Yellow and white Easter

Another Easter card (I've made quite a few over the last couple of days), this time with Forever Friends spring time paper, some sticky ribbon that I've had for ages and a dove and cross stamp, coloured with copics and white sakura pen for the dove, which was then covered with stickles crystal ice. The sentiments were computer generated and printed.

Cupcake inspirations 103 gave me the idea for the colour scheme:


This is also for:


Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring
Paper pretties 146: spring
Crafty calendar 18: spring
Whoopsi Daisy: Easter time
Digistamps4joy 15: clean and simple
Hanna and friends 87: spring
Stamp dreams 75: spring colours
Creative stamp friends 21: spring
Stamp with fun 103: spring
Stampin with the dragon: bring on spring
Stamp and create 19: spring break
Prairie fairy Fridays 49: oh so spring
Sew many challenges 48: spring fling
Stamp something: spring somethings
Sukkersott 118: spring, where a bird is part of the design
Totally Gorjuss 73: spring is sprung!
My Sheri 50: spring
Stamping vacation: occasion oasis challenge - Easter
Crafts and me 27: anything goes

CHNC challenge 13: square card

This card is for my own challenge 13 on my Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge blog. My challenge this time is to make a square Christmas card - such an easy peasy challenge. If you haven't yet discovered my Christmas blog, why not hop over there and then join in - it's never too early to start making Christmas cards.

I was running out of time to get this done this week because I've been busy getting cards, including Easter ones yet to be blogged, ready for my sale today to raise money for Tearfund.

So I needed to make a quick card - I used some K & Co Secret Santa paper (I received a whole 12 x 12 pad of this from generous crafting friends at Order of the Opus Gluei). I used rub ons by Kaisercraft for the sentiments and dotted around a few gems and a couple of stars.

I like to try and regularly support other Christmas card challenge blogs, so this is also for:

Sparkle creations Christmas 2011 week 16: recipe: 1 designer paper (OK I cheated a bit by using doubled sided paper), stars and rub ons
Bah! humbug 12: Christmas trees

It's also for:

CCEE 1112: Christmas/winter holiday card
Secret crafter Saturday 127: Christmas in spring

Thinking of you at Easter

I love daffodils, so I've used a beautiful digi image from Crafty Ann - part of a prize I won quite recently - so the digi is for Crafty pad 113: use a digi and Creative card crew: no stamps.

The striped paper is FF spring time and the sentiment was part of a recent QVC Easter kit. I've deliberately kept it simple as I think the daffodils and the sentiment stand well together with nothing else added (although I'm tempted to add something more).

This is for:

Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
I did it 47: welcome spring
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring
Paper pretties 146: spring
Crafty calendar 18: spring
Whoopsi Daisy: Easter time
Ribbon girl colour challenge 6: green & yellow
Sentimental Sundays 47: let's get sentimental
Digistamps4joy 15: clean and simple
Crafts and me 27: anything goes
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Pastel Easter

I love these shaped cards (having originally bought a box of cream and white, I've now also got a box of colours - so I'll be showing lots of these in the future).

I sponged distressed the edges with mustard seed DI - so this is for 365 cards day 23: the ABC of crafting: GHI - I is for ink. It's also for PaperPlay 12: distressing.

I used pastel colours for Colour create 67, which also has the option of Easter.

The image, sentiment and strip of Easter eggs are all lined with gold foiling, which is for DYSU 12: shine on.


Its also for:


Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
I did it 47: welcome spring
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring
Paper pretties 146: spring
Crafty calendar 18: spring
Whoopsi Daisy: Easter time
Cardmakin mamas 17: animals
Crafts and me 27: anything goes
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Easter joy

I've made a few more Easter cards this evening - here is one of them, using a Personal Impressions stamp designed by Gaham Pilkington, coloured with copics. The background paper is Forever Friends springtime and the torn strip of green and white is Papermania Honey & hugs.

This is for the following challenges:

Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
I did it 47: welcome spring
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring
Paper pretties 146: spring
Hanna and friends 87: spring
Stamp dreams 75: spring colours
Creative stamp friends 21: spring
Stamp with fun 103: spring
Stamps R us: celebrate spring
Stamp magic 32: spring flowers
All kinds of cards 24: spring flowers
Our daily bread 53: new life - Easter, flowers etc
Nadia's challenge 2: flowers
Stampin with the dragon: bring on spring
Stamp and create 19: spring break
Crafty calendar 18: spring
Whoopsi Daisy: Easter time
Ribbon girl colour challenge 6: green & yellow
PaperPlay 12: distressing (torn edges of the green and white strip of paper)
Crafts and me 27: anything goes
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Orange sticky note holder

This is another sticky note holder. The card I've used is DCWV pocketful of posies. I can't remember where the embossed topper came from.

Colours are for SPCC 92:



This is for:

Tuesday throwdown 41: anything but a card
Secret crafter Saturday 126: anything but a card
365 cards day 24: ABC of crafting: MNO - O as in orange
Theme Thursday: orange
Crafts and me 27: anything goes
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Paws for thought

I really didn't do much crafting yesterday because I was out for the day. This morning a friend came round for a coffee and chat, which was lovely.

