Siobhan and Martin's card

Hello Lovelies - how are you? I hope you're fine and well and having a good weekend. We're all good - we'll be losing 'Nana' today which will be very sad. Its always lovely when she comes to visit us! Still - hopefully it won't be too long before she comes again!


I've got a card to share with you today that I made for a commission. Its a wedding card for a lady in my village. She wanted it for a very flamboyant lady and her husband to be - it sounds like a very unusual wedding - hence the very unusual card! But I do like it!

I started off using copper sparkle medium from Imagination Crafts through the peacock mask from That special touch and created the paper that I then die cut into hearts  and mounted on an orangey mirri board also diecut into hearts. I added the bride and groom name. Then I die cut the card shape and used distress inks to colour the base of the easel. The top of the easel was also die cut and I mounted the hearts onto this overlapping them slightly before adding the kingfishers cut from a delicious doodles image and coloured with promarkers and the butterflies - also cut from the same image and coloured with promarkers. I added the Maribou Orange feathers to the side - the bride is having three orange feathers coming from a head-dress and a theatrical orange gown! The flowers on the base are WOC and I added them around the edge of the card. The Congratulations was also stamped and added to create the lip behind which the easel could sit.
The lady in the village was ecstatic with the card. I just hope the bride was too!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

I love promarkersilovepromarkers: Anything goes
Happy Campershappycamperscc: Show us your flowers
Charisma: charismacardzFave colour combo - blue and orange
Crafty Ribbons:craftyribbonschallenge AG with ribbons
Delicious doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: Bling
Pattiespattiescreationschallenge: Animals
Fussy and fancy:fussyandfancychallenge Punches and dies
Sweet Stampinsweetstampinchallengeblog: Glamour and Glitz
Ladybug Craft Ink:ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog No squares
Tuesday Throwdowntuesdaythrowdown: Things with wings


I hope you have a wonderful Sunday and thanks so much for dropping by today. Big Crafty Hugs!

Rachel xx

sals 45: new sketch at seems a little sketchy

hello lovelies! Well my gorgeous husband Shaun has been away for nearly a week now in Japan - we've really missed him and will be so glad when he gets home - and its not long now!!!! Today will be made a little easier since the girls are starting a week at a summer school today - its based around their jujitsu that they do but also includes food and nutrition, baking, treasure hunts, and all sorts of arts and crafts. Sounds like fun to me. I might even get chance to do some cleaning today! I do have to get a run in though! Missed my long run yesterday and a short run on Friday - so today is an absolute must!!!

Over at Seems a Little Sketchy(seemsalittlesketchy) we have a new challenge starting using the sketch below. The challenge is sponsored by Delicious Doodles - I've used one of their images in todays card.

The image was coloured with promarkers and cut with a spellbinders die. I've also used a Martha Stewart edge punch. The greeting was cut with a Britannia die.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Ribbon Girl:ribbongirls Birthday Card
2 sisters CB2sisterschallengeblog: AG
sweet stampinsweetstampinchallengeblog: Seaside
Delicious Doodlesdeliciousdoodleschallenge: AG
Crafty ribbons:craftyribbonschallenge Circles
Cards Galorecards-and-crafts-galore-august-bingo: Bingo (row - birthday, gems, sentiment)

There's lots happening over at the Crafty Sentiments Store too.

There's a new idea with a collection kit coming 4 times a year. Check out the details here. There's also new dies in store and the store website has been updated loads so its easier to find what you're looking for. 

Thanks for dropping by today and for any comments you leave! Hope to see you again soon!

Crafty Hugs

Rachel xxx