All colours of the rainbow for Easter

This card uses all colours of the rainbow for Paper pretties Monday challenge, also for Crafty Ann 59: bold and bright and Ribbon carousel 41:

Papers are Forever Friends spring time, the sentiment and chick etc from Poundland, the bright funky felt flowers from the 99p store and ribbon and lace from the market stall. The ribbon is very zingy IRL - when the light catches it either looks really bright pink or golden.

I used the sketch for Tuesday morning 134, but, unfortunately, forgot to link in time, but still want to acknowledge it:

This is also for:

Squigglefly 8: spring is in the air
Crafty bloggers network 15: spring time
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Cards und more 48: glisten and sparkle
Crop stop 59: is it blooming outside? - flowers
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
Lothian crafts 23: recipe - ribbon, flowers, 3 layers and lace
Victorine 28: lace
Mark's finest papers speedy fox and friends 96: lace
Little Miss Muffet 29: fancy or lacy
Blog a doodle: let's see lace and flowers
Truly madly crafty February: ribbon and bling
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 78
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Shades of purple for Easter

Challenge 108 on Kaboodle calls for shades of purple:

The card is based on Inspirational card sketches 152:

Papers are from my offcuts box, stamps are PM moments of faith coloured with copics, flower with pearls from the 99p shop.

This is also for:


Squigglefly 8: spring is in the air
Crafty bloggers network 15: spring time
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Cute card Thursday 205: winged things
Little darlings 18: pearls
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 78
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Easter bunny

I made quite a few Easter cards the other day, but they were all 'serious' ones, if you know what I mean, so I thought today I'd make some fun ones. So I'm starting with this one which is for the sketch for Everybody art 81:

Colours are for Dancing in pajamas TCP198:

The paper is Pink petticoat wild blossoms backed by a piece of Forever Friends spring time. The bunny with eggs came from Poundland and the flower border and other flowers were from Hobbycraft.

This is also for:

Squigglefly 8: spring is in the air
Crafty bloggers network 15: spring time
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Paper pretties Monday challenge: rainbow colours
Cards und more 48: glisten and sparkle
Crop stop 59: is it blooming outside? - flowers
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Little red wagon 121: chipboard (the stickers are chipboard)
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 78
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Suzie's day 58: misty or tree

Well, it's not misty here today, so I thought I'd better take a photo of a tree, but first, I can't resist showing 'Misty' - she was a lovely cat that I had some years ago who sadly only reached the age of six because she became ill.

 And digitally changed to make Misty look more ... ummm ... misty:

And now here is my tree for Suzie's day 58 - it's an old lime tree at the bottom of our garden that grows so quickly that we have to have it cut down every couple of years. It looks really quite strange at this time of year, but come the summer it will be a mass of leaves and look far less ugly.

Suzie's 365 photos day 57: light

Here is my photo for Suzie's 57: light:

Cold toes, hats & mittens

This is for this week's Facebook Sunday's with Santa 'polka dots' challenge. The spotty paper is from the Papermania Christmas range and the scrpt paper is Arctic Frog phreezing phrases ski bunny, chipboard stickers from Poundland and ribbons were freebies with a magazine.

This is also for:

Little red wagon 121: chipboard (the stickers are chipboard)
Jingle belles: stuck on you - stickers
52 Christmas carddthrowdown embellishment challenge 2: stickers &/or rub ons
Desert island 25: I chose 2 or more patterned papers, polka dots and stickers
My Sheri 79: warm wishes
Crafty Ann 59: bold and bright
The pink elephant 136: print it - something with script on
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Multifold Christmas card

Having made a lot of Easter cards yesterday (and I still need to make lots more because I'm selling cards for Tearfund at our WEF at church on Friday), I'm back to making Christmas cards!

It was Lizzie's turn to choose the theme for the Christmas Card Club challenge for today and she asked us to more a card with two or more folds. The CCC is a group of crafters who want to get ahead with making Christmas cards throughout the year rather than leave them till panic sets in, so one of the gang sets a challenge every fortnight. There's a list on my sidebar of all those involved - if you'd like to join us, just get in touch with one of us.

