Pastels at Pink Gem

Just a quick post from me as I’m off out to run some errands, not to mention as I type Little One is pulling my ink pads out and saying ‘Press Press’ which means he wants to stamp!!

Our friends had a little baby girl on the 29th February. A ‘Leap Baby’. And despite knowing for months that it was going to be a girl I waited until she was born to make the card!!

I have made this using a really cute digi from Pink Gem and some papers that came free with a couple of different magazines (one maybe a Pink Petticoat freebie but I can’t remember the other). The image has been coloured with ProMArkers and FlexMArkers. I’ve also used a MFT border die and some flowers that have been in my stash far too long. The sentiment was written on the computer.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Totally Papercrafts – My Favourite Things (Pink, Flowers, Babies!!!)
• A Gem of a Challenge - Pastels, but hope it still counts as I’ve used some navy blue card to do the matting and layering.
• Passion for ProMarkers – For Mum/Female relative (please delete me if you think my link is too tenuous, I would hate to upset someone. However I made this card for a very dear friend who has just become a Mum, it’s just that she isn’t my Mum or my relative)
• Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/Special Girl
• Dream Valley - Mother's Day (Again please delete if my card is not appropriate)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

The Craft Cupboard Trilogy

I’ve seen a couple of people blog about the challenge over at The Craft Cupboard Trilogy to use the free heart stamp that came with last months Craft Stamper Magazine.

The challenge is a fitting tribute to Sarah Lawrence (who designed the stamp) as she sadly passed away last December. I was never lucky enough to see her demonstrate in person but have seen her on Create & Craft many times. She was a source of inspiration and will be missed by many many crafters.

This little project started out as a birthday card, but then morphed into something completely different.

I’ve used the heart stamp to make butterfly wings. I covered black card with Washi tape, stamped and embossed the hearts and cut them out. I used the stamp again to add a shadow under the butterfly and I used some more rolled up Washi tape to make the body. The antennae are hand drawn with small pearls at the ends.

The panel is made from some glittered polka dot card that I had left over from a couple of wedding anniversary cards. The edges of the panel are distressed and embossed with Gold EP. I’ve stamped the heart in gold and black repeatedly along two edges of the panel to create a border. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts Valentines set and the words seemed fitting, this is what made me change it from a card to a wall hanging. So I made a box frame, inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, stamped through some sequin waste and added a bit more Washi tape. Lastly a cream ribbon (coloured brown with a ProMarker) and my little wall hanging was complete.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Buttons at Critter Sketch Challenge

My laptop is still broken, so computer time is quite limited at the moment. I really should be in bed by now (it’s 12:45 am UK time) but I got a little carried away playing with the lovely Steampunk CD from Sarah Hurley and then I remembered I wanted to blog my card for this weeks Critter Sketch Challenge otherwise I probably wont get another chance until late tomorrow afternoon when my Little One is having his afternoon nap.

The theme this week over at Critter Sketch Challenge is:

BUTTONS

Now it’s plural so you need to use more than one, but they can form the focal point of your project or like me they can be an embellishment.

I’m still stash busting my way through all the unused patterned paper pads I have and these are from the Fancy Pants Summers End 6x6 pad.  Sometimes I colour an image first other times (like this) I pick the papers first and colour the image to match. I fell in love with the zingy colours in this pad immediately so coloured up this cute little fairy from Digi Stamp Boutique to match. I have used a scalloped nestie to cut a mat fro the image but the large scalloped border was created using plain punched circles cut in half and layered up. I have also used some Core’dinations card, some flat back pearls, gems and cute teeny tiny little buttons from Papermania. The sentiment was written on my Dymo Label Maker and seemed perfect for the image.

Don’t forget to stop by Critter Sketch Challenge and see what the rest of the DT have made.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Spring Clean (I’m stash busting all my patterned papers)
• Stampalot Challenge – Inspiration Challenge (I took inspiration from Brenda’s colours and the fancy card shapes inspired my scalloped border)
• Allsorts – Spread your wings
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Button It
• Sparkle Forum Challenge – Things with Wings

Bye for now

Lisa

Birthday Celebrations at Sarah Hurley

Quite a few of us on Sarah’s DT have birthdays in March, me included. It’s Nicky turn to chose the challenge and as Nicky also has a birthday coming up she has chosen the theme for this challenge as:

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

I’ve used papers, embellishments and images all from Sarah’s new Steampunk CD, which I have to say is absolutely fantastic. From someone who isn’t a great fan of the whole Steampunk theme, that's high praise. Sarah has managed a cute and quirky take on Steampunk which I really do love. The colour palatte on the CD is perfect for all those difficult masculine cards, and the images are perfect too.

These two cards are destined for my Nephews who are 22 and 24.

Please pop over to the main challenge blog and see what the rest of the team have made.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything Goes at PCJ

Happy Thursday. I’ve got a couple of posts to make to today and I’m packing for a weekend away to celebrate my parents Golden Wedding Anniversary, so I will keep the waffle to a minimum, if I can!

It’s time for another challenge at PCJ and this fortnight we are being sponsored by The Paper Shelter. The theme is nice and easy…

ANYTHING GOES

I’ve used the wonderful image ‘Spring Swing’ which I treated myself to just after Christmas and I’ve coloured using ProMarkers and FlexMarkers. Papers are a Forever Friends 6x6 pad and to this I’ve added a border die cut from MFT and a mix of Joy Crafts and CC Designs flower die cuts. A piece of ribbon, some pearls and some gems and that’s my card. I also decorated the inside but silly me forgot to take a picture of that.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to hop across to the main challenge blog and see what my fellow team mates have made.

Lisa