Caardvarks challenge... ooooo la la!

I've been working on a few different cards over the last couple of days, but wanted to share this one first!
Believe it or not this is my take on the gorgeous Caardvarks sketch... look closely, very closely!I just couldn't resist having a bit of fun with this adorable The Greeting Farm Sprout called Savanah. BTW, they have their new releases out and all of them are gorgeous. I think Ruby Sprout is calling to me!

I made up the background by colouring white card stock with Versacolour inks and then stamping with that gorgeous 'raindrops' background from Hero Arts.

The little flags are coloured with Promarkers and are made from a strip of Bazzils Basics 'Just the Edge'. The wood for the stage was cut from the current Cowshed catalogue and then coloured with Distress Ink to make it look nice and glossy. I Printed the sentiment on my PC and popped it up on dimensionals.

I am also entering this card for 'L is for Layering' over at The ABC Challenge as there are four different layers on this card to achieve the 3-D effect that I was looking for. I used alot of dimensionals for this one!

This card is for my dear friend Gay. She is a wonderful friend and one of the most honest and straightforward people you could ever wish to meet.

Happy crafting everyone, and take extra care if you are out in the snow!

New, blue beginnings!

Just before Christmas I was lucky enough to win a free Hero Arts digital kit from Caardvarks. I have always really enjoyed making baby cards so decided to pick 'Special Delivery' as my prize.

The current challenge over at The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge is 'New beginnings' and Cupcake Challenge #72 is to make a baby card, so this was my chance to get downloading!

I haven't made a little boy baby card for a very long time as most of my friends have daughters. I thought it would make a nice change to create a card to welcome a little boy. The lovely Lucy has just posted Challenge #3 over at her blog. Her challenge theme is to make a 'Monochromatic' card, so I thought that I would work in the gorgeous shades of blue from the Bazzil basics range.

The digital kit has a selection of cute images that will be familiar to Hero Arts fans as most have already been available in rubber. I have the woodblock version of this little onesie, but was really excited to be able to enlarge it to fill the centre of a Nesties circle. The flowers are punched with a very old daisy punch. This little punch was one of the very first tools that I ever bought, and it was fun to use it once again! The sentiment was printed on my PC, and the little heart coloured with a mixture of Diamond Stickles and Distress ink. A little work with my white gel pen pulled everything together.

I promise not to make too many Nesties cards, but they really are so much fun!

One little pink pig!

When I saw that the latest Caardvarks Challenge colours were pink, black and white I knew I had to play along!
I adore this little pig stamp from Stampin' Up! Elise created a totally wonderful card using this stamp, so I have had this little fellah on my mind for a while now.


I seem to be making alot of get well cards at the moment, so many of my friends and family seem to be poorly right now.
The pig is coloured with Vesacolour ink (Orchid pink) and the barcode stripes are from Daisy Bucket's Black Tie collection. The lovely swirly vellum is really old and I can't track down the details. The pink card is Swiss dots from Bazzil. The gems are from Papermania.

I will probably re-photograph this when the sun comes out as this isn't a very good picture.

There is a slight hint of Autumn in the air now. The fruit trees are heavy with apples and pears, the soft fruits look delicious and Custard is happy chasing the squirrels that have reappeared in the garden.
Enjoy the weekend!

She's arrived!

My brand new niece put in an appearance at 4am on Wednesday 13th May 2009. Little Sian weighed in at 5lbs 10oz and apparently has long legs and looks just like her Dad! So pleased, can't wait to meet her.

Big hugs and congratulations to my sister-in-law and her husband.

...and guess who felt the need to make them a card?

Hope they like it. As you can see I am still on my 'it's the small things' kick. But as she is such a little, bitty baby it somehow seemed just right.

Card Recipe:

Cardstock - Bazzill

Ali Edwards Official Font (love it!!!)

Fiskars edge punch

Basic Grey Button

Hero Arts Raindrop stamp on some very old scrapbook paper from my stash

Little pearls

Judikins clear embossing powder

Versacolour - Raspberry

Stamp - Flower from Scraptrends