For my card I've used offcuts of My Mind's Eye glitter book papers - I love all of these and am determined to use every scrap possible! I used a lovely piece of ribbon that I got last year on a market stall and some chipboard stickers from Poundland (think I got them last year, or perhaps the year before). The Santa picture is recycled from a card received - there is a lot of glittery snow on the bottom of it.

I have to admit that I didn't score and make the card from scratch, it was a ready scored one. I've made some of these before and you will see in the photos that the folds don't sit down as well as they should - I've found before that after a time they settle down and look more presentable - but I didn't want to wait for this to happen because I wanted to be able to blog the card today for the Christmas Card Club.

I'm also linking for these challenges:

Pixie's crafty snippets 9 (no other papers were cut into - only offcuts)
Art with no boundaries Don't waste it 1: use your scraps
Pile it on 9: fun folds
Crafty creations 158: fancy folds
Desert island 25: I chose 2 or more patterned papers, sparkle/bling and stickers
Christmas card challenges week 13: music
Hippity ippity 15: music
Little red wagon 121: chipboard (the stickers are chipboard)
Jingle belles: stuck on you - stickers
52 Christmas carddthrowdown embellishment challenge 2: stickers &/or rub ons
Winter wonderland: glitter and bling
PanPastel UK 7: use a ribbon
The crafty pad 159: recycle it (the Santa picture)
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Mami doodles 44: use 3 patterned papers
That craft place: anything goes
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Purple butterfly

This is for the February sketch on Woodware UK:

It's another Easter card - the insert says 'Happy Easter'.

The two papers on the left are Forever Friends spring time (double sided) and the one on the right is an offcut. The stamp is once again Funstamps lily cross coloured with copics. The butterfly is another acetate one from a set from the 99p shop and the flower is craftime.

This is also for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Try it on Tuesday: anything goes with acetate (the butterfly)
Cards und more 48: glisten and sparkle
Mami doodles 44: use 3 patterned papers
Simon says: use 3 different papers
Alphabet: B for busy bugs
Sparkles 29: things with wings
Cute card Thursday 205: winged things
There's magic in the air magical Monday: all critters great & small
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Paper pretties Wednesday challenge 194: use punches or die cuts
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Craft us crazy 21: everyone has favourites - favourite colour/embellishment - purple/flower
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Another sketch ... another Easter card

This is for Seems a little sketchy 7:

The background is a patterned card blank. The green paper with the edges distressed with bundled sage DI is from the Bitty scrap pad windswept. The flower, cross and dove stamps are from the PM moments of faith set, coloured with copics. The border across the card is some Tim Holtz tissue tape edged with some sticky green ribbon. I had to add a few pearls to the stamped image because I smudged some ink!

Why is it that the acetate butterfly looks more blue here than IRL and on here it looks as if you can see adhesive through the doiley, but not IRL (the camera seems to pick up things that don't normally show!).

This is also for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Raise the bar 93: purple, green + one other colour (yellow)
Try it on Tuesday: anything goes with acetate (the butterfly)
Cards und more 48: glisten and sparkle
Truly, madly, crafty February: ribbon and bling
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
Alphabet: B for busy bugs
Sparkles 29: things with wings
Cute card Thursday 205: winged things
There's magic in the air magical Monday: all critters great & small
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Stampin' for the weekend 4: bingo - I chose ribbons/glitter/sparkles, flowers
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Little darlings 18: pearls
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Easter butterfly

This is for Technostamper's Monday lunchtime sketch 209:

 The paper is an offcut left over from the previous card. The stamped image is Funstamps lily cross coloured with copics and cut with nesties.

The lovely delicate acetate butterly (a bit difficult to see here) is from a set from the 99p store.

