Simply Red

This is my second post today - and yes, you guessed, another commissioned card. I decided to use red mainly, since I was told this was the recipient's favourite colour.

Cuttlebug embossing folder; Nestabilities Labels Nine; sentiment stamp by Hero Arts; Crystal White Dovecraft pigment ink; red gems and white satin ribbon from my own stash.

Onto some challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown - Dry Embossing
Crafty Ann's - Embossing
All sorts - Embossing

Some projects

This week I have managed to finish a couple of projects that were started and left aside...Yay for me!!! :-)

One of the projects was these two cushion covers - a little "thank you" gift for a lady who very kindly gave me some beautiful fabric she had to spare months ago. I thought it would be nice to show her my appreciation by making a couple of cushions that she could use in her own place. The covers were finished ages ago (before Easter probably!) but I never seemed to find the time to make the little flowers to put in the centre. So today, finally the flowers were completed and the little project finished!

Here are the finished cushions and the covers wrapped, with a Thank You Tag. (I opted for a very simple style of cushion covers and very simple flowers in the end as you can see!)
I guess the tag, even though it is also very simple, can enter the All Sorts Challenge of this week :-)
Inkadinkado stamp; Dovecraft Hot Pink Pigment ink; Embossing powder; Circle Nestabilities; silver ribbon from my own stash.

Russian Dolls

This is my creation for today - an A5 card with a matching bookmark.

PaperCraft Essentials were recently giving these cute Russian Dolls papers and I liked the idea of incorporating them in some of this weeks challenges:

Crafty Angels - Ripping and tearing

Die Cut Dreams - Lace it up

All Sorts - Birthday

Project Tuesday - Card with a matching bookmark
Everything But the Kitchen Sink - sketch 15

The bookmark enters the challenge on One Stitch at a Time - Anything but a card.

White cardstock; purple CoreDinations; Russian Doll image coloured with Letraset Promakers; papers from the Russian Dolls Collection (papercraft essentials); lace and ribbons from my own stash; Fiskars punch

Thanks for your feedback.
Have a nice day!

Because today it does feel like spring!

All the stamps used in today's card are from Dimension Fourth, a British company that I discovered last year while attending a crafts show in Birmingham. They have lots of self-cling polymer stamps, a fabulous range of images at very reasonable prices and, very importantly, an excellent customer service.

Don't you think the stamps are beautiful? I got these ones recently and could not wait to play with them.

And I am very happy with the result: the bird house is adorable and the final card offers that spring/summer feel that I was looking for. The weather has been fantastic today and I feel optimistic -spring may finally be here!

I coloured the different images with Letraset Promarkers, and cut and layered some of them with 3D pads to give dimension. I added glitter to the butterfly wings and to the bird, as well as 3D embossing fluid, for extra dimension.

Today's card enters the following challenges:

Stampavie and More: butterflies

ABC challenge: S for sparkle

Stamp Something Challenges: layers
4x4 Friday: Spring garden
All Sorts challenge: In stitches
Sweet Stamping: In stitches
Penny's Paper challenge: Anything goes
Hope you like my creation, thanks for visiting my blog!

All Sorts challenge

Guess what? Talented Lisa Jane (check her blog for beautiful creations!) has just told me that this week's All Sort challenge is Pink, Black and White! What a coincidence, just like the colours in my Kool Tent card I created today!

So I will use my post from earlier today to enter the All Sorts challenge. Thanks for the tip Lisa! :-) x

Here's a closeup of the card, see my earlier post for details on it.

Simon Says Stamp + All Sorts Challenge

Mother's Day is around the corner and many blogs are chosing this theme as a challenge this week.

Simon Says Stamp: Mother's Day/Girly card

and

All Sorts Challenge: make a card/ gift for Mothers Day or for someone who is like a mum to you.

For my entry I used a cute digital stamp by Sarah Kay that I got from this site. It is such a motherly image, don't you think?

Coloured with Letraset Promarkers; used different pieces of cardstock (orange, beige, turquoise), Versamark, Pebbles Inc Earth Tones chalks, background stamps by Rhonna Ferrer, Inkadinkado and Hero Arts, buttons from my own stash.