Spring Flowers

Hello, I hope you are well and coping with your lockdown measures.

Crafting is good for your well  being, so I am hoping you will join us.

Today we begin a new challenge at Make My Monday, chosen by me,

Spring Flowers

Please visit the blog for details and to see the wonderful

inspirational cards from the design team. 

I have a 6" sq. white 4 card, along the bottom of the card, I stamped

directly onto the card with a selection of Wayside Grasses by

Stamps Away, when dry, I lightly coloured with Promarkers.

The main image is a stamp of unknown make, I bought it for

 50p at a craft event, the only markings on it are 

Casa de flores - I coloured the image again using Promarkers.

I decoupaged the bowl of hyacinths.

Matted onto yellow and green card.  

The Springtime stamp is from my stash. 

Spring Flowers

Hello and thanks for popping by. 

Today at Cardz 4 Galz we have a new challenge starting.

For the next two weeks the challenge, chosen by Sue is :-

#117 Spring Flowers

For more details pop over to the blog, check out the DT

inspiration for the challenge.

For my card - my main image is a stamp by LOTV. - 

Bluebells and Primulas.

Coloured with Promarker aldcohol pens.

Several layers of card, paper,  and a doiley.

Pearls, and a birthday greeting all from my stash. 

W is for Wish - Anything you Wish

Hello everyone, a new challenge starts today at

Alphabet Challenges  - Meg has chosen for the

letter W - Anything you Wish.

For more information please visit the blog and be 

sure not to miss the ideas from the design team.

I made a C6 linen card, added a white panel,

which was embossed with a  Cuttlebug script E.F.

Stamped onto a die cut oval - Snowdrop from a set

by Chocolate Baroque. Coloured with pencils 

and Promarkers.  Given a dot border.  Stamped

'thanks' sentiment added.

Happy crafting. 

Spring is in the Air

Hello again, thanks for your visit. 

Today we begin a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. 

Helen has chosen Spring is in the Air. 

Please pop over to see the blog and the inspiration from the Design Team.

It should be spring here in the UK,  but it sure doesn't feel like it, yet!

I have used a small 5" card, folded to make an easel card.

Decorated with designer papers from my stash - Papermania.

The cute stamp is from Little Claire Designs.

Coloured with Promarkers.

Easter or Spring

Hello again, thanks for your visit, comments are always welcome.

Today we begin a new challenge at My Time To Craft (MTTC)

Easter or Spring.

Please check out all of the cute inspiration from the DT.

I used papers for the bakground and layers from a paper pad

Garden Party by Papermania.

The stamp with the three pots of flowers was a bargain

wooden stamp from a craft event called Casa de Flores, no maker's

name is on the block. I coloured with Promarkers and a few pencils.

Wishing all Mothers a happy Mother's day on Sunday March 11th.

Y - is for Your Choice

 

Hello, today at Alphabet Challenges  we begin with

Y- chosen by Lesley we have

Your Choice.

You can choose the theme for your card. 

Please check out the blog to see what the DT have created.

I am so looking forward to spring, the beginning of March

brings so much promise, of freshness, greenery and daffodils.

(Let's not discuss that we in the UK have snow, snow and snow.)

The stamp is by LOTV Daffodils.  I coloured with Promarkers.

The background paper is from a paper pad of Blue papers from The Works.

Ribbon, lace and gems are from my stash.

The card is for a friend in an internet papercraft swap. 

Take care and stay warm.

Animal Antics

Hello, I hope your well and thank you for your visit.

Today we begin a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz.

Sian has chosen for us - Animal Antics.

Please pop over to check out the cards made by the DT.

There are some great ideas, but we know you can show us

many more of the antics animals get up to. 

I have used up scraps from a previous project to create

the background of this card. The papers are from a lovely

paper pad by Dovecraft - Garden Party.

The adorable stamp is Wavy Sheep by Little Claire Designs, 

which was coloured with Promarkers.

The sentiment is by Leonie Pugol.

Card Candi to embellish.  

Bunnies

Hello again, a quick return from yesterday's post. Today we are

starting a new challenge at Alphabet Challenges - our challenge

for the next two weeks is B is for Bunnies. Well it is that time of the year. 

Please pop over to the blog to see the lovely display of bunnies.

The background papers on my card are from Country Garden

by Dovecraft.  Two  oval dies side by side provide the mat for the bunny.

The bunny stamp is from LOTV - Spring Swing. 

