A card for Mum

Over at polkadoodles the challenge is to make something for mum in the colours blue and peach/orange. I've made this easel card for my mum's birthday which is in a couple of weeks. It uses a couple of SU flower stamps. I have layered the lily for depth and added glossy accents. I've also used another of my fab prima flowers. I love them.

Brrm, brrm!

Well, my parents have arrived safely home. It was lovely to see them and Daisy enjoyed their company and the extra playmates!

Now, though, I hopefully have some time to do a bit of crafting. Here is a really simple one that I've made for my friend's son's first birthday. I have used 3d pads to stick the three middle cars onto the paper for a bit of depth.

Finally a card

Hi,

I've just popped on here to post a card I want to enter into two challenges. Over at Allsorts they are celebrating their first birthday with a blog hop and challenge to make a birthday card. There are many fab prizes on offer, so go and have a look!

This card is also for Sir Stampalot challenge which this month is butterflies and blossoms and the prize is a huge stash of Tim Holtz goodies.

Anyway, to the card. I saw this technique in a craft mag about a year ago and stashed it in my brain for future use. I've used a wonderful dimension fourth stamp my Mum brought me when she came to visit. I stamped it once with no colour and then coloured another in and cut part of it to stick on with 3D foam pads. I then cut out the flower again and used glossy accents for the centre. I have used a glimmer mist background with paper from the KandCo Amy Butler range. The butterfly is a kaisercraft stamp.

Now I'm off to go places with my parents again.

A quick one

Hi, just a quick post to say the blood tests came back clear, which I am very happy about. Also, my parents arrived safely and I may not be on here a lot for the next three weeks as we will be exploring Sydney. I will try and post some cards on here as there are some interesting blog challenges I want to join in with.

Down to the wire!

Well, here is my entry for the first Sir Stampalot challenge the theme being fantasy. It ends at noon GMT today, so I am just in time - hopefully. I have made a secret garden gatefold card and used my new alcohol inks to create the background inside the card. I've not had much of a chance to play with them, but I love them already! I have used a variety of stamps to create the garden scene.

Got the blues!

Over on Polkadoodles the challenge is monochrome. I chose blue and made an easel card. I used patterned acetate and the stamp is by SU. This is quite clean and simple, but I quite like it.

I'm sorry I've been a bad blogger this week but I've been getting ready for my parents to arrive. They were meant to come last week but their flight was cancelled because of the volcano. At least it meant I could be ready for them when they do arrive and they now have a bed to sleep on! Also, I've been having lots of blood tests done as the midwife thought I might have gestational diabetes. I just have to wait and see for the results. Hopefully my mojo will come back soon.

In stitches

Over on the allsorts challenge blog, the theme is to include stitching or faux stitching. As my sewing machine is still in England, I drew faux stitching around the image and the green paper. I was given the image a while ago but just found it hidden in my paper stash.