Penny Black and more gingham...

I seem to have had quite a craze on checked paper and card this week, which as the challenge at The Penny Black Saturday Challenge  is 'Check it out' turns out to be quite a good thing.  The lilac check card I've used here is by Kanban and is double sided with plain lilac on one side and the check on the other.  Really handy as the colours are a perfect match with no effort involved.  The stamp is one of my NEC purchases - sigh - I love the Penny Black stamps I bought!  I used Promarkers to colour it and then matted on to the card.  The sentiment is from a set of clear sentiment stamps by Hero Arts.

The flowers were made using another NEC purchase (there were quite a few) - my Nellie Snellen flower punches, which not only punch the flower, but emboss it too.  Flower brads were from stash and unbelievably the exact same colour as the card - wow how often does that happen!?

Additional Challenges...

• Sketch and Stash - the sketch (brilliant sketch and one I will use time and time again I'm sure) - new stash is stamp and punches
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - Make your own flowers.
• Magical Crafts - Animal Antics

Training again at work today, so won't be blogging until tonight.  Have a wonderful day everyone.

Ann xxx

Nora and a butterfly...

Here's the other card I was working on using one of the gorgeous Spring Swiss Pixie stamps from All That Scraps.  I just love this set and how useful is that fence? I can see Tilda sat on there too and a whole host of other cutie characters.

Materials used...

• C.C. Designs Digi stamps
• sentiment stamp from stash
• Woodware corner punch
• papers and card by Kanban and DCWV (Spring Stack)
• tag die by Spellbinders
• organza ribbon, brads and gems from stash

Challenges...

• Pollycraft Challenge NOW WEEKLY - how great is that? - anything goes 
• Crafty Ann's - for someone special (but I'm not saying who!)
• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge- How does your garden grow?
• Crafts and Me Challenge - fairy wings (sorry not Sweet Pea stamp - only just discovered the challenge)

Have a great day everyone.

Pink Elephant Day... Nature...

Blue skies - green grass and flowers - well that's what was running through my mind for our theme of 'nature' at The Pink Elephant this week.  Our featured company are All That Scraps which meant using the absolutely gorgeous images from the Spring Swiss Pixie Stamp set that I have been drooling over for ages.  

The stamp I've used today is Hansel, but I was so lucky to also receive Nora and her butterfly to play with too and my card using Nora should be finished by tomorrow so watch this space.  

Papers and card are by Kanban and DCWV (Spring Paper Stack again - my favourite ever!)

As well as being my DT sample for The Pink Elephant my card is also for the following challenges...

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday - oooooooops I haven't got an oval nestie and I was thinking one of the DT used a label nestie - must have been another site - sorry but it's very near the sketch!!
• Fab'n'Funky Challenge - Spring is in the air - gosh my Studio G sentiment stamp matches this challenge spot on!

Let's hope we all have a fabulous start to the week and the sun shines plenty so that we see some real spring flowers and no more of that dreaded white stuff.