Mothers Day!

At Glitter n Sparkle, the challenge this week is to

make a card for "Mothers Day."

So I made a card for my Mum.

I was so pleased to get an image from Sami Stamps, this week!

I got "tower of whiskers" which I fell in love with, instantly.

Perfect for my Mum, as she is definately a cat lover - much like myself!

So, I coloured all the kitties with my spectrum noirs and promarkers,

I played around with different papers for the background, for ages

as I couldn't quite get a good combination together.

The white frame was diecut, as was the "mum" and the precious tied heart,

I visited "the Range" the day after I started making this card, and saw the kitty pawprint stamp...

infact, there were 3 different sized pawprints

in the set and I thought it would go perfectly...

and at 99p, considering all the cat cards I make, I thought 

it was a real bargain!

I embossed the back, light-brown strip 

with the pawprints folder I bought last yr on holiday.

I think this card will make my mum smile.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Jo's scrap shack - atg - 1 April
Crafting from the heart - atg - 4 April
Cutie pies - dies and digis - 5 April
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 2 April

A double birthday

It's my birthday today  - and also my sisters!

So I made her this card....

I used these colours as they are her favourites.

I wanted to make a different card, and did not use an image this time.

I sentiment was free...

I think it was from desert divas.

The grey and white hearts border is a washi tape

which I picked up in Canada last year on holiday,

The flowers are from docrarfts, I just layered a few together

and glossy-accented pearls in the centres.

The banner was cut using a spellbinders edging die.

I printed out the butterflies and fussy cut them before

popping the wings onto foam pads.

The swirls are (again) from the little xcut holly leaf set I got at christmas,

at Hobbycraft.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty creations - atg - 30 March

Sisterhood of crafters - celebrating women - 21 March

Deep ocean - dots and or stripes - 20 March

Inky chicks - flowers - staped or embellishment - 31 March

Crafty cardmakers - for a special female - 26 March

Mermaid.

It's March - and the theme for this weeks challenge at 

Glitter n Sparkle is...

use some green.

From Spellbinding Stamps, I got the lovely -  Chrissy mermaid.

I coloured her with my promarkers and spectrum noir pens. I added 

wink of stella to her scales and hair too.. although you cant see the glittery effect

on the photo I took.

The sentiment was a freebie from desert divas.

The embossinf folder is one I bought last year, in Hobby Lobby, USA

and the die to cut the little swirls, came in a little pack with a few holly leaves and berries,

 from Hobbycraft.

(It's a cute little xcut die - only £2 i think!)

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Simple butterfly

I got a gorgeous image for this months "anything with wings"

challenge at Patties Creations this month...

I used "butterfly 1" for this card.

Because I wanted the butterfly to stand out, I 

picked quite a subtle backing paper.

I think this paper came free with a Docrafts mag, a while back!

The stamped sentiment was a stamp I bought on a car boot sale, a fortnight ago -

I paid 50p for about 6 stamps and an embossing folder (which I haven't used yet).

Bargain!

I coloured the butterfly with my promarkers and spectrum noirs and 

added some extra flecks of white with my sakura gel pen. 

The butterfly was also fussy-cut and raised on 3d pads.

Final finishing touches included inking the edges of the paper and the banner

and embossing a clean line around the paper.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: