High Hopes - Paper Piecing challenge

This week's challenge at High Hopes is Paper Piecing - if you've never had a go my teamie, Aaemie did a great tutorial on it last week - here.  Play along with your High Hopes stamps and win a new one of your choice!

You don't just have to paper piece clothing ... I've paper pieced EVERYTHING on my froggy image, his body, hat and flower!  My top tip when paper piecing is to cut in the middle of your line, that way if you're cutting multiple parts they will always fit together.

All stamps from High Hopes: image: Buggy frog  and sentiment: You're Unfrogettable (I thought this image would be good for a belated Birthday!)

Other Challenges

A Gem of a Challenge #77 - going green
Sketch from Less is More #117
CASual Friday CFC99 - CAS Birthday
Simon Says ... anything goes

90th Birthday Card

This card is for a friend of my Aunt.  Do you think it looks wonky?  Maybe it's the twine in the central panel is making me think so, wish I'd just stuck it on straight. Or maybe it's just my card-making-OCD kicking in LOL!

Image from Lili of the Valley - coloured with pencils and sparkly stickles added to flower centres.

The Corrosive Challenge #173 - Mother's Day / Special Lady
Pile it On #17 - April Showers bring May flowers
Sketch flipped from Sweet Sunday #183
Simon Says ... anything goes

Time for Tiffin

Heee, the only thing missing from these wee girls' table is a big sticky cream bun!  Preferably with fresh cream. Yum.

Image is an oldie from Lili of the Valley.  Coloured with pencils and white enamel accents added.  Little silver mirror dots from stash (sorry, no idea what they're actually called!)

Sketch from MFTWSC121
Simon Says ... anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity R#21 - Perfect papers
Sister Act #4 - anything goes
PolkaDoodles + Studio 12 #17 - birthdays with bling
Oldie but a Goodie - make it girly

Doggy Birthday & Wedding cards

Sunday evening already! And nearly the end of April ... wish someone would tell the weather!  We'd sunshine, heavy showers and hailstones today, so no mission of getting those weeds sorted yet!  "Drip, drip, drip, little April showers" it most definitely wasn't!

This card was inspired by Kadie's card at The Pink Elephant #196- I copied her main layout and use of washi tape, but used a different image and DPs.
Simon Says ... anything goes
Charisma Cardz #16 - polkadots
The Squirrel and The Fox #42 - furry friends

I finally got my wedding order finished this weekend.  Wouldn't fancy making them as a living, too boring making 50 the same!!  The main card was in a pocket style, the card has a lovely sparkly shimmer to it, but I've no chance of picking it up with my camera.

  

Wedding Card #2

Sorry I've been M.I.A. all week, busy in work and no mojo left over to play!  But hurrah for Friday evening, looking forward to my weekend off, lots to do and I need to get stuck in to my order for 50 wedding invitations and get them finished.  Don't think I'll be doing much outdoors anyway, it's such a cold evening here, definitely needed a hat and scarf on my walk with Ruby-doo.  Me, that is, not Ruby.  She hasn't got a hat and scarf.  Yet.  Ha!

Still in wedding mode, but at least it's another one off my list (still have another 4 or 5 to go!!)... sort of the same as the last, but different colour and made on a smaller card base. I hadn't quite planned to add the wee butterflies, but I managed to mark the card with my finger nail or something so had to disguise it!

Stamping for the Weekend - die cuts and/or punches (I used flower and butterfly punches)

Simon Says ... anything goes
Fab'n'Funky #168 - Love is a many splendoured thing
Everybody Art #233 - 2 colours (I used duck egg blue and black)
Creative Card Crew #34 - hand made flowers
Stamping Sensations April challenge - special occasions

Lilac Wedding

Spring has sprung!  And so have the weeds in my garden!  We'd some lovely sunshine (between the showers) and I finally got out into my garden to tackle the worst of the weeds that are sprouting up like mad.  And there's plenty of slugs having a good munch there too ... yeuch (they give me the heebie-jeebies!!)

Wedding season is approaching and I've quite a few cards to get made, so you'll probably be seeing this LOTV image again, and again, and again!!  I really struggle with 'lovey dovey' cards, but quite like how this turned out.
Coloured with pencils, purple bits highlighted with some stickles and wee dots are pale lavender pearl drops.  My flower ribbon has been in my 'too nice to use' stash for a while, so thought it would be nice to use up on a wedding card.

The Corrosive Challenge #172 - life's special occasions
Totally Papercrafts #163 - monochrome
Lili's Little Fairies - seeing double
Everybody Art #232 - glitter / bling
Stamping Sensations April challenge - special occasions
Sparkles April challenge #43 - hearts

Chick Chick Chicken

I was tidying my stash earlier (much needed!!) and came across another oldie stamp, this time from Whipper Snapper.  I also came across a bag of scraps, for some reason I'd been keeping this tiny square of red card!??  Not sure why, but it was perfect to use up with this week's sketch at The Sweet Stop.

The Sweet Stop SSS207 - sketch with a spin - Birthday
Allsorts #203 - a passion for flowers
Divas by Design - butterflies / birds
Creative Card Crew #34 - handmade flowers
Simply Create Too #35 - use your stash
Papertake Weekly - one paper taker