Coloured with Promarkers and pencils. 

The sentiment is from Leonie Pujol - Love Hearts stamp set, 

In The Springtime

Hello again, today there is a new challenge starting for the

 next two weeks  at Fantasy Stampers.

In the Springtime

Spring officially began yesterday in the UK, so it is apt to celebrate.

The Design Team have had fun with the challenge, please pop and see 

what they have been making.

Within the last few days I was at a Craft event and bought a number of 

stamps from Little Claire, I know, I feel as though the soft side of me

is getting stronger than my dark, grungy, messy side.

The stamp is Little Claire - Cherish Hugs and Dream

I blended Distress Inks Mowed Lawn, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber
 and Dusty Concord, then stamped the image, adding one extra butterfly.
I coloured the leave, flowers and butterflies with Promarkers.
I did add glitter to the butterfly wings.
The sentimenta is from my stash. 

It's Spring

Hello again, it being the 15th of the month it's time for the next challenge at

Sparkles Monthly Challenges.

For May, our team member Nick has chosen 

It's Spring - with the addition of at least 5 flowers.

Please pop over to tehblog to see the wonderful inspiration from the DT.

Materials Used

7" square white card

Square of Green Core'ordinations card.

Stamp Dimension Fourth - Spring Boquet

Sentiment stamp Hobby Art

Promarkers

Card Candi

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Enjoy and stay well. 

Spring Flowers

For the next week at MTTC - My Time To Craft

the challenge is

Spring Flowers

so many to choose from, please pop over to the challenge 

to check them out and to see the wonderful inspiration from the Design Team.

Materials Used

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White scalloped card.

Plain blue card - Printed spotted paper

Stamps - Bluebell from Elusive Images

Sentiment from Crafter's Companion

Colour medium - Promarkers alcohol pens

Bow made from CD print out - Crafter's Companion

Tag - Die cut - Go Kreate Dies

Have fun, see you there.

Alphabet Challenge D - Daffodils

This week at Alphabet Challenges it was my turn to choose the topic for the Letter D - we are looking forward to our Easter weekend, I did think Daffodils was appropriate, though here in the UK it is so cold, the daffodils are only just showing part of their leaves through the cold earth. Mother Nature has taken a longer winter break than we ever could have imagined. The up side is we can still look forward to those hosts of Golden Daffodils. For my card, I choose a DL card, tall thin and elegant for a beautiful spray of spring flowers, another bargain clear stamp, which I purchased from Dimension at a craft event last year, it is a favourite stamp of mine. Stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento and coloured with Promarkers. Once again I look forward to visiting your blog, for this next week I will at least be seeing a host of golden daffodils  in blogland. Have fun everyone. 

Addicted to CAS - Spring

Addicted to CAS this week appropriately for the time of the year, in the UK,  our word is SPRING - 

 our sponsors this week are 

It is such a shame that despite the calendar telling us it is now Spring, the weather in the UK is still delivering us winter weather, with snow, extreme cold, wind, heavy rains. We at home are still feeding the birds, we've just put up another small bird feeder with seeds. Oh! when will it be spring?

Back to my card. For me yellow, and pale green represent the beginning of spring, hence my choice for my Spring card. the matted image onto yellow is from only one stamp, which I love, one of my bargains. I bought this wooden stamp for £2 only, sadly the maker's name has been scribbled over. To apply the separate colours of ink, I rely on every day sticky tape. I tape the outer two images, add ink to the centre, remove the outer two tapes, add the different colours to each edge, huff and puff and stamp. I know this sounds elementary, but it took me a few bad stampings before I thought of it, so hope it may help someone else. Have fun with your CAS of Spring, and long may your Spring arrive in the UK. 

Mid Week Motivation - Bluebell

I know how busy everyone is at present either making Christmas cards, or even out shopping for them. Hopefully you will get some time to enter the Favourite Flower Challenge over at Make My Monday.  I decided for the mid week motivation to move to my second favourite flower which is a bluebell. I have made an easel card and the additional inspiration in this post is I hope to encourage you to give a gift along with your card, by enclosing  a bookmark. The stamp of the Bluebell is from Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque). The butterfly is by Lyndsay Mason from her tattered Butterflies set. Coloured with Promarkers. background Papers from a pack by Papermania.

