Happy Birthday Kim

Happy Birthday to my wonderful Inkspirational team-mate, Kim. 

Here is the card I sent to her and I hope she's received in time.

As well as producing beautiful cards for our challenge blog, Kim also organises the Secret Santa we do every year. To celebrate that I've used a tulip stamped image and word die cut that I received in a package from my Secret Santa. I coloured them with Zig CleanColour markers. The other sentiment stamps are  by Avery Elle.

I'd like to enter:
Stampin Royalty spring
Inky Chicks flowers
Paradise of Stamps  spring
Come and Get It  anything goes
Pinspirational  picture

Maternity Tag

Here's another tag I created at my daughter's request - she wants it to attach to a gift for a mum-to-be. The pregnant woman silhouette is a electronic cutting file from Silhouette studio and I previously created the tag cutting file myself. I think the green patterned paper, which is sparkly, adds to the slightly retro look.

I'd like to enter:
Little Red Wagon  tags
Tuesday Throwdown  tags

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Spring is around the corner

This week, at City Crafter , Stella wants you to take inspiration from this graphic:

For my DT card I went with the spring theme and was reminded of the song 'Tulips from Amsterdam'. I use a variety of electronic cutting files - the windmill from Cardmaking Paradise, grass from Cutting Cafe and tulips from Miss Kate Cuttables. 

I hope you will join in the challenge, but before you do , please come over to City Crafter and see what the rest of the DT have made. 

I'd like to enter:

Mod Squad song inspiration - Tulips from Amsterdam 

Fab and Funky  song inspiration 

Ooh La La  spring 

Stampin Royalty  spring 

Brown Sugar  brad ( enables the mill sails to turn) 

Baby Boy Tags

My daughter asked me for a set of four tags she could use for gifts for a new baby boy. I created the tags on the Silhouette electronic die cutter. The baby images are all from Mo's Digital Pencil, and I tried to crop them in different ways. I used just 4 Promarker alcohol ink pens: two shades of blue, a skin-tone and a grey.

I'd like to enter:
Passion for Promarkers  it's a boy
Mo's Digital Challenge  anything goes

Glittery Peacock Card

Hey, the glitter shows up in the photo!!! That's unusual. Anyway, the peacock is by Hobby Art . The background is a Prima stencil, sponged with 3 Distress Inks and embossed with glitter embossing powder and then clear ep. I think the sentiment is Hero Arts, embossed in white.

I'd like to enter:
Just us Girls  stencil
Aloha Friday  living things with wings
Come and Get It  things with wings
Craft Rocket  no patterned paper

Inkspirational Challenges - Watercolour Smooshing

This week at Inspirational , Kim has chosen watercolour smooshing as her Designer's Choice.

I confess this layout, of my partner boating with my son and grandson (I was in another boat), is not brand new but it's a never-before-blogged layout I made at a scrapbooking retreat a few months ago. The page is 12 x 12 so I used a teflon mat to smoosh on - I think the watery effect suits the subject of the layout. I kept the rest of it quite cas, with some Basic Grey stickers and orange enamel dots.

Our guest designer is  Henriette  and I hope you'll come over to Inkspirational, see what the rest of the DT have made and enter your own project using this technique.

I'd like to enter:
HLS Watercolour  smooshing
Quirky Crafts picture this

Baby Shower

I have never been to a baby shower. I don't think they had them in the UK when I was having my youngest child, ten years ago. I don't really understand them! But my daughter asked me to make a card for the baby shower of someone she knows. I hope this is appropriate!

I used a deer from Avery Elle, umbrella from W plus 9, hearts from two different Hero Arts sets and sentiment , also Hero. It was supposed to look like the deer was holding the umbrella in his mouth, but I know it looks like he's balancing it on his nose!  I coloured the images with alcohol makers and added some touches of white gel pen.

I'd like to enter:
CAS on Sunday  umbrella
Crafty Gals Corner  polka dots
Crafter's Cafe  cas
Addicted to Stamps and More  make your mark
Through the Purple Haze  anything goes

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Tutti Frutti

Kirsty has chosen our new challenge at City Crafter and it is to include a fruit on your project.

For my DT card I used a Lettering Delights layered electronic cutting file to make the pear. One of the layers is gold mirror card to give it a bit of shine. The circle is a 49 and Market stamp. The splattered the background with flecks of gold paint. 

I hope you'll take up this challenge -but first please visit us at City Crafter and see what the DT have made. 

I'd like to enter:

HLS CAS  die cuts 

Craft Rocket  no patterned papers

Crafter's Cafe  cas 

Crunchy Carrot

TBH it's a little early for an Easter card, but I found this (Samistamps) bunny in a little pile of digi stamps I'd previously printed and cut. - possibly leftover from last spring.

I created the word 'Easter' on my pc, printed it, masked it and made a background with Distress Ink and pearlised water. I coloured everything with alcohol markers.

I'd like to enter:
Casology  crunch
The Crafty Addicts  Clean ansd simple
Crafters' Cafe  cas
Ecletic Ellapu Easter
Creative with Stamps Easter

Cherish

Here's a wedding card I made using the sketch from Less is More.  The stamps are by 49 and Market and I embossed them in white and added 3 gems.

As well as Less is More, I'd like to enter:
Crafting with Dragonflies  purple
Crafty Purple Frog  love is all around
Addicted to Stamps  anything goes