This afternoon I set myself the target of making 16 sticky note holders - strips of card scored in a couple of places in the middle and then wrapped around a sticky note block stuck on the base.

So I thought I would show a couple of them now. I've had the gold foiled card embossed with paws for years (when I first started making cards) - pieces of it have been in my offcuts box - so I thought it was about time I used it. I think the stickers were from Poundland (certainly a long time ago now, so I can't really remember).



So these are for these challenges:

Moving along with the times 91: precious metals (the gold foiling)
Tuesday throwdown 41: anything but a card
Secret crafter Saturday 126: anything but a card
Southern girls: add an animal
Cardmakin mamas 17: animals
Crafts and me 27: anything goes
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Spring green Easter

I don't really feel like doing much tonight, but I've just put together this card, using some BG periphery paper as the background and another torn piece for the strip on the right. The little scalloped topper is one that has been recycled from another card. I thought the PM Easter sentiment stamped on the striped paper (some I found in my offcuts - might use some more of that soon) was just right.

This is for:

Basic Grey 40: something recycled (the little scalloped topper)
Our creative corner: don't throw that away
Pixie cottage 61: green - I've used the colour and recycled
365 card day 22: the ABC of crafting DEF: D for distressing (the torn paper)
Going grey (Scrap-creations): spring has sprung
Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
I did it 47: welcome spring
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring
Stamp dreams 75: spring colours
Creative stamp friends 21: spring
Stamp with fun 103: spring
Stamps R us: celebrate spring
Crafty Ann 36: spring
Raise the bar 58: wishing you a happy spring
Stampin with the dragon: bring on spring
Stamp and create 19: spring break
Crafty calendar 18: spring
Beary sweet 22: spring
Whoopsi Daisy: Easter time
Cooking it up with Katie 53: it's a cute green Easter
Stampavie 133: spring or Easter
Creatalicious 20: create card that is two tone
Ribbon girl colour challenge 6: green & yellow
Crafty purple frog: going green
Delightful: delightful green
Pixie dust studio 66: go green
Freshly brewed 39: spots and dots
Meljen's 50: dots
Guylou's inimitability: I see dots
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Relax and enjoy your birthday with the Simpsons

A very simple card for a great nephew who is a Simpson's fan - a download digi, computer generated sentiment and mounted on a piece of blue mirror card.

This is for:

Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
Everybody art 134: happy birthday
Paper pretties 145: masculine card
One stitch at a time 54: something for the boys
Crafty pad 113: use a digi
Digi doodle 51: anything goes
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Girlie card

This girlie card is very similar to one I showed yesterday. The components are from my recently purchased QVC Kanban kit.


This is for:

Woodware USA 19: black, white and ???
Cupcake 134: monochromatic
Simply create 39: monochromatic
My Sheri 49: monochromatic
Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
Everybody art 134: happy birthday
Freshly brewed 39: spots and dots
Meljen's 50: dots
Guylou's inimitability: I see dots
My time to craft 133: ladies day
Papertake: it's a mom thing (or just be girlie)
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Oval pop out card for man

Another Kanban put-together oval pop out card (OK once you've discovered how the pieces fold).




This is for:

Cupcake 134: monochromatic
Simply create 39: monochromatic
My Sheri 49: monochromatic
Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
Everybody art 134: happy birthday
Creative sketches SC24T technique challenge: fancy folds, cuts or punches
Delicious doodles 17: 3 dimensional
Paper pretties 145: masculine card
One stitch at a time 54: something for the boys
Sentimental Sundays 47: let's get sentimental
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Diamond wedding card

Mum needed a diamond wedding anniversary card to send to some friends, so I came up with this simple, but, I hope, stylish card.

This is another card that was difficult to photograph - gave up trying to get it any better. Irl the white is much whiter and the silver is crisper. The inner shape, of course, fits the aperture when closed. The silver sentiment says 'happy anniversary'.

This is for:

Cupcake 134: monochromatic
Simply create 39: monochromatic
My Sheri 49: monochromatic
Craft us crazy 4: celebration
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Scarlet's letter birthday wishes

Having used a piece of BG scarlet's letter for this card the other day, I thought I would use similar for this black, white and red card.

Unfortunately, the photo doesn't make the card look as crisp and dark black as it is irl - so much sun streaming in today (not that I'm complaining - bring it on!).

I can't remember what the paper strip is with the glittered little circles - it'[s been in my scraps box for a long time. The chipboard flower and button was from Poundland.

This is for:

Woodware USA 19: black, white and ???
Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
Everybody art 134: happy birthday
Totally Gorjuss 72: button it
Digital Tuesday 103: button up
Res-Q 74: be like a surgeon - stitching and buttons
Totally papercrafts 58: add buttons
Fiskarettes Monday challenge: flowers
Freshly brewed 39: spots and dots
Meljen's 50: dots
Guylou's inimitability: I see dots
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Buttons for my darling Bella

For this card I've used some of my favourite Bo Bunny paper 'my darling Bella', hence the title of the post. I love this against the deep pink of the background card and the varying shades of pink of the glittered flowers with the buttons (from Poundland) - just the addition of some stitched ribbon and sentiment and the card is done - the paper doesn't need anything else.

