Hey there, chickadee!

Hi ladies!! Hope you are all well and are having the same beautiful sunshine we're having here. Just gonna do this post and then I'm off outside to enjoy the weather! Thanks for all your concern re my Mum. She's doing well now so we are hoping that maybe it will just be 4 or so days per cycle where she feels really poorly. Right ho- now to show you some cards....

First up is an Easter card my sis asked me to make for her friend. I thought I'd use this cutie Sarah Kay stamp with the little chicks. I coloured her with watercolour pencils and did the grass with lyra pencils and outlined with a warm grey copic. The papers are by Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment is Papertrey Ink.

I'd like to enter this into:

Create 4 Fun- sketch

Secret Crafter- our feathered friends

Stampin for the weekend- Easter

Papercutz- use a bunny, lamb, chick or Easter egg

Daring Cardmakers- draw (or stamp!) a bird

Paperplay Challenges- critters galore

Dutch Dare- Spring has sprung

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge- animals or pets

Simon Says- Spring/Easter

Crafty Pad- Spring

A Spoonful of Sugar- use 2 different textures

Here's my usual close up!

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Sarah Kay, Papertrey Ink); Watercolour pencils; Lyra pencils; Copics; Papers (Cosmo Cricket); Assorted cardstock; Flower (Prima); Pearls (Wild Orchid Crafts); Button; Gem; Flower border (K&Co); Stickles

Next up is another Christmas card- no. 4 for this year! Would you believe it's my very first easel card!!!! I made this for the Basic Grey challenge which is to use more than one fold. The main stamp is a Molly Bloom stamp, I've only just discovered them and I've bought a couple of their Christmasy ones and I love the American folk style of them. The wreath is coloured with Lyra pencils. I paper pieced the ribbon and added Art Institute beads for berries. The sentiment, holly and border are all Waltzing Mouse stamps. I again paper pieced the holly and berries. Papers are all Basic Grey.

I'd like to enter this into:

Basic Grey- more than 1 fold

Winter Wonderland- photo inspiration

Papertake Weekly- anything goes and use something new

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Molly Bloom, Waltzing Mouse); Lyra pencils; Papers (Basic Grey); Assorted cardstock; Beads (Art Institute)

And last up.... another Christmas card!!! And another Molly Bloom stamp!

I'd like to enter this into:

Sketch Saturday-sketch

Crafty stash used: Stamps (Molly Bloom, Waltzing Mouse); Lyra pencils; Papers (Pink Paislee, Crate Paper, Cloud 9, Fancy Pants); Assorted cardstock; Distressing tool; Ribbon (recycled); Button; Charm; Pearls