A touch of sparkle! and welcome March

Supplies: Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock, We R Memory
Keepers Hippity Hoppity 12x12 Paper pack, Anita's A6 cardblank, 
Pebbles glittered chipboard shapes, BG rub on from greeting card kit, adhesive.

Wooohoooooo Welcome March!  Some March related lore ....

If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb!

A dry March and a wet May? Fill barns and bays with corn and hay.

As it rains in March so it rains in June.

March winds and April showers? Bring forth May flowers.

Quick share today.  I decided to try something a little different and applied a rub on to a glittered chipboard heart.  It worked!!!  I adore all the glitter on the paper in this wonderful pp by We R Memory Keepers.  It was begging to be played with!

Thanks so much for stopping by - hope you have a wonderful day.

Baby Boy Card

I decided to play around with some SRM Stickers and adhered the sticker to the sheer ribbon instead of to the card to create a slightly different look and put a layer between the two!.

Supplies:  TGF digi - Toby Cub, pp October Afternoon, Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock, 

machine stitching, sheer white Papermania ribbon, SRM Sticker and pop dots.

My "toby cub" looks a little neon in this photo! LOL!!! he actually isn't as bright in real life!  Thanks so much for peeking and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Happy Anniversary!

The symbol for 45 years of marriage is sapphire.  I found the nearest thing in colour in a Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock and added a handmade fimo button in the shape of a heart!.  The colour looks wonky in this photo but I can't retake as I have already given the card to my parents who celebrate their 45th Wedding Anniversary tomorrow.

I added cream flowers from prima and Hero Arts, Pearls and cream brads.  I would have preferred the chipboard numbers to be a different colour but simply didn't have time to change them... made this in a severe hurry!!!  Not necessarily as I would have wanted ... anyhow

Happy Anniversary to two wonderful parents.  Hope you have a great day.  Thanks so much for stopping by.

Happy Birthday Card

I have been "oohing" and "aaaahing" over Alice and Lucy's creations using this "Watercolours" kit by Jen Martakis - so I just went and bought it..... and do I LOVE it.!  Printed out some last night (the pp under the images not very evident in the photos ... and I'm hooked.  I had to make a belated! birthday card for my SIL (she just visited - so I can post it now!).

supplies: Digi kit Watercolours by Jen Martakis, Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock, 
embroidery thread, papermania pearls, computer generated sentiment 
with scrubble font and machine stitching.

Added some embroidery thread as a bow to it, which I coloured with a black sharpie!.  I just adore this aqua colour and really enjoyed making this card.  Thanks so much for stopping by... going outside to work in the garden as the sun is shining and the skies are blue.

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.

Card Share as promised... better late than never!

Supplies:  Tiffany Doodles digital image - cake04, copic RV04, 

diamond stickles by Ranger, Bazzill dotted swiss, machine stitching, 

ribbon by SMIRK, Number from Sticky Stax by Colorbok and pop dots.

A quick and easy 40th Birthday card I made using a digi from Tiffany Doodles.  I printed the digi twice on cardstock and cut out the cake with the plate once and just the cake the second time.  Matted and layered on dimensional adhesive (pop dots!).  Then coloured and added diamond stickles.

Thanks so much for peeking.  Hope you are having a good start to your week.

Quick & Easy Wedding Card

I am sure like me you have stuff in your stash that just doesn't get used.  You buy it with great intentions but it ends up getting warped/lost! in the bottom of a drawer or box.  Well, I had this pack of die cut sentiments by Forever Friends and I decided to try and use them.

I used a large tall card blank by Anita's, cut Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock in a co-ordinating colour, cut silver card with my new curved rectangles by Spellbinders, embossed, white ribbon threaded through a Papertrey Ink vintage button added some Hero Arts smooth gemstones and last but not least the die cut sentiment.  Not your typical wedding colours but great if your brother or male relative was the groom don't you think?.

Entering this into Charisma Cardz Challenge - Weddings and
One Stop Craft Challenge - Wedding Wishes.

