Lemon and Lime

Good morning all. Are we all chocolated out yet! I didn't get an egg this year:(

We had a day of glorious sunshine yesterday, really warm too...most unexpected! Hubby's cousin and her husband came for tea, it was good to have a catch up as we hadn't seen them for a while.

A quick all occasion card to share today.

Stamp is from Lavinia Stamps, stamped with versamark and then embossed with black detail EP. I used various DI to sponge the background - squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, shabby shutters and peeled paint. Backing paper is from Raspberry Road and was a magazine freebie.

Challenges entered:

Lavinia Stamps - lemon and lime

Challenge up Your Life - emboss

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

City Crafter - polka dots

Friend

Good morning and a very Happy Easter to you all.
Hands up who had chocolate for breakfast? Visitors arriving later so need to get a roast prepared then hoping to find a little time to craft.

Earlier this year I decided to join in the Card Chain Challenge over at Deborah's Society of Stampaholics blog...the idea being you snail mail a card to someone and receive one back from someone else. This is the card I sent to Dawn in New Zealand for the March challenge.

Stamp is from Lavinia Stamps, inked with versamark and heat embossed with black detail EP. Background has been inked using dusty concord, abandoned coral and spiced marmalade DI's.  Base is die cut with a Lawn Fawn die. Friend sentiment is a Spellbinders die which I inked with DI before cutting and embossing. Card is finished with some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

This is the gorgeous one I received back from Gail in Norway.

Challenges entered:

Creative Knockouts - dies/punches

Crafting by Designs - anything goes

Crafty Creations - anything goes...no foolin'

Penny's Paper Crafty - anything goes

Whimsy Inspiration - use a die cut

Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes

Cheerful Stamp Pad - silhouette

Crafty Calendar - add a sentiment

Simply Create Too - anything goes

Simply Papercrafts - anything goes

Spring

Good morning all.

It would seem spring has arrived and it looks set to stay mild for a few more days yet..I'll not be "casting a cloot" anytime soon though!

A journal page to share today. 

 

Another double page spread in my journal completed...finally caught up with myself! 

Pages have been gessoed before using embossing paste through the Honeysuckle and Woodland Flower stencils from Imagination Crafts. I added some tissue tape and re-applied more gesso. Colour was applied using cracked pistachio and abandoned coral DI...loving these two colours! Stencils were then replaced and I painted with twinkling H2O's.

I used several of the smaller stamps from the decoupage stamps sets I have to stamp in the background with DI and archival inks. Bullrush stamp is from Lavinia Stamps. April Showers stamp is from Crafter's Companion, Live Create sentiment is from TH both are stamped direct to paper with archival ink. Bird house was a magazine freebie stamped onto tissue and coloured with promarkers. Spring word art was printed from google onto tissue.

White circles are stamped with white acrylic using a lid, then I used my fingers to apply white acrylic to soften the whole page.

Challenges entered:

Virginia's View - all thing embossed

Artistic Stamper - spring is coming

Inspiration Journal - spring blooms

ATP Exchange - spring

Crafty Boots - anything but a card

Country View Challenges - anything goes

Live Your Dreams

Good morning all.

Another gloriously sunny day here yesterday. We took a trip to Edinburgh to see if Lora's new glasses were in...after two weeks there was no sign of  them and no one knew why so we're waiting for a phone call today to find out what is happening. Meanwhile we have to hope the sellotape holds! The place was heaving...all the eateries were full and no one has any money! Did have a swift tour around Hobbycraft...it would have been rude not to and got a couple of magazines which had nice freebies and a few other bits and bobs but can't say anything really grabbed me.

Sharing the commissioned card I finished on Saturday.

Various sentiment stamps from Visible Image were stamped and heat embossed with white detail ink then using one of the new 8x8 embossing folders from Crafter's Companion I embossed the card. Card was inked with distressed inks which I then softened with gesso. Dots were stencilled with texture paste. More sentiment stamps were stamped onto tissue and adhered with matte gel. Various small background stamps were stamped in the DI and black archival ink. Frame and number dies are from Spellbinders, happy birthday stamp and banner die are from Clearly Besotted. 

Pages 2, 3 and 4 are made using the same embossing folder and inks but I've inked the folders before embossing. Stamps are from Stampers Anonymous, Lavinia Stamps, Bo Bunny and Unity Stamps...some have been stamped and heat embossed before the embossing was done, others are stamped on tissue and adhered as above, the rest are stamped in black archival or the same DI used on the card.

Very over the top but my cousin wanted something special for her daughter.

Challenges entered:

Open Minded Crafting - no pink, no red

Our Creative Corner - tic tac toe (EP, stencils and mediums)

Craft for the Craic - birthday or anniversary

Crafty Catz - birthdays

Crafter's Cafe - birthday

Simon says Stamp - bright and beautiful

Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes

Not Just Cards - anything goes

Visible Image - Show and Tell February