Birthday

 Hi Everyone, I have been awol, with my comments on your wonderful blogs, I'm trying to keep up, but I just want to let you know, I have a few things going on that require me to concentrate on those. I will try to keep up with my DT work, but other things may slide, my apologies.

Other than that, it's my birthday today and I want you all to have a drink or two or even 3? on me! Well, a virtual drink, that way you won't get too drunk! Have a remarkable day and week. I will see you asap.

 images 2003, courtesy of Laurie Furnell, put together by me.

This was our garden yesterday. It didn't last, but beautiful while it did. 

I thought I would show you a few photos taken earlier in February, a touch of Spring.

Hellebore

Skimmia

Bergenia

Winter flowering Vebena

 

White Winter Heather

even tulips shooting up

Sarcococca shrub

Herby birthday CHC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for,

 

 Crafting Happiness Challenges

  The theme for this month is "Green"

 

 I love the colour green, and I could have done so many designs for this colour, but I knew I had a beautiful pad of double sided green patterned card, that I just had to use. I found a die I haven't used, and cut one edge of the lighter card, to layer over the darker layer. Both were then die cut with the rectangle die. 

 

I cut a piece of white card from a previous die cut not used, stamped the pot, then using a herb stamp, a NBFU (never before used) item, I stamped it above the pot. I coloured it, maybe I could have done better, in DI's. The 3 layers of happy birthday die cut, were cut from another piece of the card pad, and all layered and added to the card. Quite a few new or unused items used here on this card, quite proud of myself hahaha.

 

paper pad - Floral, Craft Sensations

all dies - Card Making Magic mag free & bought.

inks - Distress Inks - mowed lawn, bundled sage, spiced marmalade

The Challenge is all month, I hope to see you there.

Spring Lamb WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for We Love Stamping 

the theme this month being "Anything Stamped Spring Is InThe Air". 

Spring to me is Lambs, when we travel around the countryside here, we see lambs and I love them. I had a stamp with a Lamb and her Mum, so off I go.

I chose a couple of Spring named digi papers and print and cut them out from the Cameo, so I had the shaped corner. Also cut was watercolour paper, onto which I stamped a little bank for the sheep to stand on. I stencilled some clouds and also stamped some birds. I stamped and embossed the sentiment, then coloured the bank and the sheep with DI's. Would you believe it? I actually fussy cut the sheep and placed them onto the bank with 3D pads. The centrepiece was then added to the dp and the card. I'm quite pleased with the 3D effect of the sheep. 

sheep stamps - Magazine freebies SCP

bank stamp - Chocolate Baroque

sentiment stamp - Violet Studio

inks - Distress Inks forest moss, mowed lawn, hickory smoke, pumice stone

dp - NibbleSkribbles 

Silhouette Cameo

Beautiful Penny Black prizes this month

St Davids Day

 HAPPY 

St Davids Day

Patron Saint of Wales

How awful of me to forget! Instead of me putting lots here, here's a link if you would like to know more.

Sketch TMR

Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each of them, this is for -

 I had quite a think, about this, then found a half diamond shape in my Silhouette files, so I cut a stencil from it. I then chose my colours, masculine of course, and stencilled onto the card. Next it was embossing a few lines to separate the stencilling.

 I wanted a diamond shape for the sentiment, but only had square dies, so that's what it had to be, and it fitted the sentiment stamp nicely, I thought. I decided to make a diamond threesome, so stencilled onto larger squares to match the card base, adding them to the top and bottom corner of the stencilling. You have to look really hard to see them, as I didn't 3D them.

stencil - Tania Batrak Silhouette Design Studio #62274

dies -  square pinhole, sorry lost package.

inks - Distress Inks, faded jeans, tea dye, vintage photo

sentiment stamp - Magazine freebie

Easter bunnies - CCC

 Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each of them, this is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter...

As Easter is just a few weeks away, I decided to do a fun Easter card. I saw these fun bunnies in a store recently and as they were SUPER cheap, I had to have them. I die cut a circle and then placed one of the bunnies as close to it as possible. The circle was removed, and the bunny stamped, turning the card to do 3 more, I did the same with the carrots and clear embossed the images and coloured them. I took another bunny and stamped it onto the circle with the sentiment, embossing those too. The carrot was stamped and embossed separately, and I fussy cut it out to add to the centre, which was then added to the card. I went to add pompoms to their tails, but they were far too big, so a drop of crystal drops and the card was done.

stamps - Violet Studio (The Range) 

inks - Distress Inks - hickory smoke, spiced marmalade, kirsch flamingo

die - lost packaging, sorry.

drops - Nuvo Crystal drops

Turtally Wishes

Hi Everyone, I have 3 DT cards today, I hope you will be able to visit each of them, this is for -

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

We will select two winners each of the weeks 

1 using QKR Stampede  or Eureka Stamps image

 and 1 using any image!

Anything Goes every 1st & 15th of the month

 

I thought I would use these lovely images for my card today, and use a floral background I haven't done in a while, well! it's getting to Spring?

 

I added all dp and images to Silhouette, I printed them and cut 3 of the cat, turtle, and the sentiment.  I cut 2 pieces of card to match the size of the bottom floral, embossing a "wall" and adding stencil clouds. The images were coloured with water colour pencils, I added wobbly eyes to the cat and 3D glaze to the turtle eyes. All then attached to the card. I think I've made it sound a simple card, but it took longer than I thought, don't they always?

cat - Kitty Peaker Eureka Stamps

turtle - Turtle Stamp QKR Stampede

dp - Marisa Lerin Digital Scrapbook

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Beautifully Vibrant

glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

wobbly eyes - stash

embossing folder - Crafter Companion Wall

card - Lidl

ink - Distress Oxide tumbled glass