Happy Mother's Day

Just a quickie post tonight, there's a good evening's viewing on the telly (...for a change!)
This is the card I gave my Mum - image from Lili of the Valley, coloured with promarkers and central panel popped up on dimensionals.
The layout was inspired by the Muse challenge, but I'm too late to enter it now.

Everybody Art #226 - butterfly
Passion for Promarkers #188 - for a lady
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania #01 - butterfly
Creative Inspirations #204 - Happy Mother's Day
Simon Says - a bit o' green
Lili's Little Fairies - a card for Mum
Totally Gorjuss #174 - for Mum
Joanna Sheen - Mum's the word
Dream Valley #52 - Mother's Day

Baby Boy card

Remember I said Spring was on it's way?  Well I take it all back,it's absolutely Baltic today!
Perfect for staying in with the heat on and crafty stuff on the table ;)  This is the only project I have for show'n'tell - I've spent most of the day working on Wedding invitation cards for a friend but I'll not share them till they're finished.

Image from Wild Rose Studio coloured with pencils;  orange balloons and clouds popped up on dimensionals; hand stitched border.

Crafty Catz #173 - all stitched up
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday #96 - up, up and away
Penny Black at Allsorts March challenge - one for the boys
Stamping Sensations March challenge - the great outdoors

Welcome Spring

Gasp, I don't know what's wrong with me ... no glitter, no bling, no baker's twine!! :)
I got this lovely Paper Smooches in the post today from a candy win from Simon Says Stamp blog and I couldn't wait to get some ink on it!
Other than the tree trunks, everything else was paper pieced.  Couldn't get a decent pic though, for some reason my fence turned out a bit greeny rather than bright white.
Trees and birdie popped up on dimensionals.

Layout from MFT Wednesday Sketch Club MFTWSC114
Simon Says ... a bit o'green
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Crafty Creations #212 - green
Oozak #12 - anything goes with spring

Anything High Hopes

This week's challenge at High Hopes is

Anything Goes

(High Hopes images only)
I think this little snow dude (Snowy Portrait) is one of my favourite HH images - coloured with pencils, though I added the details in his face with copics.
Marianne Design snowflake die.





Other Challenges:
Natalie & Amy's Challenge #7 - diecuts
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra March - anything Christmas
Joanna Sheen challenge - layer it up
Papertake Weekly challenge - anything goes

Hippy Car?

Is it just me, or is Blogger acting up tonight?  I can't see my header and my sidebar settings seem to be a bit up the left, and I've noticed a few other blogs look a bit odd too.  Ah well, hopefully he'll sort himself out!

This week's challenge at There She Goes is to CASE a Trendsetter - I chose Torico's 'Scootin By' card from this post.
I bought this stamp at the craft show in Belfast quite a few years ago and don't think I've ever actually inked it up.  Bad me.  I paperpieced everything on the wee car, including the wheels and headlights!
Sentiment from Paper Smooches.

There She Goes #196 - CASE a trendsetter
Cute Card Thursday #258 - something old
Simon Says ... anything goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner #51 - paper piecing

Pink Kittiness

I'm in a definite CAS mode this weather!  I thought I'd have a go at the polaroid effect, not sure if it actually looks like a photo or not LOL!
I've inked this fabulous kitty from my new Paper Smooches set for the first time and have used the inspiration from their current SPARKS picture perfect challenge.  I interpreted the pic as a 'love' theme ... I reckon this kitty would love to have ate all those fishies, he certainly looks pleased enough with himself!  Added a wee heart from another PS set.

CAS-ual Friday CFC92 - make your own wallpaper
The Pink Elephant #188 - anything goes
Use it Tuesday #50 - an uninked stamp
Simon Says - anything goes
Totally Gorjuss #173 - anything goes with pink

New Goodies

I was lucky enough to win some candy from All That Scraps a few weeks ago, and chose this cuuuuute Kitty set from Paper Smooches and this fab fence die from CC Designs.

I was following the colour theme from the 10 minute craft dash for this one ... the trick of this challenge is to have a definite idea of your layout (mine usually changes as I go along, so this is a toughie for me) and have all your dies and stamps ready to use.  (Though I must confess that I have a stash of these clouds pre-cut)
Total time: 9 mins 34 seconds.
I decided later that it needed 'something' so added a couple of pink butterflies up in the top right corner, but I took my pic before I added them as that would have put me outside the 10 minute deadline.

Colour theme from 10 minute craft dash #12
Sweet Stampin - it's all embossing
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes