Puss in Pink

Hello Bloggers! Sorry I've been away for so long. I've been commissioned to write a book as part of my day job so over the last few months my time has been spent solely on that but now, at last, its winging its way to the publishers in the hope that its what they were looking for, I can get back to a few crafty sessions!

The card below is one I've just made using the free My Minds Eye papers in the Cardmaker and Papercrafting magazine - which are lovely, sherbety colours. I hope to enter it in the:

• Penny Black Saturday Challenge which this week is a recipe of 1 circle, 2 papers and 3 flowers
• the Creative Card Crew's Cute and Girly theme
• Papertake Weekly's White and Bright challenge
• Cute Card Thursday's 'Whateva' challenge
• Simon Says Stamp 'Sing it Baby' challenge where my card is linked to the Alison Moyet song - Love Letters Straight From Your Heart.

The flowers are made from the same Marianne die except two of them were cut smaller to make them look different. I ran them through the cuttlebug in a script and dotty folder before I inked them with Worn Lipstick Distress ink and spritzed them with Cosmic Shimmer spray before adding a clear gem that I coloured green with my Pro Markers. Hope you like it!

Best wishes

Karen

Peachy Flower Fairy

Just for a change from stamping, I've ended up a little bit addicted to Dufex Flower fairy decoupage. This latest one I made with a peach and lemon theme backed onto card that I had put through the Cuttlebug with the Victoria embossing folder. Sorry again about the glare - these dufex things are a bit tricky to photograph. I thought I would enter it into this weeks Quixotic challenge of 'I Believe in Fairies'.

White on White

This is a simple little card I made using white pearlesant card (sorry it looks a bit pink on here but it is white). I then added a layer of white card which I put through the Cuttlebug using the Victoria embossing folder and a strip of card punched with Martha Stewart's Lace Doily punch as a place to put my sentiment. I attached white flowers (two of them were already tinged with green which helps to make them stand out) with a white brad and tiny pearl embellishment and am hoping to enter this in the Charizma Cards 'White on White' challenge.

PS - I have just noticed that my camera has gone a bit funny - sorry about that - I will sort it out by the next post.