Poppies

I sent one of the cards here to a wonderful 92 year old lady who is self-isolating.  She was thrilled to receive a handmade card through the post and asked if I'd make some for her to keep in touch with her friends.  I made her a few of this CAS poppy design, as well as the cards at the bottom of this post.

The poppy stamp is from the Stampin' Up 'Painted Poppies' set, stamped with Memonto 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with a Promarker.  The sentiment is a stamp from the Happy Little Stampers 'Birthday Friends' set.  I used a Couture Creations 'Chain Link' embossing folder for the bottom half of the card and added a spotty/stripy strip of patterned card across the middle. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Add some texture

Addicted to CAS Challenge #181 ~ Texture

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #239 ~ Anything Goes

Penny Black and More April Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge ~ Anything Goes

These are the other cards I made for my friend to send, a similar design to the one I sent her. 

Rainbow Background

A craft group I belong to had another cyber challenge evening as we can't meet in person at the moment.  The theme was 'Rainbow' and this is what I came up with.

The black/grey patterned paper die cut was in my bits and bobs box and had been in there for quite a while!  I used the die again with snippets of colours card to create a rainbow effect.   The flowers are Memory Box die 'Chloe Stem' die cuts.  The die was one of the first Memory Box flower dies I bought and it is still one of my favourites.  The stamp is from the Stampin' Up 'Vertical Greetings' set which I inked up for the first time using Versafine 'Onyx Black'.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge - Week 566/7 ~ Something Old (Chloe Stem die), Something New (Sentiment stamp), Something Something Blue (Snippet of blue card) 

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Challenge #375 ~ All snippets except for the base card

Time Out Challenge ~ Lots or a little Purple
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April Challenge

NBUS Challenge #13 ~ NBUS sentiment stamp

Poppies

The April Crafty Calendar Challenge begins today, with the theme 'Add a Butterfly'.  Our generous sponsor this month is SheepSki Designs, who kindly gave the DT digi stamps to work with.

After making a twisted easel card for the first time recently I decided to make another for my DT card. I chose to use the Sheepski digistamp  'Poppies', which I coloured with Promarkers.  The image was die cut with a MB 'Stitched Circle Layer' die and layered on a black MB 'Stitched Scalloped Circle' die cut.  I added a black butterfly gem and drew a flight path with a fineliner pen. The patterned paper is from Stampin' Up and I used a Spellbinders 'Dainty Dots' embossing folder. The sentiment is computer generated.  I sent this card to my daughter, who is self-isolating at her home with symptoms of the coronavirus.  Thankfully, after feeling pretty rotten for most of this week, she is feeling much better.

The Crafty Calendar Challenge ends on April 28th.  Please visit the challenge blog to see all the wonderful creations the DT have made.

Owl Card

It's my great niece's birthday today and this is the card I made for her.  It's a shame she won't be celebrating in the way she'd hoped, but I'm sure her family will make sure she enjoys her day.

The image is from a Woodware set of stamp.  I stamped the owl with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured it with Promarkers, using the colours as in the Stampin' Up patterned paper.  The wings are attached with foam pads to add some dimension.  I used Memory Box 'Stitched Octagon Layers' dies to layer and mat the image.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #118 ~ Cute Animals

Country View April Challenge ~ Animal Magic

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper April Challenge

SheepSki Designs Challenge #37 ~ Show us your Wings

..... and finally, a word of advice. 😉