Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Blooms and Blossoms

The May challenge at Crafty Calendar Challenge has begun and this month our theme is Blooms and Blossoms.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Heather Ellis

 

and the lucky winner will be able to choose 3 digi stamps from the Heather Ellis store.  Please do visit the store to see all the adorable images she has available.

The design team were given some of Heather's images to work with and they are an absolute joy to colour in.  Here is my card:

I printed the images onto Neenah cardstock, and coloured using Spectrum Noir pens.

The backing papers were all printed from Joanna Sheen's Daisy & Friends cd-rom.

For the front of the card I cut a frame from yellow Centura card using a Nellie Snellen die.

I punched the butterfly border using an EK success punch and added the dimensional butterflies cut from blue card.

I found some seed packet images on Google which I printed out on glossy card.

The Nellie Snellen die and EK Success punch were again used on the middle of the card along with some Floral Flourishes cut using Spellbinders dies.

For the back of the card I used Sunflower and Leaves quilling dies from Crafters Companion.  I cut the sunflowers from yellow card and then added dried marigold distress ink.

I do hope you will be able to join in with our challenge this month.  Please visit the Challenge blog to see all the wonderful creations be the Design Team.

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

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Floral Delights

On a personal note, can I thank everyone who has sent me cards and messages over the last few weeks, they have meant a great deal to me.  I've struggled to make any cards just lately but am hoping that I'll get back to it very soon.

Willow Sketchie Challenge

Good Afternoon

A very warm welcome to my new followers, it's a pleasure to have your company.

This weeks' challenge over at Willow Sketchie Challenge is a sketch to follow and/or anything goes.  I've followed the sketch for my calendar, although I've turned it on its' head!  I didn't intend turning it on its' head, but realised too late I had but the backing paper on upside-down so had no choice really!!!!!

A5 easel card.

Image from a Double Sprinkles of Kraft cd-rom, printed onto watercolour card.

Backing paper from same cd-rom, printed onto satin finish printer paper.

Pale blue card from PaperMill, cut with Spellbinders label dies.

Orange card used for matting also from PaperMill.

Ribbon and butterfly charm from my stash.

Flowers and leaves created from co-ordinating backing paper using quilling dies from Crafters Companion.

Card Candi used to complete the design.

This is a closer view of the quilled flowers:

My calendar is also for the following challenges:

Flutter By Wednesday - Something new - quilling dies.

Cute Card Thursday - Something new (New Year)

Alphabet Challenge - X Marks the spot

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with ribbon

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Flowers and Ribbon

Birthday Flowers

Good Evening

I hope you are well and all set for the festivities.  I'm sorry I've not been blogging very much, I seem to be having another bad reaction to my medication and am sleeping a lot of the time.  I've not been doing a great deal in the way of cardmaking, I find it quite difficult to do when I'm asleep!!!   This is a card I was asked to make for a Christmas birthday:

A5 card blank created from ivory pearlescent card.

I embossed the same card using a Darice embossing folder and inked around the edges using Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

The decorative oval is Spellbinders Floral Oval dies, inked through the die with the same ink.

The flowers are cut from plain vellum using Crafters Companion Dahlia quilling die (I cut 2 for each flower), inked around the edges once again. I used a punch to create the flower centres and added a gem to each.

Cheery Lynn mini fanciful flourish used for the leaves.

Glittered vellum was used for the butterfly, cut with a Marianne die.

I added some white flowers and a hat pin.

The sentiment mat was created using a Spellbinders die.

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

Make My Monday - Bingo (I chose Metal (hat pin) Flowers, Punches or dies.

Cheery Lynn Designs - Lots of layers

Squigglefly Challenge - Anything goes plus a sentiment

Flutterby Wednesday's - Anything goes

Diva's By Design - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges - Winter Birthdays

Thank you for visiting my blog today.