Rock on...

Well a week away from my craft stuff and the sun shining is still having a very strange effect on me, because not only has this card got a fancy inner it also has a matching envelope. Somebody is getting a bit carried away with herself these days!!

This is a card I've made for my daughter to give her friend Chris (male - into rock music) who is 20 next Monday. It was super easy to make using DCWV paper from the Rockstar pack and my bargain 49p stamp from Docrafts (ordered at the same time as those gorgeous punches I used the other week). The stars were cut on my Cricut machine and embellished with a star brad.

I kept the inside of the card simple, but I think he will be pleased to see his name inside and you can't tell in the photo, but I have attached silver stars to the stamped guitar just to give it a little more oomph.

As I've decorated the inside of the card it is also for the challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot .

Floral decoupage...

This is a card for my friend's mum, who has been having a really bad time lately. She has had a melanoma removed from her face and a skin graft which has involved a lot of pain. As she is not a well woman anyway it's been and still is a lot to go through.

I'm hoping this will cheer her up - I certainly enjoyed making it and even made a box to protect my decoupage in the post. Think someone is getting a little carried away after their break!!

The layout is from the sketch at The Next Level where the challenge is to use the sketch, but also make a card with a decoupaged element on it. If you haven't heard about The Next Level yet you really must check it out. It's amazing - full of really interesting stuff - I love it.

yeah I'm back and...

it's Pink Elephant day!!!

I so missed blogging and looking at the amazing creations that we have entered at the Pink Elephant while I was away last week. I was in York and had a lovely stay, but it was really tough leaving all that fabulous new birthday craft stuff behind.

This week, at TPE, is our colour themed challenge. I always find this one a toughie, but I'm sure everyone will come up with some amazing creations. The colours this time are mid blue, dark blue and red - so we're going bold, bright and beautiful - well hopefully we are.

I used one of my favourite layouts and one that I have used with this set of MFT stamps before. I really wanted to see how the design worked in a different colour combination.

My original pink and brown version is here - I'm not sure which I like best, but I do like the Promarker colouring on the latest one. I can't seem to stop using those pens now I've finally got the hang of them.

My Favourite Things stamps are just wonderful - I love their images and really must treat myself to another set sometime soon. The sentiments that come with each set are just amazing. On this card I've used 'Rain or shine' stamped on the front and inside I've stamped 'I'll be your umbrella'. How cool is that? The umbrella is part of the set too.

So get out your red and blue papers everyone and join in the fun at the Pink Elephant - we would love to see your designs in this colour scheme.