Wheeeeeee!

Hello lovely people,

After the last couple of weekends catching up with family I am spending this weekend mostly in my craft room.  I popped out for a good long walk with Dr. Hubby and a friend yesterday and although it was super chilly, it was beautiful and always so lovely to be out and about in the gorgeous Gloucestershire countryside :-)

Today we have a new 'Use any image' challenge starting on The Ribbon Girl blog, so you can make any type of project as long as it has an image on it.

As usual, you can find details of all the gorgeous products from The Ribbon Girl at the end of my post.

I am totally in love with these pretty papers and they are such good value for money too.  I actually made this card a little bigger than normal because I didn't want to trim even a little off the edge of the gorgeous design of the bottom layer!

My brother's girlfriend has started cycling recently so I thought this image would be great to use for her birthday card.

I enjoy adding detail to my cards but in fairly small amounts so you will often find me snipping up embellishments to suit my tastes!

For this card I have cut the faux hessian in half to get a thin strip, and I snipped out individual pearl clusters from the full spray to tuck in with the flowers.

Do come along and join in with our challenge at The Ribbon Girl, where we have 3 fabulous prizes up for grabs from Lili of the Valley, The Ribbon Girl and Marianne Designs.

I hope you are all having fantastic weekends whatever you may be doing :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

The Ribbon Girl products;
Craft and You 'Beautiful Day' 6x6 paper pad
25mm natural faux hessian
White cherry blossom
Miniature white blossoms
Ivory 10mm open roses
Pale pink 10mm open roses
Cream hip rosebuds
Pearl cluster flowers on silver stems

Other products;

Image: Pedal Power - Time for Tea

Other flowers: from stash

Sentiment: Teenage girl sentiments - LOTV (also available as digi stamps)

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Eyes: E44/57 & B0000/000
Hat / boots: BG93/96/99
Top: R000/00/01
Leggings: W2/3/4/5
Basket: E41/42/43/44
Flowers: R32/35
Leaves: BG90/93
Bike: W0/1/2/3/4/5/6
Ground: E40/41/42/43

Football on repeat

Hello lovely people,

I have a work colleague who asks me to make birthday cards each year for her granddaughter and grandson.  The grandson absolutely loves football and supports his local team, Forest Green Rovers, so I often try to incorporate that into my card.

It's a good job there are lots of football themed card images around and I haven't run out of ideas yet!

This year, as you can see, I went for a pair of football boots coloured in FGR colours.  Of course, I appreciate that the boots can be any colour, but I just thought it would be a nice touch.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: Football kit part 1 - Time for Tea

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Mini tags - Mama Elephant

Sentiment: Mini messages - Mama Elephant

Copic colours;
Uh oh...I tidied these off my desk before I wrote them down so no idea, sorry!

Smile!

Hello lovely people,

Is that some sunshine I see this morning?!  Maybe I will get some gardening time today and if not, another day in my crafty haven beckons!

Today we have a new challenge for you at As You Like It and our theme this time is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...
MARKERS, INKS OR PENCILS
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Digi Stamp Boutique with a $10 voucher

My favourite colouring medium is Copic markers because of the detail and depth of contrast I can get in the shading...on a good day!

I am really enjoying experimenting with my Inktense pencils but I can't see them ever replacing my beloved Copics.

I am pleased to say that it felt like a good colouring day for me when I coloured this fabulous image; doesn't she look so happy and carefree?

I have to say that being outdoors and being active makes me happy and is a good escape from any problems or worries.

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: Pedal power - Time for Tea Designs

DP: Dress Shoppe - available as digi papers from Nitwit Collections

Dies: Dainty dots border - MFT Die-namics (available from Dies to Die For)

Sentiment: Teenage girl sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/55/57
Eyes: E35/37 &B0000/000
Hat / leggings: BV23/25/29
Top: R30/21/22
Flowers: BV20/23
Leaves: YG93/95
Bicycle basket: E41/42/43
Boots / bicycle tyre: W3/5/7
Bike struts / pedals: W00/0/2
Ground: E40/41/42/43