Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes!

I got up early, cleaned my house from top-to-bottom, did all the laundry and then discovered I had time for a little crafting!
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 RESULT!

I always enjoy playing along with the girls at Seize the Birthday, so I wandered over to see if there were any 'toppings' on the challenge for this week. It's an 'Anything Goes' week with the lovely Anita as a surprise party guest: nice!

Here's my card, featuring my stamp of the moment from Create a Smile.

Three different Distress Inks, white embossing powder, three sequins and that's pretty much it! So simple and yet quite effective.

Now, I'm off to take a look at the Seize the Birthday gallery as there are always some gorgeous cards on offer over there!

Card Chain Challenge Reveal - February 2017

Happy Card Chain Challenge Reveal Day, everyone!

My love for this stamp from Create a Smile continues to grow and grow! This is the second time this gorgeous mandala has appeared on my blog and I have to say that I can't wait to use it again and again. I used watercolour card then stamped in Versamark and heat embossed the design with white embossing powder from  Hero Arts. I smooshed Distress ink on a stamping block and then 'blotted' the card onto the block. I really like the end result, which reminds me a little of Sari fabric.

I came pretty close with the colours this month...

And (if you screw your eyes up, tip your head to one side and take a very, very long walk backwards) you'll be able to clearly see that I also used the sketch! LOL!

I sent my card to Carol in Scotland and received this gorgeous creation from the lovely Jutta, who lives a little further away in Canada!

The gallery is looking fabulous this month, so please drop in and join us at CCC for a quick, creative trip around the globe.

If you'd like to be a link in the March Chain, please click here and join the current sign-up.

The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #78 - X is for Extreme

Once again, I have to say that I'm more than a little concerned by Edna's exploits... This woman has no fear!

Don't worry, The Sisterhood don't expect you to go to such extremes for this challenge; we just want to see stamping-off-the-edge on your project!

This beautiful Mandala stamp is from Create a Smile: isn't it a beauty?

I needed to run the card through my printer to add the sentiment so was unable to use watercolour paper. I think watercolour paper would be much more suitable but it seems to have worked ok-ish!

Drop-by at The Sisterhood to see what the gang have on offer this week - you won't be disappointed, I promise!