Get Well Quick...,

A small card I've just made and posted to cheer up a friend.  My new Lili of the Valley stamp - (how cute is she?) - combined with more of the papers from the My Mind's Eye pad that came with this month's Card Making and Papercraft magazine.  Coloured with Promarkers and finished off with a sentiment clear stamp from a collection by Hero Arts.

Challenges...

• Lili of the Valley - Sketch
• Craftalicious - Cute

Have a fantastic Wednesday everyone.  Working later today so won't be around till tomorrow or maybe Friday for the new challenge at Bah! Humbug!

I've been dusting...

Not the house though!  After seeing Ink Dusters being demonstrated by Inkilicious at the Stamp Magic Show at the Dome, Doncaster I've had quite a good time trying them out.  So easy to use and very effective.  The colours don't show up quite as well in this photo as in real life - honest!

Card size 8" x 8"

Materials used...

• Ink Dusters by Inkilicious
• Adirondack Ink Pads
• Stamps by Lavinia
• Labels die from Spellbinders
• Black Inlaid glitter card and plain black card
• Black organza ribbon
• Sentiment stamp from Popcorn the Bear set
• Swiss Dots embossing folder
• Stickles to add a touch of magic dust

As the card is for a special person (my friend Max's daughter) I just had to make the inside a bit special too.  I used a CD by Debbie Moore called 100 Fantasy Silhouettes to create a fairy themed insert.  Using the snapshot tool I was able to capture the border on the image and manipulate it to make a border on the insert.  Had to use a pen to touch up the corners to make them meet, but I reckon I'll get away with it.

Challenges...

• Friday Sketchers - the sketch
• Flutter By Wednesday - Open theme, but remember to include a creature with wings.
• Daring Cardmakers - Silhouettes

 Have a brilliant day everyone.
Ann xxx

Pretty in PInk...

This card so nearly ended up in the bin and I'm still not 100% happy, but my pink loving daughter says she likes it and so it made it to the blog.

My downfall was matching the shade of pink in the paper to my Promarkers.  I just wasn't happy with the colours I achieved at all.  To rescue the situation I decided to stamp the little lady on to the two shades of pink card and do some paper piecing, which worked quite well and at least covered my disaster.
The fab floral backing paper is one from the free 'My Mind's Eye' paper pad in this month's Card Making and Papercraft magazine.  A gorgeous little collection - so pretty.  I didn't want to hide this paper too much so used vellum topped with pearls on the scallop nestie circle for that part of the sketch.

My card is for the challenges at...

• The Sugar Bowl - the sketch and scallops (scalloped vellum circle and scalloped flowers both on the patterned paper and the die cut tiny flower embellishments)
• My Time to Craft - Angelic (this tiny tot has to be an angel in the way 'she's taking time to smell the flowers')
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - No sentiment at all
• Alphabet Challenge - Kids
• Craftalicious - Cute

Have a great start to the week everyone.

Ann xxx