Bunnies

When I saw the challenge at CAS on Friday, I immediately thought of Lili of the Valley images... their bunnies are so cute!

I stamped the image onto watercolour paper using Memento London Fog ink. I added colour with watercolour pencils and blended gently with a waterbrush.

The sentiment is from Sugar Pea Designs.
Addicted to CAS

Today is the first day of rain that we have had for some time. We are lucky that since staying at home, we have been able to spend

time in the garden or have short walks around some of the local pathways. When our area was developed, the council decided to include lots of walkways between the various groups of houses.

They make for very pleasant walks. People are very courteous when passing each other and make sure that social distancing is observed, but always exchange a friendly greeting.

Stay safe everyone!

Snowdrops

It's a while since I used a digi image for one of my cards, but this is a favourite of mine from Fred She Said, Spring flowers are so delicate looking and these tiny snowdrops look beautiful. It's simply water coloured with a dash of Glamour Dust added to the petals. The sentiment was computer generated using Andalus and Alex Brush fonts. The front panel was cut with a Creative Dies die.

Mother's Day is celebrated in March in the UK unlike the US where it takes place in May. I have many friends from my choir who are particular about calling the special day "Mothering Sunday". It refers back to the time when servants in large houses were allowed to return home for one special day to visit and take a small gift to their mothers. Normally their work work be seven days per week!

Working in service is far less popular these days, as most of the help we have in our homes comes via other means...central heating, dishwashers, washing machines and dryers etc!

Back in the day, I think I would have been the one scrubbing the floors rather than having them scrubbed for me!

AAA Cards - Spring

Krafty Chicks - Shades of green

ElliBelles Corner - Think Spring... add some Green

Always fun Challenge - Add some Green
Addicted to CAS - Green

I love tulips

I seem to have a lot of images of tulips, (I do love them) and here is another, this one from Penny Black. It's simply coloured with Copics and mounted on a SSS stitched rectangle accompanied by a sentiment from Avery Elle.

It's for the challenge at Just us Girls

I seem to have a had a rush of commissions this week, I'd better get on with them!

Spring Flowers

Another One Layer challenge at "Less is More".

This time it's to be Spring Flowers. I simply love them... they always seem to be so delicate.

I love this delicate digi image from Fred She Said. It's simply printed and gently coloured with Distress Inks.

For this I used a die to emboss the flower border, but realised afterwards that in fact I have an embossing folder which is practically identical... it might have been a little easier to use. I simply coloured the raised parts and added some Glamour Dust.

Usually I stamp the sentiment stamp horizontally, but I think it works equally well this way.

This is another little digi from Fred She Said, this time I added a little Anita's 3D Gloss after colouring with Copics.

Mother's Day in Spring

Here's another springlike Mother's Day card.
This one has a triple embossed gold panel imprinted with flowers from  the Stampin' Up 'Believe' set.
After it had hardened I overprinted it with a handwriting stamp.
With a simple matting and a Mother's Day sentiment stamp the card was complete.
Creative Cottage - Spring has Sprung
Paper Pretties - Spring

Mothering Sunday - Spring

I wonder what it is about Spring flowers that seems so new and fresh?
Here I have used a digi image, which I think is from Fred She Said and gently coloured it with Distress inks. I may well have used Copics if I'd had different card, but I'm using stuff I got from my local, soon to close Paper Mill Shop, which doesn't take kindly to blending Copics.
The gingham ribbon is also fresh and springlike and the simple design is one of my favourites.
The sentiment was computer generated and printed directly onto the card. The script font is Precious and the type font is Aldine.
I'm still in Bath looking after my granddaughter, but she has an appointment at the doctor's this afternoon. Hopefully she'll bounce back soon after that!
Creative, creative - Spring
Ooh La La - Mother's Day
Stamp with Fun - Spring
Alys Sunday Challenge - Spring
Dream Valley Challenges - Mother's Day

Joy Fold New Beginning

I'm always delighted to see signs of Spring, although I guess it will be a while before we see any at anytime soon, after this hard winter we've had so far. I always love to see the snowdrops peeping through just outside my kitchen window.

Here I have used a snowdrop image, I'm not sure of the make, it's an unmounted grey rubber one which I bought on eBay quite some time ago and is a nice size, about 6.5 cms tall. I coloured it with distress inks and added a few highlights with a Gelly Roll Pen.

I like these cards to stay closed when required and so added a photo anchor; I don't like to see the back of brads, so I added  the green strip of card by way of both accent and camouflage.

The Spring sentiment is a Debbi Moore stamp.
Crafty Calendar - New Beginnings
Daring Cardmakers - Snowdrops & Carnations
Allsorts - Fancy Fold
Creative Card Crew - New Beginnings
Cupcake Challenges - Something New - Spring - New beginning (My Gelly Roll pens are a new acquisition too)