The Library Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

The new book at The Library is All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. 

For my first card (top) , I was clearly inspired by the cover, This country scene was printed from a My Craft Studio CD - it was a uncoloured image in the No Stamp Required folder, so I coloured it with Promarkers and stamped a sentiment. 

I'd like to enter:

CD Sunday 

Animal Friends  sheep 

For my second card I took inspiration from the title- this being a small creature!  I cut the sentiment on the Silhouette and used the negative , putting striped paper behind it. Then I stamped the sun, bee and trail and added dots to the edges. 

I'd like to enter:

Cut it Up Challenges  bug

Watercooler 

Christmas Rabbit

shimmer shot 

I made a card for the bunnies challenge at Christmas Kickstart . The rabbit is from a set by Taylored Expressions and the sentiment and other stamps are from different sets/ brands.

I'd also like to enter ABC Christmas - Hang it up . 

The Library Challenge Reminder - Chocolat

The current challenge at The Library  is Chocolat by Joanne Harris - it's set in France and there's an Eiffel Tower on the cover. I cut all the pieces on the Silhouette digital cutter . The papers were Craftwork Cards papers that came free with a magazine - long, long, ago. 

I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon  Look up (the Eiffel Tower goes up into to the sky) 

The Crafty Addicts  pink 

Cardz 4 Galz pretty papers 

Alphabet Challenge  buildings

Inkspirational - Photo

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is to be inspired by this photo:

I was inspired by the pebbles on the coasters and used flower and vase stamps by Hampton Art , coloured with pencils. 

I hope you'll join the challenge.

I'd like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps 
Krafty Chicks  flowers
Crafter's Cafe floral
Bastel-Traum 

The Library Challenge - Chocolat

At The Library, the book is  Chocolat by Joanne Harris.

I read this book (published in 1999) when it was quite new and I loved it. But even if you haven't read it, there's loads of ideas on the cover. 

For my first card (at the top) I used a very old Magenta stamp, coloured with Promarkers and a touch of shimmer pen for a sugar glaze. The speckled background was made with a spray mist. 

I'd like to enter the chocolates card into:

I Love Promarkers  something square 

Addicted to Stamps 

For my second card, I took inspiration from the eggs on the cover. The bunny stamp is an old magazine freebie, coloured with Promarkers and paper-pieced. The eggs were from a Heffy Doodle set. 

I'd like to enter the bunny card into:

Dragonfly Journeys

Unicorn Challenge  spots 

Crafty Cardmakers

Moving Along with the Times 

I hope you'll join in the challenge at The Library. 

One Layer Badger

Here's a one-layer card that I made to play along with a few challenges. Actually, by the time I finished making it and getting a photo, one of the challenges had closed! C'est la vie! (It was Cupcake Inspirations woodland animals , if you're wondering).

I'd like to enter:
Use Your Stuff  flora and fauna
Day of the Month dandelions

No People like Snow People

This row of snowmen, coloured with pencils, is from a Lawn Fawn set,

I'd like to enter:
Christmas Kickstart 
Happy Little Stampers 
Merry Little Christmas 

Let's Go Fly a Kite - Mary Poppins at The Library

I made another card to promote the Mary Poppins challenge at The Library. 

I used Distress Inks and Hunkydory silhouette stamps.

This card was inspired by the film rather than the book ....but as the film was inspired by the book, that counts! Whereas I don't think there were kites in the original book, one does feature in the sequel (and I read that this scene is in the Mary Poppins Returns film).

I'd like to enter:

Fab and Funky just add ink
Cardz4Guyz fun and games

Watercolour Poppy

I think this is the first time I've joined in the challenge at CAS Watercolour Challenge (although I'm a regular at their sister blog, CAS Christmas. But visiting Ros Crawford's blog I noticed the theme is 'poppies' and as I had a poppy stamp handy, I thought I'd join in.

Poppies have quite contradictory connotations, both naughty (opium), and nice;  both jolly, and sad (remembrance). I wanted to show that with quite 'pretty' colouring combined with a splash of black.

This was not my first attempt! On my first few attempts I used a lot more water and paint but I wasn't really happy with the effect. I also tried stamping panels showing just parts of the poppy but they looked a bit odd. Finally I went for a simple single poppy in a square panel. I added water just to the paint (Lindy's Magicals, so it has a touch of shimmer) and then sprayed with Lindy's flat black spray.

As well as CAS Watercolour, I'd like to enter:

Double D 
Stamping Sensations May flowers
Happy Little Stampers 
Mix it Up  black and white plus one

The Library Challenge Reminder - Mary Poppins

I'm sharing an ATC for the Mary Poppins theme at The Library .

Tbh it's not new - I made it a couple of years ago to swap at a retreat - but I don't believe I've blogged it before. It's a bit 'darker' than the Mary Poppins' cards I made last week and so I think it fits well with the Mary of the books, who's a little less sweet than the film version.

I'd like to enter:

Shopping Our Stash  ATC