Spring has Sprung at CD Sunday

Perfect timing for Spring has Sprung over at CD Sunday Challenges, isn't the weather just amazing. We in the North of England, actually missed a winter as we know it, so this could even be our summer. I haven't as yet spotted any butterflies but they surely will be out and about soon. The background of the card is a distressed sheet form Paint Fusion by Sheena Douglass. The main topper panel of butterflies is from Maria G. Designs which were bought on Ebay. The 3 additional butterflies and the sentiment are from Lyndsay Mason Tattered Butterflies, I hope these are allowed as embellishments. I struggled for a while for this one, not having the right CD's, but I dug deep and found a few old ones, I'd almost forgotten about. Thanks ladies for the challenge, I enjoyed it.

New Life/New Beginnings

This being our last week of our Spring theme at Make My Monday, our challenge is for New Life or New Beginning,. this leaves many options open for a spring card. Please do take a look at the blog for the DT have made some super cards to inspire you. I decided on a New Beginnings, with a wedding congratulations card. I thought maybe a new beginning for either a second marriage or it could be even suitable for a civil partnership wedding. My touch of spring are the new branches bearing fruit and the small white flowers.
The heart stamp is from Chloe Stamps. The sentiment is one from my stash, identity unknown. Your Spring, Spring cards last week were fantastic, I greatly look forward to seeing your last interpretation of our Spring Theme, which has given us all a fresh outlook leading into a beautiful beginning of spring over the last month.

Spring Is In The Air - FSC

It is Spring is in the Air time over at the Fashionable Stamping Challenges for two weeks. Please pop over to see the amazing talented work of the DT. We do have a regular sponsor, who provides us with a prize each challenge for the winner, we also have a Top 3 chosen by the DT. I decided to make my card a little distressed looking, a little worn and ready for a new season - Spring. I coloured my main card with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. Stamped all over with a leaf background stamp, using Peeled Paint D.I. A torn and crumpled sheet of copy paper, coloured with Old Paper and Antique Linen DI. Various stamps used, the main one from Dimensions. From my prepared stash of papers with Moonglow painted onto them, to give some bling, placed behind a piece of mesh, which has been tied with twine. a few flowers and leaves added. I also add a few feathers, from my stash. If you want feathers like these the best place to get them at a fairly cheap price is to go to a fishing tackle shop. I had a great time looking at your Bingo cards, and am of course looking forward to checking out your Spring cards. Most of all have fun.

Spring - A Spring Card

This week at Make My Monday we are asking you to rekindle the memory of a sweet Spring type card or to learn how to make one by following the very simple and easy to follow tutorial prepared by Jacqueline.  If you pop over to the main blog above, you will find all the information you need. have fun, I did. For my card I used some pink gingham paper which I think always looks so fresh, a Nellie Snellie die, a lovely circle stamp of flowers from a Spring set - Aspects of Design from the Stampman. It was after I added the roses I realised they were more a summer flower than for spring so I apologise to any puritans. I look forward once again to visiting our many talented entries to check out how many have you have accepted the challenge.

Make My Monday - Spring

A new month - a new theme at Make My Monday. March 1st. brings in the spring. For the next four weeks we have a Spring orientated project to look forward to. This, the first week we are looking forward to visiting your blogs where you have made a project/card with Spring Flowers- snowdrops, daffodils, crocus, bluebells or any other spring flower. Please may I remind you to switch off Word Verification, if your not sure how to, check up last week's entry on MMM in the Older Posts, we do appreciate it for it makes it so much easier when visiting so many blogs. For my card, I used an embossing folder which is actually called Christmas Vines , which looks just as good for spring with the leaves. I lightly brushed over with TH Peeled Paint. The floral bouquet is from Dimension Stamps and the butterfly is another of my favourite stamps Stamp It ~from Australia. I used Promarkers to colour the flowers and butterflies. Again I look forward to visiting you all.

Spring into Spring 2

No 2 card for Spring into Spring over at St. Luke's Charity Card Challenge. I love to add embellishments to cards, but really being sensible and thrifty, those cards which need to be posted with the ridiculous method of postage stamps nowadays, it is an important part of the design of a card, whether it is to be posted or maybe hand delivered. The forthcoming increases in April may even have a more devastating effect. I kept this card simple. I painted the background with watercolour  inks made with Mustard Seed and Peeled Paint TH Distress inks, when I mixed them with water, I threw in a touch of mica powder which gives it a pretty sheen.
the daffodil stamp was stamped with black ink direct onto the background.
Daffodil stamp~ Wooden from Creative Expressions.