Passion for Papercraft: Greeting Farm

Monday, 8 April 2013

Springing into Spring

Hi everyone - hope you are enjoying your week. At last!! - a bit of sun and some weak indications of springtime on its way .. yes I know it's still really cold, but hey the daffodils are finally out in the garden so hopefully warmer days will soon be here!

I felt enthused by the perkier weather and the prevalence of spring-themed challenges around to make a spring time card yesterday ... and I so enjoyed playing with an old Miss Anya image last week that I thought I would do another one. I don't actually own any Anya stamps but I do have a small stash of images sent to me back in the mists of time ... and I was drawn to this one of Miss Anya holding a basket of tulips - what could be more spring-like than that?? Teamed with a piece of LotV paper covered in what look like tulips to me, I was on a (spring) roll lol!

Stamps: Miss Anya; LotV Everyday Sentiment Circles;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Bonnets & Bowties";

Supplies: flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts; berries by Magnolia (from The Glitterpot); heart gems from Hobbycraft; ribbon and doily from my stash;

Tools: decorative labels eight nestabilities; Cheery Lynn "Queen Anne's Lace" border die; Magnolia Doohickey "heart swirl branch".

Challenges:

I actually made this card following the sketch for Bearly Mine challenge - but then realised the challenge closed sooner than I thought and I'd missed it - doh!

Joanna Sheen - Spring into Spring

Corrosive #171 - Spring Fling

Allsorts #201 - Spring Has Sprung

Divas By Design - Spring Colours

Crafts & Me #127 - Spring Flowers

Penny Black at Allsorts (April) - Blossoms and Bows

Ribbon Girl Card Challenge (April) - Just Add Flowers

Crafty Creations #216 - Flowers or Fairies

Totally Papercrafts #161 - Birthday Girl in Pink

In The Pink #18 - Let's Fly Away (with pink)

Kaboodle #166 - Use Any Shade of Pink

I ♥ Promarkers #162 - What's Your Favourite Colour? (pink!)

Simon Says - Happy Birthday / Celebrate (2nd entry)

Cheery Lynn #75 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (3rd entry)

Thanks for visiting today :-)

Hugs,

Thursday, 4 April 2013

Sorry You're Under The Weather

Hi everyone ... hope you enjoyed the long Easter weekend. At last we seem to be getting a bit of sunshine although it's still bitterly cold .. but at least there are some teeny weeny signs of spring !! :-)

Anyhoo, I couldn't help but notice there are quite a few April shower and other weather-related challenges around at the moment, so I dug out this extremely old Miss Anya image and had a go. Here's the result.

I always think it's a bit strange using an umbrella / rain on a greetings card ... so on the odd occasion that I do I try to tie it in to the theme of "under the weather" for a get well card.

Stamp: Greeting Farm "Miss Anya";

Media: Promarkers;

Papers: LotV "Petal Fresh";

Supplies: cherry blossoms and daisy from Wild Orchid Crafts; white spiral stems from The Ribbon Girl; white heather spray from local craft shop; pearls from The Hobby House;

Tools: Decorative Labels Eight nestabilities; Memory Box cloud die.