Freebie by Nina Brackett

Supplies:  Digital image and sentiment by Nina Brackett, MME Stella Rose pp, 

Fiskars Crest border punch, PTI button, embroidery floss and copics.

I love what Nina Brackett aka Crafting in Croatia creates.  She also has some amazing freebies on her blog.  Thank you Nina.  I used the one above that she created to honour her Grandma.

I grew up with lots of hydrangea's in the garden - and one was a beautiful blue obviously due to the soil's pH!  Living next to the sea/salt water obviously didn't encourage some things to grow but the hydrangea's loved the conditions. Here's a photo I took in my parents garden in 2007.

I paired the image (coloured with copics) with pp from My Mind's Eye - Stella Rose Hattie Collection.  I also added a PTI Ocean Tides button with some embroidery floss.

Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a wonderful day.  Summer has arrived here in Ireland with temperatures expected to hit the mid 20's today and tomorrow.  So in case I am not in blogland I will be in summerland!

Thanks - playing with textures!

Supplies: Spellbinders Labels One, PTI Vintage Labels, PTI Dark Chocolate ink and 

cardstock, PTI Flower dies, SRM Sentiment sticker, machine stitching, 

pp from stash - used during TGF Royal Battle!, ribbon from stash and pop dots.

I made this card to send to a dear friend and am now "revealing it" as I know she has received it!.  I had fun making this and you can see the inside peeking out (I decorated the inside also - inspired by the recent Caardvarks challenge of "decorate inside and out").

I also had fun with textures - cork and felt.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by.

Many thanks Card

This is one of my card's for this month's challenge over on Hero Arts.  The Challenge this month is "Everything Autumn!".  I played around with the new digital kit by Hero Arts called Basic Tree - available here. 

I used Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate cardstock for the base, matted on a cardstock from my LSS in an orangey/red colour which I ran through my new embossing folder - Woodgrain by Tim Holtz.  Sticker is a sentiment sticker from SRM Stickers.  The buttons are dark chocolate and from Papertrey Ink too.  I coloured the image with copics and added glossy accents to the red leaves only for added texture. 

I am also entering it into the Wee Memories Challenge - "Fall into Autumn" - be sure to check out their DT creations - wow, just amazing.

Pollycraft Monday Challenge is also "Autumn Colours".  Paula and the DT have amazing autumnal goodness on show too.

Thanks so much for peeking.

Male/Teenage Birthday Card

As you will know by now - I adore the stamps in this set from The Greeting Farm - "My Guy Ian".... and I think it is the PERFECT stamp for a teenage boy!.  Cut a circle from Bazzill dotted swiss and added Papertrey Ink vintage buttons in Ocean Tide with embroidery floss.  Sentiment is from Papertrey Ink - Blooming Button Bits stamp set.  All on a black textured cardstock base by DCWV.

I am entering this into Crafty Angels Challenge - your favourite stamp and Crafty Cardmakers - Cards for Men Challenge and Cupcake Craft Challenges - One for the Boys..

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a great Tuesday.