This is also for::

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Try it on Tuesday: anything goes with acetate (the butterfly)
Cards und more 48: glisten and sparkle
Squigglefly 7: bright and sunny - use yellow
Simply create too 7: add sunshine to your day
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Alphabet: B for busy bugs
Sparkles 29: things with wings
Cute card Thursday 205: winged things
There's magic in the air magical Monday: all critters great & small
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Paper pretties Wednesday challenge 194: use punches or die cuts
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Little darlings 18: pearls
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Lilac flowers for Easter

Back to Easter cards!

This time I've used another of the Bitty scrap pad blue posie papers as the background and an offcut Anna Griffin paper for the panel on the left. Once more the PM moments of faith stamped image was coloured with copics. I had to stamped Happy Easter on a separate scrap of card and mount because I forgot to stamp directly on to the image panel and had already mounted the craftime flower which meant that my sentiment stamping was blurred ... so this is a cover-up job!

I based the card on the sketch for Critter 103:

The flower at the top goes over the edge for Our creative corner challenge.

This is also for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
The stamping boutique 26: stitching
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
Sentimental Sundays 90: let's get sentimental - focus on the sentiment
Fussy & fancy 57: more than words - using a long sentiment or verse
Paper makeup 24: word art - quote or sentiment to be the focus
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Delightful: use pattern paper
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47
52 cardpick up week 8

Suzie 365 day 56

Suzie gave us a choice today - either 'raindrops' or 'Saturday'. Thankfully, there are no raindrops here today ... the sun came through earlier on and there's a nice warmth coming through the window - very welcome.

Suzie said that if it's not raining where you are and any other interpretation of the word is too much for the brain cells (which it is!), show me something that tells you it's Saturday - that's easy, it has to be John sitting in front of the TV watching rugby - I say 'watching', but bless him that gets harder and harder as his vision has gone down more, but at least with Virgin Vplus box he can pause and rewind and get closer to anything he's missed (very handy too for when he dozes off!).

So here is my photo for Suzie's day 56:

Now I must get back to the Easter cards.

Even more scraps!

Another Easter card using the last squares of scraps from the Bitty scrap pad blue posie paper that I cut into earlier this morning. Once more the stamping uses one of the PM moments of faith images coloured with copics.

This is for:

Less is more: don't scrap it
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Crafty purple frog: get inspired with yellow and green

Using more scraps

This is another Easter card (insert says ;Happy Easter') once again using one of the PM moments of faith stamps coloured with copics - a simple card using a few scraps:

The card is based on Catch the bug sketch 104:

This is also for:

Less is more: don't scrap it
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower

Don't scrap it

'Don't scrap it' is the theme for today's Less is more challenge - to use left over bits and pieces. Having already used some offcuts of the Bitty scrap pad blue posie papers that I used earlier this morning, I still had four squares left, so I've used two of them on this card, with another Easter lilies stampo coloured with copis from the PM moments of faith set.

I've used orange and cream from Inspired by 12 photo prompt:

This is also for:

Sir stampalot February: in the garden
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple

Easter lilies

Once again I've used one of the PM moments of faith stamps, coloured with copics, with a Happy Easter sentiment stamped on the cross. The background papers are offcuts from the card I made earlier this morning from the Bitty scrap pad blue posie.

This is for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
The stamping boutique 26: stitching
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Crafty purple frog: get inspired with yellow and green
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Delightful: use pattern paper
Let's ink it up February 20: ribbons and/or lace
The pretty little ribbon shop 7: anything goes
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47

52 cardpick up week 8

Green Easter

This card is very similar to the previous one, this time using another stamp from the PM moments of faith set on which I stamped the Easter sentiment. Edges of the nestie shape were distressed with shabby shutters DI.

Colours are for For your inspiration 24 (I've also picked up on the 'quiet' feel of the picture):

This is for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Crafty purple frog: get inspired with yellow and green
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Woodware UK: 40 shades of green
Paper pretties Wednesday challenge 194: use punches or die cuts
Do you stack up 60: distress
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47

52 cardpick up week 8

Purple Easter

I spent time yesterday stamping and colouring so that I've got lots of Easter images ready to incorporate on cards. This is another very quick card - a ready printed card blank on to which I've matted the stamped image cut with a nestie and distressed with dusty concord DI. The stamped image is from the Papermania moments of faith set. The insert says: Happy Easter.

