Thursday, 18 March 2021

B&W Inchie ... plus 1 more!

As the stamps I ordered are trickling in ever so slowly due to covid and the restricted flights in, I was delighted to finally receive one of my black Friday orders. That only took 3½ months.  But I have many outstanding still ... even from May 2020! I do hope they arrive.

It's been quite a while since I've created an inchie on a card. But I had just the right image in mind from my newly arrived Pinkfresh Studio set called Hello hello.



I added white enamel accents to the hearts.

Then I thought, why not make another !



I coloured the letters with Prismacolor pencils and added Glossy accents to the hearts.

Friday, 12 March 2021

Welcome Little Baby

 It's great that even in these crazy times, we still get the joy of celebrating the arrival of sweet little ones.


My entry to ...

... Just Us Girls #574 : Animals

... Less is More #438: Baby

... Addicted to CAS #192: Animal

... Addicted to Stamp & More #400 : Die cuts & Stencils




Thursday, 11 March 2021

Cups of Tea

I recently turned 60 and decided to celebrate with a ladies lunch... 22 of us! My friend, Nadia, arranged the flowers on the table in my Royal Doulton Memory Lane tea set. My mother gave me this on my engagement all those years ago!

I decided to use the Altenew Vintage Teacup as my nameplates.  (Thank you Sandy Allnock for teaching us how to shade them - looks so real!)


I made little "tea bag tags" with the names.


I ordered the roses, but the Plumbago, Blue Peter, White Pentas are from my garden.


I love cold soup, so I gave everyone the choice for the starter between cucumber soup (with or without smoked salmon) or gazpacho.


Since I love tea so much, thought I'd make some teacups using some patterned paper. I have so much of it, but I rarely use it. So this is a different take on my "normal" ink and stamps approach.

  

Here are the 2 together - very different looks.

My entry to ...

... Twofer Challenge #36 : My choice : Teacups. I hope it's ok that one is not a card but a "nameplate".

... Make the Cards Challenge #7 : Coffee or Tea

... AAA Birthday #23 : Patterned Paper


... Timeout Challenge : Different





Bountiful Birthday Blooms

I've just received my first stamp set from The Greetery .... Birthday Blooms! It's one of those sets that don't look like much in the packet, but oh do they make wonderful cards!

And I can't stop playing with it! So here's a bunch of cards using this set ... these are just the purple ones! 

The first one was CASed from Dana's card, just to get the creative juices warmed up.


This one was inspired by the sketch challenge at Global Design Project.


I'm so disappointed to miss the deadline with posting this one. Loved the sketch.


This is a small card ... only 3¼" x 4". I had pieces left over from cutting cardstock to make slimline cards.  I have 6, so this will be the first of a set as a gift for a friend.



Here's the whole gang!


More colours are stamped and die cut but still on my desk. So expect more.

My entry to ...

... Global Design Project #282 : Sketch 


... Freshly Made Sketches #476

... Twofer Card Challenge : My choice. I choose blooms.


... The Paper Players #531. All my purple blossoms.

... The Flower Challenge #54 : Shades of Purple


... CAS on Friday : Spring


... Addicted to Stamp & More #400 : Die cuts & Stencils

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Simple Daisies

Daisies are so lovely and light, thought I'd keep it simple with a touch of blue on the background to signify blue skies!


The Nuvo Crystal drops give wonderful dimension.


My entry to ...

... Colour Hues : Yellow & Blue


... Time Out Challenge #182 : 7th Birthday


... The Paper Players Challenge : Sketch


... Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge : Anything Goes





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