Do I? Don't I?

I really don't know if I like this card... I think that the tendency is to not like it.

I took the sketch from Clean & Simple, the colours of Burgundy, Lime Green and Fuschia from If the Shoe fits and the bird inspiration from Pals Paper Arts.

I think that the problem arose from trying to combine the challenges. I found the colour choice particularly challenging and I'm not a great exponent of inspiration challenges.

I think I'll just put it down to experience and say so more.

The image and sentiment are from Unity stamps.I overstampoed the fuschia background paper with a Tim Holtz background stamp in burgundy and then squirted a little Cosmic Shimmer Mist over it.

The bird was partly shaded with Copics and I went over the lime colour with a thin wash of copper Perfect Pearls, to tie in the texture of the image with the background.

Another Mother's Day Greeting

This card uses the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenges and the theme of stitching from the Secret Crafter's Saturday Challenge.

A friend sent me an email to say that she needed a Mother's Day card and I decided to give her a bit of a choice. This is one of the cards she can choose from.

The papers are from Cuddly Buddly and the image, a favourite of mine from Penny Black, is coloured with my Copics.

The sentiment, which the sketch didn't actually call for, but I added anyway, is from Inkadinkado.

I used my Martha Stewart Crown Border punch for the central section of this card.

I must say that I am really enjoying using the things which I bought yesterday in Farnborough at the Craft Show.

I can't wait to use it all!

More Farnborough Goodies

Here I have used my flower cut and emboss punches and my Martha Stewart Border punch, which I bought at the Craft Fair in Farnborough yesterday.

This fabby duckling image from Penny Black seems right for so many occasions and here I have used him for a Mother's Day salutation.

I had wondered for some time how this set of flower punches worked. I watched a demo on one stand at the show, then went to another and bought them more cheaply. How mean is that?

The card is for a couple of challenges

Paperplay - For a mother

Totally Papercraft - Sketch

The papers are Cuddly Buddly and the sentiment is Inkadinkadoo.

On to the next package of goodies!

Penny Black Challenge

Isn't this just THE most yummy image!

It's another of my trophies from the Farnborough show yesterday. It took me a while to re-find the stand that had £2 off rubber stamps, and then I had to really rummage to find the stamp amongst the crates which were full of them.

As it is from Penny Black, I thought I would use the sketch from their challenge this week. It's coloured with Copics and mounted on Cuddly Buddly papers.

I'm really quite pleased with this one! It's a great sketch!