A few florals

I bought a new Forever Friends stamp last week and have been having a play colouring it in with Promarkers.
I really enjoy colouring this little bear as he is so easy to get into some simple shading. I'm still learning with my promarker pens, but have found a combination of colours I like for these images. I've teamed him up with papers from K & Co and some fabric flowers and brads. The flowers in this first one and the papers, I think, were a gift from Lynn. I know she'll correct me if I am wrong.

This last card uses a stamp I bought way back in October but has just had it's first inking. I can't remember the make but she is coloured with Promarkers. Again it is teamed up with paper from the same Sparkly Sweet designer pad by K & Co. The bench from Magnolia I know was from Lynn as I think were the flowers with their shiny beaded centres.

Any of these cards , but particularly the last one I think is suitable for the 'Blooming Gorgeous' theme on the Cute Card Thursday challenge blog this week.

52Q

I'm still playing catch up here but have now done week 12 and 14.
Week 12 asked - What am I grateful for right now?
Week 14 asked about the last good book I read. I read lots of books but most of them are easy read paperbacks soi'm not counting them.
Here are my answers. The two stamps are from Magnolia and have been coloured using Whispers brush pens. The artwork and text is from the Walking in Wonderland Cd.

Cute Card Thursday

The challenge this week is to make a Christmas card!! We thought we'd give you a helping hand to get your cards started early this year and we have a fabulous CD of Christmas designs which Wendy of OOh La La Creations has kindly donated as a prize to be given to one randomly chosen winner.
It seems very strange to be making Christmas cards when the weather outside is so warm and sunny but I bought this stamp from Magnolia stamps only a couple of weeks ago so it seemed only right to use it for this challenge.
Tilda with Christmas wreath has been stamped onto an oval of white card using a grey Versafine inkpad. She has been coloured with Polychromos and sansodor. A strip of snowflake paper from Lilli of the Valley has been layered down one side of a pale blue A5 card and the stamped image offset onto this. A peel-off greeting in silver has been added at the bottom. Crystal ultra fine glitter has been added to Tilda's wings, hat and cuffs as well as the centre of all the snowflakes on the backer.

Daisy Baby Book

I have been working on this book for the past week now so that I can give it to my daughter, Sallie for her birthday next month.

I have taken as my inspiration the Little Kitchen Fairie named 'Oops a Daisy Fairie' and decided to use lots of my daisy stamps and embellishments.

The cover uses my baby wipe backgrounds and I have used far too many items from my stash to name them all but the stamps are:- Tildas from Magnolia, Personal Impressions and Anitas.

The book is held together with knotted organza ribbons and fastened with an organza bow.

These first pages feature a photo of the figurine which sits in my kitchen window and my daughters name.

A Dufex image alongside Tilda with bouquet.

Skeleton leaves, fabric flowers and organza ribbons.

Peel-offs and a stamp by Anita.

Tilda with basket alongside a dufex panel andflowers.

Embossed paper, fabric daisies with stamp by Personal Impressions.



A further photo with lots of tiny daisies and letter stickers.

I have learned a lot whilst making this book, making lots of mistakes along the way but I have had fun using diferent techniques and materials. I'm sure Sallie will love it and treasure it, as it is something special between the two of us.

Cute Card Thursday.

This week there was no set theme instead we were told to make a card based on a sketch by Katharina, thanks Katharina.

This is my card, it features one of my very first Magnolia stamps, Tilda with basket. I bought 4 of the Tilda stamps last week and this is my first card using one of them.

Tilda was stamped with grey versafine ink and coloured with Polychromos and sansodor, before being matted onto a cream pearlescent oval. The square white card was covered with a dotty paper from the Pastel Designer pack by Paper Mania. This was straight cut at the top and sides but scalloped at the bottom. A piece of organza ribbon was knotted and secured onto this background, before the image was added. A sentiment on pearlescent card finished it off.

The person who has their name drawn this week will get 4 gorgeous Maggie stamps donated by Sally from Bootiful Stampz.