Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop Event

 Morning all! I'm here for a special Blog Hop event over at Serendipity Stamps! Today we are showcasing two new gorgeous dies from S.S,  a beautiful vintage style Tea Pot Die and Cup.

I'm into easel cards right now, they look really special on a mantelpiece and provide a wow factor for the recipients!  As it's Mother's Day here in the U.K this coming Sunday, I have made a card for my husband's grandmother, who is 91!

I have cut the tea pot and cup in some dark blue Bazzill Swiss Dots card, and layered onto some die cut Spellbinders doilies. I then layered some beautiful Kaisercraft patterned paper with the Bazzill, and layered onto the card base.

I used double sided tape to adhere to pot and cup, and sprinkled some glamour dust onto the cut out patterns, so it's lovely and twinkly. It's a dull day here, so it doesn't show very well.

To make the card 'stand', I cut a panel in the papers, and popped up with foam pads.  I then cut another doily, and stamped the 'Happy Mother's Day' sentiment, and layered them together.

I added some blue pearls, a large blue rose and a little white grosgrain bow topped with a little blue flower.

Here is the Blog Hop list for you to follow - there will be a prize for a random commenter of a $20 Gift Code for the shop and the winner will be announced on Monday 31st march.

Mary's Blog

Karen Amidon

Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier

Pauline Pollington

Vickie Zimmer

Anya Schrier

Jeanne Jachna

Jenny Gropp

Julie Warner

Happy commenting, and Good Luck!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
 Tuesday Throwdown - Dimension
Creative Inspirations - It's a Girl Thing
Cute Card Thursday - Floral Delights
Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes

Pauline

DP2 Challenge - Embellishments

Hi all, I'm here with an easel card that I've made for my eldest daughter, who will be 14 in May. She's growing up fast, and she's a big fan of cake! So this fabulous image from Mo's Digital Pencil was just the ticket! She's called Cupcake Thief, and I love the determined look on her face...just like my daughter lol!

I've coloured her with Promarkers, and used papers from Pink Petticoat and Trimcraft. As I'm entering this into the Digital Pencil 2 Challenge, I have added loads of embellies. I have also added some stickles for extra sparkle to her wings, the cherry and the flowers, but it doesn't show in the pics too well.

I layered her onto some die cut floral Bazzill and damask paper from Trimcraft, and added lots of Kanban pastel gems on the scallops.

Here's a close up of all the yummy embellishments I used - flowers from Wild Orchid Craft, Hobbyhouse, and a few from my stash. Stick Pins and a pink velvet ribbon bow from The Ribbon Reel Shop complete my embellishments to this card.

Here it is 'flat', yeah, I'm not going to this one in an envelope, but I will probably tuck it into her pressie when the day comes.

Thanks for stopping by,
Pauline

SSCB #29 - Stitches Wk 2

Hi all, I'm here with a card for this month's challenge over at Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog. This month our theme is stitching, plus your S.S stamps or dies.

I have debossed the Love die cut onto the pink die cut Heart Solid using S.S dies. I just traced around the edges of the embossed lettering with a grey Promarker ro show it up a bit more.

I used some patterned paper from Hot Off The Press, which has stitching in the pattern.
I added some pink ribbon and some pretty cherry blossoms and lace from The Ribbon Reel shop.

Do stop by the rest of the D.T, and the sale for this week is Free Shipping on any U.S order over $10!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Serendipity Stamps Challenge #29

Hi all, we have a new challenge over at Serendipity Stamps Challenge this month, and for March we would like to see you use stitching or faux stitching on your creations.

 I made a bit of a boo boo in that I forgot the stitches! Oops, sorry everybody, I got the stamps correct :-)

I have made a birthday card for my Father-in-Law. He loves steam trains, and this image is perfect for him.

I coloured the image 'Train Engine' with colour pencils, and mat and layered with some plain card and patterned paper from Webster's Pages. I added Dad to the front  of the card, and kept it simple.

Inside I stamped Happy Birthday in Tuxedo Black.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline