Happy Anniversary

On Monday it's my parents wedding anniversary.  This is the card I have made for them:

8 x 8 fancy-edged card blank from Cupcakecrafting

Silver mirror card from stash

Image from Joanna Sheen's Faye Whittaker cd-rom printed onto watercolour card and matted onto blue pearlescent card.

Backing paper from same cd-rom, printed onto Satin Finish printer paper.

Doily from Joanna Sheen.

Sentiment is Lili of the Valley stamped using Faded Jeans Distress Ink, matted onto a Spellbinders Persian die.

I created the little bouquet using flowersoft wires and Delphinium blue flowersoft, a Nellie Snellen punch was used to create the greenery and a heart shaped hat pin from Wild Orchid Crafts.  Mulberry paper was used to create the cone and a tiny ribbon, tied on my bow shaper, was added to complete the bouquet.

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

Dream Valley Challenges - Celebrations

Digi Doodle Shop - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Vintage Childhood

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Hearts and Flowers

Less Is More - Pick A Square

Good Afternoon

I hope you are all well. My condition gave me a heck of a day yesterday and I was in too much pain to think straight so I've yet to visit other LImettes blogs. It's a little easier today, so I've had a bash at this weeks Less Is More challenge.

This week we are asked to pick a square.

I decided to use the middle square and my image is created with some Flowersoft stamps which have never before seen the light of day! I stamped the wheelbarrow and then the flowers onto watercolour paper and coloured using my Lyra's. The square is then matted onto some green cardstock and then onto the main card base which is a white linen card from PaperMill.

I can't believe how many entries have already been submitted! I'm now off to do a bit of visiting.

Jo x

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Good Afternoon

I hope you are keeping warm and well.

Today's card is made using a stamp set from Dimension Fourth, these were November's project club stamps.

The main image was stamped onto white card using black versafine ink.  I then coloured Santa using brushmarkers and added polar white flowersoft to his beard, moustache and fur.  The Happy Christmas sentiment and the holly sprigs were stamped using versamark, then I used gold detail embossing powder.  I used the main stamp randomly around the frame, again with versamark, and applied gold embossing power.

I really like this stamp, he is a very traditional Santa.

Jo x