2 dogs and a sheep

Evening crafters!  Hope you're having a good weekend.  We ended up going for a scoot up the coast to Carnlough!  There's nothing nicer than fish'n chips at the seaside!  Wee Rubydoo is pooped after the excitement, she's lying here snoring her head off :)

I decided not to use a sentiment on my card and that 'bark' would be enough.
Stamps from Eat Cake Graphics...
3046-K Optimism (MMM Dogs)
8041-C Bark (text)
Coloured with watercolour pencils.  Spectrum Noir sparkle added to their collars and little pink jumper, and then clear gloss over the top of the sparkle.

• Layout from Splitcoaststampers SCC583
• Colour theme from Stamp Ink Paper #38
• Penny Black and More March - feature a creature
• Penny's challenge #268 - anything goes
• Creative Knockouts #132 - dies/punches

My second card is a super quick CAS one ... though when you cost in the time I spent looking for the stamp I originally wanted to use, it maybe wasn't so quick after all!  Anyway, in my search I came across this cute little sheepie that I don't think I've ever inked.  

Not sure of the maker of the sheep, but the frame round the sheep is from Stamps by Judith - I managed to stamp my frame wonky, but sure that's noting new anyway ;)

I watercoloured the bg behind the sheep, and then splattered the green on my base too.  

Spectrum Noir sparkle added to the fleece, and then clear gloss to the head and hooves.  Bit of bling from my stash, a doodled border to match my frame and that's it! 

•  Layout from CAS Colours and Sketches #164
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - a bit o green
• Addicted to Stamps #184 - clean and simple
• 613 Avenue Create #166 - anything goes - option: all that glitters

Flutterby Butterfly

Ack I'm pooped tonight, a looooong day at work!  So it's a wee CAS card from me tonight.  I used this oldie butterfly stamp from Stamps by Judith - got them all coloured in with my watercolour pencils and then managed to stamp my sentiment wonky.  Grrr.

• Addicted to stamps #179 - CAS
• Colour theme from CAS Colours and Sketches #159
• Moving along with the times #13 - things with wings
• Layout from The Challenge #59

Day 8 of the colouring challenge at the Daily Marker

Butterfly birthday

This card was inspired by the pretty butterfly inspiration picture over at The Card Concept.  I've used this older stamp from Stamps by Judith that's been sitting on my desk for a week or two now!

Coloured with my Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils and little white dots added to the wings.

The Card Concept #37 - the butterfly effect
Papertake Weekly - ohh so pretty
Addicted to Stamps #149 - CAS
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - favourite product(watercolour pencils)
Layout from Clean and Simple Stamping FTL17

Inky Chicks #52 - butterflies
CASual Friday CFC140 - tan, white and 1 other colour
Daily Marker colouring Challenge June

Hakuna Matata

I was asked my a workmate to make a card for his wife ... his birthday pressie to her is tickets to see the Lion King stage show and he wanted a card to go with it!  I had this sweet lion in my stash from Stamps by Judith, and I was incredibly lucky lately to win a new release bundle from Taylored Expressions (via the Paper Crafts Connection blog) and this little windy tree die was one of my goodies.

In my mind I was going to create a scene of a great African plain, with a lion sheltering under a tree in the baking sun ... but then reality kicked in and it ended up looking like a cute kitty at the bottom of a summer garden LOL.

Layout from Sketch Saturday #258
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafting Challenge #126 - die cuts and/or punches
Crafty Creations #221 - something old (my lion) something new (my tree die)
Annabelle Stamps AC162 - anything goes
Joanna Sheen Saturday challenge - music/lyrics (mine is inspired by 'Hakuna Matata' from the Lion King)

Sympathy Butterfly

Well we've still got snow, though its the rubbish snow that falls as wee balls, and it's also thawing almost as quick as it lands, so there's lots of yeuchy slush about.  Ah well, it makes for perfect crafting weather! :)

Its been a while since I played in the 10 minute craft challenge, this one took 7 minutes and 49 secs.  The most time consuming bits were decoupaging my butterfly and popping the central panel up on dimensionals.
Butterfly and square from Stamps by Judith - outside border is hand drawn.  Paper Smooches sentiment.

Colour theme from 10 minute craft dash #10
Totally Gorjuss #167 - KISS
Card Makin Mamas - clean and simple