More secret birthday wishes

Another card made with Cath Kidston papers, matted on to an A5 patterned card blank, once again using a pocket and the birthday greeting on a card inside it. I simply added the Dena supplies butterfly.

This is based on the sketch for Eat,  sleep, stamp 162:

I took the 'pocket' theme from the photo inspiration on Inspired by 13:

Colours are for Cupcake 182: yellow and red

This is also for:

Dutch dare 154: tic tac toe - I chose bright colours, flowers, springtime
Allsorts 144: spread your wings

Secret birthday wishes

This is a pocket card made with papers from a Cath Kidston stationery set. The main paper I used was double sided, so I cut and layered one side on top of the other from another sheet before matting on to an A5 patterned pink/red card blank.

This is for Southern girls 39: show me a secret - a pocket on the card with a Happy Birthday message inside.

The chipboard butterfly was rescued from a card received a long time ago. This is for:

Speedy fox and friends 97: recycle
Sugar creek hollow 1: trash to treasure
Stamp, scrap & doodle: use your stash (bought the papers a while ago and hadn't used any yet)
One stitch at a time 103: re-use or recycle
Scrap it girl March: go green & recycle
Stampin' sisters in Christ 129: things with wings
Crafts and me 74: things with wings
The pixie cottage 111: things with wings
Flutter by Wednesday 193: spring time + butterfly
Alphabet: B for busy bugs

This is also for:

Aud sentiments 49: happy birthday
Allways something creative 25: happy birthday
Pile it on 10: are we seeing spots or stripes or both?
Scrappy frogs: seeing spots
Crafty boots: glitter
Kaboodle 109: think spring - let's see some flowers
Whimsical Wednesday: going green - incorporate green
The pink elephant 138: let's see those layers
The paper shelter 54: anything goes
Paper crafting journey 4: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Creative Mondays (always crafting) 3: anything goes
Make it Monday 79
Inspire me Fridays 48
52 cardpick up week 9

An oriental birthday greeting

This is for the sketch for Moving along with the times:

It's also for Charisma cardz 8: masking, with the option of using three stamps. I used three oriental stamps that I recently purchased, stamping the kimono behind the image of the lady and then stamping the blossom behind both. I coloured with copics and then just added the flowers and the sentiment panel. The background paper is Basic Grey eva.

This is also for:

Nightshift stamping 108: flowers
CES 75: flower frenzy
Aud sentiments 49: happy birthday
Allways something creative 25: happy birthday
Just some lines: girly girl
Divas by design 25: favourite things - stamping, flowers, BG papers
The paper shelter 54: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes

Suzie's 365 day 67: floor

This is the fairly new carpet that we had put into the room where I craft (the previous one was getting a bit too worse for wear with evidence of glue, ink etc). I need to be careful with this one. It's quite a light colour, which I am pleased about because it goes much better with the curtains than the previous carpet it - the good thing is that it is swirly with different shades of colour, so, hopefully, it will hide anything that's added to it - that's the theory anyway!

So here is my floor for Suzie's day 67:

Suzie's 365 day 46: cooking

I had to wait till I was cooking in the evening to get a photo for yesterdays Suzie's day 66. I took the photo and then forgot to blog it. Part of what I cooked last night: some sizzling red peppers:

Commissioned golf card

I've been asked to make a card for a birthday with a golfing theme and to incorporate decoupage. I've used the sketch for Prairie fairy Fridays 73:

The background paper is from PDA card and craft, the embossed spots panel was run through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder. The decoupaged golfer and caddy have been in my stash for ages (I tend to go in fits and starts with decoupage!). The green netting and stickers from stash.

This is also for:

Paper pretties Wednesday 196: masculine card
Anything goes 62: boyz to men
Aud sentiments 49: happy birthday
Allways something creative 25: happy birthday
Pile it on 10: are we seeing spots or stripes or both?
Scrappy frogs: seeing spots
Crafty boots: glitter
Whimsical Wednesday: going green - incorporate green
The pink elephant 138: let's see those layers
The paper shelter 54: anything goes
Paper crafting journey 4: anything goes
Papertake: anything goes
Creative Mondays (always crafting) 3: anything goes
Make it Monday 79
Inspire me Fridays 48
52 cardpick up week 9

For Fun Guest Design slot

It's a privilege to have been invited to be a guest designer on For Fun for this week and next week. Today's challenge is Woof woof meow! - to use a cat or dog on your card - it should be a focal point.

For my card I've used the sketch for this week's Willow Sketchie, which, in addition to the sketch, asked for the use of two patterned papers:

The background paper was from PDA card & crafts and the script paper is 7 gypsies life noir.

I've used one of my favourite Penny Black stamps 'brimming with love' and coloured with copics.

It would be lovely to see you play along with the For Fun challenge - hope to see you there!

I'm also linking this for:

Birthday sundaes 46: Birthday card with sentiment
Our craft lounge 107: black and white with a pop
Crafting when we can13: animals