Take It Easy

It seems ages since I sat & made any cards, my one & only child is buying his own property, so I am really busy running around & helping him through the process, whilst all the time feeling sick inside as I know I am going to miss him so much. He & I are so close & whilst he will be the other end of town, I realise its time for him to move on at the age of 23. He keeps saying he is glad I am still nearby, so I hope that once he has moved (July/August as it is a new build) things will settle down & I can start to relax again. I think until then I will be like most mums, wanting to keep your children safe each & every day.Better not write anymore, the tears which are never far away are on their way again...lol.

Anyway, this image is a freebie I picked up somewhere on the net (sorry) & I have coloured with Promarkers. MS punch Deep edged Daisy used to create the strip. Sissix swirls made from scrap card. Chocolate box ribbon made from stash. Flowers from stash, as are the candy buttons.. Sentiment chalked & is from a QVC kit bought years ago.
Added Glossy Accents to the water to give more dimension.

I have entered this into the following challenges
Sentimental Sundays Lets Get Wet (plus sentiment)
Gingerloft Blue
Crafty Catz April Showers (water)
One Stop Crafts Spots & Dots

One last thing, I have not managed to get around my normal blog listings & comment, so please forgive me, I will get back in the swing of things soon..
Oh & and another thing...... I have a blog candy going up in the next week, so please look out for it, this is to celebrate my big 50th birthday.

Finally sat down to make some cards today & here is what I have come up with so far.  Good old Tilda & Watering Can. I coloured with my Prisma pencils, thought I had better give them an airing, I think, although I have loads of Promarkers, the pencils are the best for me  for shading, just can't get the hang of it with the pens yet. Skin was coloured using Copics.
I bought Cardmaking & Papercraft today which has a lovely set of stamps & 10 papers to download, of which these are the papers. They are pretty & perfect for spring/floral cards.
I finally got out my sewing machine & edged most of the elements with floral designs

Because that is quite fancy, I only added several dew drops & some blooms from stash.
Entering into the following challenges
Stamp With Fun Spring & Sketch
Sparkles Springtime
Stamps R Us Celebrate Spring
Tuesday Throwdown Florals
Mami Doodles Spring
Stamp Something Spring

Last OSAAT posting

This is my last OSAAT challenge & post as I have decided to step down from the DT. I have been with the team around a year & have made some great blogging friends, who I know I will keep in touch with and I thank Stitchy for allowing me to be part of the team.
This weeks challenge is Mothers Day and is sponsored by

Here is my card.

I was given an image by Reece Scrap Pieces to use which I have coloured with Promarkers & added a couple of jewels, 1 in her hair & the other to hide the word 'mom' on her book as here in the UK we dont spell it like that but as 'mum'.
Mounted onto mirri card & a MS punch used to decorate the edges.
BP I made by spritzing paper with both silver & pink Shimmer, which has given a gorgeous effect.

I then used an old brass stencil & just used glue & mica powders to make the relief pattern around the edge. Liquid Pearls added as well as a large MS punch to make the lacey circles ( cut around both sides of the card matching up).
Sentiment is an Anna Griffin stamp with brads from stash.

This is scheduled as I am out shopping today with hubby.

Easter sweet box

After all my chores yesterday, I sat down & made this Easter sweet box, it just evolved as I had no real plan when I started, other than to make anything but a card! I started by making 4 little boxes, without lids & stuck them together to form a square & then thought ahh I will make a drawer card.

I decorated them to match the outside of the box. The papers are unknown, MS Daisy punch used around the edge of the base

On the top I used Hello Tilda & coloured with Promarkers & mounted it onto a Labels Nestie. The pinkish card, I coloured with Promarkers to get as good a match as I could to the papers.
Flowers from my stash. Butterfly is also a MS punch, whih I have coloured with Gel Pens & a little Glitter Glue.

Magnolia Doohickey die is the tag, on which I have hand written Easter & attached with a brad. Ribbon also from stash.

My intention is to fill it with Mini eggs & give as an Easter present. I am entering it into these challenges
I Love Promarkers Go Dotty
Magnolia-licious Inspirational photo (Easter)
Lexis Creations Ribbon but no bows or knots
Whoopsi Daisy Easter
Tuesday Throwdown Anything but a card
Cards & More Easter Eggs

Anyone for tea?

This week has been manic & I have not made any cards since the weekend, but I made this last weekend, am only just managing to post it  now.

The image is by Mo Manning over at Digital Pencil Too. I think I snagged it as a freebie from FB a while ago. BP are from scrap drawer, so sorry no idea whose they are.
Coloured with Promarkers. Lace, button, jewels & top flowers from stash. Tag is a Magnolia Doohickey die, on which I have stamped My Friend from an Anna Griffin sentiment set.A MS punch used for the leaves. Bottom flowers made by myself using mulberry paper. Photo is not a good one, so apologies, but I have glittered the edges of the flowers & used Glossy Accents on the cup & cherry.
Ok, on with the washing etc etc................................
Entered into the following challenges
Gingerloft Die Cuts/Punches
Scrappy Frogs Flowers & Lace
Digis by Phooka Flower Power
Craft Us Crazy Cupcakes

Mothers Day Tilda

I took the original inspiration for this card from one of last years Magnolia Ink magazines & adapted to my own interpretation. I had been to a Sir Stamp A Lot Tilda class on last Tuesday so had wanted to make a scene on my card.
I started by making my own BP for the bottom of the wall by stamping up a Dimension Fourth stamp with Walnut Stain Distess Ink, so it looks like a brocade wallpaper. Added a fake dado rail by colouring in with Promarkers a small piece of card. The shelf is made the same way. On the shelf I used a Molly Blooms stamp & used shrink plastic to make them small enough to sit on the shelf & added a cutlery charm. The tablecloth effect, I made by using a MS punch Large Daisy & wrapping it around the shelf to give a lacy effect.

Kitchen Sideboard & Baking Tilda with wooden spoon are coloured with Promarkers. The picture I made by cutting up Funky Foam (do you remember that...lol) & mounting the little flowers onto acetate with Glossy Accents & sandwiching the acetate between the funky foam. As it is an easel card, I needed to make something to stop the card falling forward, so I made a rug out of card & pierced the edges & threaded raffia through it to make the fringe.

Added a few flowers to the front edge, along with dewdrops. The sentiment is a Magnolia Doohickey tag die which you can see popping out of the side where I have mounted a housing so the tag can be pulled out & the sentiement read. Unfortunately I did not take a photo of this in full, but as this card is for my sons girlfriend to give to her mum, it is a Mothers Day card for sure.
Entered into the following challenges.
Magnolia Stamp Lovers Use dies (Magnolia Doohickey die)
Sparkles Challenge Mothers Day
Crafty Cardmakers Make Your own BP
Pennys Challenges In the Kitchen
Stamps R Us In the Kitchen
Crafty Creations Mothers Day
Crafty Catz Mothers Day
Just Magnolia Fav Colour Combo (I seem to gravitate towards orange/brown & earth tones a lot)
Stamping for the Weekend Mothers Day

UPDATE I have won Top 3 over at Stamps R us for this card.

Aquamarine

Time for another challenge over at "The Shoe" & this weeks its Aquamarine.

The image I have used is by Stitchy over at The Stitchy store called Birthday Boy & can be purchased here
Coloured with Promarkers. Used my Craft Robo to cut out the scalloped edge to the nestie circle. Plaited some embriodery silk & added my pennants. I made thses by cutting out the shapes, colouring with Promarkers & using a peel off to mask the numbers. A strip added at the side with my own sentiment. Viola!