A Little Bird at Winter Wonderland

Good morning

It's Friday which means it's time for a new challenge over at Winter Wonderland.  This week the theme is:

A Little Bird

and we are sponsored by Wild Rose Studio

who are offering two stamps to the lucky winner. 

 

For my card I've used 'Winter Bird' from Digital Delights which I coloured with copic pens.  

 



Image : Winter Bird (Digital Delights)

Sentiment : Set 35 Christmas Handwritten Phrases (LOTV)

Papers : Bazzill Cardstock; Best Creations and Stocking Fillers (First Edition)

Tools : Standard Circle and Picot Edge Circles (Spellbinders) and Corner Die (Whimsy Dies)

Embellishments : Ribbon (The Ribbon Girl); Poinsettias (Wild Orchid Crafts); Berries (Chloe' Creative Cards) and Pearls (my craft box) 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly : 1 - 2 - 3 (1 bow, 2 poinsettias and 3 pearls)
Cute Card Thursday : Challenge 260 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Challenge : Things that begin with 'F' (Feathers and Flowers)

I've taken today off work to catch up with the housework as I won't have time on Saturday as I'm off to Harrogate for the Great Northern Papercraft Show - I'm so looking forward to it.  If anyone else is going I hope you have a fab time and get lots of lovely crafty goodies!

Happy Halloween

Hello

Since it's Halloween tomorrow I thought I would do a Halloween themed card. 

Now I don't have many Halloween images, in fact this is the only Halloween image that I own and I have to thank Lorraine Bailey for bringing it to my attention.  I first saw it on her blog (Mrs B's Blog) a few week's ago and fell in love with it - isn't it just so cute.   

The image is from Di's Digital Downloads and it's called Mummy Bear.  I've coloured the image with Copic pens.  The papers are "Can I be Frank" by Nitwits. 

I've kept the embellishments very minimal - just some ribbon and pearls from my craft stash.  The three little pumpkins are part of the paper kit.  I just re-sized them and cut them out.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out using "Tab 1" die by Whimsy.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Di's Digi Designs Challenge : Anything Halloween
Totally Papercrafts : Challenge 140 - Spooky Halloween
Ladybug Crafts : Challenge 2 - Halloween
Cute Card Thursday : Challenge 240 - Something Scary
Moving Along With The Times : Too Cute to Spook

Thank you for visiting and for all your lovely comments - they are very much appreciated.

Mid Way Reminder at Ready Teddy Go - Brown, Pink and Cream

Hi there

 

Just a quick reminder about this month’s challenge over at Ready Teddy Go. 

The theme this month is 'Brown, Pink and Cream' and there is a great sponsor, Torico from Birdie Brown, who is offering the winner of the challenge three digital images from her Etsy shop.

For this card I have used a Forever Friends Stamp which has been coloured with Copic Pens and I’ve added some glossy accents to the balloon.

 

Stamp : Forever Friends

Papers : Crab Apple Lane (Nitwit Collections)

Flowers – Mulberry Cherry Blossoms (The Hobby House)

Punch : Daisy Lace (Martha Stewart)

Dies : Circles (Spellbinders Nestibilities), Leaves (Cheery Lane) & Corner/Ticket (Whimsy)

Sentiment : Friendship Ticket Sentiments

Ribbon & Pearls – From my craft stash

Please pop over to the challenge blog to see some more inspiration from the design team.

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

Sir Stampalot Challenge : Punch Away

Anything Goes Challenge : Challenge #77 – Animals
Creative Inspirations : Challenge #184 – Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly : All Creatures Great & Small

Have a great day. 

Thank You Take Two

Hello

Isn't it typical, the weather here today has been gorgeous and where have I been - at work!

I'm back with another thank you card.  This time I've used two of the images from Present Trio by LOTV.

 
The images have been coloured using Copic pens and then cut and matted with my Spellbinders Nestibilities.  The paper is Hoppyhearts by Nitwits. 

The edges have been distressed (well my attempt at distressing) using Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Faded Jeans.  I'm not very good at distressing, its out of my comfort zone.  I think I am too heavy handed and usually end up with a mess!! This is one of my better attempts the others ended up in the bin.

The sentiment is from LOTV which has been stamped onto a Whimsy die cut.   The flowers are sweetheart blossoms from Wild Orchrid Crafts. 

I would like to entre the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies : Anything but a Square
J & C Creations Challenge : August Challenge - Something a Little Different
Allsorts Challenge : Week 170 - Anything but Square

That's all from me.  Thanks for looking and for any comments that you leave - they are much appreciated. 

Daisy Shower

Good evening

Have you enjoyed this Bank Holiday?  The weather has been a disappointment, dull and wet but it hasn't spoilt my day which was spent crafting. 

I've made the card below for two challenges - Papertake Weekly Challenge and Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  The Papertake Weekly theme was Pins and Needles where you needed to include either some stitching or some pins (or both) somewhere on your card.  For the Penny Black Saturday Challenge you had to use two different Penny Black images.

And this is what I came up with.

The images are "Shower of Flowers" and "Rainin' Daisies" both by Penny Black which have been coloured using Copic pens.  The background paper is from my pile of scrap paper and has been stitched around the outside.  Unfortunately you cannot see the stitching very well in the photo. 

The roses, carnation and hellebore flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The pin is from the Ribbon Girl and the ladybird I picked up at the Harrogate Craft Show earlier this year  

The sentiment is by LOTV and that has been cut and matted with Nesties.  The corner die is Whimsy.

I would like to entre the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Pins & Needles
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Double the Trouble

I'm off now to put the finishing touches to my son's birthday card.  His birthday is on Wednesday, but it's been difficult making his card when he's around - I've had to wait until he goes upstairs to bed!

Take care and have a good week.