From The Heart March Progressive Freebie

I absolutely love Faith Skrdla’s images and try whenever possible to take part in the Progressive Freebie challenge over at From The Heart Stamps. This month we were given the fabulous Hamlet PigWit set Think Spring. I adore piggies, butterflies and pretty flowers so this set is just perfect for me. There is an Irish based image and lots of sentiments too. Lucky old me J

I have used the current sketch at I{heart} Sketches for the layout.

The image is coloured using Promarkers and Flexmarkers and mounted onto a die cut shape from a Nestabilities Lacey Squares set. Following the sketch layout I have used 2 co-ordinating spotty papers for the background and then cut a circle of red cardstock to mat the image.

I added the sentiment in the bottom of the card and some Prima flowers and gems to balance out the top corner.

Unfortunately the unexpected passing of my Husband’s Grandmother has caused my crafting time this month to be severely curtailed so I am later than I hoped getting this card made. Hoping not to be so late next month and can’t wait to see what we get to play with next month.

Thankyou Faith for your generosity in running these challenges and providing us with such gorgeous images.

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A5

Digi Image & Sentiment – HamletPigWit Think Spring by From The Heart Stamps

Paper – First Edition pads

Tools – Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Nestabilities Lacy Squares Die

Embellishments – Prima flowers, gems from Paperchase

Techniques – Die cutting

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):

• From The Heart – March Progressive Freebie
• I {Heart} Card Sketches – Sketch 59

OSAAT #205 For A Woman In Your Life

There's a new challenge today at 

One Stitch At A Time 

For A Woman In Your Life

Our sponsor this week is   Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet and there is a fabulous prize of $9 to spend in the store for the lucky winner who uses a 

Stitchy Bears Store image.

Please head on over to the  Stitchy Bear’s Digi Outlet to check out all the lovely digis on offer from our great designers. There are some freebies available and there is a selection of cut price Monthly Specials that change often, there really is so much to choose from thanks to our very talented designers.

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For this card I used the beautiful image Geranium Urn from Ike’s Art.

The card is for My Mother In Law’s Birthday and she loves gardening and flowers. I coloured the image in with Promarkers and Flexmarkers  and matted onto red card which has been trimmed with a heart border punch.

The red base card layer has been covered with a lovely patterned paper from the Rose Garden pad by First Edition. It has a lovely glossy embossed effect where the red is. I added a gold lame ribbon and a sentiment from Craftwork Cards which has been trimmed to fit. The flower is a combination of paper flowers and a gold ribbon rose in the centre. Finally I added some peel off gold lettering to spell Mom

Materials Used in this Project are as follows:-

Card size – A5

Digi Image – Geranium Urn from Ike’s Art

Paper – Rose Garden First Edition Paper Pad

Sentiment – Craftwork Cards

Embellishments – Paper flowers, Ribbon Rose, gold ribbon

Tools – Letraset Promarkers & Flexmarkers, Martha Stewart Doily Heart border punch