Basketball Saturated Canary

I decided to colour another Saturated Canary image, I've become hooked on them, I knew I would! This one is for a boy and reminds me so much of when our sons were young and forever playing ball games. My card blank is a large square by Craft UK. I coloured him with Promarkers and cut it with a Spellbinders grand oval nestie. While it was still in the die I used Distress Ink in Stormy Sky to colour the inside edge. I used backing paper that I've had for ages and it was from one of the shopping channels - I think QVC. The navy blue card used for the mat is from Papermill. I ripped two pieces of the navy card and added a length of Creative Expressions' baker's twine to each one before adding to the background. The LOTV sentiment is top left and that also had the edges smudged with Distress Ink. Three pieces of Card Candi finish off the design.

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:
Creative Craft Challenges - Red, White and Blue
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Anything Goes
Lexi's Creations - For the Boy/Man in our Lives
Love to Create Challenge - Add a Sentiment

The Crazy Challenge - Childhood Memories - mine are memories of my sons playing ball games in their childhood! Does that count?
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - Red, White and Blue

I've noticed that I've lost some of my followers - I'm so sorry if you were one of them and decided to forget me! I do try to keep up with you all but I know that I fail miserably. I don't seem to have enough hours in the day to catch up.  Thank you to all my faithful followers who come to visit whether I can visit them or not. I do appreciate each and every one, thank you.

Golden Wedding

Our friends celebrate their golden wedding at the beginning of September and I've just made them a card today. I had a problem with it and it's not as I planned but my husband thinks that it fits the bill perfectly. I've used Joanna Sheen's Favourite Flowers stamp plate and coloured the bouquet with Promarkers. The card blank is by Craft UK and the backing paper is from QVC. The gold paper is from Create and Craft and I've cut all the hearts and gold backings with Spellbinders dies. The orange rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves are cut with a Crealies die. The orange satin ribbon I bought in Australia. The Lili of the Valley sentiment is stamped in Versacolor ink.

The weather continues to be wet, wet, wet. Stay happy, summer is just around the corner!!

Pink and Blue Stitching

I've used a large square Craft UK card blank. The bright blue paper is from Papermill and the pink is from QVC. I have used a pink Whispers pen to do faux stitching round the pink paper. Both lace backing papers are from Joanna Sheen's lace pads. The LOTV image is stamped in Memento ink and coloured with Promarkers, set on a Spellbinders nestie oval and backed with a scalloped oval. I bought the ribbons in Australia and the pearls from Kanban. The sentiment is also LOTV and is cut with a circle nestie.

This card is to cover two challenges:
Lili of the Valley: Pink and Blue
Crafty Sentiments: Stitching

Challenge 100

The Lili of the Valley Challenge 100 is Anything Goes. My large cream card is from QVC and the red mirror board is from Papermill. The backing paper is from Costco and the red organza ribbon is from Joanna Sheen. The flowers are from WOC and the leaves are cut from a Crealies die. The Spellbinders Fleur De Lis motif backs the stamped LOTV image which has been coloured with Promarkers. The LOTV sentiment is bottom right.

I've added a second photo because the first one seemed slightly blurred, sorry. 

Crafty Sentiments

The Crafty Sentiments Challenge is 'Add some sparkle' so I'm entering this card. I've also entered it into the Joanna Sheen Forum Challenge 'Teenage Dreams'. It's a large square cream card from QVC with tan cardstock from Papermill. The tan coloured glitter backing paper is from a Desert Blooms pad - I hope you can see the glitter, it looks lovely IRL. The image is from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD and it's backed on to some of the tan cardstock and raised to give depth. A lilac ribbon is tied across the bottom and WOC flowers and Marianne diecut leaves complete the design.

Simon Says 'Anything Goes' Challenge

Here I am with a House Mouse Sunflower stamp for the Simon Says challenge. The base card has been shaped with a Grand Nestability using Papermill cardstock. The stamp has been stamped with Memento ink on to another nestie label die cut, coloured with Promarkers and edged with Distress Inks. The backing paper is Costco, the Sunflower was made with white flower shapes that I bought from QVC in a huge pack and at it's centre is Flowersoft. The 'Enjoy Life's Moments' sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp on another nestie die cut. Three green gems from my stash complete the design. I'm having a lovely weekend, crafting at home with heating on and cats beside me, husband is watching the Rugby on TV! It's too cold to go out. Have a good weekend everyone.

Slightly different theme today

I've changed my theme today and here is a 'grown up' card. The owl is stamped on to a nesties label, edged with Distress Ink and coloured with Promarkers and set on an embossed bronze card.All of these from the Joanna Sheen shop! The brown/gold A4 card was bought from our Papermill shop before it closed down. The flowers are from a huge pack I bought from QVC and I coloured them with Distress Inks, their leaves are from a Crealies die. The sentiment is from the Lili of the Valley site. The jewels are from my stash.