WELCOME WITH LOTS OF FLOWERS

This morning I spent doing some hedge trimming in the garden will the sun was shining as the weather forecast said it would be rain by this afternoon and sure enough my cue to go back to my craft room and relax.

Over at polka doodle challenge week 23 is Lots Of Flowers which is not very hard for me as I love using flowers as embellishments and the more the better. Have just bought their new CD "Picknix" collection one and it has some fabulous images on it including this adorable bird house which I just had to use for this challenge.

Coloured the image in using my Promarkers and mounted it onto some blue card. I gave myself a bit of a challenge to stick to 3 colours for this card so as not to get carried away with colour as this image has so many details and even though I say so myself I think it works quite well for this picture.

Do enjoy the rest of your day and remember only 1 more day till the weekend.

Take Care

LIZ X



THANK YOU KINDLY

Here again with another sketch challenge over at waltzingmouse sketch challenge and I have decided to go with a Thank You card in pinks and blues.

Time to try out some new stamps which arrived in the post the other day and they are WM Stamp sets " Pic Nic Patterns and " and "Fancy Phrases" which were used for the sentiment and the pattern on the blue card. The background paper is Kaisercraft "Sweet Nothings" which was also used for the large flower using Spellbinders "Anemone Flower Topper" and the smaller flowers in pink craft foam using "Bitty Blossoms"

The tiny butterflies are the leftovers from Spellbinders "Butterfly Circles" and to finish off the card some bling swirls from Zva Creative, a blue flower button and Hobbycraft Ink Pads in "Metallic Blue" and "Light Blue".

Back tomorrow with another project so hope you will join me again.

LIZ X

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