Sweet pea felt flowers for the Mojo Monday challenge

I'm off work with the lurgy at the moment and my brain is rather fuzzy (DH would say no change there, lol). I've ended up making a couple of mistakes with my card today but I figured I'd go ahead and share it anyway.

The MojoMonday challenge this week is this:

And here's my card:

Recipe

Stamp sets: A Flower for all Seasons, Sincere Salutations (sentiment)

Cardstock: Pretty in pink, Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Old Olive

Ink: Black Stazon, SU Markers, Regal Rose

DSP: Sweet Pea

Punch: Scallop Edge

Satin Ribbon: Old Olive

Polka-dot Grosgrain Ribbon: Rich Razzleberry

Other: Sweet Pea Stitched Felt, Latte Designer Button, Gold Elastic Cord

Non-SU: Die cut shapes

I stamped the flower with Black Stazon on Very Vanilla card. The colouring was done by scribbling with my markers on my stamp-a-ma-jig sheet and mixing and picking up the colours with my Blender pen. The bow is just folded ribbon, it's the tied on button on the middle that actually makes it into a bow - super easy. As the card's already fairly busy I turned the polka-dot ribbon over to use the plain side - two ribbons in one, what great value.

The mistakes? Well, I changed my mind about the colours part way through and so I'd already stamped the sentiment in Regal Rose before I decided to use Rich Razzleberry as a main colour. And the layout isn't quite right, I'm still not happy with the empty space at the bottom of the card. I think I'll have to add something else there.

Sorry if I'm not making sense. Hope that I'll be back to normal again soon - I need to be cos I'm taking my Mum out for her birthday on Friday.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

A summer flower for the Mojo Monday challenge

Well I hope that those of you that have broken up for the summer holidays are having a relaxing time. I'm still at work unfortunately, so please spare me a thought when you're enjoying a little extra crafting time. At least I get a few weeks free of study, to squeeze in a little extra crafting of my own.

Today's card is for the Mojo Monday challenge. As it's the last Monday of the month we have a choice of round or square:

I opted for the square version:

Recipe

Stamp sets: A Flower for all Seasons, Occasional Greetings (sentiment)

Cardstock: Real Red, Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Whisper White

Ink: Black Stazon, Real Red, Watercolor Wonder Crayons

DSP: Pink Flamingo

Wide Grosgrain Ribbon: Old Olive

I stamped the main image with Black Stazon and then used an aquapainter with the watercolor wonder crayons to paint it. The background and ribbons were adhered direct and the coloured image was popped up on dimensionals. I applied dimensionals to each end of the back of the sentiment and pushed the ends in a little when adhering it to the front of the card so that it bows out a little.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

Stamp With Us colour inspiration challenge

I loved all your entries to meet the male cards challenge last time around.

Our challenge this week over at Stamp With Us is a colour challenge using this image as our inspiration:

I took my colours from the tulips and then used the Spring stamp from the Flower for all Seasons as that includes some tulips! I decided to make a gift box and a small square card.

Nice and bright and cheery for Spring I think - hope you agree.

Recipe

Stamp sets: A Flower for all Seasons, Happy Moments

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Pixie Pink, Whisper White

DSP: Kaleidoscope

Ink: Black Stazon, Markers, Pink Passion

Punches: Tag, Small Tag, Word Window

Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon: Pumpkin Pie

Other: White Eyelet

I used a blend of Pumpkin Pie and Pixie Pink markers to colour the tulips to mirror the inspiration photo and the Kaleidoscope DSP. The aperture created by the Word Window punch was marked in pencil on the Pixie Pink card behind it. I then stamped the sentiment in Pink Passion ink and then erased the pencil marks.

Recipe

Stamp sets: A Flower for all Seasons

Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Pixie Pink, Whisper White

DSP: Kaleidoscope

Ink: Black Stazon, Markers

Punches: 1-3/4" Circle, Scallop Edge

Narrow Grosgrain Ribbon: Pumpkin Pie

For this matching gift box I covered the flap in the same DSP, punched some holes with the Crop-a-dile and threaded with ribbon to close. I coloured an identical image to that on the front of the card, punched with the Circle punch and raised on dimensionals.

Can't wait to see what you create for this challenge.

Later this morning I'll be taking part in a bloghop to showcase the new products in our Mini Catalogue. You'll be able to see it here, any time after 10am. Hope you get chance to check it out.

Sara xx

A summery sunflower for a happy birthday

I've used a bit of summer sun today to try and counteract the miserable weather we're having at the moment. Hope it's better where you are. We've had a combination of sleet, light snow and freezing fog for the last couple of days.

Just hope that I can also spread a bit of sunshine at the workshop I'm giving tonight and that we don't get snowed in!

Recipe

Stamp sets: A Flower for all Seasons, Occasional Greetings

Cardstock: Summer Sun, Whisper White, Old Olive, Certainly Celery

DSP: Pink Flamingo

Ink: Black Stazon, Always Artichoke, Markers

Punches: 1-3/8" Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle, Corner Rounder

Other: Mat Pack, Paper Piercer

The sunny circles were punched, matted and then arranged around my stamped image and the whole set raised on dimensionals. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to position the sentiment around the corner.

Take care and keep warm.

Sara xx

On the road again but time for another card

Hello from Hastings! I went to work yesterday only to find that I was needed urgently to fill in for a colleague, so it was a quick dash home to pack, then hop on a train down country and here I am. It's such an exciting life being an auditor, lol. Bit of a shame that all I get to see of this bit of the country is the inside of the office and the inside of a hotel room (see it's not such a glamorous life after all).

We didn't finish until rather late tonight and I expect another long day tomorrow but I thought I'd steal five minutes or so to share this card that I made on Sunday evening.

For my last SU order I decided to stray from my usual menu of stamps, DSPs and inks and popped the Circle Metal Edge Tags in my basket. Then ... what do you do with them? Well the Flower for All Seasons stamps fit perfectly within them so I decided to make them the focus of this card.

Recipe

Stamp sets: A Flower for all Seasons, Vintage Labels (SAB)

Cardstock: Pink Passion, Pixie Pink

Ink: Black Stazon, Pink Passion, Markers

Punches: Corner Rounder

Gingham Ribbon: Light Pink

Other: Circle Metal Edge Tag

The flower image is stamped directly onto the Metal Tag with Black Stazon and coloured with markers. I used the circle image and the sentiment from the Vintage Labels set and used my Stamp-a-ma-jig to position them. A little gingham bow just finishes the card and balances it out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx