Tilda & Co - wishing you well

The Tilda & Co challenge this week is to make something to cheer up a sick friend or relative. I hope this card will do just that!



I've been itching to use my new Magnolia 'Rainy Edwin' stamp since he arrived last week. I mounted the coloured image on top of the blue mat with foam pads, the three tiny buttons are brads by MM (I think? - I threw the packaging away). The centre of the large silk flower is a circle of card, raised up on foam pads and I used a Minimarks rubon in the centre of the large white brad.

Scrummy Stash Cafe - numbers

This weeks challenge at the Scrummy Stash Cafe is to use numbers. I thought I may as well get organised and make this birthday card, even though it's not needed till April!



I used the Sporty Edwin stamp by Magnolia, but cut off the studs on his football boots. Instead of holding a ball, Edwin is now holding a cupcake! The chipboard numbers are painted with pearlescent paint and grunged up with brown paint. The sentiment is a Pebble Inc. rub on from Crafts U Love. I bought several packs of these with different greetings and colours - they are fantastic!

Sweet Sugar - dress up your Nellies!

The challenge at Sweet Sugar had me stumped for a while, but here's the card I came up with.


I was lucky enough to win this lovely Luca stamp on the Sugar Nellie blog, isn't he a cutie! He is totally paper pieced from textured and patterned papers and the buttons on his waistcoat are teeny weeny jewel peeloffs. Luca is definitely ready to party! All the papers used are by K & Co.

Caardvarks - friendship

Throughout February, Caardvarks have been holding a 'Lovefest'. This week's challenge is to make a friendship card.


I decided to make a kick stand card for this challenge. I stamped the fence panels and cut them out after colouring, then added some tiny flowers with Stickles centres for a bit of glitz. The larger flowers are attached with small brads and the sentiment is computer generated and printed onto cardstock. it looks very pretty standing open!

Papertake - blue and green

The challenge this week at Papertake is to use blue and green.

I've used Magnolia stamps for this card, coloured with watercolour pencils. I also used watercolour pencils for the water and added some shimmery Stickles to the fish.

Planning ahead

I know it seems strange to be making Christmas cards this early in the year, but I'm trying to avoid the last minute scramble to get them all finished in time. I'm aiming to make a few each month, that way I should have a fair amount by the time December rolls around. I've used this weeks sketch from ISMAKI for this one, it's a really nice sketch and I'm sure I'll be using it lots for other cards.

Arty Girlz challenge #22 - Green

The challenge this week at Arty Girlz is to use the colour green.


I've used one of my new Lola stamps by Sugar Nellie for this card. She has been coloured with Caran D'Ache Supracolour pencils and mounted onto pale pink card, then attached with foam pads. The papers are by K&Co from the Brenda Walton 'Small Wonders Girl' range, I love this fresh green check pattern. The Prima flowers have had a light dab of Stickles to give them a bit of shimmer.