With Love - Mother's Day Card

Hello to everyone, hope you are all well today. 

 Another first for me, my first Mother's Day Card for 2012.  I have used the absolutely adorable image With Love from Mo Manning which can be found here.  It is soooo sweet and I love it.

List of materials used:

Core'dinations Cardstock and Hot of the Press Papers.

ProMarker and FlexMarker Pens and Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz

Lace and ribbon

Doilies, pearls, crystals and heart charm

Spellbinder dies and butterfly punch - Anna Griffin

Stickles glitter

Sentiment and Verse

A closer and slightly fuzzy (my camera) view of the image and details.

I would like to enter this card for the following Challenges :o)

Mo's Challenge # 121 - Bingo (lace, glitter, pearls, and perhaps a few other things)

4 Craft Chicks - Love is in the Air

By the Cute and Girly Challenge - February - Love is in the Air

Crafts 4 Eternity R # 58 - Raspberry Delight

Crafts and Me Challenge # 68 - Use a new image

DTC # 147 - Use your stash

If the Shoe fits, Scrap it # 99 - Anything Goes

A side view of the card showing the inside with matching papers and panel for recording a greeting.

Showing a Mother's Day verse inside the card with decoration.

Thank you for reading this post.  I hope you like my card.

Sending warmest wishes to all.

      X

Spring Swing

Hello again to everyone.  This is my second card for today featuring another Lili of the Valley sweet stamp - Spring Swing and I have used the image to make my first Easter card of 2012.

I love this image and have used ProMarker and FlexMarker pens to colour and have decorated with a touch of glitter on the tail and some Flowersoft on the flowers.  I have used flowers from my stash plus die cut swirls and pearls.  Ribbon, lace, daisies and pearls are from

my stash.  The small daisy stamped image is from Joanna Sheen and is very sweet.  I have used 4 layers of paper to decorate the card.

I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges :o)

CES Challege # 72 - Lots of layers

Card Pattterns Sketch 152

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #113 - Double the Fun

Showing detail of the inside of the card with further paper layers and swirls and little flower stamp.  I have die cut layers, one is an Easter poem and the other is for recording of a message.  This card will be sent to a family member for Easter.

Thank you for reading this post.  I hope you like the card.

Sending Warmest wishes to All.

             X



Daisy Chain

Happy Day to everyone.  Its still really cold here, the snow is taking its time to clear and I want some sun!!   I hope the weather is not to awful where you are.  The weather forecast here is for temperatures in double figures next week -  so bring it on.

My card for today features the sweet Daisy Chain image from Lili of the Valley. The  image has been stamped and coloured with ProMarker and FlexMarker pens, cut with a Spellbinder Die and mounted on a doily.  I have distressed the backing papers, this is  good fun.   I used an emery board. 

 I have used various embellishments and ribbon from my stash and Martha Stewart punch to mount the ribbon. I have also used some deep lace to decorate the card.   The butterflies are made using an Anna Griffin punch and I have made all of the flowers and leaves.  The small roses were made using Cheery Lynn Design Mini Roses,  I love this die.  The larger roses are from a Spellbinder die and the Chrysanthemum is a Cheery Lynn Design Die.  I have used Tim Holtz distress Ink to colour all of the flowers and the leaves are made using a Martha Stewart punch.  I think that covers everything, lots of fun was had by me.

A closer view of this lovely image.

I would like to enter this card for the following Challenges :o)

2 Sisters Challenge  78 -  I Heart You

HIMCR # 33 - Super Scraps Saturday

One Stop Craft Challenge # 167 - Hearts and Flowers with Ribbon

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge  # 151 - Pearls and Lace

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes, with Heart

Celebrate the Occassion - Anything Goes - Birthday

Showing the inside of the card.

Further detail of the inside of the card.

This is my first posting for today.  I will be listing another in a minute.   I hope you like this card.

Sending warmest wishes to all on this very cold day.

          X

Lili's Birthday Fairy

Hello to everyone on another sunny, freezing cold day.  We are waiting for more snow to fall overnight and are not looking forward to it at all.  We nearly lost the conservatory roof on Sunday due to the weight of the snow and my husband had devised a system of brushes and boxes to support it, until he got it cleared.  Necessity is the mother of invention.

On to my card for today.  This features the very lovely stamp Birthday Fairy from Lili of the Valley.  The image has been coloured using my Pro Marker and Flex Marker pens and highlighted with Stickles.  The backing papers are from my stash and the card is decorated with ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a mixture of cutting dies.  The large flowers have been made by me using Cheery Lynn Design mini rose and Spellbinder dies and the other flowers are from my stash and from The Ribbon Girl.  The leaves have been die cut and coloured with ink.  The butterfly is made using a Magnolia Die and decorated with tiny pearls.  The sentiment is a stamp from Lili of the Valley mounted on a distressed Spellbinder die cut.  I have used the soft shades of Spring to create the card.

