First Dahlia

When I first got my Delightful Dahlia stamp set I just played around with my Copics - trying out PTI colours and this is my attempt at making berry sorbet colours without the full set! Anyway although it's a bit dark I made up this card using the pack of berry sorbet paper which is nearly all gone now unfortunately. I feel another order coming on!
























This went off to my friend Cathy for her birthday.

All supplies are from papertrey ink (surprise, surprise!).

April Calendar and Card

It's the beginning of April and that means another page of my Flourishes - A Year of Flowers calendar. Nothing screams Spring at me more than daffodils and this little bunch is really pretty. After all the scares of their being no daffodils for Mother's Day in March they are out in full bloom everywhere now - so pretty and cheerful!

























I used Papertrey Lemon Tart and Summer Sunrise papers and ribbon and my little used Dahlia nesties. The daffs are coloured with Copic markers and I added a bookplate from SU.

Here's a better look at the flower itself.




















Whilst I had all the supplies out I made a card too - I used the lemon combo again with some spring moss bitty paper and some tile red card from SU.
























The challenge this fortnight over at A Passion for Papertrey is Easter/Spring. Do pop on over and see what the other girls have made.

Have a lovely Easter and thanks for stopping by!

Violets Take Two

I had a bit more time to make this card using the Year of Flowers - Violets - it's such a pretty set and easy to use either paper piecing as here or colouring in with markers.

This little card caused me quite a few problems - first off I couldn't decide on one or three flowers and dithered for a day adding and taking them off, and then I stamped my sentiment on the tin-types background and hit the ribbon with my block and only got half a sentiment! I know I should have stamped it first before adding the ribbon but I was so pleased with my bow I didn't want to shift it! So I ended up stamping it on some plain white and adding it over the top of the half stamped bit - phew you still with me?

Anyways I liked how it came out - my favourite colours after all - lilac, plum and spring moss make me happy and I hope it does for it's recipient too!

First Violets

This was a first real quickie using the Year of Flowers - Violets from Papertrey. I stamped the flowers onto Lemon Tart card and went over the centres with two copic markers. I mounted them onto some Kraft cardstock and added a sentiment from Damask Designs set - voila!

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!

Quick Cases

It's been a tough couple of weeks without access to all my crafting bits and bobs but all will be well later this week as I slowly get everything back into the house from the greenhouse and start unpacking again!



















I just loved this card of Amy's over at A Passion for Papertrey and had to give it a go - it came together real quick with just some versafine ink, aqua mist cs and some buttons and twine. Mine isn't as classy as Amy's but I like how it came out and good for what I needed it for.

Every time there is a new Papertrey release I have a good look through the DT's blog and see what I could make with stamps I already have. This card of Melissa Bickford's sang to me so I had a go with one of my background basics sets and came up with this - you can tell my PTI stamps and inks were the first thing I unpacked :) Simple but pretty!

























So now I have a dinning area again - we got rid of this big old computer cabinet which we didn't need any more (it was never as clean and tidy as this until we came to sell it!) ...




















and replaced it with this arrangement which DH put together. So much space for my crafty bits and we have a table clear now to eat off and lots of cuboards and drawers to hide everything away in.




























One day I will have a craft room but until then this will suit me fine and dandy!


Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Valentine Roses

I so wanted to take part in Melanie Muenchinger's challenge to make a card using her just wonderful "A Year of Flowers", as the prize is to win a copy of her new stamp set that is just about to be launched by Gina K Designs (and also a change to be a guest designer on her blog!). I think this also makes a late entry for the challenge over at A Passion for Papertrey too.


I knew I wanted to make a Valentine's card and use the roses as they are my favourite in the set, so when I had them all coloured up I hopped over to Mojo Monday blog for some inspiration. This is for Mojo Monday 124.





















The roses were stamped onto Gina K luxury heavy white cardstock and coloured with Copic markers (does anyone know of a Copic certification class near London by any chance?). I thought the Papertrey Background Basics Text Style II went really well - if you read the tiny writing it talks of delight, ectasy and dreams - very good for a Valentine's card :)

All the other supplies are by Papertrey and the sentiment is from Heart Prints.

Here is the sketch from Mojo Monday this week












Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have had a great weekend!

March - A Year of Flowers

I have managed to get a little bit ahead of myself with my calender with limited supplies - one day my new dresser will be finished and my stash returned to its new home!

I tried this pansy in a few colour combos - I was trying to get the effect of those beautiful dark purple ones with a yellow centres that always look like little faces to me but I just didn't have the right Copic colours so I went for the ones that I did have that matched PTI Spring Rain instead.






















I used PTI enchanted evening as my base card and matching ribbon - the little pearls are from Kaiser and so pretty IRL.

















Thanks for stopping by this week!

February - A Year of Flowers

How did February arrive so quickly? Nearly all my crafting material has been stored away whilst my dear hubbie is putting together some new units for our dining area - and all to store my stash as it's morphing itself across the house!

The first calender page went down really well and so I am continuing with the rest of the year!





















Luckily the challenge over at a Passion for Papertrey blog this fortnight is Nature and I think this fits in well. The stamp is from Flourishes, coloured with Copic markers and all other material is from Papertrey.

Here's a little close up of the primrose for February.

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!

January - A Year of Flowers

I work for a civil engineering company and we specialise in land remediation and helping to build new motorways. Every year we get sent lots of calenders from our suppliers and clients and we help ourselves from the pile. The problem is they are not very pretty and are mainly of dozers and diggers and excavators and big trucks! OK if you are a boy who likes big toys but my lovely colleague Mia came back from her holiday last week and had no option on a desk calender, so this is my first prototype for a calender for her.

The crocus flower is from A Year of Flowers from Flourishes and they were a late present from Santa! If you are like me and just love flowers you must check out these stamps. I've only had a couple inked up so far but they are really finely drawn and smashing to colour. I used copic markers and some Papertrey papers, ribbon and cardstock

The calender pages can be printed off from the Flourishes site - free if you buy the stamps!

Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge meets Mojo Monday

I always feel it's more like a mojo Sunday for me as that's my day for crafting but as the light fades so fast of an afternoon it's more of a challenge to get it photographed than to make the card!

Anyways, I was inspired by two challenges this weekend, Mojo Monday 120 and Dawn McVey's latest Raspberry Suite colour challenge - my favourite colour challenge on the block. This week is such a pretty colour combination.


































I used my new Blooming Button Bits again for my card with all the colours in the photo along with Turning a new Leaf - love that set too! I popped the urn up on dimensionals just to give it a bit of a lift.






















It's been good to stay indoors and play all day!