Flowery Thanks

Here's another card from my first attempt at smooshing. I smooshed the pinky and orangey inks and when dry, stamped some pink circles and didn't like it, so I started using flower stamps and didn't like it and so I just kept going until I did like it!  Later, I added a die cut sentiment and mounted the panel on shades of pink.

I'd like to enter:
Sweet Stampin  thank you
Eureka  May flowers
Shopping Our Stash  May flowers

Winter Fox

I made this card using the sketch from 52CCT - but I'm not sure whether you could tell that!

I changes the rectangles into squares and the oval into a circular die-cut . (Cut on the Silhouette Cameo- which makes it sound easy but I had to have loads of attempts till I found a way of not shredding it to bits.) I did cut a banner as in the sketch- but at the last minute decided it looked better without it, So, epic fail! I'm going to link it up anyway as I appreciate having the chance to use the sketch to get me started. 

I'd also like to enter: 

Artistic Inspirations die cut 

Holly Jolly  animals 

Challenge up your life critters 

City Crafter - Fairy Tale Land

This week, at City Crafter, Kirsty has challenged us to use things from fairytales, such as princesses and unicorns or , as you can see I have chosen...castles! 

This is a box card, made from an SVG electronic cutting file from SVG Cuts. To add my own touches I dry embossed the turrets and doors, added gems and enamel dots, and a Papermania sentiment. - 'wishing you a magical day filled with dreams-come-true'. 

This week, our Guest Designer is Nela, so I hope you'll come to City Crafter and see what she, and the rest of the DT have made...and join in our challenge.

I'd like to enter: 

Crafty Cardmakers gems

Alphabet Challenge embossing folders

Creative Card Crew anything goes  

Make My Monday - Colour Challenge

You might have heard me say this before...I'm not good at colour challenges!

At Make My Monday  we have this lovely colour palette:

I really did try to follow it, but when I see them together, it doesn't look very close! 

Why don't you have a go?


I'd like to enter:
Cupcake Inspirations  bunting
Seize the Birthday colouring 

Finnish Fairy

Well, I'm not sure if the fairy is Finnish, but I made her in Finland when I was visiting my crafty friend , Nonni. So all the stamps and papers and pens are Nonni's.

I'd like to enter:
Love to Scrap  girly
Seize the Birthday colouring
Allsorts magic in the air
Curtain Call  photo (inspired by the patterns)
Crafty Calendar  things with wings

Sunshine Magnetic Bookmark

My daughter asked me to make her a magnetic bookmark- I didn't know what one was and so had to research it. The magnets are hidden on the inside flaps, so when you fold it over a page, it's not going anywhere! I think I'll be making another one for myself.

Here I used an image from A Day for Daisies, coloured with alcohol pens. The sentiment is Stamping Bella and the heart is Clearly Besotted.

I'd like to enter:
Little Red Wagon anything but a card
Cute Card Thursday   secrets (the magnets)
Crafty Friends in the garden
ABC Challenge  anything but a card
Addicted to Stamps  make your mark

Inkspirational - Mint and Navy

Our challenge at Inkspirational is to use mint and navy.

The colour on the flowers and the base card is a spray ink called  Graceful Mint- so it should be mint coloured , right? But even I can see that my mint looks a bit nearer to aqua than the rest of the DT cards!  Anyway, the bowl and flower stamps are Stampendous.

I hope you will come and see the slightly greener mint cards of the rest of the DT, and our Guest Designer Tae Eun , and join in the Inkspirational colour fun.

I'd like to enter:
Inky Chicks - birthday
Alphabet Challenge embossing folder
Mod Squad flowers
Crafting When we Can  flowers
Sweet Stampin  May flowers

Smooshed Angels

I had a wonderful weekend in Finland with Nonni. She let me play with her stash, showed me ink smooshing and forced me to drink wine.

These angels are by Stampendous and the sentiment is Avocado Arts. I added gems,  silver glitter gel pen to the hats and stars, and dry embossed the base card.

I'd like to enter:
Crafty Cardmakers  gems
52CCT way back to challenge 2 for angels
ABC Christmas Challenge  i for ink
Glory of Christmas stamp

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Feeling Prickly

Our challenge at City Crafter  is 'feeling prickly' and I chose it as a good excuse to use the cactus stamps that are so popular at the moment. But it's not just cacti - anything prickly, like hedgehogs or pins....

Here I created a messy background with shimmery stains (Lindy's Stamp Gang). I stamped the hedgehogs (Paper Artsy) and coloured them with alcohol markers, then masked them off and stamped the cacti (MFT). The Ouch is from the same set ,and the rest of the sentiment is Sarah Hurley,

Our guest this week is Betty Wright. I hope you'll come and see what she's done, see the work of the DT and enter your own prickly project.
I'd like to enter:
My Time to Craft get well soon
Aud Sentiments animals

Make My Monday - Party Paraphernalia

Our challenge this week at Make My Monday  is to feature a party item on your project - here I've used a balloon and a party hat.

I made this card for a two-year-old-bear, using the bear and balloon from MFT, party hat from Clearly Besotted and a stray sentiment. The '2' stamp is by 7 Gypsies and I created the background with a spray ink.

I hope you'll come over to Make My Monday, see what the DT did, and join in the fun.

Edited to say - I didn't make it for a two year old BEAR!!!! It is for a two-year-old BOY of course!

I'd like to enter:
Lawnscaping  critters
Crafting by Designs  boys
Challenge up your Life critters
That's Crafty  go figure
Penny Black and More  anything goes