February Calendar Layout- Mon Amour

Hi everyone. A quick post today to share my February calendar layout. For this one I have used these gorgeous Graphic 45 Mon Amour papers from the 8x8 pad and a matching sentiment sticker.

Dies used are:
Crafter's Companion Sara Davies Signature Collection Love and Romance Heart Cluster
Sizzix Thinlits Banners

I'm going to enjoy looking at this all month.

Thanks for visiting today and for all your lovely comments x

Dragon Boy

Well somehow I blinked and suddenly my baby boy has turned 4. He is very excited about his birthday and we're all looking forward to a tea party later. To be honest, he wasn't really bothered about having a handmade card (he chose himself a Minion card with a badge!) but I wasn't going to let that stop me!

This image is a Sherri Baldy My Bestie called Dragon Boy. He is such a cutie and available to buy in the My Bestie Shop. I've coloured him with Spectrum Noir markers, choosing red as my main colour as it's always been my son's favourite colour. Colours used were:
Face FS2 FS4 CR2
Hair TN1 EB1 EB2
Dragon Wings and Tail CR8 DR1 DR3
Jeans/ Eyes TB1 TB2

I've used papers from Graphic 45- they're from the Mother Goose 12x12 Paper Pad. The stars have been cut with an XCut die and Palm Punch.

In all the excitement of the last few days, I forgot to share some great news last week. The 2 Crafty Girls Challenge Blog is restarting on December 10th and I'm delighted to be a member of the new Design Team. All of the other DT members are amazingly talented so please do take a look at this post to find out more about them.

Thank you for visiting today, I really appreciate all of your comments. Cathy x

Not so scary...

Hi everyone. Today's card is a Halloween card, although it is probably the least scary Halloween card possible! The image is far too cute to be frightening- she is a Sherri Baldy My Bestie, IMG 043. The digi is available to purchase here.

This card was really an excuse to use some of my huge stash of Grapic 45 papers and embelishments. These are all from last year's Eerie Tale collection. I love Graphic 45 papers but hardly ever feel I do them justice, so they lie unused for months. This time I'm pleased I used them though- I just love the colours and designs of these papers and love the flowers too.

My image was coloured using Spectrum Noir markers. Some of the colours used were:

Skin FS2 FS4 CR3

Dress/ Hat HB2 HB3 LV3 OR1 OR2 

Cauldron IG3 IG5 IG8 CT4 OR1 OR2 OR3

Kitty IG5 IG8

I also used purple and orange fine Stabilo markers for definition.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:

Spectrum Noir October Challenge Use Orange and Gray (their spelling!)

My Besties Dutch Girl Designs Halloween Challenge

My Besties International Anything Goes

Meet at the Scrappers Corner October Challenge

Thanks for visiting and commenting today. It is much appreciated.
Cathy x