Three challenges in one

At last - a couple of hours to craft!! Thought I'd better use my time wisely, so I decided to make a card that would fulfil three of this week's challenges.

First: Cute Card Thursday #19 is to make a card with ANIMALS ONLY - ie no people or characters.

Second: Stamp Something this week is "The Sweetest Thing" - to produce a card featuring candy; and

Finally: I set the card out in line with Friday Sketchers Sketch #11.

I used: a house mouse image stamped and gifted to me by Lorraine, coloured with watercolour pencils and Cosmic Shimmers; sentiments from Penny Black transparent "Salutations" set; Prima flowers, Papermania brads, and papers from the local craft shop from a "broken up" stack, so I don't know what make they are. This card also has my first attempt at faux stitching - hope you like it!

Old School Reunion

A few weeks ago a lady I used to go to school with over 30 years ago contacted me through Friends Reunited, reminded of our schooldays when she looked out her teenage party photos to show her own teenage daughter; and last Saturday we had lunch together. We recognised each other straight away, and the time flew by in conversation so it was really great that she had got in touch.

I said I would send her a "sample" of my cardmaking so have made this fairly simple card which I think has a lovely sentiment appropriate to the occasion. I have used a Penny Black sentiment stamp, papers by Heidi Grace designs for Fiskars, Prima flowers and Papermania pearl brads. The shape and size of the card was heavily influenced by a card I recently received from Lorraine, reworked in my own colour scheme. Hopefully we will keep in touch so she will be on my Christmas card list from now on .. just goes to show its enver too late to revive old friendships :-)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Colour

The Penny Black Challenge is what has inspired me to set up my new blog, so having emailed my cards to Tracy and Tracie for the past two weeks I am now finally able to post one here!!

The challenge this week is to make a card using the colours pink, brown and green; so here is my effort - hope you like it.

I have used the PB stamp "Clusters" for the main image, coloured with 2 shades of pink Cosmic Shimmer and "Sea Glass" Twinkling H2O.The greeting stamp is by Hero Arts; papers are all by Heidi Grace Designs for Fiskars, flowers by Prima and pearl brads by Papermania.