A challenge win & Spring Blooms - Part 1

Well, I am truly amazed & chuffed to bits. My Script inspired card, which you can see in the previous blog post here was chosen as the winner of the Just Us Girls colour challenge last week!! So I'm now proudly sporting the Chic of the Week badge on the side of my blog :)

I've got a bit carried away with the Spring Bloom stamps from Clearly Besotted & have made a few more cards with them.
Those of you who have had the pleasure of receiving some Clearly Besotted stamps in the post will know how beautifully Stephanie packages them. Like many crafters, I don't like throwing things away so I used the tissue paper the stamps were wrapped in to make this tulip bouquet for my Mum's birthday card last week.

I used the tulip stamps & matching die again to make this card, which I'm going to enter in the Addicted to CAS challenge this week where the theme is 'Spring' ...

And here's the last of the Mother's Day cards ...

Finally, I used the same design from the card on the previous post, just changing the orientation, colours & sentiment to make a birthday card for my friend ...

Supplies used:
Stamps: Spring Blooms - Clearly Besotted, Mum typography - Papermania, Script - Hero Arts
Dies: Spring Blooms - Clearly Besotted, Large Scallop Edgelits - Stampin' Up
Inks: Promarkers, Gumball Green/Dafodill Delight/Primrose Petals/Raspberry Ripple - Stampin' Up
Other: Baker's Divine Twine - Ribbon Girls, Oval punch - Stampin' Up, Pretty in Pink dotted DSP - SU

Thank you for taking the time to look at my blog, I really appreciate your lovely comments. As you can see by the name of this post, I haven't finished with these Spring Blooms stamps & dies yet, so pop back soon for Part 2 :)

Take care x

Mother's Day

Just a quick post. I've made a few cards for Mother's Day so I thought I'd share them with you ...

I'm going to enter the above card in the 'Inspired by nature' challenge on the Make My Monday blog. The challenge this week is to see cards & projects with a naturalistic theme. I love the stamps & matching Leafy accents dies from Clearly Besotted I used to make this card.

The above card was made using strips of washi tape aligned all the way down a strip of cardstock to make it appear like a seamless sky! I then stuck some red spotted washi tape onto a piece of cardstock & die cut the butterflies with the Butterfly Wishes dies. I'm entering this card  in the Washi Tape Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Moxi Fab World have a card creations week this week with a different challenge every day, go take a look!

Supplies used:
Dies: Leafy Accents - Clearly Besotted; Butterfly Wishes - Clearly Besotted; Circles & scallop - Spellbinders
Stamps: Leafy Accents - Clearly Besotted; Framed Sentiments - Clearly Besotted
Ink pads: Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Real Red - all Stampin' Up
Other: Twine, Washi tape (clouds & hearts); Tiny Tags stamps & punch - Stampin' Up; Swiss Dots embossing folder - Cuttlebug

Thanks for popping by & take care x

Wedding cards

Here are a few Wedding cards I have made in the last few months. I love these latte Stampin Up papers ...

And here's another version, but in black & white ...

I made quite a few wedding cards using the Wedding Wheels stamp. For this card I made an extra long tag from the Two Tags Stampin Up die, tied in ribbon ...

Here's a close up ...

And when the ribbon is untied, the tag unfolds to reveal a secret message!

I've had a musical September this year ... my Dad organised a Blues concert bringing together lots of old Blues music acts from when he played in a band back in the day! I finally got to see George Michael after his concerts were postponed due to ill health last year! And much clapping & singing was had at our night out to see Ultravox :)

Thanks for popping by & take care x

Be mine ... Valentine!

Happy Valentines Day!
I decided to make a Valentine card for my hubby in more masculine colours rather than traditional lovey dovey red :) Here's the result ...

Supplies used (all Stampin Up unless stated) ...
Stamps: I (Heart) Hearts
Ink pads & card stock: Marina mist, Crumb cake, Soft suede
Ribbon: Marina mist taffeta
Punches: Full heart, Small heart
Dies: Sizzlits Lots of Tags
Embossing die: Tim Holtz Patchwork

Hope you all get spoilt this Valentines Day. I must dash now to eat the yummy steak hubby is cooking me mmmmmm...

Thanks for popping by & take care x

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