White on White

I've never tried just white on white before, and I must say I really enjoyed myself playing with different dies and textures.  In the end I settled on swiss dots embossing and fleur de lis squares.

Stamps: Verve Stamps love story
Ink: Archival ink jet black
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders fleur de lis squares and swiss dots embossing folder, clear embossing powder, versamark and satin ribbon.

I'm playing along with
Totally Papercrafts - white on white
Allsorts - black and white
but as I'm late posting this I'm out of time for both - oh well, I did enjoy making this card and for me that's the main thing :)

Mother's Day card

This is a card that I made for my mammy for Mother's Day. I love this image by Mo Manning it's soooo sweet. As well as my new Mo Manning image the papers are new too! I couldn't decide which pad to buy so I ended up with a few of the new My Minds Eye pads. I'm entering my card into the following challenges: Sketch n Stash: challenge 58 sketch Ooh-la-la-Creations: challenge 76 Mother's day/Special friend Cupcake Craft: challenge 135 flowers for mum My Time to Craft: challenge 134 mum's the word Paperplay: challenge 13 for mum Delightful Challenges: flowers Dutch Dare Card challenges: challenge 106 distressing Allsorts: challenge 97 blooming blossoms

Paper: My Minds Eye - Mabel paper pad

Image: Bunches by Mo Manning

Accessories: Copics, Cuttlebug, Nesties, retro punches, Distress ink brushed corduroy, Prima pearls, scrabble letters.

Sunny friday

I've been playing again with my lovely C.C.Design stamps, I just find them such a joy to colour. And as I found an unused paper pad (and to be honest I haven't got a clue how long I've had it either, but I'm sure it's not too long as it wasn't at the bottom of the pile!) I thought I'd play along with the ABC challenge this week.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts - challenge 51 sketch

Crafty Angels - challenge 34 one for the girls

ABC challenge - U is for unused stash

Little Red Wagon - challenge 28 brads

Cutie Sunday - challenge 91 garden

Paper: Freebie paper My Minds Eye pretty please spring papers

Stamp: C.C.Design swiss pixie Heidi, SU! oval all

Ink: Memento

Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Cuttlebug, SU! oval and scallop oval punches, Stickles frossted lace, brads.

Thanks for looking.

My mum's birthday card

I've finally bought myself some Lili of the Valley stamps, and I must say, they are gorgeous (wish I'd bought more now LOL!). So with my new stamps and new new BasicGrey papers I had to play along with Sketch and Stash challenge this week. It's my mums birthday this weekend so I'll be passing this card on to her (hope she likes it!) Sketch and Stash - challenge 33 sketch My time to craft - challenge 87 pretty pearls Creative Card Crew - challenge 48 Happy Birthday ABC challenge - S is for Sparkle Our Creative Corner - bows Allsorts - challenge 47 petals and pearls Stamp: LOTV Me and my cat Paper: BasicGrey Kioshi paper pad Ink: Memento tuxedo black Accessories: Copics, Prima flowers, Cuttlebug, circle nestabilities, Kioshi buttons and brads, Stampendous glitter, pearls Thanks for looking.

A touch of spring

Woohooo, I can't believe it, spring is here and the fields have just turned a little greener so fingers crossed we'll have grass for the cattle soon. I'm sure they're just dying to get out of the smelly shed and run around the fields. It's really funny to watch them when they first get out, even the big fat cows run, jump and kick their back legs out. There's quite a few challenges with the theme of 'spring', and as I had to make a card for a friend I decided to play along with that theme. Crafty Catz - challenge 24 Spring Lots to Do - challenge 11 Springtime Secret Crafter Saturday challenge - challenge 75 Spring has Sprung Allsorts - challenge 44 Spring is in the air Stamp: Daisy by Elisabeth Bell available at Funky Kits Paper: DCWV The Blossoms and Butterflies stack Ink: Memento tuxedo black Accessories: Cuttlebug Square nestabilities Copics Thanks for looking