Papertrey May Blog Hop

This is a last minute entry for May's blog hop - we have just got back from a concert at the Royal Albert Hall seeing Roger Hodgeson - do you remember him as the lead singer and songwriter of the band Supertramp?  Well he was just fantastic and Paul and I were so glad we got to see him and we had excellent seats too. The last time I saw the band was in about 1979 - how time flies!

So here is my In Bloom card using my rather neglected dies and touched up a bit with copic markers on the flowers to give a bit of depth.

Thanks for stopping by as always!

Pretty Petals

I was looking at Dawn McVey's blog yesterday where she is showcasing her new stamps for the Papertrey release and thought that her wedding wishes  card that she made reminded me a bit of SU's Pretty Petals set.  I have taken out Pretty Petals a few times to add to my selling pile and today I am glad that I never let it go!

So here is card number one where I used Dawn's layout and changed up the stamps.  I think my lack of photo editing skills has made this more pinky than it is in real life!

All the supplies apart from the flower stamps are from Papertrey.  

I went square for my second card and added a bit of embossing on the bottom portion like Dawn's. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Spring Daffodils

The challenge over at a Passion for Papertrey this fortnight is a sketch challenge and I love a sketch to kick start the old mojo.  I stamped on the Pretty Pastels paper which I used a copic or two as a highlight and loaded it up onto a Parisian lace doily.

The card base is Harvest Gold with stripes of bitty dots paper and a tag from the new tiny tags dies.

Do go over and see what the other girls have done and if you enter you could win a great Papertrey prize!

Mother's Day Cards

I am a bit late in posting my Mother's day cards mainly as we have just got back from a lovely break up in the  North Yorkshire Moors.  I had two cards to make - for my dear Mum and my Mother in Law - so to save any problems I made the same design in both lilac and pink colourways!

The stamp set is the CHA set called Four of a Kind and the little sentiment is from the Siberian Iris stamps by Flourishes.

Make It Monday

Its been so good to have a nice long break this Easter - with the Easter weekend followed by our Royal Wedding today (did you watch?  wasn't it spectacular?  what did you think of The Dress?) there is no work until after the Bank Holiday.  Plenty of time to try my first Make it Monday - you can see Nicole Heady's video of how to do a line frame here.

I used some flowers made from the Beautiful Bloom dies, stamped with the Beautiful Blooms II and Sending You stamp sets in hibiscus burst, berry sorbet and sweet blush inks.  The leaf stamp and die are from Turning a New Leaf and the sentiment is from Think Big Favourites number 1.

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you are having a lovely long weekend! 

Ribbon Shopping

I have to share this great shop with you!  V V Rouleaux is in a little road just off the bottom of Marylebone High Street in London and I have been planning a visit for ages but not got around to it - and as shopping is always more fun with a friend it made part of a good day out last Saturday.

I took along a bag of Papertrey card stock so I could match up colours that I was running low on and I wasn't disappointed!  There was so much to choose from I was like a kid in a sweetie shop. Just look at all that satin ribbon in every size and colour.......

They don't just sell ribbons - there's everything you need to make beautiful fascinators, wedding headdresses and cushions are there - you can check out their website here as they also do mail order :)

VV Rouleaux

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.

How to keep your partner busy!

I thought it might be fun to show Paul poking the holes out of the doilies for me - he is very patient and did all the ones that my friend Betty sent over for me!

I'm playing catch up here as I haven't posted for a while so here is one card headed off to a friend for her birthday made with the new royal velvet colour cardstock and ribbon from Papertrey along with the Parisian Lace die cut with white - boy it takes an age to poke out all those holes - a perfect in front of the tv job!

I also made this card this weekend - it features the new Flower Fusion No.1 stamps from Papertrey - a real little bargain at $5 and lots of fun to play with.  I dug out my versacolour cubes to stamp the flowers - they give great coverage on acrylic stamps - and used a Martha Stewart punch for the fence.

Pretty Sweet Peas

I made a couple of cards with the lovely Sweet Peas stamp set from Flourishes - they are so easy to stamp and colour.  The flowers are coloured with copic markers and the papers are from my stash - I think they may be SEI.  I got the inspiration for this card from Becca Feeken but mine isn't half as classy! (I did correct that ribbon before I sent it off as it looks awful in the photo!)

 This card and the one below fits well for the latest Flourishes challenge which is to use cut edges on your card - here I have used different nestabilities.

  In this card I stamped the smaller flower image as my background in PTI's scarlett jewel ink and really like the pattern it made.  The sentiment is from Verve stamps.

  Thanks for stopping by and not deserting me since I have been awol!
 

Waltzing Mouse Challenge

I haven't played along with the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge before as I only have two WMS sets and one of those is a Christmas set and the other is Frame It, but my friend Sharon set a little challenge to join her this week so here is my very clean and simple try!

The star were die cut with  Papertrey dies out of ocean tides felt and paper with a little embellishing!  You can see all about the challenge here.

Big Bold Valentine

Tonight I am taking things big! The challenge today for the next anniversary giveaway is to create a project that incorporates something unexpectedly mega-sized!

I think this is the biggest card I have ever crafted but then my DH does like a big card (he always buys me a larger than A5) and so I thought I'd try and please this year!  The card base is a whole sheet of pure poppy cardstock folded in half with the craft card topped by some of the large images from Heart Prints stamp set.

The hearts and sentiment were stamped in versafine onyx  and I hand stitched the hearts to the craft card with black embroidery floss.  The edge is cut with a Martha Stewart round the page punch that hasn't seen much love this last year.

Thanks for stopping by this weekend - I hope you are having a good one!

Papertrey Frame Tags

It's the frst time this week that I have had a chance to take part in one of the Papertrey anniversary challenges - today it is to make a tag with a frame and the prize is a fantastic set of fillable frames!

I only have one tag die and one of the fillable frames so that's what I went with.  I double cut the tag so I could slide it open for a message.  These are now just waiting to be added as a gift tag to birthday presents.

Apologies for the lousy photo - it's very late and dark and I'm a useless photographer!