This is for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Cutie pie 12: flower power
Sentimental Sundays 90: let's get sentimental - focus on the sentiment
Fussy & fancy 57: more than words - using a long sentiment or verse
Paper makeup 24: word art - quote or sentiment to be the focus
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Paper pretties Wednesday challenge 194: use punches or die cuts
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Raise the bar 93: purple, green + one other colour (hot pink)
Do you stack up 60: distress
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47

52 cardpick up week 8

Simply Easter

This was a very quick card- did the stamping yesterday and the nestie die cuts, so all I had to do today was stick it on the ready made fancy oval that was then stuck inside the card. Just the sentiment added and the card was done!

Colours look different because the first one is a scan and the second a photo.

This is for:

Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Whimsy 27: monochromatic
Paper pretties Wednesday challenge 194: use punches or die cuts
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: shape it up - pick a geometric shape and use it 3 times - oval
Craft room colour challenge: orange, brown and cream
Aud sentiments 48: include the word 'happy'
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Allsorts 143: it's your choice
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47

52 cardpick up week 8

Lily cross for Easter

This is for Catch the bug February sketch:

Some years ago I bought a few Bitty Scrap pads - can't even remember where I got them from - anyway, they have been in a box and none of the papers have ever been touched. I thought it was about time to use some, so these are from the Blue Posie pad. The stamp is Funstamps 'lily cross' stamped with memento tuxedo black and coloured with copics. The addition of a few pearls and the card was done in 20 minutes which is good for 365 cards 361: time's up.

The insert says 'Happy Easter'.

This is also for:

The stamp man: colours of spring/Easter
Paper pretties Monday challenge: spring
Ladybug 54: spring is in the air
Crafts and me 72: shades of spring
Fairytale 35: spring
Hiding in my craft room 35: bring on some spring
Stampin sisters in Christ 127: image must be or include a flower
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
Crazy 4 challenges 125: 2 layer card
Paper prettiesWednesday challenge 194: use punches or die cuts
Delightful: use pattern paper
Moving along with the times: lots of layers
Little darlings 18: pearls
Crafty purple frog: get inspired with yellow and green
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Allsorts 143: it's your choice
Just inspirational: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47

52 cardpick up week 8

CHNC challenge 61: use a ribbon and/or a charm

It's time for another challenge on my CHNC blog - by the time this one has ended we'll be into March already - this year seems to be going at a remarkable speed - all the more reason to get some of those Christmas cards made early to avoid panic later in the year.

For challenge 61 I'm asking you to use a ribbon (or anything similar, like twine, ric rac, lace etc) and/or a charm. I've opted to use ribbon for my cards - I hope I might be back later in the week with a card that includes a charm - we'll see. Please click on the link for the challenge and join in if you can - I'd love to see you there.

I've used Anna Griffin materials for these cards - they are both very glittery.

I'm linking these for:

Hiding in my craft room 34: glitter! glitter!
Winter wonderland: glitter and bling
Divas by design 23: bling it up
Crafty catz 121: I spy ... something beginning with B - bling!
Truly, madly, crafty February: ribbon and bling
Lexi 59: monochromatic
Sentimental Sundays 90: let's get sentimental - focus on the sentiment - the second card
Paper make up 24: word art - quote or sentiment to be the focus - the second card
Fussy & fancy 57: more than words - using a long sentiment or a verse - the second card
Crafty sentiments: two designer/different papers - each card has two patterned papers
Aud sentiments 48: include word 'happy' - the first card
The paper shelter 52: add a sentiment
Art impressions 52: clean & simple or anything but ...
Let's craft and create 39: less is more - clean and simple
The pretty little ribbon shop February 7: anything goes
2 sisters 80: anything goes
Allsorts 143: it's your choice
Just inspirational: anything goes
Lollipop crafts 68: anything goes
Mema's crafts February: anything goes
Penny's 73: anything goes
Make it Monday 77
Inspire me Fridays 47

52 cardpick up week 8