Hap-bee & Top 3 @ Sketch n Stash

I'm lucky enough to have got into the Top 3/5 for a couple of challenges this week, but was probably most surprised by the one for Sketch n Stash as I though that my Spring Chick card was far too different from the mainstream... Anyhow, this is my take on this weeks Sketch and I'm also combining it with this weeks Passion for Promarkers "Bugs" challenge. I even managed to make a card with no ribbon.....

The image is from Pink Petticoats Garden Bugs (currently in the retiring section) and papers are MME (Stella Rose - Gertie). I've coloured it in with promarkers ( tan, caramel, cocoa, buttercup, mustard, blossom, fuchsia, lavender, amethyst and black). The sentiment is printed from PC and pearls from The Hobby House. It's finished off with glossy accents on the wings and flowers as well as a little glitter.

Hope you like it

Jx

On Mother's Day Dotty

This is my final Mothers Day card at last... feel like I have been making them for weeks now... I've used the sketch from Papertake weekly #54 and used Colour Creates #67 - Pastels as inspiration for the colours.  I also thought I'd quickly enter this into this weeks Crafts & Me #27 Anything Goes  challenge before time runs out.  Here is the card...

It was a very simple one to make, papers are Pink Petticoat little big dots in Little Fleur's Pink, gem brads from stash and Sentiment (font adorable) printed from PC and cut out with Nesties.  Finished off with a little white seam binding from Ribbon Girl.

Hope you like it

Jx

Flowers for Mum & Top 5 @ Cupcake Crafts

Hope you have all had a good day? I had a great day yesterday A top 5 @ Cupcake Crafts in last times challenge and a Top 3 @ Sketch n Stash.  I really did think I was seeing things.

I've got two final Mothers' Day cards to make and this is the first one.... I've taken inspiration from Cupcake Crafts Challenge - Flowers for Mum and I've used Bev's Sketch from this weeks Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge.  Yes, you are seeing right, I'm actually using flowers on a card lol.... Here it is.

There is no image for this one, instead I have made the sentiment the main focus. The papers are Shabby Princess ( bits from scrap box).  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the seam binding (Mimosa) and dew drops are from the Ribbon Girl .

Hope you like it, I'll be back with the second one shortly....

Jx

Rosette, Teddy & Cupcake - A Trio of Less is More Sketch

OK, now I think I'm obsessed with this weeks Less Is More sketch, but I really love the composition.  Any how, I've used it for my last Mother's day cards, so here they are....

Rosette
The first used Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Mini Paper Rosette, papers are pink petticoat out of my stash box and ribbon is dove craft.  The button is from American Crafts in the sale and the white ribbon recycled from the packaging I get Ribbon Girl orders in!!

Teddy
The second is a really old Sizzix/Ellison die and I made up these teddies a while ago.  Papers again are pink petticoat from scrap box, pink pearl is from Hobby House and white ribbon is Club green from stash.

Cupcake
The third card uses pink petticoat image ( these I had printed off from couple of weeks ago) and pink petticoat paper.  The image is coloured in with promarkers ( Blossom, fuchsia pink, pastel blue, denim blue, mulberry). The ribbon is Dove craft and the pearl Hobby House.

Hope you like them... promise I'm off to make something different now lol

Jx

On Mother's Day Daisy

Morning all, I've really missed that extra hour in bed today.  Anyhow got to be quick so I thought I would share this with you...

I liked the Butterfly from Less is More so much I did the same with the a Daisy... Papers are Shabby Princess, Image is from Digistamp Boutique, Font is the same as the butterfly.

Hope you like it....

Jx

Believe in Faries

Well, this card was supposed to be finished before Saturdays launch of the One Stop Craft Challenge, as even though it wasn't my week on the DT, and I thought I would take part anyhow lol.... But my printer wasn't playing ball and was struggling to print solid areas of black :-(  I've finally sorted now so here is my take on this weeks challenge.....

The image is from this weeks sponsor OSAT, and I have printed it onto papers from the Shabby Princess Promise Collection.  I have then glittered the wings and torn the edges.  It's finished off with a LOTV stamp ( which I have in theory double stamped), black ribbon and some black dewdrops from the Ribbon Girl (Thanks Mary & Andrea for getting these in for me...)

I'm also entering this into this weeks Flutterby Wednesday challenge. Hope you like it....

Jx

Art Deco Lady...

I'm back again with another card.... This card is my first Art Deco one and when Jenny at work asked me to do Art Deco I kind of freaked out a little bit as I didn't see this as my sort of thing.  Hope you like it.

The image is from Debbi Moores CD (Borrowed from Lizy which I know isn't truly crafty ethical but I was desperate lol). The Frame is from Sizzix ( Bigz Ornate # 3) and the white paper is just printing card.  It's finished off with a little bling and some black glitter. Simple but hopefully effective. The font is a Rennie Mackintosh like one called Hill House free from searching for a font.

Hope you like it.  I'm going to enter it into this weeks DYSU challenge which is Shine.

Jx