Mojo Monday 301

There's no better place to  try and get the old mojo back after a crafting break than the Mojo Monday sketch.  I haven't played along for ages and I enjoyed making this today - it was nice to do something calming after all the excitement and stress of watching Andy Murray win Wimbledon yesterday!

 

I pulled out Papertrey's Happiness in Bloom set for my card and teamed it with a Verve sentiment. I am having problems with the strong light here this afternoon and the photo looks paler in colour than it actually is - not that I am complaining about the beautiful hot weather here.

Thank you for stopping by today - have a great week.

Catch Up!

It's been a while I know, but with all the lovely weather I have been spending as much time in the garden as I can.  All the borders are now clear and the lawn mown - all ready for planting over the May bank holiday weekend - my best time for planting out.

My friend Pam came over for a few days of crafting and shopping and whilst she was here she said how the papers I have used here were "just her colours" so I put this card together for her birthday!    I saw this great card by Teresa Kline and had a chance to use some Verve stamps to case it.  I'm not sure who makes the papers as Pam was given them by another friend but they sure are pretty.

I had a little time today to play and as the same papers were still on the table I made this card using some new Papertrey goodness - the mat stack 4 die which a new Papertrey buddy Sharon gave me stamped in lemon tart with the woodgrain backgound, some flowers cut with new dies (been waiting ages for them to come back in stock) and harvest gold and pinefeather felt - the pinefeather felt looks black in this photo but in reality is a very dark green.

Also in my parcel was the Sending You stamp set and die which I've used here with some dotty biscotti paper and more flowers - just a quickie but I like the colours together.

Finally some Modern Basics - I am having so much fun playing with this set and I'm so glad I got it - stamped in navy and pale blue versacolour inks onto white card and made for Pam's husband Terry who is recovering from surgery this week.

So there you go!  Hope you are having a great weekend too.

To "Die" For

I love the challenge over at A Passion for Papertrey this fortnight so I'm doing another entry (really I'd just like to win that stamp set!).


I bought quite a few of the Papertrey dies some months back but have not shown them much love so I got them out to play this weekend.


I stamped off a whole sheet of linen vellum with Dot Spot in shades of Aqua Mist, Spring Rain, Hawiian Shores and Spring Moss and just cut into four. The stamps are from fillable frames, round and round and Verve.


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are all having a great weekend!








I think this one is my favourite - buttons and bling!

Favourite Colours

I would use Aqua Mist and Melon Berry all the time if I could - there is just smething about them together! This is for the favourite colours challenge over at a Passion for Papertrey this week and fitted well as I needed a little note card to send to a friend. I couldn't choose between the two colours so used them both!






















The layout is from an old Mojo Monday sketch - last December I think, and all the papers, ribbon and card are from Papertrey with the stamps from Verve.

I hope you have had a great weekend - it's been so beautiful and hot here in London and I hope it stays for the next Bank Holiday weekend.

Mojo Monday 127 and A Passion for Papertrey

It's been such a miserable wet and windy weekend here that it's been just the excuse to stay in and make a few cards.

Over at A Passion for Papertrey the challenge this week is Black and White one of my all time favourites. It's so striking but I know people either love it or hate it - a bit like Marmite! I like both. Mojo Monday has a great choice this week - round or square -

I went with round as I don't make many round cards. Here is my black and white version - it uses Papertrey's Bitty Dots and In Bloom papers and the sentiment is from Floral Frenzy.

I haven't attached a back to the card as yet as I have a fancy to make it into a tag - I did cover the back in white and stamped the matching sentiment from the set so it is all ready to go!

Whilst I had the gear out on the table I made another one - this time in Raspberry Fizz colours - although the light was fading by then and the photo isn't much cop!

The sentiment is by Verve stamps and the little flower from Floral Frenzy again.

























Thanks for stopping by as always. If you fancy entering the challenge over at A Passion for Papertrey you coud be in with a chance to win some Papertrey goodies!

Mojo Monday 121

The snow was so bad again yesterday that I couldn't get down the road in the car - it was quite an experience sliding along - I do so miss my old bus of a Jeep!

So a play day was in order and I had another go at a Mojo Monday challenge. I also had the Passion for Papertrey challenge in mind and managed to slip a bit of embossing with my nesties on the sentiment circle.

It's my Mum's birthday next week and so this is for her. She loves flowers and I think this is a pretty card for her as she is the sweetest person in my life.























I coloured the flowers with copic markers and added some old Anna Griffin paper that really does match the PTI spring rain card but I just cannot get my balance right on the camera. The birthday sentiment is from a Verve set called circular sayings - fantastic service from Verve, the stamps arrived over here so quickly and they were in the sale too!