Sweet Sketch Wednesday 159

I think it would take me ages to make my cards if it wasn't for inspirational blogs out there.  One of my favourites is Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  Love the sketch provided this week. My friend is celebrating her birthday next week, so I decided it was about time I used one of the Saturated Canary images I have. I've used Naveah.  The papers are Prima Meadow Lark Collection.  I'm quite pleased with how my flowers have come out (actually with the help of hubby as well - his suggestion).  I used 2 different flower stamps, then the white centre of the flower is part of a Marianne Creatable poinsettia die. I then added a coloured pearl in the centre of each one. I always find cards easier to post when the flowers are this flat.  I used a Sakura Gelly Roll pen to add the white dots on Naveah's dress.

Lazy Afternoon Birthday Wishes

I love this Lily of the Valley stamp called Lazy Afternoon.  Who wouldn't like to just laze in the sun under the shade of a tree. I've used the sketch at Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge 111 - Francesca's sketch. It was a lovely sketch to use and I may use it again.  The papers are Prima Sun Kiss Collection. The sentiment is by Stampin Up.  The challenge at Lili's Little Fairies is In the Garden.

Red, White & Blue

The challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges 196 is Red, White and Blue. A perfect colour combination for a male card. The challenge at Charisma Cardz Challenge this week is Male Cards Challenge #23.  I've used an American Art Stamp and added white embossing powder on the image.  I've used a Martha Stewart punch for the picket fence, and I'm not sure if it is very clear but the 2 round circles are supposed to look like golf balls.  I've used a swiss dots Cuttlebug folder and used the opposite side of the paper to look like the pitted golf balls.

Charisma Cardz Challenge #20 - No Flowers Allowed

I can't believe its been a year since my hubby's niece gave birth to her daughter. How time flies.  I thought the Lili of the Valley stamp Balloon Bunny was so appropriate especially with just the 1 candle on the cupcake.  I love colouring their bunnies in. The pink dotted paper is from Craftwork Cards, and I've used a Tim Holtz die for the number one.  The challenge at Charisma Cardz this week is No Flowers allowed.  Definitely no flowers on this card.  I've added some stickles to the cupcake, and a few sparkly stars by the image.

Sea Odyssey - Day 2

Day 2 of the Giant Spectacular/Sea Odyssey event. Today was grey, very cold especially when you are just standing around, and also showery.  We decided to get to the event early, so we got there an hour early. A long time to wait, but we got a brilliant spot, the uncle walked right past us.  When we got there you could hear the Uncle snoring while he slept.  After he woke, he was helped to put his deep sea diver helmet on, and then his journey began.  It says that he measures 50ft tall. Well he was immense, and some of the photos I'm going to add show the scale of how large he was.  I do think tho' that Archie was getting slightly bored near the end lol.

Sea Odyssey - Day 1

This weekend Liverpool are hosting an event called Sea Odyssey.  It is to commerate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic, and it involves 2 giants + a dog. They will journey around the streets of Liverpool visiting different venues.  The story was created by a French street theatre company Royal de Luxe. The story is based on a poignant letter from a Liverpool school girl to her dad who was a 1st class steward aboard the Titanic.  Alas, the letter never reached her dad.  In Royal de Luxes' story the Little Girl Giant is on a quest to receive news about her dad, who was a stowaway and who unfortunately died on the Titanic. But unbeknown to the girl, her uncle made a promise to scour the ocean floor for the shipwreck and put his brother to rest and in doing so discovered a letter written by him to his beloved daughter. For the past 100 years he has walked across the ocean floor with the sole purpose of delivering the letter to its young owner.  Today we went and watched the Little Girl Giant wake from her sleep with her dog Xolo asleep across her lap. They were both bathed and then the 2 of them set off on their journey. I have never seen anything like this before and I was amazed on how the 2 puppets moved, and also the amount of man power it took to move them along.  I've taken loads of photos so here are just a few of this morning.  Hoping to see her uncle tomorrow.

A Very Special Birthday

My mum will be celebrating her 80th birthday in 2 weeks time. I wanted to make her a card that would stand out from the other cards she will hopefully receive. Thats why I decided to make her an easel card. It also gave me the opportunity to play with my Grand Caliber and grand nesties for the card as I hadn't used them before. The papers I've used are 1st Edition called Love Letters. I thought the Tilda stamp I've used was so appropriate. I have ordered my mum a cake, but I'm not going to attempt to put 80 candles on it lol! The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I'm entering this card into 2 challenges
Totally Tilda Challenges - Challenge #44 - Happy Birthday
Midweek Magnolias - Week #6 - A very special birthday