Second Today

Spring must be on the way because I've been raring to go today. I did my ironing straight after breakfast and put it all away - my least favourite job. I washed all the dishes, fed the birds and the cats and then sat and made two cards! This one is an easel card made with a Ladybug Crafts Ink digi floral image. I coloured the image with Promarkers and cut it with a Spellbinders great oval nestie, backing it with the scalloped nestie. The card base was made by creasing and folding a Craft UK card. The pink pearlescent card is by Papermill and the backing paper is from a 12 x 12 First Edition Desert Blooms pad. The Card Candi was added to the easel stop and I cut two Spellbinders corners before adding three WOC pink roses. Finished! Voila, two in one day.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - Shaped but not square
Ladybug Crafts Ink - Pink and Girly
Joanna Sheen - Spring is in the Air
Crafters Companion - Spring
Simon Says - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments

At last I felt like making a card. I haven't made one since Sunday and haven't posted on my blog either! This card is to enter the Crafty Sentiments Challenge which has the theme Ribbons and Bows.

I used a Craft UK card blank with a scalloped edge. The striped backing paper is from my Desert Blooms pad and the gold card is from Create and Craft. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss the orange Papermill card. The digi is 'Pat in Summer' from Suzette at Crafty Sentiments. This is one of three digis I won in a previous challenge and I've used them a lot. She's coloured with Promarkers and I cut her with a Spellbinders nestie rectangle. It's edged in  tattered rose Distress Ink. I bought the orange ribbon in Australia last year. I think I bought every colour and it was a bargain.

First Week Pretty in Print

Over at One Stitch at a Time we are having a Pretty in Print competition - all the details are above. Please join in for your chance to be published.

This week our theme is 'Use a digi'. Two prizes up for grabs each week throughout August and the sponsors this week are:

Crimson Cloud and they are supplying three packs of die cuts as a prize.
One Stop Card Crafts and they are supplying a £10 voucher

I've used a digi from Stitchybear. The card blank is by Craft UK and the beautiful backing paper is from my Desert Blooms pad. The image has been coloured with Promarkers and cut with a Spellbinders rectangle die. The peach coloured card is from Papermill and is used for the backing of the image and the sentiment which was generated on the computer. The flowers are from WOC and the leaves cut with Crealies and Marianne dies. The corner is another Spellbinder die and the pearls are from Kanban.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - Color Combo
A1 Factory Challenge - Anything Goes
Amber's Crafts - Sparkle and Shine
Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes in August
Crafts and Me - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - Friendship
For Fun Challenges - Anything Goes
Fresh Brewed - Hot (images or colours)
Kelley's Kids - Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs - Use Sentiment on Front
The Paper Shelter - Flowers, Flowers, Flowers