With love...

This is one of my favourite Pollycraft stamps (although I actually love all their designs) mainly because the little sign is blank and you get three different messages in the set to use - 'with love', 'for you' and 'thank you'. All really useful and the girl is so cute too.

Hopefully my card fits quite a few challenges as my main challenge this week has been to try and transform my jungle back into a garden! Why do shrubs take absolutely no notice of their own labels? You know the ones attached to the pots that say things like 'minature plant' '2ft x 3ft' and then a couple of years later you wonder who planted that 7 foot monstrousity in the border.

Anyway on to the challenges...

• Cute Card Thursday - Nip and punch - my hearts are punched.
• Passion for Promarkers - use apple green and pastel pink
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - fairies

Materials used:

• Promarkers
• Cuttlebug border die
• Pollycraft stamp set
• small heart punch
• green and pink card and gems from stash
  

Clevers Corners Part 2...

In my last post I mentioned that I would have liked to have added ribbon to my card, but hadn't got anywhere near the right shade. Well my blogging/forum friend Ali left me a comment suggesting staining white or light coloured ribbon with the ink pad used for the stamping.

What a brilliant idea and it works really well - thank you so much Ali for this great tip.

Clever Corners...

My first card using the wonderful corner stamps by Clarity Stamps. They are just so much fun to use. I spent hours making all kinds of patterns before finally putting this very simple card together.

I would have loved to add ribbon to the card, but after searching supplies couldn't find any in the shade I wanted - time for a shopping trip methinks.

The leafy frame is actually made by using the leafy corner stamp 8 times to create the frame pattern - only possible with clear stamps. The background paper is one from the vintage range by Kanban.