I love .....

Our new challenge over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

 is all about WHAT YOU LOVE!

Just grab your stamps and show us what floats your boat!

We have 3 great prizes up for grabs too!

So WHAT I LOVE is a shaped card!

I love creating shaped cards for special occasions.

This one was made for my daughter and her partner

moving into their first home.

I have used a Christina Griffiths die set called

6" x 6" flower box and card set.

The card colours are flirty flamingo and coastal cabana.

I stamped the little houses directly onto the card, then

stamped more onto white card and added colour.

I cut them out and 3d'd them.

The trees and flowers were stamped, coloured and added to the layers.

The sentiment is from two different stamp sets.

I added matching ribbon and bow.

The back has been stamped as well using a few different sets

which I will list below.

The front has also had some clouds inked up.

Stamp sets used:

Quite Curvy, Barn Door, One Happy Family,

Coming Home, Beauty of Friendship and At Home with You.

I hope you get time to join us!

Thanks to those of you who asked how I was.

Getting over covid took longer than I had patience for lol.

But we are all doing very well now, energy levels back

and only a small amount of congestion.

We have been busy moving my daughter into her home

and getting ready for her partner and family arriving from

USA today. We have the wedding on Thursday and the visitors

return on Sunday so hopefully things will get a bit more normal around here.

I would like to enter this into

Creative Creases - funfold

Crafty Calendar - anything but square

Crafting Happiness - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Mix it Up - anything option fun fold

Papercraft Challenges - interactive cards

Crafty Catz - anything option lots of layers

Easter Card

Another Easter card,

this time for my Mother-in-law.

It really was made up from scraps from my table!

I cut some layering ovals in crumb cake card to make the card bigger

and the papers, all retired where cut then stamped

using  Home to Roost (retired) and crumb cake ink and stuck in place.

I punched a load of scraps using the Oval Occasions

punch to make the eggs.

They look a bit long but I wouldn't complain if

they were chocolate lol.

I layered them all up, stamped a sentiment

in rococo rose ink from the Timeless Tulips stamp set,

 then added the metallic bow.

I decided to add a little bird from the

Quite Curvy bundle and coloured him using

crumb cake and daffodil delight blends.

I added loads of Wink of Stella to the spots

on the eggs, doesn't pick up well in photo

but does make them look much prettier.

I would like to enter this into

The Sisterhood of crafters - Easter/Spring

Simon Wednesday Challenge - anything goes

Make My Monday - Easter or Spring cards

Simon Monday Challenge - Easter/Spring

Stamps & fun = Creativity - Spring and/or Easter

I keep thinking today is Friday for some reason!

I've been a day ahead of myself all week!

Today is hubby's first time back to his golf.

To say he is excited is an understatement lol.

Lucky boy!!

 

 

Easter Egg Cards

I made these cards for my Grandkids

for Easter.

I decided going with an oval shape would look cute

and with them all being boys

I went with green and blue colours.

I cut one oval in Bermuda bay and one in granny apple green.

The curvy die was used to cut the top and bottom

off both ovals and then I just swapped

them about and and stuck on to my base card

which I had cut with the same oval.

I stamped and coloured the little rabbit in

matching colours and the sentiment

was stamped in bermuda bay ink and

punched out using the Oval Occasions dies.

For this card I have used

Oh so Ombre papers retired

Oval Layering Dies

Curvy Dies

Fable Friends Stamp set retired

Crumb cake and Bermuda Bay blends

Bermuda Bay ink pad

Oval Occasions punch

I would like to enter these into

Make My Monday - Easter or Spring cards

Crafting Happiness - Bunnies or anything goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Spring and/or Easter

International  Art & Soul - shaped cards

Creative Crafting Uncles - Easter

Have a great week everyone!

 

 

Wings at Tag Tuesday

The theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

has been chosen by me and I would love to see

ANYTHING WITH WINGS!

So a wide open theme for sure.

For this tag I have gone with a Spring like scene.

I used the stamp set called 

Quite Curvy

for the little birds and the trees came from

Life is Beautiful which is sadly retired.

I created the clouds using my homemade stencil and

Pool Party Ink Pad.

The birds have been coloured using

Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Granny Apple Green blends.

The leaves on the trees have been coloured with

Old Olive Blends.

I punched the top of the tag with the

Scallop Tag Topper Punch

and finished with a bit of

Bumblebee Ribbon.

I would like to enter this into

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - anything with a critter

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - feathered friends

Moving along with the times - Spring is coming

I hope you get time to join my theme this fortnight!!

 

 

Quite Curvy Mother's Day

Happy Monday!

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.

We had rain all day Saturday so we spent

it painting again then I watched a movie with my daughter

to relax 😁

My card today is another commission for

Mother's Day.

I used one of my retired embossing folders for the base

then ran a sheet of the Oh So Ombre (free) papers

through with my Pinewood Planks embossing folder.

The flower image is a pre printed one from LOTV

which I framed using the Quite Curvy stamps and dies.

They were coloured with blends

(rococo rose and granny apple green).

The sentiment is from

Strong and Beautiful stamp set

and the Granny was stamped using

Make A Difference stamp set.

I decorated with some ribbon and pearls.

I would like to enter this into

Double Trouble - 1.layer it up (5) 2.Embellish (pearls)

The Crafter's Cafe - lace or pearls (pearls)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Moments - anything goes

Creations in pink - anything mostly pink

Have a great week!

 

 

Quite Curvy just for you!

My VIP Tutorial todays

shows how to make a simple, quick and easy card

using the Quite Curvy stamp set.

I went with old olive card for the base

and coloured the leaves using

old olive, granny apple green and soft seafoam blends.

I would like to enter this into

Kreativtanten Challenge - monochrome

Dream Valley - add some green

Cute Card Thursday - CAS

Sweet Stampers - CAS

Wild and windy today but the sun is out

so squeezed in our walk with the dog early today.

Snow heading our direction early in the morning

so might be grounded for a while!

Take care everyone.

#stayhomeandcraft

 

 

Birds in a row!

My CAS card today was made for the challenge

over at Less is More.

They want to see 'in a row'.

So I went with the little birds and sentiment from

the Quite Curvy Bundle.

I kept it really simple, so much so,

I keep wondering is it too simple!!

The birds have been coloured using

daffodil delight and crumb cake blends.

I am entering this into

Less is More - in a row

CAS on Sunday - animals

Always Fun Challenges - one layer cards

Cardz 4 Galz - Inspired by a Beatles song - free as a bird

CAS Colours & Sketches - followed the sketch

(thanks for the heads up Vicky)

I had a rough night's sleep last night.

It just seemed to be soooo warm and me

and heat do not mix well!

Bit of a grump today then 😂

Have a lovely weekend my friends.

#stayhomeandcraft