PURPLE CROCUS

 Today I have another card for wonderful followers.

It's a beautiful purple Crocus.

 There are over 100 varieties of Crocus, the giant Dutch Crocuses are 2 to 4 inches tall with various colours pinks, reds, oranges, yellows, blues and purples.

Here is the sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 that I designed and used

Sketch # 274

It's an easy sketch that shows off your design papers and you can use some of those scraps that we all have.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. The Flower Challenge #89 Square Card *

2. Triple B Challenge March Bloom *

3. A Place To Start March Challenge Square Card A I'm A Rising Star

4. Double Trouble Paper Craft Challenge #162 *

5. Digi Choosday Challenge Week 11 Anything Goes *

6. Beautiful Blooms Challenge #15 Bloom and the mood board*

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card

2. Coloured Card: Green by American Crafts

3. Design Papers: Gingham paper was a digital download paper, Sweet Treats by Kaisercraft, Garden by Crafter Choice

             

4.  Image: Small Crocus by Fred She Said    

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools Used:

7. Sentiment and embellishments:

The sentiment is PC generated, a scrap of purple ribbon and purple card candi.

 

8. Dies Used: Spellbinders Classic Square, Labels and Unbranded Cloud dies

 

9. Inside and the back of the card:

 

Wishing you all a great week and happy crafting.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today I'm showcasing a card I made for my husband's birthday, he is Irish hence the shade of green.  This card was totally out of my comfort zone.  It didn't have flowers or a coloured image.  But I do find it hard to make masculine cards.  There are only so many fish you can colour, folded shirts and ties, so I gave this a go and I was really pleased with how it turned out.  Also, I was able to use up a lot of scraps.

 A quick peak of the inside of the card.

Challenge's I'm Entering:

1. A Place To Start March Challenge Anything Goes Hip To Be Square RISING STAR

2. Die Cut Diva's Challenge for March Anything Goes *

3. Dragonfly Dreams March Challenge Circles*

4. Incy Wincy Designs Challenge Birthdays *

5. Love to Scrap Challenge #166 Anything Goes

6. Inspiration Station Challenge #59 Prompt *

(That photo was perfect as my husband is Irish and that's why his card is a shade of GREEN)

7. Shopping Our Stash Challenge #516 It's Not Easy Being Green *

8. Sweet Stampin Challenge A Little Bit of Irish *

9. Snippets Playground Challenge #475 *

( Snippets of all leftovers out of my box of leftover ribbon, jute, last button and scraps of paper leftover.

10. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #242 Sentiment, Free, Any Shape *

Card Recipe:

1. Base: Kraft Card

2. Coloured Card: Bazzil Palo Verde

3. Design Paper: Gypsy Rose

5. Sentiment: From Gypsy Rose

6. Embellishments: There are too many to name

Scrap paper from my stash, brads, hessian, leftover ribbon from my son's wedding, buttons, and gold gems.

etc, etc 

            

        

7. Tools Used:

8. Stamps Used: A vintage set of digital clocks.

9. Dies: All unbranded dies.

  

 

10. Inside and the back of the card:

    

Take care everyone and happy crafting.

PRETTY FLOWERS

Good morning and welcome to my blog. Our summer is over and the start of Autumn (Fall).  I love this time of year but I do hate all the leaves around us that have fallen, they become very slippery,

My card for Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 today is a little different for me as it's not a square card for a change.  I enjoyed making it and it's simple to make.

Sketch # 273

This is a simple sketch and you can embellish how you want. In this photo, I've made a matching envelope to go with the card.

 

Please drop by Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and check out what our other design team members have created for you.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Crafts Calore Encore Challenge #121 March*

2. Die Cut Diva's Challenge March Anything Goes *

3. Morgans's Art World Challenge #74 Anything Goes *

4. SheepSki Design Challenge #84 Anything Goes *

5. Triple B March Challenge Blooms *

6. Digi Choosday Challenge Week #9 Anything Goes *

7.  Double D Challenge First Signs of Spring*

8. Allsorts Challenge #770 Spring *

9. Classic Design Challenge #02-2024 Feb-Mar Anything Goes*

10. Tic Tac Toe Challenge #242 *

Foliage - Free- Embossing or

Floral - Embossing- Favorite Color

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White French Linen card stock.

2. Coloured card: Desert Wind by Bazzill

3. Design Paper: Craft Smart and the papers are Chateau

4. Image: Unknown source.

5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Tools Used:

7. Dies Used: Lace Rectangles Unbranded, My Favourite Things Stitched Circles.

                             

8. Embellishments: White satin and silver ribbon from my stash, which I coloured with copics to match my card and some pearls from my stash.

9. Inside and the back of the card.

               

Take care, everyone, happy crafting enjoy what you're doing and life is far too short not to.