Look at what Kathy is giving away on her blog... not one, two, three, four..... but SEVEN of these amazing stamps (ends 27th May).  They are so fun, don't you just love what she has done with them.  So quick.... go here to enter.

Thanks so much for peeking.  Hope you have a great Wednesday.

Hey Sweetie!

During the recent Royal Battle on the Greeting Farm, my wonderful and talented team mate Fika sent me some stamped images which I didn't use during the "battle"! so I am having fun colouring them now... unfortunately I think she is just enabling me to buy more TGF stamps!.  LOL!!!

I used the Lolli Anya stamp on this card.  Coloured with copics and matted and layered on Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock in aqua, cerise pink and a dark red.  Also added some crochet thread and glossy accents to the lollipop.  I think she is just so much fun.

Left it sentiment free for the moment.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great Tuesday.

New Baby Girl Card

Was asked by a great friend to make a card for her new baby niece - Leifa.  So I used this wonderful digi by Jane which is available here.  I just ADORE it and have used it on many cards.  I haven't previously coloured "Gerry the Giraffe" pink though... don't know if he is too happy! LOL!!

I matted and layered on Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock and textured pink cardstock by Papermania.  Used my new Spellbinders Curved Rectangle nesties to cut and emboss.  Added a little flower in various shades of pink as an embellishment (used one of these on a card recently and a lot of people asked me who made them - they are in a packet by Craftime and were on sale in Woodies) which I removed after taking this photo and added a pale pink button by Basic Grey instead with some crochet thread tied in a bow... sorry, didn't take a second photo before I delivered the card to my friend.  Opps!

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you enjoyed my digi week.  I love digis and how you can resize, reprint, add computer generated sentiments, paper piece.... and of course colour!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Free digi on The Greeting Farm

Dear Friends - Good Morning.  A very quick post today.... just to say "hi" and thanks again for all your votes and support.  We came second in The Royal Battle...woohoo ... go Dream Team.  We are thrilled.  As a thank you to all voters/supporters of the battle - Marie in The Greeting Farm has a freebie digi - "Chibi Bunny" for today only.  Be sure to check it out here while it's available.

Above is a card I made with a stamped image that Fika very kindly sent to me at the beginning of the 5 weeks - so I would have some images to use in the challenges (as my supply was quite limited!) but this is now to be rectified with The Greeting Farm prize we have won.... woot woot... thanks Marie.

I adore this little "deer" from the Forest Friends set and the sentiment is so fun.  It is available here.

Thanks so much for peeking... and don't forget about that freebie here.  Happy Wednesday.

Get Well Soon

Hope you can see the shine in the photo above... harder to capture than you would think!  I cropped out my fingers!!.  Wanted to make it "jar" like!  I used a good ol' dollop of glossy accents to create the look.

Supplies:  Digital image by Digistamp Boutique, Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock, 

Papermania textured cardstock, copics and glossy accents.

I just adore this digi image from Digistamp Boutique.  It is called... "caught a bug" - it was a freebie a few months ago... they very kindly do freebies each month.  I just think this is a perfect get well card for a smallie and you can colour the bugs any colour you want.  The digi comes with the sentiment too - which is great.

Thanks for stopping by today and I always love reading each and every comment you leave.  Hope you have a wonderful day... the countdown to the Royal Battle Finale is ticking!....

Mami Doodles Card

After my news yesterday - about my new DT spot with Mami Doodles I decided to share a card with a Mami Doodles digital image.  I had this little girl coloured with copics but hadn't done anything else with her.  I cut her out using my new nesties by Spellbinders - Curved Rectangles.  I added some Papermania Ribbon, cut layers from my favourite cardstock at the moment - Bazzill Dotted Swiss Cardstock in two colours, matted and layered.

I think this could be used as a Birthday Card for a young girl, or a thank you to a little girl - options are endless really.. love this digi.  It is available here.  Have left it sentiment free for the moment.

Thanks so much for peeking.  Hope you have a wonderful day.