Another Easel Card

I seem to be on a roll now that I've tried my hand at making an easel card. Thought I'd have another go and this one was so much quicker to make than the first. I inked up my new Lili of the Valley stamp that I bought in Harrogate "Lazy Days". The papers were Hot off the Press. They were actually the first papers I ever bought and their still going.

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge 105 Dimensions

At long last I have attempted to make an easel card. I've been wanting to make one of these cards for ages, but I was always putting it off. Anyway I found a brilliant tutorial on Jeanettes blog "Happy Thoughts & Inkspots", so I thought today, go on why not. I am really pleased with what I produced. The magnolia stamp is one that I bought at the craft show in Harrogate last weekend, and he was coloured in using new copics that I also bought. I found the papers in my stash. They are Daisy Bucket "Love You". I think I'll be looking for some more of this paper as I thinks its gorgeous.

Whiff of Joy Challenge #72 & Charisma Cardz Challenge #12

The challenge at Whiff of Joy this week was to use a sketch created by the talented Bev Rochester. Also the challenge at Charisma Cardz is Spring has Sprung. This gave me the opportunity to ink up my new Norma Fickel stamp "Girl and her lamb". How gorgeous is this stamp. I used MME papers - Pretty Please Spring papers, I used Orange Peel Stickle to outline the daffodils (how spring are they), and I used (for the first time) my Martha Stewart punch Embossed Petals (you can just about see 1 or 2 of them on the red strip). My auntie & uncle brought me that punch back from Florida (as well as a few other things lol). I love seeing all the lambs in the fields now, and a while back I actually got to bottle feed a few. They are just so cute.

Lambing Live baaa

After watching Lambing Live I got the urge to go to Wales. My cousins live there and they have live stock and I knew that they would be lambing now. So yesterday saw us head to Snowdonia, to see the family. After a lovely lunch in the Snowdonia Park, we then went to see the sheepies. The lambs were just gorgeous, and there were 7 needing extra care. They were the ones I spent my time with. I got to feed one but they were all so affectionate and enjoyed sucking on my fingers. I can't believe how rough their fleeces feel. Anyway thought I'd share my experience and some of the piccies hubby took. One is of the expectant mums. My cousin told me there were 100 waiting to give birth and at least another 100 still in the fields. As you can imagine it is their busiest time of the year. My cousin even said that I could take one of the orphans home if I wanted. Oh I was so tempted, but can you imagine what the neighbours would say when we moved in to our new house with a dog and a sheep ha ha (what a thought!!!).

The Pink Elephant Challenge #56 & Quixotic Challenge #16

The Pink Elephant Challenge #56 was to add green to your colour comb0, and Quixotic Challenge #16 was aptly named Leave it Out (use leaves on your project).

This gave me the inspiration to create my card. I used Hot off the Press Floral papers, Stampin' Up "Lovely as a Tree" stamp, and the ribbon was also Stampin' Up chocolate chip. I treated myself to a Versacolor ink pad called Mocha Truffle. This is the first time I have bought a multi-coloured pad, and I am so pleased on how the tree has come out. I think I'll be buying a few more of them.

Lili of the Valley Challenge 47

I was on a roll today with my card making. The challenge at Lili of the Valley was to follow a sketch. I find that following a sketch is so much easier than having to think of a layout.

This sketch gave me the opportunity to ink up my Lili of the Valley stamp that I've had for a while, but thought it was ideal for Mothers Day. I used Papermania Blueberry Hill papers for the background, I think the flowers I used were bought from Hobbycraft. I'm hoping that these will actually stay on the card after the lovely Bev Rochester let me know what type of glue she uses on her cards, as I'd noticed that some of the flowers I've used on other cards didn't want to stay put lol.

Mo's Digital Pencil - Challenge #20

The challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil was to create a card using a sketch by Dawn Burnworth who was the February hostess. Dawn creates some beautiful cards. Here's a link to her blog . You had to use this sketch

The card I created was using Birthday Fairy Lee. How cute is she. I used Forever Friends paper "For You", and used good old glamour dust to give Lees wings a bit of sparkle.