WOYWW 155

It's Wednesday again, so time for WOYWW - pop over to Julia's blog to see what it's all about!  Not many cards being made at the moment - I am too busy working on my niece's wedding invitations - obviously I can't show you them now, but I have had to make wee boxes to put them in and that's what's on my desk this week.  The circle punch I had last week is for making the semi-circle on the edge of the lid, to make them easier to open.  You will see some new Magnolia stamps - I found a site called Tilda's Town where they have a great selection and don't charge for postage to the UK (not even to N Ireland! - lots of UK companies who advertise free UK postage charge extra for NI!!)  Just another wee picture this week of what's behind the desk - she clmbed up over all my paper etc, and sat on the windowsill peaking over!

Get Well

This weeks challenge for PB and Papertake Weekly are both 'In the Garden' - so this wee PB hedgehog with his big pot of roses was just the ticket.  The Doodlebug papers with the bright and colourful flowers also tied in with the theme.  I used the sketch from the Friday sketch challenge for the layout and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.  I think I'll add some stickles to the flowers to finish off - but I need to get this posted quickly or I'll be too late for the PB challenge!
The bright pink and green colours used also tie in with this weeks PFP challenge which was an inspiration photo with lots of pink and green ribbons, so as I've used Promarkers for my colouring, I can enter it there as well!

SU Birthday card

I made this card for the SU challenge which was to use island indigo, real red, whisper white and regal rose colours.  The card, paper, inks and stamps are all from SU also.  The layout was this weeks Sweetstop sketch - SSS158.  Some of the flowers were made using punches and an adhesive gem added to finish off.

LOTV Baby card

I made this baby card using one of my new LOTV stamps, coloured with Promarkers.  The baby girl sentiment is also from LOTV, punched out with the SU oval punch.  The pink cardstock and ribbon is SU Pretty in Pink and the flowers were made using punches.  The lace has a sparkly thread running through it and I have added Stickles to the dots on her dress.  This weeks CCT challenge is 'A touch of sparkle,' so I can enter it there as well as the LOTV challenge - which is 'Bear essentials' - well she is pushing a wee bear in the pram!

WOYWW 154

Just what I needed - a little parcel (or two) of new crafty goodies.  I found this waiting for me when I got back home today.  There are some LOTV baby stamps as well as a sheet of their new clear meassage stamps.  Then there was a wee parcel from Crafts U Love with a PB cat stamp, a Magnolia stamp, some brads, a punch and glue.  There is also a cupcake card somewhere in the middle of all this - I made it using the SU cupcake punch and some SU card and paper.  A bit late for my WOYWW today - but I've just come home from a few days down at Mums for my Aunts funeral.

Monochrome birthday

I thought I would post this card today - I made it using SU papers and the car is 'recycled' from a card DH got for his birthday last year.  The stars were die cut using an x-cut die set and the sentiment is from Craftwork cards matted on an oval of SU paper, punched out with a SU punch.  The Stampavie challenge is 'Monochrome' and the Allsorts one is a card for a man or a boy, so I can enter it there as well.

I won't be around now for a few days as I'm going down to stay at Mum's for a funeral.  My Auntie passed away in the early hours of Sunday morning after a long battle with cancer - exactly 7 months since the day of Dad's funeral.  She had only turned 65 a couple of weeks ago and we are all going to miss her so much.

Something sweet

This card was made following the sketch on Friday Sketch Challenge - but it also fits with the Simon Says challenge for this week - 'Sweet Tooth.'  The DP are by Raspberry Road - 'Summer Goodness' and the sweets are made using Sizzlets dies.  The happy birthday stamp and label punch are by SU.  I've added glossy accents to the sweets and Tulip 'Pearl' in yellow for the wee seeds on the strawberry.