Wheeling her barrow

Oh I am missing my laptop so much. This little netbook is OK but it is painfully slow compared to what I am used to when trying to open blogs. I'm sorry I'm not going to be visiting as much as usual until my laptop comes back mended. I won't be posting as much either. I do have candy on offer though, see post above.

This card is a different colour combo for me for a change. She is a CC Designs image coloured with Promarkers with her wings glittered. Cherry blossom flowers are from Wild Orchid. I wanted something in her barrow and found these little shiny fabric flowers in my stash.
Challenges:
I love Promarkers Myth and magic (hope this counts)
One stop craft Photo inspiration
One stitch at a time Blooms, butterflies and/or bling

First Anniversary

I know I used this CC Designs couple a little while ago but I had an order to make and my friend requested this image. I paper pieced her top and his trousers for a change. The papers are Papermania Confetti and the white card is embossed with a Cuttlebug heart embossing folder. Flowers are wild Orchid with some rosebuds from stash with 2 different sized punched leaves and some MS punched hearts. I used the sketch from Simon Says and would also like to enter the embossing challenge at Crafty Sentiments and congratulations at Totally Gorjuss.

An anniversary and a fairy

SECOND POST FOR TODAY. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR MY WW DT CARD AND SCROLL UP TO ENTER MY CANDY.

Have you seen the new LOTV tutorial blog? I watched some of the videos last night and had a go at blending a colour into white using the blender pen. I never knew you could do this but I am so pleased with the result. What do you think?

This card is so me, I won't want to part with it. I have loved this image since LOTV first brought it out and finally bought it at Ally Pally. Is there anything I didn't buy there you must be thinking, lol! The background paper is BG Wisteria and the flowers are Prima hydrangeas with roses from Wild Orchid. The lovely sketch, which I rotated is from Stamptacular and there is a fairy challenge at Creative Inspirations.

The sketch at I love Promarkers was just perfect for this anniversary card. More BG papers from a candy win, thanks Mandy. I used my MS simple scallop border punch rather than hearts for a change but added some punched and gem hearts. The image is from CC designs and at Anyone for Anya you can now use CC designs as well as the Greeting Farm. Their challenge this week is numbers so this first anniversary card fits perfectly. Celebrate something is this week's challenge at Stamp Something and Totally Papercrafts want a wedding or anniversary card. Lastly Cute Card Thursday want a card for someone special. I felt her outfit was a bit plain so stamped a flower on her top and added some Sakura clearstar pen. More Wild Orchid flowers meaning I will need to make a box for this card as the middle rose is too large to get in an envelope.

Thanks for your good wishes to get well from yesterday's post. The labrynthitis is really bothering me today. It doesn't affect my cardmaking but does affect my typing so apologies if I haven't visited or if there are some typos in my comments. Have a great weekend everyone. Hope the sun shines on you.

Lazy Sunday

I had a lovely girly morning yesterday as I met up with my good friend Lynsey. I used to see Lynsey more or less on a weekly basis but since I have moved offices I don't see her at work anymore. We had arranged to meet up with Lisa as we all live in Norfolk. Lynsey and I have been following and e-mailing Lisa for some time and t was so lovely to meet her at last. We got along so well just like old friends and a visit to the local craft shop after coffee and scones to pick up a few much needed goodies by us all was a great finish to our visit.

I have had a lovely lazy Sunday, playing with my stash and on the laptop. We went out for lunch so I didn't even have to cook today. Back to reality tomorrow.

The first card I made today is quite a different one for me. The challenge atPaperplay is no DPs. I followed the lovely sketch at Moving along with the times and the theme of make a splash at Quixotic. The image is CC designs and I added glossy accents to her tail. It is the first time I have used this product and I shall certainly be using it again. The circle is cut with nesties and embossed with Cuttlebug bubbles folder and distressed for the challenge at Secret Crafter. The embellishments are a K&Co chipboard set I bought in America and they are just perfect for this card.

The second card is yet another male card for an order. The image is Little Claire, papers are DCWV and K&Co Hopscotch. The stars are a Cuttlebug die. I bought some star ribbon bards yesterday and just had to try one out here. Sentiment is Craftwork cards. I thought the ribbon looked manly enough. Really must use some flowers soon.
There is a great sketch as always at Friday Sketchers and A Spoon full of sugar have a Happy Birthday theme.

Wedding vow renewal

Some friends of ours are renewing their wedding vows after 20 years of marriage. I'm not sure if the day of the ceremony is also their wedding anniversary so I decided to go with congratulations as the sentiment. The cure couple are a CC designs image. I paperpieced her dress and added them to a swiss dots embossed circle. There's a touch of glitter on her dress and lots on the punched leaves. Flowers are Wild Orchid. papers are Papermania and DCWV.
Challenges
Sketch Saturday
Paper Sundaes photo inspiration (I used the colours)
Totally Gorjuss Hearts
Papertake open theme
Crafty Creations anything goes