Spring Colours

A card today I can post now that I now it's been received.

The intricate die cut is Pretty Quick 'Stained Glass Rose Window'.  I was lucky enough to win the die recently on Susan's blog.   I used Sue Wilson 'Double Pierced Squares and Circle' dies for matting and layering.  The sunflower was made with punches and the leaves are punched too.  I love using sunflowers on my cards, because is reminds me of the all the 4 and 5 year old Reception children I taught over the 13 years I was Sunflower Class teacher. 

I am joining in the following challenges:
As You Like It Challenge ~ Favourite Flower & WHY?
Shopping Our Stash #347 - No Ink
Tic Tac Toe Challenge #41 ~ (Circle, Flower, Die cut)

Two cards post

Two cards in this post so I can join in with a few challenges which are finishing soon.

The  Less is More Challenge this fortnight is One Layer with the theme of 'Stencils'.  I used a Memory Box 'Raindrops' stencil and placed it over the top of the card blank.  I die cut an oval in a piece of scrap card and laid this over the stencil so I could ink through the oval aperture.  Using a dauber and a 'Denim' Adirondack ink pad, I inked all raindrops.  Both the stamps are from the Inkylicious 'Dance in the Rain' set of stamps and were stamped with Versafine 'Onyx Black', using my stamp platform.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:

Less is More Challenge #367 ~ OLC Stencils

A CAS Thank You card, using a couple of dies and a flower punch.  The dies are Memory Box 'Grand Thank You' and Poppystamps 'Trudeau Border'.  I added Nuvo Crystal drops along the border die cut and in the centre of the flower.

I am joining in the following challenges with this card:
Memory Box Challenge #35 ~ Color Challenge Green
Poppystamps Challenge #42 ~ Clean and Simple
Simply Create Too Challenge #136 ~ Use Green 

Southern Girls Challenge ~ Die cuts

Butterfly Challenge

The Butterfly Challenge this fortnight is 'Spin The Butterfly Wheel with the Letter L ~ Lavender, Lemon, Light Blue, Lace, Layers, Letters + a butterfly'.   Although the challenge is to use a butterfly and one or more of the colours or themes, this time I wanted to make a card with all seven elements.

I decided to use several of my neglected punches.  Anyone remember those days before dies were available and shapes were made with punches?  How things have moved on!   I made the panel by using an Xcut butterfly punch three times along a strip of white card.  I backed the panel with a strip of lavender card. I made the flowers with a flower and a circle punch, using all three colours of the challenge.  The two paper lace strips were punched with a Martha Stewart border punch.  The letters are Memory Box 'Upper Case Alphabet Soup' die cuts.  There are lots of layers on my card, so all seven elements included. Phew!

I am joining in the following challenges:

Butterfly Challenge #97 ~ Spin The Butterfly Wheel with the Letter L

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #192 ~ Handmade Flowers

That's Crafty Spring into Action Challenge

Bizzy Bec's March Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Christmas Elf and Reindeer

The Rudolph Days March Challenge started yesterday and closes at the end of the month. For my card, I used a stamp I was lucky enough to win over in the Playground in the Holiday Giveaway.

The stamp is Stamping Bella 'Elf with a Reindeer on Top'.  It has a matching die, but for this card I just used the stamp.  The image was stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers, before die cutting with a semi-circle cross stitched die I bought on eBay.  I added a strip of Dovecraft ribbon and three red Nuvo Crystal Drops.  All the white card is the same colour IRL, but the camera is playing tricks again and the piece with the image on looks more of a creamy colour.

I am joining in the following challenges:

March Rudolph Days Challenge

Penny Black and More! March challenge - Feature a Creature (reindeer)

HLS March Christmas Challenge ~ Option of add a reindeer

HLS March Anything Goes with Dies Challenge