Magnolia v Stampavie

Today, I thought I would go over and play with the big girls at
Magnolia v Stampavie.

Their design work and challenge entries are so gorgeous,

I have had to pluck up the courage to enter.

It's a really lovely sketch this week though,
so I couldn't resist.

I have used the Magnolia stamp - Flower Power Tilda,
with my absolute favourite papers,

K & Co - Classic.
The sentiment is from Craftwork cards,
with blooms from Poppicrafts.

I still don't have a swirl die ( I am soo deprived.. lol*)
so I drew one on some paper and cut it out.

Must dash now, my girls are both home from Uni,

and insist on being fed!!

If you pass by, please leave me a comment.

xxx

New Challenge Blog

I finally have 5 minutes to myself today,
to upload this card before The Apprentice starts, on TV.

This is the first challenge for a great new blog called

Simon Says

and the theme is

"yellow and green"

I have used one of my Magnolia stamps again -
they are just so cute, I can't stop playing with them.

This one is Tilda with Cowberry Muffin.

I had no idea what a cowberry is,
but apparently it's a relative of the cranberry!
The paper I have used is Papermania - Sweet Nothings,
with ribbon, bloom and flower button all from Poppicrafts.

Right, Sir Alan has just given out this week's task,
so I am off to see how they can mess it up this week.

xxx

Cupcake Craft Challenge

This week's Cupcake Craft Challenge is a fabulous sketch,

from Lauren.
Head on over there and check out Lauren's hard work
on the new blog design - a luscious, raspberry cupcake style.

Great work Lauren. xxx

I just managed to squeeze in making a card this morning,
before I have to do some stripping!!

(paint stripping a fireplace - what were you thinking?? )

Card recipe:

Magnolia - Sweetheart Tilda stamp, coloured with whispers pens.
Design Papers - Paper Cellar Celebrations

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Ribbon - Poppicrafts

xxx

Sketch Saturday #43

Here's my entry for Sketch Saturday.

It's a great sketch this week and it has given me chance to
have a play with another of my new Magnolia stamps.
This is Tilda with puppy.

This card is for my daughter's birthday,

so I am really pleased with how cute it turned out. The stamp was coloured in with whispers pens,
design paper is Papermania - Sweet Nothings

and blooms are from Poppicrafts

xxx

Brown + 1

This week's challenge over at Cupcake Crafts
is a colour one.
You can choose from Pink & Brown, Pink & Blue,
or Pink & Green.

Green is my favourite colour, so that's the one I picked.
I know it doesn't look very green, but that's down to the fading evening light.
The papers are in fact, a really lovely soft, olive colour.

The papers (Cherish) and owls are from Funky Fairys
These are downloads and you really should check them out,
they have some lovely collections.
The blooms and leaves are from Poppicrafts
and brown candy dots from Craftwork Cards
I also used twinkling H2O's on the owls wings,
but the camera hasn't really picked up the glittery effect very well.

Funky Fairys Challenge #7

It's a great challenge over at Funky Fairys this week,
you have to create a
DOORHANGER

Pop over there and have a look at the great design team work.
Don't forget that on your project you must use
at least 1 funky fairys product-
available at

Funky Fairys Papercrafts

For this challenge I made a fun doorhanger
for my daughter's room at Uni.
It has a circle , attached by a brad,
that she can turn to show different messages,
depending on what she's doing.

Don't look too closely at that circle - I had to cut it out -
and didn't realise how bad it was until it was all attached.

Paper is Funky Fairys 'Swirls'.
Stamp is Whiff Of Joy coloured with whispers pens.

Blooms and ribbon are from Poppicrafts


xxx

Funky Fairys Challenges #5

Hello, it's my first time over at
Funky Fairys Challenges
and this week the theme is

"Swirls"

All you need to do to enter

is use at least 1 Funky Fairys Papercraft item,
on your design.

I used the fabulous "Swirls" paper which is one of their
generous free downloads.
Get it from their Inspirational Blog.

Check out the Funky Fairys webshop too,
where they have wonderful papers, images and stamps for sale.

I also used a Whiff of Joy stamp from the spring collection,
coloured with whispers pens and stickles glitter.

The blooms are from Poppicrafts and the
cute, little flower buttons I found in my local
fabric shop.
xxx