even though I've got hundreds (probably more like thousands!) of the things.

I'll keep this short so I can do a bit of commenting, as I'm very behind again!

Stamp Something - our final challenge

Aww it's so sad... hope you'll all join in with our very last challenge at Stamp Something, our challenge is simply to stamp something, so anything goes this week.  We have lots of fab sponsors and some great prizes to be won.  Thanks so much to Denise and Erin for letting me be a part of your lovely team this year, it's been great fun :o)

I've used a Penny Black stamp, coloured with promarkers.  The stripy paper is Making Memories, buttons and card candy are from my stash.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

• Totally Papercrafts - cute with buttons
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes (optional shaped card which I didn't do, sorry)

And then I thought I'd make a CAS card using the same stamp... actually I made 2 but the other one is exactly the same as this one...

The border was cut with my favourite MFT dienamics die (again!).  I did consider adding more to this card but I quite liked it as it was... although looking at the photo I'm now thinking maybe I should have added something!

Had my latest blood test yesterday, I just have to wait until Wednesday now when the doc will go through the results.  And today we've been back at the docs for Dex's pre-school booster jabs, which he didn't like one little bit!  Poor thing, he really screamed - he even refused to take a lolly from the nurse... although by the time we got to the car he'd recovered enough to have the fudge I'd got in my bag for him lol :o)

Silly cow...

No I'm not trying to insult anyone, this just is a very silly cow lol...

I bought these wooden cows not long after I first started making cards, in my 'pre-stamping addiction' days, love the dangly legs :o)  I've used some scraps of Pink Petticoat papers and black core'dinations, a Personal Impressions sentiment and some little pearls from my stash.  I've not used a silly sentiment to go with the cow, because this one is part of a batch my auntie has ordered from me and she prefers 'normal' sentiments.

I'm entering this card for Jules Crafty Snippets Challenge as it's all made with scraps, and the following challenges also:

• Paper Sundaes - fab sketch
• Cards for Men - G is for... (grey)
• Fab n Funky - it's so funny

Blood tests tomorrow morning so at least I'll be put out of my misery at last, wish me luck!

Passion For Promarkers - patchwork

Our challenge for this week at Passion For Promarkers is 'patchwork' and we're sponsored by Joanna Sheen so our winner will receive a £10 voucher to spend in her fab online store.  Now I did consider getting my poor neglected sewing machine out for this challenge, but then I remembered I'd got some patchwork digi papers so I printed those instead and the machine stayed dusty!

I thought it was about time I used my lovely sugar nellie Bella Bunting stamp again, haven't used her for a while.  She's coloured with promarkers, flexmarkers and koh-i-noor pencils.  The patchwork paper is from Bearly Mine, printed onto linen card.  Flowers cut with a MFT die, pearls and ribbon from my stash.  The sentiment is a Personal Impressions stamp - I cut the corners with an inverted corner punch.

I'm entering my card for the following challenges:

• A Spoon Full of Sugar - party time (and their last challenge)
• I Love Promarkers - anything goes (2nd entry)
• Cupcake Craft - patchwork quilt
• Charisma Cardz - anything goes (2nd entry)
• Truly Scrumptious - rocked up pink

I'm going to have a lazy day today, enjoy the peace and quiet and have a proper catch up with all your blogs at last :o)

Less is More wk31 - metallic

I made some cards at the weekend for the new challenge at Less is More, which is 'metallic', but waited to blog them because I wasn't really up to doing much commenting.  I'm having a better day today so hopefully I can have a bit of a catch up with you all.  It helps that the boys have gone back to school and nursery today, so I've had some peace!  And they both seem to have enjoyed their first day back :o)

My first 2 cards are very similar... the first embossed with silver and the second with gold, and I've used distress inks for the backgrounds.  The flower stamp is Hero Arts, 'birthday wishes' sentiment is Little Claire and 'happy birthday' sentiment is CC Designs.  Base cards made from Papermill Direct linen card - white for the first one and ivory for the second, black and red pearls from my stash.

I suppose my last one might not be quite 'less is more' enough... I've used a little metal present that's been in my stash for ages.  It's hard to tell from the photo, but the embossed layer is raised up on foam pads and the present is set in a circle aperture (cut with a nestie die).  Think the embossing folder is a Crafts Too one, the sentiment is CC Designs, mounted on a scrap of silver mirri card.

Thank you everyone who's left me lovely comments while I've not been feeling well, sorry I've been such a rubbish blogger lately... my next blood tests are on Thursday and hopefully they will decide exactly what's going on - in the meantime I'm trying not to panic and imagine the worst, but I do tend to be a bit of a worrier so I'm quite stressed at the moment!

Sunflower wedding...

2nd post for today...  My mum asked for a boxed wedding card, in these colours with sunflowers as the theme... oh dear, how I struggled!

I just couldn't seem to make the colours or sunflowers work for a wedding card, it all looks very odd to me!

The fab image is from Digistamp Boutique, available here, and I've coloured it with promarkers and flexmarkers, with lots of glamour dust for a sparkly veil and shoes.  The papers are Papermania, with cardstock from Papermill Direct.  The sunflowers were made with woodware daisy punches and plain circles, scalloped borders cut with my current favourite MFT die, heart pearls from my stash.

Apologies for being a bit absent from blogland this week.  I'm still not feeling too good, had some slightly worrying results back from my first blood tests and I've got to go back and have more blood taken at the end of next week... hopefully the next lot of tests will be ok, fingers crossed.

I followed the sketch at The Sweet Stop, so I'm entering my card there (if I'm not too late!).

I'm also entering my card for the following challenges:

• I Love Promarkers - anything goes
• Creative Card Crew - anything goes
• Charisma Cardz - anything goes