Thank You's...!!!

Hey, it's me again!

I'm afraid there's no card on this post, so if you're here to look at pretty pictures then you may as well go now!  :)

I just wanted to say a few BIG thank you's!  I am feeling very pleased with myself today - this weekend I have been chosen as an SCS Favourite of the Week, SCS CAS Favourite of the week AND I got an Honourable Mention over at CASology!!!

And on top of that, I am lucky enough to have a few new followers!!  Thank you for joining me here and I hope to see you back soon :)

So thank you to everyone who has been a part of making this possible and to all those who continue to encourage and support me in my creative endeavours, I appreciate each and every one of you and you make it all worthwhile!

Ok, I promise I'll be back with a picture next time and not so many words!!

Thanks for stopping by ;)

A CAS Bonanza...!

Hey!

As this title suggests, this is a CAS festival! I am entering his one card into three CAS challenges :) 

The first of which is CAS(E) this sketch - I've been meaning to have a go at this challenge since it started, but alas I haven't managed to until now.  Here is the sketch;

The second challenge is CAS-ual Fridays - the criteria for this week is Black and White plus 1 - my '1' is red.

The third is another entry for CASology.  The cue card is 'Red'.  I know there's more black and white tyhan red on this card, I'm just hoping it still counts!  :)

Finally, here is my card;

Hopefully it's still obvious that it came from the sketch above?!!  I really enjoyed making this card and combining all the challenges - I usually struggle with that!  I'm quite pleased with how it turned out :)  My other half has 'Man Flu' at the moment, hence the sentiment :)  Obviously, it's worse than any cold anyone else has ever had, EVER!  He'll be feeling better soon I'm sure, I hope!

Anyways, I hope you're all enjoying your weekend and thank you, as always, for stopping by and leaving such wonderful, encouraging comments - it means a lot :)

Supplies
Card:     Paper Mill Direct - White, Black, Red
Stamps: Verve - Hope Blooms
Ink:        Range Perfect Medium
Other:    WOW! - Ebony embossing powder; Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals Die; Spellbinders - Classic
             Edges 2; Craft Concepts - Grunge Dots e/f; pearl; thread

Viva La Verve Week 3...

[This is my second post of the day - can you believe it?!!!  :)  Scroll down to see my other VLV post] 

Well hello there!

I hope everyone is well and looking forward to a good weekend :)

I have, for the first time in I can't remember how long, have completed my Viva La Verve card on the Friday it was released!!!  I really enjoyed this sketch, it just sort of came together which makes a change lately  :)

Here is Charmaine's fabulous sketch;

...and here is my take;

...and a little close up of the flowers - check out the sparkly centres!  

I decided to go with the emboss resist for the background as I haven't done it for AGES!!!!

Thanks for stopping by ;)

Supplies

Card:      Paper Mill Direct - White, Lilac, Pale Turquoise, Sky Grey, Grape, Ivory Linen

Stamps: Verve - Bloom & Grow; SU! - Bliss

Ink:        VersaColor - Violet, Sky Grey; Ranger Perfect Medium; Distress Ink - Broken China, Dusty

             Concord

Other:    Verve Cut Above - Elegant Leaves; Tim Holtz - Tatetred Florals Die; WOW! Silver Pearl and 

             Clear Matt Dull e/p; Papermania Clear e/p; Pearls; Split Pins; Glitter Glue  

Viva La Verve - Best Wishes...

Hey!

This week over at Viva La Verve is the usual sketch challenge, but there's a cool inspiration photo as well just to spice things up a little!

The sketch is by Moe and is gorgeous, as always;

and this is the inspiration photo Moe chose for us to work with;

I don't know about you, but I can honestly say I've never seen a pink front door before!  It's making my British Racing Green one seem a bit ordinary - maybe I'll have to work on that!  :)

I used Moe's sketch and pulled the pink from the inspiration, here is my card;

Thanks for stopping by ;)

Supplies
Card:     Paper Mill Direct - White, Ivory Linen; parcel paper
Stamps: Verve - Wishful Elegance; Papermania - Art Deco
Ink:        Ranger Perfect Medium
Other:    WOW! Tickled Pink and Pastel Pink embossing powder; Crafty Ribbons - Flamingo Pink seam
             binding; rhinestones; thread

Romance and Love...

Hello there!

I have been suffering from a loss of mojo for a few weeks - life's been a bit stressful and it's always my creativity that suffers :(  However, all is not lost!  I managed to have a little creative session and play along with the challenges I have been unforgivably neglecting.  

I don't normally go in for the whole Valentine's thing if I'm honest - but I am feeling it this year!  

So, here is my Valentine's card for the WOW! Embossing Powder Challenge - Romance and Love - awww!  :)

EDIT: I nearly forgot to mention that I have also entered this into the CASology challenge for  this week where the cue card is;
                                                          

Thank you Ardyth for pointing out that my card qualifies!!

I know this photograph doesn't show it very well, but the sentiment is embossed with red sparkly embossing powder!  The damask paper is actually wrapping paper - sshhh, don't tell anyone!  It was what my brother used to wrap our Christmas present in - he purposefully used too much because he knew that I'd love it and that it would go on to have a better life as an up-cycled embellishment :)  I drew and cut out the hearts by hand - I really must get some heart dies - they are on my wish list!  The damask heart was attached to the card front with a little hand stitching - very therapeutic :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies
Card:      Paper Mill Direct - White, Bright Red; damask wrapping paper
Stamps: Hero Arts - Valentine Flourishes
Ink:        Papermania - Red; Distress Ink - Barn Door, Vintage Photo (on edges of solid red heart)
Other:    Cosmic Shimmer - Christmas Sparkle Red e/p; thread

Happy Birthday Jack!!...

Hey there!

Today is my brothers' birthday - Happy Birthday kiddo!!

I made his birthday card using this Viva La Verve sketch by the fabulous Amber Hight.  Here is the sketch;

and here is my darling brothers' birthday card;

I'm hoping he gets his card in the post before he sees this on here!!  :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies

Card:     Paper Mill Direct - White, Grey, Sky Blue, Ocean Blue; K&Co Best Of

Stamps: Verve - Wishful Elegance; Papermania - V&A Pot Pourri

Ink:        Rangers Perfect Medium; VersaColor - Lapis Lazuli and Charcoal

Other:    WOW! Lagoon and Pastel Blue embossing powder; Craft Concepts - Grunge Stripes and Grunge

             Dots; Crafty Ribbons - Sky Blue seam binding; thread; rhinestones 

Happy Birthday To You...

Hello there,

I was asked by a friend of mine to make a birthday card for his mother.  She loves cards apparently and he felt that she would really appreciate a hand made card that was made especially for her - I do hope she likes it!

Here is the card I made for her;

I know I don't have anything in the photograph to use as scale, which would have been a good idea in hindsight, but this card is quite large at 200mm square.  It was quite nice to have all that space to play with for a change :)

Because of the size and the raised flowers, I made a matching box for it to go in;

Thanks for stopping by :)

Supplies
Card:      Paper Mill Direct - White Linen, Primrose, Daffodil, Cerise, Pink Sorbet, Apple Green and Orange
Stamps: Verve - Sunny Days, Wishful Elegance; Waltzingmouse - Big Day Additions
Ink:        SU! - Classic Black; VersaColor - Green
Other:    Spellbinders - Anemone Flower Toppers; Verve Cut Above - Leafy Sprigs; WOW! Clear 
             embossing powder; pearls