Totally Gorjuss: Anything with a button

Good morning from a cloudy Lancaster - feeling a little tired this morning after a long day at a craft fair yesterday - sold a few cards, a couple of candles and a couple of my sisters necklaces. So not entirely fruitless - its interesting what people buy!
Anyway - onto today's offering:

This card shows a totally gorjuss gal with her clever scissor work! I've stamped and coloured the image then cut it out and mounted it onto the card blank (from Hunkydory). I've added 8 flowers in square backing - each with a button at the centre.  I'm entering this into the following challenges:

1. Totally Gorjuss Challenge 122: Anything with a button.

http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-122-anything-goes-with-button.html

2. Pan Pastel Girly Challenge

http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/

3. ditsycraftymess challenge:buttons

http://ditzy-craftymesschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-no4-buttons-or-anything-goes.html

Tilda Bottle decoration: Go for Gold 2012.

Hi there - good evening from Lancaster - the children are quiet and now I have a few minutes to upload this blog post - I made my bottle decoration today - its to support the olympic efforts for the UK for 2012.

I've made this for the Official Magnolia Challenge -  I'll put the link in later.

I've used gold mirri board that I've embossed using the tri-boss union flag enbossing folder from papermania - then I stamped my tilda image and coloured with promarkers. I've stamped and added my text and added my blue and white and red butterflies. I hope you like it!

Rachel x

I'm entering this for the TOMIC challenge: bottles and butterflies

http://officialmagnoliainspirationchallenge.blogspot.com/

Ribbon and Lace: Baby girl card

Good morning crafters from a wet and windy Lancaster. Got one card to share with you today - its using one of the new LOTV stamps which I think are just so gorgeous.

Here's my card recipe:

1. Take one Kraft card blank in 8x8 size (papermania). Cut papermania pink paper casule collection to size and wrap with lace. Add to card.

2. Matt and layer two more papers from the pink capsule collection and stamp LOTV baby image. Color image with promarkers and cut using nestability die. Layer onto card.

3. Add layers onto card and then add ribbon tags to reverse of main topper. Cut edges to shape and then stick the main topper down.

4. Add flowers and sentiments plus final little bow.

I'd like to enter this for the challenge over at LOTV thursday challenge.

http://liliofthevalleythursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

I'd also like to enter it for the national craft month challenge at LOTV.

http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.com/p/national-craft-month-entries.html

I'd also like to enter this card into the my favourtie things challenge over at totally papercrafts:

http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Keeping mum

Good evening my crafty friends and followers - firstly I'd like to say thanks for comments that you leave - I do love to hear opinions on anything that I make. Secondly I'd like to tell you about my interesting day - I've been putting the finishing touches to my two little girls new bedroom - they are now snuggled up in what I can only describe as princess/barbieville and so I can get on with this post.
Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for a friend's baby shower:

The card features a digi stamp from pink petticoat designs - I think - I've had it a while - I think its a lovely image for a proud mum to be. I've used a papermania kraft card and a bow salvaged from wedding presents (its 7 years since we got married - how can I still have this ribbon in my possession?) I've used capsule color collection papers from papermania in pink and blue to emphasise the not knowing the sex of the baby thing. The flower is also part of the capsule collection with a centre from MCS.

I'm sure my friend will like this card - I hope you do too.

I'd like to enter this card for the anything goes challenge over at Craft your passion challenges. http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

Hope you have a lovely evening - and that my two princesses do too.

Rachel x

Spring has sprung

http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.com/

I think maybe I have time for just one more post then I really will have to get on with some work! This card comes with a decoupaged image form the Humpreys corner CD Rom - it really is one of my favourite CD Roms but I don't seem to use it nearly enough. I'm going to enter this card for the crafters companion monthly challenge which I will link to once I've completed this! Ok now for the card:

Now for the recipe -

1. fold an 8x8 card to create an easel. Use papermania ready cut 8x8 card to make the front. Add yellow gingham paper and a square doily (thanks Teresa)  and add the decoupaged image taken from the CD ROM.

2. Add the green gingham ribbon and tie the bow - use leftover ribbon to edge the base.

3. Add flowers in shades of yellow and green.

4. Add vibrant green paper to the base and more ribbon.

5. Make up the sentiment and add this to the base.

Hope you like this one - its very spring like to me.

Hugs

Rachel xx

Spring is in the air

http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/03/spring-is-in-air.html

Good Afternoon all! Well its still looking like spring has sprung here in Lancaster - the washing is blowing and since I've finished the housework I've just got enough time to add another post I think.
This one is for the Joanna Sheen Springtime Challenge.

This card features those cheeky house mice on an Easter card - with the most enormous bow!!!!!

The mice are done via the Joanna sheen decoupage - I used layers 1, 2 and three but left the final layer off. I've layered them onto paper from the last create and craftclub member magazine - the bow was in my stash and worked really well with the paper - but you can't see much of that! nevermind - the thought was there!

Birthday Tilda

http://officialmagnoliainspirationchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-8-use-stamped-image.html


Good morning all from a sunny Lancaster - I'm feeling good - done my aerobics and still feeling as high a kite from winning the docrafts die cutting bundle for my New Year card - so chuffed! Can't wait to get it so that I can have a play.
Anyway down to business - my first card of the day is a Tilda card - I've made it for a four year old girl who just loves the colour blue. I'm sure she'll like it.

Here's the recipe:

1. Cut papers to size to fit the sketch from this weeks magnolia  Tilda challenge. The papers are all from the blue capsule collection from papermania.

2. Stuck the papers down and then stamped and coloured Tilda using promarkers.

3. Added Tilda to a doily and added this to a circle diecut using a spellbinders die.

4. Added the flowers, sentiment and 4 in gems.

Hope you like it - I'm entering this for the mentioned challenge and also the panpastel challenge. I will link now!

Rachel xx