TAKE CARE ON YOUR TRAVELS

Yet another day of wind and rain so no chance of getting out to the garden today so oh no will just have to do some crafting. Over at Waltzingmouse Stamps they are celebrating their 100th Sketch Challenge so congratulations and here is to the next 100 challenges.

I have gone out of my comfort zone with the colours and theme that I have used for this card but I am quite pleased  with the result and may even try something along similar lines for a Father's Day card so I will let you know how that goes.

The papers are Papermania's "Portobello Road" which I have been using a lot lately and the inks used are Distress Ink "Faded Jeans" and Memento "Rich Cocoa".Waltzingmouse stamps "Very Vintage Labels Twenty Five", "Make Your Mark" and "Say it Loud".The Spellbinders dies are "Standard Tag", "Labels Twenty Five" and "Hardware Buckles".

Well I shall carry on with some more crafting which will be a card for a wedding that we have been invited to in August but it may take me that long to get it just right.

LIZ X

RED WHITE AND BLUE

To mark the end of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations a card in red , white and blue, crowns and bling.It has been a wonderful weekend which has united the whole country and we may be a small island but we certainly know how to put on a party on a grand scale.

I shall be entering this card over at the June Inspiration Day over at Christine Emberson's blog hope-chances.blogspot.co.uk.

and at

one stop craft challenge 185 - queens-diamond-jubilee-crowns

The paper is from Papermania "Portobello Road", Tim Holtz Collection stamp, Spellbinders die "Anemone Flower Topper", Recollections rhinestones and Dew Drop Brilliance in Mediterranean Blue.

For a lot of people it will be back to work tomorrow so enjoy the rest of today and remember it will only be three days until the weekend.

Take Care

LIZ X

LITTLE GIRLS

I am doing this post will watching the Jubilee celebrations on the TV and the wet weather is certainley not stopping everybody from enjoying the festivities.For today's card I this Lilly of the Valley stamp which I do love and this setiment from Cloud 9 Design I thought fitted the image so well.

The papers used are from the Papermania "Capsule Collection" burleigh blue and the stamped image was coloured using Promarkers in Satin, Pastel Blue and Poppy.

To finish off the card flowers from Recollections, ribbon and red beads.

Hope you are all still having a wonderful weekend despite the wet weather. Take care and see you soon.

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Anything Goes

LIZ X

A DIAMOND QUEEN

Today is the start of a long weekend for us in the UK as we celebrate the Queen's Jubilee and this morning I put up the bunting in preparation for the celebrations.

I was one of the lucky ones to get an invite to a party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate her Golden Jubilee in 2002 and I took my daughter with me .We were taken through the palace and out to the gardens at the back where we enjoyed a picnic on the lawn before watching the concert later in the evening and we had the most fantastic time and something we will always remember as the day we were invited to Buckingham Palace.

My card is titled for a diamond Queen which she is and I will post it on to the Queen later although I am sure she will have been sent thousands of cards for the occasion.

This card I have entered into a challenge over at

 less is more 70 - red, white and blue.

The stamp is from Indigoblu which I stamped in "Color Box" cerulean and "Hobbycraft" xmas red.

I added a red ribbon around the card placing it through the centre of the flag and added a sentiment at the boottom with a clear gem over the i in diamond.

I would like to send my best wishes to the Queen and hope she enjoys her weekend.

Take care everyone and lets hope it stays dry for this Bank Holiday.

LIZ X

FOREVER FRIENDS

Have been trying to keep away from square or rectangle cards and have been playing around with different die shapes to make a more interesting shaped cards.The image is one of my favorite stamps from Lilly of the Valley.

The papers are from Papermania "Portobello Road" collection and the sentiment is stamped using JustRite Cling "Forever Friends" in Color Box "Cerulean". 

The die used for the flowers were Crealies Die "Creative Flowers" and the card was Spellbinders "Grand Labels  Four" and for the sentiment Ribbon Tags Trio Three.



To finish off the centre of the flowers I used Beadazzles "Jazz", ribbon and flat backed beads.

Hope you can join me again soon so take care till then.

LIZ X

I have entered this card into the following challenges

73 - Anything but Square

May - Anything Goes