Trust in the Lord ...

... with all your heart - perhaps this card should be a reminder for me at the moment, with John still in hospital. It has my favourite colours two. For the background I used two different stencils with my gelli plate, with acrylic paints. The tag was part of a scrapbook set I bought a long time ago (I think the rest was used up), secured with a brad, with a couple of Hobbycraft flowers added.

This is for:

Word art Wednesday 169: anything goes
Top tip Tuesday: favourite colour combo - anything with lilac or purple
Penny's 213: favourite card fold or technique - stencils, paints with gelli plate (although I don't do this often enough)
The crafting cafe February: your favourite technique (stencils, paints with gelli plate when I get the time)
The stamping boutique: make your own background
Fab n funky 245: hearts and/or flowers
Polka doodle week 6: flower power
Card and scrap 90: use flowers
Craft your passion 248: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 46: anything goes
Not just cards 12: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Inspiration destination 19: anything goes
Sister act 92: anything goes

Cheerful stamp pad challenge 104 second week: springtime

This is my design card for the second week of the Cheerful stamp pad challenge 104: springtime. Please click on the link to see the lovely crafting of the rest of the team and join in our challenge here with your springtime designs.

For my springtime card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps Elaine Cox's Thumbelina stamp inked with memento tuxedo black and coloured with promarkers and flexmarkers. The challenge is being sponsored by Sweet Pea Stamps.The image was mounted on to an offcut of striped card and then on to a card blank with a pastel tartan type pattern. I wrapped yellow and white twine around the card, finished off with felt buttons from Poundland and Papermania yellow bows, raising the image with 3D foam.

I've used colours from the top row across for the optional colour bingo for 613 avenue create 110: anything goes:

This is also for:

Pile it on 55: use a bow
Really reasonable ribbon 111: buttons and bows
Crafts and me 153: add ribbon
Ruby's rainbow 97: soon be spring
Moving along with the times: pastels
Vintage stamping (flonzcraft) 29: bring on those spring colours
Bunny Zoe February: for the girls
Penny Black and more at Allsorts February: anything goes except a digi
Stamping sensations February: anything goes
Loves rubber stamps 137: anything goes
Art by Miran 25: anything goes
Stempelsonne 134: anything goes
Party time Tuesday 195: anything goes
Craft your passion 248: anything goes
Crafting from the heart 46: anything goes
Not just cards 12: anything goes
My craft creations: anything goes
Inspiration destination 19: anything goes
Sister act 92: anything goes
DL.ART February linky