Just because

I have lots of cards which I have never blogged and have been procrastinating about blogging them for a bit so tonight is the night to start.

So this is a card I made a couple of months ago. It's a stepper card which I have decorated with Lili of the Valley papers and a Lili of the Valley image from one of the art pads.
Dies are a combination of Spellbinders and Memory box.
Ribbon is from the jar and all the card is from my stash.

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Card for mum-in-law

It's been a grey and wet bank holiday here in  Yorkshire, perfect crafting weather so I have spent a pleasant afternoon (after a 2 week drought on the paper crafting front) making my mother-in-laws card for her 92nd birthday next month.

I've used this sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2



another great sketch, I didn't play last week because I was mojo-less.

Here is my card

I have used a Card Creations decoupage sheet Teacup, Flowers and Cake.
The papers are from the Shabby Shack block from Lili of the Valley and I think the roses came from their shop too.
The pink card is American Crafts and the pink circle was cut out  with the smallest Decorative Circles die Grand Nestabilities.
Sentiments are Craftwork Cards and the 4 pieces of ribbon and lace are from the jar.
Base card is 7 x 7 inch from Samuel Taylors

Here is the inside which I decorated to match but swapped the lace for a piece of white satin ribbon

The verse is from a CD rom which I had bought a couple of years ago.

Here is the card again with some of the sweet peas which I cut this morning, I love sweet peas

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A new arrival

Yesterday we had a new addition to the family when my new great nephew Sebastian finally arrived, he was a couple of weeks late and is gorgeous.

So a new baby means a new baby card and here is what I made

I have followed the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday  for my card which is quite plain and simple. I spent forever matching up the papers which are a mixture of Lili of the Valley and Echo Park  because I coloured the image first and then struggled to find a blue paper that matched.

The main image is a stamp I have had for years and is by The Artful Stamper, the grasses are Stamps by Judith, sentiment is Woodware.

The flowers must be about 12 years old I think, ribbon is from the black and white jar.

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Lights out

Here's my entry for this weeks Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 challenge which has a twist of polka dots this week.

It's not the best picture as it is pitch black here now.

I have used Lili of the Valley papers and a Card Creations decoupage sheet, I used the extra cricket balls on the sheet for the dots on the bottom right hand corner.

The sentiment is an old one from Craftwork Cards and the twine is American Crafts

Short post as I am doing it by candle light for the Lights Out for the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.

Having the hump

The title of the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 post for this week is Sweet sketch Hump Day. I hope I don't have too much of the hump when I go back to work tomorrow after 2 lovely weeks in Italy. I am sure I will miss the almost daily gelato and occasional siesta.

Here's a picture of the lovely Villa Balbianello, used as the private clinic in the James Bond film Casino Royale, no sign of Daniel Craig though.

So this is this weeks sketch

and this is my card

It is for Martins nephew who has a birthday next weekend and I knew I would have it to make when we got back. I have a few male birthdays coming up so I am hoping that the male card inspiration is in better evidence than it was before we went away.

For the main image I have combined a couple of stamps that were free in a magazine once, I did a bit of masking and then coloured with my Copics. The papers are My Minds Eye On the Bright side, twine and black card is American Crafts and the brads have been in my box so long I can't remember where they came from.

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Blossoms and birds

It's been a busy few days in our house, added to by the need to go and watch 200 men in lycra whiz past in about 2 minutes as the Tour de France came to Yorkshire,

 but it was worth the four hour wait and the 4 mile walk home.

So eventually I have got around to this weeks challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday

This is the sketch



and here is my card

Papers and image are Lili of the Valley

Cherry Blossoms are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Quite clean and simple, I hope you like it.

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Sweet sketch Wednesday 2 buttons and bows

I didn't have time to play at Sweet Sketch Wednesday last week, not sure what happened but even Martin got a birthday card out of the made basket even though I had bought a new stamp to make his card with.

Anyway here is my card for this weeks challenge

The twist is buttons and bows so my buttons are from a sizzlits buttons die which I have cut out in patterned papers and then glazed with glossy accents and the bow is from  the paper bows pad which matches the Kitsch papers from Craftwork Cards.

Here's a close up

So the main image is from Lili of the Valley, papers and base card are from Craftwork cards, the swirl die is Memory box and the blue card is another piece used up from the A4 box.

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