New Penny Black Stamps

One of my favourite blogs is Bits & Pieces. I'm inspired by a lot of Heather's cards, and really fell in love with this post: Pink Blooms. I love how the stamp has been embossed and coloured, and was dying to have a go, so I bought the stamp, and here are a couple of cards I have made with it. As the stamp is a rectangle and I wanted to use a square for the first card, the strip left over was perfect to use for the second card.

 I'm entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge: In the Garden, add some Butterflies

I'm entering this one in these two challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks: Squares
Less is More: Use a Rubber Stamp

Flower Trees

Lately I've been trying to make 2 of every card rather than one, cutting down on the time I spend planning and faffing! Anyway, I made a flower tree and got a bit carried away - ended up making 6, in different colours:

I used ink dusters for the background, a digi for the tree, and then inked up some white paper scraps to punch flowers out of, as the inked colour looked more mottled and interesting than just using coloured card.

I'm entering the red one in the following challenges:
Anything Goes - Make Your Own Background
Crafty Creations - A Summer Scene
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Flowers

Steampunk daisies

Here are a couple of steampunk daisy cards, made with cogs from old watches, and covered with crystal clear r:

I'm entering the blue one in the Anything Goes challenge 'Time or Steampunk', and the yellow one in the Crafty Creations challenge 'YELLOW and your choice of colour'.

Having a go at some Steampunk

Inspired by the Anything Goes challenge 'Time or Steampunk', I've had a go at a steampunkish card. I used a digistamp, 3Ded the balloon and used Crystal Clear Lacquer to make it stand out.

I'm also entering this in the challenge: 4 Crafty Chicks 'Boys Dig It!'

Unicorns, I Love Them

Hi! I made this unicorn card yesterday. I still need to work on using the brayer properly, but I love these backgrounds, despite the inky mess I end up with, all over me and the craft table! I used Lavinia stamps and Stampin' Up inks.

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Papertake - 'Creature Comforts'
Crafty Sentiments - 'Happy Birthday'
Anything Goes - 'Anything Goes'
Stamptacular - 'Just Sayin’!'