Another birthday girl!

Another quick post as the Sketch Saturday challenge closes in a few minutes and I've used their sketch for the layout on this birthday card - I have lots of cards made, but forget to get round to actually posting them on time!  The paper is from a First Edition pack called Sweet Owl and the twine is from Doodlebug.  The flower was made using a Doohickey die and the leaves are a Sizzix die from SU.  The image is a LOTV die cut square.

Birthday girl

A quick post as I've just realised I'm nearly too late to enter the Sweet stop challenge - and I used this weeks sketch for the layout of this card.  The image is a LOTV die cut square and the paper is from a Tilda pack from Panduro.  Sentiment is from Craftwork cards.  As its blue and white I can also enter the Stampavie challenge.

Another monochrome card

I tend to make a lot of my cards monochrome, so this get well card can also be entered in the I love Promarkers challenge.  The image is a Great Impressions stamp, coloured with Promarkers.  The patterned paper is from a Nitwits pad from LOTV.  The shaped card is from Craftwork Cards.  I think the doily die is by Marianne and the oblong punch for the sentiment is by SU.  The flowers were also made using punches.

New baby boy

A few of the current challenges are 'New something' (LOTV, PFP, Simon Says and CCT) so I made a new baby card.  The image is a LOTV stamp coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and the paper is from a LOTV Nitwits pad.  The circular sentiment is also from LOTV.  As I've used shades of blue for the colouring I will enter it into this weeks I love Promarkers challenge as it's 'Monochrome.'  The Stampavie challenge this week is blue and white - so its fits there as well!
Having problems uploading photos at the moment - blogger isn't giving me the option to 'browse' - can anyone suggest a solution - I've had to store my pics on Picaso then upload it from there - now I've missed entering some of the challenges!

**   Edited to add  - this card has been chosen in the top 5 in the PFP challenge :o)  **
and now also has been chosen in the top 3 in the I love Promarkers challenge!

More felt creations

Today I finished off the wee owl I started yesterday and then made a dog as well - both of them use the new Sizzix Bigz dies.  I almost forgot to put the wings on the owl, but remembered just in time!  The tiny buttons (for eyes) came from MeiFlower and the lace and ribbon has been in my stash for ages.

WOYWW 187

The first WOYWW of 2013! Happy New Year everybody.  My desk this week has bits and pieces still to tidy away from the last few cards I've made, but I wanted to try out a couple of new Sizzix dies I got for Christmas - hence the little felt owl (well he's quite big actually!).  I also got the Scottie dog - so I'm intending to cut him out in felt soon as well.  When we go back to school next week I'm beginning a textiles course with the Creative Crafts class - so I need to try out a few ideas for things they could make - that's my excuse anyway!
To find out what everyone else is working on at the start of this new year, visit Julia HERE.

Window box card

Now that I have all my 'orders' up to date, I thought I would take time to make another couple of window box cards - I got dies for a window and shutters ages ago, but didn't have time to make as much use of them as I would have liked.  The embossing folder doesn't have any labelling on it, so I'm not sure which company it's made by.  The coloured card is SU rich razzleberry as is the brush marker used for printing the sentiment.  The sentiment stamp is from a clear set by LOTV and the patterned paper is called 'Gwenyth stripe' by Karen Neuburger.  The edge of the blind was made using a MS border punch.  The leafy tendril is a Doohickey die and the flowers were made using a punch.  I made three of these in different colours - they're a great way for using up little scraps of paper and card.  The Papertake Weekly challenge, the CCT challenge and the Simon Says challenge is 'Anything Goes' - so I can enter it there.