Sweet Blossom

 

Good afternoon - at last a bit of good weather, and just in time for the late Spring Bank Holiday in the UK - yippee!

 

It has made me come over all spring-like, so I thought I would make a card with one of my new acquisitions, this gorgeous Whimsy stamp called "Sweet Blossom".

 

 

 Stamp: Whimsy by Syvie Zet "Sweet Blossom";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Paper: Prima;

Supplies: flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts; pearls from The Hobby House; ribbon from Hobbycraft; sentiment by Craftwork Cards; doily from my stash;

Tools: large and large classic scalloped circle nestabilities; Marianne D "Branch Forest" die; Martha Stewart "garden trellis" edge punch and "monarch butterfly" punch; Cuttlebug "daisy pattern" embossing folder.

 

 

 Challenges:

Joanna Sheen - Girls, Girls, Girls

Creatalicious #50 - For The Girls

Allsorts #208 - Happy Birthday

Marianne's Design Divas - Get Your Dies Out

Sweet Stampin' - Doilies and Dies

Cute Card Thursday #270 - Tie It Up

Crafty Ribbons #46 - Anything Goes With Ribbon

MAWTT - Embossing

By The Cute & Girly (May) - Flowers

Everybody-Art #237 - Flowers

Passion For Promarkers #199 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Whimsy #59 - Anything Goes

 

 

 That's all for today - enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,

Giving thanks

 

Hi there - hope you're all having an enjoyable week. I'm the wrong side of the pond to be making a Thanksgiving card, but everyone can make a giving thanks card, hmmm??  This is for a very good friend of mine :-)

Stamps: free Whimsy Wee stamp by Sylvia Zet (in craft magazine); Whimsy "friendship ticket"; "thankyou" sentiment from Penny Black transparent set "Salutations";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Nitwits" collection "Promises";

Supplies: flowers form Wild Orchid Crafts (some via The Ribbon Girl); pealrs from The Hobby House and Wild Orchid Crafts;

Tools: large classic oval and scalloped oval nestabilities; Magnolia doohickey "Lovely Fence" die; Memory Box "Marshmallow Cloud"; Cheery Lynn "Fanciful Flourish"; X-Cut small butterfly punch.

  

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations #189 - Sketch

Simon Says - Thank You / Thanksgiving

Crafting For All Seasons #40 - Thank You

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Thank You

Everybody-Art #213 - Oval Shape

Charisma #45 - Keep Your Cool (cool colour spectrum)

Stamp With Stampavie #181 - Swirls & Pearls

Penny Black & More at Allsorts (November) - Any Die Will Do (2nd entry)

Divas By Design #61 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty #102 - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

Away With The Fairies (2) - Things With Wings

Good afternoon everyone - after my exciting news this morning about becoming a Lili's Little Fairy ( see here), I got quite carried away with the idea of fairies, and decided to make a couple of fairy cards.  I haven't actually done any crafting for a fortnight what with work and then going away on holiday, so I thought I needed to get a bit of practice in colouring :-) Bizarrely though I didn't choose one of my beloved LotV fairy images for this task - the reason being that I wanted to make cards for some autumnal challenges, and I thought this gorgeous Whimsy stamp by Sylvie Zet would best fit the bill. Also  I wanted to get some practice at colouring hair which I always find a bit of a challenge ... and the fairy on this stamp has certainly got a good head of hair to colour !!

Today's post could equally be called one image, two ways, as I have made two cards using the same stamp - the colours are also similar, but the style of the two cards is quite different. Both are quite outside of my comfort zone, as I never normally use these colour schemes.  

First up is a CAS card which I made to highlight the use of autumnal colours.

Stamp: Whimsy set by Sylvie Zet (free with Papercraft Essentials magazine);

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat (digi);

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Supplies: pearls from The Hobby House.

Challenges:

Passion For Promarkers #167 - Clean and Simple

Stamptacular Sunday #181 - Less Is More

Paper Pretties Wednesday #224 - No Patterned Paper

Without Words #1 - Autumn (CAS Card)

Papertake Weekly - A Hazy Shade of Autumn

Crafty Pad #188 - Autumn Colours

Addicted To Stamps #39 - Autumn Colours

Colour Me Creative #52 - Autumn Colours

Paper Shelter #82 - Autumn Colours

Crafty Catz #150 - Brown & Orange

Crazy 4 Challenges #154 - Anything Goes with a Fall Twist

Sparkles #36 - Away With The Fairies

Fab 'n' Funky #139 - Things With Wings

Crafting For All Seasons #36 - Things With Wings

Challenge Up Your Life #78 - Fantasy

Creative Craft - Anything Goes

Whimsy #51 - Anything Goes

Secondly I made a bit fancier card for three challenges:

Stamps: Whimsy fairy as before; Whimsy "Friendship Ticket" stamp; See-D birthday sentiment;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: Prima "Botanicals";

Supplies: flowers and seam binding from Wild Orchid Crafts; pearls from The Hobby House; lace from my stash;

Tools: Leone Em "Ash Branch" leaf punch.

