You can't have a rainbow ...

... without a little rain.

A simple one layer card using copics for the rainbow and to colour the Funstamps Puddle Duck image that was inked with memento tuxedo black.

I'm not really happy with this, but it was my second attempt and I didn't fancy trying again, so I thought I'd leave it at this.

All the colours of the rainbow inspired by the picture given for The cutie pie 44:

This is for:

Addicted to CAS 12: rainbow
The sweet pea stampers May: birds of a feather
Word art Wednesday 79: anything goes - with uplifting quote
Fashionable stamping 47: anything goes
Inky linky 15
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
The rubber buggy 7: anthing goes
Sister act 7: anythging goes
Wags n whiskers 104: anything goes
The paper shelter 112: anything goes
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20

Sequin waste stencilling

I've been playing with the gelli plate again this afternoon - it's quite messy, but a good way of relaxing.

I based the colours on those given for Moving along with the times: colour:

I used some mint green card to start with. I didn't have any purple or pink acrylic paint, but mixed reds, blue and white in different shades. I used sequin waste as a stencil. The ric rac and rib bons are Papermania.The Tim Holtz stampers anonymous stamp was inked with memento grape jelly (sorry, this doesn't show up very well here). The sentiment was originally white so I used a couple of copics to colour to match.

This is also for:

Facebook A card a day
Daring cardmakers: stencil it!
Craft room: stamp your own background/background paper
Bizzy Becs May: purple and some bling
MilkCoffee: shabby chic/vintage

Doily rose

This simple card uses the front of a shaped card mounted on to a card blank, decorated with a golden doily on to which has been matted a rose picture from Hunkydory.

This is for:

Little red wagon 185: use a doily
Tuesday throwdown 147: smell the roses
Get creative May: flowers
Crafting when we can 44: lime green and pink
Charisma cardz 19: no digis allowed

Birthday rose

This is an unknown rose stamp on to a sparkly piece of card with Happy Birthday repeated, plus a Creata textured rub on sentiment. This was matted on to an offcut of green card and then on to a white card blank that has a hint of gold in it - sorry, it doesn't show up here well enough.

This is for:

Tuesday throwdown 147: smell the roses

4 crafty chicks 142: birthday

Lady Anne Friday sentiment challenge 9

One crazy stamper May: flowers

Get creative May: flowers
Rogue redhead rebel 23: May flowers

Country scene

This is a scene built up with invertage layers  - six layers - which are difficult to see on the photo:

This is for:

Cupcake craft 242: lots of layers
Woodware UK: cards for men
Little blue button 3: scene
Oozak 14: anything goes with earthtones

Golden wedding

A golden wedding card, using an offcut of unknown white and black paper that I tore at the edge, on to a sparkly white card blank, with the addition of the numerals, the gold and black sentiment, the corrugated heart and a Craftime flower.

This is for:

Pixie's crafty snippets week 72
Lexi 90: black and white plus one other colour
Dare to be sassy Thursday 177: black and white and a pop of one colour
Frosted designs fabulous Friday: black & white + 1
Chocolate, coffee & cards 39: use a number
Charisma cardz 19: no digis allowed
ABC 28: wedding & anniversary
Polka doodles 19: anniversaries
Crafty boots: celebration
CASology 44: bloom

Birthday balloon

This simple card uses a Dottie image from Charmed cards and crafts, matted on to deep pink mirror card and then on to a light green 7 x 5 card. The sentiment was computer generated and printed with the image.

Use of a balloon inspired by The cutie pie 44 photo:

This is for:

Crafty creations 222: KISS
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
Craft your passion 162: child's play
Creative creations 10: for a child
Crafts and me 133: use a digi
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140

Birthday blessings

A simple card made with an upcycled card on to a dark green card blank, on to which I stuck the Birthday Blessings sentiment cut on the cricut. Sorry about the glare on the photo.

This is for:

Crafty creations 222: KISS
4 crafty chicks 142: birthday
Allways something creative 54: we want to see plants (flowers)
Simon says: flower power
Three scrappy gals May: flowers
Get creative May: flowers
Order of the opus gluei 156: bouquet for you
DL.ART thankful Thursday 109: flowers
PumpkinSpice: flowers
Corrosive 174: my sentiments exactly
Word art Wednesday 79: anything goes - with uplifting quote
Shelly's terrifically thrilling Thursday: show us what you got
Scrappy frogs May: free choice challenge
DL.ART May linky party: anything goes
Make it Monday 140
Inspire me Fridays 103
52 card pick-up 2.20