I would like to enter this card for the following Challenges :o)

Lili's Little Fairies Week 5 - Spring Colours

Divas by Design Challenge 20 - Anything Goes

Flutter By Wednesday # 188

PCJ Challenge 2 - Fairies/Angels

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

CCH # 105 - Fairies

A  closer view of the lovely image and sentiment and showing the flowers and leaves used to decorate the card.

Showing ribbon and paper lace detail and lovely butterfly with tiny pearls.

The inside of the card featuring paper layers to match the front and with paper doily with greeting and for recording a greeting.

I hope you like this card, thank you so much for reading this post.

Sending warmest wishes to all.

     X

Ruby red Shoes

Greetings to everyone.  It is beautifully sunny but very cold here today.  Wonderful to look at not so much fun if you have to go outside.

My card for today features the fabulous 'Kansas' image from Mo Manning and Dorothy is wearing her lovely sparkling ruby red shoes.

The image is coloured using Pro Marker and Flex Marker pens and I have decorated the lovely little shoes with red sparkling Stickles.  The image is die cut using a Spellbinder Label die and is mounted on a fabulous Cheery Lynn Designs Heart Frame - this may be my favourite cutting die at present.  The flowers are from my sash as is the fine lace and seam binding ribbon.  I have uses a Marianne die to make the little heart buttons and use embroidery floss and pearls to decorate.  The leaves are made using another Spellbinder die and the lovely double layer butterfly is decorated with more pearls and is made using a Cheery Lynn Designs Die.  The backing paper is Hot of the Press and I have layered the front - but you can't see this clearly because of the detail. 

A closer image of the front of the card showing detail.  I would like to enter this card into the following Challenges  :o)

Mo's Challenge #120 - Anything goes with a Mo image

This is just a quick post for today, hope you like the card.

I was delighted to discover yesterday that this card was a winner of the Challenge above. 

Sending warmest wishes to everyone.

                 X

The Lovely Vivienne

Good afternoon to everyone.  I hope this finds you well.   It is very, very chilly here and we have had our first snow of the winter.  Looking out of the window I can see a huge flock of Fieldfair's ( a type of Thrush)  who have come in from the fields to feast on the Holly Berries on the tree next door. 

Back onto my card for today.  I have used Kanban Stamp Set  - Vivienne to create the card.  I have a sort of a Wardrobe shape going on in the front and the doors open onto an inner image with tag.  I have then attached this to a  6" X 6" card base. 

Pro Marker and Flex Marker pens have been used to decorate the stamped images and I have used some little jewels for decoration.  The papers are from my stash and the edges have been distressed using vintage ink to give a more vintage look .  The patterned backing papers are Hot of the Press.  I have also used Brads, tassel's and vintage ribbon seam binding from my stash.  I have made the mini roses using a Cheery Lynn Design cutting die.

I would like to enter this card for the following Challenges :o)

Charisma Cardz Challenge #4 - Vintage

Divas by Design Challenge 20 - Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge 104 - Its all about Girls, make it Girly

Allsorts Challenge week # 140 - Free and easy February - Pt1

The Poodle Parlour - Anything Goes

Ditzy Craftymess Challenge - Anything Goes

Showing the inside of the 'wardrobe' with another stamped, coloured dress image and matching papers and background stamped with the same stamp set and the edges of the card have been distressed.  A pocket has been made and a double decorated label is in the pocket for recording of a greeting.

This is the decorated inside of the card with matching papers and stamped and coloured images.  The greeting is ' Wishing you a Magical Birthday' a stamp from Lili of the Valley mounted onto a Spellbinder die cut.   There is a further panel for a message on the inside of the card and again I have stamped and distressed the backing card.

Thank you for reading this post. 

Sending warmest wishes to all of you on this snowy day.

                       X



Lady on the Stairs

Happy Day to everyone.  Today's card brings a little French summer warmth and memories of sunny days and warm days to come.  I have used a mix of Stamps to make this card and have had a lot of fun planning and making the card.  The inspiration for the card style can be found here at The Artistic Stamper.

I would like to enter this card for the following Challenges :o)

Crafty Boots Challenge - Inspired by a Song - The Lady of the Stairs - Paul Kelly

Quirky Crafts Challenge 3 2012 - Make a  Scene

CYDA Challenge #37 - Distressing

The Stamp Man Challenge - Embellish

I have had fun making this card.  The backing paper was plain and I have used a variety of stamps from my stash to decorate and distress inks to add colour.  The main image is from Serendipity Stamps and the lady is from Clarity Stamps.  These images have been coloured using ProMarker Pens and more distress Inks.

I have used paper lace from Cheery Lynn Designs, twine, buttons and some extra butterfly stamps to decorate the card.

A closer view of the front image on the card.

Details of the inside of the card   I have folded a piece of 12' x 8' card to make a 6' x 6' card with pockets.  Again lots of distress ink and stamping was done.  A manila label has been coloured, stamped and ribbon has been added and a label has been added to each pocket.

Thank you for reading this post.  I hope you like this card.

Sending warmest wishes to all.

 X