Annabelle's Garden

Hi Everyone

I'm still really struggling with the side effects of my latest additional medication which is having a huge effect on my life in general and particularly my crafting.  I've always found crafting a welcome 'release' but just lately I'm finding it really difficult to motivate myself even to do any crafting.

I needed to make a birthday card and didn't know where to start, so I visited the Seems A Little Sketchy Challenge Blog to give me the much needed layout for my card.

I had some gorgeous printed panels and a paper pack from Wild Rose Studios (Annabelle's Garden) which I wanted to put to good use too, and here is my card:

I used a 6 x 6 scalloped card blank for my base.  Some mint green card from PaperMill was used for all my mats and the Happy Birthday greeting which was die cut using Tattered Lace sentiment dies.

I cut around the image using a C'art-us Scalloped circle die and inked around the edges using Spun Sugar Distress Ink.  I added this to the card using foam pads to add dimension.

The roses were created using Martha Stewart Paper Clay and a mould I purchased from Amazon.  This is great to use for embellishments as it is light as a feather.

The ribbon strip was re-cycled.  Some pyjamas I received as a present had this ribbon wrapped around them and I thought the colours matched my card perfectly.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch

Alphabet Challenge Blog - C for Country Flowers

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Use Ribbon

Cute Card Thursday - Girls, Girls, Girls

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog - Flowers

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I really do appreciate it.

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Animal Antics

It's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Calendar Challenge and our theme for this month is Animal Antics.

We are lucky enough to be sponsored by Cuddly Buddly and the prize they are offering is an amazing £25 gift certificate.  Cuddly Buddly ship worldwide and stock 100's of amazing European products.  You will also find everything you will need for your digital crafting!  What a choice!

The design team were lucky enough to be provided with some fabulous images to work with, and here is my card using the image Toby Tumble Just Saying Hi. (If you click on the name of the image, it will take you straight to it in the Cuddly Buddly store).

Image printed onto Neenah card and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.  I cut around the image and added to the card using foam pads to add dimension.

Oval die cut from blue cardstock (Papermill) using Spellbinders Floral Oval die, then embossed using a Darice embossing folder from Crafters Companion.  I went over the clouds with a white ink pad but this doesn't show up very well in the photo.

I used a backing paper from my stash which had come free with a magazine quite some time ago!  This was matted onto some dark brown cardstock from Papermill.

I used orange and brown ribbon from Create and Craft to pick out the colours of the sunflower.

I created the three sunflower heads using Martha Stewart paperclay and a silicone mold I purchased from Amazon.

I hope you'll visit the challenge blog to see the lovely cards my team mates have created.  I'm sure you'll agree it's well worth entering our challenge with the chance to win such a fabulous prize.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Come and Get It Challenge - Flowers

The Corrosive Challenge - Animals

Sunflowerfield Challenge - Birthdays and/or Flowers

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Cute

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes but must use patterned paper

Die Cut Diva's - Embossing

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Flowers

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes