Colour Create, Lili of the Valley and Friday Sketchers Challenges

Hi to you all. I hope you've had a nice weekend. I haven't had too bad a day considering but I think that's cos I kept myself really busy- it's the best thing, I'm finding! So I've been making some more really quite simple cards for the craft fair I'm doing. This first card is for Colour Create and I adore this new stamp from Whipper Snapper. The theme is to use any 3 of the following colours: strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, kiwi or tangerine. Can you see what colours I used?! I coloured it in using a mixture of Lyra pencils and watercolour pencils. The papers are all Basic Grey and I LOVE the colours of them!

Here is a little close up!

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Whipper Snapper); Lyra pencils; Watercolour pencils; Papers (Basic Grey); Nesties; Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

And onto Friday Sketchers Challenge. I made 2 really quick cards for this challenge for my stock.

This first card's image is by Lili of the Valley. The papers are by Basic Grey which I think go perfectly with her stripy tail and the colour of her hair! I then thought I'd use my Martha Stewart punch to continue the wave-like theme. Did it work, do you think?

Crafty stash used: Image (Lili of the Valley); Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Zig zag Punch (Martha Stewart); Daisy punch (Woodware); Flower (Poppicrafts); Button (Poppicrafts); Sentiment (Craftwork Cards)

And another card based on the sketch but I moved the sentiment a little. This card also covers the Lili of the Valley Challenge this fortnight which is paper piecing. So the stamp is Lili of the Valley coloured with copics and paper pieced with Papermania paper which I used throughout the card. The buttons are a fav of mine to add a bit of variation and the sentiment is a Papermania sticker.

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Lili of the Valley); Copics; Paper (Papermania); Assorted cardstock; Buttons die (Sizzix); Sticker (Papermania)

Have a great week, thanks for stopping by xxx

The Pink Elephant and Inspirational Card Sketches Challenges

Hello to all of you. Hope you've enjoyed the sunny weather today. I haven't been working today so have managed to catch up on housework and fit in a couple of cards. I also want to say thanks to those of you who left such nice messages on my last post when I was having a bad day, it really helps to know other people have been through it and that I'll come out the other end. Thanks x

So onto my first card and it's for The Pink Elephant Challenge who's theme this week is "wedding". This was perfect for me as I wanted to make a wedding card for my stock and I had a new stamp to try out! This gorgeous stamp is from Stamping Bella and is called Valentini. I just thought it was really versatile. I have coloured it with my new Lyra pencils and Sansodor. I got these off Ebay for a third of the price so was really pleased. I've only got a set of 24 and haven't got the full spectrum of colours but I like having them as an alternative to watercolour pencils as they blend differently. If you click on the photo you can see a close up of the glitter I've put around the rim of the glass like a martini! I've used Divine Swirls embossing folder for the background and the sentiment is by Lili of the Valley. Finally I added some gorgeous pink hot fix crystals.

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Stamping Bella); Lyra pencils; Assorted cardstock; Divine Swirls folder (Cuttlebug); Sentiment (Lili of the Valley); Stickles; Hot fix crystals (London Bead Co); Ribbon (recycled)

And onto this week's Inspirational Card Sketch (above) as designed by Dawn.

I wanted to make a male get well card so I thought this sketch would lend itself well to this new stamp I wanted to use. Isn't he cute?! I coloured him in with a mixture of Lyra pencils and watercolour pencils and double mounted on cardstock. The paper is For Him set by Papermania. The sentiment is by Stamping Bella and the little buttons are made using a Sizzix die.

A little close up of our chicken!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Whipper Snapper & Stamping Bella); Lyra pencils; Watercolour pencils; Assorted cardstock; Paper (Papermania); Buttons die (Sizzix)

Thanks for looking, hope you have a nice day! x

Challenges and feeling low

Hi everyone in blogland! Sorry I haven't been around much but I've been really busy working and have been really exhausted in the evenings so haven't done any crafting or blogging. I'm also feeling quite low so I feel like I've lost my creativity a bit.

I'm missing my Dad alot this week- maybe cos it's Father's Day and it's so in your face, I feel like I can't do anything without seeing something to do with Father's Day. Plus it's my Dad's birthday in a couple of weeks and I'm dreading it. Also the last few days I've been dreaming all night about him which upsets me. I guess they are all days to get through. I just feel so desperately sad without him.

So onto my cards, I had to make this birthday card for a wonderful friend of mine so I decided to enter it to the Penny Black Friends Saturday Challenge which is to make a celebration card and Sketch Saturday's sketch this week. Doh- I've just realised I've forgotten to post the sketch! Anyway, pop over to their site and you can see it for yourself! So obviously the image is Penny Black coloured with watercolour pencils. I then cut out with Nesties and layered up with Making Memories paper from the Max set. The sentiment is by Lili of the Valley.

Crafty stash used: Stamp (Penny Black); Watercolour pencils; Papers (Making Memories); Nesties; Sentiment (Lili of the Valley)

Here is a little close up of a cutie hedgie!

And another card I made, not for any challenge, but for my stock for the craft show I'm doing- I've still got quite a few I need to make! The papers are all by Basic Grey and the sentiment is stamped using Paper Studio's individual letter stamps. The sketch is from my Cardmaker's Sketch Book. Hope you like it!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Paper Studio); Paper (Basic Grey); Flowers (Poppicrafts and Ebay); Brad (Woodware); Hot fix crystals (London Bead Co)