Anything Goes Challenge 100 In the Garden

Tuesday is challenge day over at the Anything Goes Challenge Blog 

This week we are enjoying being "In the Garden" with butterflies everywhere !!

Our challenge is open from 0800 today for the next two weeks please come and join us for our 100th challenge, we love coming to visit your amazing blog's !!

I couldn't resist taking the butterflies to the extreme for my card using a combination of Marianne Designs, punches and Cheery Lynn to make them fly absolutely everywhere.

I used Perfect Pearls to dress them up a bit

and Cricut Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge to cut the fence, added some doodling and bakers twine

The doily and smaller cuts are made with a brand new set of dies from Spellbinders called Delightful Circles

I used this weeks sketch from the  Sketch Saturday Challenge Blog and have entered my card just for fun !! x !!

Lynn's on line shop continues to be under construction but don't forget to pay her a visit at The Craft Den if  you are near Sheffield.

Birthday Card Commision

I have had to abstain from joining my teamies at FCCB this week, I swear someone stole a whole day out of my week !! 

Please do go and visit, as ever they have some stunning projects, all with a camping theme!!

I couldn't not share something so here is the 70th Birthday card commission I made a couple of weeks ago.

I love cards like this they makes all the muddled worky thoughts and worries disappear and create peace in my head lol 

Hoping to be back with my challenge for Anything Goes next week till them take care

Anything Goes Challenge 95 Buttons Pearl and Lace

Welcome to my post for the start of the latest Anything Goes Challenge

Its one of my favourite challenge's

Button's Pearl and Lace !!

Our challenge is open for the next two weeks so please come and visit us and play along

I started my card with the beautiful Crafty Individuals stamp, cut her out using the smallest Spellbinder 5x7  card creator die and used Kaisercraft Lace stamp to fill in the top and botton of the die cut

I used black card for the second layer, using pink frantage and tarnished silver Cosmic Shimmer UTEE and the lace stamp embossed in white

I used a Marianne design heart to frame my pearl button and used cheese cloth and netting

The live love laugh stamps are this months Stamper's freebie 

There is also some home made music washi tape peeking through and

the back ground is a words stamp inked onto pearl card stock 

Many of the products used are available at the Craft Den, Lynne's on line shop. Check out my side bar for details of her classes, more coming soon!!

I would like to share my card in the following challenges

Fussy and Fancy - Button Up (28th June)

Live and Love Crafts - Birthstones (30th June) Pearl

Marianne's Design Diva's - Lace and Pearls (14th July)

The Hobby House - Anything Goes (27th June)

Country View Crafts - Die Cuts (30th June)

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes (21st June)

Anything but a square over at Anything Goes

Today starts the beginning of a new challenge 

over at the

Anything Goes Challenge Blog

We have been challenged to make a card that is anything but square !!

I have used a fantastic vintage 3D frame card made by Which Craft?

The papers are Teresa Collins

I used distress inks to define the papers

and my Grand Caliber to cut the flowers and butterflies 

Many of the products used can be purchased in Lynne's shop

THE CRAFT DEN

Please pop over to the Anything Goes blog and join in our challenge 

With Love on Mothering Sunday ... x

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY ...

... to all our fabulous Mum's 

Surprise Surprise ... (not !!)

Another Kanban topper, border and card stock for this one with a Craft Work Cards sentiment

The picture doesn't do the beautiful card stock justice, I used a little Tim Holtz Distress Ink on the edges, its all very blue lol along with more Cheery Lynn butterflies, Artiste Cart letters and Tags bags Boxes and More 2 "Happy Mother's Day"

Wishing everyone a wonderful, loved up Mums Day !!

Mother's Day x First of 3 lol !!

Well, I went from being off work sick to acting ward manager in the blink of an eye and so my Mothers Day cards have had to be easy peasy super simples lol especially as I thought it was next Sunday not tomorrow !!

Here is the first one for my own Mum it should be safely in Wales by now x finger's crossed x 

I used a beautiful Kanban topper, matted it onto silver mirror card, added Cheery Lynn butterflies, Cricut Artiste letters and some pearls and job done !!

I put more pearls on the middle flower

I decorated the middle with mirror card punched down one side (Martha Stewart Punch) another Kanban topper and more Artiste letters as my Mum insists it is "Mothering Sunday" bless her. 

That's the beauty of hand made cards  isn't it we can have them just the way we want them !!

We have spent hours over the years trying to find shop cards that are both nice and for Mothering Sunday ... ... not easy !!

Back later with the next one's for both my daughters boyfriends Mum's  

Anything Goes Challenge 86 Vintage /Shabby x

Happy Tuesday !!

Today starts a new challenge over at the

ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE BLOG

We are going vintage/shabby for this fortnights challenge so please pop over and see all the amazing DT projects and then share yours with us !!

I have opted for browns, gold and copper for my card this time around.

The base is 8"x8" and covered with textured chocolate paper,

I had flowers in mind to go with the beautiful stamp which I adore but have no idea who it was made by ...silly me !! Any offers??

 I started by embossing the image with a copper Versa mark ink pad and clear embossing powder. 

I used Distress Inks in Vintage Photo and Pumice Stone embossing round the edges and distressing the edges with my Tim Holtz tool after I had done this, I ripped one edge and curled another to add to the vintage feel.

The beautiful die cuts are the new Spellbinders Enchanted Labels 28 along with the amazing 5x7 card creator basics A ....both coming to the UK very soon!! The sentiment is cut with the smallest decorative elements labels 8.

My side panel is made with a strip of gold paper over laid with "holey" cream mulberry paper. I made the bow from more mulberry and a piece of white tulle blotted with the copper ink. 

My key was very brassy so I inked and embossed it making it tone in much better and secured it with twine.

Flowers are my very favorite favorites lol so I spent ages die cutting and rolling the Spellbinder dies and added some of my new Cheery Lynn butterflies to finish my card. 

Please pay a visit to Lynn's on line shop The Craft Den where you can purchase many of the crafty treasures used in my cards.

Bye for now