Floral Muse

Hi everyone. Hope you have all survived the latest storms. Here in Somerset we had a bad day yesterday, though luckily our town managed to avoid the power cuts that hit others. Today we have actually had snow! It's a very rare thing here and only lasted 10 minutes but my 4 yr old got very excited.

Today I'm sharing 2 cards made using the Trimcraft Dovecraft Floral Muse Collection.

 I would like to enter this card for:
Cardz 4 Galz Challenge 15

It's a very pretty collection with gorgeous papers, stamps, sentiment stickers and embellishments like the wooden frames, heart rosettes and lovely paper flowers in the first card. I love this shabby chic look and think it looks great with kraft card. It will be perfect for Mother's Day cards.

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

Fantasy at Jade's Sparkling Butterfiles

Today we have a new challenge at Jade's Sparkling Butterflies and our (optional) theme is Fantasy.

Our sponsor for this challenge is:

A Day for Daisies

There were so many fabulous images to choose from that I actually asked my 7 year old son help me. He chose this fantastic digi Dragon Ride.

As my son chose the image, I decided to make this card for him. He is at an age where the world is still magical and full of wonder, so I wanted to sum this up with the words I chose. I hope he will find the message inspiring.

Products used:

Dragon Scale papers from The Digital Mengarie

XCut Star Punches

Spectrum Noir Markers (dragon using CR8 CR10 CR11)

Copics (Hair E51 E53 E55)

Please do pop over to the challenge post to see all the DT entries and I hope you will join us this fortnight.

Thanks for visiting today and for your kind comments. Cathy x

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

My Bestie Valentine

Good morning everyone. Not only is it Monday again but, unbelievably, February is here already! Yesterday saw the sad death of yet another British icon, Terry Wogan. He was on the radio and TV throughout my life and another person who, like David Bowie, seemed immortal. I'm certainly glad to see the back of this January.

Today at My Besties UK we have a new challenge Anything Goes with option Buttons and Brads. Don't forget to pop over and see the other DT cards, as they are fabulous as always.

I chose a Valentine image for my card, IMG 452, available to buy here. I chose to colour her in bright pink to complement the new papers I bought recently (from the Sara Davies Crafter's Companion Love and Romance collection).

The colours used were:

Skin FS2 FS4 FS9 CR2

Eyes TB1 TB3

Hair TN1 EB1 EB2

Clothes BP1 BP2 BP6

The dies used are a Tonic Frame die and the Heart Cluster from the Sara Davies collection. My heart shaped buttons are from Trimcraft's Serendipity collection. 

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

Crafts Galore Encore Use a Digi

Whimsy Stamps Challenge With Love

Delicious Doodles Love is in the Air

Ooh La La Challenge #197

Whoopsi Daisy Hand Coloured Image and Love

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge 84

My Besties Aussie Challenge Valentine's Day Use of Hearts

Thank you for visiting today and for your lovely comments x

A new card- and a reminder

Hi everyone. Before I share a new card I just wanted to remind you of the Add a Tag challenge over at Jade's Sparkling Butterflies. The prize on offer this time is 3 digi stamps from The Stamping Boutique/ Glitterbabe so it's well worth joining in. Follow this link to see the fabulous DT inspiration and for more details :-)

Today's card is a simple one but unusual for me because I don't often use white on white or embossing folders on my cards. However, I recently bought the Sara Davies Love and Romance Signature collection from Crafter's Companion and it seemed that the dies and embossing folders in it were perfect for a Diamond Wedding card I was asked to make.

Products Used:
Sara Davies Love and Romance Signature Collection Romantic Swirls Embossing Folder and Decorative Heart Die
Crafter's Companion Centura Pearl card in Platinum
Creative Expressions Foundation Card in Milk
Papermania Gems

Thanks so much for visiting and commenting today. Cathy x

Live Love Laugh

Hi everyone. Hope you are all well. The cold snap seems to have passed (no snow here of course) so it's back to dull, dreary days here.

Hopefully this pretty Folk Floral easel card will lift the gloom. I love this purple and yellow colour combo, particularly with kraft card.

I simply created a circle easel card using a square card blank and a Tonic circle die. I then cut the kraft card layer with a Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Circle. I was lucky enough to win a huge bundle of this Docrafts Folk Floral collection a while ago so I have used lots of elements of that on the card. I particularly like the co-ordinating ribbon and bow.

Thank you for visiting today and for your comments. Cathy xxx

Using a tag

Today sees a new challenge over at Jade's Sparkling Butterflies. We have been thrilled with the number and amazing high quality of the entries we have received for our challenges so far and hope you can join us for this one.

This time our theme is Use a Tag and our sponsor is:

The Stamping Boutique

The digi stamp I have used is Cupcake with Banner, available to buy here. Now I don't often use tags on cards so I chose to turn the image into one large tag. Because it is a fun, party image I thought I would create a bright, fun card so I coloured the stamp mainly with bright pink and blue Spectrum Sparkle pens (sadly the sparkle doesn't show too well in the picture). I teamed it with matching papers, gems and ribbon from Trimcraft's Serendipity range. 

Thanks for visiting and commenting today. I'm always grateful for all of your support x