An elf and a balloon

Another quickie visit to blogland this evening, Poldark is on TV and I've an hour of the gorgeous Aidan Turner to get through ;)

This first card uses this sweet little MFT elf, coloured with polychromos, glitter added to his hat/sleeves and clear gloss to the bauble and little bell.

• Layout from MFT Sketch challenge #445 (yippee I won the MFT challenge!)
• CHNC #446 - red
• Power Poppy - Christmas in July

This one is based on the book cover over at the Library Challenge, not a book I've read I confess.

Balloon coloured with polychromos and popped up on foam pads.  

Sky stenciled using the Simon Says Stamp wave stencil and a few cloud dies added for good measure.

• The Library Challenge - Five weeks in a balloon
• CAS on Friday #162 - stencil
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

A violet birthday and some balloons

Ha, I remember the days my post titles used to be witty, now it's just 'this is what it is' LOL

I think I've 5 x 80th birthday cards to make.  So this is the first!  And what other colour would I do my flowers for someone called Violet ;)

My flowers are an oldie from Simon Says Stamp.  I haven't done this much fussy cutting for ages, but my hands definitely don't be so sore using the little Tim Holtz scissors :)

• Just Us Girls #437 - predominently purple
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - flower power
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

This one is inspired by this week's featured stamper over at Splitcoast - here's Suzy's original.

My balloons are super old - I think they're originally from Creative Impressions.  Coloured with watercolour pencils and the green/red one popped up on dimensionals.  Blue stars from stash.  

• Crafty Cardmakers #210 - Birthdays
• Stamp Ink Paper #147 - colour it
• Crafty Catz #413 - anything goes