This is for:

Fairytale 11: green + pink
Little Claire 3: pink & green
Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
Everybody art 134: happy birthday
Totally Gorjuss 72: button it
My partner in crafting crime 23: 3 or more buttons
Digital Tuesday 103: button up
Top tip Tuesday 26: show me those buttons
Res-Q 74: be like a surgeon - stitching and buttons
Totally papercrafts 58: add buttons
Fiskarettes Monday challenge: flowers
Paper playtime 41: pink & glitter
Lexi 36: ribbons but no bows or knots
Sundays with Crissy 15: stitching
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Shaped aperture card

It took me a while to figure out how to put this card together, but once I did it was easy - from the recently bought Kanban kit.



It's for:

Crazy challenge 59: any shaped card but no squares
Creative sketches SC24T technique challenge: fancy folds, cuts or punches
Just for fun: make something using a format you have not tried before
Delicious doodles 17: 3 dimensional
Pear tree designs 41: happy birthday
Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
If the shoe fits 71: calm, serene, aquamarine
Paper cutz 83: your choice

Dressing up

This shaped aperture card was in the kit that I bought recently, as well as all the components I've used on it. The card was photographed slightly open, but when closed the inner circle fills the aperture.

This is for:

Crazy challenge 59: any shaped card but no squares
Freshly brewed 39: spots and dots
Meljen's 50: dots
Pear tree designs 41: happy birthday
Simon says: happy birthday
Fun at fairy knoll: birthday or thank you
Paper cutz 83: your choice
Sugar creek sensational Saturday: anything goes
365 cards day 21: ABC of crafting - C for circle

Spring ... thinking of you

A very similar card to the previous one, this time using some Bo Bunny double sided paper and a sentiment that matches one side (have had this for ages and found it just at the right time).

So this is another springtime card for:


Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
I did it 47: welcome spring
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Flourish timeless 109: butterflies
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring

It's also for:

Iris' spot 15: glitter
Paper cutz 83: your choice
Sugar creek sensational Saturday: anything goes

Spring ... especially for you

Today is the first day of spring - and it has been a lovely day. I had to go to the GP's to pick up a prescription and then to the chemist and I walked there and back (just over half and hour each way) and it was lovely.

It's not surprising that atm there are a lot of cardmaking challenges that are concentrating on spring. This card isn't just for spring because it's a general 'especially for you' one, but it features lots of appropriate words for spring and also the lovely 3D PM flower and butterflies strip that is really springlike. There is lots of sparkle on the flowers and butterflies and the sentiment is gold foiled. The imaginisce paper is doubled sided, so the striped piece is from the reverse side - the striped are glossy.

So this is for:

Aly's: happy spring
Card cupids: spring inspired card
Cutie Sunday 136: spring colours/images
I did it 47: welcome spring
Inspiration Avenue: hello spring
Flourish timeless 109: butterflies
Creative cottage 35: spring has sprung
Wags n whiskers 50: spring
Mami doodles 22: celebrate spring

It's also for:

Iris' spot 15: glitter
Paper cutz 83: your choice
Sugar creek sensational Saturday: anything goes

Going postal

This is for today's (day 20) on 365 cards:

Papers are Daisybucket and the piece that's been stamped is Bo Bunny - stamped with part of a large Stamps Happen 'rose postcard' stamp, with just part of the flower and bud coloured with pale cherry pink copic - and some of the swirls enhanced a bit with the same colour.

I chose to use this stamp because it features a postage stamp, which is the theme for this week's Daring cardmakers 'going postal'.

This is also for:

Freshly brewed 39: spots and dots
Meljen's 50: dots
Guylou's inimitability: I see dots

Romance in Paris

Challenge 95 on Order of the opus gluei is 'Paris in springtime'. Well, it's said that Paris in the springtime is all about love, so I've used 7 gypsies baja 'amour' paper (the script has definitons such as dream, kiss, happiness, love etc) and Crafty Individuals pictures, together with silver embossed hearts and diamente gems.

I made 3 little cards, each 3" x 3", for 365 cards day 18: 3 x 3 times 3



It's also for:

One stop craft 123: diamonds are a girl's best friend - bling
Stamping vacation: getting geographical: Paris
Paper cutz 83: your choice

A crush?

This card is for Technostamper Monday sketch 165:

It's also for 365 cards day 19: Imagine this: a crush - not sure whether this card is on the right track - hope so!

The papers are BG sugar rush and the chipboard buttons are from Poundland, with the addition of a couple of sticky ribbons that have been in my box for ages. I stamped hearts on the plainer paper using a Dawn Bibby stamp with stazon blazing red.

The colours are for Paperminutes 157: red/yellow/green/blue

It's also for:

Moxie Tuesday trigger: button, button
Totally papercrafts 58: add buttons
Totally Gorjuss 72: button it
Paperake weekly: trio tastic - 3 buttons
Paper cutz 83: your choice