Birthday card for a vet.

We had a great dry day today, got lots of my pots cleared out in the garden and a few planted up.  I got the most beautiful Dianthus, a sort of deep pink with pretty white edges, so it's now sitting pride of place at our back door :)

This card was a special request for a student vet who loves cows and doesn't like horses!  I used these farm animals from MFT and chalked the sky and added a few splatters for good measure.  I hadn't intended to add the red enamel dots but I had an oops that needed covering ;)
My 21 is die cut with silver card.

• Simon Says Stamp Monday - we've got your number
• Creatalicious #113 - anything goes, optional birthday
• Crafty Creations #340 - anything goes
• Creative Inspirations #273 - one for the girls
• Word Art Wednesday #280/281 - anything goes
• Seize the Birthday - anything goes

Couple of sympathy cards

Whoohoo a nice long weekend for me!  We'd pc problems in work these past couple of days so I treated myself to today off, good timing with the Bank Holiday on Monday :)
I was in 'cleaning mode' today, and torpedoed through the house, so I'm nice and tidy and ready for visitors.  But sure you only get visitors when the house is a tip ;)

I've been making a couple of sympathy cards for my stash.


This first one uses my new favourite bouquet from Prima.  I really must sit down and have a proper play with the colouring as this was a bit of a rush.

• Layout from Tuesday Morning Sketches #400
• Glitter'n'Sparkle #236 - anything goes
• Time Out #82 - flowers
• Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday April - April showers bring May flowers
• My time to craft #344 - sequins or buttons

This second one was inspired by this oooold DP, and my pretty flowers from Power Poppy. 

• Layout from Power Poppy Grab that Spark - I chose sketch #2
• Penny's Paper Crafty challenge #326 - anything goes
• Crafty Catz #368 - anything goes

SC642 Gwen and her kitties

So here's the sketch for this week's challenge over at Splitcoaststampers - if you'd like to play along, please link your card here.
Though I've just noticed I completely forgot about panel #7, oops!

For my card I've used Gwen and her Kitties from Eat Cake Graphics.  Coloured with watercolour pencils, and that's about all I need to tell you!  Nice and easy!  My lovely DPs were a bargain a few months ago from The Range (in Ballymena)

• Cupcake Inspirations #404 - animals
• Crafty Cardmakers #187 - pearls or gems
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge - April
• Creatalicious #113 - anything goes, option birthday
• Word Art Wednesday #280/281 - anything goes

Wedding birdies

Oh BRRRR it's been such a cold few days!  We've had an Arctic blast from the North Pole with wind and light snow flurries!  You wouldn't think it was Spring not that long back!  At least it's not meant to last, so hopefully the weather will smarten up for the Bank Holiday.

I've made a quickie wedding card as a special request for a work colleague.  I had originally stamped my letters in black, but it was a bit 'in your face' so I tried again in grey ink and like it a bit better.  I hadn't intended to have so many of those little hearts, but after stamping all those letters I had VERY inky fingers ;)  The card I used for my backing and the heart border has a lovely sparkle in it, but of course doesn't show up well here!

• Stamp Ink Paper #96 - CAS Wedding
• Stamping Sensations April - anything goes
• Sweet Stampin - flying high
• Always Fun #3 - CAS
• Word Art Wednesday #278/279 - anything goes

Chocolate in her handbag

Do you ever have chocolate in your handbag?  Nah, me neither, it never gets to last that long ;)  I love it all, dark, milk doesn't matter!  Even better when it comes with a hot cuppa tea!
(ever tried a Cadbury's Wispa dunked in your tea? yummmm)

These cuties are from Eat Cake Graphics:
Eloise with her handbag
Daisy Mouse
In her handbag
Firefly

Coloured with watercolour pencils.  Sparkle added to their hats.  Clear gloss to the handbag, hat ribbons and bugs wings.

This card is also posted over at A Sprinkling of Samples and Techniques blog, where you'll find lots more loveliness from Eat Cake Graphics

• Crafting when we can #142 - one for the girls
• Allsorts #412 - I spy - beginning with B - bag, bug
• Word Art Wednesday #278/279 - anything goes
• Creative Inspirations #273 - one for the girls
• Crafty Creations #339 - anything goes

Down in the park

This little guy looks like he's out for a fun day in the park - he's one of my favourites from Eat Cake Graphics:
Webster's tilting his head
(My absolute favourite puppy is featured at the end of this post!)

I've had another go with my brushos and I love how this one turned out :)  I brushoed the BG, then stamped a Row of Pine Trees and coloured with watercolour pencils.  Webster is popped up on dimensionals, and then I added a few enamel dots to finish.

This card is also posted over at A Sprinkling of Samples and Techniques blog, where you'll find lots more loveliness from Eat Cake Graphics

• My Time to Craft #343 - no designer papers
• Less is More #324 - spring walk
• Classic Design Team Open #13 - April 
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - splash it on
• Word Art Wednesday #278/279 - anything goes

Here's a wee pic of Rubydoo in our local park - she ALWAYS stops at the same spot to peer over the wall :). Daftie.

A flying mouse

Here's the new sketch over at Splitcoaststampers.
If you'd like to play along, please link your card here.

I flipped the sketch for my layout ... I had originally intended to have the little mouse flying over a grassy hill, but I had these blue scraps lying on my desk so they got used!
My mouse is an olide from High Hopes - coloured with watercolour pencils, popped up on dimensionals, and clear gloss added to the balloon.
City scape die from Memory Box and red stars from stash.

• Polkadoodles #15 - anything goes
• Crafty Catz #366 - animals
• Happy Little Stampers April - anything goes with dies
• Pixie's Snippets Playground challenge #277/278