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar (September) - Browns & Creams

Wild Orchid Crafts # 59 - Autumn Colours

Sketch Saturday #225 - sketch

Rightee - that really is all now from me for today - though I hope to get some more crafting in before I go back to work on Monday :-)

Hugs

A Wee Girl For Summer

Good afternoon, I'm back again for a rare second post on the same day (my Penny Black Saturday Challenge DT post is here). I made this card yesterday, but  by the time I'd finished the light was going so I couldn't get a decent photograph. However I made this card especially for the Ribbon Girl  colour challenge which closes today ... so here I am :-)

I've been desperate to ink up this darling stamp ever since I got her - she was part of a really fabulous set of Wee stamps designed by Sylvia Zet for Whimsy stamps, exclusively for this month's Papercraft Essentials magazine. I first saw her used on a fabulous card by my bloggy bud Squirrel; and when shortly afterwards I spotted the magazine in WH Smith I just had to buy it, even though I don't really buy many craft magazines nowadays. Mind you, my papers were also free in this month's Quick Cards Made Easy lol! .... I deliberately chose them so that I could tie my card in to the fabulous colour theme over at the Ribbon Girl.

Stamps: Image and sentiment both Wee Stamps by Whimsy (free in papercraft Essentials magazine);

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: Wild Rose Studio  "Butterfly Garden";

Supplies: cherry blossom flowers by Hobbycraft; all other flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts; pearls from The Hobby House; ribbon from my stash;

Tools: large classic oval and large classic scalloped oval nestabilities; Magnolia Doohickey "Lovely fence" die; X-Cut small butterfly punch.

Challenges:

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge #20

Joanna Sheen - Summer Daze

Bunny Zoe's Challenge #25 - Girls, Girls, Girls!

Sentimental Sundays #108 - Cute & Girly

Corrosive #152 - Summertime Girls

Dream Valley #35 - Things With Wings

Craft Your Passion #116 - Things With Wings

Stampin' For The Weekend #12 - Show Us Your Style 

(pink, girly and cute with lots of flowers)

Crafty Creations #176 - At Least 3 Different Types of Embellishment

(flowers, pearls, ribbon, diecuts, punched butterfly)

Dutch Dare #171 - Flutterby Butterfly

Allsorts #161 - In Bloom
Sweet Stampin' - Scallops
 I ♥ Promarkers #123 - Anything Goes

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #112 - sketch

That's all for today .. I'll be back tomorrow with a very special card for a new friend :-)

 

Creative Card Crew #53 - Easel Card

Hello everyone - hope you are enjoying the summery weather that we're getting at last. Another fortnight gone, and before we know it it's time for another Creative Card Crew challenge. Thankyou to eveyone who entered last fortnight's "thankyou" challenge - superb entries as always - don't forget to visit the main challenge blog to see if you have won Victoria's superb SU prize.

Before we get onto the next challenge, we have some very sad news - Paula our blog owner has decided to step down for personal reasons. We'll all really miss her, but understand her reasons and just hope she'll keep in touch. meanwhile we have a new CCC owner in the form of the lovely Janna - so hope you will all continue to support the challenge.

So .... onto this fortnight's challenge - we would like to see you make an

Easel Card

We are sponsored this time by Whimsy Stamps

who are offering one lucky randomly drawn winner a $15 gift certificate to spend in their store - lovely!

We have all tried our best to use Whimsy products this week - I have just the one Whimsy stamp, but boy is it a cute one ... this darling little owl. I won this sweetie about 12 months ago from Quixotic Paperie and am ashamed to say I haven't inked it up until now ... looking at it I really can't think why that should be, cos he's just adorable!

I have coloured him with a mixture of Promarkers and a few new Copics I bought at the weekend (just to fill in some colour gaps, you understand lol!). I didn't really have a sentiment to suit, so I just hand wrote one - eek!! I dressed it up a bit though by matting it onto a fancy tag.

Recipe:
Main image: Whimsy Stamps, coloured with Promarkers and Copics;
Papers: My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary";
Supplies: flowers - Prima "Painterly Petals"; pearl brads and spacers from The Hobby House; ribbon from my stash;
Tools: large classic circle and large classic scalloped circle nestabilities; "Fancy tags" shapeabilities; Martha Stewart "Woodland Bough" edge punch; Leone Em "Ash Branch" leaf punch.

I would like to enter this one for the following challenge:
Paper Play #24 - Something Old (my cute Whimsy stamp!)
Totally Gorjuss #35 - Sugar & Spice
Whimsy June Challenge - Summer

Last but not least ... my cute owl is not the only Whimsy product I have used today ... as luck would have it a few days ago I bought a matching Whimsy Stamps digital signature and watermark - posh eh?? lol! At this rate I'll be in danger of starting to look organised!

Have a great week.