A couple of Spring cards

Just playing with some scraps and images. I was very inspired by this card, which gave me a new insight how to use the bird image - otherwise I probably would not have downloaded it. So thanks to The Gypsy Magpie!


Used a freebie from The Graphics Fairy for this card. The bird can be found here. The grass stamp and sentiment is Hero Arts. I used some textured cardstock which I don't usually use but I got given some boxes full of old cards from a shop that was closing down and this textured cardstock was in the box. Won't have to go looking for that for many years to come!



For this card I used a digital butterfly from Hero Arts. I was just experimenting with white ink on dark cardstock and the bird happened to be stamped on there. So I just put it all together for a collage-type card.

A challenge with gorgeous colors

This is the challenge picture on this blog. Such beautiful colors!



and here is my take on it.



(Sorry to Louise for not participating this week in tag-tuesday:( )

Digital butterflies

Just sharing a card I made. Oh and I so loved this background template the moment I saw it, I just had to try it out.. It seems to be more spacey.

 

The damask background panel is from Sue, thanks Sue!

Sunday's child is full of grace

My sister and her friend Pam have returned to their families. We had a lovely time together and spent some time on Friday afternoon with distress inks, techniques etc. As they are both Christians we had some nice sharing together too.



I want to thank Vintage Catnip for the frames she offered for free download on her blog this week. That is where the frame for the image comes from. The little girl has been printed out on photo-paper which really enhances the image quality. I used a script stamp from Artistic Outpost and a swirly stamp I had for the finishing touches.


I had forgotten all about this stamp until Linda had found and used it. It's so nice to use a stamp after a long time and find it's value again.

Have a happy week!

Tag Tuesday - WE DID IT!

I am very happy to say that my sister Linda, her friend Pam and I sat around the table this afternoon for hours crafting together - and we did the cutsie challenge!

(Linda and Pam)

Here are the tags for Louise's challenge... This is from Pam:



This is from Linda:



And of course, I had to choose a cute little vintage picture.



But I'd really like to fix the spotlight on the ladies tags - I think they did a fantastic job and we had such fun together. Pam got all excited!

The challenge on Louise's blog can be found here.

The Mariposa paper stack

I'm struggling with the tag Tuesday theme, so I'm going to let it go for a while. My sister and her friend are arriving tomorrow from the U.K. to pay me a visit until Sunday. Both of them love crafting with paper and stamps, so I'm looking forward to breaking out of my routine and having some company!



I don't know about those of you who have these papers, but I'm having some problems in getting inspired to know what to do with these gorgeous papers! I thought it would be easy, but it's not. Anyway, having had them for a week, finally something is getting done with them.
I used the bird stamp from Artistic Outpost, a leaf stamp from Hero Arts and a crown stamp from.... Sue.



This second card uses paper from the Mariposa stack but I felt it needed some distressing, so it's not it's natural color. The butterfly is a digi Hero Arts stamp and the background stamping is a collage stamp, also from Hero Arts.

I might persuade my visitor's to join in the tag Tuesday challenge tomorrow, we'll see.

Playing with bird images

I am so enjoying bird images nowadays.



This bird is from the Graphics Fairy site; which can be found here. Karen has featured quite a few lately for free downloading. The bird is 3D.



This is a card lift from this card on the Artistic Outpost gallery. When I saw it, I knew I would have to case it.