Au natural

The play date cafe challenge 176 is:

Also for the photo challenge for Just add ink 160:

My card is very simple using a die cut shape that has a feint image on the side and shading around the edges, with the addition of three prima flowers with pearls.

The sentiment stamp is by Funstamps inked with memento rich cocoa.

This is also for:

Soartful March: shades of brown with ecru & cream
Addicted to stamps and more 39: addicted to CAS
613 avenue create 13: anything goes with flowers

Embroidered red flowers

I bought these embroidered red flowers off a market stall in Eastbourne when we were there last year. They are almost too good to use on a card, but I thought they looked nice on the die cut circle matted on to the doily and then on to the blue shaped card blank.

This is for:

All kinds of cards 77: red and light blue
The paper shelter 106: use a doily
613 avenue create 13: anything goes with flowers
Crafts and me 127: spring flowers
My Sheri 107: spring has sprung
Scrappy frogs: think spring
Everybody art 230: shaped card
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Let's craft and create 67: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 134
52 card pick-up 2.14

Black and white

Four quick black and white cards using black card blanks and Kanban toppers that I found in my stash - must have been there for a long time. The first and second are like mirror versions of each other, as are the third and fourth cards.

These are for Annabelle 160:

These are also for:

Paper-crafting journey: monochromatic
CCEE 1314: things with wings
Addicted to CAS 9: spring
Crafting when we can 41: name that tune - 'Sing little birdie' - sung for the UK by Pearl Carr and Teddy Johnson for the Eurovision Song Contest in 1959 - you can see/hear it here

I like adventures ...

... and I'm going to find some. This is a quote from Little Women by Lousia May Allcott and is one of the quotes given for the April book challenge on The house of bears. The Craft room challenge this week is 'in the library' - books, so this is also for that. Also, Jellypark friends is 'it's all about a book', so this is good for that.

 I've used an ATC that I made long ago and didn't swap it. The image is part of a Faye Whittaker All our yesterdays stamp, coloured with distress inks. The embossed butterfly background was created with a folder.

This is also for:

Crafty cardz 128: don't quote me - favourite quote
Polka doodles14: pink and brown
Inky impressions 104: for a child
Stempelsonne 86: kids
The artistic stamper creative team April: texture
Visible image April: get stamping
City crater 153: anything goes (sort of) - I used an embossing folder

Another doily card

Another shaped card using a doily and lots of lovely glittered Martha Stewart flowers.

After I'd taken the photo I realised that the card wasn't standing properly because you can see the edge of the fold higher up than it should be (can't be bothered to do it again now).

Inspired by Moxie fab world Tuesday trigger: friendly flowers:

This is for:

Facebook A card a day
The paper shelter 106: use a doily
613 avenue create 13: anything goes with flowers
DRS 64: paper flowers
Crafts and me 127: spring flowers
My Sheri 107: spring has sprung
Scrappy frogs: think spring
Brown sugar 36: spring
Everybody art 230: shaped card
Crafty catz 177: anything goes
DL.ART thankful Thursday April linky: anything goes
Let's craft and create 67: anything goes
Crafty emblies: anything goes
My Grafico 148: anything goes
Make it Monday 134
52 card pick-up 2.14